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THE SANDERSVILLE HERALD.
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By W. H. Koebel.
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The new cook had arrived at the
Mangaru station. The advent of one
who held the gastronomic destinies of
its inhabitants in tlie palm of her
hand was an event of importance. As
the neat figure of a girl upon a bright
bay horse canteied tip the pine shade 1
avenue, eyes peered forth curiously
from the windows of the bungalow it
self as well as from those of the
men’s quarters.
(She was a handsome, clear complcx-
iotied Irish girl, with a bearing that
lacked the coarser movements of her
class. When, freed from her tiding
gear, she introduced herself within
the bungalow, the brows of the fe
male portion of the community went
skyward at the sight of her while drill
skirt and white blouse. But the fears
lest such adornment should prove in
compatible with the work expec'.el
from a domestic upon a sheep run
proved groundless from the outset.
Molly disposed of her allotted tasks
with the ease of cheery contempt. A
smile was her birthright; but the;e
lurked a gleam in her somewha dar
ing eyes that betokened a force wor
thy of respect.
Hie previous cooks of the Manga' u
Station had been noted for rough
tongues rather than for smooth
cheeks. Tlie advent of this Venus of
the pots shook the traditions of the
shepherds and stockmen to their very
foundations. New horn eraulath n rose
within their pastoral breasts. Hith
erto a single rusty spur upon a mud
covered heel had sufficed. Now, on
cither boot, shinning with unaccus
tomed blacking, flashed a resplendent
appendage of steel. Rents, long com
placently regaided, became eyesores
to be tended with needle and thread,
while clotheslines bent beneath a
mightier load of drying shirts than
they had ever known.
In fact, the stntlcn was in danger of
becoming too “dressy.” The very
rouseabout was discovered one morn
ing in tho act of bathing in a neigh
boring stream. His replies to the cross-
examination that ensued were vaguely
profane. Yet no doubt was possible
that Molly was the direct cause of
this amazing departure from his rou
tine.
In her spare moments Molly would
recline in a chair beneath a willow
that drooped near by the kitchen door.
Here of an evening the men would
gather about her. The wooden chair
had become a throne, but she held her
court with easy tolerance. The stra'n
entailed by glib speech and ‘ boiled’’
shirts she took as a matter of course.
Her coquetry was of the passive or
der, and, Indeed strictly meihodleai.
She gave out with emphasis that her
cheek and waist were virginal and
would remain thus—until—the tre
mor that waverpd round the circle
of her hearers filled the pause.
At this period visitors to the sta
tion were received with uncomprom
ising reserve. Brother shepherds, who
rode in on smdal bent, found them
selves escorted by a chilling body
guard away from the neighborhood of
the kitchen door. Only once was the
cordon pierced. Jim Paiker, a rising
young blacksmith, arrived ono eve
ning, at an hour when the watch for
such as lie had slackened. He lit
directly upon the charmed circle be
neath the willow tree—a bolt from ill' 1
blue!
An Introduction to Molly was un
avoidable. The frank surliness of its
performance excelled even that of the
greeting. But the sword of Nemesis
fell uron the reluctant hosts. For
Molly, indignant at the unseemly re
ception, smiled with all the greater
sweetness upon the visitor. Further in
censed, the rest, joining in common
cause, lent to the Intruder the role
of an Ishmael. But Jim Parker, bask
ing in Molly’s smiles, cared nothing
for this.
It was in vain that the cniaged sta
tion hands loosed frequent volleys of
sharp pointed hints. Jim Parker
stayed on. The verbal missiles slid
harmlessly from the steel armor of
his determination. And Molly con
tinued to smile. When at length he
withdrew, the wonted platitudes con
cerning his speedy return remained
frankly unspoken.
At a subsequent council of war it
was decided that the iepetition of
such an untoward occurrence should
be avoided at all costs. Jerrv Maine,
the head shepherd, voiced the com
mon sentiment in a speech.
“This contrack we’ve took on ain’t
ss easy as shellin’ peas. In fact, boys,
it doesn’t look unlike as if get!in’ on
the rigftt side of a likely lookin’ wom
an’s harder than mustering scrub
sheep. All the more reason to shut
out fresh entries—just when w’re get-
tin’ a bit blown, maybe. As we’ve
begun it we’ll finish it, whichever way
It goes!”
The rouseabout alone had retired
from the contest. He had joined in
the rivalry, .spurred on rather by the
sporting instinct that, lay within him
than by the faintest hope of winning
the prize. But the void induced by the
quenched love had been filled by a pas
sion of resentment. His offices of draw
er of water and hewer of wood
brought hint under the direct author
ity of his divinity. His leisurely hab
its met with a criticism unsparing
enough to goad him to efforts hither
to undreamed of in ills most pessimis
lie hours. But it extinguished the
transient amorous flame. His nmtter-
ings, the bitterer because subdued,
grew deep. Both cleansing stream and
willow tree knew him no more.
After many days an astonishing dis-
coveiy broke upon the company.
They awoke to the unpleasant fact
that in the progress of their suit,
they were, in fact, just where they
had always been. Expected signs had
not appeared. The maiden hrart had
flown no flag of distress.
A second council of war. the minor
key predominant, was held in the
woolshcd. Outside, the rouseabout.
who, in his own words, could see
through a brick wall as well as any
body, whistled aggressively, despite
the heavy leaf of wood beneath which
he staggered.
After an Interval of silence, Will
Harding, the youngest shepheid, rose
impetuously to his feet.
"When you has chops for breakfast,”
he explained, "you like 'em!”
The rest stared at the speaker in
puzzled silence.
"But,” continued Harding, a glint
in his eye, "supposing that after you’d
eaten those chops you still saw ’em
Oil the table!"
"Man, how cuid ye do that?” in
quired the Scot hand, Ian Robson, in
amazement.
"Walt till I've done!” retorted
Harding. "Now, ns 1 say—supposing
yen saw those chops In fiont of you
always, whether you were hungry or
fed up, or half and half! Would you
like ’em then?”
"I should sling ’em awav," asserted
Allenby, a third stockhand.
“Of course you would,” shouted the
other in triumph. “After you’d looked
at ’em long tuough you’d swop every
one you ever saw for ship's biscuit!
It's the same with us and Molly. Here’s
a lot of us maltin' ourselves ns cheap
as sheep In a drouth. She knows she
can take the pick of the little mob
whenever she chooses to sort it over.
As like as not, bein’ n girl of sense,
she's keeping her eyes open to see It’
anything else don't come along in the
mean while. How does that strike you,
boys?”
"That’s sound talkin',” commented
Jerry Maine, who made up the fourth
of the party.
The others, impressed, congratu
lated the speaker upon his character
study of the frail sex.
"Put it to the proof!” continued
Harding, flushed with the praise. "To
day’s Friday. We’ll let her have her
own company till Monday night.
You’’II see a difference then, mark my
words!”
"There’s romething beyond tongue
in your head, after all, Will,” ex
claimed Ian Robson.
That evening Molly sat In her ac
customed place. A shade of surprise
crossed her face as the faint tinkle
of a clock within the house chimed
seven times. The grass about her re
mained. untenanted.
Five iplnutes later Will Harding,
hearing saddle and bridle, passed the
spot on his way to the stockyards.
Within (lie rails four horses roamed
discontentedly to and fro. The remain
ing plotters followed, each granting
her a nicely modulated nod as they
passed. Then the four had disappeared
at a canter down the track.
Hardly had the thud of the hoofs
died away when tlie rouseabout made
bis appearance from the direction of
the woolshcd. He was whistling the
same air he had whistled earlier in
the day—in the same aggressive man
ner. He flung himself full length upon
the grass as though to compose him
self for a nap. But Molly could dis
cern a covert grin that lurked about
the blurred feature that he was con
tent to call a mouth.
The curve of the girl's lips straight
ened themselves to a rigid line. The
rouseabout was a free lance who had
seized his opportunity as he found it.
But In Molly’s sight he lay a cipher
in the intrigue. She retreated with
dignity to the kitchen, her eyes shin
ing with a light that boded good
neither for her absent courtiers nor
for the rouseabout. Four pairs of eyes
that peeied from the summit of a
neighboring bush crowned hill spark
led as she went. A subdued chorus of
triumph rose to the leafy domes above.
Harding brought his hand down up
on his thigh with an exultant thump.
"Didn't 1 tell you so?” he exclaimed.
On the morrow the duties of the
station were performed witli a degree
of energy sufficient to cause active dis
comfort to the sheep and cattle. It
had been decided that the day follow
ing was to mark the return to grace.
Their meetings with Molly had been
acknowledged by a cheery nod on the
part of each. In return she had smiled
brightly back. The rouseabout, how
ever, was seriously contemplating the
resignation of his office. He had cut
sufficient wood for a day’s consump
tion in a spot that he named with a
gusto; lie had drawn water enough to
flood the station. And still Molly, a
gilm smile upon her face, had tried,
"More! More!”
Ian Robson strode on in the van
that evening, as, having tethered their
horses, the station hands forced their
way along the cattle track that pierced
the bush upon the hilltop. As his eye
struck upon the willow he recoiled
with a start. Will Harding, who fol
lowed, gazed in his turn. He burst in
to a torrent of abuse. r ine remaining
couple, when the time came for their
eyes to serve them, stood stonelike
and dumb as Ian. Far beneath them
was the willow tree. Under it sat Mol
ly—but not in the solitude* they had
planned. By her side, in closer prop
inquity than had ever been granted to
ar.y of the watchers, reclined the fig
ure of a man!
"That blackguard blacksmith!”
groaned Will Harding.
Whether Molly had contrived an in
vitation. or whether the smith pos
sessed of the gift which directs a ne
gro to an unguarded chicken rcost,
they knew not. In the grim silence the
four descended the hill which they
had mounted so buoyantly. By the
woolshcd they nil but ran into the
arms of Molly. She was walking tow
ard tlie kitchen, her color heightened,
her step brisk. Instinctively they took
cover behind an angle of the building.
The rouseabout had witnessed the
entire drama. He professed his sym
pathy In an incautions speech that
was well meant, tint obviously not
from the heart. Thankful for n vic
tim, the four heaped upon his med
dling head a flow of invective, beneath
which lie quailed. It was, indeed, only
a masterly display of diplomacy that
permitted him to retire Intact.
On the following morning the sight
of Molly's hack in tlie yards, saddled
and bridled, promised to destroy the
Sabbath’s repose. The rouseabout
nlone was in n position to satisfy
their curiosity. But his mood was sulk
ily reticent. As a precaution, there
fore, they ran in their own horses,
placing them in the same yard with
that of Molly’s.
After a watchful morning they re
tired to their quarters for lunch. Tlie
meal was destined never to he com
pleted. The thud from without of fast- |
moving hoofs sent knives, forks and
tin plates to the ground with a clatter.
Arrived at the doorway, the sight of
Molly cantering away down the track
met their eyes. So unexpected was the
move that their own horses were not
even saddled.
They made for the harness room,
entangling reins and stlrruo leathers
in their haste. The horses in the yard,
startled by tlie human avalanche that
bore upon them, plunged and reared
furiously. The shouts of the men. the
rattle of the hoofs as they struck the
wooden rails, tlie jingle of bits re- j
jected by frightened mouths, and tlie ,
loud complaints of Ian Rcbir.son, who !
felled by a backing lioise, went rcdl- ■
ing among human and equine legs— |
nil this made a fleeting pandemonium, i
The first to emerge from tlie vortex j
was Allenby. Clattering through the
open gate, lie sped on nt top speed,
bent forward In the saddle. Behind
him came Robson and Jerry Maine.
VUill Harding, whose too hastily
girthed saddle had turned turtle at
ills first mounting, bustled along
some distance in the rear.
The dust cloud swept rapidly for
ward as they pounded along the curv
ing track. After a while they caught
6ight of Molly. It was but a fleeting
glimpse; then she had rounded a cor
ner half a mile ahead. By this time
Will Harding, by dint of furious spur
ring, bad recovered his lost ground.
Tlie four were racing together in a
bunch.
In their turn they swept round the
leafy promontory behind which Molly
had disappeared. Then—Allenby
pulled in his horse with so sudden a
jerk that his followers, crashing
blindly on to him, swept him for
ward again for a space, in the fashion
of a wave-borne cask.
The tangle of men and horses
swayed together in confusion. Then
something not unlike a hollow groan
rose up from amidst the creaking of
the leather and the jarring of hoofs.
To tlie front stood Molly’s horse. It
liad halted by the side of another upon
which sat. the blacksmith. The figures
of the pair formed two sides of a
triangle, their heads its apex. It was
the apex that constituted the outward
sign of the everlasting wreck of their
hopes.
The four walked their blown horses
homewards. They were little addicted
to self-analysis. Nevertheless, they
found their mental attitude surpris
ing. The conclusion had dawned up
on them that full knowledge of the
worst is lighter to bear than sus
pense. It was astonishing in what com
forting hues the compensation for the
state they had missed pictured them
selves.
Shortly after their return Molly and
the blacksmith arrived at the station.
Their attitude was defensive and
bliisliingly dignified. The deception
awaiting them surprised at least one
of the newly engaged pair. In order
to demonstrate their adaptability they
showered forth a wealth of congratu
lations. Indeed, the transparent hon
esty of this all but rued Molly’s peace
of mind. But Molly was a woman.
A bottle of whiskey sent out from
the house to mark the occasion sealed
once more within their hearts that
peace that had been a stranger for
weeks. As Allenby remarked, in pla
cid but unsteady tones after his fifth
partaking:
"Girls are all right—so far as they
go. So’s courtin’, and so’s marryin’.
But what with the boiled shirts, an’
the blackin’ of boots, and the .muz
zle on yer mom h—it’s all of it loo
wealin’ for a man that’s not an an
gel!”—The Graphic.
Said to be 170 Years Old.
In Kosaburo Fiijimatsu, a resident
of the province of Chikugo, there has
been discovered the oldest man in the
world.
Fujimatsu is 170 years of age. Born
in Yamazaki, Chikugo province, he
saw wars of tlie feudal daimyos, par
ticipated in the Satsunra rebellion,
and watched the reconstruction of the
empire and the establishment of the
Meiji era with the seating of the pres
ent emperor in real power at Toldo.
He was the father of seven sons, lie
had eighteen grandsons and torty-slx
great-great-grandsons.—Tokio Yorodzu
Choho.
Georgia Briefs
Items of State Interest Culled
From Random Sources.
Meeting of School Superintendents.
County school superintendents from
ail over Georgia will gather in Bruns
wick on March 31 and April 1 and 2,
to attend the annual convention, for
which many interesting features have
been arranged.
* * *
Dividend of Neal Bank Paid.
The Central Bank and Trust Cor
poration has issued checks for the 20
per cent dividend of the Neal Bank at
Atlanta. The amount of the dividend
was $342,388.60, or one-fifth of $1,711,-
943.03, the bank’s Indebtedness, with
tiie exception of certain preferred
claims.
* * *
Major Palmer Detailed for Georgia.
According to a Washington dispatch
Major Frederick L. Palme - , IT. S. A.,
retired, who lias been relieved at his
own request from further duty at St.
Joseph's college at Philadelphia, has
boon detailed by order of the president
for duty with the Georgia state mi
litia.
* * *
Wage Workers Endorse Brown.
A political surprise evolved from a
meeting of wag > workers in Macon
when strong resolutions were adopted
in which Hon. Joseph M. Brown was
endorsed for governor of Georgia with
out a dissenting voice. It was-a
meeting of the Wuge Workers’ Protec
tive Association, and a large number
of persons were in attendance.
* * *
Cuts Revenue of Suburban Trains.
The Central of Georgia railway com
pany has filed a petition with the rail
road commission asking its permis
sion to remove certain suburban trains
running b tween Atlanta and Jones
boro, on the ground that the establish
ment of the electric trolley line be
tween Atlanta and Ilapeville has so
interfered with the business of these
trains as to make them unprofitable.
The Central seeks to take off one
Sunday and two daily trains.
* * *
Will Not Canvas3 from Stump.
Hen. Joseph M. Brown, who has an-
ncunced for governor, states that lie
will not attempt to canvass the state
frem the stump.
It is Mr. Brown’s purpose to reach
the voters of Georgia rather through
correspond, nee and th» daily press
than by making campaign speeches. He
further sttaes that he proposes to
make his campaign wholly upon the is
sues and that he will not inject iata
it anything of personalities.
* * *
Shad Fishery for Georgia.
The senate Saturday passed the bill
of Senator Bacon providing for an
appropriation of $15,000 to establish a
fish-hatching and fish-culture station
fer the propagation of shad in Georgia.
The station will be locajed on or near
the seacoast, at some point to be des-«
iguated by the secretary of commerce
and labor.
In reporting the bill, tlie chairman
of the committee on fisheries attached
a letter from Secretary Straus, indors
ing the measure.
* * * ,
Business Men to Enter Politics.
Following the announcement made
! by John A. Murphy, a director in the
Atlanta chamber of commerce, at a
meeting of the directors, that it was
time the chamber of commerce was
taking a hand in city politics and see
ing to it that members were elected
from each ward that would represent
the best interests of tha city, forces
have been quietly at work to formulate
a ’’business men’s ticket,” which will
be announced in a short while, to be
voted upon at the coming city primary.
* * *
State Is Paid in Full.
State Treasurer R. E. Park has re
ceived from the Central Bank and
Trust Corporation, receiver for the
defunct Neal Bank, in Atlanta, a
check for $65,502.90, being the bal
ance due on the state’s deposits with
that institution. The state treasurer
was paid $125,000 some clays ago, and
the court ordered that the balance
be paid within twenty days, The de
positors who fought the state’s claims
to a prior lien on the assets ofi the
Neal Bank did not give the required
bond to prevent the payment of these
funds to the state, though they have
already appealed from Judge Ellis’ de
cision to the supreme court.
... * * *
Georgia Campaign Book Issued.
As chairman of the Georgia stale
democratic executive committee, Judge
A. L. Miller of Macon has had com
plied and published “The Georgia
Campaign Book” for 1908.
Every one of the 50 pages ot tne
book is full of valuable and interest
ing information of tlie organization,
pledges and personnel of the demo-
rcatic party in Georgia. It, contains
specifically a list of the members of
the state executive committee, a list of
the members of each county democrat
ic executive committee, the democratic
platform adopted by the state con
vention at Macon September 4, 1906,
and the rules for the state primaries
of 1908, which were adopted by the
state confnittee at its meeting In At
lanta February 6, 1908.
* * *
New Railroad Chartered.
A charter has been granted by the
secretary of state to the Georgia, Ala
bama and Western railroad, a 60-mlle
line to be built between Camilla, in
Mitchell county, to Newton, In Baker
county, thence through Baker and Cal
houn counties to Fort Gaines, in Clay
county.
The charter was Issued to J. B.
Kauffman, of Atlanta, in person, who
Btated that the road was to be built
and the bulk of the capital furnished
by C. Sprinkle of Vlncenne3, Bid.
The new road has capital stock ol
$500,000, and the principal office's will
be In Atlanta. The charter runs for
101 years.
* * *
Children Working for Prizes.
Since the Cotton Seed Crushers’ As
sociation of Georgia announced the of
fer of $100 In gold to the school chil
dren of Georgia for the four best com
positions on "The Uses of Cotton Seed
and Its Products,” the department of
agriculture, at the capital, has been
swamped with childish requests, in
regard to cotton seed, cotton seed meal,
cotton seed hulls and cotton seed oil.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson
and Aslstant Commissioner Wright
have answered each of these requests
at once, and furnished nil of the in
formation nt hand.
The children are limiting their com
positions to 750 words, which are being
turned over td their teachers, each
teacher selecting the three best from
that school, and these are sent to the
county school commissioner to select
the best one, from the lot, to he sent
to the state Judges, soon to be an
nounced.
These Judges will award $50 for the
best composition; $25 for the second;
$15 for the third, and $10 for the
fourth.
The children are taking up the vari
ous uses of the cottcn seed products,
sonro writing on its as a f rtilizer filler,
others tell of Its use as a cattle feed,
others of cotton seed oil ns a cooking
substitute for lard and etl'l others as
a treatment and cure for consumption
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM
Decided Upon by President Roosevelt,
Which Will Eie Put Squarely
Up to Congress.
President Roosevelt has determined
on a legislative program, the enact
ment of which will ho urged upon con
gress in a special message. Each oi
the measures to he proposed involves
perplexing difficulties, and each will
have far-reaching effect on the busi
ness and economic conditions of the
country.
The program is tire product of im
portant confer nco» through which the
president liar, been put in possession
of thj ci-ws of all interests concerned
Likewise, the attitude of the leaders
in both brunches of congress has been
made known, its success depends oi
the combined effort which lie believes
ran be brought to hear in behalf of
the whole plan by tho.si accepted, es
pecially by some of its features.
The program includes: A declara
tion in favor of a revision of the tariff
in a special session to be held after
March 4, 19U9; an amendment to the
Sherman arti-trust law so as to make
important concessions to combinations
of both labor and capital; limiting the
powers of certain courts in the use of
the injunction in labor disputes; pass
age of an employers’ liability bill;
passage of the Aldrich financial bil!.
Tiie support of the busbies and
financial interests of the middle west
was pledged to the president on this
program following an extended confer
ence held at the white house Friday
night. A most satisfactory conference
was held at the president’s offices Sat
urday with leaders of the two houses
of congress.
CANTON CHINESE ENRAGED.
Hold Indignation Meetings In Protest
^of Government Yielding to Japan.
The greatest indignation prevails in
Canton, China, against the government
for yi lling to the Japanese demands
in tlft Tatsu Marti case, it being con
sidered that the government’s action
has brought disgrace upon the prov
ince. The self-government society of
Canton organized several monster in
dignation meetings, at which resolu
tions were adopted that the anniversa
ry of the release of the Tatsu Maru
be observed as a day of public mourn
ing. The resolutions also declared a
bovcott against Japanese goods.
CONGRESSMAN RESIGNS.
Littlefield of Maine Sends Resignation
to Governor Cobb.
A sensation was caused in political
circles in Maine Sunday by the re
ceipt by Governor William T. Cobb
of a letter from Congressman Charles
E. Little-field, tendering his resigna
tion as a member of congress to take
effect on September 30tii next.
Mr. Littlefield gave as the reason
for his resignation his desire to re
sume his law practice.
SENATOR WHYTE DEAD,
Maryland Sut.an.an, Long |„ p u;
Service, Passes Away at Hi 3
Home in Baltimore,
United States Senator Wim
Pinckney Whyte died at his hon, e ?
Baltimore Tuesday night.
Senator Whyte was taken [\\ whj|
in Washington and returned to Ba| .,
more as soon as possible. Brlge^i-
developed,and he gradually sank ,,
til death came.
Senator Whyte had been in nu-hnJ
life since 1847. He was born in p a °
timcire August 9, 1824. Ho graduated
in law at Harvard in 1845. Hig
cal career began with his election to
the house of delegates of the Mary] a J
legislature of 1847-48, since which time!
he has served nearly every office J
the gift of tho people of his state. H e
was state controller 1852-55, and ran
for congress in 1857, but was defeated
convention of 1868, and the name jea r
He was a delegate to the nation^
was appointed United Staton senator
to fill the unexplired term of the ] ate
Reverdy Johnson, upon the latt--r*s
pointment as minister to Gnat firlt-j
ain. ^
He was governor of Maryland UfiJ
74, and In the following year W1J
elected United States senator, lie be
came mayor of Baltimore In L I, and
attorney general ot Maryland in l >-
lie was chairman of tLo commission
whiclr framed the now charter of the
city, serving in that capacity in nj;
and 1S98. In 1900 he became city so
licitor. The then governor, Edwin
Warfield, appointed him United States
senator in 1906 to fill, until the me
ing of the present legislature, the un-
expired term of the late Senator Ar
thur P. Gorman, and the current legis
lature, soon after assembling, elected
him Senator Gorman’s successor for
the term ending March, 1909. lie war
tire last survivor of the senators who
voted against the fifteenth amendment
to the United States constitution.
POLITICAL ACTION URGED
Upon Labor Hosts of Country in the
Coming Elections.
“While the supreme court and other
Institutions may be able to t nrpora-.
rll.v retard and seriously enrharass the
growth and action of our movement,
we bold!y assert that no power on
earth can destroy, successfully outlaw
or disrupt th’ trade union movement."
These words form the key to an ad
dress Issued at Washington Saturday
night to organized labor and farmers’
associations by the labor workers who
had been In session in the city for*
four days. The address states that a
large part of the discussions of the
conference were devoted to the con
sideration of the supreme court’s ac
tion In applying the Sherman anti
trust law to labor.
After stating it to be the duty of la
boring men to question candidates for
emigres as to their attitude toward la
bor legislation, the address calls upon
the labor workers “to stand faithfully'
by our friends, oppose and defeat our
enemies, whether they be candidate!;
for president, for congress or othur of
fices, whether legislative, executive or
julieial.
The address concludes as follows:
“Hold mass meetings in every city and
town in the United States on the even
ing of the third Sunday or Monday in
April, 19th or 20ilr, and at that meeting
voice fully and unmistakably labor 9 )
protest against the supreme court deci
sion, which strips labor of th>• rights
and liberties which we had supposed
were guaranteed bv the constitution.
“Each candidate," continues the ad
dress, “slrou’d he questioned and pledg
ed as to his attitude upon all subjects
of Importance to the tollers, whether,
In factory, farm, field, shop or mine.
A foot note to the address st ates
that "this Is signed by the same names
as were appended to labor’s protest
to congress.”
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL PASSED.
Measure Goes Through Senate With
out a Hitch.
The ship subsidy bill was passed by
the senate Friday. It pays to 1 G-knot ^
vessels plying between this country
and South America, the Philippine 9 , j
Japan, China, and Australia $4 l ,er ]
mile, the amount awarded by the set
of 1891 to vessels of 20 knots only.
The bill was amended i n the senai5 \
so that 12-knot vessels will rece
$2 per mile, which is the allowance un-
'll*. 1
der existing law to 16-knot vessel 9 -
Amendments were also adopted pr° vi j
ing that if two or.more lines of steam I
ships ply from Atlantic ports to South]
America, under the provisions of th« ]
bill, one line shall stop at two P 01 ' 9
south of Cape Charles and stipulate 1 ’ :
that no more shall be paid for a" 1 ' 1 j
dies than Is received by the g° vel ? j
merit as revenue from such service
During the consideration of toe
ureas'
ure Mr. Hale made a spirited idea
an auxiliary navy, declaring that
with-1
out auxiliaries our navy is depc
udeid
upon foreign countries, and that 111 ,
case of war we would be helph "
db
The bill was passed without a
vision of the senate being called ‘
A bill was also passed increasi 1,D
salaries of men employed In the
savings service.