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The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

signed the nomination. a very honest
and sensible thing to do under the cir
cumstances, as his own interests were
at variance with the voters.
Over 100 republican nominees for
congress, if honest should take the
same step. Grosvenor and others Of
Ohio; Hemenway and Lands and Over
street, of Indiana; Loudenslager and
others in New Jersey, and so the lists
of states might be gone through.
Nearly every congressman from Iowa,
if honest, would step aside. All these
and others know that tariff reform
sentiment is Overwhelming in the cen
trail and western states. President
Roosevelt also has discovered. even in
New England. that taritf-reform senti-
ment was rampant, but he did not have
the pluck of Henderson. He looked for
a way to eyade the issue that he knew
was right and on the side Of the people.
His conscience told him that he should
boldly champion their cause against
the trusts and corporations. But he
needed it not and called in the chosen
protection advocates, knowing what
their advice would be before he
asked il.
The senatorial iunta that controls
legislation, through their power as
chairmen of the important commit
tees. decided of course. that reform Of
the tariff must not be an issue The
president must 60 to the western
states and make no promise Of relief
from the real cause OF the enormous
prices of the neceSsaries of life. Thus
the trusts have the president gagged.
his talks to the people viii be stifled
by the orders of the senatorial iunta.
The coincidence of the announcement
of the retirement of Henderson at the
very time the senator's were persuad-
ing the president to forego tariff dis
cussions, is so remarkable that il is
easy to believe that the trusts are back
of both these extraordinary announce
ments.
All the senator's present have been
consistent friends of the combines and
corporations, every vote they have
cast, the bills they have smothered. all
prove this. Now when the pinch comes
and an erratic president is to be las
seed, why should they not all join in
plan to corral him?
Henderson will soon get his reward.
but will the president reach his am
bition?
How Hanna and the trust magnates
must be laughing in their sleeves AT
the tanning of the rough rider.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

No wonder President Roosevelt
likens the trusts to the Mississippi
river He recalls the amount of water
some of them contain.-Omaha Bee.
Mr.. Hanna and his historic skillet
are not abroad this campaign. Mr..
Hanna has his own fish to fry in Ohio
and the skillet is needed at home
Chicago Chronicle.
Senator Beveridge saws the tar
if is not the mother of trusts" Pres
ident Havemeyer of the sugar trust
says it is. And on this question the
general opinion will be that Mr.. Have
meyer is the better authority@N. Y.
World.
Elsewhere the symptoms of dis
content and unrest among the repub-
lican masses upon national issues have
been far more pronounced. The repub-
lican managers will get little comfort
out of the Maine vote, and their opno-
nents no ment.-Portland
(Me) Argus.
The shrewd and resourceful men
who are at the head of the great indus
trial combinations entertain no apnre-
tensions as to the future of the trusts
so long as the American people can be
deluded into the belief that an amend
ment of the constitution is all that ;s
necessary to curb the power of IN.
trusts. OF course they will profess TO
be alarmed and indignant at the pres
ident's philosophical and not unfriend-
ly discussion of the subject on the
stump and in his message to congress.
but that is only part Of the game.
Such tactics are as old as the hills
Baltimore Sun.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10
GAGGING THE PRESIDENT.
How the Trusts Are Going to Ensure
the Continuation of Pro-
tec.Ion's Aid.

Two political events occurred on
Tuesday. September l6. that will have
far-reaching effect on the politics of
the country. That they happened
simultaneously may have been an acct
dent but would point TO a deep-laid
plan.
On that day President Roosevelt had
called together at Oyster Bay the lead
ers of his party TO consult with them
about the position he should take on
the tariff and the trusts in his political
speeches in the west.
On the same day Speaker Henderson
declined to accept a denomination to
congress, giving as the reason that "a
great many" republicans in his district
were in favor of reforming the tariff
by taking off the protection that the
Dingley bill gives to the trusts.
Both the president and he speaker
of the house of representatives had
discovered that ga great many" repub-
licans wanted reform. They were tired
of paying more for the trust made
goods than the same goods were being
sold to foreigners for. Speaker Hen
derson had through the power Of his
political machine stified the voice Of
these independent republicans. and on
the face of the returns his convention,
made up of office holders and political
strikers. renominated him and made
a platform of his own choosing of the
patented stripe This happened in
May. He returns TO his district in Sep
TENDER and finds the voice Of the peo-
pie crying aloud for reform. lie re-
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

If Speaker Henderson believes in
the sacredness of the existing tariff
schedules, is it not his duty to educate
his constituents. and remain in con
gress TO defend the tariff? If a man
of his views is selected to make the
run. will not he, too, be out of touch
with a growing sentiment? If a man
of different views, will not Henderson
have become a defaulter and a Desert
CT, in betraying the sacred schedules
N the house ct their friends ALBANY
Argus.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

In his speech at Steubenville. O., on
the 9th, Senator Hanna challenged
Tom L. Johnson to n debate on the
tariff. which challenge Mr.. Johnson
accepted, and said he would debate
the subject at any time Senator Han
ma might name
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The president has appointed Col.
Vim. NJ. Quinton, First infantry, to
be brigadier in the regular army.
his age limit for retiring occurring on
the 18th inst. Col. Quinton is ma
tive of Illinois.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The funeral of Emile lola took
place in Paris. on the 5th and an inn
mense coneourse of people of all
classes took part Capt Dreyfus OBJ
tanned permission from the police and
marched in the cortege. There were
no Disturbances.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Thomas II. Robinson, a gambler,
said to be from Des Moines. Ia, shot
and MORALLY wounded another gam
bier, named George at st. Joseph,
Mo-, on the 1st.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

At the Beef trust inquiry at Kansas
City, Mo-, on the Sd, butcher testi-
fled that when he bought meat from
the packers that was littl, old they
would give him ITO pounds for every
100 he ordered, saying that they could
not reduce the price fixed but could
alter the weights.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Senator Geo. G. Vest, of Missouri,
went to Baltimore. Nd, on the Sd. to
be treated for disease of the eyes,
be being practically blind.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

w. Il. Hearst, of the New York
American, was nominated for con-
gress, on the I'd, by the democratic
convention of the Eleventh New York
district
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

John l.. Bates. of Boston. was nom
mated for governor of Massachusetts,
on the 3D.. by the republican state
convention.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

In statement, on the 9th, W. J.
Bryan commended President Roose-
welt for his efforts to settle the strike,
but thought that, as the operators re-
fused to arbitrate, he should call an
extra session of congress.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The thirty-sixth encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic
opened at Washington, on the 9Th.
The only work of the first day was
the dedication of Camp Roosevelt,
which will be headquarters, at Which,
ceremony addresses were made by n
number of men of national repata-
ton.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The trial Of Robert NJ. Snyder, the
wealthy banker, for bribery in con-
neetion with the passage of the Cen
tral Traction bill by the St. Louis
municipal assembly, came to an end
late on the night of the 4th. the jury
finding him guilty and fixing his
punishment at five years in the peni-
Tertiary.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Gov. Stone of Pennsylvania, late on
the night of the 9th, ordered out an
entire division of the national guard
for service in the anthracite coal re-
gions.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The conference between President
Roosevelt and representatives of the
coal operators and miners was held
at Washington, on the Sd. and result
ed in failure to reach an agree
ment. Both parties to the controver-
sy made statements of their case and
the president appealed to them to
cease the strife. The operators re-
fused to submit to arbitration. but an
nourced their willingness to treat
with the miners as INDIVIDUALS. but
not as union, to which Mr.. Mitchell
and his associates would not agree
and the conference came to an end
both sides expressing a determination
to continue the struggle.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The Kansas supreme court, on the
I'd, granted a stay of execution in the
case of Miss Jessie Morrison, sem
fenced to Is years in the penitentiary
for the murder of Mrs. castle, and
she was released on a bond of S10,-
600. Her case will be heard by the
supreme court in January.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Daniel Carl, veteran of the Mex
lean war, and believed To have been
the oldest white citizen of Iowa, died
at his home at Blakesburg, Ia, ON the
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Another conference over the coal
strike situation was held at the White
House, on the 5th, between the presi-
dent and a portion of his cabinet. No
statement as to the conclusions
reached was given out after adjourn
ment, the participants absolutely re-
fuslng to divulge what had taken
place.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

Evelyn b, Baldwin. the Arctic ex-
plorer, arrived in New York from
Norway, on the I'd. In an interview
he said there was not word of truth
IN the reports that his expedition had
insufficient supplies, and said that his
troubles with Capt. Johannsen arose
from the fact that the captain would
not keep his place but wanted to run
the whole expedition.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The 80 months drought in south
west Texas was broken by good rains
which fell during the week ending
October 4.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1902-10-10

The Operative Plasterers' Interna-
tional association. in session at Mil
waukee. on the 4th, elected John Il.
Cavanaugh, St. Louis, president;
James Coffey, Chicago, vice-president;
VIM. A. 0'Keefe, St Louis, secretary
and treasurer. The association will
meet in Philadelphia in 1904.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
The Moraan Roads.

Notwithstanding the fact that J. P Morgan controls thousands of miles of railroad in the south. he has never made tour of inspection" observed a promi- nent corporation man yesterday.
 MT. Morgan travels from New York to Jekyl Island every few seasons. but as those trips are only for pleasure, no inspection is done The railroad king, however has an uncommonly clear gen. eral idea of the physical condition of the various lines he controls and the traf- fic producing value of the country trav- ersed and he is especially familiar with the Southern railway system and it's rela- ton. to Alabama.
 "I once heard MT. Morgan discuss the natural resources and the rapid develop ment of the south. and I was struck with his accurate knowledge of this section and of his keen insight into Alabama S possibilities. He alluded especially to Bir- mingham and spoke of this city with en- thusiastic interest. He knew about En- sley, Bessemer and North Birmingham and about certain industries located at those places. MT. Morgan Is a marvellous man anyway you take him, and when 1t comes to general information he is a walking encyclopedia"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Birmingham and the Decaturs.

A company over thirty years old, and one, too, that finds in this dis trict an immense tonnage, should be willing to run train out of this city in the early hours of the morning This train would also serve as a morn ing train into the Decaturs. Return ing in the evening it would carry peo- pie home from the Decaturs, and bring back the wanderers from the Birming- ham fold. At present there is no train leaving this town and going to the Decaturs until after the monday hour. This is unreasonable. It is not treat ing the tonnage of this district gener- ously It does not bind the Tennes- see valley to the chief commercial town of the state as the great railroad system of the state should do.
 What is needed is train that would leave Birmingham early enough to serve as an incoming morning train at the Decaturs, and returning to Bir- mingham before bedtime. Such a train would soon develop a profitable local business. The entire distance between the Decaturs and Birming- ham is well-filled with an industrious population, except about twenty miles on Sand mountain, where the popula- tion is sparse. But what road has not a gap of twenty miles that lacks de- velopment? A local train would lead to the fllling-up of the twenty miles on Sand mountain, where corn, po- tatoes and hay could be abundantly produced.
 If the managers of the Louisville and Nashville railroad will act gen. erously in this matter, the Decaturs and Birmingham will endeavor to meet the proposed train more than half way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Wall streets jag is wearing off.
MAJOR w. c. eoReAs.

From the New York Commercial-Adver-
 tiser.
 No American official engaged in admin istrative reconstruction in Cuba, Gen. eral Wood excepted, has done more for the people of that island than Major Gorgas. who sailed from Havana for this country on Saturday. The stamping out of the yellow fever pest Is mainly due to his skill and energy while in charge of sanitation, first in Havana and after ward over the entire island.
 It is not to be wondered at that the Cubans are deeply grateful to Major Cor gas, who has been to them an almost ideal example of vigilant duty in de- partment of official work without which Cuba would speedily revert to deplorable conditions. Major Gorgas' value is to be measured, therefore, not only by the work he has done but by the methods he has taught and by the sympathetic at- titude toward them which has been im- planted in the Cuban officials now charged with their application. He was much more than faithful administrator; he was also a successful experimenter and discover in scientific sanitation, and has impressed upon intelligent Cubans by the plainest object lessons how their neglect of cleanliness will at once bring about their former scourge of yellow fever and high death rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Class Distinction in Pistol Totinq.

Judge Feagin's determination to sen a fine of S100 and a term of six months on the streets may deter the poor from the practice of the cowardly habit, but it will not deter so much the rich or influential pistol toter. The rich offender against the peace and security of the community will simply commute his sentence to work on the streets at the rate of fifty cents a day, and the pistol toter with pull" will endeavor to secure from the mayor, if possible, pardon or com mutation of his sentence.
 The law, in other words, strikes at the poor while it does not touch the rich. This does not render Judge F'ea- gins course valueless, but it largely reduces its value, besides setting up differences that ought not to be pro- noted.
 The law should be changed. The power of pardon or communication in the chief executive officer of the city should be greatly modified, if not wholly taken away in such cases. When a man is sentenced to work on the streets, he should go there. if he be pistol toter. As the law now stands the rich and influential can go about walking arsenals with immu- nifty from Imprisonment or work on the streets, while the poor man who goes armed and ready to kill must serve out his sentence. Such dis tinctiop between two conditions or classes in life should not exist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
ARMOUR REAPS A PROFIT
 OF MORE THAN S2,0OO,O00

sell, save the longs; then September as rapidly slumped to 90 cents.
 The people caught in the deal have been the spectators. The cash interests have escaped. They took. Armour at his word that he had the September bought and the December sold-and got out. The ment was for purpose and were skep- tical There were some defaults on Sep tember contracts, but they were on a small scale compared with the magnitude of the transactions. The wheat defaults were about 50,C0O bushels. half for the customers of J. J. Townsend & Co., wht had sued out an injunction from tn, court of Judge Chytraus. There was ont default on September oats. J. J. Town send explains his position as follows:
 "A former client, who had an open con tract on the board of trade. had served on us a legal notice preventing the firm from fulfilling his obligations. This. uri' fortunately, has placed the house in false light as regards some of the lead ing members of the exchange We have been wrongly censured for abiding by the notification. There is no alternative We could not, in the circumstances, closa the trade. We made an effort from the opening to the close of the exchange to have our client close his contract, Gs we did not wish to cause our brokers any more trouble than was necessary"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
[ ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER " Alas.ul
Bill pevarY Not an Issue.

MT. Devery and MT. Coler do not admire each other. They do not train in the same company. They have nothing in common except some basic democratic principles, but these prin- ciples will hold MT. Devery in line as against the common enemy. He will expend his indignation in free, en- phatic phrases, and then he will take hold and help to the utmost to elect the ticket, This is Tammany's his toric policy, and Devery is typical Tammany man.
 The delegations to democratic state conventions are elected by assembly districts-the lower branch of the leg islature being called the assembly Populous counties are cut Up into assembly districts. Devery had made himself the leader of the democrats of the Ninth assembly district in the old city of New York. He carried it readily against MT. Sheehan, and against a weak combination headed by
 MT. Goodwin. MT. Sheehan did not to Saratoga, but MT. Goodwin did ogether with his delegation, although 0 was outvoted by both the Devery nd the Sheehan supporters. The convention rejected both delegations { and the Ninth assembly district was unrepresented in the convention, by reason of wholesale corruption per taining to the primary election, where by it cannot be determined what dele gates were legally elected
 The storm over Devery's rejection will soon subside, and the ex-chief of police will fight his way back to favor by ardently supporting the entire dem- ocratic ticket He will represent his district in Tammany, and he will no doubt gain friends in his Eastside dis trict through his rejection at Saratoga. He may remain unfriendly to MT. Hill, but he will not permit such trif1e to interfere with his devotion to the regular democratic ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
Assessments in the Pratt Mines.

This district is more than a thou sand miles away from the hard coal district, and the intervening span of hills and valleys should render it un- necessary to transplant here a branch of the Pennsylvania trouble. We have troubles of our own, and we should not accumulate an addition from a dis tant state.
 The Age-Herald trusts that the United Mine Workers and the Tennes- see Coal. Iron and Railroad Company will find way to nip in the bud the variance that has arisen between them, and that it will be adjusted speedily. and that the Sloss- Sheffield Company will be equally active in find ing a basis for an amicable and early settlement of all differences.
 It is unnecessary to argue here the pros and cons of the matter, for these have been well-discussed. We simply desire to express the hope that the prosperity of this district will not be checked by a determined strike. Sure ly way out can be found, for it is not home or personal matter, but at the most a strike in the interest of outsiders. As neither of the two op- erating companies has anything of a pecuniary interest at stake, and as the miners are indulging in a strike that is largely at least of a sympathetic nature, we feel that local pride and patriotism will assist in the finding of satisfactory adjustment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-03
zoLA's BEST WORK.
Pittshnrg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The death of Emile Zola, which is an- nounced from Paris will cause a far wider regret than it would have done some years earlier before he had added to his fame as a novelist the worldwide reputation of a man who dared to incur persecution and hatred by fierce protest against public and powerful injustice The world will more deeply mourn Zola the assailant of the military conspiracy against Dreyfus than 1t will Zola the writer of Mana" and "L'Assomoir."
 There were two widely contrasting views of Zola's literary standing. He wrote on the literary theory that the DOT trayal of vice and degradation as 1t is, In all it's responsiveness, was moral les son. While he showed that he could pro duce a story as pure as sunlight hfs works were chiefly of realism that was repulsive. Many upheld this theory of lit- erature. But the wider view, in this coun- try at least, was that while such subjects may be proper studies in sociology. they are not edifying In fiction. As to allega- tions that Zola's works were disapproved on this ground in France there is room for incredulty. A nation which makes balzac classic and enjoys Daudet, Flau- bert Maupassant and half dozen others without vince is not likely to have been seriously shocked by the worst of Zola's realism.
 Nevertheless, it was in his bold and self sacrificing protest against the degra- dalton of justice and the tyranny of a class prejudice that Zo1a stood the high :. est There was no doubt that when he took up the fight against the persecution of Dreyfus and Picquart that he under stood the obloquy and bigotry that would be directed against him. He accepted that because he would not compromise truth or justice; and in so doing rose to the highest human Ideal.
 There Is in this fact reason for viewing with caution the reports that seem to surround his death with discredmable mystery. There are yet plenty of inf1u- ences in Paris which retain the vicious hatred that would blacken the memory of a man after his death. Whether such intimations as to the manner of his death gre true or false, there is no question that Zola's life rose in one respect at least to a lofty standard.