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WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

William j. Bryan. the peerless leader of
the Democratic party. who is lying in
wait for the presidential nomination in
1894. has declared that the way to deal with
the promoters. organizers and managers OF
trusts is TO put them in stripes" meaning
TO send them to the pententiary. This is
also the policy. so far as il can be gath
cred, OF the local trust-smashing organ.
BY trusts in both cases is meant all cor
porations, each and every one OF which.
according to the new Democratic code. is
equally a public enemy and At subject
for the smashing process.
II is interesting TO contemplate what
might have happened il the gifted Bryan
had been elected President in 1900 and
Democratic Congress with him. In his
first annua! message he would have called
attention to the evils and dangers OF trusts
and corporations. and would have asked
Congress to suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus and give him authority to imprison
the promoters and organizers OF trusts. He
would have said the time had come for
prompt and energetic action. and that II
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TALKED WHILE IN PAIN.
Great Crowd Soon Discovered that
something Was Wrong.

The great crowd in front of the Columbia
Club saw nothing in the Presidents man
ner that indicated that he was suffering.
He spoke earnestly and impressively. yet
while he was speaking there came the In
formation that his effort was heroic. and
that IL was to be followed by an operation
on the surgeons table. This was not
treated seriously. 1t was not generally
known among the officials and police until
just about the time when he appeared to
enter his carriage. Even then nothing in
his manner permitted detection Of his suf-
fering. 1t had begun TO drizzle rain and his
carriage top had been closed. so that after
he entered the carriage with Governor
Durbin and SECRETARY Cortelyou he was
not observed. He leaned back in the car
riage and made no effort TO return the
acclaim that met him. All the escort ex-
cept the mounted portion had been de-
tached. without understanding why. and all
the carriages had been sent away except
two. The cavalcade formed about the two
carriages and left the club at a brisk trot-
This was astonishing TO the spectators.
who lined the sidewalks OF Meridian street
Gear TO the depot, where several thousand
were assembled 10 witness the departure.
The second carriage contained the secret
service officers, who kept their usual close
watch on the first carriage.
The hurried trip was understood to be be-
cause the schedule had been exceeded and
IL was necessary to make haste. Hence
thousands broke over the ropes into Merid-
ian street and pursued the rapidly-disap-
pearing cavalcade. AT the station the crowd
parted, but was astonished as the party
hurried on past the train and southwark.
At South street IL turned east and drove
rapidly to ST. Vincents Hospital The car
riages were quickly brought to the en-
trance on South street, and the President
FASTENED into the building, still exhibiting
his fortitude by not exposing his condition.
The entrances TO the hospital were at once
taken charge of by Col Russell b. Harri-
son. at the Presidents request. and by the
secret-service men. The police and mounted
escort from the battery were dismounted,
and guarded the approaches TO the hos
pital.
1t took but a few minutes TO convey the
President to the hospital yet I'm that few
minutes an intimation Of his condition got
abroad and became the basis of the most
absurd exaggeration. Some one passed the
word 10 the police that he was suffering
from an abscess of the brain and that an
operation on his head was necessary to
save his life. Another canard was that he
had been poisoned. Not long after bulletins
were posted explaining the character of the
operation and public excitement was some
what allayed. There was no report that he
had been the victim of any violence or dis
order.
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DEPARTURE OF PRESIDENT.


fully by Men I'm Uniform.
The Presidents train was backed down
on the Pennsylvania tracks to South street.
within a square Of the hospital, at 7:15
o'clock last night to receive the President
and party. A crowd of spectators at once
congregated about the train and gradually
became larger until the street was filled
long before the train departed. Secretary
Root, of the War Department, Senator
Fairbanks and Governor Durbin drove
down to the train to bid farewell to the
President They were Joined by others and
stood with the crowd in the street until
the distinguished patient arrived. Later,
Senator Beveridge and others arrived to
say farewell.
A detachment of police was sent to the
train to keep the crowd back from the
coaches, and large number Of secret serv-
ice men were also present. When the
President arrived the military escort, COM
posed of a number of militiamen and sew
eral officers, pummeled the crowd back
with their muskets. Senator Fairbanks,
Governor Durbin and Secretary Root were
standing along the line of approach to
greet the President and the secret service
men were also stationed about, but no
respect was shown them by either the off,
GERS of the militia or the men under them
The men pushed everybody back and the
officers caught hold of persons. irrespec-
tive of their station. and showed them deep
into the crowd. The city police officers
were also handled in about the same man.
neri as the secret service men and the dis
tinguished persons who came to bid the
President farewell.
Captain Hyland tried to explain matters
to the militiamen and while he was talk
ing a captain of the military put his hand
on the chest of a member of the presiden-
tial party and showed him back, saying.
1--WE don't give a d for the police
you've got to get back" This statement
encouraged the privates to use abusive
language and one miitiaman said to a
member of the party. who presented his
credentials, I'VE don't give a d who
you are. you've got TO get back" Il will
see to 1t that i am treated with courtesy"
replied the man. ''Oh. you go to hell,
said the soldier and gave him a push
Don't give any of your back talk
said the officer in charge. TO one of the
party who protested
CALLED HALT.
This procedure of the militiamen was kept
up until one of the members OF the party
who was standing on the rear platform of
the Presidents car called halt and told
the militiamen to be more respectful. This
ouieted the soldiers. and they became pro-
fuse IN apologies. saying: "Of course we
did not know you"
The President. lying on stretcher while
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SISTER REGINA OLD FRIEND.


President Roosevelts supper at the hos
pital was served to him at 5:45 o'clock. II
consisted of cup of tea, several pieces of
well-browned toast. two soft-boiled eggs
and fruit. The meal, while distinctly of the
sick-room variety, was relished by the
President, who ate heartily. The supper
was served by Sister Regina, who acted as
special nurse.
Yesterday was not the first time that
President Roosevelt had been In care OF
Sister Regina. When the Spanish-American
war broke out she, as one Of the Sisters of
Charity, gave her services to the govern
ment as a nurse. At the beginning OF the
war Sister Regina was sent to Montauk
Point When the Rough Riders returned
from Cuba the regiment went into camp at
Montauk Point. Many of the troopers were
ill and Colonel Roosevelt himself /un-
der the weather for few days During this
time he was cared for by Sister Regina.
who nursed him during a slight illness.
The President became well acquainted with
the Sister of Charity during the days at
Montauk Point, and yesterday, when he
was taken to the hospital. he recognized her
at once. He was as much pleased by the
meeting as the nurse and exchanged pleas
ant greetings with her. On account of her
care of the President while he was colonel
of the Rough Riders Sister Regina took
special interest In him during his stay at
the hospital last night
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influence was in his favor in 1892 and that
one favorable contract for bonds issued.
and came very near getting another. He
supported Mr.. Mckinley on the money
issue. and 1t Is probable that his politics
and his business interests are one. The
Presidents action in enjoining the merger
OF the Northern Pacific, the Burlington
and the Great Northern railroads. in which
Mr.. Morgan is interested, displeased him.
and the Presidents attitude toward trusts,
namely. that they should be the objects of
federal supervision and control. has further
displeased the great financier. II this re-
port is true, it can be predicted that the
President is fortunate in his enemies.
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A singular incident is connected with the
treatment of President Roosevelt In st.
vincents Hospital Monday night DR..
dreamed that the President had been taken
suddenly i'll. that he had been removed TO
st. Vincent's Hospital and had been OPP
Grated upon. The dream was very clear,
and when DR.. Mace awoke his mind refused
to detach itself from the phenomenon. The
fact that the President was to come to the
city that morning made the dream OF more
Importance to him than it otherwise would
have been.
He made no secret of his dream and re-
lated IL to Sister Stella early yesterday
morning She ridiculed the idea that any,
thing worthy of belief could attach to the
dream. Dr. Mace. although thinking little
more about his queer vision until the tele-
room prepared for the President was
vaguely disturbed all day.
About O'Clock, when the message came
from DR.. J. n. Oliver TO prepare room.
and that the President was not feeling well
and probably would have TO be operated
upon, Sister Stella, who is the sister SUI
perior OF the institution, took the matter
as joke, since at the same time she re-
called the dream DR.. Mace had had
the night before. She laughed and refused
10 take DR.. divers message seriously for a
few minutes until he convinced her that IL
then stepped to the telephone and corrob-
Grated DR.. divers statement.
Then. realizing the seriousness of the
message. Sister Stella began preparations
for the reception OF President Roosevelt In
pared. the operating room got in shape and
all other details completed.
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The President took the occasion of be-
ing in Michigan, which is the seat Of the
most promising beet-sugar interests, TO
declare that we must be generous to Cuba
and enter into reciprocal relations. He de-
ciared. and rightly. that a cut IN the sugar
duty for the benefit of Cuba can do no su-
gar interest in this country any injury.
1t seems that all intelligent people must
see that the Presidents statement is cor
rect. yet the oxnard correspondent in
Washington telegraphs the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat that the opponents OF the Presi-
dents proposition will return to Congress
20 oppose IT more persistently than they
did during the last session.
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Congress would give him the power he
would put some of the leading offenders in
stripes. OF course. Congress would have
acted on his recommendation. The Demo
cratic party never shirks responsibility. 1t
is party of initiative and of action, and
always carries out it's campaign pledges.
When Mr.. Bryan had been given power
to put trust magnates in stripes he would
have lost no time in acting. Perhaps one
of the first men to be made an example
of would have been George F. Baer. presi-
dent of the Philadelphia & Reading Rail-
road, dyed-in-the-wool Democrat. The
imprisonment of Mr. Baer would have
stricken terror to the hearts OF the presi-
dents of the other anthracite coal roads.
and the present strike would have been
averted. Mr.. Baer in stripes would have
been an impressive object lesson. Next in
order. perhaps. would have been Mr.. Lewis
Nixon. late chief of Tammany, and pro-
moter of shipbuilding trust He would
have been an early victim because he was
an anti-Bryan man. OF course, President
bars as soon as possible. Then Hon. Will
liam c. Whitney. Mr. Cievelands secre-
tary of the navy. a man of great wealth
and director in numerous trusts and cor
porations, would have demanded atten-
ton. Mr.. Whitney would have looked odd
in stripes. but Mr.. Bryan is a peerless
leader and a man of his word j. Pierpont
Morgan would have been in stripes long
before this. E. c. Benedict, President
Cleveland's banking and yachting friend.
Perry Belmont and a host of other Demo-
cratic capitalists, bankers, presidents of
corporations and promoters of trusts
would have been imprisoned. No trial
would have been necessary, because a
Democratic Congress would have suspend
ed trial by jury and the writ of habeas
corpus as against trust magnates, and
President Bryan would have had a free
hand BY the time all the presidents and
managing directors of trusts and corpora
tions were in stripes the trust evil would
have been eliminated and business would
have gone on swimmingly.
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A New York dispatch to the Chicago
Inter Ocean says Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan
Is making vigorous war upon President
Roosevelt because of his attitude toward
trusts. and that he will do all in his power
TO discredit him. even TO using his influence
20 have the Democrats carry the next
House and 10 urge the nomination of Mr.
Cleveland IL the President Is the Repub-
hcan candidate. II this Is true 1t will
help the President rather than harm him
1t will show the country that the great
organizer OF combinations realizes that
what the President is doing is designed
20 interfere with combinations In restraint
OF trade. and such a showing will increase
the number OF his friends. 1t IL quite
probable that the dispatch Is deficient in
fact. but II Is not the first time the state
ment'h has been made. and the earlier state
ments have not been denied. AS to Mr..
Cleveland. Il II known that the Morgan
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After making commendable progress the

After making commendable progress the
movement to secure an army post and a
technical school for Indianapolis has re-
suited In the appointment of committee
of ten. which 1t is hoped may carry the
this committee is accompanied by other
measures tending to popularize the SUBJ
scription fund. The movement has now
reached a point where popular subscrip-
lions. even Of small amounts. are desired.
and to this end the committee asks that
such subscriptions be sent to p. o. Box
edged
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THE PITTsFIELD ACCIDENT.
Where the Presidents Injury Was
Received Sept. 3.

President Roosevelts illness yesterday
was caused primarily by the injury he re-
ceived Sept. 3. at 10 o'clock in the morning.
near Pittsfield. Mass. when a trolley car
crashed into the carriage in which he was
riding with Secretary Cortelyou and Gov
ernor w. Murray Stone. of Massachusetts,.
Secret-service Officer William Craig was
instantly killed in the accident, Governor
Stone and Secretary Cortelyou were in
jured and the driver of the carriage, ID. j.
Craft, was also hurt.
When the President was extricated from
the debris of the carriage IL was found
that he had suffered several bruises, sew
eral deep cuts on the side of the head and
a deep cut on the chin. One of the bruises
that he received was responsible for the
abscess operation yesterday afternoon.
The accident occurred at a crossing OF
the road between Pittsfield and Lenox on
an interurban electric line.
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Holland the New York correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Enquirer. gives figures
showing that the meat packers have been
receiving annually from the trunk lines
between the West and the seaboard net
profit of 100000 year on their cars. 1t
is this immense advantage which has given
the great packers their monopoly, and
which they hope TO retain under their new
combinations which VIII make them
single corporation.
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Lovers, Quarrel.

Baltimore Herald.
Beryl-Cholly is nothing If not up to date. He
said to Ethel
Sibyl-But thought they had quarreled.
Beryl-So they did. But he told her their
quarrel was wireless one.
Sibyl-How did 1t resemble wireless telegraphy.
Beryl-Because they had words over nothing.
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oliver Knew.
New York World.

New York World.
Cromwell had just given his famous advice:
Put your trust in Providence and keep your
powder dry
1--WE can manage the trust all right" replied
corporation lawyer. but how about the pow
derr'
.'You dunderhead' reared the lord protector.
give IL to a girl in bathing suit
Thus, indeed. did the great man prove that
though he was a Roundhead 1t was none the
less level
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Error IrreparabIe.

New York Sun.
Lars Porsenna has just sworn by the nine gods
~ mean by the football eleven" he hastily
corrected himself.
However it was impossible 10 substitute the
greater heroes. for Macaulay had already started
the Lays of Ancient Rome" and said eleven
wouldn't fit into his meter.
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Jury's sympathy.

New York Weekly.
Stranger-You still have lynchng here do YOU,
Westerner-Only in the case of bad characters
When fairly good citizen gets arrested for any
thing We always let the law take its course
That's encouraging"
Yes, you see. average jury can always be
depended upon to hang good citizen if it gets
a chance"
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There were obvious reasons why the out
side attendance to greet President Roose-
Welt yesterday should not be large, and the
fact that the local mills and factories were
all running on full time tended to lessen
the impressiveness of the reception from a
numerical point OF view. 1t was very COR
dial h0weyer
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uled to speak to-day. and fulfil his part
of the programme in opening the Illinois
and Ohio campaigns. The secretary. with
Senator Fairbanks and Governor Durbin.
went to bid the President farewell and get
his baggage out CT the train. He left for
Peoria AZ IL 80 last night
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A circular sent out by the Committee
OF Ten" for the national technical insti-
tute and the army post represents that
the success Of the movement depends en-
tirely on the outcome of the popular SUBJ
scriptien which has been started. The
committee. whose address is p. o. Box 473.
will be glad to receive subscriptions in any
auaount
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An Improvement.

Chicago Record Herald
I'm glad to say" said the strong-minded
lady. I've cured my husband Of smoking around
the house"
indeed" her neighbor returned. And has
he given up the habit altogether
"Oh. no. That would be too much to expect OF
a mere He goes down to the saloon on the
next corner now and does his disgusting putting
there"
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paper called the New Yorker says that,
after all. the trust people would not be
afraid Of Tom L. johnson were he Presi-
dent. He has made so. 100000 by monopo--
lies. and lis really against the octopus only
from his teeth out"
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Nothing that the Journal might say
could emphasize it's appreciation Of the
Importance OF the movement to secure at
the same time a regular army post and
technical school for this city. AS the time
IL short those who wish to aid the move
ment should communicate at once with the
Committee of Ten" p. o. Box 473
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Philadelphia Inquirer.
Follow the speeches of President Roose-
Welt and you will easily discover that he
isn't a bit more afraid of meeting a political
issue than he Is CT tackling q mountain lion
or Q grizzly bear.
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A well-known citizen remarked yesterday
that there Is risk enough In a Presidents
fatiguing trips and the strain OF public
speeches and receptions without adding
any from bodily injuries.
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The careless motorman who caused the
accident at Pfttsfeld. Mass. came very
near precipitating a national calamity.
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THE HUMORISTS.
Papa Was Needed.

His Lordshp-Will your father be at the dock7
she-why. yes, dear. Some one must pay the
duties on you.
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When II was ascertained that the con-
dition Of the President was not serious.
Secretary Of War Root decided to continue
his trip to Peoria. H.. where he Is sched-
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Unless the movement for a regular army
pest and technical school in this city is
made a success within a few days 1t will
fail
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