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the irBpruLir: soday. October 28. moo. e Tl r Ch Dxr I i On Mi j Thr- I Anr Fxmt r- . , Sum K? f prr Js-1. l ' Re, t.rt-' e En I no , Flitter i th'rl t ' Ccr ' BiJtti- Vol. W. trat the, copie pr.nl all 1 . teKv Ijmt J.. 8 S 8.. .. . c. A.. 1.. ... . 8 .., '' 11... ' IS... 18... 14.. IS. Tc I5S Irg Averr p Ant the r unsol T.22 f Sw Br j- Kot. ten Fit the c 1 i ment if j 'the 1 j whlc note It f nourl. State the s a frleni The t J on n Bible . " to bo fallt Org camp, strcni Worn .will .f great. -1 Mlile brins these Eno for tu sary good 6 'j light . Wh Btreeii All wrong - is noti I paddo- tO t'JII payor! Do fllre tl tlo not com III lorm Hecs f Circul to fer men c those people The Inters presen IfaciH 1 j I good c i It W-i Btructl i)litlc Missot , retros-j them rellal 1'i ! that r H o the isausl i 'Jhls J IMisesOl ,f lw. ?1 -'lory J State. ou, o" Lou v . special j Uiousa 1 aiilliou lory. .', : nmu, THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC rcnusHCRS: r.mnr.K KN.vrr co. trharles W. Knarr. Ir-I.int na Otn. Msr. Georre U Alien. Vic, Pre-ld-nt. V.". I. Carr Secretary 05ce- Corner Seventh and Ollif Streets. oikpcblic nrn-wNO.) TERMS O" -rSrUtrTJO- . DAILY AND SUNnVY iAt.N laSTES A I- Mail-In Aanc-rctar' I-nli rR One. Year - M Six Month" 7 .j, Trrei Month , "'-'-"" -m Arv three, .lav. except Sunday. o- year. .. -.u StriJv. with Magazine Hi-!ai Mill raition. Soniir ? urr mShkr w"Lb"i'is"ASoS:icniM " IVr Week, daily nnlr ,?1TI Tcr Week, rtallv .-.nd fwiliv 11 cent TWICn-A-UEnKIP-U-B. Puhll'hM Monday nnl Thn'sdtJ n year- J! " I'.i-pilt i I'ank draft, eipr-ss non ordrr cr i Filtered Kttcr. Adlrr. THE Itnrflll.lf. t-t l.ni!" Mo. C7" ncjKtfd mmma-.icat!oncanrot be rturnJ l.rd"" anr clrcutnstanrf rr.trr'i at the I"ost offic In St. Loul-. Mo., ai rrnnd-ia rn'ittcr ioMfTJ-i"o-Tr:r;. iixrorT. r'rht tn nd mf raK l f:It xten. elcbtprn -nd twnr pace 2c-nt fT one cr 3 rent. fr two rap""" Twentx tno or Hvnly-eiRht IaRe Scent" "h'rtv pac.-" 3 cents TELEI'HONE NVJSl'.nit-l. n-!l ICInlocn. ri-irtirs-n'win Main 3M A t:i n'l'Jtnriil Reeeptlon-IJoom.. .I'irlc IX A CT si'XD.vi. oiTonnn x is SEPTITMBER CIKCCI.TI05'. TT. B. Carr. Bwlrp" ManajT of TTf Bt. Loul Republic, being dalr evrorn. Biys that ths actual number of full and complete copies of the daily and Sunday Ilepublic prlntfd durlnr the ironth of September, lt8, all in regular editions, was na per rchedule belw: Itc Crale". -D. Ceeitea 1 65,820 18Sndny.. 54,960 2 Sunday.. 85,750 17 83,310 8 85,040 13 84,180 4 83,570 19 ...84,460 6 83,260 23 84,250 8 85,690 21 83,580 7 83,190 22 86.210 0 85.810 23 Sunday.. 84,700 6 Sunday.. 85,710 24 84,090 10 82,970 25. ....... 83.680 11 83,060 20...- 83,560 12 83,620 27...... .. .83,280 13 83,590 23 83,240 14 83,920 29 86,040 15 85,810 30 Sunday.. 86,250 Total for the month 2,532,600 Lees all copies spoiled In prlnt trg. left oyer or filed S"J Net number distributed. ... 2,487,364 Average daily distribution 82,912 And cald W. B Carr further eay that the number of cplf-s returned or reported unsold during the month of Septcmbor was T.2 per cent. VT. B. CARR. Sworn to and subscribed before m thla flrdi day of October. 1300 J. T PARISH. JCotory PuIjIIc. City of St. Louia. Mo. My tarm expires Arrll K. 1X1. ai:m the law. Zioconlicln riusstprh are worklnr; hard lo oloct their nominees for Circuit At torney ami Asltant Circuit Attorney. These are two of the ino-t Important nffices to be voted upon in the coining election. A proper administration of ihe criminal laws beneiits the intereMs of every sool citizen. Under the control of the Ziegenhein rinc the Circuit At torneyship and the Assistant Circuit At lorneyship are simply a part of the .icgenheiu machine. A reform Is needed and the Demo cratic nominees for Circuit Attorney and AsMMaut Circuit Attorney should ! letted in order that all mNdoIiiKs may be properly presented, without pull" or lavor, to the Grand Jury and fearlessly prosecuted in the courts. We commend this point to the earnest consideration of all thinking citizens. OUK ri.KDCi: TO CUHA. Senor Salvador Cifencro y Hetancoart, a. prominent ligure nmoni; the Cuban jiatriots who have for eo many years striven to win national Independence for their country, should not too hastily make the threat of uar in the event of the American Cot eminent failing to x.Ilow the Cubans to establish their own lice Kepubllc. It Is Inconceivable flint this thins should come to pa.-s. As solemnly as it is po-sible for a sreat and self-respcct-iiiK tlovernment to pledge itself to a cer tain performance, this Government stands pledged to the independence of Cuba. Its word is Kiven. its faith is suorn it cannot, without shame, re pudiate its sacred piomisc. Nor is it reserved for the JIcKinley admiiiistmtion to pass upon the ques tion of the Cubans ability for self-government, as that ipie-tion may seem lo arNe in the proceedings of the Cuban Constitutional Convention to be held on the eve of our own national elections. We have already pl.icod ourselves of ficially on record on this question. In the American declaration of war against Spain, made in April, lMis, we declared that the Cubans "were then, and of right should be. free and independent." The national honor is at stake in our adherence to that declaration. Therefore Sonor Salvador CNneros y Retancourt should not even dream f the Cubans being forced to take up arms njjalnst tbls country in order to gain their freedom. The very thought of this becoming necessary shames a self-respecting American. We have covenanted for the freedom of Cuba. There is no change of conditions pos. sible that can release us, in honor, from this oath. onn six tn roirro men. In the depressin;: picture of condi tions in Porto Kico drawn by Mr. Kols ert K. Pattison, twice Governor of renu s.Uvania, who has jut returned from a tisit to our island iossession, there is an inevitable Indictment of the United States Government which means shame to us as a nation. It is humiliating to realize that we have made of a little people who ac cepted our sovereignty with thanksgiv ing a people without the protection of a Hag. denied the riulils of citizenship, eut o(T from trade with the world, subject to the rapacity of the American trusts. Never before in our history has the maintenance of such au indictment against us been povMc. According to Mr. Jut(ionn story, which is that of an eyewitness and close student of the conditions which he describes, the helplevs Porto Kicans are in a more deplorable plight under our control than they were under that of Spain. They are in, this pitiable plight for no reason but that the Sugar Trust oinpelled President MeKinley and a Republican Congress to deny to them that free trade witli the rest of tho United States which Mr. McKinley him self had declared It was our duty to ex tend to them. They have lost the priv ilege of trade with Cuba and witli Spain. They are not allowed the right of trade with us to which they are en titled under our Constitution. Wo must face this fact of our sin against l'orto Kico frankly. The sin has been committed under pressure from our 1're-ident himself, knowing It to be a sin. If that President shall be re elected the sin will be perpetuated through at le:it another administration. It is bis jK.licy to goern mir new pos sessions as colonial dependencies under proconsul rule. The starving l'orto Kicaus are the lirt fruits of McKinley imperialism. Are we willing to follow him further in such a policy? IIae wa abandoned the true Americanism? janici: mi:ki:ditii." There is a grateful significance in the exceptional and heart-warming degree of cutl'iii.im wilh which the drama tized er-iou of Mr. Paul Leicester I'ord's ".laniee Meredith" is lielng re ceived by its American audiences. This -tory of the day of the American Revolution is full of the spirit of in domitable and unconquerable patrioti-m which animated the men of that splen did period. The vivid and ital times of the American struggle for freedom are brought before the o.es of Iiing folk in a way possible only to the stage. It would be strange Indeed if the mag netism of such a presentment failed to thrill American souls to their deepest depths. It would be strange, also. If the les son Inevitably taught by the story of "Janice .Meredith" as presented in breathing Hesh and blood on the stage should be ignored by the American peo ple. It is a lesson and a teaching pos sible only to this nation. There is some thing splendid in the fact that we. the citizens of what is now the world's greatest Power, lookiug back but little mere than a century, can behold that ragged and pitiful little army of pa triots under Washington, apparently so leeble and inadequate iu the face of Uritaiii's tremendous resources, and yet so superbly equal to the epochal ncliiet e ment of winning n nation's independ ence. It Justiiics the unshakable faith of the American patriots of those days that their destinies were in the hands of an Almighty God and that not all the powers, of earth should prevail to keep them a subject nice. The teaching of "Janice Meredith" Is one also that should make Americans feel very keenly their responsibilities and duties toward weaker peoples struggling for their liberties. In the dajs of which this story tells we were in the position of the-e same little peo ples of to-day. We were not capable of self-government, our oppressors contend ed; our dream of freedom was but the dream of a lot of self-seeking malcontents- It was for our good to be gov erned as a subject people, the rights of representation denied to us. a haughty and supercilious proconsul rule decreed for us, our most certain duty that of raying taxes to a far-distant Govern ment which governed us for revenue only. And, in the-eyes of Imperial Ung land, when we determined to throw off this yoke of tiranny wc became "rebels" instanter to be shot down or hanged, to lie chased from covert to covert, to lie "exterminated," indeed, if wo persisted in remaining "rebels." Americans cannot ignore this teach ing. Kvery sin which we commit against weaker peoples striiiug for free dom in our day Is a sin against the souls of the Revolutionary jiatriots who won freedom for us. They fought for the principle that all men are born free and equal and that nil just governments must be based on the consent of the governed. Is it for us, fjreat because of their blood-offering on the shrine of Lib erty, now to give the He to their teach ing ami deny Liberty to others? si:ur on rani;? It is In the closing mouth of tho epochal presidential campaign of 1!H0 that the American people receive the plainest proof of the close alliance ex isting between the trusts and the Re publican parly an alliance which now forces each into the open iu defense of the other. In this ominous demonstration there is confirmed the certainty of increasing and more reckless class legislation in the event of Republican success at the jiolls. This class legislation is demand ed by the tiusts. It is necessary in or der that the privileges sought by tiie monopolies shall lie legally secured at tho sacrifice of tho rights otherwise guaranteed to the people. The American people are already bit terly feeling tills sacrifice of -Mipular rights for caste privileges. It lias even now resulted In the destruction of in dividual independence such as used to prevail in the business and industrial lielil iu this country. It has denied to the young men of this generation that reasonable certainty of becoming' their own masters in comfort and competeney which was the sure possession of their fathers, it lias IioiiuiI them instead to a lifetime of depeudeiii upon a corpora tion. It is making or the men of tills nation, men of splendid initiative and of vigorous spirit, a nice of clerks. The people of the United States are net jet willing to permit this sacrilke of u race tli.it for enterprise, pluck, self-coli!ideuce and ability to stand alone is not equaled in ail the world. They see in the Republican party the parly of the trusts and of this caste cupremacy w hicii closes the door of op portunity to the average man. They see iu tho Democratic party the party of the people and of popular rights that shall give all men a chance lor itule-penden-e. They will support Democ racy as the true American party. SQUlTuANG RACTURIA. Experiments conducted at the West Virgin! i Agricultural Experiment Sta tion by Chemist 11. 11. Ilile indicate that the time may come when the bacteria in foodstuffs will be squeezed to deatii be fore the foods are offered for consump tion. It was known that man and highly organized animals could not endure large Increases of atmospheric pressure without injury death. "Why should it not be the same with bacteria and bacilli not so highly orgauized?" rea soned the experimenter. Accordingly, by means of a special contrivance, he sub mitted milk to varying pressures, attain ing in some cases the greatest hydro static pressure ever reached -leO.iHMi pounds per square inch. It was found that milk subjected to such pressures kept from four to six days longer with out souring than milk which had not been si treated. The fact, however, that the mill; ultimatclv soured indi cated lh.it not all the bacilli were killed. In many iai's too, the taste of the milk was changed by the pressure, in dicating that bacilli of one kind were killed while those of another kind sur vived. Typhoid itioculated milk was pressed in the same wav. but. while the numler of the germ;; was decreased, they were not exterminated. In one of the experiments the loiitaiulng ves-el burst under the pressure and. the milk spilteiing over au assistant, lie was taken sick with typhoid fever some dajs late.-. Engineering News, wh'ch lecoiinls the experiments, concludes that "despite the iiitoiK hisive results of the cpciimciits there still remains a p.i-siluliiv that some pio ess of practical value maj be developed in this direc tioii." Such a process would eeitainly be an attractive substitute fur the ehemic il preservatives which dealers w lio handle highly perishable pi eilueis are frequent ly tempted to employ to save them selves from loss. "TIIE NEFARIOUS CONCEi:." In view of the fact that the Sugar Trust absolutely and autocratically dic tated President McKinlev's course on the Porto RIean tatiff bill, and that it Is now the Republican campaign policv to deny the existence of trusts in this lumtry. it is Interesting to nnall what the Globe-Democrat had to s.iy about the Sugar Trust not so many ve.irs ago. Iu an edilorial of Saturdav. Ucbruaiy 4, 1M.":. the Globe-Democrat handled the Sugar Trust without gloves. Under tho caption. "The Pacts About the Sugar Trust," it reviewed certain testimony of Mr. Scarles, the Secretary and Tre.isuier of the Trust, and found everv thing to condemn iu tlut tremendous monopoly corporation. It discovered that the capital of the trust was origin illy fixed at .?."( U.I0O.GIM-. although the property in volved was really worth only about Siri'KiO.Ow'. and that when the Phila delphia refineries were absorbed an ad dition of $?.."a;0.0t0 was made to the stock, representing property worth only one-tifth of that sum. This mono'iedy." ald the Globe Democrat, with a trulhfuliciss which it docs not now dare to display, "makes aliout !HJ p'r cent of the total output eif refined sugar In this counirv. and is therefore able to govern the market iu a practically absolute way. Fourteen of the refineries that it controls are not operated at all, but left standing Iilie for the sole purpose of diminishing thu product and increasing prices to the consumers. There is epiite enough in these revelations of Ihe prin cipal oilicial of the trust to contirm the worst that has been alleged with re gard tn its methods and tendencies. Tli fact that it is a conspiracy against tho laws of trade and the interests of the people may not be eloubted for a mo ment; and such a fact is full warrant for vigorous and decisive action againt the nefarious concern." Nevertheless Mr. McKinley and his party have not seen tit to take "vigor ous and decisive action" against tills "nefarious concern." They have, in stead, surreiideri d themelv es utterly to its especial influence. They are govern ing Porto Rico as the Sugar Trust tells them to govern Porto Rico. The Presi dent believed that it was "our plain cUtty to extend free trade to l'orto Rico." but the Sugar Trust commanded him to re verse himself on that issue and to work for the passage of the Porto Rlcan tariff bill, and he did It without a whimper. This "ncfarioui concern," the Sugar Trust, Is Biiprenie in Republican coun cils. Even the Globe-Democrat dare not bovf attack It. Now that Mr. Cleveland Ims regis tered, after having denied that he ex pressed a determination to vote for Mc Kinley, It is safe lo believe that he will take the advice of hi old friend Oluey and cast a I'.ryan ballot. To insure that facts of municipal cor ruption and maladministration shall reach grand Juries and be properly brought out Iu court it Is Imperatively necessary to elect a Democratic Circuit Attorney and assistant. It doesn't necessarily mean apathy when the people are quiet in a political campaign. Most Americans are eleadly quiet wheii they once make tip their minds tie smash some evil thing good and hard. Remember that In voting for the World's Fair amendments, which you will find numliercd 4 and ." on your bal lot, vou will be voting for a greater St. Louis and a richer and grander Mis souri. Jackson County Democrats are attain ing unenviable distinction .is the only warring elements of Missouri Democ racy nt a time when united service promises the most glorious results. Every young American business man who votes for the party of the. trusts thereby slgnllles his willingness to re tmln a dcpcmlcnt clerk for the rest of bi life. There is not a candidate e-n the local Democratic ticket whom any Republic an desirous of good government in place of Ziegenhelnism will feel disposed to defeat. Do you notice that Republican dicus sion of the trusts is limited to an at tempt to reveal their beneficent and con ceal their malevolent features? There hasn't been much noie in this campaign, but that'll make the dull thud of the trust party's downfall all tho more noticeable. raclnc the Truth. What though the world most keenly strives for w runje. With sclt preiicmlnant through all the game. TJ-.e jiAsslens plaeer. mad and tlusred and urone. Is rot jour life the tame? And that t-ut now ani then In the j-rlm day. There shines a ihM fee,. a virtue tru. I'at all the cvll-maMns weary way Is it not so wlih j-m? Manil not aside, then. In self-rlchreous gu.w.. That ha for Its defense so iyor a eae, nut with jour Kin. chK. wavering and unwise-, Cl. ;ou and take jour rises-. Iltjmg and helping thote that faint rr Mil As j-ou shall need, that d .is bllmllv grr-p!, llTi!' tl at good waits nt the end of all. And teaching tbcru Pi hepe. lUPLJ-V D. SAUNDERS. CHAUKCEY I. FILLEY A LOOK AT What Do the Republicans Say Who Passed the Certificate Act of 1895? To the IM;t.r of Tile KepuWle t-'t. I..niiir. Oct. ST. l!v all m'an". let's have .i look at the boolM-Stat. tltv. Col lector's. :it1 vry otllelnl lunik, unit "e what tin- ilellclts. "lejllns" mid lnntln,.s have li. r ti. In the cluiiiti of my 'o-ralloil viimlna nlloii" h !i.i prfent I-Vilera! i.itr'i.'K" 'liters'. Us.. riU nun Kaii!-. and tli M eliro.ile Iioi rs ;,. Poller"), from participa tion Iti tin- m innj-t ment of the turtj- to vvl'iili I b:ne il-votisl over o'ii-!riif of r.iy three citire nml t.-ti je.irs of Ilf voting without a erati'!i. for fortv-fnur ye-irs. Its tlikets. apel N Ir nrie-e-tnl with its m in let" im tit a ed . .ilrs!iiu for tlilrtj-live je irs in till ii-i n!I.-.l Ilinin ition" amll Ms. ore an. I time ore- a'tonl, el tne for retros;ic. till- re-lb e tlmi. siinlj .mill observation, pnr t'cul.irly eoiicrnmi oliti :il events with nhi. li I li.i I,.,,, u.iiHateil nn.l of which so nrj leu .ir,. ,K,w livini- to j-ar v.llnes t". or who know the Inc. ntlv n irno-ve .m.l :ion of those who iMrtIcm.it,.,! !i.m iii:ii-iuu anu otherv In. The latter-day saint" profess to know- o much, more than thewe who participates! in loner Mlm,,;. .C).i,n ntiej lcsMatton. and aie imi'Mliim- tjiinK up i MIM lndNrrlm In e confusion anel msre-ircsr.nt.-ulnii, that I Jin Induced to cie some of mv actual pk pe rlc-me nnI knov.lcelfce of th facts c mls-r.prevente-.l. Th!". In so fir ns possible will l-e done told ir fiervtnalltle the- fae t" b.lm: left lo p(ak for themselves and to MTl'y the recorel. I shall not attc-rirt to arctic the riurstion v.-hetber the SI.Up School Ki,,1( ,ms )ir ,,, not been "M-curel) Iiive!eM" and sacredly preserve.,! ns a pt,ij,. school fnnil. the an nual income o- which fund. toKother vIt!i to much of the ordinary revenue ef t-.; State a-e imy be nect-sary. ha" I eon filth fully appropriate el for establishing uukI tnaint.iinirs the free scl-ools. and the unl-vcr.-ltv provide i for. and for no other use- or purpee's whit'oe ver. If otherwise, when anil by whom'' And vvhv not dlscov- ored bv.nnd exposesl by. the several . -am- Inlng committees" w, .. th,..- e,.,,,..,. or Itrllsposesl-the Republic ms threo.i-to '-I--'"'- "'" -JC10" 'i1,1,3- -I"h"can as uneover the same ir It . xisteel. and what ?,"- "'' '",I,f- n,J""" -'s Repub bavo the- to say now to their Incom-.- 11Mn- ui,n a Hepubllcin organization ant tenoy. to leave it mildlv at that. If su-h clcre-Iiction of duty eI-tel as Is row in such a whole-ale manner proclaimed? l.el a list of the commltte-e-s be made ami Interrogates!, and .see what they have to sav. Democrats and Republicans alike. After the al-ovo named eonstltut'onal an chorage, how could it be done and con cealed? And If elone-. whj not exposed" Honds and coupons have been mt'srcl In other nriountipgs, and not ncounte-il for e-c. v-pt in the lunKruptrv schedule of an ex State Treasurer, a i:e;tl liean. How much safer are lnitcd States or Stat lionls. the latter pajat-le onl to I carer or holder and the former to bearer or reg istered" It is possible- to chinge re-gi-tere-d United States bonds from one holder's nam to another. Is It not" And all other bonds are negotiable. For these reasons the con vention of 1-.-S sought to anchor that fund lie- on J tho possibility of negotiation and couverrion. the Interest being the other consideration in view-. Has the Interest ever been left unpal I since-, or appropriated otherwise than as provides!? When? And. If so. why did not the examining committee of Hoard of Kdu ratlon ant.ounce it and expose the guilty Individuals? Have the committees been der elict? To make the story short, there was a bolt, a preconcerted bolt, at that conven tion, and the minority refused to abide by the action of the majority. This bolt was led by the. old JU-souri Democrat, the Re publican organ and the predecessor of tho lire sent Globe -Democrat, from which one half of Its present name was Inherited. In that bolting convention were nominated a ercmplete bolting fccpubllean ticket, which v.-a Mibs-rqncnt.y1 elected, viz: Fcr Gov ernor, II. drat Brown (Itep.): Lieutenant Jovernor, J. J. Gravelly (Rep.); Secretary of State. Ruge-ne Welge-l (Rep.V; Tre-asarer, S.i mu. I IIj-s (Rep.); Auditor, Thompson (Rep.); Attorney General, liaker (Rep.); Suiii-rinteinHnt of Schools, ira Divoll (Rep.). This matin the Roard of Kducation Divoll, WVIgel and Ilaker, all He publicans. It was called the Liberal Republican ticket, and the- leaders are now so unkind as. to charge upon the- Democrats of 3ST1 and 157 v. ho had no State ticket In the Held, that It was they nnd their adminis tration who violated the Constitution, and who are now responsible for the looting of tho School Fund, which has not besen loot ed. The members of the General Assembly In 1S70 were elected upon the Liberal Re publican platform from St. Louis, as ar ranged, ns they generally were throughout the t'tate. Th- Globe-Democrat was respon sible for the- situation nnd the results. Tho Constitutional Convention of 1S73 changed the- wording of the educational sec tion so that It was permissible to Invest the- School Fund in the bonds of Missouri, but of no other State. Subsequently, tho Ge-nernl Assseml-ly authorized the consoli dation of the trust funds and issued, by State law, the consohd-Ue-d certificates of Indebtedness. This has all been detailed by various state-smen and otllclals. I now Jump the interme-dlate School Fund legislation ami action down to the session e-f KG. when the Republicans, by the elec tion of Ifsil. gained the House- and Organ ins! it on Jinuary ). Rittinger (Rep.) in tioduced House bill No. 11$. entitled ".n act to restore to the seminary fund the- ex penses Incurred In the superintendence and sales of land disposed of for the liencllt of said fund, and all and every expense In curred In the distribution of the proceeds of said sales.) (PI'. 20. and 210 of Session Acts of lfieT, regular session.) This covered disbursements made on account thereof from 1$7- elown to 133S. The act reads; "Ho it enacted bv- the General Assembly of She State of Missouri as follows: "Section 1. That upon tho passage of this act tho Iloird of Fund Commissioner.-, of tho State shall isstc a c-c-rtUicatc of Indebtedness in the sum of JJiSil 19. payable fifty years after elate-, beating interest at the rate of Z per cent per annum, payable xemlannually on the lirst day of July anil January' of e-ach year, said certificate- of Indebtedness to be signed by the Secretary of State and scaled with tho great seal of the State, and shall be nonnegotlahle. unconvertible and non transferable, and slnll be sicre-dly held and preserved In the State Treasury a a part of tbo semlniry fuml arising from the s lie of 1-intli donated to the State by tho United States for the benefit of the Collfge of Agri culture nnd Mechanic Arts. "Sec. All Interest accruing from said crrtilieito herein provided for shall be paid over to the- treasurer of the Board of Cura tors of the State Universitj. and one-fourth of the interest thus collected shall go to tho School of Mines, at RoIIa. as provided by law Tblt act was approved April ". IS03. The purtMise. as is well known to me. en tertained by the majority of the members of the convention .met enacteel Info law was to anchor and safeguard the School Fund VOTE FOR rld's Fair Amendments Numbered WO 4 and 5 on the Ballot. rrVWVtsWles'l'sWVVV. TAKES THE SCHOOL FUND. l'pvond any arcli).nt or Int-ntion of ite oth er til. in for the silmoN. The same.' kind of cisl itlon and provision for strictly whool funds h is aio be, n jirov idcel for a" In the act of l-"1". for a Semlnarv Fund. Tlo hMi.rv of tills l.i: bill is as follow: House bill No .'. J.mu ery i'. lSi; Intro elioed Lv John I Illttlni'i r. House journal. )' StS. rcferne l.v SpeMkr-r l!.-n Rus"i'll to Committee on lilucatiun. John I.. SwinKer. ih-ihm.m. p '.v:. repcutee! favorably by Su.im-e-r. p ill. Ji.il p.is-sd, p. 1W4. 61 a''S ioe. the negative" lielni; liest. Hurt, .lone, of lliil.urj. sij,cnrtr "jousl.is, -'l-Imii and hpurj;eoii. Anionic the ayes were, I't-piilihcins ctrubb. i:ltlin;-i r. Guniey. W.itson. vl.irttti. Jlnrrav. Philips. S-iIIor. I.t-sl. t'.illioiiu, I.- Puveir. Jones, lIii'lMe lea-vis-. ll.iiiKhtr. !liirrs!i. Unit. .Vlornn. S.uv er. Stie.il.or I'usiell. Drum. Smith. Jom-i, sti-I. iMtljohti. iVNe il. Milter. TuliUii. c'her itiiKtou. Moore. Voiici,-. Invl". .Sartin. Davi son. I.di;,ir. Djer, D. oslow. Cia. Stlckney, ! T-"t ir, etrllllth'-. I' Freeman. Te-mnu- Mieert, Johnston, Sw incer. Schoppenhorst, Atkins; latum. Wetzel. Jr. Schumacher. Rhone. Walton. t5"lden I. Spencer, city of St l.ouls Will the filobe-Dcmnrrat continue to say th.it these. Republlc.ins. ino-et of them wtll and favorably known .it borne and through out the Si.ete. are S'-beiol Fund looters and robbers' Or that bv their records they are) not enlltlcid to the tonfidrn'-o and respect of the party instead of the abuse of the old iv,i-i:70 rlns i-i'stme? The funds of the school" have been an clmresl. and sceiireiv. by honest I)cmu"'rats as well as In Sior.ev-t Republican". That there was once rottenness In th sa!3 of lh bank stoi Ic and bonds of the fund de.e not leciuire rcyeeatin- or liroeef. It r epiireil tlo.- elcelslon of the Supreme Court te Intervene, as the- I'niteil Ftttes Court did with the gain; In K7Z. It will lie seen that the !lr"t legislation .end action of the cltn eral Anibly redatm! to the funding of tho s hool properties was, by the; Uber.il ' '' Publican administration of 15.0. and the ! Is-ni ine-e of certill'-ates, as was the las; commit tree Caie In this bill was taken to Include every item of attendant expense since lbT. nearly twtnty jears. .-u that the fund was not Impatrei! a cent What was the record of the bill In this Senate" Here It is. Hou-v bill ZZ$ r-ad first time March IS, p. 721. S- note joarnat. re-ferre-d to Commute- on Kducation. p. "IS: .March 22. reported and read third time-and pased a 21: no-s. none. Republicans voting aye: Hrewster. IlttFche. Mott, Wurde man. Davs-on. K"nn!sli, I-audrum. O'Ran non. Power-. Williams. On p. T-7 is the unanimous vote of the Senate, Democrats and Republicans. Is there an) thing In Ihe character of these Senators to justify the Globe-Democrat In stigmatizing them as loote-r.s? And is II not to be "apposed that they knew mora about tlnlr bus-lne. than the Jayhawklng man agement of the Globe-Democrat, and ala of the lntcre-sts of the State and of tho school funds" ;ould the School Fund get a Z per cent United States bond at anv rea sonable price? What would the capitalist.), banks or trust companies give for a fifty year, Z per cent, semiannual security of tho State? Some onu should carefully computes the saving to the State In this fifty - ear, 3 per cent certificate an J a 2 or 2'.. per cent Fnited States bond. Then, too. tho original idea U obsnved that of absolute r curity and a sacredly ir-scrveel fund. And me Interest product is greater than any either bond, whether United States or State. What in tho matter with them, anyway? Too much attention has been paid to tho contracted and Incomplete reports of tho Auditor In the manual. Has there been any nttempted concealment of the several amounts of ."ales or classes? Has one been repudiated or Is there danger of It? Has not the Interest btcn promptly appropriatenl nnd turned over? CHAUNCKY I. FILLET. VISIT OF FRENCH WARSHIPS. Chesapeake' l!:iy to He Honored by Fiencli Atlantic Isijiiaihon. ItnrCBMC" SI'EC IAI Raltimoie. Md.. Oct. 27. Mr. Leonce Ra blllon. French Consul at Raltlmore. has received a letter from the French Consul General at Xe-w York, stating that the French Atlantic Squadron, Rear Admiral Richard commanding, will visit the: ports of tho Chesapeake Ray quite soon. Thu ships to visit Maryland are the- Cecille and Suehe-t. President John S. Ilebb of the Maryland Pilots' Association, has Just re ceived a letter from the Rear Admiral which states that the ships will vNit Mary land, and that the association will ba no tified by tebgraph when pilots will be needed at Cape Henry to b:ing the ships up tie Chesapeake. It Is supiose-il that the vessels will visit both Annapolis and Raltlmore. The flagship Cecille Is a first-class cruis er, built of Iron nnd steel. She has threo masts and three fuan-ls. and Is 37 feet long and 19 fes-t wide She has twin screws and a sreed of la knots. She carries 2t guns and 4 torpedo tubes. Her crew num bers 4M men. The Suche-t Is a see-ond class cruiser. She- Is SIS feet long and '. feet beam. She has twin screws and ?.0W horsc-pow cr. The ship has 22 guns and a crew of 3IS men. The vessels are now cruising in the North Atlantic and are en routo lo Martinique. In the West Inelles. PAIiCKii HOST OI-DITIES. .1 Hentilkcr Heaion. M. P.. the father of the parcel post system of Great Rrltaln and France, has written an article on the sub ject on which he Is most expert. In Pear son's. Referring to the parcel isist of by gone clays, Mr. Heaton says: Somo very odd consignments were thus forwarded, especially In the malls to the Continent. Here is an exact list of articles sent In an ambassador's mall bag (taken from !ost oftlce records): "Two maid servants going as laundresses to my Iird Ambassador Methuen. "Doctor Crlchton. carrying with him a cow and divers necessaries. "Uiftet-n couple of hounds, going to the King of tbe Romans, with a free pass. "Three suits of clothes for some noble man's lady at the Court of Portugal. "Two bales of stockings, for use of the Ambassador to the Court of Portugal " Immediately aller the establishment of the penny po--t In Kngland. the following ob jects were transmitted through the pst a "letters": Two canaries. ., pork pie, two rabbits, one bird, fifteen parcels of plum pudding, a lobster, a bank note simply fold ed and waicre-el. Innumerable leeches, a liottle of strawberries, a sample bottle of cider, a bunch of grapes, a pistol labeled "loaded to the mouth with powder, hall an-1 plugs," a live snake-, a live moue. a human heart, a paper of (ishhooks. Referring to some of the contradict ry rules of the Urltlsh post otlice. Mr. Helton says: No living creature, "except bees." may bo sent by po.st (although in France crabs, and In Germany human be-lngs. may be so for warded). The prohibition of living creatures Is no doubt clue to the experience of the officials charged to open parcels forwanled by entomologists, ratcatchers and other scientists, though one is puzzled to account for the toleration of bees. It would iecm to follow that a cannon may be sent by parcel post to any other part of the United Kingdom. Kggs may bo sent by parcel post, but no compensalloa will be given for injury to them, though payment will be. made If the parcel be lost. This Is why, when all tho eggs in a lii have been smashed into fragments, and tho liquid contents have oozed out, the box con taining the empty rhells Is Invariably ele Hi creel with scrupulous care to the ad ditsscc. OUK TILLEKV." From the Army and Navy Journal. A DBA It little 4-year-old patriot of Illinois anxiously Inquired: "Mother, haven't we an Infantry and cavalry In our country?" On being assured that we had: "Well, they say our tillery.' whv eUm't they tay our infan try and our cav airy T'- HARD WORK FOR SMALL RESULTS ON THE CAPITAL CITY BOOKS. r.F.IMT.I.IC SITC t.VI. Jefferson City. Mo.. Oct 27. An article In last Sandal's Clobe-Hemocrat has caused not a little amusement here at the capital. It was a column and a half of solid non pareil, and was written by "W". II. S.." the I'.olee-Di mo.-ral's prolific Itirrrant staff corresrondent Two days before the corrf sixindc nt In ciuestion v.nrkesl Industriously t.inml l.f.iie-u lie fli. e.relire of State's ! olhce seareiiins the elusty records Sevenil clerks were kept 1 ii) lookiii!- after tnes wants of "W. I!. S " Copious me morand.i were take-n. and tiitn-was a mysterious air about the whole proo'eillng that ret me cl to bode another attack upon Democratic man agement of State au"..ir Sunday the result or the ci-iv's work in the vaults of the Sef retiry of State's otllce atipe".r-l. The re ords tearcheil with ro much avMItv were tlioe of tb State iienlteiitlary. and tho ob-j.-ct was to prove with Democratic rHMirils that prosperity Is abroad in Missouri. Th da.v's re-cord show c a that elurliu: the nine mouths of 1S?J the ave rage m.mber of e-on-victs s,,it to the : nit.-ntlarv had de r,.jsol Witli some -iileiitioiial mitbimat.c al tab illations it was asc. rl.tniesl that th? avir" number for lSrt vou'd le le) !s than for any previous vear. With this as a Kisis. v. is. S" lieurcs out by an orig inal preiress tbe wonderful prosperity that Is abroad In the lard. The futility of tho long and tailored reasoning In the article showing this rrc,H-rlty is the more amu--ing when Hi- real eai-se tor the falling oft in the population of tbe state's, i.--nal In stitution is know n. K "W I!. S." h id tak- n tho trouble- to Inquire e.f tbe ofllciaU at the penitentiary h- could, with the -avinj, of much timo and labor, have found out for the readers of the Globc-IVmocrat that tho decrease In the number of convic- 13 not due to tbe prosperity which is rrcv,-.-l.-nt. but is caused 1 a eiuarantine that has be-.,, In force as a :.reventv.- against snnllrox being introduced Int.. the IT-son This h-s been effective a J ear the tin--v-eek in SowmKr. As a coi.seo.ue nee man Jails In Ml-ourl no.v have convicted crim inals in them that are walt'ng for trans- nrtation to the- nenltentiary. e - ""'' "- aggregate-s cons'.de tably more than a dred. It is a Pity t" I tincture w hun- i: carefully re. par. si argument for pro---. i ... ....... .es. found study or. S I re. pares' argumesu on such profound ..a lee- li.ise-e M.lr.il conditions, but the.se ure the cold facts in tho case. - T.j-.tf fir !ri Wasrs on tiie outcome w a . ---- - to a ttrrtaln tm -tram XO tiiuv .-4 ..- . ... t.T.-. I.illt'Ci 14 .. -. -. t.r.MTlf' t I IVIilU 4eiJ - indigenous to the capital and then. H much dimension here nov.- a-i .- -"s - - - the State- election. ThK of course. ref.-.s to the gubernatorial race There I. no dl ver.slty of opinion a to who will be e-k-cteJ, or If there i. it quickly disappears vvh.n , a Democrat offers to back his opinion and He the enthusiastic Republican r.amo the- odds ho wishes. There us a common ground, however, upon which the politicians of dif ferent political persuasions he re at the capf ul canmeet. This is on the majority which Mr. Dockery will receive over -Mr- "orl" To get a bet. however, the Republicans have to be allowed e name the handicap, and It Is usually made out of reason, nearly alwajs .AC-V or over. I know of one bet o. i) that Dockery will beat Flory Snwl Jhe gentleman who took the Dockery end of it Is a prominent railroad roan and the on who liked Flory at thes- odds is a well known hotel roan here. There were others who wanted tome of the bonlface a mone, with th.. amo conditions, but the figure named was all he cared to ruk on the Re publican candidate. The railroad mn who thinks to well of Mr. Dockery's majorlty su he bases his opinion on tho way the railroad men in the Stale will vote, und would havo placed tho majority higher to secure tho bet if it had been necessary. There are also some wagers being mado as to the respective strength of Mr. Dock cry and Mr. Flory la Cole County. Republi cans have been claiming the county because of the fjet lhat this Us Jir. Flory'n home, depending on his fancied popularity h-re to offset the Democratic majority In the county. Ji-fTerswn City always gave the Re publican ticket, both State and national, a majority, but there Is a strong probabllity row that Mr. Dockety will. In racing par lance, nose out here-. bf.tH.us of the fact that quite a number of Germans have part ed company with the Republican party on Imperialism and have signified their Inten tion of making their vote straight Demo ciatic from President do.vn. A number of m trofs have a'as applied for and been sup piled with Doclcerv buttons. The Repub ii ins are accordingly iudunrious-Iy circu latltis the report lhat Mr. Dockery in his sccech tn the hall of the House of Repre tentalves r.-cenlly said: "I can and will bs elected without any Dutch or negro votea.' He is also accuse-d of referring, in a public place to the Teutonic population of the Mate as the "damned Dutch." These, of courae. are campaign lies of the basest kind, but they a'low that Mr. Flory's strength Is douoted even in the Republiean htrongholu. 1 spent an hour with Governor Stephens .t.e- this w.ek In his private ottice. one There is no burler man in yiUsOur! than the chief t-cutive of the State, no nas a nervous energy that males him capable of ac-complishins a gte-at deal, and there Is a e-onstant draught upon his store of activity. The Governor is always at his eithce by S o'clock, and .seldom lea. es before Z In the Mtenioon. Since the opening of the cam paign, besides attending to his otltcial du ties. Governor fcteplie ns has done much ef fective work for th- Democracy of the State. He has written and sent out a large amount of campaign literature, and is still continuing to d, so. Vhenver a Republic an speaker visits a locality and maK.es a chaise of corruption against any member ot the State administration, some one of his D. mocratlc luarers nearly always re ports the s-ame to the Governor and re quests an explanation. These Inquiries are ..Iways answered. They are sometimes lu dicrous enough, but the majority are sen sible letters, asking for information. The Governor was opening his mall when I happened into his othe-e. "If you euro to." .aid the Governor, "you may look over these letters, which have Jus: come. They vvlll give you an idea of ihe situation in Missouri as I have it. These are only samples of the letters that cotne In every mall. For instance, here is one from a w.ll-known Democrat In Springfield." The letter ran this way: "There is a Re publican orator here going around over the country dilating on the extravagance of the present State administration. Among cthrr things, he "- that one toothpick was bought fcr you that cost $J. and that it vi.ii purc-hnsesl out of the funds ot the State. He also says that you use It every meal. anl have no Intention of leaving It at the mansion when you retire from otllce. I want to know whether it Is true or not. If it is false. I want to brand it as a, li". but I want to be Informed and be sure I am right before 1 give it any attention." Governor Stephens answered the letter anel asrurcel the on- Inquiring that suth a toothpick was p'ver purc-haseel for himself nor for use ot the guests on reception oc casions. Another letter from a professor In the State Normal School at Cape Girardeau. It reads: "My Dear Sir The Riuib!'irins. being hard up In this section for campaign ammunition, are fighting Mr. Dockery by attacking you. One of their points In reference- to you is that you have stock to the amount of &U.IV In the St. Rouis street car combine; thit you got a portion of it for signing the bill, etc. If you will send state ment denying that you possess St, Louis street railway stock 1 can use it to re-cure Republican votes for the Democratic ticket. Democrats do not listen to these floating stories, but some Republicans who are In clined to come over tu us he-sltate on this account." The proper denial ot this was sent the raroo, day to tho Democratic pedagogue in tho State Normal. A student at the State University at Co limbla wrote: 'The Democratic boys of it. S. U. have organizel a big Rryan-Dockery-Stcphens club, and have created a commit tee on transportation, of which I am chair man, which committee Is composed of one boy from each congressional district, and we. as a committee, are pulling hard for transportation to go home and vote, ns the Republicans of the university have already secured promises of free transportation. They were successful two and four yeara 1 ago, while w e were unable to set even res cluced ratr? We arp-il ti jr-u to rcn-Ier every possible assis an " "This matter." stiil the Governor. "Tin receive tho careful attention of the Stito Democratic Commltte. I will forward tho letter at once to Cha.rman Seibe-rt, and will render him every posst!e Pssista-iee. If it is is.sii)iL. to get these enthusiastic voui- IVircerats home- to Increase .,. majorm- i. .. ,.nt .... ee oih.-,rt.t... t i .i .r. ... ..... .... ... .M,.n m.., . li.ii; uey Will go anv .low " I-eite-rs were also received revienie- eh,. i res-ord of the Reverend I.en Iieerlng. ersl j while De-mcrat. who is stumping for Fiorv I inqmr.ng about the WorW's Fair arnenil j rnents; asking eontrlbutlons for ebsrebes and a dozen other enterprises. Three anon- ..i.eiiu- n-iiei inn- .11110111. me nataw- On4 of these was a threat against th 'Jove'rnor and two were- gi nuitie roasts, of Democrat's In general. Ry far the larger number of thi letters gave most ercouraglng reports o th conditio.) eif the Democra-y all ever th Stale. Re-yarding th- stack of commur.iVt tions. ejovernor Stephens said. "These at9 but samples of the letters I am recI.n d.eilv. I am satisiM from the e report that the party was ne-ve-r in l-iie-. ,-e. Hon. and tbat Ilryan and Inxkery will sweep the State by from Xm to ?;).) -,,. jorlty." Webster Pivls is billed to speak here on Saturdav. November 3 Gnat preparatiir.j aro being made by ihe Democrats to rrot) erly receive this bell wether of sp,-lltii..dcrj who esihowfNi certain poli-Icai preferment at the hand-- of tho Republican party be cause of devotion to a principle The Je. f-rsnn City Flambeau Club is laying in a'a e x.tra siii p'y of pyrotechnics and expioiTcs for the o'easion. and tho Glee Club Is prac ticing filthfully en some particularly apropos campaign songs. b,)th national and State. Tho -"Scab or. tho Wab--;.." one 0. the most popular melodies, la the Glta club's repertoire, will not be left r,ut Speaking of Webstc Davis, it might U interesting to know that this rnatrnctlj voung orator, who was tbe mouthpiece of the .McKlnle-y administration upe.n all Stata occasions when a boy. live-d in Gallatin, thu home of Mr Dockery Young D.-vi.-s f... the r was a. shoemake r and ma-ie ir. rjocit. ery's boits. Webster Davis assisteel h's father in this work. While hastenlrj through Kansas City Just prior to the Na tional Democratic Convention to the bed side, of his father, who wr-s 111. he told some of his friends of his determination to e-ejme over to Democracy. In this e-onnre-tiein he told of tho recullar pleasure it would give him to assist Mr. Dockery la ha campaign, an I related the Incident of how y ears berore he had helpeel make th bcots of the next Governor of Missouri. Many stories can be told of his filial de votion to this father and his aged mother. The cozv home they now live la was pur chased with money which Mr. Davis had, with toil and frugality, saved to take him through college. An opportunity came to purchase the home at a bargain aril so make pleasant the sunset of hj pjrenta' life. He made the sacrifice and worked as a menial to acquire funds to finish his edu cation. Knowing these cliaracterlsflcs cf this brilliant young orator. It is not hard to understand his almost Quixotic zeal for the Roers and for what he considers Just and right. EDWIN M. WATSO.V. GREAT SERPENT MOUND DEEDED TO OHIO. rrehit-toiie Snake That Puts the Fabled Sea Serpent in the List .With Little Things. REPUCUC SFBCIAI.. Cleveland. O., Oct, 27. By a recent vote ct tho Harvard corporation the treasurer ot Harvard College has been authorized to dee! to tho Ohio State Archaeological and His torical Society the Serpent Mound Park, near Peebles, Adams County, in thi3 Stat, which for the last fourteen years has bee In tho custody of the Pe-abody Museum Is Cambridge, thus restoring to Ohio the own ership or the most remarkable and famoul of the thousands of monuments of tho an cient Mound Builders which exist within her bevders. The great Serpent Mound lies In the town ship of Bratton. overlooking Brush Creek. about st-ven miles from Peebles, the nearest railway station. It had been noted with wonder by the first settlers, but It was not until ISM that it was measured and describel by Squier i Davis, who published a report with drawings from the surveys In the first volume of ihe Smithsonian Contribution tc Knowledge. The two explorers- had found tho site uf the mound covered by a forest. Thirteen or fourteen years after their visit a tornado swept directly along- Serpent Hi'i practically sweeping the forest clear. This led to reclaiming the land for cultivation, but by 1S33 it had relapsed again to a stata of nature and was overgrown with stutaaca and briers. It seems to be Encerally agreed by rca eologists that the mound was erected for ceremonial and symbolic purposes and wa not connected with tbe idea of sepolture. In the center of the egg-shaped oval Is a, heap of stones showing the effect of fire. This altar (if such It Is) was once much larger than now. having been broken up some sixty years ago in some search for buried trea sure. The oval Is lt feet long by M fet wide and about 4 feet high. From the end of the oval to the tip ot the tail Is a dlstancj of 4Se5 feet in on air line, but WIS feet IX measured from tho end of the oval to the neck of the serpent and then along all tn convulsions of the body. From, the tip oJ the upper Jaw to the end of tho tall the ser pent itself measures 1.234 feet. The TJa width of tbe body H about 20 feet, and It height along tha head and body from to feet. From the beginning of the tall It gradually decreases in height until it termi nates in a. bank about a foot high and not more than 2 feet wide. Trofessor Putriami cxcivations have disclosed the fact that taej serpent was erected with great care, v-jj" the slope of the ground Indicated possIW insecurity in the outlines the wor-c w str. ngthened with stones or with clay Jalxea with ashes. The Peabodv Museum In CambrtOKO res tains a memorial of Its now terminated con nection with this great monument oi " ment in Rochester. N. Y.. under the sop;. vision of Profe-ssor Ttttnam. from -rarreys M Mr C. Con en. It measures C feet Mgll : - 4 feet S inches. The contour o. me '"".": shown most interestingly in gTcen. witn i forets and cllff and cultivated land, t3 Brush Creek flowing through the whoIevr duplicate of this model has also been pry" curee! for th? ric.il Columbian Museum -Chicago. LAKKLIXO NOVELS. Sir Walter Besant in the, Ixndnn Queen. IN an American paper I fln.l th- f!l0 which should nl.o be Interesting to "": lsts. "In the editorial office of one we known periodical the onlinary patterns novels are labeled and listed. "'?. ttar.ccs. he gives the saved-the-traln !. the Trovi-il-hls-innocence plot.' the awl- sca-in-a-fog plot.' the w-ent-to-the-c"y-a ralsed-mor.ey-to-pay -mortgnge-on-the -" riot, and a dozen or so other mm" models. Other periodicals have, their pe-cullar lists, of a. sort suited to the cna actcr of the publication. The 'tea'"r, Koverncss-who-catches-thc-hero plot, i clevcr-girl-w ho-makes-the-man-forg-t - fiancee plot.' tho 'mistaken-identity Pl-." wifc-who-flnds-hcr-atllnity plot.' the "ne woman -who-neverthc-bs-i-vvinR-a -hu'0Tf,. plot'; these, he says, art- types from tns u tie group of lab. Is that might be pinnett most of the stories submitted." WOKTIl TALKING AR0UT. From tho London Express. SIR HKNRY IRVING tells a good stefT against himself. On his return from Ar ica a, banquet was given in his honor. which Ird Russell said to Sir Itl,ry;Jr would be so much better if Comyns - pro pose's speeches.' your health: I can i - . To which Sir Henry rept' . rod gently. "I heard you make rather speech before the Parnell Coromlsstoti "Oh. -res." nalrt the t-nrrt Chief Justice), T ' Uicn i had something to talk abouti'-.