THE MORNING OREGONFAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER' 3,- 1900.
STRIKERS ARE FIRM
Standing Out Now for Recog
nition of Their Union.
DEMONSTRATION AT WILKESBAME
Shenandoah Miners Select Delegates
to a Convention to Be Called by
President Mitchell.
PiHTTiADEaLPHIA. Oct 2 No break has
yet occurred in the ranks of the striking
mlneworkers, though additional notices of
the offer of an increase of 10 per cent
in wages were posted throughout the re
gion. In fact, there were many indica
tions today of an intent on, the part of the
strikers to insist on other concessions and
also remain out until the operators give
, recognition to their National organiza
tion. The feature of the day was the parade
and mass meeting of mlneworkers at
Wllkesbarre, arranged with the object of I
demonstrating the strength of the United
Mlneworkers. A conservative estimate
places the number of strikers in the pro
cession at 15,000. and the day was gener
ally given up as a holiday by the people
of Wllkesbarre and other uzeme County
towns. The mass meeting was addressed
by President Mitohell, and other officers
of the miners' organization. President
Mitchell, In his speech, congratulated the
strikers on having already received a
proffer of 10 per cent increase in wages.
He said their cause had been recognized
as a righteous one, and that the time was
not far distant when they would receive
proper compensation for their labor. He
advised them to stand flrmly together. He
said the strike should not be ended by
liim. and could only be closed when a
convention of miners, representing every
union and every colliery, should so de
cide. He hoped that not one man would
desert the ranks until victory was com
plete. Mr. Mitchell was expected to Indicate
in his speech his views on the 10 per cent
increase conceded by the operators, but
beyond noting it as a victory, he said
nothing on that subject. Neither did
he intimate anything as to the probability
of an early convention of miners, and
after the meeting when questioned on that
subject, he said that not a local union
had requested the calling of a convention.
A significant move In this direction,
however, developed at Shenandoah to
night, where all the local branches of the
United Mlneworkers held meetings and
selected delegates to a convention to be
called later by President Mitchell. This
is the first announcement of the selection
of convention delegates.
The entire region was quiet today, and
vary few mines were in operation.
SYMPATHETIC STRIKE.
PottcvlIIe Men Are Helping: Their
Brother Miners.
POTTS VTLLE, Pa., Oct. 2. A week ago
the colleries -were working almost full
handed throughout this territory. The
United Mlneworkers then appeared to
have an insecure hold. Looking over the
field it looks as if nearly all the collieries
are tied up. With the exception of two
sections of the country, everything is
closed down tight.
Notwithstanding an increase of 16 per
cent in wages, the Reading- miners re
solved to stay at home until the big
strikers over. They say they will not
only stay on strike, but will (lalt work
"until the trouble ends. It Is a sympa
thetic move on a large scale to enable
their brother miners to win their battle
and the recognition of their union. The
advance In wages would be 10 per cent
on their net earnings, and the remaining
6 per cent increase would be coming to
them as the result of the high price that
the company is now getting for its coal;
but the 27,000 employes of the company
who are out are unmoved by these argu
ments. The Williamstown colliery of the Penn
. sylvahla Railroad Is running full-handed.
They gladly accepted the 1G per cent ad
vance In wages. The colleries at Lykens
are tied up tightly.
The officials of the Reading Company
are astounded at the stand taken by their
employes. It was believed that the post
ing of the notice of an advance of "10 per
cent in the wages of the men would result
in keeping them at work. The men,
however, have decided to take a different
view of the matter. The tie-up, so far
as the Reading Company is concerned. Is
now practically complote. , The collieries
now in operation on full time are not able
to produce more than 225 cars of anthra
cite coal.
"The -lockout," said a mine official, to
day, ''could not be more complete. It is
the greatest strike of the age, and what
is so remarkable is that the men aire or
derly and minding their own business."
PARADE AND MASS MEETING.
Striking: Miners' Big: Day at Wllkes
barre. WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct 2. The par
ade and mass meeting of the striking
miners in this city today was the great
est labor demonstration ever held In
JCortheastern Pennsylvania. Early in tho
morning the steam and electric roads
began hauling the people into the city,
and many thousands came by foot from
near-by towns. The buildings along tho
route of parade were decorated with
flags and bunting, and the city presented
si holiday appearance. President Mitch
oil and party arrived from Hasleton
shortly after 1 o'clock, and were met at
the station by a large and enthusiastic
crowd. The visitors were given a cheer,
end were then driven to their hotel.
The parade, headed by President Mitch
ell and the officers of the National exec
utive board, started a little after 2
o'clock, and it required an hour and 20
minutes to pass a given point. It is esti
mated that there were fully 16,000 men
and breaker boys in line. The great
majority of the paraders were stalwart
, men. As a rule, they were well dressed.
rJand some of them, from their appear
ance, might be taken for farmers. They
did not m-jch with precision, but were
a dense mass of humanity. They walked
six, five and four abreast, The music
was furnished by about 40 brass bands,
and drum corps.
Mi my banners and transparencies wore
carried by the men. Among the most
noticeable were these: "We want our dinner-pails
filled with substantial food, not
coal barons' taffy," "We are fighting a
cause that is just and right," "Stand by
President Mitchell and the union," "Our
union must be recognized," "We will no
longer be slaves' "2240 pounds for a
ton," "We want two weeks' pay." The
breaker boys carried banners which read:
"Wo need schooling; but must work,"
"Save us from the whims of the Sheriff
and doputies," "Down with oppression;
we will stand by Mitchell."
The parade passed over the principal
streets of the city, and thousands of peo
pie lined the sidewalks. Here and there
on enthusiastic admirer of President
Mitchell would break through the lines
and insist on shaking hands with him.
Tho cmen from Pittson had a float, with
four men representing "coal basons."
They were drinking what purported to be
champagne. Directly following was a
float with miners dining on bread and
water. A stretcher was carried contain
ing a dummy representing a miner who
3iad just lost his life in a mine.
President Mitchell reviewed the great
army of marchers on the river common.
He was generously applauded by the
marchers. Business was at a standstill
In the city oil the afternoon. The super-
intendents-of the coal comDonles and their
clerks viewed the parade from their office
buildings. One coal man said It was a
very, creditable demonstration.
It was after 4 o'clock when the last of
the marchers swept past President Mitch
ell. Then he and his colleagues were
driven to West Side Park, where the big
mass meeting was held. For several
hours a crowd had been gathered thero.
and it was estimated that nearly 20,000
j people were massed In front of the stand
when the labor president began his
speech. The reception ho got from that
vast crowd was most enthusiastic.
In opening his speech, Mr. Mitchell as
sured the strikers that In their fight they
command the respect of the clergymen,
that they have the sympathy of the pub
lic, and that the press of the country has
said In one voice that their cause is a
righteous one.
"The greatest strike in the history of
the world." he said, "Is drawing to a
close. Already the great coal-cairrying
railroads have agreed to increase your
wages 10 per cent, which 13 a great vic
tory in itself. True, it Ib not enough,
it does not satisfy us; but the time Is
not far distant when anthracite coal
xainers will receive as much for their
labor as any other class of workmen in
the world."
Continuing, he urged the miners not to
place absolute faith in their president or
any one man, but to put their faith In
their organisation. Standing together,
ho declared, they would win their battle,
and he predicted that they would stand
firm and the victory would be achieved.
The National president was followed by
Fred Dllcher, of Ohio; Benjamin. James,
of Pennsylvania, both members of tho
executive board, and "Mother" Mary
Jones. After- the meeting President
Mitchell was driven through cheering
crowds to his hotel, where he will remain
until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. Presi
dent Mitchell's address, as far as out
lining any future move on the part of
the labor leaders Is concerned, was a dis
appointment. Notices PoKtefL in Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct 2. The Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Company today
posted notices that the wages of Its em
ployes would be advanced 10 per cent
from October 1, andhat the price of
powder would be reduced to $1 50. ' Simi
lar notices were posted today by the HilK
side Coal & Iron Company, and the Tem
ple Iron & Coal Company. General Su-
peritendent Rose of the D. &. H. Co., said
his company would undoubtedly issue
the same notice. It has not done so yet.
Strike leaders say the proposals of the
companies do not come up to the demands
of the strikers by any means. The Indi
vidual operators have sent a committee
to New York to seek a reduction in
freight charges, as they say that other
wise they cannot meet the advance.
Coal Output Almost Nothing:.
READING, Pa., Oct. 2. With the grad
ual closing of the collieries In. the west
ern end of the Schuylkill country, coal
shipments on the Reading railway are ex
pected to cease unless the company draws
on Its storage yard at Schuylkill" Haven,
where there Is a small quantity of coal.
Today hardly 100 cars had been, produced.
It Is now expected that all mines will be
tied up in a few days, and that the hard
coal trade will then stop altogether.
No Response in Wyoming Valley.
WILKESBARRE, Pa., Oct. 2. The min
ers of the Wyoming Valley did not re
spond to the notices posted by the com
panies last night, offering a 10 per cent
Increase in wages. The collieries were all
Idle this morning, as usual, the only ex
ception being the mine of the Wet End
Coal Company, at Mocanaqua, where tho
full force was at work.
"TRUSTS."
A Democratic Document and Some of
Its Omissions.
SALEM, Oct. L (To the. Editor.) I am
writing with a Bryanlte document in
front of me. Is it headed. "Trusts," in
four-line pica, with two black rules be
neath the caption, and it is well calcu
lated to fright the souls of fearful ad
versaries. I work for wages, and, ac
cording to this startling document, I am
being robbed by the trusts, and there.
Is no help for me except in the flection
of Mr. Bryan. According to a Mr. Ryan,
of New York, the trusts have "pressed
down upon the brow of labor the blister
ing crown of despair.'" That ought to
settle it In the language of Shylock,
"the curse never fell upon our nation
till now; I never felt It till now." What
with piercing crowns of thorn, crosses
of gold and this new-fashioned blistering
crown of despair, it ,would seem that
this country is the most miserable on
earth.
Our Democratic friends evidently be
lieve the voters can be frightened with
bugaboos, and, as the bugaboos of four
years ago have outlived their usefulness,
they have invented new ones, to last un
til after the election.
That trusts are an evil there Is no
doubt; but the fact that many trusts
have come Into existence in the past
three years is an argument in favor of
Instead of against the general policy ol
the Republican party. Trusts (like gamb
ling) are an evidence and a product of
prosperity. There would have been no
trusts organized in the past three years
If there had been a continuance "of tho
hard times, and no laws for the'lr con
trol would be necessary.
This same luminous document gives a
list of nearly 200 articles that have re
cently advanced In price, and yet it has
missed quite a number. For instance, it
says beef has advanced 30 per cent, but
it says nothing about the- price fanners
are getting for beef cattle.
It notes that lumber (except oak) has
advanced from 20 to 25 per cent, but
falls to mention the advance in the price
of logs or standing timber, and neglects
to state that mills and camps are run
ning where four years ago there was
silence and desolation. There' has been
a big advance in the price df canned
goods, and our big cannery has been run
ning night and day, paying out thousands
of dollars to our farmers for their fruit
and vegetables, from strawberry to
tomato time; and thousands more In
wages. And woolen goods have ad
vanced, says the pessimist, from 20 to 25
per cent; but the farmer of Eastern Ore
gon and the Willamette Valley smiles
wh.en he reads this, and Is apt to think
that the advance in the nrlce of wool
and mutton will fully compensate him
for any extra price he may have to pay
for the wearing apparel of his family.
It Is noticeable, in looking over this
list, that the greatest advances are on
articles used In the building trades and
In railroad construction: Nails. 115 per
cent; shovels, 100 per cent; structural Iron,
90 to 100 per cent; tlnplate. 75 per cent;
Bessemer Iron, 125 per cent. This would
seem to indicate an increased activity
in these industries, and that the me
chanic, as well as the farmer, can afford
to stand the raise in the price of the
materials he is consuming for tho boss.
It seems to me Oregoniang prefer
the Dlngrley bill to the Wilson billf
The sold standard to free silver
Expansion to contraction;
The present times to those of '93-0,
And, in short, the Republican policy
to the policy of Mr. Bryan and his satel
lites, and I trust the majority In No
vember will bo fully as large as It was
in June. E. H. FLAGG.
Earl LI Will Not Go to Pelcin.
TIEN TSIN, Sept 29, via Taku, Sept 29,
via Shanghai, Oct 2. LI Hung Chang has
abandoned his decision to proceed to Pe
kln, and will, it Is announced, begin ne
gotiations with the Russian Minister to
China, M. de Glers, upon the tatter's ar
rival at Tien Tsln.. .'
General Chaffee estimates that It will
take a mOrith to get'th'e American' troops
out of China,
THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS
MONDAY'S POLLINGS INCREASED
THE CONSERVATIVE' MAJORITY.
LaboBChore, Jobs Bnr&a, Winston
Olrarohfll and Henry Norman Ara
Azaongr Successful Candidates.
LONDON, -Oct 8. 8 A M. Yesterday's
pollings in the Parliamentary general
elections leave the state of parties at
present as follows:
Ministerialists 171
Liberals 35
Nationalists 19
Of the 232 seats thus disposed of, the!
ministerialists, or rather the Conserva
tives, have gained six, including Stock
ton, Middleboro and Leicester, and the
Liberals seven, Including Gloucester,
Northampton, Swansea town, Hastings
eato90oce9e99O99Od6
MORE PROSPERITY
Business to Community to Which Colonel Bryan Prom
ised "Bimetalism" at 16 to I.
"We (tfce Bryanlte party) are gtlnsr to continue our light for
the restoration of blmetallsnt at the ratio of 10 to 1, -without
the consent of any other nation. From a speech by WMfam J. Bryan at
McMlnnville, Or., April 4, 1900.
This was the way in which Colonel Bryan talked to the "grang
ers" in his flying trip through Oregon last April. The astute Demo
cratic managers in Portland knew McMlnnville to be a prosperous
agricultural community, and they lost no time in sending their
leader up there to preach the doctrine of 16 to 1. Colonel Bryan's
dramatic declaration of the intention of his party with regard to
money waB coldly received. Why did the farmers of Yamhill County
who gathered about Colonel Bryan on April 4 refuse to enthuse over
the promise of blmetallsm? Why were they unmoved by the fur
ther statement of the Nebraska orator that "If we had bimetalism
you would have all this gold (that gained since 1896), and more sil
ver, too"? Because they knew that with the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at 16 to L or any other ratio, the cheaper metal
would drive out the dearer, and there would be no gold left Be
cause prosperity had dealt kindly with them and was reflected in
the increased business done by the National banks of McMlnnville,
their principal banking town. Next month the voters of Yamhill
County will have to choose between Bryan's more silver and McKln
ley's more prosperity. In this connection a comparison of the condi
tion of the McMlnnville National banks on September 5, 1900, with
October 6, 1896, Is interesting. Four years ago the aggregate re
sources of the banks were $348,668 79; last month" they were $634,
779 73,' an increase of $286,110 94. Four years ago the deposits were
$173,732 69; last month they were $405,165 32, an increase of $231,
432 63. In detail the figures are:
Aggregate Resonrces.
Sept. 5, 1900.
First National Bank $291,875 27
McMlnnville National Bank. 342,904 46
Total $634,779 73
Deposits.
- Sept. 5, 1900.
First National Bank $187,561 00
McMlnnville National Bank... 217,604 32
Total $405,165 C2 $173,732 69
Every agricultural community in Oregon can make as good
a ahoirinff as McMlnnville. Tlie question for the farmers, and
all producing: and tvorlcinar classes of Oregon, to settle on No
vember 0 1st "Do yon want more prosperity, or do you want
more silver?" If Bryan should be elected, they -will get more
silver, but the dollars -trill not bo worth 100 cents.
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and South Wolverhampton... Increased
Conservative majorities are especially no
ticeable In London and Lancashire.
Almost all the "London divisions were
polled yesterday. Islington, Clapham and
Lambeth show heavy Unionist increases,
and the same may be said of Manchester,
Sanford and Blackburn, The representa
tion of Manchester is not changed in any
of the live districts, but all the Conserva
tive candidates received big majorities.
On the other hand, the Liberal majority
for Charles Ernest Schwain in the north
division of Manchester was reduced from
455, the figures of 1895, to 26.
So far from 'Henry Labouchere losing
his seat in consequence of his correspond
ence with Mr. Kruger, Northampton is
now represented by two Liberals. Mr.
Labouchere, however, did not head the
poll, although he secured a heavy vote.
Dr. Shipman, who received the greatest
number of votes cast, is a Liberal Impe
rialist. The total Liberal vote in North
ampton was slightly decreased, and the
total Unionist vote increased.
A few Scottish contingencies have been
polled. All show that the Liberals are
holding their own in Scotland.
Among tho interesting new Liberals is
Henry Norman, of the London Daily
Chronicle, who was elected member for
Wolverton, receiving 3701 votes as against
S532 cast for Mr. Hulton, Liberal Uniqnist.
The announcement of Mr. Burns' return
was received with the wildest enthusiasm
at Battersea. The leading thoroughfare
for a mile was filled with a mob shouting
themselves hoarse for Burns, who ap
peared and acknowledged the ovation
from the balcony of the Town Hall. A
large force of mounted police attended,
but there was no disorder.
Uproarious scenes occurred in the Bur-
modlsa division of Southwark, London, I
last evening, partly owing to the dlsap- I
pointment felt at the inability of Winston
Churchill, the newly elected member for
Oldham, to make a speech he had prom
ised. Mr. Churchill wired that Mr. Bal
four had "commandeered him to speak at
Stockport" Henry J. C. Cust, former
editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, undertook
to speak In Mr. Churchill's place, but met
with a very hostile reception, and was
obliged to, abandon the attempt and was
assailed and maltreated, the meeting
breaking up In confusion.
Yesterday's polling proves that the coun
try Is taking a strong interest, ttie vote5
aggregating in most cases more than In
1895. The Conservatives are quite satis
fied that the government will be returned
to power with a majority quite as large
as It has In the present Parliament, if not
even greater. The Liberal organs are still
hopeful that the pollings yet to come may
have some surprise in store, although
they recognize that their chances are
slender.
The returns from Battersea, East Dor
chester, Northampton and Swansea were
published shortly before midnight The
S2SB5ff I' TLTZl
is the re-election of A J. Balfour' by a I
majority which exceeds by 1667 the ma
jority he secured at the general election
in 1S99. The figures follow: Arthur J.
Balfour, Conservative, 5803; A H. Scott,
Liberal, 3350. Mr. Balfour's majority,
2453.
In Battersea John Burns handsomely
defeated Mr. Carton, the Conservative
candidate. His majority, Instead of fall
ing below "the figures of 1895, Is .one vote
in excess of that by which he defeated C.
Ridley Smith, Conservative, at the last
general election. The polling was as fol
lows. John Burns, Radical, 5S60; Richard
C Carton, Conservative, 5606.
At Northampton both Liberal candi
dates, Henry Labouchere and Mr. Ship
man, were returned. The following shows
the polling: Mr. Shipman, Liberal, 5437;
Henry Labouchere, Liberal, 5281; Richard
R. B. Orlebar, Conservative, 4480; H. E.
Randall, Conservative, 4124.
In Swansea town Sir John T. D. Le
wellyan, who represented the constitu
ency in the late Parliament in the Con
servative Interest, carrying It in 1895 by
a majority of 421 against R, D. Burne,
Liberal, has been defeated by Sir George
Newnes. The figures follow: Sir George
Newnesj Liberal, 4318; Sir John T. D. Le
wellyan. Conservative. 3203. Sir Georsre
, Newnes' majority, 1180.
The feature of the election so far is
that, while the actual representation of
the respective parties is only slightly
changed, there Is undoubtedly in both
London and the provinces a big increase
In -the Conservative majorities, and the
Indications tonight are the Conservatives
will enter the, new Parliament with in
creased strength.
The election in Galway City resulted
in another Conservative gain. The Hon.
Martin Morris polled 882 votes against 703
votes polled by E. Lemmy, Nationalist.
The success of Mr. Morris was a gen
uine surprise; the constituency has long
been a Nationalist stronghold, famous for
the election there In 1886 In which the
late Charles Stewart Parnell took such
a, prominent part, resulting in the return
of Captain O'Shea, which, it Is held in
many quarters, originated the disagree
ments which subsequently led to the split
in the Irish Nationalist party.
THD3VES IN THE VATICAN.
Bnrarlars Forced a Safe and Stole Se
curities and Silver.
ROME, Oct. S. It became1 known to the
public today that thieves had entered the
Vatican, forced a safe and carried off se-
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Oct. 6, 1896.
$163,590 63
185,078 16
$348,668 79
Increase.
$128,284 64
157,826 30
$286,110 94
Oct. 6, 1896.
$ 62,231 31
111,501 38
Increase.
$125,329 69
106,102 94
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curltles worth 357,000 lire and S000 lire in
fZerrh Fafe' sltuatcd on th second
Af,?l01S, t0 tho mansement of the
Apostolic Palace, which looks after tho
horses and carriages and the decorations
of St. Peter's Cathefb-al. Evidently the
burglars were welf acquainted with the
apartment and prepared for the theft
2"5. ' Investigations by the Vatican
police have been without result
Rnnsinn ;Vnvnl Estimates.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 2.-Accordlng
to semi-official statements, the Russian
?aTtImeS for 11 5how a total of
,V37,666 roubles, an Increase of 10,000,000
roubles for the current year. The .ordi
nary expenditure swallows 60.000 obo rou
bles, of .which 16,000.000 Is Intended to
strengthen the fleet, 3,000,000 roubles for
harbor work at Libau, 2.000,000 roubles to
be expended at Vladlvostock, and 3,000,00)
at Port Arthur.
Their Homecoming: Postponed.
DUJlBAN' ct' 2-In consequence -of
the Boers capturing a. convoy of Natal
Volunteers between Dejager's Drift and
Blood River, burning several wagons and
capturing the escort, the Intended home
going of the Natal Volunteers has been
indefinitely postponed. This has caused a
painful impression throughout the colony.
Melbourne the Capital.
M?-EURNE' 2-Jt ls announced
that Melbourne will be the capital of Con
federated Australia.
A GHASTLY FIND.
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- xn xnat May Solve
w "ryon muraer Mystery.
CHICAGO, Oct 2. Experfs on bones
will be called upon to determine the char
acter of the skull found in. Cedar Lake.
A portion of the scalp and some teth
I were dragged from the lake by a search
ing party, Dut no other portion of the
body was found. Sheriff Lawrence, of
Crown Point, Ind., says:
"Although we are completely at sea re
garding the identity of the unfortunate,
yet we have two points .worked out which
may enable us eventually to clear up the
mystery. The head Is that of a woman
and she was a resident of or had visited
a large city. Tho mouth plate and the
two false teeth attached to it tell the sto
ry. We have had several dentists exam
ine the plate. They all say that it is from
the mouth of a medium-sized woman
that it is too small to have been from
the mouth of a man."
Sheriff Lawrence has evolved a startling
theory in the mysterious find, and that is
mac tne neao. is none other than that of
who was murdered at Cov
07mTr', "W IT af' ! hoad
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ny sack like that which inclosed the find
In Cedar Lake, and she wore a plate in
her mouth. Acting on this theory, Sheriff
Lawrence has Instructed his deputy to
write to the father of Pearl Bryan giv
ing a full account of the finding of the
head and a description of the plate.
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Pao Tins: Su Expedition Postponed.
TAKU, Sept. 29. The expedition to Pao
Ting Fu has been postponed, and the
start will not be made until October 6.
General Gaselee and the Gorman General
will command the Pekln and Tien Tsln
columns respectively.
The Russians have occupied Tong Shen
without opposition. i
The New South Wales contingent of
the British troops will winter in Pekin.
More Than Sixteen to One.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
One of Mr. Bryan's difficulties In Kan
sas ls found In the fact that he has to
compete with 2000 new pianos which the
prosperity of the people of that state has
enabled them to purchase. Even a .man
of such callioplc powers a3 Mr Bryan
may well be dismayed at the prospect of
talking against 2000 pianos, all in full
blast under the hands of beginners.
SIX HOURS OF TALK
BRYAN DELIVERED EIGHTEEN
SPEECHES YESTERDAY.
Concluded the Day With an Address
At La Crosse His Figures on
the Dairy Interest
LA CROSSE, Wis., Oct 3. When Mr.
Bryan concluded his last speech here to
night he had made 18 addresses and had
covered 15 hours of time during the day.
Beginning at 8 o'clock in the morning he
talked at Intervals until 11 tonight, put
ting in all told fully six solid hours of
speechmaklng. The first speech was made
at Shakopee, and after that appearance
he spoke in succession at Jordan, Belle
Plain, Henderson, Lesueur, St Peter,
Mankato, Janesvllle, Waseca, Owatonna,
Dodge Center, Kasson, Rochester, St
Charles, Winona and three speeches here
tonight Most of the talks were compara
tively brief, not running over 10 minutes,
but at St Peter, Mankato, Rochester,
Winona and at this point he spoke at
greater length. Almoet all the meetinga
along the line were held In the Immedi
ate vicinity of the railroad stopplng
placea, thus saving much of Mr. Bryan's
time and giving the people more time to
listen to his remarks.
The region traversed today 13 a rioh ag
ricultural section, and Mr. Bryan's re
marks were addressed especially to farm
ers, the trust question receiving even a
greater share of attention than usual.
The audiences were large, as a rule.
There were especially good crowds at
Mankato, Owatonna, Rochester and Wi
nona, and at this place, there were three
large audiences.
He was met at the station here by a
large concourse of people, but by no or
ganization. He'dld not arrive until almost
8:30 o'clock, and was driven rapidly to the
rink, where he made his first speech here.
He then spoke at Germania Hall and the
Opera-House. All three of these buildings
were filled. At Owatonna Mr. Bryan dis
cussed the dairy Interest saying:
"I was told this morning that you had
here a large dairying interest and that
led me to look up the statistics on the
dairy product' You have been told that
under this Administration there has been
a wonderful increase In our export busi
ness. I find from a Government report
that the export of butter has fallen off
In the last three years, and the export
of oleomargarine has Increased during
the last three years. Let me give the fig
ure. In 1896 we exported 25,690,000 pounds
of butter; in 1899 we exported 20,247,000; in
1000 we exported 18,262,000 showing a fall
ing off of more than 7,000,000 pounds In the
last three years, while oleomargarine in
creased as follows: In 1893, 18,000,000
pounds; In 1899, 147,000,000; In 1900. 150.000,
000. And. r find that the total export of
butter to' the Philippines for the year end
ing June, 1900, was worth $1904, so I suppose-
that this country produces a good
many times as much butter as this Na
tion exports to the Philippines, and if you
will figure up your proportion of $100,
000,000 a year paid for a standing Army,
you will understand how much you pay
to get a chance to export $1904 worth of
butter. When I was looking this question
up it was suggested to me that while
the export of butter had fallen off, the
things the butter-maker needs have risen
in price. Tin-plate was worth In Novem
ber, 1896, $3 65, while this year it has
gone as high as $5 50. There is a tin
plate trust, and you use tin-plate.
Wooden tubs cost more, and salt is more
expensive, because there is a salt trust"
Speaking at Rochester, Mr. Bryan re
ferred at some length to the foreign-born
citizens, saying In part:
"I think that a Government that was
good enough for the forefathers is good
enough for us, and if that means old fogy
I would rather be an old-fogy American
than a. new-fogy American. I believe
that we have drawn to ourselves the best
blood of aliens. We have brought to our
shores those who have come here to seek
that liberty which they could not find at
home, and if we in this latter day depart
from the principles of the fathers, if wo
repudiate the principles that have drawn
these people to our shores, then we will
be guilty of deceiving them, and those
who have come here under the delusion
that they were coming to a Republic will
have just cause fcr action against the Re
publican party for breach of promise If
It converts the Republic Into an empire."
Speaking especially to the farmers at
Rochester, Mr. Bryan said:
"It was my good fortune to be In Con
gress a short time just a llttlo while
but I would not take a good deal for my
experience there. In all that time I did
not see one single farmer asking for leg
islation, but I saw lots of fellows who
asked for legislation against the farmer.
In the hearing before the ways and means
committee I heard it stated that only one
farmer appeared, and he lived near
enough to Washington so he could walk
down. But tho great corporations had
their lobbyists there. You attempt to get
a bill through to correct unjust railroad
rates and you will find a lobby there.
You attempt to reduce the tariff on any
thing and you will find a lobby there.
You talk to Republicans about the tariff
and they will all admit that some rates
are too high, but whenever you attempt
to lower the tariff on a particular thing
you will find that the producers of that
thing are just on the verge of bankruptcy
and you cannot afford to take the tariff
from it, and after you get all through
you are lucky If they do not raise it It
is the tendency to hurrah for anything
Republican that has made the farmer
bear the load that ought to have been
borne by other people. The Republican
party today is putting upon the great
producing masses burdens that they ought
not to bear, and are relieving organized
wealth from burdens which they ought
to bear."
Reference was made to the barley in
dustry in the following language:
"My attention was called to the fact
that in this community you raise barley,
and that this is one of the great barley
raising communities of the state, and I
looked tho matter up and I found that
the average price reached for barley dur
ing 1893-4-5, the first three years of Mr.
Cleveland's Administration, was 34 cents,
while during the first three years of the
presontj Administration, 1897-9, the average
price was 30 cents, 4 cents more on an
average for barley during the first three
years of the previous Administration than
during the three years of this Adminis
tration, and yet you are told this Admin
istration is making the farmer prosperous.
When you sell your barley you get less
and when you come to spend the money
buying something you need you will find
the lumber trust has raised the price of
lumber, the sugar trust has raised the
price of sugar, the salt trust has raised
the price of salt, the barb-wire trust has
raised the price of barb wire, and you
will find that clothing, furniture and
stoves cost more, and everything the
farmer buys costs more. You will find
that the Republican party ls allowing the
trusts to plunder you when you go to buy,
and yet has no means to help you when
you go to sell your crop."
In discussing imperialism, -Mr. Bryan
referred to the- famine In India, and de
clared that the British were taxing the
Indians without ihelr consent, and witn
out giving them representation, and thar
In time of good crops they wero taxed
until they had' left barely enough to live
on, and when crops .were bad they had
nothing at all. Then he asked: "Why
does not England take the money sho
spends in killing Boers to keep the peoplo
of India?"
Referring to the Philippines, he said:
"If we have a colonial policy, we will
administer It with injustice. God never
made people selfish enough to want to
govern other people and then unselfish
enough to govern them well."
Mr. Bryan spoke at Winona to one ot
the largest meetings he has had In the
State of Minnesota.
Mr. Bryan received a most enthusiastic
reception in La Crosso. Crowds met him
at the station and the streets were cov
ered with people. A feature of the occa
sion was the noise of numerous tin horns
and cowbells In the crowd. The tooting
of one and the ringing of the other gave
the parade the appearance of a city car
nival, which was heightened by the
throwing of rice and confetti into Hr.
Bryan's carriage. He spoke at the rink,
at Germania Hall and at the new La
Crosse theater.
At Shalcopee.
LESUEUR, Minn., Oct. 2. The decora
tions placed upon the Bryan train at
Duluth by the Minnesota State Commit
tee were almost entirely destroyed by
souvenir-seekers while the train stood at
Minneapolis last night. Shakopee, the
first stop, was reached at 8 o'clock. There
Mr. Bryan said in part:
"Why do the Republicans want a large
army? They want It at home to suppress
by force the discontent which should be
cured by legislation, and they want it
abroad in order to exploit the Philip
pines, and if you look up the record you
will find that the Republican member
of Congress who stands at the head of
the Army committee of the House of
Representatives is the president of the
Philippine Lumber & Development Com
pany, and they have already gobbled up
a lot ctf lumber lands and taken control
of the Improvement in the Philippine
Islands, and In their prospectus they aay
that the labor question Is easily solved;
there is plenty of Chinese labor.' By
reading their prospectus you can see why
it is that some people want a large army
and imperialism, and. while it is a good'
thing for thoge doing the development, it
is a bad thing for the people who fur
nish sons for the army and the peoplo
who pay the taxes."
At Mankato.
MANKATO, Minn., Oct. 2. Here Mr.
Bryan made the principal speech of the
forenoon, the stop being 40 minutes in
duration. Mr. Bryan 3tood upon a flat
topped coal dray while he talked. He as
serted that the Republicans were trying
to fight the campaign on tho lowest
plane pn which a campaign was ever
pitched.
"In the East," he said, "they tell of a
prosperity in the West that wo have
never seen, and in the West of big wages
In the East, 'which they do not dare to
boast of In the anthracite coal regions."
He referred to the closing of the cracker
factory at 'this place as an object-lesson
of what might be expected of trusts.
"Mr. Hanna says there are no trusts,"
he said. "You can tell him better here,
can't you?"
"You bet," wa3 the general response.
Continuing, Mr. Bryan again referred
to the Ice trust, saying it was the only
trust that Republicans know about not
withstanding its operations were confined
to New York, while the other trusts
reach out all over the country. He again
suggested that the Republican Governor
of New York should be at home looking
after the trusts in his state. Instead ot
traveling over the country campaigning.
Speaking of the Philippine question, Mr.
Bryan repeated that he was willing to
assume all the responsibility for the
ratification of the treaty, but not for tha
treaty itself.
At "Waseca.
WASECA, Minn., Oct 2.-At Waseca
Mr. Bryan discussed the efforts to se
cure legislation for the control of tha
trusts. He asserted that Republicans had
not really desired at the last session of
Congress to secure anti-trust legislation,
but had only brought in their bill for a
Constitutional amendment towards the
close of the session and after signing
away their real opportunity. The Demo
crats, he said, opposed the amendment,
because It took away from the states the
right to control corporations within their
borders.
Bryan's Eastern Dates.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2. William J. Bryan
will pass through Chicago early Thurs
day morning, stopping only long enough
for his car to bo switched to tho Wabash
Railroad tracks en route for Indianapo
lis. Senator Jones, chairman of the Dem
ocratic National Committee, announced
the following Itinerary for Mr. Bryan's
Eastern trip:
Madison Square Garden, New York,
October 16; at other points in New York,
October 17 to 20. Inclusive; West Virginia,
October 22; Maryland, October 23; Dela
ware October 24; New Jersey, October 25
and 26; New York City, October 27. On
the latter date, Colonel Bryan will ad
dress a meeting of the Bryan clubs of
tho Atlantic Coast States.
COMEDY IN A CAMPAIGN,
Boodler Clark Will Import Artists
to Montana.
Pink tights are to supercede free silver,
the cakewalk will push aside imperialism,
black-faco comedy is to crowd out the
trusts and the skittish soubrotte will an
swer the "full dinner pall" In tho Demo
cratic campaign of Montana In a few
days, sayp thu Chicago Record.
Sketch artists and vaudovillo "head
liners" of Chicago are studying maps of
Montana and the time-tables of railroads
that lead to Butte. Leading "juvenile"
and heavy walking gents are hunting for
the man who wants 40 artists of the continuous-performance
variety to help Wil
liam A. Clark get back into the United
States Senate.
Anxious to Visit Montana.
For a week song and dance teams, club
swingers, coke walkers, vocalists, ballad
ist3, contortionists, lightning-change ar
tists, Impersonators, skirt dancers, equili
brists, soubTettes and refined comedians
have been mixing the Clark-Daly brand of
Montana politics with their stunts. The
word was flashed along the circuit that
Millionaire Clark, the Interrupted Senator
from Montana, had laid aside a couplo of
days' Income to divido among the Chicago
footllghters. It became known that bis
agent was in the city to buy big teats,
calcium lights, moving-ptctnre apparatus,
circus seats and "gags."
Night before lost Ren fltooMs, formerly
of the parody team of Maxmllllan and
Shields; Ed Loftus, song and dance man,
and George Moore, vocalist, started for
Butte, Mont, with transportation In their
pockets and prospects of prosperity ahead.
They told their envious colleagues that
each had been hired for $150 a week by
Senator Clark's agent to work their speci
alties for the Clark Democrats In Mon
tana. They said that they had been in
structed to report to Clark'fl son in Butte.
Repeats IiOrixner's Tactics.
It seems that the man whose income is
only a million a month intends to put
some new frills on the Daly-Clark fight in
Montana. According to a Chicago theatri
cal manager, he ls going to repeat In
the stale where it costs a couple of mil
lion dollars to buy a reserved seat In tho
United States Senate the campaign tao
ties of "Billy" Lorlmer, only the Clark
enterprise is to be on a iarger scale. Ac
cording to the theatrical man. Senator
Clark Is going to turn vaudevillo and va
rlety shows Into vote-getters. It ls his
purpose to send half a dozen shows under
big circus tents over the state with his
spellbiiider?. the sketch artists to draw the
crowds and the stump speakers to round
up the votes.
Letters and telegrams addressed to Sen
ator Clark which reached the Auditorium
Annex yesterday. Indicate that he will be
in Chicago today or tomorrow.
Railroad Life an a Career.
"The time was," said R. A. Trimble,
of Philadelphia, to a New York Trib
une reporter, "when railroading offered
a tremendous field and a rapid advance
ment to a young man of energy, brains
and fond of hard work. With the coun
try gridironed a3 it now is, with tens
of thousands of miles of steel rails, and
with the screech of the locomotive
whistle greeting the ear the country
over, It ls an epitomo of the rapid ad
vancement or thl3 country, when you
fiiliil
The great trouble in trying
to sell what are called patent
medicines is that so many claims
have been made for them that
people don't or won't believe
what honest makers say.
We have been telling our
story sixty years. Did we ever
deceive you once? If we make
any statement that isn't so3 we
will stand the loss. Go to the
druggist and get your money
back.
Here's an example. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is a good cure
for a cough that comes from a
cold. Your cough, if you have
one, may not come from a coid;
your doctor will tell you about
that.
It is a straight medicme with
sixty years of cures back of it.
There isn't a ghost of the ordi
nary patent thing about it.
J. C. Ayer Company,
Practical Chemists, Lowell, .Mau.
Ayer's Saraparilh
Ayer' P5D
Aycr'j Ague Con
tAjeri.HaIr Vigor
Aycr Cherry Pectoral
Ayer Comatone
pause to think that tho first railroad
was built llttlo moro than a half, century
ago. In that time so great has been they
.progress and development of railroads
that mighty fortunes by the score have
been made from their building. A quar
ter of a century to 40 years ago a you-g
man of ability had a chance, but now
railroading has not alone become a lino
art, which necessitates the most care
ful education to understand, but It has
been reduced to a harmonious working
system, where the order of progreilon
in the positions of Importance is steac y
and uniform. To succeed today a man
must first have a technical education,
supplemented by a practical experience
in all branches of the railroad, and all
thi3 must bo engrafted on great ability
for In the chosen field of his llfework,
while the rewards aro great, the com
peUtion ls greater stilL
"When that wonderful railroad genius,
the late Thomas A. Scott, was building
up the Pennsylvania system, the work ho
did was superhuman, the results he ac
complished marvelous. Scott was cs
sen.tially a man of action. For example
at one tlmo thero occurred on the line
a freight wreck that plied up scores of
cars in a confused heap in a cutting,
thus completely barring the main line.
"The local authorities were bes Je
themselves, for they could not figure out
how the wreck could be cleared awcn
and the line .reopened in less than tw
weeks. Scott arrived on the scene, aKl
after a survey of tho wreck, sent fr
a great quantity of coal oil. with whlc
he had the pile thoroughly drench el.
It wa3 then touched off, and the god or
fire soon removed all trace of It, aril
traffic was resumed on tho line in twenty
four hours. A bridge fell and it wji
feared a long delay must ensue, but S ott
I put more than 2000 men to work on tlv.t
one structure, and thU3 eliminated the
question, of delay. Those were the da3
when such things counted, and were not
only possible but necessary. Today rail
roading is reduced to such a fine point
that the need for them no longer exists.
The roads are too safeguarded for that.
The last instance I remember of such
railroad work as that was at the John
stown flood In 18S9, I think It was. Frank
Thompson, by great work, and the use of
side lines, was ono of the first to arrive
upon the scene. Once there ho took full
control, tho division snperintendcnt.H
from all over the line were summoned,
and a particular task was given to ach
one to do lnstanUy. They ono and all
responded as best they could to the spur,
and the lino was reopened with Incredible
swiftness. Thero were one or two fail
ures, however, and these men, while
they were kept on as superintendents of
unimportant mountain divisions, were
never again promoted.
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Th point of t2us experiment is that
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