The Broad Ax

VOL. V. COL. WM. J. BRYAN AND THE BROAD AX. Upon the eve of the Democra'i National Convention we thoug't it might be interesting to some of the admirers and supporters of Col. Wm. J. Bryan to become familiar with the efforts, which The Broad Ax has put forth in his behalf and the Ccls. appreciation of the same. August 31st, 1895, we began the publication of The Broad Axx, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and after the Democratic party was overwhelmingly defeated everywhere at the State elections of that year. We began to cost about for an available Presidential candidate, who could gather up, as it were, the fragments of the party, form them into one mighty army and hurl them against the common enemy, the Republican party. After much meditation and reflection the idea flashed across our mind that Wm. J. Bryan was by all odds the one sole individual fitted for the task of commanding and leading forward the grand army of Democracy, and on November 9th, 1895, the choice of The Broad Ax for President of the United States "on the American silver ticket" was Wm. J. Bryan of Nebraska, for vice president, John P. Jones, of Nevada. Later on we dropped the name of Mr. Jones and substituted that of John T. Morgan of Alabama, and wrote an editorial in favor of the ticket, which appeared in The Broad Ax Nov. 23, 1895, entitled "The Star of Hope." In it we set forth our reasons for advocating the nomination and election of our candidates. Our ticket and our platform occupied the left hand cornor front page of The Broad Ax, from that time until Col. Bryan was nominated for President at the memorable Chicago Convention July 2. 1896. Shortly after our mentioning Mr. Bryan's name in connection with the Presidency, we sent him a marked copy of The Broad Ax. He was then political editor of The World-Herald, Omaha, and Dec. 14th, 1895, The World-Herald contained a short editorial comment from the pen of Mr. Bryan on "the bright appearance of The Broad Ax." He clipped it out and pinned it on to the letter head of the law-firm of Talbot, Bryan and Allan and wrote beneath it: "From The Omaha World-Herald, Dec. 14, 1895, with the compliments of W.J. Bryan." Immediately after Mr. Bryan's nomination for President, we sent him a THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION OF ILLINOS. Tuesday, June 26, 1900, will be remembered for many years to come as the history making epoch of the Democratic party of Illinois. At Springfield, on that date, the de'egtes a d hundreds of distinguished men from all sections of the state flocked to the capital city to participate in a d wa ch the proceedings of the convention, which was to nominate the next governor of the state. The convention was he'd in the House of Representatives, which was far too small and inadequate to accommodate those who desired to be present on the occasion and thousands on the first day of the convention were unable to get into the building, which means that everybody was interested in its outcome and that they wanted to gaze upon the convention during its process of manipulating the machinery which was to bring forth the lucky prizes, for the various aspirants. When the time arrived for calling the convention to order. Hon. E'mr W. Hurst, of Rock Island, was selected as temporary chairman and his speech was enthusiastically received by all. In closing he paid a well deserved tribute to Col. Wm. J. Bryan, which caused delegates and the visitors generally to go in raptures over it and they applauded long and loud. Even Mayor Harrison threw his mayorly dignity aside and heartily applauded the speaker and joined his fellow delegates in helping to manifest their loyalty and steadfast adherence to Colonel Bryan. Before nominating speeches were in order for governor, the convention was addressed by Ex-Governor John P. Altgeld, "Gattling Gun" Wind'e and Hon. Chas K. Ladd At the conclusion of [Name] The highly cultivated and talented wife of the next President of the United States. telegram of congratulation, which he responded to and wrote him a letter urging him to use his influence with the committee to have literature distributed among the Colored voters residing in the Central States and amidst all the excitement and turmoil Mr. Bryan paused long enough to write us a letter thanking us for the great interest, which we manifested in his candidacy, when we had ascertained definitely that Mr. Bryan was defeated. We promptly selected him as our choice for president in 1900 and wrote him a letter expressing our regret of his falling on the outside of the breastworks. But assuring him that he would be re-nominated and elected in 1900. Christmas morning 1896. the post- Mr. Ladd's speech, the names of Adam Ortseifen, Samuel Alschuler, Gen. Alfred Orendorff, Hon. Chas. K. Ladd and Judge Worthington were all ably and cloquently presented to the convention for its consideration and it was evident to those who were capble of discerning, that Samuel Alschuler, the young captain of Democracy, was mounted on a white charger and that nothing, or no power could prevent his white horse and himself from riling through the convention and Mr. Alschuler was nominated on the second ballot. The other candidates, like true Democrats, accepted their defeat very graciously. Upon the announcement of the second ballot, Gen. Alfred Orendorff, wended his way to the platform and in a neat speech, he thanked his friends for their support. Mr. Ladd did likewise, when he withdrew his name from before the convention, and General Orendorff urged that the nomination of Samuel Alschuler should be made unanimous. In the evening, Hon. Adam Ortseifen, accompanied by his managers visited Mr. Alschuler's headquarters at the St. Nicholas Hotel, and without any formality he extended h's congratulations to the choice of the convention, and at the same time assuring him that he would receive the united and undivided support of Cook County, that none of its leaders would sulk in their tents and that they would do everything to assist in his election. Thereupon Mr. Ortseifen, Mr. Alschuler and many other eminent leaders proceeded to the balcony of the hotel, and Mr. Ortseifen addressed the large concourse of people which assembled around it and he again assured them that Cook County would be loyal to the nominee for governor. HEW TO THE LINE. CHICAGO, JUNE 30, 1900. J. BRYAN, wife of the next President of the Unit- ates. man brought for our Christmaspresent a letter from Col. Bryan and in it he warmly thanked us for the words of cheer, which we had sent him and he doubly thanked The Broad Ar for the great support which it had rendered him throughout that campaign. It was not our pleasure to meet Co'. Bryan face to face until he visited Salt Lake City, Utah, in company with M s. Bryan and the children in July 197. The ladies of Salt Lake City tendered Mrs. Bryan a grand reception, and when Mrs. Taylor was presented to her as the wife of the editor of The Broad Ax, Mrs. Bryan warmly g asped her by the hand and assured her that she highly appreciated the services which The Broad Ax had rendered Mr. Bryan. Mr. Ortseifen made a splendid impression upon the people and they heartily applauded him. When he concluded speaking he introduced Hon. Samuel Alschuler as the next governor of Illinois, who very pleasingly addressed the gathering. He bestowed many praises upon Mr. Ortseifen, Cen. Orendorff and his other competitors, and he very much regretted that all of them could not draw the winning card. The residue of the ticket is composed of honorable and able men, and is well distributed over the state, which is as follows: Elmer A Ferry, Brown County, for Lieutenant-Governor: James F. O'Donne'l, of Bloomington, Secretary of State; Geo. B. Parsons, Shawneetown, Auditor of Public Accounts; Mildred F. Dunlap, of Dunlap, Russell & Co., bankers, Jacksonville, State Treasurer; James Todd, Chicago, Attorney-General; Mr. Alschuler and Mr. Dunlap are very friendly and very popular with the colored people residing in the portions of the state which they hall from and by reason of this fact their names will greatly strengthen the ticket and cause many Afro-American voters to march on to victory with it. It is admitted by all that it was the best and greatest convention ever held by the party in the state, and right here we want to say, that from the time we landed in Spring'el1 until our departure, we were heartily received and cordially greeted by Mavor Carter H. Harrison, Hons. R.bert E Burke, Thos. Gahan, Fred E. Eldr d, James J. Gray, William Loeffler, Walter Watson, Vincent H. Perkins, James Branen and many other distinguished men from all parts of the state, and we felt it was good to be there. Secretary Theo. Nelson, presented us COL. W. Our nominee for President of the The Broad Ax claims the honor of mention his name in connection with Our nominee for President of the United States, November 9th, 1895. The Broad Ax claims the honor of being the first newspaper in the land to mention his name in connection with the Presidency. Our nominee for President of the United States, November 9th, 1895. The Broad Ax claims the honor of being the first newspaper in the land to mention his name in connection with the Presidency. On meeting the Col. he cordially received us and before proceeding to speak upon his past and future political prospects he expressed his highest admiration as to the good work The Broad Ax was doing. He then and there wrote us a letter for publication which we still have along with his other letters and he expressed the hope that 'The Broad Ax may grow in influence and in circulation,' and he further said in the letter, "I feel sure that the cause of bimetallism, which you have championed will yet triumph." At the same time he wrote us a letter of introduction and commendation to Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Sept. 16th, 1899, the Colonel also wrote us a letter for publication whle he was stopping at the Sherman with a press ticket, which entitled us to a seat on the platform with the other members of the craft and prominent personages. Saturday, June 22, the Democratic County Convention of Cook County convened at the North Side Turner Hall, and without delay the following ticket was selected: States Attorney, Julius Goldzier; Recorder, William E. Schlake; Clerk Circuit Court, Peter J. O'Brien; Clerk Superior Court, Richard J. Collins; Coroner, John E. Traeger; Member Board of Review, Timothy E. Ryan; Members Board of Assessors, Henry Stuckart and Peter Kiolbassa; Probate Judge, Martin M. Gridley: Superior Court Judges, Lawrence A. Young, Israel Cowen, John C. King and Edgar B. Tolman; County Surveyor, George C. Waterman; President County Board, Rollin B. Organ; City County Commissioners, Jacob Thielen, James Daly, Michael Irrmann, Otto Hulsman, Rollin B. Organ, Joseph E. Flanagan, John Czeko.a, Edward Katziner, John Foley, John F. Dibelka, E. B. Bushnell; La Grange, John Fanning; Glencoe, W. S. Maher; Park Ridge, C. D. Richardson; Chicago Heights, and Chas. Stoffel, of Hawthorne, will represent the country districts upon the next board. All in all the Democracy of Cook County have chosen good men and we believe the ticket will be elected. But at the same time it is our candid opinion it would be much easier to accomplish that object if a good, honest and intelligent Afro-American Democrat had been placed on the ticket for county commissioner. There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.—Burke. --- COL. WM. J. BRYAN. House, Chicago, and it can be found in another column of The Broad Ax, and we can truly say, that from 1895 to the present time, The Broad Ax has stood by Col. Bryan through good and ill report, although many of the great leaders of the party endeavored to cast him aside, but our faith in him and in the principles which he represents and advocates are as firm as the rock of ages, and we have always advocated his renomination and he will be, therefore we verily believe he will be elected and if so, the Democratic party will enter upon a long and glorious career under his matchless leadership, which will be unsurpassed or unequaled by any political party since the reign of the immortal Thomas Jefferson. Sir—In your report of the proceedings Wednesday,the 20th inst.,wich appeared in your issue of the 23rd.I am made to appear as an advocate of polygamy in the following paragraph of your resume of my address: "In closing, the doctor (Dr. Jeffrey) said that he was in favor of every man marrying as many wives as he could easily support." Now I beg to say that I am only in favor of such a course as an alternative to the shameful inconsistency of theoretical monogamists as we find them among Christian bigots. My experience among the Mohrms of BritishGuiana during my dozen years of hospital work in that colony has convinced me that theoretical polygamists are in reality not less monogamous than theoretical mohogamists. I found an intimate relation between the Mussulman's pocket book and the number of wives be married, even as I also find a similar relation between the Christian's bank account and the number of mistresses he debauches. It would not surprise me to discover that I failed to make myself fully understood on so intricate and delicate a subject in so brief and hapzard an address: hence I shall try to make myself clear in your valuable columns Mr. Editor. At the outset it might be well for me to draw a broad line of distinction between love and marriage. I am sorry to say that it is the exception rather than the rule to find genuine soul love and marriage associated. Its marriage we are discussing and not love. My first contention is that po'y gamy or the marrying of many wives has contributed considerably to the "POLYGAMY " NO. 36. evolution of society during its earlier stages, by giving strong and desirable male characters a favorable opportunity to propagate their kind, and by affording the defenceless women of a vanquished foe a humanitarian alternative of merciless slaughter, or the numerous widows of the victorious a less degrading haven than a life of shame. In such ages or under such circumstances polygamy cannot but be a blessing to womankind. It is certainly less inhuman to marry many women than to massacre them, or to prostitute them, when the avenues for earning an honest and respectable livelihood are so few. On the other hand, in the present advanced and complex state of society, we inflict a social blight upon ourselves when we permit men and women to rear families in spite of their poverty, diseased condition, or criminal tendencies. Then secondly I contend for more appreciation and respect for the Mormon's—polygamist's—consistency and honesty in his marital precepts and practices. If it is true that the founder of Christianity did really utter the scathing denunciation and stinging abuse against the Scribes and Pharisees as is handed down to us in Matthew's gospel, and if the advice "to remove the mote from one's own eyes before attempting to tackle the beam in one's brother's eyes," has not lost its value with the march of time, I should think that Christians might do some spiritual house cleaning among themselves in stead of trying to divert attention to a sect of men who are less pharisaical in their connubial relations than their self-righteous Christian critics. Thirdly and lastly, I contend that it would be less heinous, less degrading, to permit wealthy and healthy men to make honorable wives of the poor unfortunate wretches whose virtue those rich Christian gentlemen may have debauched, than to condone such corruption by winking at such sin in our zealous haste to convert the other fellow who dose not happen to be as inconsistent as his Christian brother. How blind we seem to be to the polygamous Christian character upon which brazenly floats an illusive scum of monogamous Christian reputation! Of course it must be admitted that associated with the mere mention of polygamy, is the idea of a pent up zenana with half a dozen or more women pulling at one another's hair, and the children of each at strife between themselves; but such is not a necessary corollary of polygamy in a large city if each wife has a separate home, and is resigned to the unselfish demands of such an institution. Such an alternative I do prefer to the double marital lives—reeking with deception and insincerity—,wich so many of the saved ones lead. Yet I long most earnestly for the time when men's spiritual development will be such as to render it impossible for us to find connubial pleasure with any but she who reciprocates a s'ng'e, lofty, and ennobling soul love. This is the only true marriage. JOSEPH JEFFERY, M. D., Chicago, Illinois 26th June, 1900. We herewith present our numerous readers with the official and the latest photographs of Col. and Mrs. Wm. J. Bryan they being especially designed for the Broad Ax. We cannot at this time elaborate upon the platform adopted by the party at Springfield. But it made us feel good clear down to the end of our toes when Mayor Carter H. Harrison read it, and more especially the following quotation: "We demand the protection of life and property of American citizens at home and abroad, regardless of race, color or previous condition." This will be very pleasing to the Afro-Americans and it will go far to convince many of them that the Democratic party is in favor of law and order. Mayor D. J. Hogan, of Geneva, has gone to the front, as one of the best political managers in the west. He succeeded in pulling Mr. Alchuler through without making one a'in, and without making any enemies for his choice. Mayor Hogan a'ways k eps abreast of the times and he k-ows how to make and unmake statesmen. On the first and third Tuesdays of July and August the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad will place on sale Homeseekers' Excursion tickets to various points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indian Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. One fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets are limited on going trip fifteen days from date of sale with stop over privileges in Homeseekers' territory. Returning tickets are limited twenty-one days from date of sale. Remember that we now have in service a new wide vestibulated train between Chicago & Waco & Ft. Worth, Texas, leaving Chicago daily at 1.50 p. m. Through Pullman sleeping cars and free reclining chair cars. For further particulars call on or address any agent Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad or C. L. Stone, G. P. & T. A., Chicago. Effects in Electricity. The engineers of the Pan-American Exposition, which will be held at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901, have adopted plans which, when carried out, will result in startlingly original effects in electricity. The areas of this exposition have been laid out with special reference to night effects, and the horticultural and landscape features have been designed to harmonize with the fountain displays and the illumination. MEDICAL BOOK FREE "Know Thyself," a Book For Men Only, sent Free, postpaid, sealed, to any male reader mentioning this paper; 6c for postage. 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The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communication will have attention, write only on one side of the paper. SUBSCRIPTIONS (advance): JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor and Publisher. Vesuvius is becoming more and more active, and those who live around it are greatly alarmed. Experts are inclined to consider that there is no immediate danger. The station of the cable road which leads to its summit has been destroyed. Four English-travelers, who were making the ascent of the volcano, ventured too far and were overtaken by the lava and seriously burned. There has been a special issue of war stamps from the Melbourne postoffice for the benefit of the local patriotic fund. There were only two denominations, the penny and the twopenny, the former selling at a shilling and the latter at a florin. They were all practically sold in advance, £3,500 being realized. The designs were agreeably artistic, and represented colonial troops at the front. The Baltimore American says: What is probably the oldest family Bible in this country, and without doubt the oldest Dutch Bible, is in the possession of Capt. George W. Wood, 1700 Eutaw place. It is almost three hundred years old, and has been in his family for nearly that length of time. In all probability it was purchased by one of his ancestors soon after it came from the press, for it was brought to this country in 1630. "One-fourth of the lawyers," said Governor Shaw of Iowa, recently, "can try a case no better today than when they began." "There are also women who can cook no better than on the day they were married, and are told so three times a day." What commencement oration could better set forth, in co-educational terms, the common principle of failure? Not to advance, as Lord Bacon insisted long ago, is simply to go back. The old cherry tree under which Edgar Allan Poe used to sit, and in whose shade he is known to have written at least part of "The Raven," is to be cut down. It stands in the suburb of New York called Fordham, near the little house in which Poe lived, and which is known as the "Poe Cottage." There are to be street improvements made in the neighborhood, and the cherry tree is in the way. Wood choppers have the contract for cutting it down, and it will soon be laid low. Dr. E. J. Chauvet is the owner of the tree, and he may have it reserved in the form of many relics, or move it bodily to some other spot. The tree has been dead for years, but it still stands. A correspondent of the Troy Times has been making big eyes—as well he might—over a copy of the Boston Athenaeum of April 15, 1828, which contained a picture, copied from a London paper, representing a veritable automobile—a vehicle invented by a man named Gurney, who had taken out a patent for it. It was coach-like in form, was designed for steam propulsion, and could be easily controlled by the driver. The description was followed by a prophecy that "if his invention should reach its expected perfection," its economical character would doubtless "lead to universal patronage." The expected perfection is not yet; but "a man named Gurney" deserves to be remembered. Many years ago a New Hampshire physician was stunned by the premature discharge of a blast. He related afterward the fact that in the moment of the explosion he had time for the swift passage of three thoughts through his mind: "I am a dead man! What will become of my family? We are all in the hands of God!" Curiously enough, the prince of Wales made use of this last impressive sentence on his first public appearance in England after the recent attempt at his assassination: "We are all in the hands of God!" What if the consciousness of helpless dependence which men feel in a crisis of extreme physical danger could become a habitual attitude of trust, and thus a fountain of joy? Some weeks ago a den of foxes was discovered on the bank of the Miami river near Redbank, by three boys, John Bain, Lewis Shumate and a boy named Lloyd. Young Lloyd took two of them to his father's place near Redbank. They were fastened to a kennel with stout cords attached to collars. It is stated that persons in the vicinity frequently heard the old foxes bark at night, and on Saturday night last Farmer Lloyd, hearing a commotion in the barnyard, went out and saw the parent foxes scurry away. He then went to the kennel and found that the cords which had confined the young animals had been chewed in twain and the little ones were missing. It is the supposition that the parent animals released their young and carried them away in their mouths as a cat does her kittens. DANGEROUS TO TRESPASS. Many Killed on Railroad Trucks Have No Business There. The fearful slaughter of trespassers on the Pennsylvania railroad tracks has once more awakened the attention of the railroad, municipal and county authorities to the fact that something should be done to prohibit people from walking on the dangerous iron highways, says the Pittsburg Post. The bloodiest record ever made in one week has just been established on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania. Wednesday morning the southwestern express killed two men, a freight train killed another man near Johnstown and Conductor George Vance reported that an unknown man had been ground to pieces in the Ardara tunnel, and that the body of another man who had been run down had been forwarded to Greensburg. The night before another unknown man was instantly killed east of Greensburg by the Pittsburg limited, and an aged colored man who was picking up coal was killed near the same place. Andrew Soricin, a foreigner, was struck by the day express near Radebaugh and died before he could be taken to the hospital. Yesterday one of the fast morning trains killed another man who is thought to have jumped from a freight train in front of the rapidly moving passenger engine. Shortly after one of the fast trains shot out of the Ardara tunnel yesterday three men stepped on the track and came near being ground up; in fact, nothing could have saved them had it not been for the fact that the train was moving on a cautionary block and was brought under control by the emergency brake. The engineers of the fast trains are careful men and it almost unnerves them when they see a human being hurled into space. But they are powerless to avoid such calamities, as the careless track trespassers still walk right to their doom regardless of every warning. A railroad official in talking about the slaughter that is going on yesterday said that he could see no way to prevent it, as people would persist in walking on the tracks. He related a conversation between an American and an English railway official while both were riding on the rear end of a limited. The Englishman perceived some men walking on the tracks and said: "Why do you allow that?" "Well," said the American, "what do you do with such trespassers?" "We arrest them," said the Englishman. "Well, we do worse than that," said the American; "we kill them, and yet we can't keep them off the tracks." OTHER WAYS OUT. But This Car Conductor Was Not Bright Enough to See It. When the conductor of a northbound Lincoln avenue car finished collecting fares a few days ago he started for the rear platform as the train was emerging from the tunnel, says the Chicago Chronicle. The door was closed, but he had opened it hundreds of times, and thought he would experience no difficulty in doing so. But the door did not open. After pulling gently half a dozen times he jerked, but without success. He looked at the top, bottom and sides, but failed to find the cause of the door's perverseness. When his patience was exhausted he went to the front of the car with the intention of dropping and jumping on the rear platform and trying the door from the outside. This was a bit of strategy to his credit. He walked up to the front door as though he had urgent business on the other side. Again he took hold of the handle with the same innocence as he had done at the rear of the car a minute before. Again he was disappointed. The door was shut—shut tight and refused to be opened. In despair he pulled the bell, and the car came to a stop on Clark street near Indiana street. The conductor on the car ahead was signaled, and he came and threw back the catch with which each car is provided. He then said: "Why didn't you open a window and jump out?" The Age of Birds. Mr. J. H. Gurney, in an article in the Ibis, discusses a number of facts, collected from various books and papers, regarding the age to which birds live. Mr. Dresser, in his "Birds of Europe," gives an instance of a raven having lived sixty-nine years. Mr. Meade-Waldo has in captivity a pair of eagle owls, one of which is sixty-eight and the other fifty-three years old. Since 1864 these birds have bred regularly, and have now reared ninety-three young ones. A Batelur eagle and a condor in the Zoological gardens at Amsterdam are still alive at the respective ages of fifty-five and fifty-two. An imperial eagle of the age of fifty-six, a golden eagle of forty-six and a sea eagle of forty-two, and many other birds of the age of forty downward are also recorded. They Used Him. "Spare me!" cried the captive, "and I will be your slave for life. I am a cook by trade, and can make any dish you desire." "Well," replied the cannibal king, "you do look as if you would make a good hash. I think we can use you." This reply, somewhat ambiguous, left the captive in doubt, but alas! not for long.—Philadelphia Press. College Professors to Judge. Of the hundred judges selected in the New York University to decide on the names of great Americans who are to be commemorated in the Hall on Fama, a very large majority—nearly all, in fact—are college professors. IMPERIAL DECREES. IMPERIAL DECREES. BEING ISSUED FROM WASHINGTON DEPARTMENTS. All the Strength of the Government Must Be Used in Order to Perpetuate the Reign of the Money Power and Other Trusts. (Washington Democratic Letter.) Washington, D. C., June 16, 1900. There is no doubt but what Mark Hanna runs the government. There isn't a department in Washington which is not being operated for the main purpose of re-electing McKinley next November. A particularly flagrant instance is just now engaging public attention. There is a bureau of the treasury department known as the bureau of statistics. Its function is to compile statistics relative to commerce, imports and exports, the movement of coin and similar matters. For many years it was under the control of Worthington C. Ford, recognized as one of the principal statisticians in the United States, a man of fine character and excellent ability. The position came under the civil service law, and by law could be filled only by an expert statistician. After Secretary Gage took office, with great pretenses as a civil service reformer, he gave Mr. Ford assurance of his high esteem and of his strong desire that he should remain at the head of the bureau of statistics. Within a few months, however, Mr. Ford was forced to resign and a newspaper man named O. P. Austin, without any standing whatever as a statistician, was appointed to the place in clear violation of the law. Mr. Austin was extremely unpopular with his fellow newspaper men in Washington for having run for a number of years a "scab" newspaper syndicate and for having tried to get newspapers away from his fellow journalists by what they considered untair methods. But he had been of service to Hanna around Republican headquarters in the campaign of 1896 and that gave him his appointment. From the time he entered office the bureau of statistics was run for the sole purpose of getting up Republican statistics. In every way that human ingenuity can devise, figures have been twisted, warped, distorted and garbled in order to back up the Republican position in favor of protection of trusts and of the gold standard. Now Mr. Austin is crowning his service by employing the whole bureau, with its staff of highly paid experts, in getting up a campaign text book for the Republicans, filled with pages of statistics and diagrams to prove that the McKinley administration is the greatest three-ring circus that ever crossed the continent. His use of figures is such as to make the nine digits blush to look the multiplication table in the face. The book will be printed in the government printing office at government expense and circulated through the mails at government expense. This little job will cost the taxpayers first and last not over $20,000, a mere drop in the bucket of Republican extravagance and misappropriation of public funds, but when any Democrat hears a Republican orator quote from O. P. Austin's book a set of figures to sustain any argument he may advance, the aforesaid Democrat may call to mind the illuminating fact of its origin and rest content. Hanna is occasionally brutal even to his own slaves. He recently informed Chairman Babcock of the Republican congressional committee that that organization would have to raise its own campaign funds, as the national committee would need all it could get for its own purposes. Hanna hasn't much use for congress anyway, particularly the house of representatives. It wouldn't pass the Hanna-Payne ship subsidy bill and the army reorganization bill, both of which he wanted, and it did pass the Nicaragua canal bill, the anti-trust bill and the eight-hour labor bill, which he bitterly opposed. So when Babcock was told to hunt up his own funds he found himself in the midst of an arid desert with Mark Hanna standing guard over every water hole in sight. There was but a single prickly cactus from which to squeeze a few reluctant drops—the employes of the house of representatives, Republican to a man. Babcock had these voted an extra month's salary all around just before congress adjourned, and then set a smooth and skillful agent at work to make each employee give up 50 per cent of that bonus. This would have yielded about $40,000 despite the fact that it was a flagrant violation of the law against political assessments. But there is nothing so ungrateful as a government employee with an election pending, especially when he figures that the election is going against his party. The employes are refusing to give up. They are saving their money against a rainy day. Almost to a man they figure that the next house will be Democratic and that they will lose their jobs. So Mr. Babcock's committee has had to call on each Republican member of congress as well as each Republican candidate for congress for a special assessment. There may be an occasional crumb of contribution fall from Mark Hanna's trust-fed table, but it will not do Babcock much good. This business of being jackal to the Mark Hanna lion is a thankless task. The government has spent $100,000 in transporting troops and bands to Rochester, N. Y., to give Gen. Otis a big military reception, celebrating his return from the Philippines. Gen. Otis' Philippine campaign is the most humiliating military failure in the history of the government, but the ad- ministration has to stand for Otis because Otis stands for the administration. But there are ample signs that the country has had about all it wants of militarism. Military heroes are at a discount. The Republicans do not find it wise to put a military man on the ticket with McKinley any more than the Democrats will at Kansas City. Dewey has announced that he is out of the presidential race and Admiral Schley declines to be considered as a candidate. There are too many military scandals to be investigated right now. The Cuban scandal is not all postal. It is recalled now that some six months ago when a certain Cuban newspaper began charging American officials with corruption, Gen. Ludlow, then in command at Havana, promptly threw the whole staff of the newspaper into jail and practically suppressed the offending paper. That effective way of proving the purity of the military service couldn't be improved on even in Turkey. It is well to note that five of the inspectors in the Cuban postal service who conveniently looked the other way when Neely and his confederates were stealing postal funds, have been "permitted to resign." One of them is the man who wrote such a laudatory report of Neely's management as to make the latter shed tears of gratitude as he grabbed for five thousand dollars more a month than he had been accustomed to taking. JACKSON DAY. BRYAN-BLAINE. In the corridor of the Hoffman House, in New York, a prosperous looking citizen was heard to remark to a friend the other evening: "I am a Republican and always have been but I want to tell you that this man Bryan is the greatest political leader this country has had in 25 years, with the possible exception of Blaine." This was the recognition of a representative of New York's commercial interests of the foremost Democrat of the age—and its foremost Democrat is always the greatest man in any country or of any age. This declaration suggested the points of similarity and difference in the personality and character and statesmanship of Bryan and Blaine. That James G. Blaine had a personality so engaging and commanding as to inspire immediate admiration and to win lasting respect is the admission of his bitterest foe. He was magnetic. In wit, ready, in speech, elequent, in ambition, great, in manners, affable, in learning, not profound nor accurate, nor yet superficial, but well informed and always able to make the best possible use of what he knew and of what he had, James G. Blaine was gifted by nature for parliamentary leadership. Not since William Pitt has he had a superior, if, indeed, a peer, in that respect. In all these elements of greatness Bryan resembles Blaine, except in the greater accuracy of the former's learning and the profounder quality of his mind. But where Blaine was weak, Bryan is strong. Blaine represents the statesmanship of expediency, Bryan that of principles. In the quality of moral courage and devotion to ideals Bryan is ideal. Bryan has all the substantial elements of character which Blaine possessed and happily for his party and his fame he has none of those temperamental weaknesses which injured the party and which compromise the fame of Blaine. —Buffalo Times. HOW THE PEOPLE PAY. While the trusts have here and there increased the wages of their employes, which had previously been reduced from the 1892 scales, they have in every instance not only added several times as much to their own profits and made the people foot the bill, but they have failed also to restore wages to the old standard before what has been called hard times reductions. The Emporia Times has taken the trouble to obtain from the merchants of that city the increase in price of articles of necessity as compared with the selling price one year ago. Here are the figures it gives: Stoves have increased 50 per cent. Wagons have increased from four to five dollars. Copper has doubled in price. Fourteen-inch plows that sold for $10 now sell for $14. Ropes that sold for 5 cents a pound now sell for 12 cents. Bolts and rods have gone up 75 per cent. Cultivators have increased from $3 to $4. Hoes, forks, rakes, shovels, spades, and all such articles have gone up to the consumer 45 per cent. Nails, per keg, from $2.20 to $4.10. Barbed wire, galvanized, from $2.40 a hundred pounds to $4.60. Binder twine, which cost 7 cents a pound, now costs from 11 cents to 13½ cents. Glass has increased 40 per cent. Other articles of general use show a like increase in cost to the consumer. In every instance the trust has added enormous profits, every cent of which must come out of the people who have heard so much and seen so little of the boasted "McKinley prosperity."—Ft. Madison Democrat. On account of the unsanitary state of Kiao-Chau, the German papers urge that the garrison there should be changed every year. GOOD WORK IN OHIO. The Democrats of Ohio have marked out the lines on which the Democrats of the nation can advance to victory. They have framed a platform which, as far as it goes, is a model for the program-makers at Kansas City. The Ohio resolutions begin: "We reaffirm our adherence to the Democratic national platform adopted at Chicago in 1896. But new and grave issues have arisen, threatening the safety of free government itself, which should command at this time the most serious attention of all patriotic citizens." That is to say, while maintaining the continuity of the splendid movement that regenerated the Democracy in 1896, apologizing for nothing and taking nothing back, the Democrats of Ohio recognize the fact that this movement was really a movement and not a petrifaction. They are progressive. They do not sit by the roadside on the stones of 1896 and watch the dust of the procession disappearing in the distance, but they keep step with current events. And they do it in a sensible, Democratic way, in accordance with the traditions of the party. They began by attacking imperialism, not mixing it up with expansion and allowing it to get the benefit of expansion's popularity, but isolating the noxious thing and treating it on its own demerita. They say: "We enter our protest against the doctrine that the president or congress can govern acquired territory outside and independently of the constitution of the United States as a doctrine utterly subversive of every foundation principle of our government. The Declaration of Independence, the flag, and the Constitution must everywhere stand together, as emblems of human liberty and equal rights for all, and where one goes all go. We therefore denounce imperialism under any pretence as necessarily leading to militarism and as wholly foreign to our system of government, and declare that neither congress nor the president can exercise any power whatever not derived from the constitution. We therefore denounce the Porto Rican tariff bill as a palpable violation of the doctrines of the fathers and of the fundamental principles of our government, which is based upon equal rights to all." Next, the Ohio Democrats take up the subject of trusts. They do not tilt wildly at the centralizing tendencies of the age, but reserve their condemnation for "trusts and monopolies formed for the purpose of arbitrarily controlling production and prices in the interest solely of combined capital." They not only demand the rigid enforcement of existing laws against combinations in restraint of trade, but they put their fingers on the core of the evil in expressing the belief that "protective tariffs and railway discriminations have been, and still are, the chief supporters of monopolies." Holding this conviction, they say: "We favor the removal of all duties from imports monopolized by trusts, and also demand the enactment and enforcement of such legislation as will prevent every species of discrimination, and believe that the courageous and honest application of the Democratic maxim of "equal rights to all and special privileges to none" will be effective to destroy and thereafter prevent any trust and combination of capital that is prejudicial to the general welfare; we demand the repeal of all laws giving special privileges to any person, class, locality or interest." The Ohio platform denounces the currency law just passed,"which transfers to the banks the entire control of the paper currency, thus laying the foundation for a money trust which will have power to control the prices of all property and to stimulate or strangle business." "In lieu of a currency of bank promises to pay, to be expanded and contracted as the interest of banks alone may dictate," it demands "that the general government shall not only coin the metals, but shall issue and regulate the volume of paper currency also, in the interest of all the people, and that all currency intended to circulate as money shall be legal tender and be maintained at a parity of value, and be regulated with a view to maintaining stable price levels and safe business conditions." Finally, the Ohio Democrats affirm anew their "undiminished faith in the acknowledged leader of our party. William J. Bryan," and instruct their delegates to vote for his nomination. The national convention will have to deal with a good many topics that were not touched upon at Columbus. But as far as the Ohio Democrats have covered the ground, they have covered it well.New York Journal. The Democratic party is really and truly united once more. Democratic wisdom, however, has not done this. It is a forced unity brought about by two things. First, by Republican greed, aggression and corruption reaching a climax which threatens the destruction of the American constitution and American liberty. Second, by the providential circumstance that the Democratic party has one leader and only one who has brains and strength enough, at this particular juncture, to hold all its elements together. Namely, William J. Bryan, who stands as the best and freest opponent of the rule of great corporate monopolies, even among Democratic leaders, being under no obligations except to the people themselves. The caravan of life stumbles without compunction over the bleaching bones of former pilartma GETTING DAMAGES. Every Time He Was Hard Up He Ghetto off One of His Toes. "We run across lots of things in this time of business that would make tiptop newspaper stories," said an old-time accident insurance man to a New Orleans Times-Democrat reporter, "but very few of them ever leak out. What I have in mind especially are attempts to defraud the company. As a rule we let such matters drop, if the claim is withdrawn, but sometimes we pay when we could clearly win a suit, simply to avoid the unpleasant advertisement of litigation. Frequently the cases are very curious. I call to mind a fellow in a certain little town who presented a claim against our company for the loss of a toe. According to his story he was cleaning his pistol, when the weapon went off accidentally and the second toe of his left foot followed suit. He had his papers made out all right, and on its surface the case seemed perfectly straight and honest, but some instinct warned me that we ought to investigate. An old insurance man develops a singular sixth sense in such matters, by the way, and will often spot fraud without being able to tell how he does it. I looked into this particular affair myself and found the claimant limping around with one foot bandaged up as big as a pillow. When I suggested an examination by our own doctor he got highly indignant, but I was firm and finally he consented. I had expected to discover all five toes intact, but, to my amazement, we found only two. Three were missing, a couple of the stumps showing old scars and the other a fresh wound. With considerable embarrassment the fellow explained that he had met with two previous accidents of the same sort, and I found upon inquiry that he had been well insured on each occasion. Whenever he got hard up he simply shot off a toe and replenished his exchequer from the insurance companies. It was a good scheme, but necessarily had its limitations, and I told him he might improve it greatly by getting married and shooting off his wife's toes. When the lady became toeless he could secure an Oklahoma divorce and marry another with a full set. He was ill-natured enough to take offense at my badnage and said we would hear from his lawyer. We never heard." INDIANA MAN IN JOLO. He Writes of His Experiences in the Sultan's Island. Robert Gray, of 18 West Georgia street, says the Indianapolls News, has received a letter from William G. Cox, who is serving with company B, Twenty-sixth infantry, at Jolo, P. I. Mr. Cox says: "We are 700 miles below Manila and 100 from Borneo, on a very pretty island of the same name as the town we are in (Jolo). There is no trouble here, and we are doing garrison duty inside the walled city at present. When we first came here we were stationed about a mile out in the country at an old Spanish fort. We stayed there until the 15th of November, then went up to Zamboanga, which is 100 miles above here. In about three weeks we came back here and were stationed inside the city. We are quartered in an old Catholic church, the only one in the Sulu archipelago. Four of us got a pass last Sunday to go beyond the lines. We went back up the mountain. We were gone one day, and had a very good time, climbing hills, eating bananas, cocoanuts and breadfruit. The native houses are all built of bamboo and up off the ground about five feet. Underneath they keep their hogs and horses, or water. buffalo. They have to climb up poles to get inside their shacks, which consist of one room. They don't know what chairs are, and tables they have no use for. The clothes they wear chiefly consist of a pair of ear rings and a piece of cloth the size of a handkerchief. The much talked of 'Sultan of Sulu' lives about fifteen miles across the island from here, at Miabum. He, with his bodyguard, comes over here once in a while—a bum looking set of soldiers. This is the prettiest place I have seen yet, except Honolulu, and I don't think that place can be beaten for beauty. Our duty is very pleasant now—drill an hour five days in the week and on guard every eight days." Swedes Know Good Thing. It has been said that the Swedes are a "slow" nation, but many a Swede knows a good thing when he sees it, and in many instances American contrivances are used as models. A great many of the tools used in this country are manufactured in the United States, and those made here have improved wonderfully during the last fifteen or twenty years. They are more or less imitations of American patterns. When the newspapers report the establishment of new factories they generally, as a recommendation, mention that the machinery is of modern American make. This applies especially to certain kinds of machine tools in the manufacture of which the Americans excel.—Frank Woodward, in Chicago Record. Egg-Eating Feats of England. Great Britain last year imported nearly 2,000,000,000 eggs, having a value of $24,550,000. While many of these eggs came from Russia, Italy, France and Germany, Belgium captured a large trade which has been built up on sound principles. In the rural districts of the little Baltic kingdom, co-operative societies undertake the exportation of fresh eggs of a good quality, and members are required to scrupulously conform to the rules of the society. THE REPORT OF A MAN OF EXPERIENCE. What He Found in Western Canada to Induce Him to Settle There. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Feb. 20th, 1900. To Whom it May Concern:—Especially to those who are desirous of obtaining health and wealth for themselves and families, I wish to state a few facts in regard to the Canadian North-west, where I went, leaving Sault Ste. Marie on May 2nd, 1899, for the purpose of seeking a better home for my family in the future. I got a special rate ticket for Ft. McLeod, Alberta. Through Manitoba and part of Assiniboia the farmers were busy employed ploughing and seeding. I found the farmers very kind and friendly, willing to talk and assist in giving me the particulars of the country. At McLeod I spent a few days looking over some ranchers' stock, which I was surprised to see looking so well; they were in better condition than any stock I ever saw in Michigan, even those that had been stabled, and most of these had never seen the inside of a shed or received any feed from the hands of man. But as I was also looking for mixed farm land I found McLeod no place for me, it is only fit for ranching purposes. Retracing my way back to Winnipeg, I stopped off at Lethbridge, where I found some of the greatest horse ranches I ever had the pleasure of looking at. It is a fine level country, and lots of water and good grazing. At Medicine Hat, which is located in a valley, there were lots of sheep, cattle and horses in the surrounding country and all looking well. On July 14th I went to Regina, there I began to see mixed farming lands in abundance, and the crops looking remarkably well, and as long as daylight lasted I saw the same all along the line and on the 15th day of July I arrived in Winnipeg, just in time for the exhibition. There I met with one of the most beautiful pictures of the world's records, for as soon as I entered the grounds my eyes met with all kinds of machinery, all in motion, and the cattle, grain and produce of the country was far beyond my expectation, in fact it was beyond any industrial exhibition or agricultural fair I ever visited and I have seen a good many. From Regina to Prince Albert, a distance of 250 miles, it is all good for mixed farming, and well settled, with some thriving little towns. In some places the grain, just coming into head, would take a man to the waist, and the wild fruit along the line was good, rich and in great quantities, from Saskatoon on the south branch of the Saskatchewan river, to Prince Albert on the north branch of the same river, is one of the best farming districts without any doubt that ever laid face to the sun, and everything to be found there, that is necessary to make life comfortable, all that is required is labor. There is lots of wood, good Historic Monocle. A Washington optician is exhibiting in his window a curiosity in the shape of a horn-rimmed monocle, with cord attached, which was worn by Lord Cardigan, when he led the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava. Lane's Family Medicine Moves the bowels each day. In order tobe healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. I wonder why everything you want always seems so much more expensive than everything you don't want? Save Your Back By using Maple City Self Washing Soap—it does the work with half the labor. The Manchester (England) grave-diggers are asking for more wages. I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago.—Mrs. THOS. ROBBINS. Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1900. The man who always speaks the truth is sure to have other virtues. Hall's Catarrh Care The love of a good woman is the best protection any man can have. Some articles must be described. White's Yuratan needs no description; it's the real thing. Unless a man keeps moving the world will soon throw him down. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, always pain, cures wind colic. Zie a bottle. There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.—Addison. water, and abundant hay land, and the climate is excellent. Prince Albert is a flourishing little place, situated on the north Saskatchewan river, having a population of about 1,800, with good street and sidewalks and churches of nearly every denomination, three school houses, and another one to be built at once, also a brewery and a creamery. Here I stayed for about four months, working at my trade of bricklaying, and met with farmers and ranchers with whom I made it my special business to talk in regard to the prospects. I also visited several farmers for some distance out in the country while crops were in full bloom, and I may say that I never saw better crops in all my travels than I saw along the valley towards Stoney Creek and Carrot River. In the market garden there is grown currants, both red and black, and as fine a sample of roots and vegetables as ever went on a market. The soil in and around this district cannot be beaten for anything you may wish to grow, and besides the season is long, giving time for everything to mature. The cattle were looking as good as I saw anywhere, good pasture and hay land, and plenty of water wherever you go. The country is dotted all around like islands with timber fit for fuel and building purposes and within a day's walk of lumbering woods, where lumbering and tle making is carried on in winter. Both large and small game is plentiful. There are two good saw mills in this district, with a good supply of all grades of lumber all the year round and also two good brickyards with an excellent quality of brick. There is no scarcity of building material and at a reasonable price. Clothing and living are no higher than I find in Michigan, and furthermore I wish to say that there is a great demand for laboring men all the year round and good wages ranging from $1.75 to $2.00 per day, and from $25.00 to $35.00 per month with board. I wish to say that I am perfectly satisfied with the country and I intend to return to Prince Albert early in the spring of 1900. Any reasonable man can go there and in from five to ten years make a good and comfortable home for himself and family, and if any person into whose hand this letter should fall, desires more information, please write to me and I will freely give them my best opinion. I am writing this for the benefit of those who may want to make a better home for themselves and families or friends. Trusting that this statement may be useful to you in the publication of your next pamphlet and be the means of guiding at least some of those who are in search of a home, I remain The above letter was written to Mr. J. Griere, Canadian Government Agent at Saginaw, Michigan. Information as to lands, etc., can be had from him or Mr. M. V. McInnes, No. 2 Merrill Block, Detroit, Michigan. THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS. Prohibition, at Chicago, June 27, 28, 1900. Tickets on sale June 26, 27. Democratic, at Kansas City, July 4, 1900. Tickets on sale July 2, 4. The road to take to attend these conventions is the Chicago Great Western railway, the popular "Maple Leaf Route,"with its vestibulated trains, free chair cars, satisfactory dining car service, and its unsurpassed sleeping car accommodations. Only one fare for the round trip. For further particulars apply to any agent of the Chicago Great Western, or address F. H. Lord, G. P. & T. A., 113 Adams street, Chicago. Practical Preaching. A certain minister, during his discourse one Sabbath morning, said: "In each blade of grass there is a sermon." The following day one of his flock discovered the good man pushing a lawn-mower about his yard and paused to say: "Well, parson, I'm glad to see you engaged in cutting your sermons short."—Chicago News. Are You Using Allen's Foot-Ease? It is the only cure for Swollen, Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmated. LeRoy, N. Y. Tact A woman's idea of tact is to kick her husband's feet under the table when they have company and she is afraid he is going to say something.—New York Press. Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. The man who loves home best, and loves it most unselfishly, loves his country best.—J. G. Holland. FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Kerve Restorer. Send for FREE @9.00 trial bottle and treatise. Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd., 881 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. A man walking 10 miles a day would require nine years to cover all the streets in London. CHEAP RATES TO COLORADO. Special excursion tickets to Colorado and Utah will be on sale via all lines from Chicago, St. Louis and points east of the Missouri river, June 20, July 9, 17 and August 1, and from Missouri river points and points in Kansas and Nebraska, June 21, July 7, 8, 9, 10 and 18 and August 2, at a rate of one fare plus $2, for the round trip. To enable tourists and pleasure seekers who take advantage of these special excursions to visit the many points of interest in the Rocky Mountain region, the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, "The Scenic Line of the World" will make very low rates for the round trip from Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo to all principal resorts and scenic points of interest in Colorado and to Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah. A TRIP "AROUND THE CIRCLE." The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, with its numerous branches penetrating the great state of Colorado, has some 37 different "Circle" tours through the mountains, one of which in particular is the famous 1,000 mile tour, passing the following points of interest: La Veta, Poncha Pass, Toltec Gorge, Durango-Dolores Canon, Rico, Lizard Head Pass or Las Animas Canon, Silverton, Ouray-Cimarron Canon, Black Canon, Marshall Pass and the Royal Gorge. This trip can be comfortably made in four days, but at least ten days ought to be devoted to it so as one may leisurely inspect the principal sights and occasionally gain rest from fatigue incident to railroad travel. ANOTHER NOTED TRIP ANOTHER NOTED TRIP is the trip from Denver to Grand Junction and return going via the narrow gauge line climbing Marshall Pass and winding through the Black Canon of the Gunnison, returning over the broad gauge through. Glenwood Springs and the Grand River Canon, over Tennessee Pass, through Leadville and the Royal Gorge. This trip is most conveniently made by leaving Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo on the night train which arrives at Salida the next morning for breakfast, continuing from there over Marshall Pass and arriving at Grand Junction in the afternoon. Here close connections are made with trains for Glenwood Springs, "The Kissingen of America," arriving there in the evening at this point travelers should at least remain over night. When leaving Glenwood Springs it is most desirable to take a morning train, as this completes the arrangement to pass all of the scenery on the trip by daylight. A TRIP TO SALT LAKE CITY. Tickets reading to Salt Lake City via the "Scenic Line" in connection with the Rio Grande Western Ry., are available over the Denver and Rio Grande, either via its main line through Leadville and Glenwood Springs, or via the line over Marshall Pass and through the Black Canon, thus enabling the traveler to use one of the above routes going and the other returning. For free illustrated pamphlets descriptive of Colorado's natural advantages, and information regarding rates and routes, call on your nearest Ticket Agent, or address S. K. Hooper, G. P. & T. A., Denver, Colo. Cheap Excursions to Colorado, Cheap Excursions to Colorado, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah, will leave Chicago, June 20; July 9 and 17, and August 1st, via GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE. Rate of one regular fare, plus $2, for round trip. Return limit October 31st, 1900. Special trains one night to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, will leave Chicago at 4:45 p. m. Tickets will also be good on regular trains. For full information and free book, "COLORADO THE MAGNIFICENT," address John Sebastian, G. P. A., Chicago. Larry-Th' jude's potent lithers how London toes. Denny-Yis, but they hov cork soles. Chicago News. Hint to Housekeepers To preserve shirt waists, etc., use Manle City Se f Washing Soap. All grocers sell it. A man's ideal home has a mantel in every room on which to rest his feet. Don't Get Bald. Use Coke Dandruff Cure regularly and your hair will not fall out. All druggists. Of the opinions we express, how many are absolutely truthful? A man's best friend is his own industry. Ask you Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich soal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. $ \frac{1}{2} $ the price of coffee. 25 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Niagara Falls Strong bridge work runs right up under the Falls—electric cars now run down to the Corge, past rapids and whirlpool at water's edge—other engineering feats make best view points accessible. No more exorbitant charges—the governments stopped them. At less cost, you can now view Niagara to better advantage than ever before. Round trips from Detroit $12.00, Chicago $21.00, St. Louis $31.30, Kansas City $39.75. Let us quote right rate from your home city. Our booklet suggests Summer Tours $20 to $100 illustrates them with beautiful engravings and gives valuable information to the contemplating summer vacationist. Bound in cloth—you will want to preserve it. It is free. Give us some idea of how long you can take for your summer outing, how much you want it to cost you, what part of the country you would like to visit. We will send you our booklist and further information based on the experience of others, which will also pay you money and enhance the pleasure of your summer outing. Address: Wabash Railroad SUMMER TOUR DEPARTMENT 1901 Lincoln Trust Bldg., ST. LOUIS. Pleasantly and economically is afforded by the tourist tickets on sale via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry. on and after June 1st. are among the more important points reached. Summer edition of "Book of Trains" showing specimen tours will be of interest in arranging for your trip. Sent free on application to F. M. BYEON, G. W. A., 144 Van Buren Street, Chicago. Palace of a Dnehem. It is announced that the duchess of Marlborough, who has been residing at Blenheim since she returned from the continent is about to take up her residence for the season at Lord Warwick's house in Stable Yard St. James' palace. Mrs. Pinkham The one thing that qualifies a person to give advice on any subject is experience - experience creates knowledge. No other person has so wide an experience with female Ills nor such a record of success as Mrs. Pinkham has had. Over a hundred thousand cases come before her each year. Some personally, others by mail. And this has been going on for 20 years, day after day and day after day. Twenty years of constant success think of the knowledge thus gained! Surely women are wise in seeking advice from a woman with such an experience, especially when it is free. If you are ill get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once-then write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Grant Good See Fac-Simile Wrapper Below. Very small and as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Prices 25 Cents Purety Vegetable MUST HAVE SIGNATURE. CURE SICK HEADACHE. PENSIONS Get Your Pension DOUBLE QUICK Write CAPT. O'FARRELL, Pension Agent. 1475 New York Avenue, WASHINGTON, D. C. W. N. U. CHICAGO, NO. 26, 1900. When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Niagara Strong bridge work runs right up under the H run down to the Gorge, past rapids and whirlpoo other engineering feats make best view points ac exorbitant charges—the governments stopped tha you can now view Niagara to better advantage before. Round trips from Detroit $12.00, Chicago Louis $31.30, Kansas City $39.75. Let us quote right rate from your home city. Our booklet suggests Summer Tours $20 to illustrates them with beautiful engravings and grit formation to the contemplating summer vacation cloth—you will want to preserve it. It is free. Give us some idea of how long you can take for your summer want it to be complete, what part of the country you would like to pay you a booklet and further information based on the experi- mental bill more you money and enhance the pleasure of your cam- ney. Wabash Railroad SUMMER TOUR 1964 Lincoln Trust AN OPPORTUNITY TO Pleasantly and economically is afforded via the Lake Shore & Michigan Southe- Chautauqua Lake, Niagara the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic Ooas are among the more important points "Book of Trains" showing specimen your trip. Sent free on application to Street, Chicago. THE NEW TWENTY-SH Is now Mousson No. 82 if you have any but write your name plainly and we will send this drop head road station, Pazzafino ALL in any expert to examine it. If every one pronounces it in every bargain you ever heard of, pay it is not perfectly satisfactory for the No. 82 machine in our new collaps all previous attempts at. T. M. BOBB In all the world notriplike this... Between DULUTH and BUFFALO via the magnificent passenger steamships "North West" and "North Land," Touching en route: "The Soo," MACKINAC ISLAND, DETROIT and CLEVELAND. Connecting at Buffalo for New York and Boston. Also at lake ports for all points East and South. Two daily Great Northern trains (Eastern Railway of Minneota), from St Paul and Minneapolis connect with steamers at Duluth. Before deciding on your route to the East rail on agents of Great Northern Railway, or write F. I. WHITNEY, G.P. & T. A. ST. PAUL. (Handsomely illustrated descriptive matter sent on request.) THE ONLY Trans-Continental Line Passing Directly Through Salt Lake City, is the RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY. Choice of THREE DISTINCT ROUTES through the Rocky Mountains. Stop-overs at all Colorado and Utah Resorts; Denver, Colorado Springs, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden. Through Pullman and Tourist Sleepers. Free Reclining Chair Cars. Perfect Dining Car Service. THREE TRAINS DAILY. Pullman Sleepers between Chicago and San Francisco. For illustrated pamphlets address E. COPLAND, General Agent, 215 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Geo. W. HEINTZ, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Salt Lake City, Utah. $2500 MACKINAC ISLAND AND RETURN FROM CHICAGO—Meals and Berth Included—on Steamship Georgia. 7 DAYS TRIP on the Water stopping en route at 16 different ports. Leaves CHICAGO 8:30 P. M. SATURDAY, via GOODRICH LINE STEAMERS STATE ROOM AND DINING SERVICE FINEST ON THE GREAT LAKES. For complete information address R. C. DAVIS, G. P. A. STATE ROOM AND DINING SERVICE FINEST ON THE GREAT LAKES. NOTICE We will not resume our review of "The Political Parties and the Negro" nor publish "Facts for Afro-Ame iicans" until the next issue of The Broad Ax. CHIPS. The colored ladies of Memphis, Tenn. have organized a Woman's Industrial Association for the purpose of mutual benefits. They expect to purchase a building and conduct business in first class style.—Ex. Miss Mildred Lyle graduated with high honors from the Lake High School last week. She was the only Afro-American in a large class, and the first one to ever graduate from that school. The ladies of the Phyllis Wheatly Club will give a social and have a sale of aprons Tuesday, July 3, the proceeds to be donated to charity. We hope all that can make it convele t will attend and encourage the club in this worthy enterprise. The family of the late B. H. Chattman, who died very suddenly in Glencoe a few days ago, have had their sorrows doubled by the loss of a son the past week. He was a promising young man and the pride of his mother. Quick consumption was the cause of his death. The leaders of the Cook County delegation to the State Convention and in fact all the supporters of Adam Ortseifen, won the respect of those not favorable to his candidacy for their loyalty and devotion to him. But the country boys were too much for the followers of Mr. Ortseifen. Thomas Gahan, Esq., the present member of the Democratic National Committee of Illinois, will be re-selected at Kansas City to continue his services as such, which shows Mr. Gahan has no opposition and that he enjoys the full confidence of all the leaders of the party throughout the state, and as long as Mr. Gahan adheres to Colonel Wm. J. Bryan, he can have the support of The Broad Ax. Politics very often makes strang bed-fellows. For instance Judge Worthington's supporters and friends were led through the streets of Springfield by Mr. J. E. Murphy, who is a full-blooded Irishman and he was followed by Samuel Taylor, a full-blooded Afro-American, who carried the Worthington banner Mr Taylor is a plasterer and contractor in Peoria, the judge's home town. He is a full-fledged Democrat and a great admirer of Judge Worthington. One of the many intereesting graduating exercises which were held last week were those of the 8th grade at the Coleman School. In a class of twenty-six, six were Afro-Americans and they all deported themselves up to the very highest standard. The essays and orations were well delivered. One that deserves special mention was the oration by June Webb, on "Toussaint L'Ouverture" and was one of the best on the lengthy program. The six Afro-Americans that graduated were as follows: Jessie Foster, Becca Hill, Gace Jones, Annie Kennedy, June Webb and Milton Webster. Hon. Geo. E. Taylor of Oskaloosa, Iowa, secretary of the Negro National Democratic League,spent three or four days in the city the past week. Sunday evening he lunched with Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor. In conversing with Mr. Taylor, he stated that "he does not stand for nor take any stock in grafters, touchers nor con. men. Neither does he put any confidence in that class of white politicians or political managers who imagin that they can secure the Negro vote by appearing before them several nights prior to the elction and giving them a lot of taffy, false promises, two or three bad cigars and by throwing several drinks of cheap whisky into them. Mr. Taylor also stated that great preparations are being made to entertain the Afro-American Democrats who will visit Kansas City during the convention. While in attendance at the Democratic State Convention held at Springfield, we had another pea ant visit with General and M.s. John M. Palmer and Mrs. Palmer read extensively to us from a communication of the General's to Lyman Trumbull, relative to the legislation which should be enacted for the benefit of the colored race. At the time the General wrote the letter to Mr. Trumbull, he was military commander of Kentucky. The generals new book will be published by A. C. McClurg & Co., this city. It will be on sale Sept. 1, and it will contain much valuable information pertaining to the Afro-American race. General Palmer, assisted in organizing the Republican party, at Bloomington, Ill., in 1856, and he says, "that our series of articles entitled "The Political Parties and the Negro." are historically accurate. How we are civilized! We pay to read the lie and then forget the contradiction. THE NEGRO NATIONAL DEMO CRATIC LEAGUE. OFFICIAL CONVENTION CALL Having recently been advised by the Hon. Edward E. Lee, president of this League, that he is not in favor of holding the next biennial convention of the League July 4th, 5th, etc., and in lieu of the fact that the League in convention assembled, did on the 10th day of August, 1898, unanimously adopt a resolution directing the president and secretary to, in due time, "issue a call for the next biennial convention to meet at the time and place of the holding of the regular democratic national convention in the year 1900," I the undersigned secretary, by virtue of authority vested in me by the constitution of the League, do hereby issue this OFFICIAL CALL To the members of the Negro National Democratic League, and to all Negroes of the United States who oppose the reelection of President McKinley: Notice is hereby given, that the enxt annual biennial convention of the above named League, will be held in the city of Kansas City, Missouri, on the 4th, 5th and 6th of July, 1900. Among other important measures which shall come before the convention are the following: The election of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, the appointment of an executive committee and a literary bureau; also, a campaign committee. Under the constitution the term of all offices and committees is two years. The maximum number of delegates to which each state is entitled is twenty-four, (24); the maximum number of delegates allotted to each territory is ten, (10), and the District of Columbia is entitled to six (6) delegates. The first session of the convention will open at 12 o'clock, noon, July 4th, for enrollment, after which adjournment will be taken until 9 o'clock a.m., of the day following the adjournment of the regular Democratic convention. Respectfully, GEO. E. TAYLOR. Secretary Negro National Democratic League. Dated at Oskaloosa, Iowa, May 24 1900. THE BROAD AX. Published Weekly, will promulgate and at all times uphold the true principles of Democracy, but Catholics, Protestants, priests, infidels, farmers, single taxers, Republicans, Knights of Labor, or any one else can have their say, as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One year .....$2.00 Six months .....1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX, 5040 Armour avenue. Chicago. Julius F. Taylor Editor and Publisher. Mrs. Julius F. Taylor,Assistant Editor. (Entered at the postoffice, Chicago, Ill., as second class matter.) LETTERS OF COMMENDATION. Chicago. Sept. 16, 1899. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor Broad Ax. Dear Sir-I am glad to learn of the work that is being done by your paper in behalf of Chicago platform principles. That platform stands for such a government as Jefferson and Lincoln favored, namely, a government of the people, for the people and by the people, and I believe that such a government will prove a blessing to the great majority of the people. Headquarters of Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois, Sherman House, Chicago, Oct. 5th, 1899. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. Julius F. Taylor, editor of The Broad Ax—a publication of this city devoted to the interests of the democratic party, and an able exponent of democratic principles—comes to us highly recommended, and I therefore take pleasure in commending him to the favorable consideration of democrats with whom he may come in business contact. Chairman Democratic State Central Committee of Illinois. July 15th. 1890. Julius F. Taylor, who comes to this city well recommended, has begun the publication of "The Broad Ax," which, I am informed, will disseminate Democratic principles and contend for the higher intellectual development of the Afro-American race and mankind in general. While he is thus engaged I bespeak for him the hearty support of all loyal and true friends of Democracy. Respectfully, Lawrence M. Ennis, Advocate and Counselor at Law, Suite 726 Opera House Bock. S. W. Corner Clark and Washington Sts. TELEPHNNE MAIN 1782. TEL. HARRISON 51. Thomas F. Scully, Attorney at Law, 79 Clark Street, . . . CHICAGO. ROOM 14. JOHN E. OWENS Attorney at Law, SUITE 621 ASHLAND BLOCK, 59 S. Clark Street, - - CHICAGO JOSEPH A. McINERNEY LAWYER SUITE 706-708 CHICAGO OPERA HOUSE OHICAGO. ALBERT B. GEORGE LAWYER. 423 Ashland Block, Chicago. — Tel. M. 2625. — DR. JOSEPH JEFFREY, Physician and Surgeon, 4858 Dearborn Street. CHICAGO. Hours: 8-10 a.m., 2-4, 6-8 p. m. Telephone 185 South. Dr. Anna R. 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OFFICE, BOOM 616, ASHLAND BLOCK, Telephone Main 2711. J. P. KENNY, 5553 Green St. Tel. Yards 609 KENNY & CO., Undertakers and Livery, Open Day and Night. Lady Assistant . . . 5438 SCUTH HALSTED ST. Indianapolis Journal: "The Dwiggses are queer people." "What's the matter now?" "Well, somebody in the neighborhood broke their lawn mower last summer, and they are round taking up a collection to buy a new one." Sues Shipping Tolla. Receipts from shipping tolls at the Suez canal in the four first months of 1900 were $5,746,000, against $6,425,000 in the same period of 1899 and $5,-765,000 in 1898. Phoenix Park. This is a fine public pleasure ground and favorite resort in Dublin, Ireland. It is one of the beauty spots of the city, and is much admired by tourists. GOLD WATCH FREE Anyone sending us ten yearly subscribers to The Broad Ax, or 20 subscribers for six months, we will present them with this beautiful goldfilled watch, fitted with New York standard movement, and warranted for five years, either ladies' or gents'. NAPOLEON This is a splendid opportunity to catch on if you desire to obtain a gold watch free. In all cases the cash must accompany the list of subscribers. Send for sample copies of The Broad Ax, go to work and earn a watch. Address The Broad Ax, 5040 Armour ave., Chicago, Ill. ```markdown ``` Hon.W.J.Bryan's Book Hon.W.J.Bryan's Book ALL who are interested in furthering the sale of Hon. W. J. Bryan's new book should correspond immediately with the publishers. The work will contain An account of his campaign tour . . . His biography, written by his wife . . His most important speeches . . . The results of the campaign of 1896. A review of the political situation . . 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