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: the S i'* V.-.ar! ** \ "♦ »• i <' fx " f. t • i . n. r l\\ f - - i . .• .•• \si. St rv u .* . . •■." ; av. V . !•■;• C • j t .ur ri 'r- ': ' --a- n T>* v • ' .•. • i-a r * i % s•>.. of this \ eilig :. - ,a! • an i sV**i f r '• iv• ' • > cee.l -1 a ye IT instit itbms s .*T- r-d gf at j'.; :i •. .... : ' : -• " l: r. !- in th * I»HT . T* " 'ft v>. .*ig i . : '«>r »r. * ■« * co'.' :s «-»r !:,♦ - • : ;• \ *••• m tnoz t!ilv nr. i I • ps a cl« -- •j • on * • r management, lb- reports v. doim an t observations to the ward r* uular!y. Iho r<quir* dto t pott in *'Ay to the 1 oar i. s<» th jt th# • -a' -i b -*t • • k n * ■ »< • - i'or is v.- !! - • v tin* lo il man y-ni# t*t Vy nv -ris of mili'or. A - M'* !. 'M It!embers of *!.*•» b«< ird r.JV* ; 1 ; '.! :ted g#*::t!emefi, w v • s* rv- \vi* 4 T .?t ' The workings #»f Tie »• . b.»e! i are uu d# r The d> • ,j•#■ i"v sit»ji -<; v# .n --c-r. w!iO is giving the !ns:i:ui! »ns his v. can-f-r, iTt-v'vn. se'v.rinr the mini imuni «>f » xpe-ns# c insistent with efti>.i«*n «.y of t.vc s*. T vi • • . It is hardly ••'ssary. t!i#»r# fore, to say th.it the institutions ;»ro being conduct* I within the very economi cal appropriations made by the Fusion Jagislature for the purpose, it will b6 pe°n when a . oniparlson is made bawo-n t.he and Fusion appropriations for this purpose That a saving of fully 2ii per cent, is being effected, while as the people will testify. 1n the neighbor hood where the Institutions are located, the management was never FO effective as at the present time. Ernest Lister, tho Commissioner of Pub lic Institutions, or Traveling auditor, as ho Is more commonly < all» J. lias won mm h praise from the x*<>v#-rnor and tho members of the hoard, as well as from tho people cognizant of his good work, lor the faithful, painstaking manner in whi- '.i ho has performed the duties of his responsi ble position. Eloquent Statistics. Following is a summary of saving In the cost of maintenance of all institutions in charge of the State Hoard of Audit and Control for tho year ending March 31, as compared with the previous year: a, <S> <j> HnvinK of Nearly $40,000. <;> <♦•> <*> Washington Stats Penitentiary, <•> <i, $17.55 per day. or 10.39 per cent. <i> <s> Eastern Washington Host»ital for <§> Q, Insane, $25.6U per day. or 16.75 per <S> <i> cent. ® <$ Western Washington Hospital for w <i> Insane, $31.09 per day, or 13.77 per <«> <4> cent. t.> Washington State Heform School, Of <s> $4.54 per day. or 8.3 per cent. <?> «» A total saving p< r day of $84.62. <s> (IF A total saving for the year of v>> $30,876.30. <t> d> Or an average saving on all instl- <?» <e tutions of 11.82 per cent. <S» The above tells the story in a nutshell. It proves, with other duta in this publi cation. that the Fusion Administration has been efficient and economical In all departments of the government. TKEASURKR'S DEPARTMENT. Cyrus W Young, State Treasurer; C. W. R owne. Deputy. We have already seen, from the statis tics of other departments, something of the enromous amount of work done in the Treasurer's office. 'The most strict business discipline prevails there, but an examination of the department shows that the Treasurer is without sufficient cleri cal help. The appropriation for that purpose should bo increased by the legis lature. In a box by itself on the first page of this publication is given a complete finan cial statement from the records of tha 6tate Treasurer, showing the status of the state's finances to June 30. 189 S. It Is tiot necessary to repeat that here. It Is Important to add, however, that in addi tion to the calls for warrants mentioned there, the Treasurer has sent out a call maturing August 11, as follows: General fund warrants $2j,47d W Military fund warrants 17.785 SO » Total .$43,261 60 This, added to the amount by which the atate debt has been decreased since the beginning of the Fusion Administration makes the total 1630,533.07, Instead of $587,- ■*l 47 But this Is not •!!. The State Treasurer assured the writer that calls for the re demption of warrants would be made be fore the expiration of the present year amounting to over $250,000 more, thereby reducing the state debt by fully one mil lion dollars during the first two years of the Fusion term. LABOR BUREAU. W. P. C. Adams, Labor Commis sioner; William Blackmail, Rail way, Mill and Factory Inspector; R. B. Norton, Coal Mine Inspector. It haa already been said that in noth ing perhaps did the Legislature excel in good work more conspicuously than in legislating on behalf of the tolling masses, but nothing in the measures adopted by the Legislature and approved by the Gov ernor contained a single provision Inimical to capital. The duties of the new bureau of labor are largely administrative. They go be yond the work of collecting and tabulat ing Industrial statistics, and comprehend the enforcement of laws which have been wisely enacted for the protection of those whose capital, skill or labor Is employed in industrial enterprises throughout the atate. The state has had labor laws pre vious to those enacted by the. last Leg. Islature, and somo of them were possessed of merit, but none of them were enforced. A law was enacted In 18it0 requiting stores, offices and other places where fe males were employed to be supplied with suitable seats. It was complied with by a few humane employers here and there, but as a rule It remained Inoperative. Meanwhile our girls and women were compelled to remain on their feet day in and day out, destroying health and happi ness and making their otherwise agree able employments Insufferable burdens. The new bureau has had little or no difficulty In securing a ready and hearty compliance with this and other laws for the benefit of employes. The statute requiring safeguards for dangerous machinery has proved of great value. Under former administrations, owing to negligence In this respect, many were Injured or lost their lives. The In spectors have had no trouble In bringing these new laws into operation. Nearly all employers have listened anxiously to sug gestions and were prompt in adopting whatever was found to be practicable in the way of Improvements. Thev were, for the most part, anxious to minimize dan gers to their employes, and as a consequence Inspector William Black man has, through their co-operation and his own careful, well trained Judgment teen able to accomplish a good work. It should be said here, to the credit of employers of labor throughout the state that they have co-operated cordially with the Inspector and have made his labors comparatively easy. As a result the walk-out, the lock-out, the boycott and the blacklist have become almost entirely things of the past in the State of Wash ington. The good work of the bureau has brought about a better feeling between employes and employers than has ever be fore existed in the state. That is what the bureau was created for. Of course the hurcau has had a little rough sailing hero and there, and somo knotty questions have cropped up which were difficult of settlement, but in most of these the hand of the Governor has been Visible and the work has been successfully accomplished without nolso or bluster, or undue agitation. Administration of Minos. The same may he said consenting the new laws regulating coal mines and min ing, which are of a most important char acter. For years back very good mining laws have been openly violated by mino operators, until, although the mines of the state are naturally safe, they had come to be'regarJed, and justly 80, as tho TV. >T .] r . r M.uiy rs will ro :J -RR 1 »-R I»* ;#NR F, :» i r ! I rril-!*- • - a- 1 ».t •■■ltl.-i.' - »m • * whi- M : !•• .1 in • y .t< a . n: l«>ws ai«d 1 i > !-.*-• • -i: \ . .1 r.. ■ * *• i• • tr« at • " • • «i ■ • a :'-r r.iis j »nunat»- > f af fa **< \ v • .* •«?;.!• r **»• lav. - 'A a- that • i 1 y iii£ corporations Naturally « «rn* • a: • an 1 th :i.'.>••■.t:nv Ur- I: l-'i:«»v» rnm#nt cmi l *-*!»- I: •• ni'iifi'- ft [:■ * a: 1 prut* ti.m from their perilous •'••nUition. it was necessary » hat..'- •!.♦» law |-I-CIJ! • • ;TIJ: TR- appoint in# of F\- Iri<p» • •!' Miras. MI. 1 als » t!i 'ipul (*:• : • a- t.« Ills «|tt 11iTi .iMonn. T 'A .V pr.iin:-*iy at. iw» II «i«•:i» by :!iu 2a. * Lri.:«! 11 ur»\ X-A fli • laws are **nfor«'*"l an i 1 »th ■ .»j I'al a..1 !.»!).•r a:- ii. ivy groat !y b« n« - !»'• ! T:.- .i «-!i;:»r.<• »1 in th >t.it#- N. • :»t 1- TL»O THUS of the I * ! 2SJl i»i Admin ist r HIT has I-ot a •. .ar,;-! hy *!:• K#- publican press with la-lug inimical upi i.tl. T!i is .a! -•• !•> t»n#* gn at puip"s* lias !>♦•• nt » h:i:m«»nlzo tl:#>»# two groat in t'-i 'sts on an «|»iixl »1.» ho-1- tonally b* -no li. : si. an i it las «u«aoedotl in a very marks . «:r-»rreo. As one has remark^.l: "Tin* mi l.lie man -those who s*ai..| bc tw- - n 1 11m»r and < i;»lta! *tnd rub both leys —no longer have the state government and militia to assist them in exploiting capital and labor." Aline Inspector K. If. Norton lias had his hands full of difficult work, but ho has shown great energy and uniformly good judgment in the discharge of his duties. In some instances he has met with obstacles, but these have been for the greater part promptly and harmoni ously overcome. Wo have probably not given to this labor bureau the spine an 1 credit due to Its importance and effective work, but the biennial report of its inspectors will show economy and a profit on the very small outlay necessary to carry on the work in the gem raily improved condition of the employers and employed. DEPAKTMKXT OF FISHERIES. A. C. Little, State Flsli Commissioner, A. I). Hoard man, Deputy Com missioner. The headquarters of the Department of Fisheries is at Tacoma. The law relating to the conduct of the Ashing industry of the state was some what radically changed by the Fusion Legislature in 1597. The license for set nets was reduced, and that for por«nd nets and wheels was graded, so as to range from sls to $23. The new law taxed ail ap pliances for fishing and propagation so th it as a whole the revenue from the Ashing Interest of the state was greatly Increased. Under the new administration the long standing troubles between the gill net fisherman and the trap men have been removed, and there is now a much bet ter feeling between these rival factions. Under Republican management there was constant "war on the Columbia'* during the fishing season, but since the new law has l»een put in operation, and the Fish Commissioner has brought his explana tions and reasoning powers to bear among the fishermen a better feeling has re sulted. Commissioner Little has had but little trouble in keeping the pound fishermen and the gill net men on their respective grounds, so that Interference with each other has been reduced to a minimum, and in most cases done away with alto gether. The amount received in license fees under the Republican administration of 1896 was as follows: Amount Kind of Appliance. Number. Received. Pound nets t2»2 $6,920 00 Set nets 300 750 00 Fish wheels 47 470 00 Total $8,140 00 Four hundred and twenty-four of the pound net licenses were for appliances to be used in the Columbia River, and two hundred and sixty-eight were for appli ances to be operated in Puget Sound. Seventy of the set net licenses were for Tuget Sound, and two hundred and thiriy for the Columbia River. All of the tlsh wheels were operated In the Columbia River. The receipts for license fees during 1837 were as follows: Pound nets, 654 $10,745 00 Gill nets. 586 1,965 00 Set nets. 1027 11160 no Seines. 156 2.227 50 Wheels, 49..... *790 00 Canneries, 20 I,l*lo oo Total $17,897 50 This shows an increase of revenue from the fisheries under the first year of Fu sion administration of $9757.50. This has been accomplished without additional cost to the state. Statistics are at hand showing the value of the fishing industry of the State of Washington In 1896 and 1897 as follows: Output of 1896 Puget Sound District $1 01' 320 Gray's Harbor District ' 90 258 Wlllapa Harbor District 168116 Columbia River District 544.794 Total $2,115,488 Output of 1897 Puget Sound District $2,315,800 Columbia River District 755.000 Wlllapa Harbor District 211.575 Gray's Harbor District 79]550 Total .$3,392,225 The statistics as to receipts for fees and licenses for the first six months of 1998 are not at hand. Commissioner Little Is managing his department to the satisfac tion of tho fishermen, and the people of the state generally. GRAIN INSPECTION DEPARTMENT George P. Wrljht, State Grain In •pector. The administration of the grain Inspec tion department under Fusion State Gov ernment has given entire satisfaction. Tt Is plain from the statistics at hand that the receipts of grain at Puget Sound points are Increasing. The total receipts of grain for the ten months beginning September 1. 1896, and ending June 89. 1897, at the three points, Tacoma. Seattle and Spokane, was 8499 cars. The total earnings for the same period was 6726.31, nnd the total expenditures $6132.47. For the corresponding ten months of the years 1897 snd IS9S the total receipts of grain figured up 16,868 cars, with earnings amounting to $12,565.15, and expenditures $9671. Experience shows that the fee of 75 cents for sacked and 5b cents for hulk cars is ample to cover the expense of in spection. On July 1, 1898, there was on hand In the grain inspection fund $4936.99. which amount will he considerably in creased by the time the next Legislature meets. The systematixlng of the grain business has proven itself very satisfac tory to grain dealers and buyers, and tho grading of the grain at terminal points by official inspectors instead of by the buy ers' private Inspectors, has resulted in giving fair and equal Justice to all ship pers aliko irrespective of whether they ship one or one hundred cars in a sea son. Of the 11.596 cars of wheat shipped to Tacoma during the period from August 1. 1897. to July 31, 1898, the grades ran as follows: Pars. Pholce milling wheat 1239 Number 1 6787 Number 2 2178 Number 3 664 Rejected 43S The above is a wonderful showing of tho high quality of the wheat during the past season and places the State of Washing ton in the front rank as a wheat raising country. DAIRY DEPARTMENT. E. IC. McDonald, State Dairy Com missioner. The Fusion Legislature of 1897 passed a law amending the old dairy statute: First—Throwing safeguards around pure milk by providing a penalty for us ing acids to prevent milk from souring. Hv the use of acids in milk, it causes it to be unfit for food for children, as it destroys the coatings of the stomach. Second—Providing a penalty for the manufacture or sale of filled cheese. Tho sals of filled cheese had almost destroyed our foreign trade. It nisi provide* that must contain a certain percentage of I•;3:11 r fat. an 1 that it must bo branded indicate quality. This applies t" . -hipped fr.-m other states as well as oh « s. manufactured in our own state. Th«* tntorcennut of this law ha- driven ; r hft-s* ip-it .• t" *h»- rnarke*. an.l will 1 •. !: j up *!:•• industry on a right ba<H«. The last Legislature cut the ap propriation . offi. • of Dairy <'. mi* rirssJou'-r f< r • -xpcr.s* s for 'wo y»*.ir* on 4 thousjrul d •!!;*? Notwithstanding this fa *. th** prrsi-iii commissioner ha« dono his Work !»♦ r:♦ -r and In a m<»re eff***tivo n:.int!»-r t IN it wa- **V*T don** before. The val i- of I .lit ri r maniifacturetl dur ing l v «.; u. ; - l.s.'lv'".? pounds. !nirinij 1N 4 7 It was 'J.vt - *."7 i onnds. an incr# a.-»* *»f L'.V. - H* 14 r-iun or about 11 ;• r «■»*nt. The value •f «*ho?se ni inufa« tur* d during IN«*. wa« •V 4 li'jt poun During 1*! 4 7 7«t pounds; in T*"ase. | niinds. or about itti p -r r*»n:. After making a tour of most of the s'ate th- ■•ofnniisrdoner is convin 4 *»d t.:at th- s;im • increase will be mad** "i s y. ar in ev ry part of th** state, except the Rig Rend an I I'abuise s««v.oi.s. where the hi"h pr!e. of wlo a: has given a black eye to the dairy Industry. The pres* lit <iah\ law is working well, a?.! the commissioner Is doing his whedu duty. PFJTSOWL TAX i;xi:Mi v riox. Remember the Judicial Crime of IHII7 as S«*lil<*y*s Gunners Re membered fho Maine Off San tiago. And now as to the personal property tax exemption measure, and the gross mis representations of the Republican press concerning it. The Fusion Legislature of K*7 passed a law which was approved by Gov. Rogers providing that: "The personal property of each person liable to assessment and taxation under the provisions of this act, of which HUPII Individual is the actual and bona Jide owner, to an amount not exceeding flvo hundred dollars" should be exempted from taxation." There was nothing new in this. Terri torial and State Legislatures had made similar exemptions, and the people of the state had enjoyed them for a quarter of a century. Such laws had not been ques tioned while they were enacted and en forced by Republicans, but when, al though on the same constitutional lino*, but a little more liberal toward the poor er class of people, they catne to be •n --aef«'d and enforced by a reform State Government, the Judicial branch thereof found fundamental law which. In its opin ion. affonbd sufficient grounds for de claring that most righteous piece of legis lation to be unconstitutional and there fore null and void. This judicial act wiped out personal property tax exemptions altogether, and compelled the assessment and tax officials to levy an exceptionally hepvy burden upon a class of people least able to bear it. It is needless to say that People's Party Assessors and tax collectors enforced the judicially outraged law much against their wills, while such Republican officers of the same class as were left in power executed it upon the people with ruthless hands and In such a manner, and with such misrepresentations as were well cal culated to make as much capital as pos sible for the Republican Party. History and Facts. As this matter must prove to be a strong factor in the campaign a brief, plain statement of facts concerning It is necessary here. Fortunately a document is at hand, written by Hon. John R. Mitchell. County Attorney for Thurston County, and issued by Secretaries J.imes K. Connolly, A. L. Callow and John S. | Brewer of the Democratic, People's j Party and Silver Republican Central | Committees of the same county, which | APPROPRIATIONS FOR SIX YEARS COMPARED . mm v*..n,\Mß "S™ 51J93,476.4fl ably presents the whole truth In the premises, thereby saving much time and labor. A condensation of this document In part shows that: Commencing in the year 1834. the Terri torial Legislature exempted from taxa tion real and personal property of reli gious, benevolent, literary and sclentltle Institutions, territorial and county prop erty, school houses and lands, public li braries, places of burial and property of certain Indians. Such continued to be tho law until 1871, at which time the Terri torial Legislature enacted a law contain ing among other things the following: "That household furniture to the value of one hundred and fifty dollars shall be exempt from taxation." The same law was re-enacted In 1873. and again in 1877. On the latter date, howev er, tho exemption was reduced from one hundred and fifty to ono hundred dollars. In 1879 the Territorial Legislature re enacted the same law. increasing the ex emption as follows: "Household furniture to the amount of two hundred dollars in value for each family, all wearing apparel in actual use, and food provided for the family not to exceed one year's supply." The same law is found in the Territorial Code of 1881, and was carried forward in the laws of tho territory until the state constitution was adopted In 1889. There never was a time from 1871 down to tho admission of the State of Washington to the Union in 18S9 that a certain amount of personal property was not exempted from taxation. For nenrly a quarter of a century the people had by legislative enactments ex pressing their will exempted a certain class of personal property in order to en courage immigration, and to assist tho thrifty pioneer settlers who ofttimes be gan life here on very small means. This had become a fixed policy and was very generally approved, and If the constitu tion that was approved in ISS9 is defec tive In granting powers to the Legislature to carry out the same good plan, no time should be lost in amending it so that am ple scope for legislative enactment for the purpose may be granted. That it Is the policy of the Fusion Tarty to make liberal exemptions of private personal property while the conditions in the state demand it Is forcibly shown by the en actment of the Legislature of 18117, and by expressions made In the conventions of the party held before and since that time. Hut b t us see what provision tho constitution of ISS9 really did make on this point of personal property tax ex emption. It is clearly set forth in article 7, section 2. as fellows: "Provided, further. That the property of the I'niteil States, and of the state, coun ties, school districts anil other municipal corporations, and such other property as the Legislature may by general laws pro vide, shall be exempt from taxation." To a common sense layman that provl- | sion is ample : » • m l.'g. ' • r* u its act of lv 7. exempting j * t - : »! ; : - , ty a* f »!I. w s j "Th" j< is mat prop* • <*f *.» h § liable to ass»>v»»n. t •• I "*\ i • . | the provisions < •* this • 4 . «>t w . ! individual is 41 • a* :. i! el * 1 owner. t*» an amount n * «\ *• ! ig *• , hundred *bolar- ' But the law • w I • I I• ! itig the adv* r- • 1- f • - - t a • i '-"u J. by mat y «»f the ablest an ... - formed l'JW\ 1 - • f '|. I ■ 1* » r pleasant, nor. a- the . \p- *u* i. , j *.*tt ■ ; lias CO|*spfc MoljsS «di"WII atw tv - I I -fit : ble f. • critieise the d« ' .** .»11« ..f * S • •• Supr* in** i'«*ni r Th* .w " v* this may b. •! .n»* w»t »i j r.iprl- * ty ar** not broad. H v. v« r • • i *»f jiu th •• tnd Am* Mean f• i ,■ n always find v \\ !«• r* »••• ; .»» , » ! a free pre** enjoy MI - 'U'TON.iI • th**y do. «* ! in.i - ? . t ♦ f! i.» • . -< count!*,. .•!>•! it is J i-* a- w-;i 4 t !»♦ s; * ii;i •!< n lor•• and i. ■v. ,i • • • *• • ! that the "judicial sanctit) ' of t • Hu pr« rn** l>en* li. a* an , 111* ::T. if not is to personnel shal not ♦s« a;»e its , ; • shar«- •f d *;•; •» j ••ciehlni: t n *t:* r i •' » « HiJ'-U'-o co ni? t wo.ill 1 • i 1 . plltdh* <>;dnto|| (!) J *i - J i ||. f and popular in lign r *n Placing llie lIt.'IIIIC Tliis i* th** 11 'ne : t*• 1 j»I * . f.»r 1 •* [ ing the blame for '!i« i• r - .d j • tax exemption blunder, and the p#mnnat property tax outrage wh* r* t* 4 . belongs, and *.» long as th*- truth stv! \> •> truth only Is adhered to th* * )..]« , may be told fea r h***ly. Th»- st it c 9 »*• 1 controversy may t»•* stated In n nn*-' • 1 The Republlcriii Partv sought to r* v r by mean* of the Supreme Pmff Hie <• • ration of a most righteous provls i«n of ito» I r* v**nue law of l\»7 1 Its defc:ife<] and c .1 mted ring * \ I smarting fr-'tn the In- 1 .f p.j ul.u lot I nation appll< I with nil the for* fa 11 Ileal reform avalanche in lvn. *,• r«g • • | hop.* f..r r< \ • ;*i * 4 . . x 1 ■ I i legislative brat 4 i#* of t g 0.-um* 1 had th«« btß7*n h-irdlh. I t . ». . ; I degraded ••ffron'ery to <»irrv t **• -tr h »i*hemes to th#* judl al t.ro• » . r *. * government, the pol'.t at 1 *rt\ plexlon of a major por*i«.»i * n' \* i yet in harmony with their pari nil m Ev* n had the law l*e* ri t* ho ' constitutional, SII h a « UIIR« have be* n Justified in fa- d • • • •« that by «>verturiiing I? inn »n* p Wotlld be made to siitT# f and Hi* 4 « 1 • \ tbemaehres bad gtven the Mine persons partial reji**f un.t« r *' m • \ leged unconstitutional pro •dtit* I It may be said In nt'Mnj } i-*iM » 44 o» of tho m »ve to wipe ,uit • • per *■•• .1 »** ; exemption th • t the revenue* creased thereby. That l« .1 nn< • iggr.i vatmg plea to the mind* 44 f thflM who b«*lieve in a poll* \ of pl.o mu th* * .» <lens of tax it I*nwh« » *• tli* \ lis >'f lv i. long, and not on th** should* 1 * of ♦♦,*■ | poor. Such an « x us*- is far fr*»m t'istirt ratios. It is a m l<* V \ In judicial « rime of JV7. h» re referred to. f. r whi«*h th»* Roptthtt* in Paftl m 1,4 hi 1 tt» account, placed a load of t .11 it ton chiefly gpon Iho • of th* , amounting to bundr* I* of th uis.tndx «.f dollars. How The* Diil Tliclr \V*»rk In order to overthrow the law which the Fusion LcgNlatare of HV7 ma t* I tnd let lo<»s** tin* fl*H»d g if**s t>f t.ixiiHon up.»n tho heads of the poor and struggling !.»•« of the population with a view to rais ing a tide of popular Indignation uga'nst the present atat* end county a lmlnl*»tra ttons. but which will now rightfully re act ti» th«*ir own c<»n*lemnation the It* • publican Rarty. through It* subservient t«»ols, tarried two teat * a sea Into <h* Hu perior Court, almost imm** llaf* l\ after ths passage *>f the a< t <»n* wl* brought In Spokane County befor** Judge L 11. I'rath*T. Who io-ld the Oct un OOOtllUtlm al and was affirmed by th*- Supreme Court, to which th© case was appealed on May -28, 1897. The other case was heard In Adams County hi fore Judge C II N'eal. In which he held the law valid, but was reversed by the Supreme Court, to which the case was taken. The last ease men tioned has not been much referred to by the Reputdlcan press, truthfully savs one writer, because Its history shows that there Is one distinguished member of th« Superior lienoh of the two before whom the law was submitted who hold It to bo constitutional. Remember the Judicial Crime of IHM7 Whatever of Injustice an-1 suffering tha overthrow of the act brought upon a large class of our people. It must he re memhered thai the Republican Party Is to blame for 18. and the Republican Party exclusively. That party when In power In 1593. as has been shown. tlx—l the exemp tion at three hundred dollars In IS9.'> It re-cnacted the same law, and. If the deci sion of the Supreme Court Is good law. the Republicans gave the people a threw hundred dollar exemption for years un constitutionally. The discovery was not made, however, until they were hurled from office hy an outraged constituency, and until a reform administration, acting under the same constitution, undertook to ileal with tho poorer class In a more liberal spirit. To the Republican press Is left the nn welooms lark of defending the action of Its party and the decision of the Hupr- an- Court in this matter. No matter with what cunning and sophistry the work Is done, the people will not he deceived. Tho facta as here presented cannot lie denied, except in falsification, and voters are call ed upon to remember at the polls this fsl) the judicial Crime of 1*97, with the ssm« effect that Schley's brave gunners remem bered the Maine oft Santiago when Cer vcra's fleet was so gallantly and right eously destroyed. GKNFRAIj KLKCTION op I HUM List of the- Places »« Rr Filled and Figures Showing Probable Re nulla of ilic Campaign. A general election will tak- place In tho State of Washington this fall for 1. Two members of the Supreme <"ourt to succeed Judge Klm-m Scott ~f What com and Judge T J Anders of Walla Walls, both Republicans. 2. Indirectly, or by the Legislature, on' 1 I'nlted States Senator to succeed g -, ator John IWilson of Spokane, a Re publican. 3. Two Congressmen to Jam- i Hamilton Lewis pf Health a I tern ' -i' and W. C. Jones of Spokane, n Silver Re publican. 4. Members of the State Senate as fol lows: First District, Lincoln and Okanogan J 1 ■ ■ - V M l m, lion • * r S* 'l I r . H' ♦\• 1 - . I pa*t "f HJ-»K in** * . «NI » - •• d H* •' * r ! id | j. i pd 1• . • • • <t f h,. t, ,Cotinty - H. 1. , .f IV ,tt » ~.| I I\. . I I -if 'S. k.. . in ' \ *•• t 'i I . t * 1 i • ft»% Ho *l* • ' >' t.u 1■ r II vi 4 n Hi v r ll* I 4 1 , - k i'i» ' "M > S i ' 4 ■! |( 111. • * ; 1 • • ss* |Ms*ri« t 1 1 • hi »• * \ •it - 1 . «« . > H n 4 < < v I* P H* x* * I» *•»-.. t * *! t • ' \\ i* man * »" u • IS* I'll*: It* 1 I »r Vh I list' • < Pll n* id \* ' 4 « 14 1 4 • IMi * I'.iiin 4 ■•« s, j, 1 - r \ in I' *t'« I'• . f 11 ~s . r !*• •• | u • • ~* \\ . . \t • 1 < \t » I • to 1 » **v • •♦, |* *1 1, ) « • 1 !\ * Iv* 4 N iti n •?»*! Klicgitah t . . 01 ..| H. • . a I h If* •| r*.. • I -ft! » I'lntk* • 1 Sk ' n «•» . « .. • *« - s. , , 1 . 1 , r t •! • • • f w»♦ •• • k I' ♦ II 4 * * • 41 • t I*, I ••*, I • 4 « * !.**■* *• »\ S 4 * • 9 in. 4 . . *. d S* u it.U I»• k . • l( S» •• oft «"i ** I • 4 r 4 \1u«"«'» k t** 1 1 4 ' i | « hetiat M ii' c' firm hi- . V. » Ihghtiifith |il*frlit. Thurst .n County hetiat r Mil eg p»p » •' It art Nil*, tfif th Ms f. * pit f I' . fee i' u»n*y * 4 » • to so »•• d Senator Tuytor. H It Tw *ll * i Mrst District f»«t f 4, f 1* • » «... 1 \ s *ll tor \\ i 4 'or R» i . h ils \ • t " wo' v *• ■ . 11 I I • -*t* • * part «f Drrr# « • .untv S* 4 •- r * ..'* I' 1 'ls • * * Twenty-third ISstrtet 1 • • t » • • • f'.Mg *\ < in* to * 1 ... 1 *■ ti «*••» Ii '«* ef d.i S It Tw •* ' .!»»••» | »-s*et * fisrt ..f Is fig . . ; * I H • *r \N **• •i* ». . Tw - \ fifth I 4 «'fi. t pir? »f K "it 1 • 1 1, i» 1. tc» - 1 « 4 •! S 4 1* r Funk I: Tw ■ * 4 i - *"1 1 4 l»»rl 4 p *rt f K ,4 »« • ... • , u t penator Wash I itn (b p Iv* • • I 4 'r 1 4 pi 4' »f K f ! County < im. • . *i •. i Senator l«ewia, H*i IW. n%\ * » 't I 4 sfj • | it* of Kng ('•on ' 1»i . to *>l S ti it t Range » t Tw r 4 )t fifth I ilptr t |* .r! of KP| County <Hu . • | hi« • Puary R*P ti rdrfi b H 1 • ittam ' IHfet m • ■ii' n • 1 till , in «ii ee-1 S*'tiu ,•»? ts«u , Rep i 4 4 \ I» - 1 4 -'ti f H oml h • O inly S* ' •' r I »av * I i* hold* » » Thlrt\ r on I 1 4 -trl » Sk •«.* and Han J*ian * o*iutie» * »n«. to su«ee«l H 4 nator Harper R»p Tlilrti-tlxnl Dtstrht part * 4 f What 4 m Coimi) H. »f*icr It* Inhart, Fop. todda *»* n Thlrt% fotrth District. | ar* of \\ 1 at com County «M « !»» nioeol S* n.atof j D«»rr It# p It will h. s#-en fr >m the n'»«\e statistlca that all ttie V islohists n* •*1 to *lo to «e --« ir*» a «w • ilng majot*n% in th* S nata Is to tiotnlnat* *r 1 men an I to r iIU to tio ir support **f th* dlstrleta named tWeu t \ sit gre certain for the |'eop|**> l*art> f.»ur nr«* 1«»ut»»ftil, ah«l four will pfot*wl>h g ' Republl ao g**vefity cfght It* |.r* S* I 1 tllve** »T % com pie »# 11# u**e. ar** to Is el* •te 1 Ili**ee ttie Fusloiilsts are * ir* of I. If th*y wf** united thtrt**-n ar* d 4 »ubtful *nd four | t****n may i*e It--publt* an Counting all the doubtful s**nts f-»r ttie It. piihll an* It will give 77 % »les on Joint I allot Hg.cnat M>. , with wrhl* h t«• ele. t a Cnlt«*d Stales Sen -1 a'or t' 4 represent th* |**«»ple's Fartv The | districts should mak* a b* iter allowing than this for the Fusion cause, and prob ably will. All thnl Is needed is harmony and a strong united action A complete eet of county officers, with the exception of a few hold-over County Commissioners, are to be elected, and tho prospects are that with the exception of three or four counties the Kuslotiists will make a clean sweep. They certainly should do so. The record of the officers elected hy ttie People's Party In lvki has la-en uniformly good, and with here and there an exception, their administrations have, togi titer with that of the splendid record given hy the State Government, been such n* to mark the beginning of n new and Improved era hi tho public llfu of the state, ■ ■# RKPFRMCAN WARRANT FOR (IKKIKH. Defalcation*-, Forgeries. Plundering* ami Kxtrnvairance Characteristics of the Old Regime. We have avoided calling bard tlmfs against tho Republican ring masters of the last administration an much as pos sible, although the facts warrant very plain language It Is a fact, and a re sponsibility which ttie Republican Party cannot dodge, that the wicked and care less extravagance that prevailed In almost every department of State and County Government from 1*93 to 1*97. was made doubly criminal hy a system of downright forgeries, which may yet deprive the s'ato treasury of a vast sum of money, and which must In any event result in great loss to some one. probably the banks and the trust companies that handled the forged paper. The Republican press has disclaimed re sponsibility on behalf of Its party for tbo I vans f -rg-rles and other Individual R> - publican ras alltles. on the plea that there are nlways "Mark sheep ' to he found In a politl tl partv an-1 In the language of the chief Reputdlcan organ of the state, that "the Fusion Party will do well if it escapes with having discovert-1 in- greater number of rascals than wi re found In the Republican administrations." This Is very weak pleading. Indeed, when we consider that the reckless ■x travagance. neglect --f duty and dividing with contractors, as well as tin- criminal waste -if thr tide land which prevailed. Invited tit holder acts of criminality. Ila-I the Republican V-lmlnlstrat'on pre vailing under Gov M-Graw been prudent, economical and honest, had there twin g--i--r.il go-id government there would hav- tu-en no Individual official crimes -if ail astounding character to answer for As it was the offl !ol atmosphere of th stat--. with h» re and t ore lion -rahV ex cept Inns, was sur harge-1 with the bac teria of political - -irruption which prov ed epidemic bv both Infection mid conta gion. it was calculated to breed crime. hi ' I'm' i-r m*- a*- th« r« il* »u' I •' tr |• -• |• • • -1 • i <|iiatnt* 1a : h • • f.« • mil n«l '•• -• IHI , v i. ► ■a' f • a v* * • 111 *II •». J }♦ |N . v ir»: ' ' 4 * ■' i \ • f I'an . »h«•• foi i». i in »■ •«> • t f' »»> *' *" l ••• I' i> h it- 11. | ti* r '■ ■ * •• t \ I• i? .»t 'I.I-I |»«»I 'I '• • - ••»».! th i* )• » ,i i ' •»' I ' ' •>1 ' * cat „ nm. ti . i'«.* •»* ' ,r II .1 .rlriic rr. » .»r t.» » • . . 't■ « i • i y l« • ? •» . ft. ♦ p I M! . . •a •. t. • .■ • ,- 1 .k. ••• . tt thr work of p a.t t< h* .v• nt h<* i I 44 '' • I' '■ I, | •f| nt iff - I i" ik HI i *>>r fh . "• •• -1 » , • » f ■ fc'. ' I Itl.l .O! I. tlH'f til .ft • l« f I 11v A• t " ' f . , . ... fc . . nam • • tin n *ll • \ t • • j » fl|» •. •«, >. 1. r * r'f*r ai' )i at .1. f.t> It n. .x pit I !'* tt all tl •« -.1 i h«v« »• • •! .»»• « * • | ... f| • i t' . H \ k Of tilt X . t it * .el 11 i lotto! H• 'i OHM» d 1 ••• ' ? ii, - ?\ i • tin l inlttoo of r * |•.i *v f. r thin cliia* f, ' +.n mttilil have h..» tt «r» illt fflri'mif 1. ft kc an and *• m»thll\ adtrtC'cl that t, v itkNto Rva • foe ••»"• ofiwot and "'tivl.-flon th»» Ku*ln»il-t td.iv.rnor hua ..ft. . d . atih-taitllal t'and ha ! • ■' «'»- w . ri.ti- •nd tt**t a'lftl •• t»f > rc«trt. t•*«% » • r«—n tr» rfintc Tf» aaurrr M'«a .n * <iftl«-« nt 1 tha* thi* tin fit Iff fil al <Rvait*F and Ivjnity Tr.iaiirtr l.lnd-«y were *\ . haitalmi «*T d I d«itl» - »»tt \ m«t» .nalMll* f-i i dearer, not • nat«l' ttt ailh the I ildh Welfare lii what'\«r manner and hv rvcr I* at« i|nnr er'ri ti It I* th.it K* ana t. on • ••• to liii Th .b ir- r - tti tl . i 1 ~ It'm to ■ art \ out tl • pi l ' « tt. .r perfectly than he .mild .'hirmdae hate d'.it» The nt. r. forglna of Trea-ur • i 11.m.-n • natTJ. ntua not the «tnlt thiii* in «ir t to altleld the crime Th. rea. re re. .»r l« T.i ». kept Up. and in *« tne . a«ea »t |. ,wt th«a .'.lid not veil have been ■I «tte ■lnaJe handed ||„«. ~1 I' *p lint the Itr. ntJ- n t-1 re ft. • .. . my tndtvktual • >fTl. ?nl «<r yHooto • •. n i •>. i ei*h i»r aupyortlno tho late it* poi.l l. MM A Irnlnta? rjtl"t> That la I. fi to other* tt la • ft«»rk f«»r tho • • r(■ f thr lan. Mot the wh.'le outt.'tlC*. to a»'ther alt i all the dafalcatlottP. and po llti al plunderttiim In a'.tie and county nttial he .haticd ayalnat the lleptifdloan I'ariy, and 111111.? r» main a* a t loud upon the I. .1 !• r* and • fTV erltoMera of that po int al . »i*ndu»t'ott (or a l'»ng time to come. MIHIIirHtHKMATIONH. sample .»!' >1 laatatrinotit of Korda by organa of thr liopnbllooit Party. The Itepiihllran pr« •• of the etatc la nmkin* every |»oaalhle attempt to dla «*re<tlt the fialnn Admlnlatratlon In the estimation of the public, and to thla end atatemeiWa are pot out which have no foundation In truth whatever. Vnle** th.-ae fala.'hooda happen to on their f». e evlrfencea of unreliability they are liable to do damage to the < aoae of the 1 v-.pb * Party f »r the reason of the wide • ir> illation of oppoeltion newapa|»era. The following I* a aample of three falea •ccueatlona "It la a cold day when e«»me blunder of the recent Fuai«»n l<e*talature la not dlacovered The lateat thing tn thta line la developed by the autt of fluprema Mourt It*• porter Krehler. Ilia aal.iry waa ra>a«-d to *.*•••* a year, hut tho appropria tion for Ite payment waa left at the old flaure of and Krelder haa eecured hta duea »t the end of a ault. In wlilch tha atate muat «tand the expenae."—Taooma !«« Ig.-r July 21 Following are the facte: The flrat Igeglalature fßepuMlcan> of W*ahingfon rr.nted the oftb e of St»i»rema t*.oirt Reporter and fixed the aalary at slsnn p.*r >»ar (ae* page Hlf rtetalon lawn imsrti, hut appropriated P.7M W to pay aald aalary fr<»m the date the atate was admltt* ! Info 'tie l nt«»n up to April 1. ist'l, i>r at th« rale of U"V> per annum. tWee page JO Smlnn I .aw a of IW9-90 I In this case all money In uraaa of 11500 per annum wan Illegally paid out. The I.eal»lature of I*9l (Republican) In creased the aalary of aahl reporter to J.y«in par year, iftee pace Iff! of the ges alon Isms of I*9ll. and appropriated |i*mi with which to pay aald aalary. (See page 251. Session Laws of 1891.) Tlo> Legislature of 1993 (Republican) ap propriated hut MOrtt per year (aee pane M of the Heaalon Uat of 1893) to pay a aal ary which the atatutea provided ahould be s.*«'. which act of Inoompetency necessi tated a detlclency appropriation (to cover period of lvd-Ki) of s*»*>. with an addi tional amount of DM for Intcreat on aald nmount. (See page 878 of the Seaaton Law* of 1895.) I.caving the law atlll unrepealed the Leg Mat ore (Republican) of I*9B again ap propriated but S3OOO per annum to pay aald aalary (aee page 42) Session I.awa of 1895), notwithstanding the fact that a similar blunder by the legislature of 1893 had made neceaaary a deficiency appropria tion of s3l'io to cover the period from ISM to ISKT. by thla nunc Legislature. and not w Ithstaudlng the further fact that It la a well-known settled proposition of law that the courts will compel the payment of the full amount of an officer's statutory aalary whether the legislative body ap propriates a sufficient amount of money or not. The first atep taken by the legislature of 1897 (Fusion) was to repeal the law of ispl. which fixed the aalary of the Supreme Court Reporter at S3OOO per annum, and to substitute therefor a salary of s2>>oo. (See page 38 Session I.a»s of IW.) The legislature then appropriated S4OOO for the biennial term to pay said salary (see page l'dt Session luiws of 1597), an amount In conformity with the provision* of the statute fixing sold salary. Now these are the facts, and only a person whose conscience has become cal loused by association with the party held j together by the cohesive power of plun | cler would have the effrontery to make ! the assertion In the above quotation. The Republican legislature of ISDS. derelict In this as In other things, failed to make the amount of money appropriated con form to the amount provided In the stat ute. The reporter then exercised his un questioned prerogative and sued the state for the difference between what the Re publican Legislature agreed to pay him and what they actually did pay him. The responsibility, therefore, for this Judg ment against the state rests upon the sev ! eral Republican Legislatures and the Fu slnniats arc In no way responsible there | for. THE RIGHT-HOUR LAW. S|io< o'i of linn. Jamoa Hamilton Lewi* "Fight hours' toll Is enough to Impose upon a man having a body to carc for, a mind to educate, and a family to love and rear." Mr. Lewis of Washington said: Mr Speaker: At the suggestion of those particularly Interested. I am asked to ex press pome of the views before this House which I expressed before the committee t w hen I advocated the elght-honr measure. The outw ird object of this bill, as stated In the title. Is an eight-hour law: that Is to sav, a measure (hat men laboring In minimi toll for their living In any matter In which the Government Is Inter ested. <nntraets or otherwise, shall not give n: re than etgjit hours In a day to i manual toll. It Is assumed that this is a great boon to the toller for which lie should Is- so grateful as to tall down In profourd worship and endless gratitude at nti< " For the benefits conferred in this measure part of which t was the advo cate the toi'er must be duly appreciative, 1 but la-re w are forced to Indulge in a | practl. il observation. Tim !i v is twelve hours hv the .Julian i calendar The ordinary toller llv - awn\ from It" center of the mnnufai tnrv or p! ice of t 1 Ills small Income nc-essi l t.ites his living In a suburban home From the lime he rises, and enmlris from the i details of Ills breakfast, to the time he I r. aches tils place of work, let us assume that >n hour has passed From the time he >i lit* work through Me »»»• * \c\ nighttime I iti »• • • .1 ♦ \ tv»« n I v* iMi - i i» den* »1 * * • • •>, w « will ;i !!••%% iff ?h«'r hou* i i •' • • • ..r |! 1 « If 1 i% tiJ*ir or »hr . • . r • it o' " 1 » V ' 'V rt 'liinl toll tn *' ' h t ' I f ' j. • i irr m t l « i • rfir* »• ' or W• | 1 \ I . ' I ♦ »' ** t ft tin* i-f nni* • f ♦do hi" n '• d r *• •he rnir* f.» h t»« «f■tt! 11 % ate f«|p f.ivnll> »•» f(.r hfpfrft n* 'I »•»'" fig* ' « '••• it i • rl« ifi ii .! - ~f i |«■ li.i '»••! \f| t • i w * 1 1 111 ? 1 - If| I .at*«»• '*> p< f • a t « • f| r hr » nt l-*» f r will »»r . , k fill r for whlfh h* *• • mn«*t f *. r • 11f • ift• t»• t 1 f J .\. fm • r • f w h•» ontrll if • ik fililni h«» of 1 a «f hi- if. T dtk-e#a hrrr fo ' 1 • nM n ll'Kl (ft IPVIM f I • •• t I » v ' f. •. .» rnlt m #»f hi* natural right* V t? 'k ||ll H| I I H • | ) g . ■ ,| , H hat . r a nlta • I 1 •f| n •hit f proportion t., i • . r tn* fb« ifi-t »h. rehcfa O.r-I.'t ♦x• rv • f i of Ooveri wp . • I ~f n '' I l» . «»rt'-.n t.. tt»« «. ntviinrm, 1,14 I" * n the InPt to It* re-ognltrd *. *h - \m». r » f • -..-,1 Wl .rfnr . In llnrlniil, Nnd Hugo, in Fran-• bn*a been n.lviw 'ittriflr ohangr- lie hce* - tt'geafed f r hnlf i century Art'-if > ■ it-|f | ifi»rm« ii- thnt *• i l"T n h if It 1 doll «ra a vfif end work hoth night and da Wftt fh« • . • TtKHMMI If ff t rwnry nvi thnt froni 17V1 t » 17** while ! « a • « i' Fur*»pe, th#» tn? »r»r« w rk. 1 pl*- t. • n tio;ir- \\> r». ill thnt In ft* 4 tho r#». %'otut|»m fitvr hihnr pom»* r» ' • f from Hip nrhltmri power of m» n « f wulth nr.i •tattoft Prof. RnffPtP ph\« that I* wn« thi* tltflniHtlf of tt>»* •• •Mr»T •• • if »* • qttopflon ff ?- to . t' frrttf I ffi tti I t to bp hrvtm 'n PfflliltltNl Vrf llOWtPf mn»h w# deplore p. i.ki fnn»i> tfform* h«t» hn l their t* •tnninr n*«'MNirlli tn that wiv I'r- f ttop»*r* tn hIP work <»n S * «'• nturl. of \\'-»rk .»n«l Wnrep " «pi«t: "I ront«tid that from to n r»n pplraov ■ofiKwiot by law atid rarrlrd . it b> in t« of I'nrliarnf nt In behalf of int» r «-rtr.| partlep wn« enforre«f to rhent the h*' *:ll«h workmnn of MP w »•»'•. tfe Vm lo tto poll. I nor i n«e hl« bourn nni •!#«»■ tin him to f»ot ert " It |« to he ohpervf'l that at the tlma mhen Murke wnd Hherhlnn were tfi* the .Irapnttnm of fV*«*Tlri|r« th»- lahof. er- of 1 rifrlnnd w «»re l»ele* foroed (p point of duration of hourp nnd «mnltnoep "f rotn|»epnation to ei In thtp ord» i| a?nt the tndlm Ftohlllph pm forre.t to endur* h» thtp country I note r»«rtl'Mjinr l\ thnt |t#{ rttfferent hlllp h okirr to tha relief of the lalK>rer« and th* *horten!n* of hip houra have been Introduced since Twenty-two of thrm have received fav.rahle rrjort from the rnmml'tee*. •h ven of them In hark'd and tmifii la ted form have *one throfiirh r*on*re«n. Only «1* have nfTordrd any derided relief, and three of these have he.n po amended aa to put arbitrary power Into the bar d« of employer or contractor, or have what la called a dlarretlon tn the hand* of thoae rontroilin* the labor whleh they were permitted to UP# to the utter l*Tinr in* and deppollatlon of the law. Protr-M of Weatrrn Central Labor Union. I rnll for rvldrnra un«n this fart »rfl produra t.rfor- thr Hm*a- a protrat In wrltlna of the Woatrrn C#ntral Tabor t nlon of tho Htatr of Washington, h-ad quartrra at Oty of Brattla. who ar.> pro. trMln* to ('ongrt■■ and to thr Attornay Ornrral of th- t*nlt-d Btatra that th- art of PonKtowa forhlddlna labor mora than -Irht hours, yrt rraarvlnr a dlarrrtlon to an.iwnd thr law whrnrvrr to tha mind of thoaa havlnir rharga of thr work It b-- romra noroaanry. that now. borauao there hua arisen the ntawssltv for Oovernment wofk. thoae havlnir charge of the eontrart. parti -ularly upon the forllflratlont around I'iigat Bound. Inetend of employlnir more men. Insist upon forrlnir the men to work more hours, and ttlvlna as a reason for the same the impending war. In view of the fart that these men who work In thla hranrh or department are the rlaas of men who are now being given toll for the first time in years, who have the last few years been idle and often hun ary. It does appear that every effort might be made by thla great Government to put as many of these men to work as can be engaged, that each and aa many as po«s|. hie may draw some benefit from out of he Government's situation, particularly his when we recall that many other of or the same sort of men. have gone to the front to give their lives for the nation, leaving their wives and chll dren to he supported by their fellow workmen, their relatives and friends to . 'mp™ upon the House the necessity Of keeping that provision In the I!.' v°. r 1 ,e<, l »°me responsibility which Is entitled "to prevent aub-contrael ? workmen from evading this wwh u° Ur t. with It upon the pretenses that thev are only subject to state laws, as they do not take the contract directly from the Government." These pretenses, I regret to say have tn many Instances prevailed and judges of Federal and other courts nave In too many Instances made an ex emption to these sub-contractors and oth ers assuming authority and thus gave an opportunity not only for the Ignoring but for the complete destruction of the pro visions of what should be a humane law. The Legal Phase. There has been raised some question as to the constitutionality of the law. and whether It Is In the power of people to control the personal contracts of the in dividuals. That there are conditions when such laws can ont be applied to contracts between Individuals, which would Include suh-contractors. I at once submit: but, with the provisions in that hill specifical ly applying to them, a late decision of the Supreme Conrt. construing the law of the District of Columbia, makes It certain that this provision Is both constitutional and will, upon any contest, be wholly sus tained. As a concluding observation I ahall In sist that Congress shall feel itself the guardian of these men for whom this law was framed, and will stand against anv attempt upon the part of any official, however high, to .suspend or ignore this law. T go further and demand that if for want of reason, for a good and ampl© reason, any official, matters not his sta tion, shall at liberty suspend or ignore this law he shall be treated as an ejr- Prestdent of the United States was who attempted a similar course to a graver law—to the process of Impeachment. If we shall hope for the love and support of these men and their advocacy of our In stitutions and the laying down of their lives for their country, let us protect them and see that they get the full favor of the full law passed for their benefit and pro tection. DEPENDING UNION LABOR. From Speech of Congressman Lewis in National House -"A Secret Lair to Crush Labor Unions Is a Blow at the Organizations of the Poor." Mr. Chairman: I move to strike out this provision for converting the street cars of this countary into mail cars and the tracks Into Government military roads. Mr. Chairman. I am opposed to that provision. I do not impute tiny wrongful motive to this eommittee. I am opposed to that provision permitting the transportation of mail hy electric and ca ble cars. 1A hy not continue to ipe wag ons. busres and vehicles, which circulate Into every street or avenue? I am op posed to the conspiracy afoot to convert street railway tracks into military roads, where upon every occasion when master* and employers may seduce the military hand of the Government the employes may he trampled under military heel ami slaughtered hy Government infantry Sir while \ve are professing devotion to coun try and solicitude for her humble poor we arc permitting the enemies of liberty in.it liberty of honest protest against Injustice—to surround it with persecution and d< nth ,n order to flight It or defeat it The only purpose of that is to federal!*© the street railways of this country It Is not a measure for the benefit of the mail svrvl e and it does not serve anv con stitutional purpose, but it makes a "strike on every street railroad a subject of Fed-