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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

The Business Mems Parade" in New
York promises to live in the history Of
this Presidential campaign as about as far
cical an affair as its sister fasco in Chi
cago proved to be. At Democratic head
quarters in the metropolis the mails for
days have been bringing in hundreds of
letters from employees of commercial or
manufacturing concerns in the city, CON-
planning that while they were Democrats
md known 10 be so by their masters. they
were under orders TO march in the Trust
Mckinley" procession on pain of discharge
This is a nice state of affairs in a free"
country. But Il illustrates the panic that
Mr.. Bryan has spread throughout the Re-
publican camp. and which is leading trust
magnates and those under their criminal
influence TO defy the law and risk the pen
itentiary In order that monopoly and rob-
berry, and not Justice and the Constitution,
may rule the land. Intimidation. in New
York and elsewhere, is not confined TO the
matter Of parades. We all remember what
the trust steel works managers in ILL.,
no!s did recently, and what President
Cowen, Of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
way. said the other day in Maryland
Workingmen and wage earners OF every
description are being threatened with loss
of employment unless they promise to vote
for Mckinley and Roosevelt. Their In
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

1t is announced that Mr.. Mckinley, in
his last annual message to Congress, will
take up the trust question and recommend
some sort of action. If he should happen
to be reelected, of course he will make
this division of his message very mild.
Otherwise there is small doubt that he
will endeavor to take as much wind out Of
his successors sails as he can. We pre-
sumo that the Presidents friends think it
good politics" to pretend, just before the
election, that he intends to find plain
duty in crushing the trusts II the people
will only trust Mckinley" 1t is, per-
haps. handicap for him, that he notori-
ously depends for his success at the polls
on the money furnished by the trusts to
affect the result by the application Of
methods entirely well known to the pub
lie. The idea of his being their enemy is
jocular in the extreme. Perhaps Griggs
intends to rouse the nation against the
trusts in a special report. He and his
chief stand shoulder to shoulder in the oc-
topus business.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03
A Question Of Power.

To the Editor OF The Times:
! am wearicd of the senselcss talk in the press
and on the platform, concerning the astonishing
way in which the United States has suddenly
become world power" OF course it is all
for political effect, the buncombe by means Of
which, in conjunction with full dinner pail ;.
one of the great political parties hopes TO win
the final battle in November For a. a matter OF
fact, there is little in the war with Spain of
which TO r1ake so great a boast. True. it was
well conducted by our troops in Cuba. as well
Luzon, and by fleet in Manila Bay But
such has been our record in other wars and I'M
der conditions far less favorable. Everybody
know beforehand that Spanish troops. however
well oficcrcd and equipped, match for
Americans, much less with inferior equipment
and their base of supplies three thousand miles
away. while ours were ut once the best possible,
unlimited. and right at hand
And so with the conflict in Manila Bay and on
the Island of Luzon. Dewey, with admirable
courage and skill, not to say with rare good
fortune, steeEed his way into the barber; but
when once there il comparatively easy
thing for such 4 fleet as his to crush the array
OF old ships, miserable and ill-prcpared, which
he there encountered. To have done less than
despatch them would have amounted TO dis
Creditahle failure. There has been bOasting
enough grounds insufficient: let it stop.
Moreover the world needed new proof OF
rank as Il word power second To no other,
nay, on every count superior. 1t not our
other powers: it Was the Sudden change of policy
the part Of the American Government. 10
longer content with AN Oceaa-bgunded continent,
surprisingly rich in its resources OF every sort.
but c0vetHg new possessions in other quarters OF
the globe, and eagerly taking the fatal risk Of
foreign complications without end including in
references with the American continents. north
and SOUTH and final collapse a the Republic.
What the world will now require. especially
the libtrty-loviug peoples everywhere, is proof
that the Mckinley Administration. with its new
departure false to the Constitution. and recl-
less Of the rights of the conquered Porto RicLns
and Of the heroic FilipiE"s, sIiil struggling for
their independence. not only does not represent
the American peOpie, but ha> their most en-
phatic and everlasting condemnation. y. y.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

However much confidence, real or pro-
fessed, the monopolistic machine may have
of Mr.. McKinley's reelection, 1t is IN
doubtedly frightened by the roseate pros
poets of a Democratic Congress. Therefore,
it is bending a large share of its energies
TO defeat the Democratic nominees in va
rious parts of the country. The organized
greed of which Hanna Is the superb type,
realizes that, even with Mckinley return
ed to the White House, little could be done
to further its special interests such as
shipping subsidy measure and monopolis-
tic privileges in the colonies, without an
utterly subservient majority in the Ma
tional Legislature. The methods adopt
ed by the Hanna tribe to defeat Democrat
ic candidates for the House of Represen-
tatiyes are desperate and despicable. but
nc; any more SO than the criminal policy
they have pursued in forcing independent
competitors in various lines of trade to
the wall and batteriLg their brains out af-
ter they had refused to become parties
to the conspiracy consolidation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

had upon the mind of child. They I'M
doubtedly made a great many hypocrites
in their day and generation, for sombre
and terrible doctrines taught to a child as
scoI as it can understand the language
have an effect which can scarcely be de-
stroyed by any amount of after education.
1t is true that even when people in general
prcfessed to believe those doctrines there
were comparatively few who carried their
belief to its logical conclusion. All the same
the ideas were in the air. ready to influ-
ence the sensitive mind of an imaginative
child, and their effect was bad. We are
less than half century beyond the time
when stories like the one above quoted
We're part of Sunday school libraries and
were presented to children as gifts. The
wholesomeness and natural methods of the
modern child's training are bound to bear
fruit in the next generation.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

The Augean stables to be cleaned on
Tuesday are the domiciles of the trusts.
There is Hercules from the West pre-
pared for the task. The people are the
judges as to whether this sanitary task
is to be done or left undone. And If they
vote against the cleansing process, they
must not complain because they are COM
PEELED to hold their noses
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03
NEW ALsAKAN CABLE.
The First Message Sent From st.
MichQels to Nome.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. News was
received direct from st. Michaels today
that the Government cable has been laid
between st. Michaels and Nome and that
the first message was sent over the wire
October 90 When the Orizaba, which con-
tanned the cable. was wrecked near ST.
Michaels it was reported that the cable
could not be laid before next spring. The
Alaska Commercial Company. however.
bought the wreck of the Orizaba for $3.50
and took out the cable. They loaded it
on their steamer, the Sadie, and quickly
laid it to Nome. The distance from Nome
to St Michaels is 120 miles,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03
The Closing of Mills Threat.
From the Saginaw Ciich.) Naas)

lie. no man be deceived by the coercion cry of
,hc R.nubIi,an press ard employer to the effect
that the mills will lie shut down if Bryan is elect.
I'd. Tie dcspcablc business of Intimidation must
be thwar,td some tine, AMI let IT he done this
vear -Four wears agu som, men IN th5 Saginaw
Valley and Eastern Michigan practiscd this in
limitation. Well, Bryan wasn't elected and the
mills slnt down just the same.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

The announcement that certain college
president has decided to support and vote
for Mckinley, after "a long mental strug-
gle," has lingering odor of doubt about
it that deprives it of character and in
tluence. 1t is strongly reminiscent of the
momentous pause before gulping down a
dose of castor OIL
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

(from the Binshan;on LcldcF.l
In the election oi William j. Bryan the nation
will experience such chang, followed hy such
helpful. stimulating and lasting results as mad.
the election of Thomas jefferson, hundred
years ago, such blessing TO the Republic.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

The growing ranks of the army Of pes
tiferous braggarts who loudly offer to
wager all kinds of money" on Mckinley
indicate that Hanna has not spent all the
cash from the trust barrel on the SPELL
binder. but has introduced the megaphonic
bettor as a new campaign institution.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

(from the Chicago Chronicle.)
When practical politicians talk of .'knifirg" it
should always be remembered that they can an.
swer only for themselves individually. No man
eau make another go into polling booth and
commit act OF trcaehery.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

II it is true, as Mr.. Hanna stated in the
earlier days of the campaign, that the Re
publicans were suffering from overconfi-
dence, there is ample evidence that they
are now more than convalescent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

ious, but ,he fact remains that Mr.. Nc
Kinley's final campaign utterance, when
published, was found to be addressed to
dead man.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

You vii! not need any effort to find Ifeuricfs
beers. Maorzsn. Senate, and Lager can be found
az all leading hotels and restaurants on drIughs
or in bottles For case Of Heurich's for yous
Sunday dinner, phone 6Si, Arlington Bottling Co
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03
The Danish West indies.

FIOm the PhiIldclpEil N0Tth AmeFican.)
While it is desirable that the United States
should have possession control of the Danish
West Indies, no such necessity for their aequisi-
ton exists as 20 make it right polite for this
country 10 override the wishes OF the population
of the islands. The Seward Treaty offers Il coed
model TO follow this time. Unless the islanders
signify plainly their desire TO become part OF
the United States, the United States should not
compel them to become its unwilling subjects by
closing bargain for their purchase without their
consent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

The Chicago Republican press is gush
ing over the dinner given in that city to
$50 Englishmen. by Senator Hanna. 1t de-
veloped that ;he $50 subjects of Queen
Victoria would all be Republicans could
they but vote. Mr.. Hanna delivered
speech, saying that 1t was absolutely
necessary for men to be in politics. as lie
had done some political work himself.
and cprofited" by it. The other address
of the evening was made by one, Of the
Englishmen, and strangely enough, his
subject was The Consent Of the Gov
erned" ma
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-03

Ex-Governor Taylor, of Tt nnessee, was
at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday. He
has just completed a lecturing tour
through Ohio and Pennsylvania, and is
on his way home to vote for Bryan and
Stevenson next Tuesday. Governor Tay-
lor says the outlook for Democratic sue
cess in the Buckeye State is NEST promis-
ing The Ohio Democrats. he says, ex-
press the opinion that Bryan will carry
the State by safe majority.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
HARMON ARRESTED
cor Cruelty to Little Ada Grace
Hoffman.
He viii be + L'rosecuted to the Fullest
Extent Of the Law.

Marion Star. March q.
Willard Harmon, the resident Of
Bowling Green township, who has been
accused of inhumanly beating little
Ada Grace Hoffman, child taken
from the Logan County Children's
Home, was arrested Monday evening.
The affidavit details the nature of the
abuse to which it is alleged the child
had been subjected, and the times when
she was whipped and cuffed in an un-
reasonable and brutal manner.
The defendant was given a prellm-
mary hearing at this afternoon.
In this connection it may be stated
that Harmon, in talk with c. Farms
worth, Superintendent of the Logan
County Children's Home, asserted that
he had whipped the child and whipped
her too hard. He expressed deep regret
for what had occurred and was much
agitated over the threats that had been
made by his former friends and neigh.
bors.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
VOTE FOR SEWERAGE.

Monday a vote will be taken on LII
sewerage question, and every ma
should vote for it.
The right to issue $4,000 bonds is
asked, to provide farm and main trunk
line.
1t is thought that not more than
$40, 600 or $50, 900 will be required.
The whole city is to be taxed to raise
this $50, 1000.
All property abutting the lines laid,
will be taxed for the expense OF laying
them.
The amount of the tax thus raised
will reduce the $50, 900 to be raised, to
that amount. The bonds will be issued
only as needed, and the special tax lev
led on the property abutting, will be
deducted from the amount of bonds
sold.
This system seems to be just, and as
the centre of town wants sewerage,
and is willing to pay its proportion OF
both the general and special tax, to
get it, we think it should have it, and
we shall cheerfully vote fori it.
Whenever any other district wants
sewerage, it will have to pay the spe-
cial tax, the same as for street improve
ment.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
IMPROVED RULINGS
Of the p. o. Department, On Money
Orders And Registered Letters.

By recent rulings, the Post-O Office De-
partement has made several improve
ments in the money order and regis
tered letter business.
Postmasters at offices of first and Sec
ond class are authorized TO cash all
money orders, irrespective of place of
payment, and also to cash orders drawn
on their respective offices, che names
of senders of which have not been re-
ceived.
Heretofore money orders could not
be cashed till the "advice" had been
received at the Post Office where it
was to be paid, and the orders could be
paid only at the place designated in the
order as the place of payment.
After the first of April, next, in cit
les where mail is delivered by carriers,
registered letters, that have heretofore
been delivered at the Post-O Office, will
be delivered by carriers throughout
the city.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
MRS. WILLIAM BLACK.
After a Long Illness a Good Woman
is Called Home s.& g.: e..

Death came suddenly Wednesday at
midnight to Mrs. Sarah Frances Black.
wife of the superintendent of the Lo-
gan County Infirmary. She had been a
sufferer for months with heart trouble,
but those dear to her hoped for her
complete recovery to health. For two
days she had seemed much better and
no one dreamed the Angel of Death
was so near.
Mrs. Black was 40 years and months
of age. She leaves devoted husband,
two sons and one daughter, Miss Edith,
who with heavy hearts will miss the
loving counsel's of dear wife and fond
mother. Some two years ago, Mr.. and
Mrs. Black were called to give up their
son Clifford, and the deep sorrow of
the mother seemed too great for her
to bear, for she has never been herself
since that time.
She had been member of the M. E.
E. church in Degraff for p years, and
was prominent worker in the W. r.
c. both in Degraff and Huntsville. She
will be mourned by very large circle
of friends.
Short services will be held at the
home Saturday morning, at 1880, by
Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Huntsville. The
cortege will leave at IL 30 for Degraff,
where services will be held in the M.
E. church, conducted by Revs. Smith
and Gascoigne.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
Y. M. c. A.
Encouraging Work In Raising Sub.
scriptions for the Big Four Home.

The young men, Hamilton and Ware,
who are working up the subscription
for the Y. M. c. A. railroad home,
here, have been actively at work, and
have met with much encouragement.
About $3.50 has been subscribed by the
Big Four employees. Cotton Brothers
have made a S100 subscription. The
sum of $500 is wanted. After the
Home is built, with the aid it will get
from the railroad company, it will be
self sustaining. Meet the young men
who are solici ting, with a warm heart
and an open hand.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
Sad Death Last Night.

Mr.. Maynard Smith, blacksmith Of
Bloom Centre, was brought last night
in carriage from his home to the hos
pital in this city, to be operated on for
intestinal obstruction. DR.. Foreman,
his physician, realized that the opera
tion was the only chance for life.
Mr.. Smith reached the hospital about
10 o'clock, and with the help Of q ply.
sician walked up stairs, but the nurse
saw at once he was ''almost gone,"
when he reached the top of the stairs.
The operation was begun shortly be.
fore one o'clock and within half hour,
the patient died, even before the opera.
tlon was concluded. 1t is a very sad
case, yet the operation was the one
chance in thousand for life.
wednesday the man was able to be
at work, now the wife is almost dis
tracted with grief. The physicians in
were Drs. Hamer, Wilson,
Oeemy and Young.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
dRETNA.

The Brethren Sunday School was re-
organized last Sunday.
Aunt Kate Snyder returned to her
home at Mount Joy, Penn, the first of
the week.
Land Assessor Snapp is busy asses
sing.
Miss Name Miller visited friends in
DeGraff this week.
Mrs. Mamie Detrick is making ar
rangements to build new house on
her farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. WhittemOre and
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller were guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Wise south of De-
Graf Wednesday.
Mr.. Charley Miller went to Ada ON
business Wednesday.
Misses Cora and Anna Miller Of
LewistOwn were guests of Mrs. Eliza
beth Miller and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. K. Emery the first of the week.
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. E. F.
Miller are recovering from q case Of
chicken-pox.
Elmer Snapp and sisters, Minnie and
Effe, are confined to their home with
the mumps.
Daisy Snapp is giving entire salts
faction as supply teacher at No. 6,
while Elmer, is entertaining the
mumps.
The Republicans of Logan Co. never
had a better chance to nominate q w0r-
thy man for Commissioner, than they
have at the present time. There can
be no mistake made in voting for Mr..
Dow. He Is worthy and deserves your
vote next Monday. HIAwATHA.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
NEXT MONDAY!

Don't forget that next Monday is the
day for the Primary election.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
Our Candidate for Mayor.

Mr.. j. c. Hover, the Republican can
didate for Mayor, got his nomination by
his own active work and just deserts.
He got his nomination by Republican
votes. He is a gentleman of character
and ability; a man of excellent judg-
ment and business qualifications; man
who will look after public interests, a
man who will faithfully discharge his
duties, and is deserving in every re-
spect. There is every reason why he
and the rest of the ticket should re-
ceive at least 400 majority. ...
1t is objected by some that he has
lived in Bellefontaine only year or
two. There is nothing in this. He was
born and raised in Logan county, and
has lived in the United States much
longer than his opponent. But there is
nothing in the matter of birth of either.
Both are good citizens, and either will
make good Mayor. The difference is
in their politics, and this is largely in
Mr. HOver's favor.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
A MARES NEST.

The behind the bush editors of the
Index are very busy this week trying
to manufacture public sentiment to
carry the primaries next Monday for
the Committeeman and candidates
of the gang. All the picking at Satur-
days convention has been with this
object. A column and half was Civ
en- in yesterdays Index to prove that
''the boss, "whoever he was, of the Con-
vention, manipulated things so as to
get two delegates for Lake township
that it didn't deserve, and that Zane
and Perry were deprived of two dele
gates they were entitled to. Boo |!
Here's all there was in the mares nest:
1t was found that in apportioning dele
egates, one for each 100 votes and one
for every fraction over SO, it gave Al
Delegates more than the county was
entitled to. Mr.. Eber Norviel, who had
been chosen for Zane, voluntarily with
drew. Mr.. Roach, of the south pre-
cinct, offered to withdraw, but the COM
mittee wanted him to go to the Conven-
tiOn. A motion was made to drop one
from Perry, to settle the trouble, and
it was accepted by the Perry delegates.
DeGraff only asked 2 delegates. It is
said that the North and South precincts
of Lake were not entitled to a delegate
each, because of their small vote. A
precinct is always entitled to one dele
gate, whatever its vote. Union, with
SO votes, got one delegate, and
Washington, with 12O votes got only l.
In apportioning these, little inequali-
ties cannot be prevented. The writer
in the Index who discovered this mares
nest showed that he did not intend to
be fair, by telling only a part of the
truth, and by putting the total to one
column of his figures and not putting a
total to the other.
This great ado, about this matter
that doesn't amount toa baubee, prac
tically, reminds US that these men who
are working this skin game are the
same men, who three years ago dis
ffranchised all the Republicans in the
county, by appointing nominee fol
Representative and by cheating the peo
pie out of the right to have their can
didate's name put on the the ticke
even by petition. Yet they were beat
en- to the tune of 1900 in the county, b,
the people writing the name of thei
candidate on the ticket. They are ;
pretty pack to set themselves up a
guardians of the people.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-03-30
JOE WEAVER A WINNER.

The Viola Lodge awarded prizes last
evening, and this morning Joe Weaver
the popular porter of the Miller House
is exhibiting his handsome gold watch.
Tickets were sold at 10 cents each and
Joe was away ahead of his competitors,
bringing in the handsome sum of $25.
Mrs. Bergy received the lady's watch
for which she returned SlS, the other
Harper and Earl Newsome were after
the gold ring. Joe brought S5.70 and
Earl S. so. The concert was fine as
it always is, and the cash receipts
amounted to something like 800. They
hope to clear $50.