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The Eyes Of The Country Will Now

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Day
17
Month
March
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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be tiu.med tiowianl eomgress. President McKüafiey is poweriess unless congress gives to t'he tuation tbe legIsliation neeited ?o restore the prosperlty of farmer y&ars. AVuk J. Bïjia.n, to a recent, speech ía New York said : "I don't want an abso'.wteiy honeet dollar." A dollar mot absolutely tooest, ás dishonst. any viray yoo may ohoosei to put tt. Ex-Vfee Presidettt Levi P. Morton & a propduet. Over twenty yars ago lie toOd ciotoipanjion that Wm. McIviiiOej would would sooie day be presWenl of t.he ünifced States. And it carne to pass. Levi is a prophet Haat is knioiwn in his own laaid. "Were you a-ware of tihe facit my, good repaibrjicaiL friemd, tliait if you do mot t?o to thie po".is amd vot-ei thús spring; t.hiaít the eaiemiy are liable to ome out aaiead ? It le true. putoltauis are too camíident. AnU ttoat oiften causes defeat. The 6itverfbes are mil gioing to be ooranted at tihis tóeeti'an. And tliey expect to catch republicana napplng. WihetJuer ttoey do it ar jxot is for you ■fco aafiwer. The sympathy oí true Clinistlans tluniiffhout the wor'ja te with Oreece and Ote Cretans. But aïas the petty jea0oui'e6 of tiue rutera of so-called Chrtstiaai natione oí Burope, prohibtb anyCMug but sympathy being extended to tliem. The liands of the efarjistia-u ruLers are m the throats i3f tfoe Cliiilsttaa miartyrs in Crete as ■well as ia Armjemia, and the liellish Tork of the Turks iis ca,rried on wifch Uhèir ooasent and aSmiost %vithcrat tkeSv protest. Amd this in the closing year of ttee eniSg'hiteiinient of the nineteentlh eentuiT ! Pro-;. H. S. öarhart's PhysScs, altdi'Otigh out of pi-ees onty a little over a yeair, has been adopted ia 83 colleges aiwl uaiveTsities, including such ÏBstitTitions as YalE, Dartmouth, Vasarr Corniell, Byracuse, Pennsylvania st!ait"r Columbian, Raintliolph Macon, state, Adelbert, Ie Pauw, OhicagT Uiïiiversity, IUinois, Wisconsin, ücwv;a and Minnesota etate, Atlanta, Deuver, Caftfornia, Wellesley and othrg_ Thiis is quibe an unusual aoSno-wïedgeinent of mertlt. The part on Meclianáes is in its i.hird edition, irtii: '■ ie oae oai heat, electrtcity and mas'aetini is in tbe seoond cdition. But people have any oo-nceptton of the extent of KusaiiMi territory. It poBStsses tol'ay 1-6 of the entd-re wur'.il. ; t uil 19 ciMvtinunll.v adding thereto by ccmquest and colondzation. The (lay &3 mot far atetan wlieu the clash wiU fsmo bertrween Bngland and Rossia, aiwl uhe &od of irar -vvi'.l havo tía decide whicli wiSl rule t.he old ■wonld : the Slaw or tbe Saxon. "Tlne tnvsts a'iid1 business eouïMnattone beïo.nig to no party, and in f act to no eouam-y. They are everywhisne, amd tlneir amiaearles endeavor to extract favors fromi a'.l politica! sects. But the repuKican party is mot a friiemd to ttoerai, and the) legtaOatlom of this congress, unless liindeved and etopped by the iree SiiCiverItea and appooenta of good sovernment, wïü be doad ag-aiast all tnists and mianopo:6es. Same of vhie oïd dyed-ta-the-vool members af frhe U. S. señarte, wi-tli a petríiied dlgaiity, are squimting -vitb wTíniklBS an ílieir brows, a.t tliis sentence from the imauguraX speech oí A" fee President lïabart : "It shall be my oonstaet cfíort to aid the senators in ail reasonaWe expedition oí business. I my be pemiitted to express the b&:ieL thiat suclx expedition Ls tire lïope of the country." These senators profess to see in tJiat the mirad of a czar, and they are Lntlmatling tilnat ito czarlam witil 1e allowed, amd ttuat Mr. Hobart bett&r loofc out or hie ■vfcl finid himself in. a very delicate siicuati'cwi. The senators are no doubt guttty in. oomscience ot they vu,d not be so oaisdly offended. But But Mr. Hoibart eau rest assured that the people oí thte nation believe witb tuto tlwvi the semate shouid be a help r.ot a himdrance to needed legislatiou. Aceardüng to the Free Press report the Saïem F&rmer's Club oí ïiws eounty sent a petiti'om to tlie legislature "depjorieg tihe ■working oí the gold standard of money," and asklng Dhe representatires bo' work for the passage of tke Allisan. bill, prohibiting the gold clause in mortgages. As about the on'y persons, so far, ■who have required a ■gO'ld elause in mortgages liiave baeU ultra silveriites, like Altgeld, Penmoyer, Hiarvey, and tilieir ilk, the Saiem dub must have been im au iromlcal tumor when sending that peti'; km. If the &L:m Fa rmer's Clui) Wiould petiiition comgress to enact a tardH and reciprocity law that would fumiish tbe uov-enunient wlth c.ï'ent fumds to meet current expenses, and place in the hianOs oi farmers aud wool growers the money that now iiiwds its Wiay into1 the Jrands of importers aad foreágn ma-nufacturers, theoi ït wouild be taking a step that wiould ]e of direct benefit to its members. The WüBon bill lnas impoMerIshed the sheep-raisers and the ïarmers oi thiB couintry geaierally, but Ït has made the importers all rich and ït has kept the f&reign mamufacturers - especilally tihe ahoddy makers- very Vwsy, consequeotiy prosperous. Gen. Weyíier, tibe Spiainish buteher in Cuba, imprigoraied a young girli a few diays einee whio waa a subject of France, keepúns faer "inciomunicado," tlhot is, depTtving her froin aT.il communácatton wttíi any but the prison au+ho-rSties, for tliree days. But Jier frlend'S Immediatefly uporn lier arrc&t calbl'ed tttie French govoriiment. Thnt go''i-tnve'nt sent a ldttle tliii'dcChss ivar vessel to Havanina at once amd demanded the glfpfl release. Weylten 'e beocJunen vyanted to' pariey and d-eTay. Thie Frenoli commandant immedia te'.ty cleaa'ed t1xe decks of liis ressel íot actiion, arad told the authioTjlties to rejftase the girl at once oí' lie woulid ooímmeTLce battle. If íhc girl had committed any crim'e slic phoulid be triied im a proper way. but sbe ínust be. released. And she was re&eaaed. Tlue oowardly curs wino -vould arrest nnd imprisoti a defcniscjoss wDman ditl ncnt daré to face a resOLiibe man with ehot arad sliell hack of liim and were quick to) act "lii'U there w-as danger to tliemselvee. And thc girl never luas been tr.ted for tbere was notliing to try her for. I'orhaps the oïtizenfl of thc United States vaay horeaifter be protected 1)3' tiieir government. Tlie Innocent lives taken by tihese Bpanish butcbers are a da.i"k staiiia upo.n the admi'nLstratiOíü juist tíosed. The Kansas legislature is considering a bilí and will probably pass it, making the enforceinent of the ten commandiiicnts a part of the criminal procedure of the state of Kansas. Penalties ranging trom fines of $500 to $1,000 fine, life itnprisonment and death by hanging aro imposed for violation of the commandmente.

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Ann Arbor Courier