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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-14
THE ER1E's STATEMENT.

New York, Oct. 14.-Net earnings of the Erie
Railroad company for the fiscal year ended
June 30 last, as given in the annual statement,
Just issued, amount, to $12, TT 1888, increase
for the year of $2,O22, 800. The coal strike,
which tied up the mines In May and June last,
resulted In diminishing the tonnage of anthra-
cite coal 3.S per cent For the year, 6,OO3, 3O5
tons were transported over the Erie lines to
market, decrease of 237 OBS tons. =
Gross earnings for the year were $40, 1874. 433,
an increase of 81 1872 131. Expenses Of opera
ton decreased $3.50, 374. The ratio of operating
expenses, exclusive of taxes, to earnings, Is
$3.50 per cent. ts- H.. b.. -$ %
Capital account was charged during the year
with $4,000 900 for additional equipment, which
included partial payment sixty new locomo-
tives and payments for thirty other new ones.
The capital issue of the Erie amounts to SAT-
s92, 400 first preferred stock, $1600O,O0O second
preferred and $113, 0O0,O 600 Of common stock.
For the year, $16,683,22O, or 81 per cent OF
the operating expenses. was paid direct to labor
being distributed among 30, S07 employees.
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CHICAGO PRO

CHICAGO PRODUCE, Oct. 14.-Rutter-Firm;
Firmer; loss off, cases returned 201Ac. Cheese
Steady; twins, 1oh@lc; daisies, He;
Firm; turkeys, 12@12hc; chickens, 1o@12c.
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SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK, Oct. 14.-Cattle-
Receipts, 1000: hogs 1000. Hogs 15c higher.
! Sales: g. 257 lbs, $3.50; S. 264 lbs, $685.;
50, A7 lbs. $40,
Cattle-Stockers active; killers steady. -,
westerns. 1902 lbs, $40; II cows $50 lbs $3.50;
% cows $40 lbs, $3.50; a cows. 1,t4O lbs. 81
II stockers 74S lbs $2.75 10 stockers. 800 lbs,
So rs; p stockers. .02O lbs $40; II yearings.
AGO lbs: $3.50; "a yearlngs, $50 lbs. $2.75; "a
'yearlings, $40 lbs. .65
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DAILY WHEAT MOVEMENT, OCT. IA.
The following are the receipts and shipments
It the principal primary wheat markets.:

WHEAT MOVEMENT BY ROADS, OCT. II.
Observation-Disclosures, 50 cars; Omaha, 81; st.
Louis, SO; Great Northern, 40; 500, 40; Northern
Pacific. %.
Shipped-Milwa,l1ee 80 cars Omaha, 4; ST.
Louis, II; Great Northern. 5; Northern Pacific, l;
Chicago Great Western. 10.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, Oct. 1l.-Butter. re-
ceipts, 7549 pkgs; steady; state dairy 1850.
23c: extra creamery. 24c: creamery, common to
choice, 19@23hc Cheese, receipts, IL, 4s7 pkgs:
Arm but quiet; state full cream small col
orea fancy and white large 9 ns and
lar; state and Pennsylvania. average best, 22G
24c: western candled, Ely @23c; refrigerated,
1962Ohc. ....
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LONDON CLOSING STOCKS Oct. III p. m.

LONDON CLOSING STOCKS Oct. III p. M
1914.
Anaconda, 5; Atchison s9!4; Atchison pre-
ferred, 1Ot; Baltimore & Ohio, 1O7; Canadia
Pacific, 1864; Chesapeake & Ohio, 50h; Chi
cago Great Western 80; Chicago Milwaukee NJ; q
Grande, 44&; Denver u Rio Grande preferred,
ySH; Erie, 39%; Erie first preferred 6sN !;
Erie second preferred, 90; Illinois Central, l4S1a
Louisville & Nashville, 40; Missouri, Kansas &
Texas, 80; Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas preferred
80; New York Central, l57; Norfolk Western,
7414: Norfolk & Western preferred, 93; 0nta-
rio Western, 34N; Pennsylvania, 81; Rand
ferred. Az Reading second preferred, ssA;
Southern south, a. Railway, 311a; Southern Railway pre-
cihc, 1861: Union Pacific preferred, 92H; Unit
ed States Steel, 4o%; United States Steel pre-
ferred, 9OB; Wabash, SO; Wabash preferred,
1914; Spanish As, SIN.
Bar silver steady, 23asd per ounce
Money, hM2 per cent.
The rate of discount in the open market for
short bills is. BIS @3A per cent. The rate of
discount in the open market for three months
DilSl is 81 M3& per cent.
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PUTS AND CALLS.
Two o'clock report:
puts-December wheat, 6sA@6sAc bid.
Calls-December wheat, 6SB Gp6Satc bid
Curb-December wheat, 6S3sc bid.
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Railroads entering the yards reported receipts
for the day by roads follows: Chicago Great
Western. 2; Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul, g.
Minneapolis & ST. Louis. IS; Chicago, ST. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha. 10: Great Northern, 81:
NORTHERN PACIFIC. II: 500 Line, II; total 121
disposition of stock Monday, Oct. 49,
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Oct.

ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, Oct. 14.-Cattle
receipts 1000 steady to strong; beef steers,
81. 4OM7.55; stockers and feeders. $30l4.55; COWS
and heifers, $225M5.5o; Texans. 50. 5nI5.
Hogs. receipts. 1000: &c to Zoe higher; pigs
$6.65Ml7.15; packers, S7M7."O; butchers, $7O5
@7.6O.
Sheep. receipts, 1900; steady; sheep, $3.5O@
4; lambs; S4.1OM5.60.
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KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK, Oct 1+.-Cattle
receipts, 81 ,000 steady to stronger: beef steers.
So. SO@7.s5: Texans, $2756r4; aud heifers,
.G5@4: stockers and feeders. $1.25M4 .55.
Hogs. receipts. 10000 weak to lower: heavy,
$7.O5M717h: packers. $1O7R Mails: medium.
$7.05M7.2O; workers, $I.O5@1.10; pigs S6450l
sos.
Sheep. receipts. 10000; strong; sheep, $3.50
M4.O5; lambs, $3.SO@5.
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farm mares. extra, $13O@14j: farm mares.
choice, $11UM130; farm mares, common to good,
$75@11O
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MILWAUKEE GRAIN, Oct. 14.~-Flour, firm.
Wheat easier: close, No. 1 northern, 5$he;
Rye, dull; No. 1. 51c. Barley. stcadier; No. 2.
69c; sample, 3S@5Sc. Oats steady; standard.
32H @331ac. Corn, December, 4SHc.
Wheat--Puts, 703sc; calls. II &c.
Oats-Puts, 41Ac; calls. 1870.
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FINANCIAL GOSSIP

NEW YORK PROVISIONS, Oct. 14-Bet
firm. Pork, firm. Lard nominal.
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN, Oct. 14.-Close:
No. hard, 6s1ac: No. 2 red, GG1a @6sc. Corn
October. 4OMc; December, 373s @37hc; May. 81
@37 1sc; cash No. mixed. 521ac old: No.
white. 80 @c old. OatS-No. 2 white, 800 33 hc.
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THE DAYS RESULTS
CLOSING CASH PRICES

h
6sssc No. northern esa@6sssc; to arrive. 677c
No
No viii oats We.
Barley o
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CHICAGO SEED AND COARSE GRAIN, Oct.
14.-Fax-Cash, northwestern, 81 %; southwest
tern, 81 %; October, $1.231a November. 81. 2sh
December. 81 90; May, $1.26h. Rye-December,
4S1ac: Rarley-Cash, 35@5Sc. Timothy-Octo-
Der, $4M4.1O ClOVer-October. S11011 80
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN, Oct. 14.-Close: Wheat,
higher No red curb, elevator. 60hc; De-
cember. 6eS @es12c; May. ,71@71bc; No. 2
hard 7lh@12c ,o7 Corn, higher s No. cash ash
Oats, higher; No. cash, soc; December, 2SBc;
May, 29Mc; No. white, 34hc
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GENERAL PRODUCE
OFFICIAL QUOTATIONS OF THE MINNEAPO
LIS PRODUCE EXCHANGE.

Tuesday, Oct. 14.-Extra creamery butter,
steady; packing stock, steady. Strictly fresh
eggs, steady. Fancy country dressed veal,
weak. Live poultry, steady. Green fruits,
steady. New apples, steady. Potatoes
easy. Cheese, firm.
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NEW YORK COPPER AND LEAD, Oct. H.
Lead, quiet, $4.12A; copper, dull, Sill 5@11. 20
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Sales. Stocks High. Low. BID Mc'p'f BID
est. est Oct. 14Ioct. 10
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07
PICklNGS FROM FICTION.

It's a great thing to be of some use
in the world. -"Brinton Eliot"
If not sure of the merit of your ideas,
quote them as anotuer's.-"Myra of the
Pines"
The woman who males q Goorrnat of
herself will always be tIo.len Cpon.-
"Fables For the Elite"
Those who have not been imposed
upon are a thief's equal, with a thief's
discernment.-''The Fool"
If a mat is obliged to make a fool of
himself, it is best he should afford
amusement to others while doing so.-
'The Minority"
No man should ever try to be artless.
He is too clumsy. 1t is like trying to
do miniature painting with a white
wash brush.-'The Riddle of Life"
When olce a woman has the folly
to plead for herself, in that moment
she murders love, and every tear she
sheds thereafter becomes another clod
upon his grave.-"Margaret Tudor"
A woman is all heart and sentiment,
and while her fortress is a strong one,
yet she expects to be- conquered, and
once she ~surrenders she loves no one
more than her cOnqueror.-"Buell
Hampton"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07

The sentiment is growing
stronger that good roads is GER
tainly as worthy a cause as good
harbors. Part of the traffic of
the country has to pass in and
out of the harbors, but all the
trafiic-all that is produced-has
to pass over the roads. Harbors
are necessary and of benefit to
the country. Good roads will
benefit the whole country and
more im mediately. The benefit
will be direct, something tanpi.
BILE. While providing better fac.
iities for the export and i'm
ports OF materials, why not add
TO the welfare Of the farmer. the
small owners, by inaugurating a
system Of good roads. Such q
policy, by bringing the produc-
or closer to the market, enhanc-
es the value not only of produce,
but Of the farms on which pro.
duced. It will add to the wealth
OF the country.
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Birds In Indian Legends.

All primitive people regard the bird
as specially wise and favored. Living
In the air, he is regarded as exercising
control over atmospheric phenomena.
and. knowing so well his w migra-
tory seasons, the Indians observe his
flights as foreboding ill or good to
themselves.
The Hurons believe that the dove
carries the souls of the departed hence.
The Dakotas say the storm bird dwells
SO high as to be out of human vision
ana carries a fresh water lake on his
back, so that when he plumes himself
1t rains, when he winks his bright ewes
1t llghtens, when he flaps his wings
thunder rolls. The AIaslans hold mucb
n same idea about the thunder
bird"
Among them all the eagle is mighty.
rave, aspiring, the symbol of their
warriors for apparent reasons. Tho
klnghsher is anxious to serve his BROTH
er man.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07
hOMESICK CADE
New Man at West Point and the
Pangs Of Nostalgia.

The new nan at West Point has n
misfortune to endure throughout the
first few weeks of his course-he must
suffer the pangs of inconsistencies. He
has entered upon a course of disci-
pine quite unlike anything i'll his ex-
perience. Every act of his daily life
is regulated by an ~intleXible system.
He has no friend at hand; the word
sympathy seems to be unknown.
Older cadets look on, understand, pity,
but give no sign. II. Irving Hancock
says in Life at West Point
1t is a common sight for a cadet cor
poral, going into the room of a 'plebe,'
to find him seated at his table. pen in
hand and a sheet of paper before him,
staring blankly at the paper or the
wall. The cadet corporal takes in the
scene before him.
"Homesick, mister?' he asks.
Eyes. sir..' replies the plebe, looking
~shamefaced.
"Sure sign a new mans homesick
when he's caught at study table writ
ing his resignation" rejoins the cor
Ioioi NolipoSSSis
The plebe, wondering how it is that
the cadet corporal is such a mind read
er, Pushes. looks at the sheet before
him and slowly tears it up.
That's right!' says the corporal.
Then. with q ~momentary touch of SYM
pathy, he goes on: Don't get down
in the mouth, mister. I've been
through the nostalgia drill myself.
It's tough on you, but when you've
been here a little while there's no in
ducemcnt on earth that could make
you leave Of your own choice. Brace
up! Homesickness hits 'em all at
first"
Then the corporal glances about and
falls at once into the brusque tone of
the instructor.
"See here. mister" he remarks.
"'policing' is one of the most important
duties Of the soldier. Your shoe brush
is out of place. Haven't l told you
where it belongs? And you cap is on
your bed. Now, MISTER
So he goes on with Il list of crit.
cisms which at once reduce life to q
practical level. The plebe has enough
to do for the next half hour in tidy
ing up and at the end of that time
he is net tempted to resume his letter.
At least, he puts it off for one day
more,
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A Change Had Come Over Him.
There are some thiL gs in this world
for which not ven the most profound
rural philosopher can account to his
wv satisfaction.
II never saw an animal move so
slowly before in all my life" cried an
exasperated traveller in a New Hamp-
shire stage, behind which the clouds
of a rapidly rising storm were growing
blacker every moment. Cant the
horse go any faster? You had an ex-
cellent n ten years ago, when l used
to spend the summer here"
That's the curious thing about it."
said the driver, gazing first at his steed
and then at the uneasy passenger in a
mildly speculative way. This hoss is
the very same identical boss that l
drove that sumner. l don't know
what in tunket's got into him! He
seems to have lost his animation
Youths Companion.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07

Although she may have no knowl.
can cure bad fits has a lot Of patience.
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A NA
If there is not an outbreak of
yellow fever in Havana it will not
be apparently for want of cause.
After the excellent condition in
which the sanitation of the city
and the island was left by the
Americans, the quarantine ser.
vice is now to be made much
less effective and rigid. The
Cubans have been reared with
unsanitary surroundings, and
they now purpose to save some
money along these lines, which
they do not look upon with the
same view that the United States
does. The sanitation of Cuba
is OF vital Importance to this
country. Along with this also
comes the report that the entire
street cleaning and sanitary
force Of Santiago, which city
General Wood left in such per
feet shape, has gone on a strike.
Trouble seems to be brewing
for US in our new sister republic.
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)ROTE>
i Servl
tist's d
4day SCH
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William the Conqueror did not intro
duce swearing into England. but he
brought with him a very forcible oath
William was accustomed to swear .bv
the splendor OF God" and on such oc.
casions he combined with it the "ter-
r1ble aspect of the eyes," which ALWAYS
took the place of swearing in the case
OF SIR Joseph Porter, X. C. b. After
Willlam's time the rulers of England.
with possibly here and there an excen.
tlon' swore with great frequency and
vlgor. 1t is related that even Oueen
bess, whose auburn locks did not belle
a merry temper, would break into q
strlng OF explosives that would rattle
ne royal windows and brighten the
household and royal attendants from
al of diplomatic recourse.-Lon.
don Taller.
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Hi. Free VIII onering.

whats that So kept out of my sal.
airy for?" demanded the employee of
the state institution.
That's your voluntary contribution
for campaign purposes" blandly re-
piled the superintendent.
"But 1t isn't a voluntary contribu.
ton. You've no right to hold it out on
me. That wasn't in the bargain. /
never heard anything about it before.
It is a gouge, and l wont stand itv'
"But you have to pay it, you know,
or lose your job. Does it goY
eyes"
"Well, that's why we call it volun-
tary."-Chicago Tribune.
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As long as our internal com
MERGE on the Great Lakes con-
tinues to increase as it has dur
ing the year, and the railroads
continue to order thousands of
new locomotives and cars to
overcome the freight famine, we
need not feel unduly exercised
over the statements that our
prosperity is on the wane.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07

The total vote of the county
was something over ], 100, being
about half of that polled two
years ago at the presidential
election.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07

After all there wasn't much
use in having a democratic ticket
on the ballot, but it rather pleas
ed the democrats to dream that
they were running, and it helped
to get out the republican vote.
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COUNTY

County Judges. 8. Lockhart.
County AUDITOR. <. Truran.
Register of Deeds-E. P. BrOckmAn.
County Treasurer-Nils Forsberg.
Sheri6-A. X. Crawford.
CLERK of Courts-W. f. Rabbit.
States A~ttorney-Thad l. Fuller.
County SUPERINTENDENT. NJ. Ramer.
Surveyor-W 8. CrOwl.
Coroner-C. E. Daniels.
County CommissiOners-First District, george
Mitchell; Second District John 0 Nelson Third
julius Fenner.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07

Mayor-W. B. Saunders
Aldermen First Ward-C. W. Martens.
Aldermen Second Ward-J. s. Farley, George
Empson.
Aldermen Third WArd-E. Johnson, E. W.
Phelan.
Treasurer. NJ. Kaercher.
Auditor-J. +. Truran.
Attorney-Thos. l.. Bouck.
Assessors-H. j. Benedict.
MArshal-Charies Sutclife.
Night Watchman-Jame S. D0re.
Regular meetings of city council held on the
6rst Monday of each month.
Board of Education-W. w. Downie, president,
J.. c. Wood, E. Emanuel. j. P. Jones, Henry
Schafer, Chas. Cannon, f p. Dore, s. 5. Lock.
hart, secretary. Regular meeting last FRIDAY OF
each month.
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True sympathy.

Tom-Why so melancholy, old man?
Jack-Miss Jones rejected me last
night.
Tom-Well. brace up. There are
others.
Jack-Yes. Of course; but somehow l
can't help feeling sorry for the poor
girl.--Chicago News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-11-07
Too much Promised.

did her father forgive her for run.
ming OF and getting married."
"Yes; the old man said that he
would forgive and forget them."-In-
dianapolis News.
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It was a great day for Rabbits

The latest figures on the con-
gressional election makes the
coming congress 208 republicans
and 178 democrats.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-21

1t is rather remarkable that Grover
Cleveland is the only living ex-Presi-
dent of the United States, and also
that he is living so retired from both
social and political life that his name
is seldom ever mentioned in print.
Mr.. Cleveland is one of the most re-
markable men of this country. He
rapidly rose from insignificance to
national greatness and when he had
enjoyed all the public honor that
an American citizen could ex-
pect he meekly and modestly re-
tired from public life and is en-
joying the fame and fortune that
he acquired while he was in the DO
litical swim. 1t was not to exceed
ten years from the time that Mr..
Cleveland first entered public life
when he was elected sheriff of one of
the counties of New York before he
was occupying the presidential chair,
which was the most rapid rise that
Ae@o CFOA OOOH 1SCOIu0U Ill Cu0 HISTORY
of the United States on the part of
any man. A combination of circum-
stances seem to have made him sher-
if, Governor of the state of New York
and President of the United States,
and, Democrat though he was, he was
an ideal American citizen as well as
official, and is until this day the same
ideal American that he was while
President of the United States. Liv-
ing in political and social retirement
as he does in Princeton, New Jersey,
the great college city, he is enjoying
his retirement while surrounded by a
happy family made up of a most
estimable wife and three charming
children. Cleveland's fame as an
American citizen, without any
blandishing encomiums of being a
statesman, will shine brighter
when it will have been read on
the pages of history fifty years
from today than now. That he fav-
ored the Democrats party in appoint
ing men to Office goes without saying,
but that he favored Americans first.
last and all the time is likewise true.
Here is letter which Grover Cleve-
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-21

of by the United States and enlarged
at cost of $2,150,000. The cost of
the canal was about $30,0O0,OO0,
largely due to the fact that rs locks
are required in surmounting the rise
of 327 feet in the distance of q miles.
The length of the Suez canal is
about 80 miles, the cost $10O, 900, 900.
the present depth 81 feet, width at
bottom 108 feet, and at the surface
42O feet. The number OF vessels
passing through it has grown from
486 in 1870 to BAL in 1901.
The Cronstadt and st. Petersburg
canal, which gives passageway for
great vessels to ST. Petersburg, is 16
miles long, including the deepening
of the bay channel, 2Oh feet in depth.
and the total cost estimated at s1O.-
100000.
The Cornith canal, which connects
the Gulf of Cornith with the Gulf of
Aegina, is 4 miles in length, 26A feet
in depth, Y feet wide at the bottom,
and cost about 100000.
The Manchester ship canal, which
connects Manchester, England. with
the Mersey river and Liverpool was
opened in 1894. It's length is 35h
miles, depth 26 feet, width at the
bottom 120 feet and at the surface TIE
feet, and cost $75,OOO,OOO.
The Kaiser Wilhelm canal which
connects the Baltic and North sea
through Germany, is 81 miles in
length, 291a feet in depth, Y feet wide
at the bottom, 100 feet at the surface
and cost about $4O,0OO,OOO An adj
ditional canal connecting the same
bodies of water by way of the Elbe
and Trave rivers was opened in 1900.
It's length is Al miles, depth about
10 feet, width Y feet, and cost Sc
100000.
The Seattle Republican. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1???-1915, 1902-02-21

land wrote in 1882 to his brother on
the very day of the election which
made him Governor of the state of
New York:
Il have just voted, and | sit here
in the Office alone. If mother were
alive | should be writing to her, and
| feel as if it were a time for me to
write to some one who will believe
what l write. l have for some time
been in the atmosphere of certain
success, so that / have been sure that
l should assume the duties of the high
Office for which l have been named.
l have tried hard in the light of this
fact, to properly appreciate the re-
sponsibilities that will rest upon me,
and they are much-tOO much-under-
estimated. But the thought that has
troubled me is: Can l perform my
duties, and in such manner as to do
some good to the people Of the state?
| know there is room for it, and |
know that l am sincere and honest in
my desire to do well; but the question
is whether l know enough to &C
complish what I desire. In point of
fact l will tell you first of all others
the policy l intend to adopt, and that
is to make the matter business en-
gagement between the people and my
self, in which the obligation on my
side is to perform the duties assigned
me with an eye single to the interest
of my employers. 1 shall have no
idea of reelection or of any high po-
litical preferment in my head, but be
very thankful and happy if I serve
one term as the peoples governor.
Do you know that if mother were
alive | should feel so much safer. |
have always thought her prayers had
much to do with my successes. |
shall expect you to help me in that
way"