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’LaGrange Ga., April.. 11. 1899!
CARTER HARRISON
AND OTHER THINGS. |
“■
The Hon. Carter H iiprison, as- 1
ter a no»L exciting coniesi Ims
been elected muyor of Chicago.
Aga "'t him in bis race were
•ex( ». John P Aitgeld, who
ran an indept r>< cm democrat
ic c. ulidate, and Z<im R. ' in ter,
the ■ publican nominee. Hur
rison carried every tm« of the
84 wards in the ciiy except five.!
AIU-'d was fem fully beaten. J
Tli i- ' here is a cl hinge in ihe
couii it tins as Iho Illinois democ- ,
racy. The result ol the election
pr;t i retires Altgeid, who
has ttd d with undisputed sway
*or .suin' years and brings Har*
soi <> ihe front as the new boss
>fti».■ <t tnocratic party in Illi
nois I. Altgeld hud have made
a rue for the democratic nom- ;
inn lion and boon beaten we
Would have regretted this on i
ace >uni of his previous great}
set , c - to the common people
of til - ; >td in 1896. But when j
he bolt d and ran as an inde- !
pen •h' we art* g> ntitied at his
de' at. Now while we have no
■ynip thy with the deposed boss
of t cis politics, because he
bop. : hr party, yet we would
]iK«* to address it lew words of j
waning to the new boss. He!
h - i . v.?r aligned himself on
the *iiv..*r issue so strongly as to
leave his position beyond dis*
puli lie was regular at the
ehmtinn of 18915 and voted for
Br.au But he has never been
cot’s'.ilorod a Ivitdet in the silver
1■ . , Now the time has come
fo 1 h u to choose which road he i
wih allow. w ill Im attempt to j
al< ii the Illinois democracy with
the New York* gold
or ■ ill he join his forces to the
Chicago platform itowd? He
cannot wait long to answer the
qu.-..i«u. Already the forces,
are slowly massing lor the next
great tight forth" presidency,
an*'. •%«! do hope that the new!
lea h*r of the lliino's democracy
wdl be with ihe great national j
democratic party of the plain
peopi , not because he is merely 1
regular i ui because his heart is
with them in the tight.
The pie-s reports announce
that Mr B'ys,u is going to Chi
cago on .April 14th. when he will
mak< as; ••■'-tj before the Mon
ticello Mr Harrison is
also 'o n ike- •’» speech upon that
occasion •;< w hich it is supposed
that h< w " dr tine Ids policy and I
let it be •' i- wn with which fac
tion of ' utiunai democracy he
will cast hi* lot and consequent
ly with.w meh faction Illinois will
stvud in the future. Mr. Bryan
will vei' likely ina, ea speech
full of significance to those who
stand with Harrison and in which
there «viu vfery-likely be quite a
bit of Veiled advi. e
If Harrison tri. however, to
ride «»*>: Ii horns «A ‘he dilemma
he is apt ultittny< '' o be torn
apart and left . t «<• d with the
rest of the stradu -t *. We hope
thin he will not make tie* mi-*
take, hut that hr will unimsitai*
ingiy raise above him the stand*
ard of the white metal and join
his forces with those who are
fighting to free this country
from its financial serldom.
Those who belittle the si’ver
movement and frequently an*
nounce its death now, just as they
did in the early months of 1896,
will he just us badly surprised and
ns woefully deceived as the short
sighted men who then thought it a
passing craze. It will be the
great issue in 1900 and wo would
not be gieatiy surprised if it did
not land nryan in the White
House.
PRESUMPTUOUS.
Il seems t hat <»id Gomes won’t,
stay bought. Jhe McKinley gov
ernueiit paid the exorbitant
sum of $3,000,000 for him, but
after leading him up to <.he rack
it seems that he won’t stay tied.
An Article from the Associated
Press authorities on Friday lust
announces that ••Gomez May
Prove Troublesome.” The ar
ticle announces the remarkable
fact thiit “The Cuban military
assembly being dead, Gen. Max
imo Gomez will take up his pro*
gramme of solidifying the Cu
ban people into a party that shall,
wilhot ceasing, urge the Unit
ed Stales to withdraw from
the island. His purpose is to
make ihe people seem to have
but one emotion, one desire—the
thought of independence and of
absolute separation from the
United States
This is an awful thing for’the
people of Cuba to desire—to
want to bo free and independent.
We may have to shoot a lew
drops of liberty into them, just
us we are doing into the deluded
Filipinos who tire foolish enough
not to desire us to rule them as
serfs.
This article showing how un*
grateful Gomez and the Cubans
are. goes on to slate:
“Gen. Gomez, if reinstated, would
be of great service to the United
States in the disbursement of
the $3,000,000, but his political
program means the keeping up
ol agitation and disturbance in
the minds of the people and the
weakening of Auieric* n authori
ty by producing the impression
that everything done by Ameri
cans is temporay and may sooner
or liver be overturned.
■ American obsurvcis consider
any such agnation us extremely
harml ul to Iho industrial revival
the restoration oi v uuun credit.
“8 Hue wh> are high in author
ity mid who -kwe exceptional
opp<>rtunities of knowing the
character and ideas of Gomez,
think the United States gov u '"'
men: may have trouble with him
yet. -
“His attitude has a’ways been
consistent regard independence
f6r Cuba and ho is still working
for t he same end. ”
Gomez was all right when he
accept the $3,000,000. It was
supposed that he would stay
bought and turn Cuba, over to
the Mark Hanna gang of specu
lators who wanted all the valua
ble franchises. But it seems he
is iucorrigible and t hat "his at
titude has always beeq consistent
regarding independence for Cuba
and he is st ill working foi- the
same end.’’
’Pilis is terrible one when views
it tn ihe light of the following
declaration of the United States
made in our nnouncement of War
aga list Spain to-wit:
“Resolved Fourth. That the
United States hereby disclaimany
disposition or intention toexercise
sovereignty, jurisdiction or con
trol over said island, except for
the pacification thereof; and as
sert their determination when that
is accomplished to leave the guvs
ernment and control of the island
to its peeple. ”
Gomez is presumptiueus. He
ought to be satisfied with this
declaration whether we ever put
it tn practice or not.
THE WAGES OF NATIONAL GREED
The press dispatches contain
the following:
Fort Worth, 'i'rx.. April 5.
Dr. oharle» V. Harris, of the
medical department. Unit'd
States army, passed through
here today en route to Washing
ton 'on important busin» ss with
the war department. e cotpes
from the Philippine i*lands and
says the reports of the excellent
health of the American trooj •
are false
Dr. Harris sta ed that, msny
United Suites soldiers, dhheart
ened over thcr physical condi
tion. deliberately place them
selves ns a target fortbeene
mv’s guns
It i i th* opinion of Dr Harris
that, if the Ameripfin troops r*
main in the Philippines nny great
length of time. sirkne«« and
death aro-snre to follew. ”
The press reports coming
straight, from the Philippines
are forced to go through the
hands of a United States censor
and this dispatch is one of the
first real notes,which the horrors
consequent upon national greed
produce. Here are our men,
our countrymen, deliberately
seeking death rather than face
the fevers of this Asiatic clime.
Their hearts are not in the work
of destroying tho only republic
ever established under the
Asiatic sun and they realize for
the fir/t time, that though they
volunteered from putt io ism to
defend the American flag from
foreign invasion, this govei meat,
subservit nt to t he land-grabbing
spirit of tbe Old World, has
made them men* machines to
kill or bedestroied by men whom
it is their real mission to succor.
Tht new anti trust law of Ar
kansas seems to be a two edged
sword. The law is operative
against any combination seeking
to control the price of various
enumerated commodities or “any
thing.” "Labor is certainly a
“thing” and consequently the
life of the brotherhoods, frater
nities. unions, and associations
which seek to control the price
of Übir. Thus it seems that in
attempting to destroy the trusts
the labor anions have passed a
law destroying themselves. Ihe
way to get at the trusts without
destroying legitimate combina
tions is a big question which will
have to bs solved soon.
’at Hardin will be the next
Democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Kentucky. That he
wiII bo elected is of course as
sured. The Courier Journal and
Watterson, the great preserver,
have been turned down. We
again reiterate our modest sug
gestion to the Hon. Mr. \\ alter
sou that he devote more atten
tion to the saving of himself and
less to ponderous thoughts
About the rejuvenation of a par
ty which does not want to be re
juvenated a (a Watterson.
*"■ —— l I I.
Watterson says that it was a
correspondent of the Courier-
Journal and not himself who detain
ed Crisp. Watterson’s appeararce
before the public recently has
not redownea to his glory to any
considerable degree. More bra n?
and more modesty would have
made Watterson u bigger man."
From Feb. 4ih to April 4th in
clusive in the Philippines there
have been killed 184 American
soldiers, and 965 wounded. That!
is, there have been on an average
of 3 biave American soldierskill <
ed and 16 wounded a day in or
der that we might give liberty !
to a people who do not want it. i
Truly this is a- philanthropic
government.
Out in u Kansas town the wo*
men have elected a woman
mayor, women’ entirely usj
cutincilmen iiud a women as-)
clerk. Ihe men put out a tick I
et and got beat. Il is a bad con ,
dition of affairs where sex be
comes the di vid tag line in politics,
and those whose live* together
should make a perfect whole
o-sco me political gladiators
struggling against each other.
During the past 20 years our
foreign commerce increased 63
p<-r cent, and we did not owu a!
foot of any*foreign s< il. England
• u the meantime suffered a loss,
o! 5 par cunt of her foreign com
flSeree, while she owned obout a I
fourth of the area of the word
and a fourth of the population.
W- hardly suppose that any ex I
pansisnisf in the light of these
figures c*n get much satisfaction !
out of thesilly cry that “trade j
follows the flag
. I
The President has named fori
Georgia one of the new battle- !
ship recently provided for by |
Congress. Now if you want to 1
see some hot fighting just you
wait until you see the battleship;
G» urgia in action.
The Rnhchilds, the Belmonts, |
the Morgans and ihat crowd have)
their Hanna in the Republican
party and their Croker is tho
D<mocratic party. But their
Croker don’t cut much ice outside
of his burg.
For their own good we rob the
Filipinos of thUr liberty and take'
away their land and murder them, i
Thus doth ihe good McKinley
sh»*w his Pecksmftlan spirit.
The reports says that Alger
was warmly received at Ponce!
If he could enter some of the
homes desolated by his embalm
ed beef he would also be warmly
received.
It is almost time for Watter
son to write another platform.
The habit does net do any harm
but seems to give Henry a great'
deal of gratification.
t
The Filipino name for a tooth j
brush is “Tapoknos-Tampulse.”
There is more danger of breaking!
the name thaw the brush.
If J. Sterling Morton can find
another crank as big as he if,
he can succeeddn getting up his
new l>arty al) right.
Doubtless some of New York I
politicians would now give $10!
if they hadn’t accepted the slOl
a plate invitation.
•■■20.000.000 is a big price toi
pay for the privilege of whipping,
the Filipinos.
Possibly Herr Rose didn’t
Know it was loaded.
Mataafa has the situation by
she lighted end.
Kautz se&m to have caught on
t;l right.
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Standard Garden seed' andj
E istern seed potatoes at
Freeman’s.
Winn-n«riwctl»cr, /
A quiet and beautiful wed&ag
was that ol » iss Augustus Man
weather aid Mr. Euwaid 1 mlw
Winu which, was xj1 Imuized. al
the home of ’ the bnut's uncle,
' Mr. A. M. Rubinusuu, on
tree street, the evening ol March
f 29. M
The parlor whese the cciuotußy
was perloruied Was a bower of
palms and watte u.s<s, the bridal
puny stand mg beiuieuud impfo
• viseu u'tar oi roses.
lua uridui gow.i wa» nut the
cuuvuuliouai wedding uixss CB
uuuy Wvi'u, but h was a
soil and artistic cteaiiuiiuX idac
ctepeUe cinue e.abutulciy U'im<
meu with rich applique i«cv, with
this she carnva uimiul of
uriue's ro»es uud Pauuma violets.
iue color scbeiiiv ihxoughoul
the i.otuu was c-n icu uui Lu while
ana green, auu m u>c
g<r alias ul auu ivs.uuUtU the
CUauUuiltils 4im uiauy lUuuUdeS- ,
ecu. iu the evutvr of the
mid. a <»uic Was .«n luiujunse ilur
ai a:artsuupvu p ecu ut carna
tion , ci ioc s lusts ai>u ferns.
.Uls. ixiuu >s the utui-SL Uaugh*
ter ui Mrs inuiiu* .a. i<wviLer.
&h« das iuliuiiitu i.ti tuutuer's
gteui buuuiy, uuu i« u j vung wo
mm ul queenly leui .ug. iier
generous huiuic ui u tauuiilul
luce have nude 1»,1 (««.» iUHUy
friends ttirougtiuu. i.ue eutira
state, who rgj el < Xttvedingiy
that her liotiw ma he Lu- ure wtd
take her iroin their uudwt.
Mr. Wiuu is<i cuHui edgeuli*
min and his ixiruial manut-i Las
won fur hitn.ihe esb-. tn.
Mr. ana Mrw» mt, will be at
home alter the ID> hwi Api it at
315 Fifth uvenue-. Knoxville.
Tenn.
We Clip the aimve- from the
Atlanta Joumall
Mr. Wion.istt LaGrange boy
and has a Vu*t us Irietius
here who wait usaiiy wishes
for a happy iu.un- t»» him and
the fair luuy h«» Has wmn.
The’bride is form r pupd of
the LiGrar.ge Fem..l -. college
gr,uiuatin*? -nitl’eel;<»f 1895,
and is I lemmr-be <-d as
a lady oftnuch iovehn -ss ai d *
beauty of < haracter
Yon cam
Bodge Them
Did. you ever try to dodge the
rain-drops ? Did not succeed
very well, did you? It’s just
as useless to try to escape from
the germs of consumption. You
can’t do it. They are about us
on every hand and we are con
stantly taking them into our
lungs.
Then why don't we all have
this disease? Simply because
these germs cannot gain a foot
hold in a strong throat and
lungs. It’s when these an
weak that the germs master.
The body must be well supplied
with fat. The danger comes
when the blood is poor and the
body is thin. If your cough does
not yield, and your throat and
lungs feel raw and sore, you
should not delay another day.
Take
Scott’s
Emulsion
of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos
phites at once. It will heal the
inflamed membranesand greatly
strengthen them as well. The
digestion becomes stronger, the
appetite better and the weight
increases. The whole body be
comes well fortified and the
germs of consumption cannot
gain a foothold.
It’s this nourishing, sustain
ing and strengthening power
of SCOTT’S EMULSION that
has made it of such value in
all wasting and exhausting
diseases. .
50c. and SI.OO, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. New York.