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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-08-25
OPPOSED TO BALL VALVES.
Detective Tells How One Figured i'm
His Prisoners ESCAPE.

Defective Tells How One Figured i'm
His Prisoners Escape.
. Il never had but one prisoner escape
from me, said an old railroad detec-
tive, land that was under very pecu-
liar circumstances. In 1882, when I
was working for the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fee road, captured a fellow
named Jim Lake, who was wanted for
robbng freight cars. I got him near
Trinidad, COL, and after securing the
re1uisition papers started East with
him for Kansas City. Lake was a lit
tie consumptive chap, as frail as a
woman, and l didn't consider it neces-
sary to even put the handouts on him.
With one twist l could have broken
him in two. Besides, I didn't care to
cause him needless humiliation by ex-
hbiting him before the other passen-
gers IN the role of prisoner, so we
simply sat side by side like two fell
low tourists, and nobody in the car had
any idea that he was under arrest
. Naturally we did a good deal Of
talking, and at about dusk of the first
evening out Lake turned the conversa-
ton to curious mechanical contrivances
and described several remarkable ma
chimes he had seen. He had been a
skilled engineer earlier in life, and, be-
ing a good talker, soon got me deeply
interested. Among other things he told
me about an air pump with a singular
ball valve. The ball lies in a socket
he said, and the greater the air pres
sure behind it the tighter it sticks.
TO illustrate, he twisted an old envel-
ope into cone and dropped a paper
Wad into the mouth. Now, when l
I blow he continued, you'll see that the
wad stays right where it is Like a
fool, I stared at the thing, and he blew
\ violently into the little end. At the
same instant I felt as if q raging fur
/ mace had suddenly belched it's Flames
i right into my face. I couldn't see,
a couldn't breathe; for q moment or two
\ 7 couldn't even move. My throat and
4 nNstriIe We're on fire, and | felt sure
! my eyes had been burned literally out
of their sockets.
/: 'What had happened was simply
4 this: The envelope was full Of red
y pepper and | had received the charge
q point blank, at about a six-inch range
i While | was gasping the scoundrcl ran
\ to the other end of the car. MY friend
4 has fit!' nc shouted; Tn going after
y water!' OF course he jumped off, and
4 that was the last of him. He was new
j cr caught. The other day a man tried
: to sell me a lawn sprinkler. 1T has q
Il patent ball valve he said. 4 don't
! want it, l replied."-New Orleans
n Times Democrat
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-08-25
VERY LUCKY ESCAPE.

Powder Magazine st Smelling. Savc,.
sy Great Luck.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug 23.-During a
heaVy thunder storm the ordnance
building at Fort Smelling was struck
by lightning and almost totally de-
stroyed. but the stone powder maga-
zine, Is feet away, containing $4,000
pounds of powder, was 'uninjured.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-08-25
WOOdwOrlkers May Strike.

CHICAGO, Aug. pa strike of all
the woodworkers in the citv will be
ca led Sept. l unless the mill owners
consent to sign the agreement grant
ing the eight hour day. This was de-
cided upon a meeting Of the wood
workers council tonight. The strike
vii! involve $500 men.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-08-25
COMING Of Red MEN DEATH TO CANNES
VALUABLE DOGS IN FIRST WARD
" DIE OF POISON.

believed by Some That Duluth Has
Dog Hater-NO known Motive.
Sentimental Loss Reaches More
Than a Thousand DOllars-Detec-
tives Now Engaged in FerretinE
the Mystery-Somc are Suspected.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14

trines. One declaration Will be as Oh
ligatory as another. but all are not im-
mediate. II Is rot possible that these
parties would treat the doctrine Of
sixteen TO one. the immediate realiza-
tiOn of which is demanded by their
several platforms. as void and inopera-
1--we in the event that they should be
clothed with power. Otherwise their
profession of faith is insincere. 1t Is
therefore the imperative business OF
those opposed to this financial heresy
to prevent the triumph of the parties
whose union is only assured by adj
herence 10 the silver issue. VIII the
American people, throgh Indifference
or fancied security. hazard the over
throw of the wise financial legislation
or the past year and revive the danger
or the silver standard with all Of the
inevitable evils of shattered confidence
and general disaster which Justly
alarmed and aroused them i'm 1896?
The Chicago platform of 1896 is reaf-
hrmed In its entirety by the Kansas
CITY convention. Nothing has been
omitted or recalled; so that all the per-
lis then threatened are presented anew
with the added force of a deliberate
reatiirmation
The true northerner., 1900-09-14

store public order. establish law, Jus
tice and stable conditions as ours.
Neither congress nor the executive can
establish a stable government in these
islands under our right or sovereignty,
our authority. and cur flag And this
we are doing.
I'VE could not do 1t as a protector
ate power SO completely or so success
fully AS We are doing ii now. AS the
sovereign power we can initiate action
and shape means to ends, and guide
the fiiipinos to self-deyeiopnent and
self-gOyernment. AS protectorate
power we could not initiate action, but
would be compelled 10 follow and up
hold a people with no capacity yet TO
go alone. In the one case we can
protect both ourselves and the Fill
pinos from being involved In danger
Gus complications; in the other we
could not protect even the Filipinos
until after their trouble had come. Be-.
sides, IL we cannot establish any gov
ernment of our own without the con-
sent OF the governed, as our opponents
contend, then we could not establish
stable government for them or
make ours a protectorate WITHOUT the
like consent, and neither the majority
OF the people nor n minority OF the
people have invited us TO assume 1t.
We could not maintain protectorate
even with the consent Of the governed
without giving provocation for con-
flicts and possibly costly wars. Our
rights in the Philippines are now free
from outside interference and will con-
tinue SO in our present relation. They
would not be thus free in any other
relation. We will not give up our own
to guarantee another sovereignty.
"Our title Is good. Our peace COM
missioners believe they were receiv-
ing a good title when they concluded
the treaty. The executive believed it
was n good title when he submitted
il to the senate Of the United States
for its ratification The senate be-
lieved it was a good title when they
gave ii their constitutional assent, and
the congress seems not TO have
doubted its completeness when they
appropriated S20000,000 provided by
the treaty. If any who favored its
ratification believed it gave us bad
title, they were not sincere. Our title
is practically identical with that un-
der which we hold our territory ac-
quired since the beginning of the gov
ernment, and under which we have
exercised full sovereignty and estab-
lished government for the Inhabitants.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
rected 1t to sail? Where could it have


gone? What port In the Orient was
open ID it? Do our adversaries con-
denim the expedition under the com
mand Of General Merritt to strengthen
Dewey In the distant ocean and as
sist In our triumph over Spain. with
which nation we were at war? Was
IL not our highest duty to strike Spain
at every vulnerable point, that the war
might be successfully concluded at
the earliest practicable momenti And
was ii not our duty TO protect the lives
and property of those who came with
I'm our control by the fortunes of war?
Could we have come away at any
time between May /. 1898, and the con-
clusion Of peace without a stain
upon our good name? Could we have
come away without dishonOr at any
time after the ratification of the peace
treaty by the senate of the United
States?
There has been no time since the
destruction of the enemy's fleet when
we could or should have left the Philip
pine archipelago.
1T has been asserted that there
would have been no fighting in the
Philippines If congress had declared
Its purpose TO give independence TO
the Tagal insurgents. The insurgents
did not wait for the action Of congress.
They assumed the offensive; they OPP
ened fire on our army. Those who
assert our responsibility for the be-
gining of the conflict have forgotten
that before the treaty was ratified in
the senate and while it was being
debated in that body, and while the
Bacon resolution was under discus
sion, on Feb. 4, 1899, the insurgents
attacked the American army, after
being previously advised that the
American forces were under orders
not fire upon them except in defense.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS QUESTION.
Policy OF the Administration FULLY Stated
and Defended,


For the sake of full and intelligent
understanding Of the Philippine ques-
ton. and TO give TO the people au-
thentic information of the acts and
aims Of the administration" the presi-
dent presents at length the events Of
Importance leading up to the present
situation in the Philippine islands. in
Guiding the instructions 10 the commits
sioners appointed to investigate. and to
act in the matter of government of
those islands. He then continues:
Every effort has been directed to
their peace and prosperity. their ad-
vancement and well-belng, not for our
aggrandiZement nor for pride of might,
not for trade or commerce, not for
exploitation, but for humanity and
civilization. and for the protection of
the vast majority of the population
who welcome our sovereignty against
the designing minority whose first de-
mand after the surrender of Manila
by the Spanish army was to enter the
city that they might loot ii and de-
stroy those not in sympathy with their
selfish and treacherous designs. No
body who will avail himself of the
facts will longer hold that there was
the insurgents, or that any promise
Of independence was made to them.
Long before their leader had reached
Manila they had resolved, if the COM
mander of the American navy would
give them arms with which to fight
the Spanish army. they would later
turn upon us. which they did murder
ously and without the shadow of
cause or Justification
There may be - ose without the
means OF full information, who be-
lieve that we were in alliance with
the insurgents and that we assured
them that they should have indepen-
dence. To such let me repeat the facts.
On the 26th of May, 1898, Admiral
Dewey was instructed by me to make
no alliance with any party or faction
in the Philippines that would incur
liability to maintain ther cause In the
future. and he replied under date of
June g, 1898: Have acted according
to spirit of departments instructions
from the beginning, and l have en-
tered into no alliance with the insur-
gents or with any faction. This squad
ron can reduce the defenses of Manila
at any moment. but ii is considered
useless until the arrival OF sufficient
United States forces to retain posses
sion.' In the report of the first Phil
ippine commission. submitted on Nov.
2, 1899, Admiral Dewey, one Of its
members, said: No alliance of any
kind was entered into with Aguinaldo,
nor was any promise Of independence
made to him at any time
would not our adversaries have
sent Dewey's fleet to Manila to capture
and destroy the Spanish sea power
there, or, dispatching ii there, would
they have withdrawn it after the de-
strIkction of the Spanish fleet, and IL
the latter, whittier would they have di-
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
Important amendments were

promulgated by executive order under
date of May %. 1899 having for their
principal purpose the exception from
competitive eyemlration of certain
places involving tiduciary responsibill-
ties or duties of a strictly confidential.
scientific or executive character, which
IL was thought might better be filled
either by non-competitlve examination
or by other tests Of fitness I'm the dis
cretion Of the appointing officer. 1t is
gratifying that the experience of more
than n year has vindicated these
changes. in the marked Improvement
OF the public service. The merit sys-
tenn, as far as practicable, is made the
basis for appointments to office in our
new territory.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
DISCUSSION OF ALL THE ISSUES.
Special Attention Being Given to
Finances and the ISL
and Policy.
NO SUCH ISSUE AS IMPERIALISM
So the Republican Standard Bearer
Declares-His Position on Trusts
-Remarks on Protection,
Reciprocity and Labor.

Washington, Sept. 10.-N'illiam Nc
Kinley's letter of acceptance of the Re-
publican nomination for president of
the United States was given to the
public today. 1t is addressed to Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman notiti-
cation committee, and is in its material
substance as follows:
THE nomination of the Republican
national convention of June 10, 1900,
for the office of the president of the
United States, which as the official rep
reSentative OF the convention you have
conveyed TO me, is accepted. l have
carefully examined the platform adopt
ed and give to 1t my hearty approval.
Upon the great issue of the last ma
tional election it is clear. 1t upholds
the gold standard and indorses the leg
islation Of the present congress by
which that standard has bten effect
iy,ly strengthened. The stability of
our national currency is therefore Sc
cGI4 - long as those who adhere TO
thi, 3atform are kept in control of the
gov, i-nt. In the first battle, that
of L. 20 friends of the gold stand
ard an0 yf sound currency were tri-
umphant anu the country is enjoying
the fruits III that victory. Our antag
onistS. hoN ever are not satisfied They
compel us to second battle upon the
same lines oil. which the first was
fought and won. While regretting the
re-opening of this question. which can
only distub the present satisfactory
financial condition of the government
and visit uncertainty upon our great
business enterprises, we accept the is
sue and again invite the sound money
forces 10 JON in winning another and
we hope a permanent triumph for an
honest financial system, which will
continue inviolable the public faith. AS
in 1896 the three silver parties are
united under tie same leader who i'm
mediately after the election of that
year, in an address to the bimetallists,
said
1.-The friends Ct bimetallism have
not been vanquiGhCd; the! have simply
been overcome. they believe that the
god standard is a conspiracy of the
money-changerS against the welfare OF
the human race, and they will con-
tinue the warfare against it.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
PLATFORMS OF THE OPPOSITION
With Respect to the Question of the Mon
ey of the Country.


"The policy thus proclaimed has
been accepted and confirmed by these
parties The silver Democratic plat
form of 1900 continues the warfare
against the so-called gold conspiracy
when it expressly says we reiterate
the demand Of that the Chicagol plat
form of 1896 for an American finan-
cial system made by the American
people for themselves, which shall re-
store and maintain a bimetallic price
level, and As part of such system the
immediate restoration Of the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver and gold
at the present ratio Ci IL 10 /. with
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation SO the issue is pre-
sented. 1t will be noted that the de-
mand is for the immediate restoration
of the free coinage OF silver at IL to l.
If another issue is paramount, this IS
immediate. 1t will admit of no delay
and will suffer no postponement.
Turning To the other associated
parties we lind in the Populist ma
tional platform adopted at Sioux Falls
South Dakota. May 10. 1900 the fol-
lowing declaration: We pledge anew
the Peoples party never TO cease the
agitation until this financial conspir-
acy is blotted from the statute book,
the Lincoln greenback restored, the
bonds all paid and all corporation mon-
ey forever retired. We reaffirm the
demand for the reopenug of the mints
of the United States FOR the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at
the present legal ratio Of 16 to |. the
immediate increase in the volume of
silver coins and certificates thus Gre
ated TO be substituted, dollar for dol
lar, for the bank notes issued by pri-
vate corporations under special priv-
lege granted by law OF March Il.
1900 and prior national banking laws
"The platform Of the Silver party
adopted at Kansas Sity July &, 1900.
makes the following announcement:
'We declare il TO be our intention 10
lend our efforts TO the repeal of this
currency law, which not only repudi-
ates the ancient and time-honored
principles of the American people be-
fore the constitution was adopted. but
is violative of the principles of the
constitution itself; and we shall not
cease our efforts until there has been
established in its place monetary
system based upon the free and un-
limited coinage of silver and gold into
money at the present legal ratio of
16 to / by the Independent action Of
the United States, under which sys-
sym all paper money shall be issued
by the government and all such mon-
ey coined or issued shall be a full
legal tender In payment of all debts,
public and private. without exception
SIN all three platforms these par
ties announce that their efforts shall
be unceasing until the gold act shall
be blotted from the statute books and
the free and unlimited coinage Of sill
yer at 10 TO / shall take its place. The
relative Importance of the issue l do
not stop to discuss. All Of them are
important. Whichever party is sue
cessful will be bound In conscience to
carry into administration and legisla.
tion It's several declarations and doc.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14

tlOns ana interest on the pubic dsDl.
In 1899 we expanded FIR pensions
Sl30. .3Ji92o. anu Tor the fiscal year
1900 cur payments on this account
amounted 10 $i40o1.,3lG. The net in
crease Of interest on the public debt
OF 1900 over lS9J. required 10y the war
loan, was $2C3. Hos -. While congress
authorized the government To make
war loan OF 500. 100000 at the begin
ming OF the war with Spain. only $780,
OUOOOO OF bonds were issued, bearing
per cent. interest. which We're prompt
ly and patriotically taken by our citi-
Zens
UNLESS something unforeseen oc-
ours To reduce Our revenues or in
crease our expenditures. the congress
at its next session should reduce taxa
ton very materially Five years ago
we were selling government bonds
bearing as high as ) per cent. inter
est. Now we are redeeming them with
a bond at par bearing , per cent. in
terest. We are selling our surplus
products and lending our surplus mon-
ey to Europe. one result of our sell
ing 10 other nations so much more
than we have bought from them dur
ing the past three years is a radical
Improvement of our financial relations.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
In CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
Progress OF the Establish ment of Free Gov
ernment in the Islands.

ernment In the Islands.
1--WE have been in possession OF Gu
ba since the first Of January. 1899. We
have restored order and established
domestic tranquility. We have fed the
starving. clothed the naked, and min
istered to the sick. We have improved
the sanitary condition OF the island.
We have stimulated industry, intro
duced public education, and taken a
full and comprehensive enumeration
of the Inhabitants. The qualification
OF electors has been settled and under
1t officers have been chosen for all the
municipalities of Cuba. These local
improvements are now in operation,
administered by the people. Our mill
tary establishment has been reduced
from $4,000 TO less than $4,000. An
election has been ordered TO be held
on the 10th Of September under a
fair election law already tried in the
municipal elections, 10 choose members
of constitutional convention, and the
convention by the same order is TO as
semble on the first Monday of Novem-
Der TO frame n constitution upon which
an independent government for the
island will rest. All this is long step
in the fulfillment Of our sacred guar
antees TO the people of Cuba.
I'VE hold Porto Rico by the same
title as the Philippines. The treaty
of peace which ceded us the one con-
veyed 10 us the other. Congress has
given to this island a government in
which the inhabitants participate, elect
their OWL legislature. enact their own
local laws. provide their own system
of taxation. and in these respects have
the same power and privileges en-
joyed by other territories belonging to
the United States. and n much larger
measure Of self-government than
was given to the inhabitants
of Louisiana under jefferson
While they 90 not have instant free
commercial Intercourse with the Unit
ed States congress complied with my
recommendation by removing. on the
first day Of May last. s. per cent. of
the duties and providing for the re-
mOval Of the remaining ID per cent.
on the 1st Of March, 1902, or earlier
If the legislature of Porto Rico shall
provide local revenues for the expenses
of conducting the government
During this intermediate period
Porto Rican products coming into the
United States pay a tariff of II per
cent Of the rates under the Dingley
act, and our goods going TO Porto Rico
pay like rate. The duties thus paid
and collected both in Porto Rico and
the United States are paid To the gov
ernment Of Porto Rico. and no part
thereof Is taken by the national gov
ernment In addition to this
we have expended for relief. education
and Improvement Of roads the sum Of
81 ,513 0S4.9j. The United States mill
tary force in the island has been re-
duced from LOCO 10 .JC0. and native
Porto Ricans constitute for the most
part the local cOnstabulary.
The true northerner., 1900-09-14
SOME REFLECTIONS ON TRUSTS
With Remarks Of Interest to Laboring Men
owl S.rNicc Reform.

"COmbnatiOnS Of capital which con-
troll the market in commodities neces-
sary 10 the general use of the people.
by suppreSsing natural and ordinary
competition, thus enhancing prices to
the general consumer are obnoxious
10 the common law and the public well
fare. They are dangerous conspira-
cies against the public good and should
be made the subject of prohibitory or
penal legislation. Publicity will be
helpful influence to check this evil.
Uniformity of legislation in the several
states should be secured. Discrimina-
tion between what is Injurious and
what is useful and necessary in busi-
ness operations is essential to the wise
and effective treatment of this sub
ject. Honest cooperation Of capital Is
necessary TO meet new business con-
ditions and extend our rapidly increas-
ing foreign trade. but conspiracies and
combinations intended to restrict busi-
ness. create monopolies and control
prices should be effectively restrained.
'"The best service which can be rem
dered TO labor is TO afford il an OPP
portunity for steady and remunerative
employment and give ii every encour-
aCement for Advancement. The policy
which subserves this end is the true
American policy. The past three years
have been more satisfactory to Ameri-
can workingmen than many preceding
years. Any change Of the present in
dustrlal or financial policy Of the gov
ernment would be disastrous to their
highest interests. With prosperity at
home and increasing foreign market
for American products, employment
should continue to wait upon labor.
and with the present gold standard
the workingman is secured against
payment for his labor In deprecated
currency. For labor. short day is
better than a short dollar: one will
tighten the burdens, the other lessen
the rewards, Of toll. The one will pro-
mote contentment and independence;
the other penury and want The wage
of labor should be adequate to keep
the home in comfort, educate the chill
dren and, with thrift and economy, lay
something up for the days of infirmi-
ty and old age.
"Practical civil service reform has
always had the support and encour-
agement of the Republican party. The
future of the merit system is safe in
its hands. During the present admin
istration as occasions have arisen for
modification or amendment I'm the ex-
listing law and rules they have been