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BRYAN At WASHINGTON.

Meager details have leaked out of the
conferences held recently in the national
capital between Col William J. Bryan
and the leaders of the Democratic forces
in the house and senate It seems to
be accepted as a truth that Mr. Bryan
did not intimate that he must be the
candidate in 1904. but it was made plain
by that gentleman that he did consider
himself sitting down on a seat in the
rear.
Mr.. Bryan is credited with having as
serted the right of the friends of the
Democratic party, as its following was
made up in the last two national cam
paigns to do the recognizing if any is
to be done. His attitude was concilia-
tory, and he was earnest for Democratic
success in the next election, but he did
not concede the wisdom or the policy Of
entirely repudiating the party record or
offending its leaders.
One good point insisted upon by Mr.
Bryan was that there is time enough
yet to begin talking Of possible nomi-
nees. The principal thing is to be con-
slant in the work of harmonizing the
elements Of the party and getting all
Democrats to wishing for and hoping
for Der" ocratic success. A leader will
be forthcoming when the time arrives.
There is considerable speculation as to
| the Identity of the man upon whom Mr.
| Bryan may bestow his mantle of leader
! ship, and the opinion of many is that
| it will be Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, of
Cleveland. The latter is grooming him
self for the race for the governorship Of
Ohio this fall, and if he succeeds in win
| ming in that struggle he may be a prom
inent figure in the next national conven-
ton Of the Democratic party. But at
this time from the convention it would
not seem to an impartial observer that
Mayor Johnson is in the running
However, the discussion of candidates
at this time is merely an attractive di-
version. The real work of finding one
will not begin for several months.
The mere fact that the prominent men
in Democratic councils are occasionally
getting together IS a good sign. Out Of
their conferences will come some advan-
tage for the party. Mr.. Bryan's visit to
Washington and meetings with leading
congressman and senators will have an
encouraging effect on the Democratic
party at large.
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FEELS SURE OF PEACE
ACTING CIVIL GOyERNoR ~ pur,
IPPINES SAYS CONDITIONS
ARE EXAGGERATED
THREE SECTIONS IN REVOLT
Comm issioner Wright. However, Be-
Heves That This Trouble Should
No Longer Re Dignifed by
Name of Revolution.

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-Judge
Wright acting civil governor of the Phil
lpplnes, has written a personal letter to
Gen. Marcus J. Wright of this city
which gives an interesting insight into
the condition of affairs in the Philippines.
We are so far removed from the
United States" says Gov. Wright, that
l Tear the people at home get rather an
inadequate idea of the situation here
The press reports of the last month or
more, which have reached US here to-
gether with the comments thereon. seem
TO indicate that the general opinion is
that the whole Islands are either blazing
with instruction, or else that outbreaks
are prevented only by the use of troops
on an extensive scale. This is wholly
misleading. The real truth is that in
50 per cent of the territory of the islands
there IS no insurrection, and Americans
go about singly and unframed with
about as much safety as they would in
a large majority of the states at home
There is a fast-dying instruction in
two provinces of the great island OF Lu-
zon, and in the remote southern island
OF Samar. Here and there in more re-
mote sections there are instances of cat
tie stealing and occasionally murder or
robbery We are dealing very energet-
ically with the lawless element. and the
houses where they have been destroyed,
filling their fields and pursuing their or
binary vocations
OF course, telegraphic dispatches gen.
orally deal alone in something sensa-
tional l apprehend that if any one Of
us We're IN foreign country and received
only news of what was happening in the
United States in police circles we would
get about the same idea of our own
country q af fhn
United States seem to have of this. The
fact IS that the progress we have made
in the last year is tremendous, and to
ME very encouraging.
While [ do not look for the millennium
either here or elsewhere. speedily, 1 see
no reason to doubt that American au-
thority can be maintained without more
troops than indicated by Gov. Taft. ST
course, we must utilize the native in DO
Icing his own country, just as has been
done by England in all her colonies from
the beginning
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DLSFRANCHTSING WHITE MEN.
Since Representative Crumpacker fixed
up his fences with the speaker and the
controlling coterie in the house by con-
senting to support the plan of Offering
reciprocity to Cuba, it is worthy of note
that his plan to bait the South has en-
joyed a boom. Imperalist editors and
politicians are preparing to boost the
plan for IAN Investigation into the con-
dition of the suffrage among the South
ern people, under the constitutional pro-
visions on that score SO generally adopt
ed within the past year or two.
There cannot be much doubt but that
Mr.. Crumpaci1er win now see his bill
go through the house; and it may be that
it will pass the senate and be approved
by the president, as the result of his
desertion of the congressional Indians
who think they are fighting the sugar
trust by forcing Cuba to appeal for an
nexation as the only way to avoid de-
struction. Such things have happened
in congress in the past. And why may
they not happen again?
Of course the object of Mr. Crumpacker
is not so much to investigate as it is TO
save the unhappy man and brother from
disfranchisement, or, if that is not pos
sible. to prevent the wicked Southern
whites from having more than their pro-
portionate representation in congress.
and in the electoral college. 1t is need
less to add that the great object of Mr..
Crumpacker and the other imperialism
in the abstract is to see that represent
alive government in the Southern states
shall not perish from off the earth
There are good many persons who
have closer naturalization with the
needs of representative government than
the imperialists can in the nature of
things be expected to entertain. And
these are watching with some interest
just at this time the operations of the
constitutional convention now in session
in the state of Connecticut There is no
specific plan for the disfranehisement
of any specific class of citizens, black or
white, now before the Connecticut con-
vention; but Acknowledgement is GER
tain to result as the outcome of it's la,
5ors, and has been directly and expressly
sanctioned by a measure which has lust
been adopted. That measure provides
that the lower house Of the Connecticut
| legislature shall be composed of one rep
| resentative from each town, with
out any regard whatever to the
| relative population of the towns,
so that the voters of the town of
New Haven. for instance, which contains
10000 people. have the same and no
greater representation in that body than
| the voters resident In the town of War
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wagon was picked because 1t wore nice
easy springs and the STARTER from Jor
dan sure needed the softest possible.
The Scott County Press told all about
the sad affair and the eighteen legal
voters of Spring Lake sent in to Beren'S
store for a pound of red fire. 1t was
great night for Spring Lake and Pat
Duffy was 1t.
For eight months and nineteen days
Spring Lake continued proud of its fight
ing man. rat Duffy was there ready to
meet all corners and Spring Lake was
talked about from one end of the county
to the other And Pat was UP even with
the stage where he just yearned for real
miX-up. Pat would hitch up the two
year-old and the gray and go Gear over
to the other end of the county any tine
another fighting man was reported.
Just eight months and nineteen days
after the Fourth of July incident word
came to Spring Lake that over at the
other end of the county was g boy who
could go some. He was working with a
threshing crew on the Kopp farm. The
thresher was a quiet youth and had not
asked for a mix, but Pat got out the two
year-old and the gray and started for the
kOpp farm. 1he hired man went with
Pat becauses Pat was modest and liked
to have some admirer tell the others how
easy it was.
Pat and the hired man left the Duffy
farm at 8 a. M, eight months and nine
teen days after the affair at the picnic.
-Four hours later the hired man drove the
two-year -oid and the gray into the Duffy
barn yard. Pat accompanied the hired
man, but he did not know it. He was
lying stlll and quiet on the bottom Of the
farm wagon.
After the Duffy brothers had carried the
fighter in the house the hired man told
the tale.
WAL, he drawled, "you see Pat and
me gets TO the Kopp farm. This fellow
we is after was workin' on one O. the
stacks. Pat calls him down off the straw
an the engineer turned off the steam to
give 'em all chance to see the young
fellows finish.
Then 1 picked Pat up and two o. the
threshers helped me put him in the back
O. the wagon. The engineer turned the
steam back on again an when 1 see the
fellow we was after last he was pitchn'
bundles again.
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New York .eeHer.
Tanlmany Eejoices-

Tnmmany Rejofces-
NEW YORK, March 2O-Signs of an
open break between the Low administra-
ton and the Republican organization
have brought great cheer to thousands
of Tammany hold-overs. The friction
which has existed for several months be-
tween the new administration and the
friends of Senator Platt is fast reaching
climax Evidence that the break is
near, in the opinion Of local politicians
is seen in the refusal Of the state civil
service board to authorize The canoeing
Of the local eligible lists. The state COM
missicners recently refused point blank
to grant the request of Mayor Low 5
commissioners, who had sought authority
10 revoke the lists left by the Tannany
administration. The decision of the sta tie
commission is a lseen disappointment to
the local commission. 1t means that any
new appointees will have to - selected
from the Tammany eligible lists, on
which followers of the tiger have the
most promising positions.
Americans at Coronation
Fifteen thousand Americans will wit
ness the coronation of King Edward VII
on June 26. In this number WAL be IN
cluded Americans in official life, Amer
tCdH women VINO nave married English
husbands, American society Americans
who will view the ceremonies for their
brlliiancy and to crafty their curiosity,
representatives in Europe of American
business houses, like ]. P. Morgan Jr,
VINO was appointed by the president as
hrst secretary to the special embassy,
and the floating class of American bust
ness men and travellers who, happening to
be near LonGon will loo, on at the show
Smoking Rooms for Women
To satisfy the demands of a large num-
Der of fashionable women. who are
among their most important patrons sew
eral of the leading restauratelrs are
about to arrange special smoking rooms
where the fair ones may enjoy a few
Whi1fS OF that fragrant weed without
which no luncheon or dinner appears to
them to be complete. AT present re
dressing rooms are being utilized for the
purpose-a fact which has been brought
nome to the owners of the es Establishments
IN question by the numbers of burnt
matches and stumps of cigarettes which
inter the apartments in question
OF course, this is nothing but a make
shift, and inasmuch as fashion HE res
taurateurs, If they wish to be successful
are obliged to defer to the whirns and ia
consult the wishs of fashionable women
no alternative remains to them but to
provide dainty e-no-ing rooms. where the
paplletto can be enjoyed without attract.
ing undue .tention:.
M1nstrels Have Fight
In front of the st. Cloud hotel a
Broadway and Forty-escond street =
pitched battle was fought between ri,a-
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claimants to the outer walls of the
building. William Hammerstein, son of
Oscar HamerStein, led force of twenty
men, including employees of the Victoria
and Republic theaters, reinforced by
members of the Dockstader & Primrose
MINISTRIES, against an equal number of
employees of O.. J. Guide, an advertising
agent, who, it was alleged, had infringed
upon contract held by HaTnmerstein
Heads were broken, the Ministries were
bruised and the melee ended with the
understanding that it would be renewed
again with accessions on both sides.
T. II. Southland, a dealer in building
materials. is tearing down the ST. Cloud
MOTEL A few days ago he entered into
a contract with Mr. Hammerstein bv
which the latter acquired the right to
use tie walls of the ruin for advertising
purposes for three weeks. In accordance
with the contract huge Autographs de
scrbing the beauties of the Hammerstein
productions We're placed on the walls.
Both Hammerstein and Guide claimed
to have advertising contracts signed by
Southland
Women VIII Watch Low
Mayor Low and his assistants of the
reform administration are under petit
coat surveillance. 1t began from an Of
flee on the seventh floor of the Park Row
building. and is likely to continue till the
Tiger RECEIVERS from that tired feeling.
The feminine adjunct of the Citizens
Union. known as the Woman's Municipal
League, who did such doughty deeds in
the campaign anent the vice issue, has
decided to take q hand in the city gov
eminent. They had selected an office in
the CITY han, but were informed they
couldn't occupy it, The Municipal
League is headed by Miss Margaret
Astor Chanler whose political affiliations
through her brother, William Astor
Chanler. are as strongly defined as her
own inGomitabie courage. AS nurse
under the Red Cross flag Miss Chambers
services won her not only the gratitude
OF her country but medal from con-
gress.
Calves CIansons Disappointing
Recently at the Waldorf-Astoria Nine
Calve, with the assistance of MesSrs Sa-
liGnac and Gilbert of the opera company
gave a concert of French songs Its an
nouncement led one to suppose that the
programme wOuld be composed entirely of
: chansonS pOpulaires." Nine Emma
| Calve, the gifted and eccentric chauteuse
! Of the Grau Opera company, recently con
| cetved what seemed to her to be a new
! idea. She would sing to the ignorant
| public of the American metropolis the
| folk songs Of her people and there would
| be a revelation. The audience which
| was apparently composed largely Of per-
/ s0nal admirers of Nine. Calvc, applauded
! vigorously at all times; but the enter
| tainment was distinctly Disappointing 20
| those acquainted with the possibilities
| Of such a concert
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tected trusts, in favor of lessening of
the existing tariff to any extent or in
any direction whatever
The country looks to the minority of
both house and senate to make the
strongest fight possible to secure the ac-
ceptance of the original Cuban proposal
Notwithstanding that weeks were con-
sumed in the Intellectual effort to secure
agreement among the administration
forces, it is reasonably certain that both
discussion and amendment will be
choked off on the floor. Under the rules
Of the senate, if not of the house, there
can be a general discussion of the sub
ject, and such men as Bailey, of Texas;
Dubois, of Washington, and Blackburn,
of Kentucky, will be expected to make
the most of the occasion which will be
thus presented to them.
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IRON is NOW SCARCE
STRAY CONSUMERS FEEa, FIEENIY
Loss OF METAL ON
MARKET
STEEL PRODUCT IS CRAMpED
Home Consumption Alone r. Enor-
nous, and OF Late Seems to
BE Slightly OufbaIancinE
the Production.

NEW YORK. March 2O.-The Iron Ace
says: Stray consumers of foundry iron
are feeling the scarcity OF metal omit,
keeniy and are forced to pay several dol
lars per ton premium for what they mus
have Immediately. But of the whoIe
tonnage which goes into the cupola. the
converter and the o3en hearth furnace
this IS an almost intnitesimal percen-
tage, the great mass of iron which il
being melted being delivered on old con-
tracts at fair rates. The same il true of
steel.
In times like these perspective is dis
tOrted and much is made of what are
comparatively trivial circumstances. 1t
would, of course, be rash to deny their
Significance, which is that our home CON
sumption is enormous and that it slight
~ outbalances production. The balance
would quickly swing in the other direc.
ton, however. if consumers got il fnto
their heads that prices are abnormaIIv
hlgh. While they are remunerative thew
are not reasonable, nor is il likely that
the shortage now so keenly felt will Iasr
more than sixty or ninety DAYS
The markets for foundry iron havs
been fairly quiet during the week tia
only movement Of consequence having
taken place in Chicago, where malIeabla
IRON founders have purchased about 75-
w NO4io VI pAG nun lOI QelNEIg uuElUE
the second half.
On the other hand it has come to the
surface that one large melting interest.
while prOfessedly eager for more iron.
has already purchased considerably more
IMAM is necessary to cover contracts for
goods sold. In some instances requests
TO delay deliveries have been received.
but in every case this has been the re-
suit OF the discovery on the part of the
foundry man that the furnace company
VIII not grant unreasonable time r,.
payment but that thirty DAYS from datu
Of shipment means that ana nothing else
SO far as foreign material Il concerned.
purchasers Of only small lots of Scotch
pig iron, steel billets, wire rods. shapes
and sheets are reported The markets
abroad have run away, and the foreign
steel works profess to be unable to de
HVer promptly. Except possibly i'm
structural material where large con-
tracts have been again placed. the new
tonnage coming into the market is onl,
fair in volume. We are going through "a
breathing SPELL very welcome to the
mills in their cOngcsted condition.
Prices are Strengthening i'm nearly all
branches and for small lots and promDt
delivery considerable premiums are be-
ing paid. Merchant pipe quotations hay.
been raised during the week
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TALKS OUT OF SCHOOL
ADMIRAL BERESFORD DISCUSSES
Loss OF SHIPPING.


LONDON, March 20.-Admiral Lord
Beresford at a dinner at the Institute Of
Naval Architects referred to the decline
in British shipping, Ten years ago the
British Indian company had the largest
tonnage; the Messagres Maritimes came
next and the Peninsular and Oriental
third.
Today the Hamburg-American line
leads, with the North German Lloyd
second and Elder Dempster third Ten
years ago the British mercantile marine
formed 50 per cent of the shipping of the
world, but today it accounted for only
GO per cent? Proper preparations should,
he said, be made for the protection of
English merchant marine
He appealed to the nation to see that
the naval reserve was placed on a more
satisfactory footing and then electrified
the audience by declaring that he should
go to different towns in the country and
explain the condition of affairs, even il
the authorities court martial him out
Of the service.
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PLANS RACES IN AIR
SANTOS-DUMONT WILL CONTROL
THE DETAILS OF ST. LOUIS
FAIR CONTESTS
FIFTEEN MILES ROUND TRACK
He Will Compete, and He Says He
Hopes Other Inventors Study
ing Aerial Navigation viii
BE Found Numerous

PARIS, March 20-M. Santos umont,
the aeronaut, in an interview here to-
night appeared enthusiastic concerning
bis approaching trip to the United States.
NJ. Santos-Dumont said:
es, after some negotiations / have de-
cided to go to st. Louis and assist in
drawing up the rules for the aerial con-
tests of 1903. L Will be accompanied by
my secretary and my chief mechanic L
VIII take with me as far as New York
the forty-five horsepower motor, the
framework and the two propellers of my
balloon No. T. From New York 1 shall
proceed to st. Louis to confer with the
exposition authorities regarding the con-
tests.
My idea is to make a sort of aerial
track, say fifteen miles in circumference.
around st. Louis, marked by captive ball
looms and visible for the whole distance
from the exposition grounds, which are
70 form the starting and finishing points
mere should be series Of races VARYING
III Instance from one to several times
around the track. But | am strongIv in
I&For or establishing one big race a SORT
OF aerial grand priX, with 100000 prize
rms would be a reat stimulus to com
peut!on and should attract a number Of
the inventors of the various systems OF
dlrlSlBle balloons. 1 shall certainly par
tlclpate In the contests, and / hope to
have number of ideas, which 7 be-
heVe viii contribute to the success of the
tournament, but L reserve them for dis
cqssion with the authorities
expect to spend altogether about a
fortnight in America, during which time
the mechanical part Of my balloons will
De put together at New York I shan IN
Vesugate the possibilities Of a CON
test at New York city in tbe
autumn, and If I find the prize offered
to be a sufficient amount / will return and
Try TO win it, as L did the Deutsch prize
When asked how large this prize sbouId
be, M. Santos-Dumont replied:
think 1t ought to be about 500 0O0 he
cause my expenses will be heavy: il will
cost about $4,000 to build a balloon shed
l VIII not return to New York unless a
prize be offered for competition. The ev-
PehSeS would be too ifeavy for me tn on
SIMPLY TO give displays and / do not J,yist,
20 go al Inc expense of anybody else If
no prize is offered, l will leave tha me-
chanlcai parts Of my balloon at New York
uht! the st. Louis exposition oDens IF
a prize Is promised, ! shall return IN fo1-
oon 70 compete for the prize offered tEara
dof the race to Birmingham with nv M
.; Ihen at the end Of July [ will take
me envelope Of my No. balloon To Nau,
York and remain there connie ~
months. ouPle OF
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rem, with less than 500 population. The
operation of this scheme is that the rep
resentatives from the towns, standing in
the aggregate for population of 156,SS7,
have been able in that constitutional
convention of Connecticut to practically
disfranchise the remaining 10000 of the
states population.
Of course these are all, or mostly,
common white folks. It is doubtful il
100 negroes in the state have thus been
disfranchised through the action of the
Connecticut convention; and therefore
there may be no good reason for reducing
Connecticut's representation in the
house of representatives especially as
Connecticut is now a Republican state.
But while Mr.. Crumpacker and the rest
Of the investigating imperialists are car
rying on their researches into the dis
REIMBURSEMENT of the man and brother,
they might find it interesting, if not
profitable politically, to turn the search
light of their combined intellect on the
Connecticut constitutional convention.
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Before Pat Duffy started, Spring Lake
and its eighteen legal voters only scored
at election time, so the eighteen legal
voters were more than willing to give Pat
credit for the boom if he had consented
to remain in their midst.
Pat was only plain farmer until the
afternoon of a Fourth of July picnic
That afternoon a bad one from Jordan
broke into square dance and announced
that he was there to startle the county.
1t looked bad for the county until Pat
Duffy hurdled the pavilion platform.
Then it lool1d rather dreary for the boy
from Jordan.
Pat overlooked, the recognized rules of
the fight game, for the boy from Jordan
was not a subscriber of the pink sporting
paper and Pat could not afford to take
chances. When the dust died down the
German friends from Jordan picked the
would-be star4.er out from under the
kindling wood and carried him over to
Herman Ushman's wagon. Herman's