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f every 3-seart"-. - - e
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WhenI· PIthe trusts want' au
Sthi.- they begin working
i the ther direction They
wanted the Elkins bill a i
' il.ru.:\er thet trusts want'a."
e! at the last y sion of Coni" fa
gres--. alnd that is why they tfay
seLt t ife t.eerams to the It
Senate asking that it h." kill
ed. "Iheyt knew that w,::t;!4 ý
o, the trick. That i: why. Vi
to
at thi- time. they are i;wilr ing
tlhe i: rci,',' n-i' that they d, ,.,
114,1t R t RI., h ve!t !tolum na. 1
1 or telcted. Thi- kTnow '
th,- i le ll give them . th
what thel da , tt wan-t.f
g\V-t. i the igame. h:
sac
Ast,rnley Getneral Knox is,t'h
il a quandary. He is like i'i
the f.i rc v-h, hwa- dr:ink b.
:tt
If h," ltt i, 1e w,,il , fal. t
•ad if he he ong he wteul ir
freeze. Mr. Knox lhas shown t
that a uce;z--ful prsccuc tiu:
wA th trusts can b-. condtut
"-d. at'.-; hlie ,!.:1 .-u't want t,-,
injure tlhe trn-ts. Ti:-y ar h
_rrattrhs -f the republican
party. and the party is their, re
-rtature. If tle ar t. is g,-it
ing to tnrn agaiust its friends tl
there is reing to be trouble..
If Mr. Knox does not go on,"
the hpeople will make life ai.
burden for hiu and i e icit
o, es tr on the trusts will o
sma.sh hi. And that'.- what' tC
tle uatter with rKuxu. I
I \was told a'few days ago d
ay the l:i:hd t partyl auth- i
,rity tir-t the invetigation
int., th- c a1 'fr:a-t mrthoeds a
by thre 1.: trsgt be t', lr.or.ul "
tonneo-i ,u instituted by '
Mr. dillfrahm.andolph Hearft, e
wuud gon t the bottom lf l
thfi g:s h-fi re it wa - ,lr-, ;,d.
'ithe Ca' T'r:it muot ird.:uq :
it- ; awrs and 1-,atralcts or th.
harlt-i betfore the ciurtis of
sont f. "tL i. rl f .al that is
lega!. What a republican
att;,rey m-neral has refu.--d
tfo d,_, has been done by a
citiz. !1 ,whoe sy-mpathies are
Iwar.s with the ui der dht,.
Oneu effgt that the rottoenf
hiess in public office under
reI.,,blican administration is;
goingto have, T a that it will
revivt-e the necesdity for ae
demooati'c platform nexti
year modeled after that of
1f76. on whirch -amuel J.a
'T'ildlen was nominated and
ed for r~,refun almtst ever.
partera;h! . There is as muech
neci ityh for rfyrma how as
ther,, was then. and it seems
to be the ctonsensus of demo
cratic opinion herte that the
sry of reform l il be Ucne of
othe in-,'.- in ithe ext cam
paign. If the h.nest mfrn af
the nati, n. r.-,ard(le.z if 1 oli
tids coatld ple aIe to neder
ptand thme cditk.n heret in
ma'y 7 trE deo-.a.rt:mueltJ.
the)" ot uhl r-weep the repe.b
lican ld rty ot of ,fce ond
the cr .of retrt ,l altone andl
with n asrthr i~ee ia the
The h-:isiona of tde mo
etd down. v.. si·: • a _4tai
elhtric frat hi.-r 'aer .. aIllth
thi h d', lar,-s in eff,.,-t t)hat
.t E Z. Vi.. -I-
tf.to' M e. ,1t.- .. le ,'Ch O-,n
,ff r 't
 l" * th " rt , I. i.10l:i 'a tli
1. r t that n- .. ate t:.
h- a ri.y t a to 'i' rat',h-i h
te=,. `-i I, ,f thl c . Irt i- a ,
vi.:ory fI r :tat-s' richts. It ref
vi-tua' i: -as that a-a state art
imay d ) a- it tra ."-- in a
"" v.1re'1; mitter of this
. .ara t-:r. at: I the Lcisioln ,
-_ :.*:..., t,', i,:ifv. the -itua- ca
tir, rf-·-' tin : I e ro .-utira:e dam'
in all tlhe tates ,f the Suth. fr''
t' aId pr,,ablahi will lput an end t`C
to oth-er test -a.es. If :o. it.dc
is believed that it will have th
i a far-reaching effect for good wi
in the w hole .oumiry and go ar
far toward the settlement of
Sthe o-call:d negro problem.
. It simply means that the
s uth".rn . le;,! are the aren- 3
Scy through whi-:h the ques
' t:.1n o,f the nezros future can ec
Ie . olved. an l that the first ti.
step, , war1, -ati-factory set
1ta
St!e:n'let is to be found in dis
in franchisement. It .- aLs that c
tth,. neg.ru must fir-t be elimbi
t.ated from ,olitics. That -
,accomplished. the white p.e,. t
is, p'e of the South can -seek. by.
ke inllusltrial dwv-!Lopment. the h
Ak bttcrinen:t of the black race. p
,. which ?hall i, t only redound fi
to tthe advantage of the color-;
r,d p, ,ple. but the whites of' ,l
rn the South as well.
: The written opinion of .ir. t
,'t- Ju-:i 'e Holimes contains a e
t, dli asion of the qn--stioL it
r how far a c-ourt of equity i
an ought t, g, in attelmptiug to t
ir relrces political wrotns. and "
it arrives at the conlulion:i
s' that such a couart properly :
has no such power-that for
on the court to undertake such 1
ea juristiction would amount in
he -the end to the administration 1
ill of the government by the.
II
question up to the Congress.
,Some people believe that this'
to decision will be an incentive
th. for C'ranpac'ker and others'
ion "f his ilk to g:-t busy again
,Is and endeavor to have their1
r_..- 1et measure put through re-'
iby during the representatiou of*
rst, the -tates of the South which
of Lave curtailed the negro vote.
e,l1. If they do it will jrove a prc
, v,-i,:,1us boon to the democracy
te in the nrxt great battle of
of the baliots. The people of
ra- the country simply will not
t i stalnd for it. ,s was evidlenced
-an by th.- swe ;ping democratic
i--d victur-,- in 1:74 and l1,*J
" a after the att.::Apt to put
are through the iLre bills. The
*, . repubiians are not lookinr g
for that kin1 ,.f an issue.
ten Pertinent Comment on The
-der 1 Suffrage Decision.
will IWe reproduce from the
Mr a 3emphis Commercial Appetal
nthe following pertinent com
net ment on the suffrage decision
. j. recently rendered by the Unit
an ed States Supreme Court.
• *Excitable Northern peo
c'all-ple grow iildignant over the
very passage ot f laws tby some of
inch the Southern States to "disin
w as fra:,chise' the blacks. One
-ers woul'l imagine from their
tirades that evervy neroin
emo- the ,outh wa- prenteiled b1v
t the law from voting. What are
e of the fact-s in the case The
ceam o nIl mne r:oi:--barring crimi
,-n rf rall -whlo are p't-vented from
,li- v,-itg inf any southern Statr
S are those who call not read
dter- aid write. I- it a wrc.g to
re in prohibit the illiterate nrrc
oents. frin votiun. \V e hardiy fan
t.b- cy that it is. He can not
; o, vote in either Mass~achusett
• r Cont. Ti .t. Sa) he is
a wronged as much in thoe
the States as he is in Mi.-_i-i-ippi.
Louisiana. ,: N,.rth Caralina.
IWhen tpayimi hisi retr-..-s te
. the S-uth the Northern c-ritic
aw uwles that !he franc hise i
a r.atural ri,-ht. but there i
a , ,,t a ....tate Ii th, lUie Ld,, that
atvi r,--- - r mi-s that assunilati,,n.
 thatTn . 1 t..: a.i 5 ;,Z t . N ,:'-i
a1 l, . :.,i. IH_, t,:: an 4 ' e we-a
.Ir'- L- 1:a. re isti.red. In sin.
.moIe taites the citizen can a
not \-,ote unless h- has paid cre
his irl I tax. and even this re- ano
wh-it a ailt .:-- r.a-:aed a tli.
F c--r-' a. -e he is relieved ot it:.
th!e nc,-.it~y of payinP it. the
T';I it il Tnei ss':e s=,e men pea
hayv to ";ay their poll-tax and
s L., o nt. In Vermont
• th1,' whil)'1I ae not ,.obtainedl up
ta" a; ; *'-,,b:tinI of thr board
oif J,i1l 1:'lirity _'f the to;wn
in wl, i,. ith-y resi e are ex
" c't:,lrt i, .i: the s-njfrage. In
a Wvy.eii: ths' who ,an not la
t read te1 stat*- ltlt-,titutiol b(
Sare di-i ran.hii.d. Can any ga
oa n. in Viaw cf th.-' fac'ts. ,.,
a l1!,-~,t claim that .Missi:ip- .e
.i wr 1u the negro by inn
"n ol,,,,i an educati.onal qualifi- to
a- cati,-i: Y 2t the otliy wrr,-l It
,t donie lim. L- t,_, exclude him w
. fro,.i the suff.rge if he is illi- b
d terate. ;ut 4as Masachusetts. in
Connecticut. and Wyoming
it do. Thus it will be seen that
re the 'wrongs" done the negro do
xd with reference to the ballot w
jo are entirely mythicaL" la
of Intolerant, if True, ai
u. -:
be We clip from the Southern tl
1- lft-.~t~iyer rSan Antonio, l'ex P: K
It has often been suggest
an ed. says the -1 ,c Maria, that b
?t tuiX t-.it ,rr * N.ei Mexico. .
t- the nL1orit' ,f wh' +C i:lhabi- c
tants are l: tho ir-. is det:i.t
the ,igility ,f .-tate:tlld be
at cau ,_, aiti-Cat1 hic-' prrju
ni- dice. Senators have said it s
at .-ometim-.-. editors oiten. But -,
,. the way of a p,,liticiau is a- e
by muchL of a my--tery as tile
* way of a serpeut upn a rocK:
1I1 hence the judicious la, mal t
-e. prefers to await an tc,:.i '-i t
ld from those who are disinter-s 1
or-; estedl as well as expert. Now.
of Mr. Charles F. Lumn:ais is'
that sort of terson in thi-f
;cae; and we grieve to say
ir. that he. too. thinks that the ;
a cbje:tion to New Mexico was',
o'its CatLoli.: population. Mr. a
it Lumnnis. as our readers know. t
t is a Ca!iforuian and a Protes
to tant: he i- brave, broad-mind-1
n11d ed and well informed. He i
ion says: T'The opposition wais
rly smart enough-after the dies
for astrous experience of its sort
ich some years ago with the A.
P. A.--to make no open spe
in cification against the CattLo
ion lice, but this is one of the
the real grounds of the opposi
tole tion. It is a new form of
e that un-American and un
-sa manly proscription which
thi' had its fair trial in the Unit-,
tive ed States. and was heard to'
lers its last grasp. and was con
.ain demned by the American
beir+ people, and buried and damn
ed so deep that even its zea
re- lot. dare not resurrect or con
a of fes it." We are lith to,
iich aolot this view: but the testi
,,te. mon y of Mr. Lummis is not
pre to be lightly set aside. never
acy thele"s.
Sof/ The eteemed Avoyelles
of Blad ~says:
not; *M3r. Bryan is out again1
ied with hi: u-ual weekly tirade
-atic aaii.-t ('leveiand and the'
S(oth'-r pr 'minemit r-,rg-anizers
l ,, f the democratic laarty. Hle
put is now using his laper. thl
T-he ComlN molier. to assail all p'ii
king lic men a:nd pr ,ninent p liti
Scal figure's wh- disagree with
him. and if he co'atinut s, in
The that line mu-h longer lie will
make himself the be:t hated
and the most despi.ied public
Sman in the country.
the That may be. but is not Mr
_,a/ Bryaun's opposition to the
om-~ plans and methods of some
ision of the "'public men and prom
Unit- inent political figures who
'disagree with him" justifia
pte ble ? If he believes that their
Sthe plans of reorganization will
ne of
lisin- be detrimental to the party.
Une why should he not oppose
their them
ro in. -
- b:-' A Correct Appreciation.
rare -
TheI The Abbeville Mleridoiat
rimi- gives the following apprecia
frnm
State tion of the merits and de
read meruis of ex-President Cleve
-- to land:
Iuro) "-It is 'r-avely announcec
" fan- that Grover Cleveland ha4
not di.klared that he will not b
isetts a candidate fur the presiden
be is cy. It is well. Nolxody,utsid
thoe cf Wall street had any grea
-ippi. Lanketirng for the "stutlet
Alina. 'ro; het" and it is c4,-4forotiun
:-is to to k-n ,v: that Groverhas com
critic to realize the fact.
uie is Hie has done his little stun
re is'on tlthe pu li" stage and then
that is L, wide:,read dispositioi
.ti,,n. arr.,,g tlhe. Dmocrats to in
,7"-'h -i': ;l',:i ax ten-o re.-r
wculd not rob hi hbr I , a
1 silnl leaf of laurel-t He has
1a uumler of thisig. t'o Li
, credit, but i also has a dt-bit
ac~- ne t J'e Wre:ked the.
r Ill:c,'ratic party ail n,:.
l the balance ij 't 2.k hI_:
4 stands on t wroTug side of
the ledger. le should r.--t in
11 peace."
r. The Mnidoana's Fummin :..
up is aboteserect. the
An Ex-P to Statement
The Brpkl agle in b
t launching the Clevelan.d.
,i, boom. say % '"iHe is toiay re- :
'y garded aslthe only man who
c. iuld beet Theodore Roose- D
P velt. 'h'h reduces the ca.d
to those o would like to
, beat Mr. loevelt and those r:
in who woul; not lie can be
li- beaten by~rover Clevelan4,
in our prnt opinion, but
g he might pOt be by any other rn
ro democrat. Therefore, those e
ot who wo  -a have eI- oe
land. may, by the support of
any other democrat, fail to
beat Mr. Roosevelt, and would
rn thereby contribute to Mr.'
, Roosevelt'a re-election."
t-' How pleasant it must be to -
iat be able to settle questions so
cL. ta.ily. The Eagle first de
bi ,_ides that Mr. Cleveland is
r, tihe. only man who could beat
d.:Mr. Roosevelt, and having
it i ttled that it proceeds to
ut brand as men desiring the
a e,'tiou of Mr. Roosevelt. all
tiwh oppose its decree. And
:ti thi. from a paper that helped
,, t) elect Mr. McKinleyv The
ter-l democrats who have been
jW, loyal to the party answer the
"1 Eagle in two ways: In the
h fir-t place. they deny that
the; Mr. 'leveland would be a
a-as strong candidate. In 1T94,
ir. 'after two years of experience.
ow. the people repudiated his ad
ud- ministration and elected a re
He publican congress by an enor-'
wa- mous majority. What reason
dij-I have we to believe that they
ort would treat him more kindly
A. now? Two years later, in
Lo- 1896, he left the democraticl
the party waudl~ wp his support,.
)si- nuominally' at least. to the;
of Palmer and Buckner ticket.
un- and that ticket not only fail
-it-, ed to carry a single stat.e cr
d to "ounty, bit actually carritd
con- 'but one precinct in the Unit.
scan ed States,' and that was not
ian- large precinct, but an oba
oea- cure frontier precin.ct in west
to ern Kansas where there were
esti- but six volrs in the preciu&ct
not t and the Palmer and Bnckner
ver- ticket only received three out
ofthe six. What was there
11es ,in the result of that contest
Sto indicate that Mr. C:leveland
ai:n Iwould be popuiar to&Ia. .
rade If it is said that Mr. Cleve
the'land's friends votled the re
1xHx'" publican ckett instead of the
tlh Palmer and Buckner ti ket.
pub, will that be urged as an evi.
Aliti- dence thaj he would beotme
with a popI_ democratic candi
,, , date? If Mr. C'leveland's
lat-d friends votred the republican
ublic ticket in order to carry out
his wishes, why don't they
t Mr secure hi. nomination by the
the republican party? Why don't
some'they boom Mr. Cleveland for
rom- the vice omkednc y a the
who Roosevelt ticket. Or if that
stifia-! would not'be acceptable, why
their don't they have Mr. Morgau
will arrange with Mr. Rooseveil
rarty. to run for vice president witi
ppose Mr. Cleveland as the reiluhli
cacanandidate for the pFri
dency.
oi, They seem to be very mnucl
afraid that the business in
recal terests of the country will b
dei- disturbed by a real battle bt
d de- tween the people and org:
'leve- nized wealth. Surely a con
bination between the friend
inced of Mr. Boosevelt and th
I has friends of Cleveland ought ti
lot be settle the matter entirely. i
iliden- both are as popular as thei
Atside friends my they are.
zreat It is absurd in the extrem
tu~ted to mention in connectior witl
)rtiug the democratic nomination
come man who, in the two las
campaigns, did not sup~,LT
stnunt the ticket and any one woul'
there see it who had any knowledg
sition of demo~atic voters or an
to in- sympathy with de~:n.,i'.ti
We irincipla.--The C,;i.:ia ne r.
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