The Republican journal., 1902-11-27

When you get through settling the
coal strike, please send us some coal.
1t is apparently settled that Dr. Lor-
rimer will not return to fremont Tenn
pie, Boston.
Congress meets next Monday. The
Presidents message is looked for with
unusual interest.
The big game season in Maine is near
ing it's close, and it is said that the
shipments will exceed all former
records.
The utteranceS of Rev. David [ tier
have attracted comment in Denver,
and his friends here will be interested
in articles printed on the 2nd page
The report that Representative Can
non of Danville, H., is to be the speak
er of the next House is so loud that it
must have made the other candidate i'll.
w. J. Bryan devoted nuch space in
recent issue of The Commoner to an at
tack on David B. Hill, and sums him
up as shallow exponent of the princi-
Piles of Democracy and seryile repre-
sentative of the trusts.
The end of the 9th Congress vii
mark the passing of the Populist Not
a single Populist was elected to the
next House Of Representatives. Not a
Populist viii be in the Senate after the
4th of next March.
\ majority of the posts report that
the abolition of the canteen has
had terrible effect on the army, and
not one reports conditions to have been
improved. This is only what army of
tcers predicted when the matter was
before Congress.
\ cable from Liverpool, Nov. 10th, re-
ports the apple market strong with
upward tendency" Chester r. Law,
renee, Boston, apple receiver, says:
''Shippers must remember that in a
year like this smaller quantity of high
grade apples as to quality and pack will
return more than larger quantity of
inferior quality"
4 medical man has testified that the
occupation of a mine worker is very
unhealthful," and shortens his life.
That is true of many other occupations
although the adoption of modern scien-
tific and sanitary methods have greatly
increased the average of human life,
despite the casualties of foot ball
and the automobile.
The Portland Democratic city com
mittee provided supper of baked
beans. brown bread and coffee for 500
people last Monday evening, followed
by short speeches from about 20 proMi-
nent local Democrats. The principal
address was by Hon. Darius II. 1ngra-
ham, candidate for mayor. This is a
new campaign attraction
The Washington Star, Ind. thinks it
timely to remind the opponents of Mr..
Bryan in the Democratic party that if
Mr. Bryan did not carry Nebraska at
the recent elections, neither did Mr..
Olney carry Massachusetts, nor Mr.. Hill
New York, nor MI. Cleveland New
Jersey, nor Mr. German Maryland,
nor MI Pattison Pennsylvania, nor Mr.
Johnson Ohio.
John w. Gates says he got rich by
ATTENDING strictly to my own business
and working 16 hours a day when the
emergency demanded it." How times
nave changed Now nobody wants to
work more than eight hours day,
some prefer to attend to other peoples
business rather than their own, and
there are others who want division of
property that they may be provided for
Without working at all.
Both branches of the Vermont legis-
lature passed the high license local op-
tion measure with referendum attach
ed, Nov. 21st, after several amendments
had been defeated. The bill goes to the
people on the first Tuesday Of January
next The result will be awaited with
much interest. 1t is generally assumed
that if such measure should be sub
mitted to the people Of Maine it would
be voted down by an overwhelming ma
jority.
The ball players left the diamond
long ago, and the foot ball season has
just closed. Now put on the outside
windows and storm doors, bank the
house. and otherwise prepare for the
long winter. November has been good
to us. Up to this week the ground has
been but slightly frozen once or twice
and We have had more sunshine and
warmer davs and NIGHTS than rsua1 in