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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
THE BOGEY MAN.

The first appearance of the bogey
man of the Democratic party in Amer
lean history was in the first campaign
the Democrats ever made, just one
hundred years ago. They won 1t then,
having apparently convinced a major
ity of the voters that the Federalist
party, with Washington and Adams at
the head, were really endeavoring to
turn the republic into monarchy, and
subvert the n1vly born Union by mill
tary despotism and kingly practices.
The Democrats turned "imprialists"
themselves when they got into office.
Jefferson annexed Louisiana without
the consent of the governed Jackson
went down and took Florida away
from Spain without saying "by your
leave" and proved himself, all through
his stormy career, to be a typical i'm
perialist The Mexican war was
fought under Polk, and vast regions
were annexed and made part of the
United States without the consent of
the governed.
On the election of Lincoln, however,
the Democratic party returned to its
anti-imperialistic attitude, and opposed
governing the southern states without
their consent. They denounced Lin
coin as n tyrant, and abused him as an
"fimperialist. No terms were too harsh
to characterize the man whom they
tn faII
never believed that 1.-The constitution
follows the flag" in the Democratic
sense, and they opposed him as fierce
ly on that question as they now oppose
his successor in the presidential chair.
They did not succeed In beating him,
and the bogey man had rest for
few years.
The third appearance of the celebrated
Democratic ogre was on the renomina-
ton of Grant in 1872. Here was surely
a Caesar, bent on establishing a mill
tary despotism, and erecting an empire
on the ruins of liberty and the declara-
ton of Independence. Grant was a
butcher" according to their vocabu-
larry, and the republic would soon see
it's last days If he were put into the
presidential chair again. But again the
bogey failed to work; the people trust
ed Grant, and reelected him by one
of the largest majorities known in our
political history; and the bogey failed
to materialize, and the republic en-
dured, and in fact the butcher" Of Ap-
pomattox failed to show the slightest
disposition to establish an empire.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
why the Income TIA. Plank Wa. Omitted

indianapolis. Ind, July 12.-Samuel
h. Morse, Indiana's member of the res
olutions committee at the National
Democratic convention. in a signed in
terview, makes the following explana-
ton of how there came to be no in
come tax plank in the National Demo-
cratic platform. He says:
THE platform as adopted by the
committee on resolutions of the Kan
sas City convention contained n declar-
alton in favor of the adoption of the
constitutional amendments authorizing
an income tax and providing for the
election of United States senators by the
people. No objection was made to this
resolution, and am convinced tnat the
omission of reference to the income tax
was the result of an oversight due to
the haste with which the sub-commit-
tee was obliged to act to put the plat
form as unanimously agreed on in
shape to be submitted to the conven-
ton.
"The idea that the declaration for the
income tax was purposely omitted by
the subcommittee, out of Difference
for Senator Hill or any other peIMu,
is preposterOus.
81 have no doubt that Mr.. Bryan will
define his position and that of his party
ON this subject in his letter of accept
ance. Mr.. Bryan has long been an ad
vocate of the income tax, and the DEM
ocratic party of the country is united in
advocating it."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
A Keynote without silver.

The omission of any direct reference
to free coinage at 16 to 1 In Governor
Thomas speech becomes doubly signifi-
cant in the light of yesterdays events.
Few would have supposed that the
governor Of Colorado elected to his
high office by fusion votes as silver
candidate, and chosen as temporary
chairman of the convention as the rep
resentative of the western silver Dem
ocrats, would have missed an oppor-
tunity for a plain declaratio in favor
of silver coinage at the traditional ra-
ito. Few would have supposed that
under such circumstances the speech
of Governor Thomas would have been
applauded by the gold Democratic
newspapers of the East as wise" and
conservative" from their standpoint
But Governor Thomas is quicker than
most men to appreciate the direction of
the wind, and not even his ingrained
experience in the silver ranks of Colo
RADIO could stand against the sentiment
prevalent in Kansas City.
The speech without silver was a fit-
ting preliminary to platform in which
silver is expressly set aside from its
among the these things we also be-
lieve" of the Democratic party.@Colo-
RADIO Springs Gazetta.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

And now they have revamped tho
old scarecrow again. The standing ar
my of the United States has been in
creased by the Republican party un-
til now we have soldier for nearly
every thousand of population, and one
private for nearly every forty square
miles of territory; and thefshost of
.'militarism" stalks abroad in the land,
and the liberties of the people are once
more in the gravest danger. Mckinley,
like Washington and Lincoln and
Grant before him, is bent on turning
the republic into an empire, and moth
ing but the Democratic party can save
IT
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
Colorado crowded with Tourists.

Denver, July l3.-There was no
abatement in the rush of tourists into
Colorado yesterday, although 1t was
supposed that the baggage men in the
Union depot would have time to sit
down and rub witch hazel on their
aching limbs and arms. Every incom-
ing train yesterday was crowded and
all available equipment of the noun
tain roads was called into reGuistion-
Hundreds of the tourists remain in
Denver to take advantage not only of
the one-day trips out of the city, but to
see the points of interest in and near the
city before going to the mountain re-
sorts.
."The rush is almost unprecedented
in Colorado for this time of the sen
son." said General Passenger Age1
Hooper of the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad yesterday. "As n general thing
the crowds do not begin to come until
after July 18th and generally not until
the latter part of July and the first
week in August.
There are to-day more strangers IN
Colorado than ever before in any other
previous season at this time of the
year We had 800 passengers out on
our three morning trains today, and l
estimate that 300 more will go out on
the afternoon and night trains. Tues
day and Wednesday of this week we
handled $500 passengers out OF Den
yer and Colorado Springs. 1t is estl-
mated that not only are there more
people in the state now than at any
previous year at this time, but that the
increase is fully fifty per cent
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
81. Carloads of Postal Cards.

Major E. H. Shook. superintendent
of the government postal-card factory
at Piedmont, has just made the lar
gest shipment of postal cards ever
made in one day in this country. He
shipped six cars containing 24,0O0,OO0
cards, worth $24O0OO. One sixth of
that amount went to Philadelphia. The
demand for postal cards is steadily in
creasing and additional help has to be
hired from time to time to keep up the
work All postal cards used in the
United States and it's provinces are
made at Piedmont from wood.-Pitts
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

The recently published diary of the
Duchess OF Fife contains this remark
able quotation from Queen Victoria,
4 signal-flag for young and old: God
has been SO good to me that now, in
my old age, l want to confess that l
have not any dislikes." One of the
greatest generals of Victoria's whole
reign, Charles Napier, once made
similar statement: Il never feel an
cry at any one-beyond wishing to
break their bones with broomstick!"
Then. as II repenting of even his laugh
ing exception, Napier added: THAT
was not my mind that spoke. l am
q child in the hands of God"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The platform adopted by the Demo-
Gratis at Kansas City was distinct tri
umph for the mossbacks of that party;
and the nomination of Stevenson only
rendered their victory the more evil
dent.
Sixteen to one is the platform to be
sure, in SO many words; but It was only
put in to please Mr.. Bryan; and the
eastern delegates insisted that it be
relegated to the rear of the platform,
and that imperialism" be made the
paramount issue. Any reader of the
platform can easily judge for himself
by looking it over and noting the
amount of space and the prominence
given to the different topics, what the
party really considers the prominent
issues for this campaign. 1t reads
like the platforms of 1872, Of 1864,
and of 1900 even. The Democrats have
gone back to their very first rallying
cry, and have resurrected the bogey
of imperialism" with its attendant
furies of militarism and despotism, and
threatened destruction of the liberties
of the people, from the forgotten lin
bo of the past, and put it into the fore
| front of the campaign.
The relegation OF silver to the rear,
ind the placing of the anti-expansion
plank in the foreground, and the turn
ing down of Mr.. Towne, are all so
many slaps at the allies of the Demo
Gratis, the Populists and Silver Repub-
licans. No doubt the leaders of those
parties will endorse" the Democratic
action-AIr. Teller has done so al
ready, and Mr.. Towne himself has in
dicated his willingness to act the part
of the lamb in the proposed slaughter;
but the rank and file of the Silver Re-
publlcans will see nothing excellent or
attractive in this platform, or in the
nomination of Adlai Stevenson. Near
ly all Silver Republicans are expansion
lists, especially in the state of Colo
RADIO and the other western states that
never would have had an existence If
the country had not expanded beyond
its original limits. They will feel, and
very naturally, that the action of the
Democrats in convention was a notice
that the help of the Silver Republicans
wus not needed in this campaign, and
THEY will act and vote accordingly.
Eten in the Silver Republican conven-
tiop, Mr.. Teller had to plead with the
delegates, with the tears streaming
down his furrowed face" in order to
prevent them from repudiating the ac-
tlvn of the Democratic convention, and
nominating Towne by acclamation.
| How Mr.. Teller can cali such n plat
/ form excellent" when there are not
more than n dozen lines in it that ex-
press any sentiment that he has ever
t--------~--s----.-'s-----
rs taken up with the exploitation of n
doctrine which he has repeatedly re-
pudiated and denounced from his place
in the Senate. he may be left to ex-
plain. He certainly can no longer claim
TO be Silver Republican, or anything
else but an out-and-out Democrat, af-
ter endorsing this platform.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
A BUSTED TRUST.

The permanent chairman of the
Democratic convention was James ID.
Richardson of Tennessee. Mr.. Rich
ardson is well adapted to lead a cam
paign again trusts. By the favor of
Congress he got himself made pres
ent of the stereotype plates of gov
ernment document called messages of
the Presidents" AT the time these
plates were given to him, he was asked
to explain, and he disclaimed any In
tention of making money out of them,
and said explicitly that the document
could not be copyrighted, because it
was a government publication. But the
next edition of 1t, issued from Richard
sons private printing establishment,
bore the legend, Copyright, 1897, by
James d. Richardson" The publish
ing firm then organized what it called
a committee of distribution, and
sent out letters that bore the letter
head OF Congress, wherein possible
purchasers were notified that certain
number of copies of the work would
be distributed" at the extremely low
price of S34 set The matter was
brought to the attention of Congress,
and it developed that it costs about 81
n set to print and bind the work, and
that Mr.. Richardson and his partners
were making the snug profit of S21
set on the work distributed by them.
There have no doubt been good
many monopolies attempted, but Rich
ardson stands alone, we believe, in try
ing to corner" government publica-
tion-get up trust in congression-
al document, and make something over
800 per cent. profit out of the output.
But of course this was not really
trust" neither is the New York Ice
Company trust" A trust is some
partnership or combination in the prof
its of which no Democrat has share.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

II named my son for Colonel Blank,
said father one day, before certain
chapters in his history were written,
or / should not have done So" His
was not an unusual experience. Not
only is a mans record constantly
changing while he lives, but the opin-
ion of him in the early years after his
death may vary much from the worlds
final estimate. Senator Hoar doubt
less had this idea in mind when he
said, on the occasion of the presenta-
tion OF a statue for Statuary Hall. that
the state giving it had done well to
wait until its subject had been dead
for fifty years. He wished it might be
the rule with every state in selecting
from among its distinguished sons
those whom it W ould honor in this
way Real worth lasts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
past, and confidently invokes their co

past, and confidently invokes their co
operation in the future.
Permit me to express, Mr.. Chairman,
my most sincere appreciation of the
complimentary terms in which yOu con
yey the official notice of my nomina.
ton and my thanks to the members Of
the committee and to the great con-
stituency which they represent for
their additional evidence of their favor
and support.
There was hearty applause through
out the Presidents reply, which was
prolonged, when he had ended. A ban
quet was served to the guests by the
President when the speechmaking con-
cluded.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
rhe N.tlon,. nlrth cer,,t,eate.

In varying styles of chirography but
with uniform patriotism and courage,
fifty-six Americans and expansionists
put rnerr uan1cs, so=,------- ago, tire
Declaration of Independence.
The fiftysix signers represented
states of the lucky number OF thirteen.
This Fourth of July flag that is the
emblem of the nation created by the
mastery penmanship of the fifty-six
expansionists of 1I76 floats over fifty
three states and territories, counting
Porto Rico as one, Hawaii as one, and
the Philippines as one.
There are already almost as many
states and territories under the stars
and stripes as there were signers-
In Manila the same as in Omaha, in
Ponce the same as in Portland, Ore
gon, and in Honolulu, just as in Jack
sonville, New Orleans or Galveston, the
presence of the flag to-day marks the
fulfilment of the purpose of the authors
of the Declaration of Independence,
and the development of the idea inher-
ent in their creative act and insepara
BILE from its consequences.
For the very last declaration of the
glorious document we now proceed to
celebrate, the final clause save only the
invocation of divine providence and the
mutual pledge of the signers to stand
by their signatures. is the declaration
not only of withdrawal from allegiance
to the British crown, but also of the
full power of the state then born "to
do all Acts and Things which Inde-
pendent States may of right do
And one of those things is the right
to grow and expand as destiny and pro-
gressive events decree.-New York Sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

A Sicilian woman. Madame Granata.
has Just given birth to five little girls.
thus increasing her family to the ex-
traordinary figure of forty-two child
rem. Madame Granata, who Is quite
q young woman, was married at the
ags of sixteen, and in the first year
of her marriage became the mother
of fine girl. This she followed up In
Aef fnaGsp nn6spen4u n1 ter FIJI months by presenting
and she has gone on increasing her
family by threes and fours up to the
present time.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

Henry Smith. aged "a years and
months. died at South Deerfeld recent
ly of old age. Mr.. Smith was born in
Palmer. Oct. -, 1905. The family went
to South Deerfield in 1919 and located
in Mill River on a farm. Mr.. Smith
was married Jan. l. 1928, to Pattie
Clapp. who was killed by fall from
wagon in August, 1880. He leaves. be-
sides nine sons and daughters, 80
grandchildren. Sc great-grandchildren
and two t-grandchildren.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
Captured a Royal Chinook.

An eighty-four-pound salmon, which
is said to have been the largest salmon
ever caught in the Columbia river, was
delivered at Elmore's cannery, Astoria,
recently. 1t was royal chinook, four
and a half feet long and three and
half feet girth at the largest circum--
ference and when cut up filed sixty
nine one-pound cans. The fisherman
was paid 1916 for the fish.-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

Paris hotelkeepers are waxing fat
over the exhibition. AS an idea OF the
rush for apartments. one wealthy lady
pays 300 francs day for small suite
near the Arc de Triomphe; and rich
brewer has engaged a more pretentions
suite in an hotel for 1900 francs
day. The cost of seeing all the at
fractions within the exhibition grounds
10 600 francs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

The rife club movement is being
taken up with great enthusiasm in
Australia. In Victoria alone, accord
ing to the acting adjutent, between
January 1. and March 81, 10000 appli-
cation forms were issued to prospec-
tive rlfiemen, and a large proportion
of these were returned to headquar-
ters filled up by men desirous of join
ing clubs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

One of the most romantic marriages
that has occurred in Bowling Green,
Ohio, for some time took place few
days ago, when Harrison Cheney, who
is about 70 years OF age. was married
TO Miss Agnes May, aged 1s years.
The marriage was in the way of the
fulfillment of promise made many
years ago. Cheney, when a young
man. living in a Pennsylvania town
and was lover Of one who married
another. She took sick afterward, and
upon her deathbed asked Cheney to
look after a little daughter. This he
did, and she in time grew up and was
married. She was taken sick with
consumption, and too, passed away,
but not before she had pledged Cheney
to look after her little girl. then 2
years old. His devotion to the little
child eliminated in the event above
reached.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

The new pension legislation win add
%. 600 pensioners to the rolls. and In
wolves an expense OF $2.5000o0. accord
ing to the estimates of the pension
commissioner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

the village Of Schleithein, near Schaff-
hansen, Germany. a few days ago.
When taken down it was found to be
Of the year 1452.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

A curious case has just been decided
by the supreme court of New South
Wales. A prisoner in that colony,
while serving his sentence, had the
sight of one of his eyes destroyed.
through the bursting OF the water
gauge glass of steam engine in the
goal. On his release he brought an ac-
tion against the Minister of Public
works, claiming f1,000 damages. On
appeal the full court has held that on
grounds of public policy the action
was maintainable. But 1t Is quite
possible that an appeal to the Privy
f,ounctl would >-rarss this decision
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

Consular officers are expressly for
6idden by regulations to report to pri-
vate inquirers concerning the financial
standing or commercial repute of bust
ness men or houses in their districts.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17

Some girls are tailor-made, but the
one who seeks an offer of marriage is
ready-maid
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-07-17
AFathsr.. oocupation.

How far back can you trace your
ancestry?
II don't take time to trace ancestors
at all-it keeps me on the jump tQnfoi-
low my posterity around. d."-De9eoit
Free Press.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-29

LONDON, June 2S.-Regarding the Ell
trance into Tientsin. dispatches says:
Saturdays fighting began at daybreak.
The allied forces opened with several of
the Terrible's Al naval guns, six field
guns and numerous machine guns, the
firing being at long range. They con-
tinued to advance steadily, the Chinese
artillery replying. The guns of the allies
were more skillfully handled and put the
guns of the Chinese out of action one by
one the Chinese retreating about noon.
There was keen rivalry among the repre-
sentatives of the various nations as to
which would enter Tientsin first, and the
Americans and British went in neck and
neck. The Russians stormed the arsenal,
thereby sustaining the largest losses.
Several thousand Japanese have left
Taku tor Tientsin, and altogether $4,000
japanese have landed. The international
troops aggregate nearly 10000, and Japan
is preparing to send 10000 more. With
British, American and other troops or
dered to go, probably 90 900 men will be
available in a month.
The Ton Shan refugees and the foreign
engineers at Chefoo estimate the Chinese
troops now in the field as $4,000 drilled
troops at Lu Tain, $4,000 at Shan Hal
Wan, IS. 900 driven off from Tientsin and
10000 at Peking.
The dispatch received by the foreign
Office stating the foreign legations we're
requested to leave Peking within speci-
fed time is interpreted in some unofficial
quarters as tantamount to giving the
ministers their passports and to declar-
alton of war, but as China does nothing
like other countries the official opinion
is that there is nothing to do but await
I the course of events and to see what the
ministers themselves say when they 'are
rescued
All the students at the foreign hospital
in Canton are leaving. Women mission
aries are returning from the west river
ports. TheIe was slight disturbance at
Wc-Chou Tuesday while the women
were embarking. The crowd shouted:
skill the foreign devils"
According to advices from Shanghai
the Chinese officials, by direction of the
southern vice-oys, are asking the consuls
to agree to conditions "insuring" as the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-29
Biggest Crop Flax Known.

Mr.. John Wilkinson returned last night
on the Oro6no train from reservation
points where he has been investigating
the fax situation. To TELLER report
er he stated: "The fax in Nez Perce and
Idaho counties is the finest have ever
seen. There will be fully GOO, 600 bushels
Of which the major portion has been con-
tracted at 9IH cents and the raise since
the contracts were made fax has ad-
vanced by strides and the farmers will
reap the full benefit. This is big thing
for the country and predict that next
years production will be much greater
as there is more money in it for the pro-
ducer than anything else. There is
nothing that can possibly bring on a
failure this season. 1t stands now about
three feet and will be ready for haryes,
soon.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-29
Bound Over.

Moscow, Idaho, June 2S.-After SEN
sational trial in the police court Louis
Duprey was held under 5000 bonds to APP
pear in the next term Of the district court
The charge is assault with firearms and
with intention to do bodily injury. The
complaint was made by Grace Fleming,
who runs house of ill.repute adjoining
that of Duprey. There has been ill-feel-
ing between the parties and this resulted
Saturday in row in which Duprey
flourished revolver and fired shot for
the purpose, he says, Of frightening her.