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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
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The literary ,~sycophants who strew
rhetorical flowers in the pathway OF
the successful, without inquirlng into
the methods employed for securing
success, ~complacently throw tho re-
sponsibility for failure in hfe upon
God, or Nature. or upon the nan HIM
self. Is II the fault Of God or OF Ma
ture that children are driven into fac
tories at so early an age that their
bodies are stunted, their minds dwarf
ed, and the strength and usefulness Of
future generations lessened7 10 God or
Nature responsible for the laws which
permit this impairment Of the man
power and the woman power Of the
natiOn7 The labor organizations have
done much to mitigate the evils Of
child labor and to shorten the hours Of
adult labor. but what encouragement
have they received from those who IA
vor government by injunction, oppose
arbitration. and denounce as disturb
ers Of the peace all who eriticise exist
ing conditions2
Is It the f~ault~of God or OF Nature
that our tax laws are so made and u
tax systems so administered that the
poor man pays more than his share Of
the taxes and the rich nan less than
his share?
Is God or Nature responsible for q
financial system which raises the pur-
chasing power of the dollar in the
hands Of the money changer, while 1t
increases the burden of debt to the
mar who owes aRd decreases the value
of property in the hands of the wealth
producers?
Is Cor or Nature responsible for a
paper money trust that makes the
people at large the victims of private
individuals entrusted with the con-
troll Of the volume of currency?
Is God or Nature responsible for pri-
vate monopolies which corner the a
kets, extort from the people and dis
burse the proceeds among the holders
Of watered stock?
Is God or Nature to blame for the
substitution of force for reason and
might for right in government?
Is God or Nature responsible for the
nations entrance upon a career of con-
quest, entailing &pon the many the
burden and menace Of militarism, and
coferring upon the few the benefits Of
exploitation?
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
ROBBERY OF THE PEOPLE.

Congressman Maddox Of Georgia n
his speech in the house on the curren-
cy furnished some startling financial
information. He said, among other
matters:
The interest-bearing debt Of the
United States in 1892 had been reduced
$3.50, 029. 1870. The non-interest bearing
debt at that time was 81, O0O, 64S, S89.
During the past eight years the inter
est-bearing debt has been increased to
s1,045, 04S, ESQ. The non-interest bear
ing debt has been decreased to $780,
914,640. We are less in debt than we
were eight years ago by $3.50, OOO, 900,
and yet our annual interest charge has
been increased from S23, 900, 900 to S4O,-
100000. Our non-interest bearing debt
has been decreased 500, 734, 299. Our
interest-bearing debt has been in
creased S461, O19, APO.
These figures, taken from the treas
ury reports, show c~onclusively that the
revenues Of the United States have at
all times been more than sufficient to
meet the expenditures Of the United
States, and yet the nterest-bearing
debt Of the nation has been constantly
increased. The treasury figures show
that the policy Of the government is,
and for some time has been, to collect
as much as possible from the people
for the exclusive benefit of the bond
holders"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

attempt would be made. Even per-
sons Al rested after the attempt was
discovered received the same punish
ment.
No one was tried. but when the bull
pen was full those whom the military
thought had been sufficiently punished
were released in order to make room
for new prisoners, and sometimes a
man was arrested a second time, his
first imprisonment not being sufficient
to satisfy the wishes Of those in au-
thority. Gradually the number Of
prisoners decreased until all we're re-
leased, yet no man can today tell on
what charge he was arrested or for
what he was punished except to graft
fy a whim Of the governor, the re-
venge Of the Bunker Hill Company or
the malice Of the negro soldiers.
Gov. ~steunenberg has never been
able to explain satisfactorily why he
called for United States troops or why
he ordered these wholesale arrests or
why he forbade men from working
without a permit. The civil power
was at all times able to control the
situation; the courts were competent
to punish all violations OF law and
competent to enforce their DEGREES.
The case is n Of the most remark
able In the history of the country, and
the report Of the committee investi-
eating it will tell a story that people
will find difficult to believe.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
A COLONIAL s-oUPHoUsE.

Compared with the present condition
of the Puerto Ricans. their future fate
causes a shudder to come over every
American citizen, and that shudder
BODIES i'll to McKinleyism and it's at
tendant benevolent assimilation. The
addition of a colonial pauper territory
to u home pgUper institutions is
something unpleasant to contemplate
except to an utter imperialist. Thirty
thousand women and children, says
the last report, are in such a condition
Of nakedness usually attributed to the
newly born. Sd naked, indeed, are
the children starving for food and
education that the modest pedagogue,
through shame, can not permit them
to attend their sc%hoolhouses.
Mr.. Charles M2e0aepper, corresponds
ent of the New York Herald, furnishes
that journal with the most mournful
statistics of the miserable condition of
that once happy island. Their pitiful,
poverty-stricken misery would bring
sadness to the heart Of everything but
an Oxnard sugar beet. TRADE stagna-
ton is widespread. There is little le-
gitimate trading and few goods are
being brought into the island except
such as are sent to relieve the starry
ing. This condition has been existing
for months" says Mr.. Pepper, and
the poor and the laboring classes are
in a state of restitution"
The Kansas City Times summarizes
the situation as "idleness and demora-
lization for the unemployed poor and
bankruptcy for the mercantile and in.
dustrial classes. Had the president
had any backbone and followed his
plain duty Puerto Rico today would
have been a beehive of industry and
the abode Of prosperous activities in
stead of a so%uphouse and the breeding
place Of disafection and hopelessness
that the Republican party's obedience
to trust magnates has made it."
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
GREED.

Kansas City Times: 1t is undeniable
that the most serious danger that
threatens the perpetuity of untram-
meled popular sovereignty in this re-
public is the pernicious and constant
ly growing activity of powerful cor
porations in politics. They go into
elections, federal, state, county and
municipal, with their money and their
agents, having some selfish end to at
tain, and often succeed in defeating
the purpose for which manhood suf-
lragg was instituted.
The enormous number of employees
which many of them have in their
service tempts them to add coercion
to their other methods for securing
votes for the candidate favored by
them. Failing to secure a sufficient
number Of city councilmen, legislators
or congressman, pledged to pass laws
faVoring their interests, they pursue
the end in view through an organized
lobby, which too frequently succeeds
in tempting public servants, originally
honest, to betray the trust of their
constituents.
If such corporations happen to be
defeated in both these forums, they
proceed to invade the temple of justice
with their money-changing devices
and employ their corrupting machina-
tons upon the courts and the officials
intrusted with the execution Of the
laws.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
WHERE THE FLAG ooEs7

Prof. Joseph H. Crooker of Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, contends in the Springfield
Republican that where the flag goes,
there must also go the constitution.
Wherever the flag goes, there the
constitution must go. Wherever the
flag moves, there the whole Of the
flag must be present. Wherever the
constitution is extended, there the en-
tire constitution must rule. If any n
does not wish to accept these conse-
quences, then let the flag be brought
back to the spot where 1t can represent
true Americanism, and A~mericanism
in its entirety.
IF it does not symbolic American
institutions in their fullness wherever
1t floats, then our starry banner be-
comes false to America and oppressive
to those who may fear its authority,
but do not share it's freedom. Disgrace
and harm will not come from taking
the flag down, but rather in keeping it
where It loses all that our statesmen,
prophets and soldiers have put into ii.
The only way to keep "Old Glory"
from becoming a falsehood is to give
all under it the liberty that It repre-
sents. Nowhere must it mean simply
a power to be dreaded, but everywhere
It must symbolic rights and privileges
shared by ALL"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

go a certain term of military training.
The idea will be stoutly resisted. The
people generally consider it quite out
Of keeping with a country enjoying
free institutions. AS a matter of fact,
Queensland's defense act provides that
every male adult can be called out in
the event Of war, and the government
not unreasonably argues that since
the men are liable to be called out it is
only the right thing that they should
be taught the use of arms. The peo-
pie favor an extension of the volun-
teer system. Nothing definite is like
ly to be done until after the arrival
of the new military commandant, who
is expected to arrive from London in
the course of the next month. An up
to-date naval man is to be engaged as
naval commandant, and a training
ship is to be added to the Australasian
fleet. At present refractory youths are
sent to a reformatory in the country,
where they engage in farming. It is
felt that these boys can be put to a
better use by being drafted into the
naval service, which is shortly to be
considerably augmented.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

City boys and girls who never have
seen growing c~abbages, pumpkins.
corn, potatoes, spinach and other gar
den produce soon may have an oppor-
tunity to supply the deficiency in their
education. The School Teachers club
of Chicago asked the west park board
to set aside three or four acres in one
of the parks where vegetables may be
raised by the school children. Frank
E. Tremain is at the head Of the move
ment. The teachers think this will be
a great advantage for young children.
who think that grasshoppsrs make
grass and that butterflies make butter.
There are many children, they say,
who believe that potatoes grow on
bushes and who do not know whether
w~atermelons come from the water
works or grow on trees. Yet these
same children can ind the common de-
nominator Of things and recite the
multiplication table up to seven times
seven.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
THE FATE OF ANpREE.
Search to BE Made This summer at King
Charles Land, Beyond spLtzbergen.

Search to BE Made This Summer at King
Charles Land, Beyond spItzbsrgen,
No hopes are longer entertained
that DR.. Andree and his two compan-
ions have survived their attempt to
cross the north polar area in a balloon,
Sir Martin Conway voiced the general
opinion when he wrote in the new In
te%rnational Geography" that IAN at
tempt by the Swedish engineer, An
dree, to cross the north polar area in
a balloon must be classed with the
mysterious tragedies of exploration. I"
Another effort will be made this sum
mer, however, to ascertain the fate of
the explorers by following up a clew
that may prove to be important. On
September IL last year a buoy was
picked up On the north coast of King
Charles land, eighty degrees north
latitude, and twenty-five degrees east
longitude, which bore the words on a
nickel plate "Andree's Polar Expedi-
ton" It was taken to Stockholm I'M
opened, and there 1t was proved to be
what Andree had called the North
Pole Buoy" It was the buoy IN
which he was to place a message and
drop 1t when he passed through the
north pole. 1t was opened in the pres
ence Of several arctic experts and
members of the government, but no
message was found in 1t. There was
a coating inside the tube that seemed
to resemble paper, but a microscope
cal examination showed that it was a
growth Of algae. The experts agreed
that 1t could not have drifted from the
neighbOrhood of the pole to King
Charles land. There appeared to be no
reason why 1t should have been
thrown out empty and the view forced
itself upon all that It was a part Of
the wreckage Of the expedition. This
is the clew that II Is proposed to fol-
low up. It Is thought that the expedi-
ton may have come Il grief not far
from the place where the buoy was
found. Next summer a Swedish Rus
sian expedition is to go to S~pitzenberg-
en- to relieve the party that has been
spending a number Of months there In
the work OF measuring an arc Of the
meridian IN that high latitude. The
Swedish steamer that viii be part Of
this expedition will make a detour 10
King Charles land and carefully search
the entire neighborhOod for further
traces OF the lost party. Il Is thought
10 be highly probable that more
wreckage will be found and perhaps
considerable light thrown upon the
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29
WONDERFUL MEMORY
or A LITTLE GIRL ONLY NINE
YEARS OF ACE.
Gives Population Of An Large cities,
Debts Of A N Nations, Financial His-
tory, Names All Rulers and Assistants
Is q Thorough Play Girl withaL
AZ. vernon an Letter.l

49, -#HNHHN
Gertie Cochrane is a little girl nine
years old. who lives in Mount Vernon.
She has a wonderful memory which
has puzzled all the doctors who know
her, for they cannot understand how
so young a child can n to keen
so much knowledge in her little brain.
Gertie began to walk when only seven
months old, and when ten months old
could talk as well as most children
do when they are two years of age
She remembers every new word men
TONED in her hearing, and day by day
gathered up the knowledgs which she
now possesses. She nswer Instant
~ n from memory thousands Of diff
hcult questions relating to a great
variety of subjects. She a give he
population of all the large cities of toe
world, dates Of discoveries, Inaugural
lions, political history, dates Of great
battles, with generals officiating and
numbers killed and wounded: national
debts Of all nations, Including the
United States. and can give rs exact
size every year since the time Of
George Washington. She states the
financial history of worlds fairs. in
Guiding the great Chicago Worlds
Fair. She names the presidents and
vlce-presidents, giving them in order.
both backward and forward; the kings
and queens Of foreign nations, capitals
OK all states and nations Of the earth,
and her knowledge Of Bible history,
dates, events and the like is remark
able.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

Great satisfaction is being expressed
throughout New Zealand at the an
nouncement that permanent improve
ment has been made in the American
mail service. June 18 the first OF a
line OF new and magnificent steamers
to be run by the Oceanic Steamship
company between San Francisco,
Auckland and Sydney will leave San
Francisco, followed by other vessels
Of the same type. The steamers are
intended to run every twenty-one days
instead Of every twenty-eight days, as
at present. The boats are to be ele-
gantly appointed. The time between
England and New Zealand viii be re-
dueed to twenty-seven or twenty-eight
days and a corresponding reduction
made IN the time to America. There
is little doubt that the passenger traf-
he viii rapidly increase as the marvel
ous scenic beauties Of New Zealand
becomes nor generally known.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

During this full year Of prosper
ity" under Mckinley the men and wo-
men employed in these Massachusetts,
concerns received In wages an average
Of $40 every week, working from
nine to twelve hours a day. That was
the measure Of their prosperity. This
magnificent wage earning was about
seventeen cents a week more than u
was in the year before. That ID, the
wage earner OF Massachusetts, would
have been something o than two
per cent better on than they were the
year before, had not the trusts advanc-
ed the cost Of living fifteen per cent
leaving the wage arner about thir-
teen per cent worse of than formerly.
But the trust magnates were not worse
on than formerly, no indeed. They
waxed fat and sleek, and are Ia easy
condition this year to contribute liher-
ally to the republican slush fund when
Mark Hanna around with his
hat out. II Mckinley Is reelected
the trusts viii be in position to cut
down wages and increase their profits,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

Honor Belongs to old Men who Hav'
Served Mankind.

ZH"" nv"
Served Mankind.
When a man first begins to realize
that he is growing old, he is likely to
fall into a mournful frame Of mind
But II he be wise, he will soon realize
that there Is a dignity about old age
which may be coveted. And even II
he can not reach this sound conclu-
sion, he can at least acquire the grace
to yield to the Inevitable and make
the best Of a bad bargain OF course,
the weakening Of the powers. and the
dread, not Of death. but Of the ability
to care for oneself are calamities. And
all the philosophy Of all the men that
have written on this subject is power
less to make people view these things
with equanimity. But in this case, as
In most other cases, much depends on
the individual. A man who has lived
a clean and honest life. who has served
his generation faithfully and well,
who has not sacrificed his youth and
early manhood to the getting and
boarding Of money, who has made
friends on his way through the world,
and who has done good, as far as 1t
was within his power, to al with
whom he has come in contact, may
well look forward to old age as a
crown to a successful and honored
life. Such a man is never forgotten
or neglected. And when he nj to
die, he learns what many young men
doubt, that there is in the world such
a thing as friendship. Such old men
have always been a power. They are
looked to for advice and counsel. Their
judgment is trusted, and their disin-
terestedness is never questioned.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

Polite highwaymen" who have been
robbing right and left in Chicago for
the last few days have apparently TAX
en- the niche in local criminology for
merly occupied by the long and short
men" All Of the Chesterheldian cou-
pies victims speak highly Of their
polished courtesy and their careful
avoidance Of the k~nock-down and
drag-out methods adopted by too many
rude. coarse and uncultured sandbag-
gers-declaring, Ia fact. that 1t is al
most a pleasure to be robbed by such
sourtly highwaymen. TheOsophists
and students Of the Hindoo cults will
probably assert that these Chicago
robbers are the veritable r%eincapation
Of Dick Turpin and Jack Sheppard, but
the average citizen, ignoring the TO
man and the transmigration theories
win probably rejoice exceedingly when
the walls Of Joliet finally yawn for the
daring footpads and their reign Of ter
ror is abruptly ended.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

The price of ice to consumers this
season Will be double what 1t was
last. The newly formed trust, which
absolutely controls the supply. has de-
termined upon an additional profit Of
$12, 900, 900 a year for itself. In other
words, 1t will levy a tax upon every
household in Greater New York, and
particularly on those which are least
able to stand further exaetions.
The Ice Trust ought to be brought
into court as an unlawful combination.
It's object Is the restraint Of trade in
a certain commodity, and this places
It under the ban OF both the common
and the statutory law.
Ice. during the summer months, Is
practically a necessity Of life. and the
welfare Of the people demands that
no combination OF sOrdid capitalists be
permitted to put a p%rohibitory price on
it.-NeW York Times.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

After all. the failure of the Amerl-
can Students League Of Chicago was
quite worth while. The organization
proposed to send teachers and students
to the Paris fair at an expense of $500
apiece. 1t collected considerable money
and spent a good deal on prelimina-
ries. Then, through no direct fault Of
the promoters, conditions changed so
that the contract could not be carried
out. This has happened to other pro-
jects-and in about nine cases out Of
ten the sponsors Of the project have
charged the expenses against the col
lections. But Supt. Andrews and
Profs. Rogers, French and Rowland.
who lent their names to the Students
League project, propose to pay the ex-
penses themselves and return all Of
the collections to the subscribers. The
case is rare enough to deserve honor
able mention.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

When making her instant reply to
any difficult question, her bright eyes
sparkle with fun. and he- winsoine,
childish ways are endearing TO all who
know her. In appearance Gertie is
of slender form, has oval features and
auburn hair that curls in a sunny mass
W a shapely head. She is a thor
ough child, lavishing a wealth of ten
der affection on an ordinary doll, and
she enters into the pleasures of cAild-
hood with. keen enjoyment.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

Judge Cooley, a life long Republican,
in his work on Constitutional Lava
recognized authority in every court OF
the United States. says:
"The Constitution never yields to
treaty or enactment. It neither
changes with time, nor does it. in
theory, bend to the force Of circum-
stances. It may be amended according
to its own permission; but while it
stands 1t is "a law for rulers and peo-
pie, equally in war and in peace, and
covers with the shield Of it's protection
all classes OF men, at all times and
under all circumstances" It's pglRci-
pies cannot therefore be set aside in
order to meet the supposed necessi-
ties of great crises. "No doctrine in
volving more pernicious consequences
was ver invented by the wit of man
than that any of its provisions can
be suspended during any Of the great
e~xigencies of government"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

Following the lean years" Of the
panic hundreds Of those who had
sought homes in America returned to
their native land, some comparatively
wealthy, and others not. This was a
most unusual condition and probably
will not soon occur again. From pres
ent prospects there will be a great rush
from Europe to America this season.
Ono agent of a steamship and immi-
grafton company estimates the num-
Der OF those probably new-home seek
ers at $50, 900. distributed in national
ity al follows: Irish, 0 5000; Swedes,
Danes and Norwegians, 2OO, 900; Ger
mans, 100, 600; Italians, $4,000; French,
10000; Poles, 10000; English, 1000;
Scotch, 1000; Greeks, 1000; Turks,
1000; Swiss. 1900. The Irish still
lead.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-06-29

It has been proposed in New York
to prohibit by law the publication Of
s|candalous matter found on the per-
sons or in the possession Of suicides or
Of those who have attempted suicide.
This would be a good thing to do.
Persons who take their own lives are
often insane. If not actually %deranged,
their minds are in so morbid a condi-
ton as to unfit them for calm and ac-
curate statement. 1t often happens
that. with the intention of explaining
their act, they leave a letter or scrap
Of paper which reflects cruelty upon
the character Of one or more living
persons. The sensational newspapers
print the letter under glayipg head
lines, and the injured person has no
redress. A mere denial counts for lit
tie, and there is no defense against
the calumnies of the dead.