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Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04
Cost of War.

The ArgOnaut of Sept. 10, contained a suggestive article on the cost of war. It would pay the American citizen to look into the war charge. One really cannot rely on the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, from hOt-air politician. The professional patriot with the best in- tentions sees things, but sees them without regard to perspective. What is nearest is largest. What is nearest is present personal interest. So what is largest to the professional patriot is necessarily a landing place for him. self. Patriotism to him is an office, a salary, sinecure or rake-oti. He is in party or faction solely for himself. Principles he knows nothing of, meas ureS he demands like a repeating pa triOt Echo is tine diet of his elO- quence. Thus the citizen ought to look into the cost of warlike policies for himself
 A preliminary examination of the war cost in America gives ample food for reflection. Our professional pa. triOts are continually bOaSting that the republic has not the burdens of the great military nations of Europe. AS matter of fact we are spending a larger proportion of our revenue on militaIy charges than any Of them. France, Germany and Russia spend 2 per cent of their revenue on war charges These are the leading mili- tary nations. The United States in 1900 appropriated 24 per cent of its revenue to pensions alone.
 The total appropriations at the first session of the present congress were S7l0, 100000 The Aug0naut divides the figures thus: Army, sl1i, ,220, 995: Qualifications, S7, ,3S3, ,62S; navy, s65, ,4l0,- 9l6; pensions, sl45'245. 23O; total, S33l, 990, ,769. This is 42 per cent of the federal appropriations, or nearly double the proportion of revenue paid for military charges by the three lead ing European military nations. Los Angeles Saturday Post.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

publican party? Of course we do not seriously set up so fantastic a hyothe- sis. Everybody knows that New York is eccentric and unreliable, and that, as a result of domestic broils and disa- greements, it may do the most as founding things. In 1882 New York gave Mir. Cleveland, then an obscure local politician of Bntlalo, a majority of nearly 100000 for governor. The vote astounded the whole country, for very few people had ever so much as heard of Mr. Cleveland before. It was one of New NJ.~ |, confirmed pe- culiarities, however, and in very little while the astonishment sub sided. After all it was no more won derful than the 26S,OO0 majority for Mckinley in 1896, followed by the pitiable 1000 majority for Roosevelt in 1898. It was characteristic of New York-and that explains everything.
 As regards the present campaign, no one seeking reputation for Suc- cessful prophecy would venture to forecast. What we know is that the gold democrats of 1896, or at least nine- tenths of them, are now support ing Bryan. The spoOk of the "4S-cent dollar" no longer boasts single ter TOT. Nobody now believes that the gold standard is in the very slightest danger, even though Bryan should be elected with a democratic house at his back. The republican orators and leaders know this in their hearts, for their frantic efforts to obscure the imperialistic issue and the trust issue in a great cloud of 16 to l dust exposes them. As matter of fact, there is only one suggestive feature of the sit uation in New York, and that is to be found in the very modest, not to say bashful, claims of the republicans.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

Blade. The letter stated that fresh et down Mineral creek had washed away several of the railroad bridges. Fortunately there is enough ore on the dump at the mill to keep the lat ter running for some time and the washouts will not cause stoppage at the min.
 District court convened at Solomon vile last Monday. The criminal dock ct is the largest in the history of the county. A correspondent of the Star says: "The taxpayers are beginning to wonder when the increase in crime and the consequent heavy expense will cease. At the coming term 26 men will be tried for various Oilenses from stealing burros to murder. There are various theories as to the cause of the sudden increase in crime, but whatever the cause, 1t is fact, and the taxpayers of the county are get ting very tired.
 A dispatch from Congress, Ariz., of Sept. 2s to the Republican, says: At Octave, John Lee, deputy sheriff, shot and killed Charlie Thompson. on Thursday night at the latter's saloon. Lee attempted to withdraw from poker game after winning $50. Thomp- son was loser and objected. Lee in sisted, took the money and arose from the table. Thompson went behind the bar and got shotgun, Lee there upon tired and killed Thompson in- stantly, the ball passing close to the heart. ThUmpson'S brother is hospi- tai steward at Jerome.
 The NOgales water company has let contract for excavation of 100000 gallon reservoir upon the hill over looking NOgaleS. Sonora, upon inc south When the excavation is com pleted the reservoir will be cemented and connected with the water system of the company, and it will be kept full by pumping directly from the big well up the EstiladerOs canyon. The reservoir will be POO feet higher than the water tank at tbe railway depot, and will give pressure of S5 to 90 pounds per square inch. A big pump and an so horse power boiler are on the way to 6e put in to pump from the well up to the reservoir. r.-OaSis.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04
Imperlaiism's Greatest Injury.

The most serious objection to that radical departure from republican principles aud from democratic gov- ernment which Is with perfect accuracy called imperialism" lies iu its effect upon us-upon the people the people of the United States.
 The burden of the criticism upon this policy has been directed to the wrong we are doing to the Filipinos in denying to them the rights proclaimed In our own Declaration to be inherent and unalenable in 'all men" Unless the Declaration Is q string of lies there can be no doubt that Mir. McKinley's policy of criminal aggression" toward the inhabitants of the Philippines is, as he said the same course would be II applied to Cuba, without justification in our ''cede of morality.
 But there is great moral law for nations AS for individuals. unrepeala- ble aad relentless, which ordalns that injustice shall re act upon the unjust. All tilibustering and freebooting na- tions have paid dearly for their con quests The shareholders of our south ern states suffered in the inevitable end far more from slavery than did the blacks whom they held in bondage. And so this policy of imperialism, this yielding to the Old World spirit of empire, the assertion of right to gov ern 5000, 900 people at the antlpodes without giving them any voice in their own affairs, is not, as MT. Hornblower admits. 'an imaginary danger
 Its worst effects are seen at home:
 l. In fostering the military spirit. Already the army has been increased four times in size and its prospective cost multiplied by seven.
 2. In diverting attention from evils and perils at home that demand the best thought of our statesmen and the calmest deliberation of the people.
 In view of the race troubles at the south which are nullifying plain pro- vision of the Constitution-In view of the growing power of plutocracy in politics and in government-in view ot the widespread domination of trusts and monopolies in business-is 1t not astounding that MT. Mckinley could have said, when entering npon his policy of Asiatic adventure, that i've have no home problems to distract us?'
 5. In habituating our politicians and even the people to disregard of the Constitution and to acquiesce without protest in the substitution of one-man rule as in Cuba, in Porto Rico and ID the Philippines-for the rule of law.
 f. In an enormous increase of the cost of government Today, more than two years after the close of the war with Spain, the people are still psylng Sl00, 900, 900 annually in una bated war taxes
 Fidelity to the fundamental princi' ples of our government requires thai we shall abandon the fatal dreams oi an empire in the east Justice to the Filipinos dictates that we shall recog nize and protect their right to govern themselves. But even more impera' tive IS the demand that for its own highest good this nation must be saved from that virus of imperialism whicf destroyed the great republics of the past N Y. World.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

For three days and nights l suf- fered agony untold from an attack of cholera morbus brought on by eating cucumbers, says M. E. Lowther, clerk of the district court, Centeryille, Iowa. 'I thought l should surely die, and tried dozen different medicines but all to no purpose. l sent for bottle Chamberlain's collie, cholera and diar- rhoea remedy and three doses relieved me entirely" This remedy is for sale by H c Hitchcock
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

AdOlph Jacobs, promoter of the Gila County and Arizona Development Co.,, requests all prospectors to list their claims with him, in anticipation of the mineral exhibit to be forwarded to Boston, Mass.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

l am prepared with nice line of samples and can give satisfaction to those wanting neat fitting suits at bot ton prices. c. s. VAN WAGENEN.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

FOR SALE-One English side sad dle and an Edison grand concert pho nograph, with four dozen records. Apply at this office.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

Just received, select line of genu- tne hand carved, ladies and gentle mems leather belts and hat bands, at the News Depot.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04

Blue Grass whisky, 13 years old, at q. $. Van Wagepen's.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04
Keeping Home Sacred.

Die you ever live in haunted houseY
 "No, sir. l have always made it practice to have the bill collectors call on me at my office.''
Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-04
White Sewing Machine.

Every White sewing machine now sent out is equipped with Ball Bear ingS, making it the lightest running and most serviceable machine of the age. An assortment of these excel lent machines carried in stock by F. W. Westmeyer, Globe, Arizona, and sold at the lowest cash prices.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

paramount issue in this campaign
Whether we shall adhere to. or aban-
don those ideas Of government which
have distinguished this nation from
other nations and given to its history
It's peculiar charm and value, is Ques-
ton the settlement OF which cannot
be delayed. No other question can ap-
proach it in Importance; no other
question demands such immediate con-
sideration- 1t is easier to lose a repu-
tatlon than to establish one, and this
nation would find it a long and lab0ri-
Gus task to regain its proud position
among the nations. if, under the stress
OF temptation, it should repudiate the
seif-eFldent truths proclaimed by our
heroic ancestors and sacredly treasured
during career unparalleled in the
annals Of time. When the doctrine
that the people are the only source of
power is made secure from further. at
tack we can safely proceed to the set
tlement OF the numerous questions
which involve the domestic and eco
nomic welfare OF our citizens. .
Very truly yours,
w. j. BRYAN. d.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28
Chinese Exclusion.

The Chinese exclusion act has proven
an advantage to the country, and its
continuance and strict enforcement, as
well as its extension to other similar
races, are imperatively necessary. The
Asiatic is so essentially different from
the American that he cannot be as
simulated with our population. and is.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28
ImperfaIfsm.

The subjects, however. treated in
this letter, important as each may
seem in itself, do not press SO impera-
lively for solution as the question
which the platform declares to be the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

Corporations In Politics.
the Democratic parry makes no war
upon honestly acquired wealth; neither
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma
have long been ready to assume the
responsibilities and enjoy the priv
leges of statehood, and it will be a
pleasure, as well as duty, to carry
out the platform pledge concerning
them.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28
Alaska and Porto Rico.

There will be popular acquiescence
in the demand for home rule. and a
territorial form of government in
Alaska and Porto Rico. Both are en-
titled to local self-government and
representation in Congress.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28
Cuba.

The recognition contained in both
the Democratic and Republican plat
forms of the right of the Cubans to in
dependence, removes the general prin-
ciple involved from the domain of par
tisan politics. It is proper. however,
to consider whether the accomplish
ment Of this purpose can be safely en-
trusted to the Republican party after
it has yielded to the allurements of the
Colonial idea, and abandoned its ear
lier faith in the natural and inalien-
able rights of man.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28
Foreign Alliances.


The reasons given by Washington,
Jefferson. and the other statesmen OF
the early days in support of the doc
trine that we should maintain friendly
relations with all nations, but enter
into entangling alliances with none,
are even stronger to-day than they
were hundred years ago. Our COM
merce is rapidly increasing, and we are
brought into constant communication
with all parts of the world. Even if we
desired to do SO, we could not afford to
ALLEVIATE many nations by cultivating
unnecessary intimacy with a few. Our
strength and standing are such that it
is less necessary than ever before to
lean for aid upon the friendliness Of a
foreign power.
We cannot connect ourselves with
European nations, and share in their
jealousies and ambitions without los
ing the peculiar advantage. which our
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

Following are taken from a recently
published work, edited by DR.. H s.
Taylor and D. M. Fulwiler, entitled
Lincoln's Words on Living Issues"
Trusty Publishing Co., 41S Roanoke
building, Chicago.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

February IL. 1861. Speech at Cina
cinnati. o. Complete Works. Vol I. p
676.) The workingmen are the basis.
Of all governments for the plain rea-
son that they are tho more numerous-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

therefore, not desirable as permanent
citizen His presence as temporary
1aborer. preserving his national identi-
ty, and maintaining foreign scale or
wages and living. must ever prove an
Injustice to American producers. as
well as a perpetual source OF trrita-
ton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

Election OF Senators by Che People.
The demand for a constitutional
amendment providing for the election
OF Senators by direct vote of the peo-
pie. appears for the first time In a
Democratic National platform. but a
resolution proposing such an amend
ment, has three times passed the
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

The BLACKLIST IS now employed in
some places enables the employer to
place the employe under practical
duress, for the skilled 1aborer loses his
independence when the employers can
not only discharge him, but prevent his
securing any similar employment
The blacklist enables employers to Sc
cure, by mutual agreement, that con-
troll over the wage earners which a
private monopoly exercises without
contract.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

July 5, 1861, Annual Message-Ray7
mond, p. 1861 This relaive matter OF
National power and state rights, as a
principle, is no other than the princi1
pie of generality and locality What
ever concerns the whole should be
confided to the who1e-to the general
government; while whatever concerns
only the state should be left exclu-
sively TIC the state.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

March 4, 1865, Second Inaugural.
Hapgood. p. 403.) It may seem strange
that any men should dare to ask just
Gods assistance in wringing bread
from the sweat OF other mems faces.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-28

July 16, 1852, Speech at Springfield
Ill.-Complete Works. 1. p. 171.) A
free people in times of peace and quiet
when pressed by no common danger
naturally divide into parties. At,
such times the man who Is of neithert
party is not, cannot be of any conse-.
quence.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-30

"1 don't believe we've got anything in your atock.'' said i1e, that's goin !o do me any good Guess we nights wei sit D tryiIi '
 Gu th the doctor "Well, tiy ;heae. It's the last pair we haven't tested. Ii they don't fit we'll call it bad job. And he carefully placed the glasses as trlde the farmers nose and passed the paper over to him.
 The farmer read awhile in silent de- light and then looked at the doctor. Complete" cried the farmer ecstati- cally. T hain't seen so well to read for years. These are jest what I call fust-class!'
 I'm glad I suited you,' said the doctor as he tucked $3 in his vest pocket and hastened away. 1T thought I could fix you before we got done. And he did fix me-" said the farmer, telling about the matter the other day. "When I went to look at them glasses after supper, blamed if didn't find that they were nothin' but jest bows-not a speck of glass in eith- CT side of 'em. It cost me $3 to find out that my old eyes are pretty good to read with, after all."-From The Louisville (Me) Journal
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FITTED HIM.
The Maine Farmer and the Travelling
 Spectacle Peddler.

The Maine Farmer and the Travelling
 Spectacle Peddler.
 The travelling eye doctor came along. The man of the house was out in the barn sorting potatoes for seed. His wife told the doctor that she guessed her husband wanted some glasses, for he had been complaining about his old ones. So she went out and called him. He came slowly in through the shed walk. dusting the grime off his hands.
 'Yes, said he to the doctor, 'I have been havin quite a tussle with them eyes of mine. Guess I've either got to have some new specs or git tongs to hold my paper with. Hain't got much ready money just now. Jest got up March hill, ye sec, and it's seed and fertilizer and all that to buy. But trot out yer glasses, mister and we'll see if we can trade"
 So the doctor opened his case and commenced to try on the glasses. As each was fitted on his nose the farmer looked grayely onto the page of the weekly paper and then off at the wall. ''No, that ain't it vet" he would say.
 At last he seemed to get discouraged
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-30
777 CHAPEL ST., NEW HAVEN.

him, and in that ininitable voice | growled, Young man, you'll do.' The | praise of five thousand critics could not have meant as much to me as those words from him."
 MT Vezin, asked to recall his first dis tinct success in London, turns to his
 management of the Surrey Theater, in 1 1859, when he played Louis XXI. and
 Hamlet, and was greeted by the press and the public of those days as the ''dawning genius of the English stage"
 'But I shall probably be best remenl- 1 bered if am worth the remembrance" l he says, with his gentle, scholars smile, l for Danl Druce, the part I created, and which of all others l love the most, l and perhaps I have little fondness for | Sir Grey de Malpras. the poor relation | of the De Montrevilles, in "The Right | ful Heir Among other characters in which I think I earned much praise were those of Sigurd, the 'Hunchback of l The White Pilgrim,' and Martel, in Herman Merivale's Son of the Soil And if have made any success in Shakespearean parts it is because I pre- ferred to treat Jaques, Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet as human creatures-not as so many puppets stalking the stage for the simple exploitation of the authors lines.
 "But there, enough of me-" he ex- claims, rising from his chair with a gesture of impatience. "The public, I
 presume, cannot be interested in the wandering recollections of an old man. Yet, old as I am, have lost none of my ambition, none of the vigor of my youth. It is very agreeable to me to know that my friends intend to celebrate my fifty years apprenticeship to the stage-for in our profession we are all apprentices
 until we debut I should feel happied could I be permitted to earn my bread in the regular way.
 "A good fellow said in thoughtless moment that was an unlucky actor i. e., a Jonah to every play with which I was associated This was lie, as my record in successful plays will prove. But the lie spread like a cancer and now, for nearly eighteen years, have labored under the curse of superstition that taints and blights the stage. No manager has had moral courage suffl- cient to employ me-and the public cas- fly forgets. And thus, in these days, am poor where I might perhaps have earned a competence for my last days. But, thank God, there is at least one thing I have learned in my broken old age-the lesson of forgiveness "--London Evening News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-30

THE ENTRY INTO BLOEMFONTEIN The dusty and ragged troops marched, smiling and happy, through rows of gaping Dutchmen, who, awed by the silence, obviously lost in wonderment at the men who fight on foot and carry loads on their backs.
 The music of the battered bugles and the rattle of the drums caused every
 body in the town to collect in the mar
 ket square. One Scotch carpenter turn
 ed out in all the glory of kilt and spor-
 ran. When are the Highlanders com
 ing in?' he kept asking amid the tears
 that he was unable to keep back. Near
 him stood erect an old soldier, proudly
 displaying his row of medals, among
 them those for the Crimea and the Mu- tiny. An ex-bluejacket sported his old navy suit, but rather spoiled the effect by wearing a Glangarry cap.
 For these men, and others of their kind, the entry of the troops was sight worth living for. But for the men who had British blood in their veins, and yet had carried their Mausers in the federal ranks, it was a day of bitterness and remorse. They did not dare cheer the soldiers of the queen, nor did the sight of the Union Jack flying over the public buildings offer them consolation. They had offended greatly, and suffer- ing was not spared them.
 Far different was it with the sturdy British who had refused to be comman- deered who had dared to defy the Boer authorities, and who would have gone to prison, and even to death, rather than take up arms against the old coun- try. These moral heroes were entitled to cheer and cheer they did, until even the stolid Dutchmen were infected by their enthusiasm.
 Greetings were exchanged with the worn and bearded soldiers as they tramped past, and one John MacKenzie, the loyal host of the Bon Accord, re- lieved his feelings with a speech that seemed as interminable as the British column itself. An old Scotswoman, with a quiverjng lip and eyes brimming over with tears, cried out frem the crowd that she had now lived the grandest day of her life.-Bloemfontei Correspond l ence of the London Standard.
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Ornmge.

believe In the principles of the Republican party and endorse It's policies, are request cd to meet in caucus in the Town Hall, West Haven, Tuesday, May 1st, 1900 at Delegates to the Republican State and Dis- trict Conventions, for the selection of Del egates to the National Republican Conven- tion to be. held at Phlladelphia Pa, and also for the purpose of choosing a Town Committee for the two years ensuing
 By order of the Town Committee,
 WALTER A. MAIN, Chairman.
 Dated at Orange, Conn.,, April 24th, 1900. ap25 Ct