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"No mi but Ilogoa, the Janitor."
"Waa bo In th roomr
"No, I mn sur ho ni not."
"Did ou til mi at all between twelve
and nf
"Ye,'1 mid Krnnk, "h came to tie rear
door and called mt to go back and look at
a (imi in of Out borset In the allr.7."
"How long were you out of the roomr
I asked,
"Not more than two minute."
"Could a person coma from th front
hall during that tliua without your know
ing itr
"No, Indeed," said young Or, earnestly;
"1 locked the door before. I run out to
look at Hi horses."
"Then If the Jewelry wn taken while
you were in charge It could have been
tnl.fij by no on but yourself," I anld
somewhat severely to see what effect the
fOiiclUMlon would hare on the primmer,
"It look bad for me, air, eepeclally na
one of the ring wo found In niy overcoat
pocket."
"That last fct count for nothing," I
remarked, and added! 'Tell m candidly.
Orr, hav you no 'theory upon which the
ilium can lie explnlncuT'
"No, air, I have not: It eem Tcry
Mrnnci; 1 can't understand It," he laid,
hi vole trembling perceptibly, aud hi
eye again filling with leara.
It wa now noon of th day before
Thankaglvhig duy-lhe day toward which
Frank Orr had been looking forward joy
fully for many week. But iiice hi an
J ut arret be had abandoned all hope of
going, and a menage had been wired to
hi mother, Announcing that unexpected
circumstances would prevent hi being
there. "Now, off for Vermont," I aaid a
we came nut of the court room together.
"Yon will not hare much time to low,
but you can wake your train and reach
horn In time for dinner yet. Come back
a soon you can," I ald, when we
purled, "and come straight to my office.
No more work In a jewelry bop for you,
Orr."
In till little sketch I bare told you of
the remarkable clrcumatance under
which I became acquainted with mv ores-
ent law partuer. The neat lgn over our
office door now read:
FIRST THANKSGIVING DINNER.
LAWSON & ORR,
ATTORNEYS.
Frank Orr ha went nrianv nlesMin-t
Thanksgiving day since be came to New
York, but be still declare that none have
been half o delightful a the day he rum-
Indlan Chief. Were Hospitably Enter
tained by Pilgrim Fathers.
The first Thanksgiving waa appointed
by Gov. HrnilCinl PI,...,
lu the year following the landing of
the Pilgrims, In order that the Colouiata
in a more peclal way could rejoice to
gether at having all thing In good and
plenty, write Clifford Howard in th
Indies' Home Journal. In preparation for
the feast "gunner were ent into th
wood for wild turkey, which abounded
im-r m great number; kltcnen were
miKle ready for preparing the feast espe
cially tne large one in Dame Urcwster
bouse, which wu under the immediate
direction and charge Of Priacilla Moline.
"he who afterward became the wife of
John Aiden while a niessenircr wa di-
pntched to invite Massasoit, the chief of
the friendly tribe, to attend the celebra
tion.
"Early on the morning of the appointed
lhuraduy about tb Brat of November
Mussesoit and ninety of hi warrior ar
rived on the outskirts of the village, and
with wild yell announced their readinea
to enjoy the boapitaJity of their white
brethren. The little aettlement, which now
conaisted of (even dwelling! and four
-ap"""
mmjmmm
SONO OF THE THANKFUL
tV llilnk r Tliaiiknglvliig at seedlii lime:
In (he veiling, iintulilhiK, kiiiMIng time.
When the heart of nature ami hearts of won
tlojutia lu Hi,- earth growu ymiiig again.
W tlreuin of Hi harvest, of Ib-lil ami vine.
And grtmarlra full, at I ianlvlng (lino.
w, tut, b ..t Thiiikwlvlna In in-wlu time:
II, e time or nowvr, ami in vmtnav
la
prlmct
When lUe palma of tb year a atrong aaoua
WlthVeuiiaje, with grain, nd with iweet
Whfn'tni'ureuin of hn ta a truth anhH'"',
lby our bearia luake room fur tn lUannrui
1 1 lo.
We think of Thankwrtvlt.g la harvjat time:
In (In- ili'hllnil, guHoTina. '"lil-a time:
And the l.tiiUni( hiaKle y Ml kl'l.
Wh" l!u barul are full lh th. tarwat
Aud th. crowning, thankful day draw near.
W think of Thaltkaglvliig at rtlg lime:
Th. clri'ie ciiniil, ml i '"il chlui
lu the "ug of life, In th. Ilvxa of men!
We karvvai the loll of our y.-ara. ami llien
wS Salt at III. 4t. of '"e Klua'a hlKliway
titr mo uawii oi vur p..,,
. It.wli 'il.rtwU'k Thorp.
JUSTINTIXIE
FOU DINNEK.
AS
KlIHC from tome noleu crimlnnl
rtatvcullnn wliiUi I conuiicteii
t-veral year ni;o, 111. Incident
wliub I am about to relate waa ono of
the n.oat lutereatliig chapter In my pro-
feaional life. It had Hceu a atormy no
vciitwrr day, luring the morning the ruin
hod conic down lu torrent. Toward noon
to eri.tnllla M It do-
aoeuded, and all aftemomi Hie now hud
l, hlnlii and drifting lu a very uu
ririiifoHMble way. It grew dark early,
I'tfrhnpa it J becue of thla Ihnt I de
cided to go Home an uour eornrr
.lou I. I any ueihnua, liecauee I have nl
way thought that providence had onio-
thing lo do with my goln out on to
the
atroet at that moment, t'uaaing up llronu
way I turned Into Fourteenth atrcet to
croa to the elevalea ruiirono aiauon.
Near the corner I encountered crowd
of men and boy, In the center of which
tood a bluecont With a prisoner. Stand
Ina on tin-toe, I w that the prisoner
was young lad with a remarkably hand
om face and gentlemanly manner. A
call had been sent in for a patrol wagon,
nt the Dollccmnn waa waiting the re
eponse. The boy liwke.1 thoroughly frlght
n,L As I reached the spot he was pro
testing hi Innocence and begging to be
released,
"I iell yon honestly, lr, It 1 mistake,
I know nothing of tne lewoiry. i am in
nnipnt. air: I am. truly."
Thnl'a all right. Jon young rascal,"
the policeman replied. "Nobody War ar
rested ever tel anything. Hut when
we get our clutches on 'em they don't
generally turn out uch Innocent a they
claim.
Just then the patrol wngnn dashed np,
two nflWcra nl uhtcd. and the boy waa
quickly hustled up the tepof the wagon
and driven off.
"What nation f I naked a they drove
off toward the south. There was no re
ply, but by walking rapidly in the direc
tion takon by the officer 1 soon brought
up at the Mercer street station, where, a.
an attorney, I soon ohlalued an interview
with the lad whose face had so greatly
Interested me. When I wa shown to hi
cell be wa weeping bitterly, and appear
ed to be In absolute dsepnlr,
"I saw ion at the patrol box," I said by
way of Introduction, "and thought I would
like to find out little more about your
eaeo. I am a lawyer: and If you are in
tiocent, aa I thiuk you must be, I will see
what can be done to get you out or uit,
My name la Lawson, what 1 yonr?"
"Frank Orr." he wild promptly, as
wave of gratitude and hope swept over hi
face. !Yhen he drted: "Thi I very kind
of yon, sir. The whole miserable business
Is a mistake. I never took bit of the
Jewelry! not bit."
Then I ant down on the cot beside
Frank and asked him to tell me all about
his trouble.
His home wa In Western Vermont, he
aid, and he bad been in New York about
a year. He bad come here to get a tart
In the world. While his success had not
been all that hi fancy used to paint it,
. yet, considering the bnrd times, he had
done very well. Once a month he hud
been able to send a little money to hia
mother, who needed his help sorely. For
all month past he bad been employed lu
the shop of a manufacturing jeweler. That
day twenty valuable rings and ome oth
er article had disappeared from a show
ease. They were missed just after the
noon hour. During that hour the work
men were always out at lunch, and Frank
and another ycung man named I.erch
were usually in charge. But to-day Lerch
was sick at home, ind Frank was in the
hop alone
"Did yoH ce no one about the premise
dlirl,, ,k-t k a, t , 1
I'll i'-
mvmff I Mm
"It is a trifle mysterious, my young
friend," I said, rising. "Hut I somehow
believe you are not the guilty party. I
will ask the sergeant to give you a more
comfortable place than thi tor the night.
In th morning I will see you again."
When the ease enme up at tiho Jefferson
Market police court next day I secured an
adjournment. Then I went to work vigor
ously to hunt down the thief. I started
out on the theory of Frank' Innocence.
Then, It w clear that the Janitor could
not himself bare stolen the goods. He
might have had an accomplice, however,
who may have been conreuled somewhere
in the room, and carried off the jewelry
while Frank wa taking hi two-minute
view of the horse In the alley. This fliief
might have dropped the ring into Fruaik'a
pocket so a to point suspicion toward
It owner.
My theory proved correct. A guarded
talk with some people living near the
home of Hogau, the janitor, made me ac
quainted with hia character and habit.
What I learned wa not to ni cretin, i
also came Into possession of the tact that
he had been seen the previous night at a
Howerv saloon in company with a fellow
named Tingle, who had done time at Sing
Sing, and who wae now under surveil
ance by the police. I went to the saloon
named, but learned that the men had
only been Uicre a few minute earlier In
the evening.
"Thev had no money and were sober,
the bartender exDlniued. "so gue they
in't been Into no crooked work of late.
The fact that they were not spending
mimey made me believe that If these men
were really the thieve they nnu not yet
old their plunder. So I declcieu upon a
bold movement. Securing the aid of a
trusty detective who had once served me
In somewhat similar ease, l went to u
sran nottse, a rco-iawu woum.ii nuuni,-
na. "Mr. Tingle left some rings and
other jewelry with you for safe-keeping,"
I ald in contldent tone, purposely refrain
ing from giving any bint that suspicion
alao rested upon her husband.
The nrooerty Is not Mr. Tingle's, ana
if you wish to save yourself from trouble
you will deliver It up to thi officer at
once, 1 aduea.
Th. woman turned pale ana nesitatea.
A threat to place her under arrest brought
ber to a decision, and a parcel containing
the plunder wa placed in my hand.
A tfie nolle court next day Hogan and
Tingle were confronted with the evidence
of their crime, and Frank Orr' eyes danc
ed with Joy when the judge expressed re
gret that so serlona a mistake had been
mad, and Ud him h wa at liberty. .
bled over the mow-clad hill of Vermont,
ran up the old lane uudcr the apple trees.
greeted old Nero with a shout that woke
the echoes, and buret Into the dear old
home just in time for dinner. Lawrence
liawaon. -
JJno' Kphralm Give Thank.
I t'snks de I.awd tn' d. crispy air
An' de spnhklln cms' on lie snow, ,
PV de life int t'robs In of Unhkey's veins,
Ex Nnvembah hrneaes blow.
Fo' life an' Inb I t'snks U I.awd,
' 'N' shall w'lle ' gibs me brf
: 'N' las' night, fo' she',
Ft de hen house do',
Km I atelipiMl In
Fo' ter do niy mahketla',
. Kr-troniblln' Ilk.
Ko' fenli ny Ik
An' ol' Deakln Green
Hed aw.p' rte rooatses clean
Film er swellln' brass' I funked de Lawd
Ter On' dey waa wbberal Icf'l
The Ivory God.
The Ivory god has taken the place of
the Dresden statuette and the dainty
and fragile filigree toy. A few year
ago every man's ambition waa to have
a gufflclent number of silver trinkets to
fill a "silver table," and this piece of
ostentation held a pluce In the affec
tions and the drawlng-rooin of every
whimsical woman of fashionable pre
tension. Some of these toys were use
ful, such as the wee boxes and trays
for desk or dressing table, the minia
ture candlesticks and the dainty calen
dars and photograph frame, but most
of them were wholly frivolous and as
Impractical as they were diminutive.
One woman whose soul delights In
tiny things from lap dog to well-nigh
Invisible tlmopieceB draped her piano
with a scarf of thin eilk. t was arrang
ed In soft folds, eneh fold held lu place
by a little piece of Dutch silver. The
collection, which was strewn all over
the top of the plnno, Included a violin,
a cradle, chairs, a clock and other arti
cles of "bigotry and virtue." Each
was beautifully chased and carved.
Thanksgiving.
Th shades of night wer. falling fast
As turkeys fat went (lying past
To nnd th tree wnere tney couia stay
Until th. night had grown to day.
They ranged along the lower limbs,
According to their various wlilnia,
Kxeept one old one. "Ah," said be,
"I guess I'll also climb a tree,
For slur. Thanknglviug's com. unloosed,
You bat your life I'm going to roost
mceiaion
A graceful and honorable old age Is
the childhood of Immortality. Pindar.
public buildings, wa soon astir with men,
women and children, who gave the In
dians a hearty welcome as they filed into
the large square in front of the Governor'
house. Soon the roll of a drum announc
ed the hour of prayer, for no day was be
gun without this religious service. Then
followed a holiday of feasting and recrea
tion, which continued not only that day
but during the two succeeding days. The
usual routine of duties was suspended;
the children romped about in merry play;
the young men indulged in athletic sports
and game in friendly rivalry with the
Indians; the little American army of
twenty men, under the leadership of Miles
Blandish, went through Its drill aud man
I'M of arms, to the great delight and aa-
totiohment of the natives, whue the worn.
en busied themselves in the careful pre
paration of the excellent meals, which
were eaten in the open air."
. A Thanksgiving Hymn.
We thank Thee, Lord, for daily food,
Kor all received of dally good;
For siinahliie and the wings of birds
And melody of loving words.
We thank Thee for the hooka we read.
And for the hooka of hooka we need;
For hopea of earth so sweetly given,
Aud for the higher hopes of heaven.
For children's voleea full of love:
For the bright clouds that Boat above;
And for the tears we've sometime known
For sorrows other than our own.
For loved onea here and loved ones gone.
Who still, with Thee, keep loving on;
For spirit tones that softly call.
And for the cross that's over all.
Jut the Season.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
THE CRIME AVENGED.
From all Parts of the New
and Old World.
Marderera of th Spleer r.uilly Strung
up by a Mob.
Bismarck, N. D., Not. 16. Alei
Coudol, an Indian half-breed, and Panl
Holytraok and Philip Ireland, full.
blood Indians, the first of whom wa
sentenced to death for the murder of
six member of the Spioer family last
BEIEF A'D ISITEBESTIXCr -1
a new trial by tne supreme court, and
Comprehensive Bevlew of the Import,
ant Happening of the Cur
rent Week.
Rear Admiral Alexander Qolden
Rhind, U. S. N., is dead at his home
in New York eity. He bad been con
fined to his bed for five weeks.
The labor trouble which have been
brewing in Bandsbnrg, Cat., for some
time culminated Wednesday, when
about 100 members of the miners'
nion went in a body to the Koiie
mine and peremptorily drove superin
tendent (Jlarke and five man ont of the)
the latter two self-confessed accessories
in the murder, were taken from the
county jail in Wood county last night
ana lyncnea by a mob.
The lynching bad apparently been
cooly planned, and was carried ont
without a break. Sudden and swift
retribution was meted out. Williams
port, where the hanging took place, is
about 40 miles from this city, and off
tiie railroad. The news of the lynch
ing was received here this afternoon,
The men bad been in the custody of
ueputy Blierin ttelly. They were
taken from him by the mob and hanged
camp for working below the schedule , beef windlass several yards from
of the union. , I the jail. Their bodies were left liana-
A new Industry bas started ia 1 ing d.ur,mj the ?ntlre da7' the ooroner
Owensboro, Ky., with 1Q0 employee.
It is to utilize cornstalk cellulose for
"Where are you going, my Turkey maldt"
"I am going a-walklug, air!" she said.
"You hud better be cureful, my Turkey maid,
Or sum. one will i you, uilt.s," h. said.
Canned Halmon.
It Is computed that 20,000 tons of
canned salmon are consumed annually
In tbtg country.
lining battleships. Materials for mak
ing an imitation of silk and for making
oellnloid are among the products. Pa-
per is another product W. W. Oibbs.
of Philadelphia, is president, and the
stockholders are Easterners.
The owners of the German ship Po-
trimpos, stranded at Long Beach,
Wash, have bought two 10,000-pound
anchors of the United States war shin
Vandalia, which was wrecked at Samoa
several years ago, and will ship them
from San Francisco at once, for use in
floating the Potrimpos next month. It
is expected that the ship will be put
into deep water in less than a month.
A remonstrance against allowin
Chinese coal miners to be imported
into the state for the purpose of min
ing coal at Wilmington and other towns
in place of the striking miners, will be
placed before Governor Tanner in th
name of the United Mineworkers of
Illinois. The governor will also
asked to co-operate with the secretary
Of the miners' federation in keeping
out the coolie labor. Secretary Ryan
says if the Chinese come bloodshed
11 surely result. If Governor Tanner
refuses to interfere President ilcKinley
will be appealed to.
Three men were burned to death
a fire at Hot Springs, Ark.
Marshal Blanco has extended a full
pardon to all rebels in Cuba.
A rnmor has reached Simla that
native officer and 85 Sikhs belonging
to tne Kurram column bave been inter
eeptea by tne tribesmen in a ravine
nd slaughtered.
Two men met death in Southern Or
egon. One waa strnok and hurled
from a trestle by a train on the South-
era Paoiflc, the other was run over by
the same train while switching in the
yard at Grant s Pass.
A Naples dispatch says Mount Vesu
vius is in great activity. A mass of
lava la pouring out from the Artio de
Cavello crater, which opened in 1895.
Two wide streams are flowing down in
the direction of vitrova and Hiano del
Inestro.
A terrible famine is raging in the
province of Archangel, Russia. Many
have already died of starvation. The
ople wander about reduced almost to
skeletons, the heads swollen to the siae
f baskets. The only means of subsist
ence is tea. . ..
The chamber of commerce of San
Francisco, has sent the following mes
sage to President MoKinley: "In tlx
name of humanity and patriotism, the
chamber of commerce of San Francisoo
respectfully urges opon you the prompt
ispatch of the revenue cutter Bear to
the Arctic, under command of Captain
Healy, with disotetionary orders, fully
equipped and provisioned, to rescue
ever 400 men imprisoned by ice near
Point Barrow, and with authority to
use, if necessary, reindeer, at the gov
ernment station, to facilitate the landing."
The United States supreme court ha
affirmed the decision of the lower court
in the oase of the interstate commerce
commission against the Alabama Mid
land and the Georgia Central railways,
and others. The case arose out ol
charges by citisens of Alabama that the
companies were disregarding the long
nd-short-hanl clause of the interstate
commerce law. The point at issue waa
whether, when there was competition
between railroads and water transpor
tation, the roads most file lower rates
with intercalate commerce com tn mis
sion, and it waa decided in tne nega
tive by the court.
The anarchists of New York cele
brated the 11th anniversary of the con
viction of their comrades in Chicago,
t a public meeting. There were
about 600 anarchists in the audience,
Johann Most presided and spoke of the
canaille of capitalism, ' whiohhe said
congratulated itself that the social
question had been squelohed, and that
peace and order prevailed. He wanted
to tell the political bandits that "the
anarchists were not gathered to mourn
or to shed tears, but to sing a song of
triumph, for the future was not far off. "
He called the government a cowboy
government, with apologies to cowboys,
and tickled his hearers by saying only
one bomb was tired in the Haymarket.
bat it did excellent execution.
Consul Dn ester, at OrelfeMt, Ger
many, reports to the state department
at Washington a discovery made there
which it is said revolutionises th
methods of illumination. It is an in
candescent gas lamp. Single jets of or
dinary size, can emit a light ot much
mora than 1,000 candle power, and fine
print can be read at a distance of 100
feet. The inventor says the cost for a
light of 1,600 candlepower Is only 4
cents per . hour, while that for an or
dinary eleotrio light of 40 candlepower
If 14 cents per hour.
not having arrived, and no one else
volunteering to cut them down.
About 40 men were concerned In the
lynching. They rode into Williams
port on horseback late at night, and
tethered their horses a short distance
from the city, that they might secure
them again as speedily as necessary
after the deed was done. The jail is a
substantial stone structure, and was in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Kelly.
Since the confinement of the prisoners
there, so great has been the fear that
they might escape in some way, that
one man had watched the prisoners all
night. Last night Kelly was tv watch.
There was a meeting of the lodge of
Woodmen in a building near the jail,
and as Kelly was a member, lie expect
ed to meet some of the members of the
lodge after the meeting had adjourned.
To while away the time during the
night hours, he was playing solitaire
in front of the cells in which the mur
derers were confined. About 3 o'clock
there was a rnp on the outer door of
the jail, and Kelly rose quickly and
turned the key in the lock, thinking
that the persons he expected to meet
had arrived.
No sooner had he opened the door
than the mob crowded into the corri
dors. All of them were luasked, and
the leaders carried ropes. Kelly at
once realized what the mob had corns
for. The lynchers were quiet but de
termined. The lead jr presented a re
volver at the bead of the deputy sheriff
and told him they wanted his prisoners, .
and demanded that he open their cells.
Kelly demurred, but saw that resist
ance was useless, and unlocked the
door. Two of the prisoners were con
fined together, and the other in a seper
ate cell. They bad been aronsed from
sleep by the entrance of the mob, and
sat up, half awake and trembling in
terror. Holytrack and Ireland were
pulled from their beds, ropes were fast
ened about their necks, and they were
dragged out on the ground, after being
told to prepare for death
The men were then dragged to a huge
beef windlass, which had been erected
to suspend carcasses of slaughtered
beeves, and were strung up on a cross
beam. Cudol was the first, man to be
hanged. It is reported that he was
asked before he was hanged whether
Blackhawk and Defender had also been
concerned in the murder for which he
was about to be banged. He answered
in the affirmative. The rope, which
had been fastened about bis neck, was
then thrown over a crossbeam, and he
was suspended in midair. Holytrack
and Ireland were treated in a like man
ner and the mob then quietly dispersed.
CIVIL SERVICE LAW
Strong Effort Will Be Made
to Secure Its Repeal.
OPPOSITION IN WEST AND SOUTH
IN A SNAKE'S COILS.
Museum Watchman Severely Injured by
: an Anaconda.
Philadelphia. Nov. 16. A huge an
aconda on exhibition here today severe
ly injured Samuel Masher, the museum
watohman, and crushed to death a
valuable trick pony. The pony was
tied to a feed box alongside the ana
conda's cage. Masher saw the reptile
had worked one of the boards of its cage
loose and had stretched out a short dis
tance. He pushed the board to, believ
ing the anaconda would pull within its
cage again. Instead, it wriggled out
and wrapped itself several times about
Masher. The latter screamed for help,
and the pony, frightened by the big
reptile, began jumping about. This
saved Masher's life, for the reptile un
wound himself from him and com
pletely enoiroled the pony. Masher
fell to the floor unconscious. When
number of employes reached the scene,
the snuke began to unwind itself, and
appeared to be getting ready for the
tight. The men kept aloof nntil a lasso
was obtained and the snake finally
made secure. Several of Masher's ribs
were broken, and he was taken to a
hospital ' '
Marehln; on Havana.
Key West, Fla. Nov., 15. Riano, in
Havana province, has been attacked
again, the insurgents maEing no enort,
however, to enter tiie town. The in-
urgents were under Juan Dolgado.
The Spaniards made no resistance.
Calixto Garcia is said to be marching
toward Havana through Matansas prov
ince with a large insurgent army, many
large guns, and plenty of ammunition,
arms and dynamite.
London, Nov. 16. The Rome oorre-
pondent of the Daily Chronicle says:
Baron von Bullow, the newly appointed
German secretary of state for foreign
affairs, injtnJlilenvew with the po)e,
has warmly complaint! against th
sympathy of the Vatican with the
rancc-Russian alliance wid its hostil
ity to the triple alliance. He declared
in the name of Emperor William that
if the Vatican persisted in such a policy
the German government would retali
ate on the Roman Catholics.
Snfflclent Number of Senators and Bee
nsentatlves Pledged to In
sure It. Abolition.
Washington, Nov. 16. A strong
effort will be made during the coming
session of congress to secure tlio repeal
of the oivil-servioe law. The support
ers of this movement sav that thev
have ha promises from a sufficient
number of senators and representatives
to co-operate with them to insure its
success, provided that all those mem
ber who bave heretofore favored the
repeal are still of the same mind.
Thomas K. McKee, the journal clerk
of the house of representatives, who
has long been a bitter opponent of the
existing law, and who has taken pains
to ascertain the views ot many of the
members on the subject, said today
that lie was confident that if the oppor
tunity offered for a direct vote on the
question of repeal, it would be carried
by a large majority.
While It is not true," said he.
"that I have been engaged in making
a canvass of the house on this matter,
it is true that 1 have talked with a
great many members about it I am
convinced that for suoh a proposition
my own state of Indiana would give its
entire 13 votes, and I believe that Ohio
and Illinois are just as much opposed
to the law. As for the Western states
I do not believe that thev will furnish
a single vote for the retention of the
system, and in the South, both Demo
crats and Republicans, with only a few
isolated exceptions, would welcome its
abolition. It is purely an Eastern in
stitution, and it is entirely -unrepubli-can
and un-American.
It was originated by the college
professors and educators of the East,
especially of New England, the center
of our educational system, for the ox-
presg purpose of providing easy and ;
comfortable berths for suoh of their
graduates aa were not physically able
to stand the strain of the professional
ife for which they were trained, or
who found the? professional ranks al
ready well filled. The manufacture of
college graduates went on so fast that it
became necessary for the profaSBors to
find some outlet for the young men
whom they were turning into the
crowded fields of law, medioine and
theology. So they turned to the gov
ernment and, with Dorman B. Eaton at
their head, himself a life-long educator,
induced it to require of applicants for
government positions a preliminary ex
amination, which, in many cases, they
knew .only men fresh from the colleges
could pass successfully.
"It is a fact that President MoKinley
is now having as much trouble in satis
factorily filling the 800 or so places he
bas to give away as Grant did to dis
pose of 300,000 places. There is al
most as much eagerness and strife
around the White House today over a
little $600 position as there used to be
over the appointment of the minister to
Germany. This shows that the desire
for office if still as strong, and it is a
natural desire. Representative Groa
venor made a strong point when he said
in his speech that the right of a man
to participate in the affairs of the gov
ernment in other ways than by merely
casting his ballot was one that could
not be constitutionally taken away
from him. The heads of the govern
ment department should have the right
to make the appointments of their sub
ordinates, and they should be held re
sponsible for their actions. The presi
dent would then have less of his time
wasted on eiwill matters of patronage,
and after filling the larger and more
important offices would then be able
to devote himself to affairs of state.
That there is a strong sentiment in
the country at large in favor of the re
peal of the law I am Sure, and I am
satisfied, also confident, that the senti
ment will find expression in congress
during the coming session. The only
recent vote that bas been had upon the
Bubject which gives any foundation
upon which to base a calculation as to
the result, was had towards the close
of the last session of the 54th congress.
A proposition was made by Mr. Broains,
of Pennsylvania, to extend the opera
tions of the civil service law in a cer
tain particular. The question was as
to the consideration o( the bill, and it
was defeated by a two-thirds majority.
While this was not a direct vote it
afforded an indication, if not of the
strength of the repeal movement, at
least of the weakness of the supporters
of the civil sorvioe system. .
"It is my opinion that if nothing
else is done, the oivil service commis
sion will be abolished with all of its
cumbrous machinery. In its stead a
departmental examination to determine
the fitness of applicants lor' appoint
ment in the government service will be
substituted. This would be very
proper, so far as the Washington de
partments are concerned, but I would
not require even this in offices outside
of Washington, and I would limit all
office-holding tenures to four years
each. The civil service commission
costs the people now $150,000 a year."
A number of others have spoken in a
similar strain recently.
Confessed to Drowning His Child.
Kansas City, Nov. 16. At Livesley,
Mo., the trial of William Carr, who
Confessed to drowning his 3-year-old
daughter in tbe Missouri river, was be
gun today. No defense was aUtimpttid,
the lawyer appointed by the oourt rg
ing that the state hasten the prisoner's
fate. Judge Eroadus reserved his ii
owon.