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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
'El eclipse de luna
de eSta nOche

Aunque los astl6nomOs yerran mu-
chas ocasiones, tienen por 10 menos la
costumbre de anuuciar con notable
exactitud los eolIpses futuros.
Los afcionados a la contemplation
de esta clase de fen0menos celestes,
estAn de enhorabuena, va que en- ell
presente alo habra cuatro eclipses, dos
de luna y dos solares.
Los piimeros seTan visibles--si el
estado atmosf6!ico 10 permite-el 3 de
Mayo y el 81 de Octubre pr0ximo.
De los segucdos, uno sera total y
otro anuIar y Sc viriicarau respectiva-
mente ell Is de Mayo y ell IL de No
viembre.
Ell 1ltimo de los dos sera visible en-
Europa, en- ell Asia, en- ell Africa cen
trail y parcalmente en- Paris.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
NOTICIAS DEL DIA.

Hemos visto el juego de te de guiDur
cOnfec IOnadO pOr la SelOrita Maria Ruiz,
que Sera enviadO en- ell pr6ximo vapor la
Exposition de Buffalo.
Es un trabajo de m6rito primorosamente
cOlOcado sObre una tea dc raso, que hace
roalzar su delicaGa trabaz6n.
Nuestro amigo don Ernesto Carreras y
don Ulises L0ubriel, abren ell abonO para
las II funcioneS que ofreco la c0mpanFa dra
matica que dirige la eminente pr mera ac-
triz Luisa Martinez Casado los precioS 81
guientes
Pacos baJos sin entTada ) II 90.
(" altos 10 20
LunetaS con entrada CO.
En- 81 ab0nO Sc estrenara entire otraS mag.
nitcas Obras, "Electra" de Perez Gald6s, Y
"Amor Salyajey ell Loco DioS,' de Eche.
garay.
Aun no Sc ha hecho ell nombramiento de
Fiscal del Tribunal Supreme de JuStica,
para cubrir la vacante ocurrida p0r la muer.
te de don Rafael Romeu.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
I>ARE,S.

El dia l. @ Sc celebraron con mucha os-
tentaci6n las Fiestas del Trabajo.
Al vecino don J1an Bautista Ro-
nero le han sido robados algunos efectcs de
Su casa.
--Ha sido trasIadado Hormigueros ell
poliCia insular Jose Segarra
En- el camino que conduCe al barrio de
'Laresp fu6 asaltaGO don Francisco Merca.
csdo por dos individuos, los cuales lie dieron
varios golpes y lie Sustrajeron dinero y do.
cumentos importantes. Por la fuerza insu-
lar fueron capturados los malheehores, sien
do puestos disposition de la autoridad.
Ell festival religioso en- fonor del patrar
ca San Jose, celebrado en- este pueblo, result
to muy lucido.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
Los beers no sc rinden
Hay provisiones en- abundancia

El 20 de Abril dltimo lego q Hill
versum, pueblo de Holanda en- que
reside el Presidente Kruger, un emisa-
rio del generalfsimo Botha.
Este dice que los beers tienen provi
stones de boca y guerra en- abundancia
aunque en- la tr0pa escasean mucho los
zapatos. Un tren cogido recientemen-
to cerca de Pretoria proporcion6 a los
beers una considerable cantidad de
cartuchOs.
B0tha c0nffa en- resistir hasta el in
ylerno, cuya llegada aguardan los in
gleses con verdadero terror.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
FL TObO de anOChe.

En- la calle del Sol n1mero ll2, un indi
yiduo, cuyo nombre Sc ignora, penet.6 en- la
habitaci6n que ocupa ell senOr Pedro Mol,
robandole GA dollars y dandose a la tuga por
una ventana.
Una de las mujeres que Sc encontraban
en- la referida casa de Dombre Rosa Naza-
rio, ha sido detenida, por supon6rsela en- in.
teligencia con ell autOr del robo.
La policia practica las averiguacCnes del
case.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
s { N 7 IDA CA R 7 A
de Kruger
d las damas franCeSas
RI CUERD0 De GRATITUD

FL PIesidente del Tlansvaal, Pablo
Kruger, ha dirigido q la Association de
damas francesas, la interesante carta
de agradecimientO que q continuation
transcribimos, en- homemade q las dis
tinguidas sell oras, cuya fiantropfa ha
propOrciado mas de un momento de
cOnsuelO los heroes del Transvaal en-
su titanica lucha:
" En- medic de las angustias y de los
dolores de una guerra que todavfa 81
que, y que sujeta a mi pals y a mi pue-
bio a tan penosa prueba, vuestIa carl
tativa Association nos tiende una mano
prOtectOra. Envia q nuestras victimas
inestimables socorros, cumpliendo de
este mOdO con clio la noble tarea que
la carload le dicta.
Vuestros envfos, cuidadosamente
repartidos pOr ell hospital de seiloras
francesas de Johannesburg. Por ell
c0usul general de Francia Mr.. Aubet y
ell consul Colonies, han sido para no
sOtEos un manantial de c0nsulO en- esta
guerra nefasta.
Los numerosos heridos que har
visto calmados sus padecimientos y Gu
Tadas sus heridas, todos los que har
sentidO en- sus intermediates ell alivi(
de vuestros socorrCs, congervaran STEM.
pre- un recuerdo de gratitud hacia Ia
calurosa simpatfa de que hab6is dadc
consCante testimonio. Las palabras que
nos dirigen las Asambleas generates
llenas de amistad y de afecto hacia no.
sotros, han conmovido 10 mas fntimc
de mi c0raz6n."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
2uesto de Barros.

Dia %. : Antonio Torres, detiene Pc.
dro F.gueroa pOr atropello un nino.
Dia 2G-Cabo Pedro J. Negroni, captu-
ra q Pascual Aponte recIamado por ell Juez
de Policfa.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
NotiCia impOrtante
la TUBERCULOSIS DERROTADA

Ri "a de Ablil 6ltimo reclbi6 el Nee
York Herald, g! sguiente despacbo
por ell cable de Mexico:
"BueDos Aires, Argentina. E! doc
tor Villar, medico de Sanidad Militar,
anuncia que ha descubielto ell serum
para impedr ell desarrollo de la tuber-
culOsis.
GEL afortunado facultativo asegura
que ha llevado 4 cabo cincuer ia expe-
rimentos con un resultado magnfffco".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
PRECIO 2 CENTAVOS
POLICIA INSULAR
Puesto de Aibonito.

Dia z0.-Jose #. Gonzalez Baldomero
Rodriguez detienen los individuos Fran
cisco Rivera, JESUS Tapia y Genaro Lana,
por rina y escandalc; Euclides Lluerta y
Jose Mercedes Gonzalez, detienen al indi
viduo Juan Ramon Ortiz reclamado por ell
Juez de Polioia.
Dia 26.-Jos6 f. Gonzalez Baldomero
Rodriguez, denuncian ante ell Tribunal de
Policfa Carmen Romero Maria Rolan
pOr escdndalo.
Dia 27.-EustaquiO Torres y Andres La.
guna, capturan Enrique Colon reclamado
por el Juez Municipal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
N0TA.-LOs cables c0ntin1an en- la
tercera pIana.

En- Ia pr6xima semana saIdra para Pom
ce nuevamente, el nustrfsimo Sr. Obispo,
con objeto de terninar 50 vista Pastoral.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
TELEGRAMAS
POR Ell CABLE
Los beers luChan con adj
mirable reSlStenCla
Tactica inalterable
Ell IMPERIO ALEMAN RECLAMA
UNA INDEMNIXACION
(Servicio cablegraico especial del Boletir
Mercantil)
Tactica inalterable

(Servicio cablegrafco especial del Boletin
MercantiI
Lorenzo Marquee, jueves.-Los
beers luchan con admirable resis
tencia en- todo ell Transvaal, 10 que
hace impossible que los ingleses pue-
dan sostener muchO tempo sus ex-
tensas lfneas de comunicaci6n.
Ell generalfsimo Botha ha decla
ralo que los Loers no cambiaran
nunca de tactica.
FL Imperio aleman ha pedido una
indemnizaci6n al gobierno boer por
los daflos sufridos por los s1bditos
germanicos durante la guerra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
Puesto de Barranquitas.

Dia 21.-Cabo Jose Maria outrage. de-
tiene Ulpino Msldonado por embrisguez
y escandalo.
Dia % Cabo Jose Maria Buitrago
guardia Jose s. Rivera, cspturan a Juan
Ramos recamadO por el Juez de Policis.
Dia 24.-Andres r. Esteva, captura
UIplno MaIdonado, Celestino Rivera Raj.
mundo Martinez reclamados por el Juez de
Policia.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
CONATO De INCBNDIO
infIamaCi6n de un quinquG

Agustna Munoz, que habta en- la calIe
de la Luaa, compr6 aver tarde un ven
dedOr ambulante, un cuartillo de petr6leo
que echo en- ell quinqu6, como de costum
bre.
AL ir i encenderlo Sc iEham6 este, prem,
di6nIoSe una cortina que pudo ser apagada,
graciqs Ia sangre frfa de la referiGa sonora,
que arroj6 una manta soble la llama que
iba adquriendo va muy alarmantes proper
clones
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
La indemnizaci6n que
pagara China
asCiende d $30O.OOO 900
HuelgaS SuSpendidas
MODIFICACION DE LOS
PRESUPU ESTOS
BARC0S De GUERRA AL aqua
ServiclO cablegrafico especial del Boletin
Me-cantil
Huelgas suspendidas
BARC0S De GUERRA AL Aqua

ServiclO cablegrafco especial del Boletin
Me-cantil
Londres, jueves.-Se asegura con
bastante inslstencia que Sc ha con-
seguido llegar a un acuerdo en- la
indemnizaci6n que Sc reclama al
Imperio chino, la que ha sido fjada
en- S300.000,000.
FL gobierno inglGs ha acordado
suspender todas las huelgas que
amenazan estallar con motive de los
onerosos tributos fjados para obte-
ner recursos con que seguir las ope
raciones de la guerra.
Son tantas, sin embargo, las re-
clamaciones hechas contra los refe-
ridos tributos, que existe la Green
cia unanime de que ell ministro de
Hacienda introducira algunas modi-
ficaciones en- ell .presupuesto.
Han sido botados al aqua cuatro
crucerosde guerra, disponiendose la
construction de diez mas.
N0TA.-LOs cables cOntin1an en- la
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
Espanoles en-
Gibraltar

Hace pocos dfas lego a Gibraltar ell
cruoero espanol Infaata Maria Teresa
conducieudo al genal Bauza y q su Es-
tado Mayor, que asistieron al banquete
que el gObernador de aquella plaza dio
esa noche en- honor de los iuques ingle-
ses de Oornuailes y de York,
El general Bau2a era esperado en- el
muelle por las autoridades de Gibral
tar, el consul y ell vice-c6nsul espaflol.
Cambiaronse saludos con la plaza y
con ell buque almirante de la e5cuadra
inglesa.
Los espanoles fueron muy obse4uia.
dos por las autoridades y, particular
mente, por los duques.
Ell vspor correo espaflol "Isla de Panay"
lego Cadiz aver 4 las echo de la noche
sin novedad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
de DOliCia


Es,tban P6lez, Dor tocar la campana de
cuatro dias de arreSto; Diego Cruz J An.
semO Vizcarrondo, por rfna y esca1dalo,
un dollar de muta dos dias de arresto
Antonio Osorlo, por pelea dos dollars dc
malta.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
El doctor R. M. POnte

DENTISTA
EStara ausente de esta capital, POI
Cuatr0 semanas s0lameute. 30-10
Sc trata de organzar una brigada de bonn
beros, tornado por amercanos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03

La Emulsion de Sc1tt Is e mejor medic
de admlnistrar las grasas fosforadas. EstO
es debiIo sin tuda a Ia facililad con que es
asinllada per e orgaDi,mo..
Don Gabriel Iguiua, M6dico -Cirujano
por Ia Uniyersllad Dc Madrid.
Certfca Que Lace amos yiene hacienda
ESQ de la Emulsion de Scott de aceite de
higado dc baca'ao con hipofosftos de cal
de sosa, habjendo obtenido buenos resul
tados en- aquellos casos en- que ha credO
necesario su empleo.
Y para que eonste donde convengs, ex.
pide la presente en- Camuy, Pto Rico, a IA
de Mayo de 1894,
DIR. Gabriel Iguina,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-05-03
DISTRITO DE SAN FRANCISCO

Mariana Lopez y Ventura Guerra, pOr
pelea y Cs dndalo, uu dollar cada uno.
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ans defeat.

ans defeat.
The third party vote this year reached
an aggregate less 5000, of which total
the Prohibitionists polled more than
half. The Springfield Republican says
of this Independent vote:
1T is not SO encouraging to the Pro-
hibitionists as it might be. They polled
over 100000 in the nation in 1892, and
over 249,000 in 1888. They made an ex-
ceptionally active campaign this year,
the candidates visiting all sections of
the country in special train; and in a
quite general disgust with the alterna-
tives presented by the two old parties
the Prohibitionists should have profited.
THE Socialist Labor vote four years
ago was above &c, 900, and this year, with
1882 votes in New York state alone, 1t
will come nearly up to those figures
again. 1t is safe to conclude that the
combined Socialist vote will reach about
10000, more than two-thirds of which
goes to the faction that ran a president
ial ticket for the first time. This ap-
pearance in presidential contests of a
Socialist party of some little strength is
an interesting feature and doubtless to
prove a permanent feature in national
elections" ;.
The third party vote will be treated at
greater length in later issue.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
The World Moves.

In the largest library in Oxford, Eng.
land, has hung from time immemorial
this notice: Women and dogs not ad-
mitted here 1t is allowed to hang
still, to show the changes in the status
of women.
No less than eight women have seats
on the London board of education.
Milton thought it improper for women
to learn Greek and Latin.
Two hundred years ago no one thought
of a girl playing the piano, only men
played.
Mary Wollstonecroft had to argue
personally with her friends who thought
it unwomanly and improper for girls 10
study botany.
There was a time in the history of
Boston libraries when women were not
allowed to take books from the library.
Now more books are taken out by wo-
men than by men.
In Jane Austin's day it was considered
very unsexing, degrading and unwo-
manly for a woman to write novels.
Miss Austin always kept large piece
of sewing on hand with which to conceal
her manuscript, in case a conservative
visitor should come in. How absurd!
How ridiculous! How idiotic!" you ex-
claim.
Yes, and not so many years hence his
torians will record the fact that as late
as the close of the Nineteenth century,
and perhaps little later, it was cOnsid-
cred improper and unwomanly for wo-
men to vote: and again the comment
will be: How absurd! How ridiculous,
How silly! How idiOtic!"
LIDA CALVERT OBENCHAIN.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
THE LIVING DEAD.
Form a Frixhtful List in the Cost of
the Philippine War.

Form a Frixhtfui List in the Cost Of
the Philippine War.
When the cost of our war in the
Philippines is finally recounted the ex-
pense cannot be entirely estimated in
dollars and cents, nor yet by the num-
ber of lives lost in battle with the enc
my or in struggle with diseases. The
list of killed, wounded and missing
compiled after the engagement does not
include all those unfortunates who have
sacrificed themselves for the honor of
their country's flag%
There are yet TIP living dead; those
whose bodies still sexist, but whose
minds ars worse than dead; those
who have given in.this unholy combat
that without which life itself is barren
"a sad and miserable journey-their
reason. So s
In all the Far which Americans have
fought there is NOT one where the per-
centage of insanityhas been. so large as
in the campaign IN the Philippines.
0luCO (udL OIl6ult anu UdlAIy OuAu0y
morning in May when Dewey sailed into
Manila harbor and sank the Spanish
feet, no less than One thousand healthy,
strong and able-bodted young men who
marched behind or sailed under the
starry banner of freedom have lost their
reason while in the service.
The vast majesty Of these unfortun-
ates have belonged to the army. Some
hundreds have dieas not fighting liv-
ing enemy, as every soldier wishes to
die, but in their Milds uncomfortable
deliriums, ofttimes s6ghting their best
friends; some scores of others have
died by their own hand, and more
than 400 have been treated at st. Eliza
beth's government insane asylum.
Among the latter il the son of the late
Colonel Egbert, who lost his life in the
Philippines. Others have been cared
for at Presidio, Cal, and still others have
been allowed to remain in the hospitals
in the islands until their terms Of en-
listment have expired, or they were dis
charged and then cared for by their
friends. who desired to have them sent
to a private sanitarium. But these cases
have been few.
Scarce fortnight passes by but there
is received at st. Elizabeth's a detach-
ment of Is or 20 soldiers and sailors,
brought from Manila, half way around
the globe to be treated here, not for
any physical ailments, but for mental
diseases. Almost every ship which
comes into San Framisco harbcr from
the Philippines has o. board number
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)f these patients.

They come to the asylum under the
escort of a guard of their more fortu-
nate comrades, and accompanied either
by attendants from the hospital corps
or army surgeon. Outlines it is neces-
sary to bring some of the boys upon
the long voyage bound in chains to pre-
vent them from doing injury to them
selves or to their fellows. Then as
long as they remain violent or dan
gerous the padded cell is their home.
It Is a sad ending for youths who, in
the prime of their manhood, went forth
to do battle for their country.
Under the care Of specialists on dis
eases OF the brain, some recover suff1-
ciently to be discharged after a time
and return to their homes, while others
are doomed to long lives of isolation,
lives of no value to themselves or So
ciety, and perhaps die raving maiacs.
1t can scarce be said that any man fully
RECEIVERS his reason after once having
lost it in a campaign such as that being
waged in the Philippines.
The cure effected in such an institu-
tion as St. Elizabeth's is, even in cases
which yield most readily to treatment
liable to be followed by recurrence of
subject in instances of physical ailment
or unusual excitement.
With a very few exceptions all the
cases of insanity which have come tC
st. Elizabeths from Cuba, Porto Rico or
the Philippines have been directly or in
directly caused by what may be termed
the climatic conditions. Only in two or
three cases has insanity been produced
by wounds, and out of all the number
treated at the government asylum but
five were caused by alcoholic excesses
and these not from the use of American
beverages, but rather the native Filipino
liquors.
On the other hand, strong men have
succumbed to fever, and have recovered
only to be bereft of their mental IA
culties. Amid conditions which time
and experience have proved no Cauca-
sian race can endure these young SOL
diers and sailors have gone down. They
went out to the islands bright, keen,
alert; they have returned, many of them
maniacs and imbeciles. The raging few
ers and the environments of camp life
in the jungles have done their work.
As between the two most prevalent
forms of insanity among the soldiers
and sailors, exultatiOn and melancholia
the cases of the latter species are by
far the most numerous. The percentage
of this disease is much larger among the
boys who wear Uncle Sans blue uni.
form than among the civilian class
Physicians at the asylum find explana-
ton for this fact in the character and
former lives Of the respective patients.
AS at present constituted our navy in
the Philippines is made up largely OF
younE men who left the farm, the fac
tory or the merchantile house to enlist
and who had never before been half
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
Little Boy Blue.

hoy Dlues
The little toy dog is covered with
dust,
But sturdy and staunch he stands;
And the little toy soldier is red with
rust,
And his musket molds in his hands.
Time was when the little toy dog was
And the soldier was passing fair,
And that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kissed them and put them there.
"Now don't you go till come" he said.
said,
"And don't you make any noise!"
So, toddling off to his trundle bed,
He dreamed of the pretty toys.
And, as he was dreaming, an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh. the years are many, the years are
long,
But the little toy friends are true.
Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand,
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of little hand,
The smile of little face.
And they wonder, as waiting these long
years through,
In the dust of that little chair,
What has become of our Little Boy Blue
Since he kissed them and put them.
there.
Eugene Field.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
Lincoln on the Races.

Those arguments that are made, that
the inferior race are to be treated with
as much allowance as they are capable
OF enjoying; that as much is to be done
for them as their condition will allow
what are. these arguments? They
are the arguments that kings have made
for the enslaving Of the people In all
ages of the world. You will find that
all the arguments of king-craft were al
ways of this class; they always bestrode
the necks Of the people-not that they
wanted to do 1t, but because the neo-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1901-02-07
TOTAL VOTE
The PResiden ntial Vote by States and
What 1t Means.

The vote on Nov. for president is
now oficially announced in every state
III the union, and the figures in the ac-
companying table, which we take from
New York Times, correcting one or two
mistakes of omission, seem to be reas-
onably accurate. They show a total Of
.12,967,777 votes were cast this year,
against 1929, ,278 in 1ss6-an increase of
only 44,3S9. Mr.. McKinley's vote is
112,S9S more than it was four years ago,
and Mr.. Bryan's vote is 1902 less. Mr.
McKinley's plurality Of S56,S24 is 257,-
$40 greater than in 1895, and 96,S33
greater tnan the largest plurality ever
before given to presidential candidate,
namely. 762,991 to Grant in 1872.
A feature in the vote that attracts
genral attention in the press is the
small increase in the number of votes
In four years time. "It has been prov
ed from census statistics says the New
Orleans Picayune Dem.), that a mil
lion fresh voters come into the elective
franchise every four years by attaining
the voting age. The question arises:
What has become of nearly a million
voters who did not cast ballot?" It
answers:
There was a most decided indiffer-
ence to both candidates, or, what is
more to the purpose, a most formidable
repugnance to both. Among these non
voters were the anti-imperialist Repub-
1icans, who would not vote against their
party even If they could not vote with
IT, and the Democrats who were afraid
OF Mr.. Bryan's silver heresy. Then
there was a great body of citizens who
saw too much Socialism in Organism,
and too much Imperialism in Mckinley
ism, to be able to choose between them,
and thus it was that nearly mil
lion votes we're Withheld from the polls"
A similar view is taken by the New
York Journal of Commerce (Fin) J.,
which maintains that the total vote
cast ought to have been sat least
1250,00O greater than in 1885," and it
states that the actual figures should
have the effect Of making tho Republi-
can leaders pretty sober and careful"
There Is q reserve vote that was not
called out at the recent election" adds
the Philadelphia Public Ledger Und.
Rep.), that 10 strong enough to turn
the government over to the Democrats
IT the Republicans should prove un-
worthy" The New York Sun Rep), on
the other hand, declares: "The more
probable cause for the small Republican
increase is that in 1896, the first of the
two serious assaults upon the national
credit, the public anxiety was extreme
and the vote was phenomenally large.
In 1900 this anxiety was allayed, and
the novelty of the campaign had worn
away, and the born stay-at-homes,
whom the extraordinary canvass of 1896
had drawn to the polls, stayed at home
again."
The factor which was chiefly respOns-
ible for the small increase in the vote
was undoubtedly the decline in the vote
OF the Southern states. Only four
Southern states showed an increase, viz:
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia and
Kentucky, while in the other IL there
were losses ranging from about 5000 in
Florida to 100000 in Texas. Says the
Philadelphia Press (Rep.):
"The Southern states polled less than
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days journey from their native heath.
Homesickness and disease have produc-
ed melancholia. Then went insane long
ing for friends and home. Often they
see neither, or if friends do call upon
them they are not recognized in many
cases, or else are regarded as enemies.-
Southern Mercury.