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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
CROKER ON TRUSTS.
No show Any more for Young Men Un-
der the New Regime. Says the
Tammany Chief.

Speaking at a meeting of the Tam
many leaders recently. among other
things Mr.. Croker said:
II should like TO make a few remarks
on a matter which I consider to be the
most important OF the hour. and that
is the necessity that you should inn
press on the young men of your dis
tricts the Importance TO them of join
ing the young mems clubs which are
being formed throughout the United
States. If / we're TO use now a common,
everyday expression 20 convey my idea
of the condition of the young man seek
ing a future. I should say: He is up
against it He may get . start OF what
looks like one. but | don't care what he
is. clerk, messenger. bookkeeper, any
thing you please, there is no ladder ON
which he can Climb. Hundreds of let
tiers come to me from young men every
day telling me just these things, and
hundreds of letters come. too, from
young men telling me they can't get
employment. You ought to get young
men TO be politicians, to study their
conditions and TO learn how to make
them better. There is no hope for them
NO-AdN 4ACEC Is AO Cn4ACC IOl NANAA
to advance. Invite them to join your
district clubs. Invite them to make
speeches, whether they are orators or
o Get them to give their ideas of
the issues of the day, no matter how
roughly they give them. If they don't
want to join Tammany clubs, let them
join other clubs-only get them think
ing. Get them to examine their own
condition. and when they find that they
have no ehahee to get along they will
know what to do.
Think of your w n you lead
ers. 1 know many of you have them.
If they are placed in a trust they are
slaves to hat trust. Where are all the
little business places that used TO be a
feature of New York. and of all this
country, too. not many years agof
Where are all the little grocery stores
and the other shops where whole fami-
lies had an interest in the business and
every member of the family as soon as
he or she was able was employed? They
have all been destroyed, and destroyed
by the trusts.
Matters like these ought to be
brought before young men, for with
their help there can be no question
about the result. If had nothing to do
with this organization, whether 1 was
a republican or a democrat, / would
get up and talk just as / do now If the
issues of this campaign were thorough
" understood, Bryan would get 90 per
cent. of the votes in the United States,
because ten per cent. are o running
the 80 per cent. and getting their hearts
blood. Impress these questions on your
Young men,"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
PENSIONERS TO PAY.
Expenses of Philippine War to BE
Imposed Upon Them by the
Republicans.

The republican platform of 1860 is
absolutely silent concerning the old
soldiers. There is not one solitary
word in their behalf; and it is u
pected that, in the costly pursuit of
foreign wars of conquest, the repub-
lican party foresees the necessity OF
economy in the direction of pension ex-
penditures.
There IS ground for believing that
the party of Imperialism is preparing
TO make the old soldiers pay for the
war of subjugation in the Philippines.
Yet the republican party has as
serted a rigorous claim upon the votes
of the old soldiers. 1t has sought to
exploit them and has exploited them
for the benefit of monopolies and
trusts. and it has lost no opportunity
to brand the democrats as enemies of
The men who fought to preserve the
union and to wipe out the unutterable
curse of slavery.
However. the republican platform is
row silent; and William Mckinley
writes columns in a letter Of accept
ance without a single line or even =
single word referring to the soldiers
of the union. He was too busy defend
ing his war CT conquest to offer a
word of assurance to them that they
are still 10 De dealt with justly and lib
orally by d gratefu, government.
The democr2ri tic DIa torn is in happy
contrast with that CT the republicans.
I'VE are proud OF the courage and iGeI-
ity of the American soldiers and sail
ors in all u wars" it says: 1--WE favor
liberal pensions to them and their de
pendents. and we reiterate the position
taken in tbs Chicago platform in 1896
that the fact Of enlistment and service
shat! be deemed conclusive evidence
against disease and disability before
enlistment"
And Mr.. Bryan in his letter of &C.
ceptance declares that "a liberal policy
is natural and necessary in a govern
ment which depends upon a citizen
soldiery instead of a large standing
army. Self-interest. as we'll as graft
tude. compeis the government to make
bountifuI provision for those who in
the hour of danger and at great sacri-
flee OF business, health and life ten
der their services to their country"
He therefore demands that the pen
sion laws shall &c generously con-
strued in the spirit which prompted
their passage: and he makes it plain
that in the event of his election he will
not search out another Henry Clay
Evans to be his pension commissioner
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

E16S Exc ILAZEO-
She seemed to be quite convinced Of
the fact that Mrs. Jobson vas a per-
feet little lady. and 4 whole lot too
good for Mr.. Jobson. with reference
to whom Nora exhausted the whole
vocabulary of vituperation and scorn-
She adverted critically to Mr.. Job
son from every possible point of view
physical, mental, financial; and
when she finally seized a r~olIing-pin
and defied Mr.. Jobson and the whole
universe combined to lay a finger on
her, Mr.. Jobson felt that he'd got il
coming and going, both ends from
the middle.
Mrs. Jobson got Nora on the New
York train, whittier she was sending
her to her relatives, with a months
wage and a ticket, on the following
morning. When Mrs. Jobson returned
to the Jobson household after per-
forming this duty she found Mr.. job
son standing very sOlemnly in the
front room.
Well. you have disposed of your
protege. 1 presume?" Mr.. Jobson said
to Mrs. Jobson. You have at length
got rid of that awful incubus hat I
permitted You to fasten upon my
home. in conformity with my custom
airy indulgence of you in all of your
fads and caprices?@
Josephine is now the Jobsons' maid
of-al-work again. and every time she
serves a particularly good meal NJ
Jobson says something to Mrs. job
son about the difference between the
eatabIes and those prepared by Mrs.
Jobson's "seashore prOtege-"-Wash-
jnCtOn Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

ne mas . most annoying way; SO quiet, yet
He listens ali serenely to the things you're
telling him;
He seems so interested and 50 Thoroughly
impressed
mat before you know what's happened
you are swelling out your chest
ana piiing up small dctions with more
nueucy than art,
because you think he's easy and imagine
you are smart
And ne bends his head to hear you, and mis-
forehead shows no frown;
HS lets you tell your story oUt-and then
1e calls you down
- szakss him happy when you undertake
70 tx q date;
He quotes the books verbatim as he bland
~ sets you straight
AID when you say: TN bet you fifty dol
lars" he will let
HIs eyelids 6roOp a little and remark II
take the bet"
And when you tell the story which in in
FANCY you knew,
he smiles and gives it's origin ard author
when you're through.
ne politely brings cold water all your ar
FoSaEce to drown
Hss q ciabolic terror, is this man who
ca.-s you down
50, friends, if you should meet him. have a
care and pass him by,
NOT suffer him to fool you with his soft
and kindly eye;
noe heed the sweet expression of his guile
less, open face,
Nor listen to the cadence Of his voices
soulful grace.
He is lurking to ensnare YOU. for his only
Joy IN life
Is to cut your thread of vanity with satire
HEe q knife.
On. come. my fellow-bIufers-let Us drive
him from the town.
For he max pur lives a burden daaS This
nan who calls you down.
Washington Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
Origin of ..Under the Rose,

In Greek mythology the rose was the
symbol of silence. as il was said that
Cupid. the son of Venus, "a the god
of silence a golden rose as a bride to
conceal the amours of the goddess of
love. 1t was, therefore. sculptured on
the ceilings of b~anqueting halls and
placed as a sign above the doors of
questionable resorts. Guests at feasts
were crowned with roses to intimate
that their conversations while in their
cups were not to be repeated else
where. The phrase obtained currency
in Greece after Pausanias. the admiral
OF the Greek fleet, plotted with Xerxes
to betray the cause of the Greeks by
surrendering the ships, the negotia-
items being conducted in a small ban
quoting hall, the roof Of which was. as
usual. covered with s~culptured roses.
The plot however. was discovered, ard
orders were given for the arrest of the
traitor. Pausanias endeayored TO
make his refuge in a temple which pos
sessed the right Of asylum. Unwilling
to violate the sanctity of the place by
forcibly removing him, and stiH more
unwilling to allow him to escape, bis
fellow citizens walled up every en-
trance, and, by one account, left him
to die of starvation; by another, killed
him by unroofng the building and
throwing down the tiles on his head.
-Detrc:S Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
TRUST PROSPERITY.
Is Painted i'm Vivid CoIorS, but In q
Bubble That Is hound
to Burst.

The workers of the country will be
interested in the following informa-
ton recently sent out to their custom
ars by the banking firm of Gaylord,
Blessing & Co., of St. Louis: 1.-THE
industrials (trust stocks) look decided
~ heavy, and their movements suggest
an early slump of considerable proper
lions. Holdings of this class of stock
are quite large, but they are dstrib-
uted among men of means. Were it not
for this fact a collapse in many of
them would have occurred weeks ago.
1t is feared that a crash in the steel
securities will come before long that
will upset the whole market. Nobody
Knows the real condition of the iron
industry, but, from the actions of Off
eials of big steel and ron corporations,
it is very evident hal things are not
moving satisfactorily. There is talk
Of d general reduction of wages. Such
a step would result in numerous
strikes, and many mills would have
to be shut down. If we were not en-
tering upon a presidential campaign,
wages would be cut down without de-
lay, and more than one-half the mills
of the country would be closed down
indefinitely. McKinley's chance of re-
election would be imperiled by such ac-
ton, and this consideration is a bar
rier TO the adoption.o Of drastic meas
ures."
In order that this letter may be more
fully appreciated, it may be added that
the banking firm sending out this bit
of Information is strongly republican.
Trust property is painted truly in vivid
colors by them. Think what they say:
but for the impending campaign,
wage would be cut down without de-
lay, and more than one-half the mills
of the country would be closed indef-
initely." The impending industrial cri-
sis viii be affected by the result of
the campaign. II is forcibly put off.
says the Denve Post. for fear of dis
astrous effect on the campaign. But
the crash viii come after the election.
1t is as certain as that the trust pros
perity is an air bubble, bound to
hurst.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

I know a rancher who * engaged
all these days in shipping lemons to
China. says a writer in the Los An
geIes Times. The market Is at Cam
ton and the fruit is sent out from
San Francisco by the regular steam
ers. It was a new experience to me
to talk with a mar who is selling his
fruit regularly and proftably after
its having half-girdled the globe on
its way to the consumer. The grower
told me he received an average of
three dollars a box since the initial
shipment was made the first of last
March. Advices from the receiver of
these lemons at Canton state that
they are smoother. juicier and
thinner-skinned than the Italian fruit
received at Canton They further
state that there was only n COM
petitor in the MARKHAM Italian
dealer. This indicates the Indeyel-
oped condition of the oriental trade
and the ignorance Of the market de-
mands of the Chinese ports.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Feeling servants is strictly forbid
den in London hotels.
A carrier pigeon let loose from La
Lorraine" Alb miles out at sea. re
turned safely to its cote at Rennes.
This IS a record.
A Efe-siZe marble statue of Apoua
with rhe head wonderfully preserved
las been dug up near Athens. The
workmanship is of the fifth century
before Christ.
Two logs of African mahogany from
Il tree have been sold in Liverpool
for the record price of $3.50. The
price paid per running foot for one
was $3.50 and for the other s1.S1.
\ Swiss antiquarian recently discov-
cred AT Sis, in the E~ngadire. :. roll
marked "~illegible papers," L. con-
tanned $50 valuable historic documents.
some of them dating back as far as
1880.
1t is a task to CARR money IN Cen
trail Africa. Some Of the copper coins
are ten inches long. and a coin that
viii hardly suffice 10 buy a breakfast
is heavy enough 10 be an ordinary
weapon.
All salutes from foreign ships of
war to her majesty's forts or ships of
war are returned gun for gun When
British or foreign merchantmen salute
ships of war the salute is returned
with five guns for one ship and seven
guns for more than one.
The cash" is the most common cir
cuIating coin of China. It is a copper
and zine piece about the size of the
American quarter of a dollar. with a
square hole in the center for convent
ence in stringing many Of them to-
gether- The cash" varies somewhat
in ~fneness and weight. but is worth
about one-tenth of a cent. L is the
money of the people of China. and is
accepted in all parts of the empire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
ROOsEVELT's HYPOCRISY.
His characteristic Submission to the
Worst Kind of Partisan
ship.

The jargon c. ~insincerity which OBJ
scures all Mr.. Roosevelt's political
speeches is matched by the more
transparent hypocrisy of its official
conduct.
Thousands of democrats voted for
him for governor because he reproved
Tammary for Q renominating Jus
tfce Daily of the state bench, whom
Tammany failed to renomfnate for
party reasons. Justice DAILY was de-
feated at the polls, the regular party
nominee being elected.
A vacancy having been caused by
death. appeal was made to Mr.. Roose-
welt to prove the sincerity OF his ut
t~eranees about nonpartisanship in the
judiciary. He was reminded of what
he saM about Tammany and Judge
DAILY. whose eminent fitness and long
experience pointed him out s the prop
er person to be appointed to the va
cancy.
With characteristic submission TO the
worst kind Of p~artisaRship. Mr.. Rcose-
-elt filled the vacancy with a strictly
maehinemade republican partisan
without apparent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cage Chronicle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

ants reception of company, and 20
on. -Irs. Jobson stood the ordeal Of
interrogation with her customary
fortitude, and when Nora demanded
monthly wages about one-haH in ex-
cess of the usual Washington scale for
maids-of-aII-work. Mrs. Jobson ac-
coded to the terms
Twenty-four hours later Nora was
in command of the JObson house
hold. Upon her arrival she had
rather elevated her already some
what r~etrousse nose at the size OF
the Jobson establishment. but with a
few remarks of depreciation. adj
dressed to neither of the Jobsons IN
particular, she went TO work TO see
what could be made of the outfit
The first meal she prepared was
breakfast. and she fried the steak
instead OF broiliHg it-a fact which
Mr.. Jobson's teeth instantly made
him aware of, although he waved 1t
aside lightly.
She'll be all right as a cook wher
she gets her hand in q bit. said he
~masticating the Ieathery steak Mrs
Jobson said nothing
Dinner was about half an hour late
when Mr.. Jobscn got home from the
office that evening, and the dough
of the chicken potpie prepared by the
Jewel Nora was OF about the consist
ency of a bowling ball
y couple of dayS late E!r. J9hSon
happened TO overhear Nora give Mrs
.Jobson a somewhat sharp reply when
the mistress OF the household in
structed her with reference to the
proper way to beat the rugS. and he
told Mrs. Jobson that. in his opinion,
the servant perhaps had an uEsub-
dued nature that might require hand
ling. and hat he trusted Mrs. Job
son would employ mild methods with
her. instead Of austerity Of manner
On Tuesday evening last the Job
sous took 2 ride down the river after
dinner They got back about IL the
n~eighborhood OF ten o'clock. The
light in the basement GiltinG-Foom at
tracted them. and they entered the
house that way.
Nora. under the faring light of the
three gas jets. was seated at the
dining-roOn table. In front of her
was a half-flled black pint bottle,
with the label of the Jobscn's grocery
on it: squeezed lemons. a pitcher OF
ice water, a half-consumed can OF
sardines and a loaf of Vienna bread.
from which most of the crust had
been torn. Morals hair was down,
and her eyes were glazed.
Morals terms of reproach were not
visited upon the head of Mrs. Jobson.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

party is successful our standing a. n1y
win at once be increased to 10000.
if necessary, and the country may ex-
pect to be plunged into an expensive
and probably disastrous war in the
orient.
FiIfDIno War Still On
The Filipinos seem determined to
give the lie to the roseate prediction
of Philippine commission No. 2, which
reported last week that the insur-
reetion was practically over and that
the time was now ripe for the giving
out of railroad franchises.
The Filipinos have definitely and de-
~1iberately refused the proffered am
nesty. They were never in better
condition to carry on war. The trouble
has broken out afresh in all of the is
lands where our troops are stationed.
Manila itself is threatened. AguiHalde
has gone Mckinley one better by his
humane treatment of American pris-
oners and the offer OF a reward for
every American who s~urrenders.
Ranna's Msn Dick.
Col. Dick. who is Hanna's right
udHu hldH III tno CdIIIpdISH- - SoO
foxy to take the stump but he has
made a spectacle of himself by rush
ing into print to defend a bad cause.
Congressman Lentz challenged him
to defend the course of the republic
an majority of the military commit
tee in the Occur D'Alene investiga-
ton, and to explain why the republic
n refused to print the testimony
and let the country know what it
was.
Dick has no defense of the refusal
to print, and spends five columns
about the democratic minority of the
committee and quoting testimony
from witnesses whom he coached on
the investigation, and who there
to defend their own acts as agents of
the United States government after
martial law had been proclaimed.
Anon Ell pATTERSON
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

The Prussian department of railways
has added to its rolling stock a number
of hospital cars, which can be hired in
advance for any journey by rail. The
cars are fitted with spring bedstretch-
ers. inSaIids' chairs and all necessary
G~apitarY eQuipmeuE~
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

Father (meaninglyl-Who is the
ATTEST boy in your class, Tommy?
TOMMY don't know. pa.
II should think you should know.
When all the others are industriously
studying or writing their lessons. who
; it sits idly in his seat and watches
the rest, instead of working him
self?"
~The teaeher..--Glasgow Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04

We are pleased to learn that a
large quantity of loot from Tientsin
has arrived at San Francisco. ed
dressed % the families or friends Of
the hooters. If Mr.. Mckinley has a
proper conception of his plain duty"
he will order It passed without custom
house inspection and forwarded 10 its
war; ous destinations at government
expense. It would be entirely incon-
sistent for the administration to en-
courage looting in Cuba, Porto Rico
and the Philippines and tt frown upon
it in China-Washington Times.
It is useless for Ii Hung Chang
to beg for the good Offices of this
country. They are all in the hands OF
republicans. who were never known to
give up anything IN. campaign cash.
.-nnSer Post
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-10-04
Hanna,s QaibbIing Misstatement.

Mr.. Hanna's declaration that he does
not '-believe that there is a single
trust in the United States is based
on the assertion that most of the com
binations have under the decisions
abandoned the device Of putting the
combined business in the hands of
trustees for that of forming a CEN
nal corporation, which buys the con.
stituent concerns with its own shares.
Yet even on that verbal bubble it in
difficult to suppose that Mr.. Hanna
really thinks that what he said is
the truths-Pittsbursh Dispatch.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-05
LovE-MAKING IN PUBLIC.
BoMething That Invariably Causes
Observers TO Feel Like
Getting Away.

Some people are prone TO forget
that love-making should never be car
ried on before crowd Honest affec-
tiQn Of a man for his wife or Of a
wife for her husband Is a beautiful
thing 70 see, says the Troy Times. but
it is always possible for them TO les
the world know Of their regard for
each other without hugeing or kissing
OF using extravagant words Of endear-
ment in public. When a man calls
his wife "Sveefie- and she answers:
what is it, deprest7- in the pres
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1900-05-05
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