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LIVERPOOL GRAIN. June 2e-Close: Wheat
Spot nominal: futures, easy; July. IS sgd:
September, 6s AID; December, nominal Corn
Spot, easy: American mixed new. 4s Adj
American mixed. old, As 3d. futures, quiet; July.
Is 4Ad: September. 4s I'd. 80 49, 49,
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u. s.. TREASURY STATEMENT.

NEW YORK PROVISIONS, June 2s.-Beef,
steady. Pork, dull. Lard, easy; prime wes-
tern steam 81 30. --tE
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PUTS AND CALLS,
CASH SAFES REPORTED TODAY,

$50 o'clock report: ~,
Puts--september wheat, s11ho. ~ 81
Curb--September wheat SIC.
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NEW COMMISSION RULES |
DuIuth Board Of Trade to Charge Per
an. whoa$ ~ andIed r

Special to The Journal.
Duluth, Mimi, June 2s.-The board Of
trade has adopted a new commission rule.
charging I per cent commission on wheat
handled also a rule charging interest on
drafts sent in payment of bills Of lading
when cars billed are delayed. The penalty
for violation OF the rule runs from 500 to
5000 for each offense.
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Springfield ILL.,. June 29.-The Illinois
state crop report reads as follows: "Corn
Is growing fast and fields are generally
clean and some laid by. Oats are heading
short but the outlook Is promising. The
wheat harvest is well under way and with
good weather will be general the ensuing
week. with the output promising"
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KNOCKOUT FOR UNION CONTRACTS.
New York Sun Snacial Serrice

u Boston. June ga knockout blow to all
contracts between unions and employers
has been given in a decision. by Judge
Hardy Of the superior court, who held that
any such agreement relating to the employ
ment exclusively of union help, regulation
Of hours Of labor, apprentices, etc, is
against public policy and illegal.
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WINNIPEG GRAIN June 2e.-1t was strong
advancing market. Opening: July. $3.50; Oc-
october c ess No. nni ssBbs sag 49,
2 northern 1880; No. 8 northern soc; No. 4.
73c; No. L feed 5s1ac; No. feed, 50Ac. Puts,
sec; calls. 885sc. Receipts, LAT cars; year ago,
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MILWAUKEE GRAIN AND FLOUR, June %.
ern, 97lac: No. 2 northern 941a @95c; old
July ssiac asked; puts, 5sh@see ;bid calls,
SsMc Rye3s ssa Nol e5@SsG Barley
Dull: standard. 42A @Asc. Corn-steady; No. g.
4s1a @49hc; July, 42Ac bid; puts. 47&@471ac
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official receipts for the past week are as

Railroads entering the yards reported re-
ceipts for the day by loads as follows:
Chicago Great Western, 8; Chicago Milwau-
zee St Pau e st. Louis
.; Great Northern, IA; Northern Pacific, IL.
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29.-Rye june SAC; July, SIC. September
53@55c. Flax, cash. northwestern. 81 OF; south.
western $l0l; June, 81 .01; July, 81 .0i; Septem-
Der, $1.05. Clover June 5000. Timothy
June. $3.50; September, $40. Barley, cash.
#
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ST. LOUIS GRAIN June 2e-Close: Wheat
Higher on delayed harvest; No 2 red ;, cash aa
July. S2M @s21Ac: September, sOM @SOAc: No.
2 hard, sa692c Corn--Firm; No. 2 cash. 47Ac:
July. 46M 146Ac: September. 48Ac Oats
Higher; No 2 cash, 40c; July. 81 Nc: September,
Bic: No. 2 white, 441ac. Lead-Steady. Aloe.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE, June 2e-Butter--
Steady: receipts. 662S pkgs; creameries. COM
extra, 1a@117c. Cheese-steady: receipts, 1880
pkgs: state full cream small colored and white:
fancy, &c; fair to good. SA @SAc; large colored
and white, fancy. So G; fair to good ia @sc.
Eggs-Firm; receipts, 13, sos pkgs: state and
oOq121c; frsts 171hM1sc; western extra selects,
1s@1Shc; firsts, 17G173tc; southern, 141a @16cs
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NEW YORK GRAIN AND FLOUR, June p
Flour, receipts, 1e,s45 brls; sales. 2,1oo brls;
steady with light trade; Minnesota patents,
$4.s5@5.10: winter patents, $49o@5. 20; winter
straights, s465@4. SO; winter extras, $8.35@8.80;
winter low, grades, $3.15@3.6o. Wheat, receipts,
favorable weather news and covering; market
was narrow, with steady tone all the early
"a e-16c; December. s4B @s41ac. Rye, nomi-
nal; No. 2 western, zoe, nominal Corn, re.
ceipts. 4o,95s bu; sales 49, 600 bu; market
July, 5aB @53hc Oats, receipts 10000 Blu;
Close: Wseat, July, se%c; September, s5n
S5Ac; December, S5Hc
Corn July, $3.50; September, 53Ac.
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CHICAGO GRAIN
STEADY TONE IN WHEAT DUE TO SOUTH
WESTERN RAINS

WESTERN RAINS.
Chicago. June 29.-Additional rains in the
southwest nearly Offset the effect Of the lower
Liverpool cables. causing fairly steady tone in
nation In trading, the volume Of business being
extremely light. September opened shade
lower at sOhc. sold up to sosa @soAc. and
cago reported receipts of POS cars against 1856
last week and 100 year ago
Later in the day the market became quite
strong the principal factor being numerous
active buying of the deferred futures under the
influence of which September advanced to S1B
@S1 nc The close was at 81 nc, net gain Of
e Close: Wheat, July, 1s5h @s51ac; old, sshc;
September, Ne; old, s2Ac; December, size;
Cash wheat No. 2 red. 81 al: o2; No. 8 red. e5
M97c: No. 2 hard, 9o@o2c; No. 3 hard SAG
SIC; No. northern, 9Sn97c; No. northern, %
0l95c; No. spring, s0@e0c. r
Favorable crop prospects brought out consider
able selling of corn by pit traders. resulting
in an easier tone in that cereal. Lower cables
also had depressing influence: September a,1n
4SA M4Sasc and sold off to 48hc Local re-
cetpts were 172 cars with q Of contract grade de
mand for corr, resulting In firm undertone.
The market closed at the high point, September
being up SIC at 4S5s 0l4SMc.
Close: Corn, June 47%c; July. 47bc: Sep
TENDER. 1875 @4SAc; December, 44Ac; May, A u
0p44Ac.
Cash corn, No. 2, 47A case; No. 8, 47A@
47Ac.
The action Of wheat and corn was the chief
factor governing the oats market. Trading was
31Ac and held at 31%c. Local receipts were
Close: Oats. June, 4oAc; July. 3s1sc; Sep.
TENDER. 32@32hc; DECEMBER S2hc; .,-,
The following was the range of prices for old
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KANSAS CITY GRAIN. June pa

KANSAS CITY GRAIN, June Close:
Wheat. ,r n July 75Ae; September 40 7o@s; De-
say @s7hc; No. 2 red, ssc new; old. 81; No. g.,
84as7c: Corn, firm; July, 45Ac; September,
@49c; No. 3. 4Sc; No. 2 white. 4S@49c; No. 8,
An @4sc. Oats, steady: No. 2 white. 421ac;
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GENERAL PRODUCE

Official quotations Of the Minneapolis
Produce Exchange, corrected up to 10 M,
"Wednesday, June 29.-Butter, steady. EGGS,
4 weak. Poultry, dull. Veal, hrmer.
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OTHE RGRAIN MARKETS

DULUTH GRAIN, juno 2s.-Bullish reports
from southwest sent wheat steadily all day.
July opened at491Ac and September at sire.
They closed at the top price Of the day, show
ing a net gain from yesterday Of 1Ac. for July
and 1c for September. News from the north;
think they have had about all they can stand.
Flax today was little higher, but very dull.
Receipts: Wheat. "A cars; fax. "a; oats. 5: bar
bu; fax. 1870 blu. Cars on track. 49, Yes
sci rate to Buffalo is off again to NC. and
Wheat-No. i northern cash and July. a25kc;
No. 2 northern. 9oMc: September, SIC; mac
TENDER, $1.1oA; October, s1.11M. Oats-40c.
Rye-55c.
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c1I1cAcn LIVE STnGK Hume pa

SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK June 2a-catle
Receipts 1000; market steady: beef steers.
S4.5o@6 .25 cows and heifers, $325@4.75; wes-
tern steers, $3.750G4s5; stockers and feeders,
s$275M4.25.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000: market &c lower;
heavy. $5.O5N515; light, $4.o5@5 sos; pigs, 81. so
tN4. 90
sheep-Receipts. 2.4oo: market slow to 1oc
lower; sheep, So. 5000; lambs So. 5o@6.75.
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~ The following are the receipts and shipments
at the principal primary wheat markets:
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MONEY REPORTS

Total sales, 125, 500. +
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LIGHT HOGS HOLD
HEAVIES LOSE Sc.
THE AVERAGE QUALITY SOME.
WHAT BETTER.
Fair Cattle Receipts for Wednesday,
Bulls Weak, Veals Active-Dec
of 1Oc to 15c on Sheep Stock and
Feeding Sheep Steady, Other Grades
Slow.

South st. Paul, MINI, June %. Estimated re-
ceipts at the Union stockyards today: Cattle,
800; calves 125; hogs, 1900; sheep $50;
cars, so.
B The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. 1, 1904, to date, as compared with the same
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs Sheep: {, Cars a;
1903. 83762 27,2S5 30S293 1S2.954 1886
Inc..... 80. 800. 1884 n,27O 1,25O
The following table shows the receipts thus
far in June, as compared with the same period
in 1908: E
Year Cattle. Calves. Hogs Sheep Cars
1897 9s7 4sy9 s egg ss 1s1s
fInc.... 1895 -. 49,. -. @2B3
Dec. ......s ..... ...... ZIG 80. !.
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KANSAS CITY LIVE STOCK, June 2s-Cattle
Receipts 5000, including 200 southerns; mar
kss beef sostssrn
tive cows and heifers, s2@5.2e; stockers and
feeders, $2.75@475.
lower; heavy; s5.1s@ s i, packers, s5o5@5 20;
Sheep-Receipts, 2OO0; market steady; sheep,
$3.50M5,25; lambs, $4.7506.50.
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MIDWAY HORSE MARKET, Minnesota Trans.
fer. St. Paul, June 29.-Barrett s Zimmerman
of buyers was light and sales meager. Values:
Drafters extra. $50 to 1925; drafters choice,
$155: farm Mares, extra. $3.50 to $3.50; farm
Mares choice, $110 to- $3.50; farm mares, com.
to good. so TO S110.lz:
NEW YORK SUGAR AND COFFEE, June %.
Sugar. raw firm; fair refining 8 7-l6c; centrif-
sugal, 90 test. 15-16c; molasses sugar, 3.16c:
refined firm; crushed, 5.7oc; powdered. .1ocs
graduated, Be. Coffee. steady; No. Rio 70.
NEW YORK OIL, June 2s.-Petroleum, easys
refined, all ports, s7.9o@7.85.
NEW YORK METAL, June. 2s-Lead and
copper, steady, unchanged. y
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Among the shippers on the market were: F.
Hipp, Arlington; B. Hunt, Arlington; c. Hanson,
Bloomer, Wis; H. Aoerwarm, Klossner; P. Gel
fer, Klossner; R. II. Kempton, Watertown. S.
D.; Gallary s K, Franklin: s. p; 0: Darknow,
D. J. kiecke Fairfax; Gibbon Live Stock COM
Moline, Lynn; Wittner, Little Falls; F. E. Davis,
ST. Cloud; Anderson & E., Q. G. Jenson; Madi.
Yarnes Brothers, Ech G. Busch, Gaylord; j. N.
Brown, Boyd; Noen & Co., Clarkheld; c. A.
Brown Hanley Falls P. F. Trench, Dennison.
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ST. LOUIS LIVE STOCK, June 2e.-cattie-
steady to lower; beef steers, $4@625; stockers
and feeders, $3@4.35; cows and heifers. 1925
@6.25; Texas steers, $2s5@5.5o; cows and heif-
HogIReceipts, 5000; market 5@1oc lower:
pigs and lights, 81 .7o@5.2o; packers. sS.1o@
-5.25; butchers and best heavy, So 70 40.
s3.75@4. 20; lambs, s405.75; Texans, $4@4.5o. .
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Hogss5c lower. Sales: 70. 2so lbs, $3.50;
cattle@Weak; stockers steady: Sales: il
beeysa. 1,1eo lbs, $3.50; 50, 2s6 lbs; $3.50 y.
1,26o 4 and Efeifers. $40 lbs, So
2 cows and heifers, 1925 lbs, 81; cows and
heifers, 977 lbs. s425; 10 stockers, 100 lbs, Sc:
stockers, 100 lbs s5.75; II steckers, l,o4o lbs
lbs, $3.50; s yearlings, $50 lbs, $685..
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-02-11

Here is what the New Era Maya
zine says ofit:sThe Mississippi Bub-
BILE by Emerson Hough, recalls from
an exciting period Of French History
the Young Scotchman, John Law, the
most audacious yet forceful person
atty of the earlier half of the eigh-
teenth century. Really a genious in
finauce, and possessed Of the princi-
pie of banking which has ever made
bank notes and stocks trustworthy,
he is handed down by tradition as a
swindler who wrecked the French
treasury and thousands of private
fortunes. Mr.. Hough does him JUS
tice by telling the true story of the
great enterprise whichg gave the nov
Ell it's title, but Laws personal ca
reer was so adventurous and So full
Of romantic and startling incidents
that the story is not merely a para
phrase of history; it is an exciting
and well sustained novel. Two be-
witching women, both Of them Eng
fish, were the greatest influences of
Laws life, and one or the other of
them appear in every chapter of the
story one as siren, the other no
BILE creature who possesses every
charm of womanhood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
WAS KEEN TRADER BUT
BIT AT THE OLD GAME
Farmers Looking With Shotguns for
SWindIers Who FIeeced
Henry Croofoot.

Mishawaka, Ind, Sept. 21.-Henry
CroofOOt, a farmer living four miles
south of this city, was the victim of
a gold brick scheme and was swindled
out of $4,000. Croofoot, who is 70
years Old and wealthy. was shown
what he thought TO be a gold brick
by three swindlers. They came to the
city and Mr.. CroOfoot drew $1,000
from the First National bank. The
exchange took place at the home Of
the farmer. and after the men were
gone the victim found that he owned
a common paving brick. gilded. Farm
ers were ~ once notified and are now
pursuing the swindlers with shotguns.
The police of South Bend and this
city are making every effort to cap
ture them. CroofOOt has borne the
reputation of being a keen trader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
LIFE is WAGERED AND
LOST ON CARD GAME
Loser, to Pay His Bet, Drinks CarboIic
Acid and Dies, While the
Woman Lives.

Sedalia. Mo, Sept. 21.-After a game
of cards with the keeper of Main
street resort early this morning, the
stake being his life against hers.
Charles f. Bliss. of Peru. Ind, having
lost the game. fulfilled the agreement
by drinking carbolic acid. Death re-
suited within a few hours. Bliss was
a house painter and had been in Seda-
liza for several months. The father of
the dead man is a minister of the Sew
enth Day Adventist church and resides
at 5O4 West Main street. Peru. Ind.
Bliss had appeared respondent for
some days. After drinking frequently
throughout the evening he went to the
resort of Ted Moore and proposed the
game of cards with the woman, the
stake to be his life against hers. Bliss
lost and an hour later he paid the pen
atty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21

and conditions and the existing state
of the public mind.
Ideas Not Realized.
Up TO this time the development of
the campaign has been ineXorably
against these republican ideas. Fail
ure has followed every republican eff
fort to paint Mr.. Roosevelt as Mr.. Nc
Kinley. and TO identifx Fudge Parker
defensively with the issues which led
the democrats to defeat in 1896 and
1900. The democrats have taken ag-
gressive positions on timely questions.
They have presented a candidate for
president who offers every assurance
of safety and stability in the executive
Office if he is elected. They attack the
republican position on the tariff, the
trusts, public expenditures and miltar-
ism. Nothing less than a complete
collapse of democracy. of which there
certainly can be no indications Observ-
ed at this time, can prevent full and
free discussion of all the issues which
| the democrats intend to press as the
campaign advances. II is plainly with
| in the observation of all the politicians
| of the middle west that the people at
| large viii take no interest whatever in
charges and counter-charges involving
| points of either republican or demo
cratic history, and that they do take
| interest in the live questions which
! affect the prosperity of the country at
! the present time, and point out the
| divergencies of national aims and
! prospects in the republican and dem
ocratic policies as represented by
President Roosevelt and Judge Parker
Cannon RebUkcS Leaders.
! Representative Cannon. with his US
ual brusqueness, Tebuked the republi
can leaders OF this state the other da!
for their optimism. The republican
| speaker has been travelling through
| Illinois. Indiana ana Nebraska anC
found that the republicans are apa
thetic and the democrats active every
where. He informed the managers o
the state and national campaigns tha
at least three of the congressional dis
tricts now held by republicans in Hi
nOis were likely to go democratic. anC
that the general indications whereve
he has gone pointed TO a large demo
cratic vote. Statements Of this char
acter are frequently made in the eXi
sencies OF politics 10 arouse the lag
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
SUCKER STATE DAY
AT WORLDS FAIR
Military Pageant and Reception Mark
Illinois Ceremonies at ST.
Louis.

St. Louis. Sept. 21.-A military par.
ade and reception at the Illinois build,
ing given by Gov. Yates, together with
special exercises. constitute the feat
ure of the Illinois celebration at the
worlds fair which commenced today
and will continue throughout tomor-
row. Gov. Yates was met by a battal-
ion of the Illinois National Guards and
escorted to the state pavilion. a dress
parade of Illinois troops on the Plaza
st. Louis was followed by q concert by
the military band from Jacksonville.
This evening there will be a reception
and dance in the Illinois state build
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
PROF. BELLS AIRSHIP
is NOW PATENTED
inventor, Claiming to Have Discovered
Principles, Seeks Protection
of the Law.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Prof. Alex
ander Graham Bell has taken out d
patent on his tetrahedral kite. He has
apparently made valuable improve
ments on his system of kites as the
basis of an aerial vehicle" He has
not discovered yet any new kind Of
flying machine. He has, however, dis
covered a principle. by means of his
kites by which the ratio of weight and
kite surface remains about the same,
the increase of weight not materially
decreasing the floating capacity of his
tetrahedral kite of many cells.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
REPUBLICANS SLOWLY AWAKENING TO THE FACT THAT
THEY5HA MUCH TO OVERCOME TO WIN In NOVEMBER
Tanning Brooklyn
n
S

CARDS and put life into a dead cam
paign. But in this case Mr. Cannon
stated the exact truth as it is known
to all the politicians OF the middle
west. Republican meetings are not
we'll attended. There is no enthusiasm
for Mr.. Roosevelt nor for the state
tickets OF the republican party in any
of the middle west cOmmOnweabbS.
The elation which followed the first re-
turns from Vermont and Maine is no
longer observable. There is now a dis
tinct feeling of disappointment among
the republican leaders here, which, is
SO well voiced ir this editorial from
the Chicago Inter-Occan. a republican
newspaper:
The first reports of the Maine state
election exaggerated the republican
plurality. Instead OF nearly $4,000,
that plurality was bur 27,130. These
figures are food for thought. In 1896
Maine gave Mckinley a plurality of
45.774, and 63.3f per cent of the total
vote. Bryan had only 27.O5. In the
state election OF 1900 the republican
! percentage was G3.23. but the demo
! Gratis rose to 34.05. In the national
election of 1900 the percentages were
G1.9S and 34.S3. In the state election
of 1902 they were 1856 and 34G9
The recent election emphasizes the
| tendency shown above. The republi-
can vote this year is IS, 400 a gain of
5,505 over the vote for governor in
! 1900. But the democratic vote is 51.-
$50. gain of 12,5o7 over their vote for
governor in 1900. The total vote is
not Yet available. bur. on the basis OF
an average Of 1885 for the minor par
ties in the last four elections. may be
estimated at 1915. This gives a re-
publican percentage this year of only
5s.4S. and q democratic percentage of
3S.2G.
What do these figures mean? They
certainly mean that the gold democrats
of 1896 in Maine have all gone back "a
their party. They probably mean that
the gold democrats Of the east gener
ally are going back 70 their party
These signs give no cause for panic
but they do give warning 70 eastern
republicans that they can no longer
count on the gold democrats 10 hell
carry close states like New York ant
New Jersey-that is. if such states are
Continued ou Page SIX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
USE oRAssHoPPERs TO ROB MAIL
Minneapolis Boys Fish in Letter Boz
With Live Insects.

Minneapolis Mimi. Sept. 21.- An
attempt 10 rob a mail box in MinneapO-
lis Yesterday afternoon was frustrated
by the appearance of a patrolman. who
frightened the three boy thieves away.
Their equipment which they left be
hind. consisted of a piece of thread and
large grasshopper. The boys had
been dropping the grasshOpper into
the mail box. when the insect would
catch hold of letter with its claws and
hang on while he was drawn 10 the
opening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21

Chicago. Sept 21.-N. O. Tanning,
the political staff editor of the Brook
lyn Eagle, sent the following dispatch
to his paper from Chicago Monday, at
the close of the democratic conference
held at state committee headquarters:
Republican Over-cOnfidence in the
middle west situation, which has been
encouraged by expressions of the
leaders here and in adjoining states
since the Vermont and Maine cleo
tiOns, is very rapidly disappearing.
This is a logical result of republican
measurements of the issues, the folly
of insiStence that the silver question
is not dead. and the unfounded pre-
sumption that the democratic party
continues TO be divided against itself.
The republican managers have not had,
at any time since the democratic ma
tiOnal convention, reasonable grounds
for their claim that the middle west is
overwhelmingly in favor of their can
.didates and platform in this presiden-
tial election.
ON False Basis.
Their claims have been on a false
basis of comparison between the pres
idential election of 1901 and 1900. In
1900 Mr.. Mckinley carried Illinois by
5000, Wisconsin by 100000, Mime
sofa by 1000. Michigan by 104 900
and Indiana by 10000. These plurali
ties represented in great part the de
feCtion of gold democrats to republ
Canism. since. OF the five states named
four had given in 1892 pluralities fOl
Mr.. Cleveland To claim Illinois foI
Mr.. Roosevelt this year by more than
| 100000 Indiana by 10000. and the re
mainder of the states named by large
/ pluralities. as some of the republican
| leaders have done. II has been neces
sarv for them 10 assume that Mr.
| Roosevelt is stronger with the people
than Mr.. Mckinley and Judge Parker
| Is weaker than Mr.. Bryan. as showr
Ibv the test of 1900. and it has beer
necessary also TO set aside the demon
| Istrations OF recent political history
which prove that Mr.. Roosevelt is no
running for president on the issues Of
| Mckinley republcanism against Judge
| Parker on the democratic platform o.
| 1900. II IL is TO be supposed that the
republican leaders are sincere in theil
claims, II must he said that they art
grossly ignorant Of political histor!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-21
TOWN WAS TOO WIDE OPEN
Gov. La FoIIett Removes Sheriff and
District Attorney, at Hurley.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 21.-GOv. La
Toilette last night removed John E.
Sealey and George c. Foster, sheriff
and district attorney of Iron county. be-
cause the town or Hurley was running
too wide open. With scores OF saloons.
gambling dens, and resorts going, the
citizens made 4 complaint 10 the COVER
nor. Long and sensational hearings
before the governor preceded the re-
muval and the governor sent a rep
representative to Hurley to learn
the facts.