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A LOST WORLD.
I u;il r.o live in a. Letter world,
A lunf, long uyi from here,
TVhcrc the kUu were blue and. our hearts
were true,
An.2 the days were filled with cheer.
There oor.c urd bhlne gavo rue and mine
A marvelous round of Joys,
Tor the moments brought their clfu un
Loujcht In that world that was mado for boys.
The lonjr. long days were Rolden days,
Ar.d cur hearts beat warm and high,
Tor eye and tar could seo and hear
The charm of earth and sky.
.We lr.ltt red lon by the brook's sweet sons,
And we drank at the nj. rings of Truth
Jn that land of Joys that was made for
boyt
The wonderful realms of youth.
1 lon: to dwell In that world once more,
Where the haziest Messing fall;
Tint I list It when, for tho world of men.
I trailed It, once for all.
2 lonjr to stray through a prass-grown way
To the boundless tkljs of Joy,
Land give my gold and u world grown cold
For the heart of a careless bey.
N'lxon Waterman, In J A. W. llulletln.
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THE STORY OF jji
it v A STAMPEDE, !
BY J. D. CRANFILL. :
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COWP.OY lift" L0 years ago in Texas
was very different from whnt it is
to-day. Then the big ranches were
unknown and the cattle were raised in
the open prairies, niul t lie "maveritV
Lad not become extinct. It was in
the years just preceding the incident
lie re related that I saw serv ice ns n cow
boy and was thoroughly familiar with
life on the trails. Of the incident its-elf
I was not an eye-witness, but it was
told to me by my friend, Mr. M. 11.
3);iis, an old Texas ranker and cow
boy, who is to tho eaiiy life of Texas
what Joaquin Miller is to California.
I ie the story as nearly as I can re
member it just as It came from his
lips. It chronicles one of the most
lcsperatc ttampedes over witnessed by
xi Texas cowboy.
In 1S7G the Wilson brothers, of Kan
Fas City, having" purchased over 15toij
Lead of cattle in Hamilton, Comanche,
Coryell and Pell counties, and having
arranged to centralize the herd near
Comanche Springs in McLennan coun
ty, drove to the Dennett hills and went
Into camp to await the carrying out of
their orders. These cattle were driven
Across the. Leon at various suitable
fords and converged on that beautiful
jwairio, in the center of which now
l.tands the town of Mcdrcgnr. On the
Fourth of July of that year the en
tire herd was under way, headed for
Tow ash on the Prazos river. It. was
tv magnificent army of steers, in mii
jierb condition, Kept together by a
-orps of L'j cow -bo s, mounted on bron
chos men experienced in the business.
The herd was not pressed, the object
being1 to let them graze on the rich
Lcrbagc, with a icw to keeping1 them
In good condition and reaching- the
market in time to catch the best price
In the fall of the year. At four o'clock
In the afternoon there were signs of
mi electric storm. A black cloud
showed above Ihe foothills, and the
him shining' against it painted a rain
bow which appeared to touch the earth
fit both ends. The entire herd became
jci'vous und showed their fear by those
ovv bellowi ngs, ominous to 1 he cxpej i
enc d cattleman as the muttering thun
der. The cowboys were experienced
men, and they kept the moving1 mass
well in hand, so that when the sun set
nil was well, and thecattlc were bedded
on the plains near the South Posipie,
and night settled in with the promise
of a safe crossing at the P.ruos the
next day. A detail of four cowboys
was made for the first watch, and these
mounted sentinels took their places
and rode silently around the sleopinv
squadron of longdiorr.s. The firt
watch ended nt nine o'clock, and the
second watch went on duty. It was
during the second watch that the
memorable Wilson stampede iciurrcd.
At ten o'clock the cattle appeared to
be sleeping profoundly. The cowboys
say that cattle dream and see ghosts;
it is certain that this drove of l.l.ncu
was nervous, made so, perhaps, by the
thunderstorm of the prcv ions afternoon
und the rainbow which they had eyed
with suspicion. It is likely that a great
many cattle in that vast accumulation
Lad never seen such a rainbow. It was
distinct throughout the arch and very
broad; the. lightning, too, was very
vivid, and the thunderclaps that fol
lowed were like sharp artillery. The
cowboys insisted long1 afterward that
it was the thunderstorm and the rain
bow of the afternoon that caused the
stampede that night. I!e that as it
may, it was a stampede that the cattle
men who witnessed it have never for
gotten, and are still tilling of to pos
terity. The Mars were all shining, and there
was no cause at all for the arousing cf
the herd. They appeared to get up all
ait once, with a single purpose, and the
roar that was heaid seemed to come
from a single throat. The Wilsc n
brothers and their cembovs who were
sleeping- in their camp rushed to their
jxinics who w-re grazi ng w it h t he sad
dles and bridle on, and as fast as the
bits could be replaced in their mouths
they mounted and galloped to the
flanks of the now disappearing mass.
Leaded in the direction of the Uriios
river.
The cowboys on guard took the usual
course In such cases; they kept out of
the way of ths charging mass, and gal
loped on the tlanhs, moving toward
the head of the column, hoping to
"point them off," ns they call It, and
tart them moving in n circle. The
boys who formed the guard. In gal
loping along the front of the stam
pede, saw the eves of the terrified
breves emitting tire and their tongues
prctruu!!r: They tittered tloe low
notes of terror so familiar cn the
plain, ar.d galloped madly "long-, suffering-
from u panic for which no real
cause existed on earth.
"What's the matter with the cattle?"
asked u tenderfoot, a& he galloped be
side an old cowboy.
"They've seen the devil, I expect,"
the cow boy replied; "and we will catch
it before we pet through with thU
thine;."
As the herd rushed on Iheir horns
rattled together, and all the horns of
li.OLO heud of cattle rattling1 together
sounded like an immense concert of
castanets.
Cattle are not able to sustain a long1
run, and this the cowboys know. 1'or
instance, a mad speed of five miles it
enough to break down almost any
steer; and the cattlemen knew how the
country lay beyond them, and in this
respect they had an advantage.
The reenforcement of the cowboys
who were off duty, and who had hastily
mounted ami joined those on watch at
the time, gave them a strong1 advan
tage in the efforts being made to stop
the stampede. The plan was to pet
the cattle to "milling-," or running1 in
a circle. The cider of the Wilson broth
ers Lad been a cowboy from childhood.
He was riding- a cream-colored stal
lion, and us he passed me he had his
Colt's revolver in his hand. One of the
cow boya on a pray horse was able to
keep up with him. These two distanced
all the others. They rode across the
front of the stampede, which is a feat
utteuded with terrific dang-er; forwhen
a rider is in front of the rushing drove
of mad cattle, if his horse should stum
ble ami fall, he may be put down as a
tt.us of the past. The herd will "wipe
him out." This Mr. Wilson knew, and
the cowboy ridinp close to his crupper
also knew; but they were, going to
take all the dangers and pet that herd
runninp in a circle if it w ere possible to
do so.
Some cattle can outrun others, and
in tl lis case there was a bunch of about
.'i) fully '20 yards in advance, and toward
this leading- group the two rescuers
rode. Of the leading- proup, also, some
were faster than others, and this proup
ran in a diamond shape, with two im
mense steers leading all. When Mr.
Wilson and his companion reached the
two leading steers they began shoot
iig their i-cvi.lvtrsch.se to them, ami
in that way the bunch was made Jo
oblique, and as the leadinp bunch of
cattle obliqued the main stampede ob
liqued, and the first step in 'milling-"
had been taken, lly this time the cat
tle were pettinp tired. Neatly live
miles had been eoverid, and the breath
of the leaders wan cominp short and
painfully; but they wire rushing on,
becuuhe the front cattle at this time
Knew as a matter of fact their only
safety was in keepinp up the run.
Those behind were coining, and they
wire in the majority, and the leader
were compelled to run. There was real
danger for the forward members of the
stampede.
In the. invoice f articles contained
in the regulation "outfit," there is al
ways some kind of stimulants; and
but for the stimulants contained in Mr.
Wil.soii's outfit, it is possible that the
stampede would have been halted v ith
out disaster, lie had u Mexican along,
one. of the best cowboys in the south
west. This Mexican and his horse al
ways reminded those who saw him ride
of the fabled centaur, lie rode far for
ward and bent over, so that he and his
horse appeared to be. one animal. No
horse, how ev er, rugged, "w ild and wool
ly," had ever Wen able to unseat him.
This Aztec had been to t he little brandy
runlet too often, and had filled and
mptied his tin cup with surreptitious
intoxicants, id that his usual excellent
judgment went awry. When he suc
ceeded in pet t in p mounted, aft er hav inp
fumbled with his bridle a pood deal,
he w as far in the rear n ml t he stampede
had gone past him, so that when he
overtook tin' rear end, he parsed to the
front on the other side, and rode on
the wrunp Hank. When he rendu d the
hi ad of the lo rd lie w as jtiot in time to
dt feat the maneuver then under execu
tion of bending- the moving mass from
a straight line to a semicircle. Re
volver in hand, disregarding the other
men, he began shoot irg in t he. faces of
Ihe wild steers; and the effect of this
was to straighten the run and bring the
advance straight toward a precipice.
This precipice w as a w ash In the prairie,
funning a deep ravine fully Ho yards
wide; and in a shorter lime than it
takes to till of this contretemps the
head of the column was pouring over, a
horrib'e cascade of beef, plunginp
madly Into destruction while fleeing
from an imaginary danger. When Mr.
Wilson and his lieutenants saw- that it
was impossible to save their cattle they
saved themselves by dexterously turn
ing1 at right arp!c.s at full speed ami
riding out of the way. They next re
turned to the Hank and held a council
of war. A few seconds decided them,
and all hands commenced shooting1 Into
the hud, the object now being to build
a brea-t-w ork of carcasses and sav e t he
rear end from the destruction that had
overtaken the front. The pulley was
marly full of cattle by this time. They
were snorting and bellow ing, crashing
and tearing, and still heaping up; and
when the firing bepan the wounded
ones tumbled over on the others, and in
a short time the. pulley, like the sunken
road at Waterloo, was bridged by car
cases. 'Ihe herd surged up in billows,
like an ocean, and bent now, b cause it
could not do otherwise. The semi
circle was formed, and Wilson and his
men crossed the-pulley below and rode
around the iqositr side and reeroved;
and in a short time they had the cattle
halted, forming an Incomplete lrtter O,
and there they stood, blowing, bellow
trig, shivering. All hands remained on
watch all night, and In the morning
when a count was made It was .veer
lained tint ?,7(u) head were mining.
There were afterward 2,700 pairs of
horns taken from that pulley. It was
called Stampede Cnlley for many years
afterward, and perhaps will always,
with fome people, .be. remembered lj
th.it rmnie. N. Y. Independent.
DIXOLEY TARIFF FIGURES.
They Show a Favorablo Condition
for tho Now Law.
Icsnt Comfort for llrmorrnli In Com
tarlnir It with Hi Wllaou l.aw
A t ultsf antlnl liu
liruvriuvut. Special Wh!nfton Correspon Jtnct.)
When It meet&a w eek hence conprcM
will find that the tariff law -vhich It
placed upon the statute books In the
special session held a few months npo
lias performed all the duties that could
have been expected of it during tho
four months' test which it has had.
When the men who framed It and placed
it upon the statute book hurried home
ward last July. leaving It to meet the
adverse conditions resulting from the
enormous importations which pre
ceded its enactment, they did not ex
pect that its first four months could
cdve any ndcejuate Indication of Its ca
pacity as n revenue produced. The live
months which preceded Its enactment
were marked by such enormus Importa
tions that it was expected that the drop
in importations and consequently in
revenues would be wry preat Immedi
ately upon the passape of the bill. Dur
ing the five months which preceded the
enactment ef the new law tin importa
tions were about $ lOO.ooo.ono In excess
of the normal Importations for that
period and Ihe revenue for Ihe first time.
In the history of the Wilson law was
sufficient 1 meet the running expenses
of the government, avernpinp tin ring
those five months, $.TC,,noO,0(K) per month,
ngainst an average of $2.1..'oo,0()0 per
month eluring the other T.O months of
ti e history of that act. It wtis not sur
prising, then, that the men w he framed
the Dinpley law left Washington after
placing it upon the statute boohs in the
expectations that Its earnings in the
first few months of its existence would
I e cxt reiiir 1 v light.
They will find, however, upon their
teturn that t he new law has done bet ter
than w as expected of it under t l.ese ad
verse conditions. In the four months in
v.nieh It will then have been in opera
tion its earnings w ill surpass by several
millions the earnings of the Wilson law
in the corresponding four monthsof its
history, and have at the same time
shown a recuperative power which in
dicates clearly that when th normal
conditieuis return will be ample as a
revenue producer. Starting its work
with a month in which its importations
wire barely half what they had aver
aged during the closing monthsof the
Wilson law, its earnings for that
month, August, were $l'..(iLrt.fil4. In
creasing nearly $.i.O0O,0no In the month
which followed and again In the third
month making nearly as large an In
crease, while the earnings of the pres
ent month will reach a round $2a,000,
0')0. Ami this has occurred with no
revenue of any e-onsequencc from supar,
woll or many other revenue producing
articles with which the warehouses of
the country had been filled te over
flowing just prior to the etrictment of
the law. Treasury officials express the
belief that the revenue from sugar
alone, after the stock now In the coun
try is exhausted, will reach $.1,000,000
per month, while that from other
sources must Increase sufficiently to
add from $.1,000,000 to $3,000,000 per
month.
It Is apparent from the work which
the new law has performed under the
r.el verse conditions which have sur
rounded It that members of congress
when they come together a week hence
may feel well satisfied with the woik
tlty performed in the speco.l session
In placing this act upon the statute
boohs, und may confidently expect that
it will within a very short time prove
ample In its revenue producing power.
It is expected that t he import at ions nf
soga r w ill be returned ea r ly i i t he com
ing year, probably in January, and that
I I r re will be a ma rked increase I n ot her
lines of importations, so that there is
pond reason to expect that tin" receipts
will average $1,011(1.000 a day early In
the coming year and that the receipts
In the calendar year Tu will, for the
first time since the election of ('.rover
Cleveland In IS'.i2. be equal to the run
ning expenses of the government.
The receipts under the new law have
been published from month to month
since it went Into operation, but a com
pari sou ef the reeei pi k wit h those of I he
corresponding months in the history of
the Wilson law will be Interesting at
this time. The Wilson law. It w ill be re
membered, came into operation with
the warehouses anil shelves of Ihe coun
try empty, waltlntr large import under
the reduced tariff rales which It e,f
ferrd. while th Dingley law came Into
operation with eruditions exactly re
versed. In view of these circumstances
n which the Importations during the
first few months of the WiNon law
were In excess of the normal, while
thoc of the first few months of the
Dim-ley law were far be low the normal.
n comparison of Ihe earnings of the
wn laws in their first four months w 111
le epeeiallv Interesting to thoe who
e'eslre to lodge of the comparative
merits of the two nets.
Treasury receipt during the firt
four months of the Dingley law com
pared with the receipts during the first
four months of the Wilson law:
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-C. D King.
ITMueh Interest Is felt In the pub
lic mind j 11 t now m to the prospective
sllltnde of President MeKlnley on the
Cuban question. Tltl anxiety Is doubt
lis due to the fact that n war elnnl
would check. If not absolutely elestroy
the Irisinrss improvement among farm
ers, manufacturers and merchants
wldeh has been nppirent since the Me
Kmley administration came loto operation.
UO FAILURE OF THE TARIFF,
Important I.eaatM Tnaulit lr
lllnulf r Law.
Th partisan critic of the Dingley
tariff law, by shutting their eys to
every fact and consideration militating1
apuiott their positions, succeed in con
vincing thfmMdvfs that the present
delicti is a permanent one, and that the
new rates forbid the hope of increased
revenue. Some have actually suggested
that the president ought in hU coining
message to favor revision by-ongresof
certain Dingley schedules. Dut the
tlalm of the republican leaders that the
deficiency is due solely to anticijalory
Importations, finds striking, though In
direct, corroboration in the latest state
ment touching our International trade
relations. The low-tariff explanation ot
the figures In question will be studied
with considerable curiosity.
It is f how n that our total exportation!
during the months of August, Septem
ber and October exceed by about 20 per
cent, those of the corresponding months
of the preceding year tinder the Wil.s-oi
law. The cry that the Dingley law
would close the foreign markets against
us is refuted by the statistics showing A
marked increase, in our sales in every
country of importance that has pro
tested against our new schedules. The
detailed statement is extremely instruc
tive, but it can onh' be referred to here.
Thus German', as is well known, has
been greatly exercised over the alle ged
disastrous eperation of the new tariff.
Our exports to her markets during Au
gust and September were $10.133.S07. as
against $13,413, 3 1 In thecorresponding
period of last year. The incrrruc in our
sales to Great llritain amounts to over
$3,000,000, that In our sales to Trance
to over $7,000,000, while our sales to
Italy, llelgium and Austria all exhibit
a similarly marked Increase. At the
ame time there has been an equally
marked decrease in eaeli case in out
purchases.
What Is the meaning of these facts?
In the first place, it is plain that the
Dingley law has not led to our exclusion
from any foreign tr.atkets. True, there
Is still agitation In favor of retaliatory
measures, but no one seriously believes
that it will end In anything but smoke.
The second and equally Important les
son is thnt the reduction in imports can
not possibly be permanent. We are in
deed at present the great creditor of the
world, but it is folly to imagine that all
Industrial countries will go on buying
twice the amount eif their sales and srt
tle the balance In our favor In gold.
There is bound to be nn increase in our
purchases, and this means more revenue-
to the treasury. The l)ingley law
eloes Insure us against an adverse bal
nnee of trade, but It does not and can
rot prevent the government from re
alizing adequate revenue from foreipn
Imports. Chicago Post.
WAGES DEING INCREASED.
Mlrtilitttn Miner Profit I nic l Ilrpnlt
Ilenn YlctorleN.
A few das ago the melancholy Alt
geld made a speech for the late Mr.
Perkins, in which he declared that the
workmen were no better off now than
they were a year apo, and wanted to
know of nn instance. tf n man whose
w ages had been raised since MeKinley's
election.
Though pretending to be. a friend of
the workingmen, Altgeld w ill be pained
to learn that the owners of the iron
mines in the vicinity of Irtm Mountain,
Mich., have given notice of v ten per
cent, increase in wapes, to begin De
cember 1. More than 2,000 men will be
affected. Furthermore, the mines arf
to be worked during the winter.
The limestone operator in the 'a
toning valley announce that at the bv
pinning of next month the wages of the
'J, 000 men in their employ will be ad
vanced L'O per cent. There Is such a de
mand for limestone on th. part of tha
blast furnaces that e-mpl0crs can pay
higher w:ipe.
The iron and steed industries aro
booming. All the m.ills and furnaecM
have ordei-s enough on band to keep
tin-in running far into next year. So
ere at is the demand for their products
that the total shipments of Lake Su
perior iron ores for this ear have been
12,L'30,0()0 tons, or 2.00.),(;no tons in ex-e-css
of the output of any previi us sea
koii. The production ef t hose mines for
next ye'.ar will reach at least 13.O0it.OO0
tons.
'1 hese are facts w hieh Altgeld angrily
refuses to see. His mission Is to spread
eliseontent, and make me:i believe that
everything is going to the dogs. So
when busine ss improves, ns it Is doing,
and w hen men pet mero work ami better
pay, as they are doinp, he resents it, for
it teml.s to make his preae hings nf gloom
and despair ! e ffectlve. hieago Tri
bune. A I'roilneer t Hcvcnwe.
The idi owing of $-III,7s deficit in
the government elebt statement for the
month ef October i.s jubilantly accepted
by the opponent ef the Dingley law
ns cum ula t iv e ev idenee of the failure of
the act as a revenue producer. Hut the
officials themselves lire iiuined toquite,
Ihe contrary view. '1 lie country i.s rap
Idly eoining to the end of that surplus
tock ef fore ign products imported dur
ing th e losing days of the Wilson law's
operation, and normal e-onditiom will
oon be restored. I'mli r such conditions
the collections from customs will be
very large ly increased, and it is now es
timated I hat the Iiktims-cI receipt f rum
M.gar en.d wend ah-ne w ill b suflii ient
to overbalance the eleli-it for last
month, leaving the Incrc:i In collec
tions on all either articles tonpply upon
the df ficit to-cumulate d during tin re
mainder ef the e ar. Notwithstanding
all criticisms and all statements to the
contrary, the Dingley law Is n revenue
producer and will prove Itielf fully ad
cepiate to the needs of the government.
Troy Times.
CT. tariff atid unlimited home com
petition mean labor and budncs for
very American who will work Ids
hands, and less harvests for the cTemii
Covm who only work their moulhsv
Iona State Ileglstcr.
GAGE ON CTItUEXCY REFORM
Tho Socrotary of tho Troasury
Favora Bank Circulation
era Prornlc of lleitrr Time In lie
cent Itrpultllrnn lclirlr
C'ounarls AttnlnaC I'lnnu
rlnl Aullntloii.
Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J.
Gage spoke at the one hundred and
twenty-ninth annual eliuner of the New
York chamber of commerce Tuesday
night, November 23, upon the subject
of currency reform, making In the
course of his remarks some allusions
to recent republican victories at the
poll and their probable effects on the
nationnl welfare. Following Is the
speech almost In Itsentlrety:
irnv Prottlrnia lit Solvr.
"Our fathers had Krave problems to
solve. Our own are etjuatly serious. They
sre rv-fn more complex. Ttn (lib llty shown
by the fathers MioulJ fitly example our
fidelity. That It the price through which
the y.otn we enjoy may be honorably pns-
i'sr(l. a.Mi'.l to. anil pnsel on to those who
follow us. We aro met Just now with one
of thne problems which must be bravely
faceil an.! wisely solved. It Is a question
fundamental. In u material sense, to the
welfare of every member of the inlRhty
Rroup which constitutes our national life.
It touches the humble and dependent more
closely than St dors th strong and power
ful. BlthmiKh In Its tlnal determination the
far-n achlnK destinies of all are Involved.
For four enr Its Injurious shadow has
depressed Industry and enterprise. Thanks
to the v. ! Instincts of our people, and to
their declaratory voice uttered In Novem
ber last, assurances have come to lift
doubts, to banish fours, to brace hope, and
to lend courage.
"This happy reaction In enterprise now
Wll nes.sed-1 lie stimulation of Industry
which has followed thl new assurance. Is
n confirmatory evidence of the bl'tthtlnu ln
flut nets of that tierce propaganda for 'freo
silver' and si inl-rt pudlatlon that met Its
Just rebuke from tho freemuti'e bullut In
IM11V
"SpeaklriR broadly, I believe thnt the
sh.-ipe and destiny of our nnt lotial life, as It
may be affect i-d by financial legislation, 'sto
be determined within the next four years.
Four years I a period so short In a people's
history as to bar all Men of futurity and to
require In substitution the more liniut dl.ite.
omnipresent now. The forces and ineriTb s
which found victorious expression In the
last election are as significant now as they
with then. Are we Intelligent and emir
"eous enough to take the action thii.- pres
ent warrant Justifies, and secure the tut ure
BK.-ilnst the thinners which have been for
the present overcome? It H sal 1 that un
der present conditions It 4 Impossible that
obstructionists can hinder and defeat the
popular will; that agitation on so delicate
u subject ns the money standard U lls
tui 'hint;; th.it we have the best i,f guaran
tees that for four years the present status
Will be maintained: that the revival of
business wilt be best assured by the policy
of Inaction. Covered In one sentence all
this Is summed un In the muiii-iihu-cd
maxim: 'Let well i,oiu:!i ah ne.' The max
im well applied Is Indeed a wise one. but
the Wisdom of It lies In the uppllclltloll
Of It.
urreiie' Sjnteiu Unit r.nouuli.
"When ultra conservatism applies It to
Justify n condition vv hlch Is bad enoimh Ins-ten
ly of well enoimh. It Is fatally misap
plied. That the condition of our currency
and banking system is bad noup.h Is e. r
tlllel to by the deliberate Judgment of tho
fcrtat body of economic, students and by a
general consensus of opinion arnontf busi
ness men. It certainly Is not w II enough
with a bsriklni; system utterly lm last le and
correspondingly Irresponsive to the domes
tie requirements of trade and Industry, to
which. In Its proper relation, tho bunklnt;
system should bo the faithful and elll
clent handmaiden. It Is not well enough
with the national treasury awkwardly pr
fjrmlriK an ottlee which Is entirely foreign
to Its proper function. It l not well
enough. It Is absolutely bad, when the re
sult I1 a j. ul. lie treasury so expanded In In
demand liabilities In a time of profound
peace as to threaten Its solvency In case of
war. Thomas Jefferson, the putative fa
ther of democracy, himself declared : "Pur
bit; the Interval between war and war nil
the outstanding paper should be called In,
coin be permitted to flow In .again, and
hold the th l of circulation until another
war should require Its yh ldlni; place aualn
to the national medium." No. my friend,
we ate not Jo-tltlcd In falling back In su
preme Indifference to rest upon a perveiii J
ma x tm.
"Nor Is neltntlon to be feared !n Its effect
on Indiift ry or bie-.ltir affairs, If It I to be
li n akilatlon In behalf of better conditions.
We have absolute security that for at le i-t
four ea rs no t cp ca n be 1 ffect I vel y taken
which will degrade our mom y staialarJ or
brim; dishonor to the national credit. A j--1 -tathiti
will, therefore, result In not hint; or
be prodii'-tlve of ro. '1 I'tider such condi
tions, agitation I the hb;ln t conservatism.
Mitre Secure I 'on lulu I Ion.
"The establishment of our otirr ncy nnd
t.anl-loK hystem upon inure secure found. 1
th nv Is Ihe one thin;: lacUiu; to the things
which make fur 11 p' ' nrment condition f
reasonable prnpcrty. In si curlnt; this the
I b m 1 r In the v est. Ihe laborer In I he mines,
the toll, r In the held, Ihe mechanic in his
shop, the men hunt, and the banker, sre
nil. whet her they know It nr not. each In l is
dii;ree alike Interested. The text to which
I was called to !pi ak Is thus stated: 'Cur
rency lleform-Now or Winn?' Ity Impli
cation I am absolved from all obligation to
discus the how, or to no Into detail of
method to achieve currency reform. This
I a creat relief to me for two reasons;
First. It mlnht be Injudicious to nntliipat
here and now. what It will be my oltl.lal
duty to set forth a little later on. Fecund,
It would be to enter at once the In li of
preatest controversy, where doubts nnd
fears are most numerous, and where p's
siotis and prejudices have their freest play.
"I'very one favors reform his kind of re
form. Many are willing to have reform, any
body's kind. If It can be had without strut;,
pie and free of cost. Ot Iters, seeing that the
path of viitue bads to serene and restful
plane, are w llllnt; to w alk In the w ay of It.
1 ven at the cost of present pain and sacri
fice. Tito first proup embraces the radicals
and fad list nf ivery kind, who will toler
ate in) method not Indiv 1 lually their own.
The set und proup. the IndlfTennt many,
rate r form, but are fruitful only In ob
jections. You may retire the preenback. or
ot herw !" reduce the riduttdiint Issue of
the national obligations paable on de
mand, but. Strange Inconsistency, you
must not Issue bond In the time of prac
rmt ven to discharge sacred obligations In
curred In war. Thesr people ouht to In
form ns as to which t't Ihe two Is the hh;V
er wP lom To avnll ourselves of condi
tions favorable to the hltlnst credit and
lowest Interest, to put our financial house
In order, or to wait until another rlo.l
shall come, when, as the unhappy days of
IMiO-t.', we may be forced to fate dis
honor or to r covf r ourselv e nt .w.. lie In
terest upon ohilcatlons realising to cur
tr usury only Co or M per cent, of the
face of the contract. Others of the name
prenj) till us: You nhall not contract the
coriency, nor shall you permit any substi
tution In ihe form of hank note ssu s.
W ith all these limitations, restriction nn I
Impossible lolldltlons they respectfully
ul. mil thnt they favor n form The Ihlul
Rroop. eonvincd of the wOdoni .efor'ii
-and reform now an I perceiving that In
rature's order v ry pood acquired Involves
some s.n rlflee in'idc. must stand ov-thrr
In pall'ht p. rs.sieney and w or k a long t he
line or bast renPtanee (for thl. ton, li
lotture- order) to secure lliOe hlh t-ntls
at w hi. h ihe v aim."
IL who is eletcru.ini il to see noth
ing In his garden hut beautiful lluvveri
will soon tint! himself forced to see
COthlrg1 hut w ceili. N. Y. It. dependent
THE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT.
Aepublicnna All A lontf the Line Art
Cnlllvatlnir It.
There Is a growing" tenelency toware!i
i nele per.! cut action nndi voting- which
political leaders ur.el manager cannot
tfTord to ignore. It has been apparent
In the republican party for a lowg time.
Republicanism is rooted in character
nml Intelligence, and they are not con
genial toil for mere servility. Patient
and tolerant in times of emergency this
temper breaks loose when Icst critleal
conditions jH-rmit Its safe manifesta
tion. Last year this independent spirit as
serted itself in the democratic party.
The domination of llryanisin led thou
sands of democrat to revolt. It wns
tho most conspicuous Instance n-lnce the
war of nn outbreak w ithin the organi
sation which has been the most hide
bound and submissive of all parties.
Hut that demonstration has fostered
the general spirit of intlepndence, and
has contributed, to make party ties Ret
less firmly on considerable bodies of
voters.
The most striking feature of the late
elections was the illustration of this
truth. Where there was n direct and
unembarrassed issue Wtween the par
ties the elivision ran substantially "long
the old lines and elid not exhibit any
market! changes. In Massachusetts ant!
Iowa there were no personal or fac
tional complications, and the repub
licans held their old majorities. There
was nothing to demand or Incite any
protest or diversion, and there, was
none. The only remonstrance was on
the elemocratie fide, and that wns a re
assert ion eif last year's Independence
under a repetition of last year's, provo
cation. Hut in either states this popular tem
per exhibited itself in the most Mgnal
manner. In New York more republic
ans voted for Mr. Low than for (Jen.
Tracy. Iow's vote was nearly r0,0f)f
above Tracy's, and four-fifths of his
vote wtis) republican. Tracy wns the
regular candidate; Tow re present ed a n
independent movement and impulse,
but he Mood distinctly for good gov
ernnieinf. and for the only hope ( f Mie-ot-ss
against Tammany, and the major
ity of intelligent ar.d' sober-minelcd re
publicans deliberately followed hlni
and protested against the blind and
fatuous party management which re
jected the plain dictates ef common
Hsnse ami patriotism.
In Pennsylvania 110,000 votes for Dr.
Swallow gave a till mere niggcstive
illustration, eif the independent i-pirit.
Here t here w as no hope of succe ss; here
there was no real battle as in "New
York; there was simply a eUejulissatls
faetion with recent party management
and it.s obnoxious results, and u spon
taneous and unorganized determina
tion to protest. In Maryland the upris
ing was nn emtbreak against dictator
on both sides. Senator Wellington, In
stead of wisely locking to had, hael
most indiscreetly nnd ofTensively hip
dortaken to Haunt his bosvism over the
republican party, and it overthrew hi
control. Then, free, from this thrall
dom, it fcuniinoned the people to sup
port It In overthrowing Senator (Jor
man, who represented the democratic
boss'ism, and the result was a victory
discrowning both dictatorships.
These demonstrations nlemg nn ex
tendeel line will only Increase the In-depe-ndent
Fpirit. Political leader will
find that it is necessary to ratisfy rea
sonable popular elctnands If they would
escape defeat. Philadelphia Press.
OPINIONS OF THE PKES&
CThe popnerat.H who elid m much
calamity hem ling during the recent
campaign f-hould now luavt the elcccncy
to admit thnt busjies is steadily Im
prov ing. Toledo I'.lade.
CThc deniocra t io plot ters arc naid to
be busy inventing another sohenu te
defeat Mark llannn. The trouble with
their scheme's is, howeve r, that none of
them will work. Cleveland Leader.
C-rIlvcry bki.st furnace in Allegheny
county. Pa., is being operated for tho
first time in three 3 ears, thus adding to
the. volume ef smoke in the ikies which
prevent-s one Mr. Pryan freun M-cLngnny
evidences ef returning prosperity 011
the horien. M inne-a polls Tribune.
tThe peculiar insanity of the demo
cratic policy is that it compels our peo
ple to pay the artisans eif foreign na
tion.) for making things that ought to bo
the work eif our own artisans. Wehavo
just escaped from a four yearn inferno
id fre-e trade, nnd not nil the preach
ments of the democrats otm persuade usj
to reenter the dark eloniain. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
CIh moeratio members of congress
who voted for the ne'W tariff law will
Xltitl no reason to regret their action
x hen they reach Washington in De
cember. Tho t rea.su ry receipts under
tie new law have now reached such a
figure that it i perfen tly apparent the
ine tisurc is going to be a hucccs.i ns a
rev f cue producer. The e arnings of tlx,
present month are running at the uver
nge rate of SI.OOO.OOO for each bu.sines.sj
day, nnd will b nmplo for nil govern
ment e-xpendittires when the Increase
which must come after tho stex-ks of
foreign wool, Migar nnd manufactures
now in the country have been consumed
is re.'tlied. Cincinnati Commercial Tri
bune. SVOhio is a nhort word, but it hai
three reliables, every syllable Las a
vowel with a long sound, ami every
syllable nml vowel are short on democ
racy and long on republicanism. While
timid souls were talking about Oh lei be
ing doubtful, the returns) came In, nndi
the returns nhow that the republican
plurality on the state ticket Is morn
than rt.ono, and that the legislature is
republican. That's what's the. matter
with Ilauna. Ohio continues to Marie
time for the republican march. The
v ictory Is one to lmn"t of. for on n rainy
elriy the Mate- has kicked over the tra
il it ion Hint off yenrf mean a vote for thei
parly thnt is out. President MeKinley's
r tate Flood by Mm nml his fidus Achates.
The present growth of buekeyo timber
Is hard to split. Troy Times.
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