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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-24
Great
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Write for book entitled
CAMPING IN COLORADO"
FISHING IN COLORADO,"

UNDER THE TURQUOISE sky"
The Camping book tells how, where and at
what cost parties of two, four and six can
enjoy an inexpensive vacation in that de-
lightful climate.
e. W, THOMPSON, A. G. P. A.. Topeka, Kas
JOHN s1BAsTI AN, C,P, A Chicago,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-11
CURRENT EVENTS: THE DRIFT OF THINGS AS
WE E I.

The election last Tuesday brought few sur
prises to careful and unbiased observers. In The
Progressive Farmer two weeks ago we predicted
that this State would go heavily Democratic; that
less than 10000 negroes would vote in North Car
DINA; that the Republicans would retain control
of both branches of Congress, though by reduced
majorities and that New York would remain Re
publican, but also by reduced majority. All these
predictions were verified. We did expect, how
ever, greater Democratic gains in the West, a
larger Republican majority>in New York, and a
slightly smaller Democratic majority in North
Carolina.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-11

VOC6Q neither lie O6L1OCIdG1C " CnO
ticket, but the Roosevelt ticket"
And since the Republican Party is to remain
in control of national affairs, it is fortunate for
the country that the popularity of the President
has been thus demonstrated. 1t will give him
greater power with Congress, and it cannot be
denied that his influence is more wholesome than
that of any other great Republican leader.
The Renaissance of CleveIandism.
One of the features of the recent campaign
has been the temperance of Grover Cleveland
as a Democratic leader. For the first time since
Bryan's nomination he made a campaign speech
for his party. We shall not be surprised if a
formidable effort is made to secure his nomination
for President two years hence. On last Tuesday
night we heard two Democratic lawyers of more
than ordinary prominence declare for him. The
great obstacle in the way of a Cleveland boom
by the anti-Bryan element is the "nO-third-term"
precedent that not even Grant himself was unable
to FIeak. 1t is interesting, therefore, to see that in
a recent New York special to the Richmond Dis
patch, Mr.. Cleveland Gall the while protesting
that he was not a candidate was quoted as say
ing:
Recognizing the fact that, though President
twice, l did not have two successive terms, and
that the precedent set by the Father of his Coun-
trv related entirely TO the holding. in a continued
succession. three terms as President, I do not
see that the precedent relates to me at all, or
that if were called upon by nv fellow-citizens
even twenty years from now, I could not serve
vet another term as President of the United
States without violating the precedent very prop
orI, cot &C . sofoorord Inv mr. greatest Amari-
cam
This looks, 70 rs very much like another case
Of "Rarkis is ~wiTin,n IF Mr. Cleveland would
NOT run uhv docs no go ont of his wav in q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-11

slightly smaller Democratic majority in North
Carolina.
The National Election.
The net result of the National election is that,
in the increase from 357 to $50 members of the
House, the Democratic membership goes up from
158 to 179 and the Republican from 1919 to 2O7.
The Democrats will also gain slightly in the Sen
ate, but not enough to threaten Republican SUI
premacy. As to the issues involved, we cannot
perhaps do better than to reprint the comment
of the Albany Country Gentleman of November
4th:
With regard to the Congressional elections,
the situation is peculiar. The trump card of the
Republicans is undoubtedly the nations great and
continued industrial prosperity. But this pros
perity, like all things else, has its seamy side; and
because the Republican Party has taken the credit
for the good things, it is naturally held account
able for the bad. To the citizen whose income
has remained fixed during the past few years, the
main evidence of prosperity has been the increas-
ed cost of the necessaries of life. This he has to
a large extent attributed to the so-called trusts.
He believes that many of .hlse trusts have been
rendered possible by t|c high protective tariff,
and he knows that the Republican Party enacted
this tariff. In an off year, moreover, elections
generally go against party in power.
"On the other hand, the Democratic Party is
still disOrganized; perhaps it has not made as
much of the tariff issue as it might have; and
the strike issue has been snatched from it by the
Republican President. Indeed, President Roose-
Welt is one Of the chief complicating factors in
the situation. Under Mckinley, the party and
the President moved together; whether the man
ayers managed the President or the President
the managers, they always presented a united
front to the would. This is hardly the case at
present. Whether the difference of opinion has
been due to patronage or policy, it is commonly
rumored that the President and the party leaders
are not perfectly in accord. Even an outsider
may note the formers tendency to break away
from certain traditional Republican policies to
which the managers are still supposed to cling.
He came forward on his own responsibility to set
tie the coal strike, taking a daring risk which
nothing but success could have justified. His
success has for the time being benefited his party
and strengthened him with the people"
The effect of the Roosevelt influence was doubt
less greater than most people realize. With an
old line Republican of the Hanna type in the
Presidential chair, the revolt against the Repub-
lcan Party's protective tariff and its failure to
curb the trusts would certainly have been much
stronger. The party gained greatly because of
Roosevolt's having courage enough to stand for
policies not favored by the Machine. so that there
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1902-11-11

will decide whether or not this is discrimination
because of trace, color, or previous condition of
servitude."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
PHILADELPHIA POLITICS.

RlRD s. COLER, former comptroller
II of the city of New York. has been
thrown hard enough by the politicians
Of that great metropolis to keep most
men down for the balance of their
days. 1t is not at all likely that Mr..
Coler WIN ever again be prominent IN
New York politics. Therefore, out of
the fullness Of his heart his mouth
gave utterance to some interesting SEN
timents in Philadelphia the other day.
The city of Brotherly Love" has been
getting good deal Of unpleasant no.
toriety for its Republican misgovern-
mert, but it remained for Coler to
burden the camel with the final straw.
He said: IF Croker or certain other
New York politicians realized what
Ashbridge mayor of PHILADELPHIA has
accomplished, no doubt they would
commit suicide out Of envy. Over in
New York we think we have trouble
enough with orr politicians, but they
are only amateurs compared with the
kind you have here. The politicians
over here certainly are the limit There
are a few men in New York who think
they know something about the game
of graft, but they are only beginners.
Philadelphia is the place for them 20
come and study under the masters"
For years Philadelphia has been no.
toriods for her marauding Office hold
ers. Without pretense at concealment
they l5ave looted the treasury of the
city with a shamelessness so reckless
THAI one wonders how they have man
/ aged to keep outside the penitentiary.
The credit of the municipality has been
ruined. valuable franchises and mo-
noTolies have been given TO admins
traitor favorites, and every cog of the
public machinery has been operated in
taa interests Of the gang and its lead
ers. And the worst of it is that the
city in which liberty was first pro-
claimed to the world has no relief in
sight.
In sharp contrast to Philadelphia is
the city of Washington, D. c. For
many years the national capital has
/ not INDUCED in the luxury of municipal
elections. IT is governed by commits
sion in whose choosing the citizens
! have absolutely no voice, Yet in all
the years during which the system has
been in vogue there has been no hint
of scandal of any character. Washing
ton is cited by municipal economists
as the best governed city in the world
and it probably is.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
SUFFRAGE RIGHTS.

IF CONGRESS- is determined 70 look
L into the question Of suffrage rights
in the various states, it cannot do so
under a fairer resolution than the one
the Republican house caucus is said to
have agreed on. The resolution pro-
vides for the appointment Of a special
committee, which is to ascertain what
proportion the number of MAZE citi-
zens of voting age in any state. to
wh5m that state denies or abridges the
right to VOTE bears to the total num-
Der Of male inhabitants over y years
Of age.
The real purpose Of the investigation
is. of course. to cut down the south's
congressional representation. on the
pretext that the votes OF the negroes
are not counted in the black belt" or
that negroes are denied the right to
vote, the Republicans expect to main
tain a perpetual majority for their par
ty in the lower house of congress. It
IS unquesuonab;y true that negroes in
the south do not have the same free
dom in the exercise Of the voting priv
ilege as the whites. 1t is also true
that the vast majority of The negroes
know as much about questions on
which they yote as they know about
the descent Of man.
Perhaps the fear of negro domination.
that frightful calamity which over
whelmed the south "a the close of the
civii war and from which it was years
|. in recovering, may have influenced leg
islators 10 go further than the real ne
cessities of the case demanded. Peo-
pie who have never engaged in a law
suit before 9 negro justice who held
the statutes upside down, who have
never been forced to live under negro
sherins ana mayors and constables and
legislatures. cannot appreciate what it
means. Laying aside all questions of
social equality. the conditions were in
tcierable, and in blaming southern leg
islatUres fo~ stringent enactments to
prevent a recurrence of the evil DAYS.
some thought must be taken for those
days
Ana when all is said. if the commit
tee prosecutes its inquiries with the
diligence which fair-minded men
should show. it VIII be found that some
Of the northern states are equally
guilty. In Pennsylvania. for instance.
corruption at the polls prevents more
legal voters from registering their hon
es- opinions than the laws of any sin
gle southern state. Massachusetts, has
an educational test Glat keeps thou
sands of American citizens away from
the ballot box
While the committee is engaged in
plucking the mote from the eye of its
political enemy. it should not forget to
tug just a little at the beam in its
own optic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
COUNTRY DOCTORS HARD LOT.
Sample Winter Experience of a Ply
stefan in Interior of York State.


The country physician from up the
state was telling some Of his old friends
at the University club stories of
Dractice that covered radius of TWEEN
tv miles from the village in which he
lived.
"Of course" he said, ''the weather
is never taken in account by either the
patient or the doctor. Many a night
I've had to go out TO my barn and
hitch my old horse in the sleigh with
fingers so cold that 1 could hardly
buckle a strap and then drive. or rath-
er trust to my horses intelligence to
drag me through drifts in the dark to
some lone farm house six or eight
miles away.
such a practice has its disappoint-
ments. Let me tell you of one. Just
about daylight on one of the coolest
DAYS last winter when the thermom-
eter was 20 degrees below or more /
was summoned to attend a sick wo-
man. the wife of a Canadian who lived
lust at the foot of the Adirondacks.
Il put a foot-warmer 10 my sleigh,
slid into a fur coat and bundled my
self up with two buffalo robes. Within
ten minutes after leaving the barn my
/ horses head was a mass of icicles.
1T was a ten-mile drive and I came
mighty near freezing " QCdAll- once L
| found myself getting drowsy and I
piled out of the sleigh and ran alons
/ behind to stir my blood. There were
4 big drifts and for the last two miles
/ the road had not been broken through.
Several times ny horse broke into
/ the soft snow until only his head
! showed. but we fought it out together
and after nearly four hours of hard
/ work 1 reached Baptiste's shack He
came out and helped me putt horse
I'D and then when / was thawed out
/ bv his fire I asked about lis wife.
"'Ba gosh, doctor. wen I send ma
/ boy for YOU ma wife she bin mos dead.
( She hav' da worse pain all over dere
I ever was Ba gosh she was dead an
/ den wen I sen littr boy for you she
get better all right seence desc two
/ hours. She's out splittin' some keen
din wood now, jus lax she nevaire
hat been dead. Not'in' can geel her.
dat ole woman eot I marry
Well. you nearly killed me. Bap-
tiste.' said / angry at such call. and
the next time your wife wants 10 die
YOU tell her to wait until there is good
dshing. You understand
=" 'Oui, M'sieur. I know, but ma ole
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woman, she don know. an she'll die
wen she wants TO. ba gosh. an it dom
make any difrance wat / say
Well, there was no use OF kicking
about my long drive into the country
TO no purpose. / was angry. but Bap>
tiste would not understand il.
thawed out, wrapped UP, and sent Bap-
tiste after my horse.
When the sleigh came round to
the door I stepped in and had Baptiste
wrap me up snugly Just as l was
about to drive away Baptiste said:
lone minute, M'sieur..
Well, what is IT, -Baptiste?'
"Craning over in a mysterious fash
ion he said:
e. Do You AWARE dreenk r-runl-nn -
'NOw, I'm more or less of a total
abstainer, but / had cold ride back
OF me and another before me. and Bap-
tiste's implied invitation did not fan
on dear ears III less time than IL
takes to tell il. I mad thrown back thu
robes and jumped out IN the snow with
the remark:
Well, somot.r.es. Baptiste. and this
Is one of them now. Tlls take d small
one with you, thanks.
An you do dreenk r-r-um?'
" In cold weather, Baptiste.'
Ba gosh. I'm sorry. Et ees cole now.
an / amt got no r-rum. IF I had
some r-rum ] geef you some queek. an
she'd be damn good r-rum. too, ba
gosh: but 1 amt got no r-rum. Oh,
she'd be YER fine r-rum eef l have her.
j dreenk da las wat l got way back
las fall some time. She was damn
good r-F-un, too
4 climbed back into my sleigh and
drove home. The next time Baptistes
wife is sick in the winter l will hest
tate about going, and if I do | win
provide against his rum disappoInJ-
ment His assertion that it would be
good rum, if he had it, hurt my feel
ings.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
READING THE NEWSPAPERS.

UHILE THE SCHOOL TEACHERS
" Of Salt Lake may not be SO 1auch
i'm need OF the admonition as the peda-
Ecgues Of Roading, Pa. it is, perhaps,
wen FOR them TO hear the message
which was sent out by the school SUI
perintendent of that city. The advice
is sound AMI wholesome. and if the
Reading teachers fail 20 follow it liter
ally they VIII be the losers. Having
heard that member Of his staff did not
read the daily newspapers. the super
iuteudent sent out circular in which
he said:
Il wish dramatically 20 recommend
20 teachers of every grade to read the
daily papers, and to keep informed n
rege'd TO the mo- important measures
before congress. general assembly and
councils and the leading issues involved
IN city, state and national political
c7mp2igns. In my judgment. the
teacher who says she never reads the
papers is moi qualified to teach. Read
the papers intelligently, discriminat-
ingly and use judiciously in your
school work the information which you
gain"
No man or woman can keep up with
the busy woIIs progress who dOesn' I
read at least one great newspaper. II
is possible these days TO acquire educa-
tion of no inferior cTder from reading
newspapers alone. Too many people
who say they haven't time to read a
newspaper ind plenty Of leisure in
which to peruse a popular novel. Too
many VINO have no idea as to what ar
Suments are being advanced in favor
Of the various isthmian canal routes
can repeat all the bright sayings OF
the newest heroine.
If IT ever comes to a choice between
history. fiction. science. art. philoso-
ply and the daily newspaper. he is q
wise. man or woman who discards all
the others for the last named. For. in
the paper he can find them ALI. stripped
of teehnicalities devoid of dryness and
fully answering all requirements ex-
cept those Of specialists. And the
teacher is the last person in the world
who should discard the newspaper. As
the Reading max most pertinently
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
MORGAN AND YERKEs.
Battle of Millionaire Promoters Wax
eth Fierce in London.

6LA ElSTce IN LONDON.
Nondon Gable 10 New York WoTldD
J. Fierpont Morgan is expected in
London by the end of the month to
give his personal attention to the de-
tails of his coming big struggle with
Charles I. Yerkes for control Of the
projected system of rapid transit
tubes connecting Fulham, Hammer
smith, Putney and other West End
suburbs with the city.
Both Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Yerkes
are heavily interested in projects be-
fore parliament for constructing near
" seventy miles of underground lines.
which will require a capital of more
than $4,000. 600.
Mr.. Yerkes was the first to foresee
the possibilities of this traffic. and OBJ
tanned from parliament last year au-
thority to construct tube" line from
Brompton Road, near the Church of
the Oratory, along Knightsbridge and
Plccadilly to Piccadilly Circus. MI
Yerkes is now seeking a franchise to
complete his road by carrying it from
the Oratory to the extreme western
most suburb-Parson Greenland from
Piccadilly Circus eastward along
SALISBURY avenue and Oxford street
TO LincOln's Inn Fields. where it would
join another tube" line. now almost
completed, connecting North and South
London under the Thames.
The scheme of Mr.. Morgan's COM
pany on the board of which Pierpont
Morgan, jr.. and Clinton DaWkins rep
resent the Morgan interest, is equally
ambitious. This company proposes to
start at Hammersmith, carrying the
tubes" under the busy Main road
1crta Il Ear,c J.
park, knightsbTidge and Piccadilly.
and thence. by way of the Strand and
Fleet street. TO the city. there to con-
meet with proposed tube line to
run to the populOus northeastern sub
uTbs.
As Mr.. Yerkes already has a fran
chise for the Piccadilly route it would
be contrary TO the policy of parliament
to grant competitive franchise to Mr..
Morgan. Mr.. Yerkes. therefore, seems
to have the whip hand of Mr.. Morgan.
who must deal with him for running
powers from Knightsbridge to Picea-
dilly Circus.
Mr.. Morgan has a competitor also
for his route from the Circus to the
city. The city council proposes to put
in a shallow electric tram system in
stead Of his deep-level tube line
In securing control of the District
Underground road and the route from
! the OratOry to Piccadilly Circus, Mr.
| Yerkes made a master stroke and an
/ ticipated the moves of all rivals.
/ Although it is probable that Lon
don's future rapid-transit arrange
ments may ultimately come to be set
/ tied by deal between the New York
! and Chicago capitalists, the first thing
! Messrs. Morgan and Yerkes must dc
/ is to make their fight before a joint
! committee of parliament. which viii
deal with all projects on broad grounds
of public policy.
/ An army of lawyers, engineers. rail
road and electric contracting experts
| has been engaged by each side. and il
! is estimated that at least S2,000000 will
/ be spent in this Homeric contest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
Mr.. johnson and His Consulship.
New York Tribune.)


A. Burlingame Johnson of Denver.
Colo. who is in the public eye just now
because of his first hand knowledge of
the Philippines. no longer considers
himself in the United States service,
though he is still drawing pay as
United States consul to Annoy. China
He left New York yesterday for
business trip. At the Imperial he said:
I went 10 Washington and told the
state department that my business
was so pressing that I was not pre-
pared 10 make my final report and set
tlement They were kind TO me, tell
ing me 1 had served in China for FIVE
years without a vacation. and might
continue TO draw my salary for time,
till l could get the report prepared.
Ny five years in China We're full of
rich experience. and 1 picked up a rare
collection of Chinese pottery, which 1
have brought TO Denver 1 shall al
ways remember -ose five years of
government service
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
DAWN.

New Orleans Times-Demccrat.)
The day has blossomed like a crimson
rose
Bright with the star drops of a silver
dew.
And redolent with fragrant dreams of
you.
Then. in the cloister Of its heart. suppose
1 screen the honey of my loye-who
knows
But YOU might watch the opening flow
er, too,
And ere it fades into the dusk and dew
Beyond the nOontide at the evening 8
close,
VIII speed your questioning butterflies Of
thought
To seek its sweets! Then, in their grace
full flight,
Oh let them. dear one, bear me through
the morn,
And on their wings a message from your
heart
To lift my doubts dark. melancholy
night,
And bring my soul your promise-and
the dawn
Ella Bentley
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
OcieW



Mrs. e. Z. Allen and Mrs. Chisholm
VIII entertain the Daughters Of the
American Revolution and those eligible
10 membership al the home OF the lat
Ter next Saturday afternoon. Mrs.
Weed Of West Union. Ia. will speak
and Mrs. Plummer viii sing
g &
The Cleofan viii meet this afternoon
al the home Of Mrs. Clara NJ. Clawson.
Mrs. Susie Ritter Wells will give a pa
per on the Influence of the Italian
Renaissance"
Mrs Emily Grant viii entertain this
afternoon at an informal KensingtOn
IN honor of Mrs. Briant 5. Wells.
Mrs. Elmer p. Jones gives an -sor-
mai literary afternoon at her home to-
day. One feature OF the day viii be
paper on New Zealand by Mrs.
Wightman.
The Misses Alton and Jasmine Young
viii leave tomorrow morning for a
short trip to Chicago.
Mrs. Kimbal and Miss Kimball leave
this morning for the coast
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. McCune, jr.. re-
turned Sunday from a trip to Europe.
a reception ana dance is TO be given
in honor Of Rabbi Louis c. Reynolds
and wife at the Ladies' Literary club
han on Wednesday evening, Feb. 10,
under the auspices of 3. r Pexiotto
lodge No. lsI. I. Q. B. 3.
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says. II she does not read the papers
she cannot be qualified to teach.
The newspaper is the most powerful
ally of education. IT is the best friend
Of the public schools. Of the smaller
colleges and the larger universities. 1t
occupies a field which none Of the 9TH
ers fills. but which none OF them can
afford b be without.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18

one of the meanest tricks that has
been played in recent days was pulled
off by either Of New York. he found
two cabrlen lighting. so he jumped
into ore of the vehicles and instructed
the diver to hurry to nearby po-
lice station. When they arrived, the
cabby was promptly locked up. 1t isn't
always the farmer who buys the geld
brick IN New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-18
The Machinery Trade.
(Baltim0re SUM

4 recent consular report indicates the
in which the machine trade If
the world is distributed among the ma
tons. The exports of machines by the
United States in 1900 were worth 81 500. 600.
against England's SIS. 3S3. 400 and Ger
manys S54454. 400. Since 1891 the United
States had Increased this class of her ex-
ports by So .000. England BY S19G10 coo.
and Germany by SSS0oQ. 600. In the year
1900 the United States imported s.. 009
worth Of machinery. England SIS. 1872 coo
worth and Germany S24.03S. 900 worth.