Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1896, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1896-—FOURTEEN PAGES. 13 DURING OCTOBER. In Spite of the Throngs of Pa- tients the $3 Rate is Mainained to All. ‘The Time Limit Made Very Clear; Not With the Purpose of Hurrying Pa- tients te the Offices, but to Avoid Criticism. on the Grounds of Par- tality. ALL NEW PATIENTS WHO’ APPLY BEFORE NOV. 1ST, AND ALL OLD PA- TIENTS WHO RENEW BEFORE NOV. 1ST, WILL BE TREATED UNTIL CURED AT THE UNIFORM RATE OF $3 A MONTH, MEDICINES INCLUDED. THIS APPLIES TO ALL PATIENTS AND A DISEASES, INCLUDING DEAFNESS. IT IS NoT WiTH THE PURPOSE OF HURRY- ING PEOPLE DOCTOR McCOY'S OFFICES THAT THE ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE LIMIT OF THE $3 RATE, NOVEMBER 1, IS MADE CLEAR. IT IS SCIPLY THAT AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE $8 LIMIT THERE MAY BE LASION FOR CRITICISM BY BE- LATED ALITY. THE RATE FUSION THAT Ww FOR WHICH, WAIVED ALL F COMPLISHED. S EXTENSION THE PURPOSE “OR A LIMITED TIME, HE SONAL F WILL BB AC- THAT PUR! THAT ALL MIGHT HAVE THE PENEFITS OF THE FAMOUS TREATMENT FO THE GIVING OF WHICH HIS NATIONAL PRACTICE IN WASHING- TON WAS ESTABLISHED. THE CROWDS TAK ING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY MAKE IT NECESSARY THAT ONE POINT SHALL BE CLEARLY IMPRESSED. THERE IS A LUTELY NO LIMIT BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF PERS ‘ARE AND ATTENTION TO THE NUMBE! TIENTS WHO WILL BE TAK UNDEK TREATMENT AT THIS RATE, PROVID: ING APPLICATION IS MADE BEFORE No’ BER 1. THE ONLY LIMIT IS THE EVERY PATIENT APPLYIN MONTH WILL BE TREATED RATE AND GIVEN THE SAM REATM AND WILL BE SUL WITH THE SAMB MEDICINES AS THOUGH ME PAID TEN TIMES THE FEE. TREATMENT THAT CURES. Doctor McCoy’s Treatment, that has J the darkness le" from hund: of Catarrh in the Works its curative (1) It rewehes every sore spot from the orifice of th to the dee part of the lungs, to t recesses of of irritatin; of the disease, flaming and feedinz it Soothes, quiets, heals tioms once regarded incurable? By what process oes It restore the diseased membrane, rete poison and relieve the soreness of disease? Let the experience of patients cured aud being cured tell. How It Cures Common Catarrh Here is a patient taking treatment for Catarrh of the Head. He breathes the soothing m through bis nostrils, and the nasal channels open up, fel-up feeling In the head leaves, and be naturally through the nose agaiu. ‘The dull pains across the front of the head fade away, and the nasal membrane is soothed until the intlummation and soreness are all gone. The bad odor away, and the lost sense of smell retu: ng in the the is checked, the nose does net stop up toward nly gny more, the sneezing and snutfing have ceased, and the dise less and less e bas been nd erafeated from the system before it ched his throat. It Mad not been driven down into his throat, or into bis Tangs, or Into his ten is done by other treatments. \ can breath w It Cures Catarrh in the Throat. rold, and the dise He breathes medication. It d and throat. The tot t is disappearing, sense of taste is returning, and the voice a; betomes soft and melodious. There is no more z ng and vomiting in the ning. No longer does every exposure to the weather result in a stuffed-up throat, that becomes sore and inflamed, and no longer does he find Eis throat and tongue dry as chips when he wakes from an unrefreshing sleep. How It Cures Catarrh of Vocal Chords Here is another patient who contracted Catarrh that extended from the throat into the glottis, the xateway that opens to the windpipe and lungs. ‘The di attacks the voeal ¢ "ds, this sensitive instrument of the buman voice, and soon mars its sweet tones or destroys: m altogether. Here sits a lady Inba!ing the scothing preparation. She had been ten mi hs sith wi the treatment has al- ready Who can say what joy feels in being tered to the usefulness and the pleasure of conversation? restores is another who for years had been a sufferer. E y fi cold seened to stay longer. than former colds, and he noticed that his ears got stopped up and his hearing became duller and duiler, and there were ringing and buzzing noises in bis ears. The Catarrh had passed upward and backward from the t along the Eustachian tube leading from the throat into the ear. He had visited threat doctors and ear doctors and catarrh doctors without relief. In this condition we find him inbaiin; discharge, the hearing gets better, tubes of the ears open up and some- Sto give way in his head. His hearing tely returned. No wonder he considers resuit a marvel. the It Cures Bronchial Catarrh. How ed catarrh of the ed to bis throat, then down the Windpipe and into bronchial tubes. He coughed at night so that he could not sleep; there was pain behind bis br bone and under the shoulder Mades. When he coughed he brought up a frothy, grayish material streaked with blood. He lost petite and strength. He tried cough syrups and different in wi medicin tubes b tickan to no avail. He now breathes full inspirations the restoring and soothing ‘The sore spots along the bronchial the cough ceases, the pain leaves, the tite vad strength retmn. He is again a well end happy man. ; al, How It Cures Catarrh of the Lungs. Here is another pitiful case. He had all the history of colds and catarrh, extending downward from the nose to throat, to glottis, to windplpe, to the bronchial tubes and then into the small tubes of the lungs. His cough always troubled him. He raised Iurge quantities of vile-looking material, he had ha; fever every afternoon and could not sleep at night. He had no appetite, and his strength and ambitien failed. He bad night sweats every once in a while, and fearcd that his end was near. See him: after four months of treatment: A new man! The herling and soothing medication has Ume after tims sought out every nook of the dis- ease even to the extreme depth of the lung cells, and bathed and coated and healed the membrane. ‘There Is no more of the nasty discharges, no more cough, no more fever, no more palm, no more night sweats. The appetite returrs, and with it comes back strength and ambition. The cheeks fill cut and regain their color. The step becomes buoyant. He has been saved from a Ungering but absolutely sure death. McCoySystemof Medicine 715 13th Street Northwest. Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. Office Heurs, 9 to 12 a.m., 1 to5 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m.daily. Sunday, 10 a.m. +pm NORTHWEST STATES Bryan’s Visit to Minnesota and the Dakotas. FIGHTS IN THE TWIN COMMONWEALTES St. Paul is for Gold and Minne- apolis for Silver. JOHN LIND’S CANDIDACY ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 12, 1896. Candidate Bryan does not look upon the northwest as the enemy’s country, though Minnesota and Wisconsin are less fruitful soil for free silver than other western States. St. Paul is as strong in its support of the gold standard as New York or Bos- ton. Minneapolis is more friendly to free silver, and Mr. Bryan balances one against the other, just as he puts a strong populist county in northwestern Iowa against a re- publican stronghold like Sioux City. Cast- ing up the totals, he thinks he is going to be as strong as Maj. McKinley. The farmers are the deciding factor in the Dakotas and in Minnesota, but in Min- nesota, in addition to the farmers, he must have the larger share of the workingmien, because the business community Is solidly against him, not merely in St. Paul and Minneapolis, but in Stillwater, Winona and other towns. Knowing that, he has been appealing to the labor classes. The suc- cess of these appeals is yet to be shown, but his journey has clearly strength2ned him among the farmers. Prices for wheai, corn and cattle are getting better, yet they are still a long way from being what the farmer thinks they ought to be, and he listens readily to Mr. Bryan’s argument that the gold standard keeps prices down. Im South Dakota. Mr. Bryan's South Dakota speechmaking was given over as much to helping Senators Pettigrew and Kyle as to exoloiting his own candidacy. Tke struggle for the legis- lature is a warm one, and Senator Peiti- grew has staked his political future on ear- rying it. To do this the state «ill have to go for free silver by a decided majority. Senator Pettigrew does not seem to have led a large number of republicans out of the party when he bolted. The faction which had been opposing him was in con- trol and his own followers had be tered. However, it lid not need whelming gain to make a combination with the populists and free silver democrats which would leave the republicans in the minority. Senator Pettigrew is a shrewd politician, and he laid the wires for the combination skillfully. Mr. Bryan’s coming and his speeches completed the fusion of the free silver elements. In the face of this condition reports are published that the republicans, after two polls of South Dakota, expect’a majority of 8,000 to 10,000 for McKialey. This kind of a claim shows the worthlossness' of the alleged poll. The total of South Daketa is 75,000. A majority of 10,000 in a vote would indicate a contest so ded that nobody could mistake the g Yet defections to silver are ad- mitted among republican farmers in some sections of the state, and it is impossible to point out corresponding gains. ‘The democratic party went to pieces four . ago, and has never pulled itseif together, so that there are few sound money democrats tor the Chicago ticket to 1 In the Black Hills President Cleveland nas some sup- porters who will vote for McKiniey. The republicans in that corner of the state have also kept their organization fairly free from the inroads of the silverites. They are nerved to unusual efforts because of their determination to “down” Senator Pet- tigrew. In order to do this and to carry the state for McKinley it will be necessary to outvote the farmers, and that is a debat- able question. To The Star correspondent it seems that the four electoral votes ef South Dakota are in doubt, with the chances “favoring Bryan. The North State. Mr. Bryan’s trip through North Dakota was limited to the southeast corner of the state, and the opportunity for judging of its sentiment was not so good. Here, how- ever, it was also made plain that repuli- ‘ans are supperting Bryan and free silver, while it was difficult to singie out demo- crats who were upholding either McKin- ley or Palmer. The situation was illus- trated at Mr. Bryan's Fargo meeting, when Senator Roach and Henry F. Miller, bank- er and farmer, who was the republican candidate against Roach, sat on the same platform. The total vote of the state is in the neighborhood of 50,000, and the com- bined populist and free silver democrati strength is nearly equal to the republi- cans. The three electoral votes are in the balance, without much definite information on _ whi to base a guess. In both the Dakotas the federal office holders are sup- porting the Chicago ticket aimost without exception, regardless of what President Cleveland's wishes may be. Minnesota is the best state in the Union for measuring the extent to which free silver has destroyed old party lines. The champions of Bryan's candidacy are near- ly ail men who have been republican lead- ers and who take the ground that the party has left them. In fact, little is heard in Minnesota of the democratic party except from ihe stately old fellows who talk of traditions and of preserving the organt- zation from destruction by sacrificing themselves. They are eminently respecta- he and nemerously in the minority. eBusi- ress men in the cities who are democrats are going to vote for McKinley, but the party organization {a completely in the bands of the silver wing. Talking to Republicans. Mr. Bryan in his speeches recognizes the situation. He has had a little to say about Jeffersonian principles, but most of his taiking has been for the benefit of re- publicans He follows the line taken by Congressman Towne, Lieut. Gov. Day and the other republicans who are supporting the Chicago ticket. The republican vote has so largely out- numbered the combined vote of the popu- ists ad democrats in Minnesota that it would take a more pronounced. political revolution than can now be discerned to give its electoral vote to Bryan. It is more than probable that he will cut down the republican majority, but this is the that his cwn supporters can reason- ably exp ‘They are, however, hopeful that ex-Congressman John Lind, the silver candidate, will be elected governor. Many republicans will vete for Lind who do not fully :mdo:se his position on silver and who have no intention of bolting the na- tional ticket. His popularity among the candinaviars holds, though Senator Knute felson is trying to play the Norwegians against the Swedes. The republican lead- 's profess indifference, yet they are nerv- ous, and they would be intensely chagrined by Lind’s success. It would demoralize the party for years to come. Mixed Congressional Outlook. The congressioral outlook is a queer mix. The republicans say that Congressman Towne, by his desertion, has learned what it is to be a leader without a following. They talk confidently of burying him under an adverse majority so large that the sixth district will forget it ever had a representative of that name. On the other nand, the silverites say that Towne’s elec- tion will be nearly unanimous, while Con- gressman McCleary will be buried out of sight in the second district. McCleary has advocated the gold standard with ability, though, perhaps, with less brilliancy than Towne has shown in supporting silver. The silverites want to beat him just as badly as the republicars want to defeat Towne. The truth probably lies some- where between the conflicting statements made, but the campaign will have to ad- vance a little further before an intelligent ud, tof the outlook can be formed: BUFFALO LITHIA WATER Nature's remedy for Gout, Rheumatism and ali disorders of the Kidmeys and Bladder. Water for sale Np dceseiate and grocers. Pamphlet on application. ‘Proprietor, Buffalo Lithia Syrings, Va. W.S. THOMPSON, 763 15th n.w. els A GREAT GAIN TO PHYSICIANS. Medical Resuits. of Lute Improve- ments in the Roentgen X Rays, From the Lancet. An important improvement has been ef- fected by the General Electrical Company of Berlin in the Roeutgen apparatus, and especially in the vacuum tube, so that it 1s possible to observe peculiarities in the in- terior of the head and throat, and especially the action of the lungs and heart, by direct inspection with the fluorescent screen. The results were demonstrated before medical men representing the chief European capi- tals at the recent twenty-fifth surgical con- gress at Berlin. The screen employed measured about ten inches by eighteen inches, and consisted of small crystals of platinocyanide of barium dusted on to an adherent surface. Although the results ob- tained are probably capable of further im- provement, still they were sufficiently good to indicate the probable value in the very near future of the X rays in diagnosing certain conditions. They were, at any rate far in advance of anything that has yet been achieved. It was thought on the dis- covery of the X rays that a new epoch in diagnosis had been reached. Experience. however, has since shown that the appli- cation of the discovery was restricted to the exploration of the extremities in the exam- ination of bony structure and in the search for foreign bodies. The photography of the chest and abdominal cavity by means of the X rays has been attended with but small success, at least to be of any value in medical diagnosis. By means, however, of this new tube, which appears to afford the maximum energy in regard to the produc- tion of X rays, the labor and trouble of pho- tography may be dispensed with, and a direct vision of certain abnormalities of the heart and in the chest may, as was shown in this demonstration, be gained. The following were among the results shown: When the head was placed between the tube and the screen the thickness of the scalp was easily visible, the hair not ap- pearing. The light penetrates the car- tilages of the nose, which are only visible in slight shadows. ‘The frontal cavity and the antrum of Highmore are to be seen as distinctly lighter areas.” In the neck are tc be seen the shadows of the oesophagus, of the hyoid bone, and the cartilages of the larynx (the last not as distinctly as the hyoid bere), which both in rest and in mqve- ment are easily detected. If the light be thrown through the thorax from behind, the screen gives the following picture: In the middle occurs a dark broad stripe, the sternum; or both sides are to be seen hori- zontal shadows crossing each other, which are plainly the ribs; the lower margin of the thorax is represented by a shadow, the left side of which is pale and thin, but the right side is intensely dark. The picture is still better if the rays be thrown from the front and the screen placed behind, only in this case the vertebrae are seen, and not the sternum. The shadow line, which is constantly moved on inspiration and ex- piration for about three inches, is the dia- phragm, and the darker shadow on the right side is the liver and the lighter on the left is the stomach. This picture shows, further, that the dia- phragm and the ribs are situated at a very acute angle with one another. Another biz shadow is seen immediately above the dia- phragm and in the middle of the thorax. This shadow (that of the heart) cons an intensely dark central part with a periphery. This movement of the heart is distinctly visible, principally at the ape but on close examination the movement of the worta may be noticed also. The he shadow and the movement are empha: after a deep ins now the tube reen be moved ward, the light thrown through stomach The limits of this organ n well seen, but the definition is far better after it has been distended by the adminis- These results demonstrate pretty concln- sively, we think, the possibility in the near future of the X rays becoming a powerful aid ia diagnosis coupled with the employ- ment of a fluorescent screen. Already it has been fruitful in not only contirmii previous methods of diaznosis, but in afford- ing means of ertaining with s cision certain symptoms w new employed would not be mevements of a com carpus, were clearly new light upon surgi me pr metho indicated. The Mex joint, such as the n, and’ will throw @ 1 anatomy. aie BAREFOOT BABIES. A Physicion'’s Intere i Experiment With His Fa ly of Boys and Girls, From the Cleveland Leader. “I chanced to be present,” remarked a trained nurse to a group of professional friends, “when a little girl three years of age, just returned from the west, was being put to bed. It was the'last day of August, and I noted that she was suffocating in a heavy, high-necked, long flannel shirt and underdrawers, long, thick stock- ings and a flannel skirt, besides the full cotton outfit; and this would, I know, be generally accepted as quite the proper and rational way to prepare a litile child for a long journey. To me it seemed little less than cruelty. “On the other hand, I am watching with great interest a little child nine months cid who has never had a shoe or stockings on or had its little feet covered in any way during the day. Whenever the weather is chilly the nurse gives them an occasional brisk rubbing, but argues that since’ its feet have never been covered they are no more sensitive than the hands, and it is true that the little one has never had a cold. During the hot weather, too, it was dressed in comparative comfort,’ waich ELECTORAL COLLEGE How the President and Vice President Aré Chosen, . THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION Gradual Change in the Function of "the Electors, THE APPORTIONMENTS tet All classes and both sdxes are taking a direct and intense intéreet in political mat- ters this year, and The Star ts often in re- ceipt of queries showing''the general de- sire for information relative to the elec- tion machinery of the country. Today there comes a note signed “Iiady'Subscriber” say- ing: “Will The Star give space to explain fully how the President’ of the Unite? States is elected? How, in’a word, are the electors chosen? Who decides that im- portant thing? For otherwise there would bea Sctamble'by each party to outnumber the other side in the number of electors chosen.” Naturally, there is a scramble on the part of the rival organizations to secure a pre- ponderance of electoral votes, and this con stitutes the campaign. Doubiless what the writer wants to know ts how the division of electors among the varieus states is determined, or, in other words, how the electoral college, so-called, is constituted. Briefly, it depends upon the population of the siate. This is called “apportionment,” and is based primarily upon the third para- graph of sectfon two of article one of the Constitution of the United States, ag changed by the fourteenth amendment. Thus amended it provides that “Represen- tatives (in Congress) shall be apportioned among the several states according to thi respective numbers, counting the whe number of persons in each state, exclud- ing Indians not taxed. The actual enumer ation shall be -made within three years after the firs: meting of the Congress of the United States, and within every sub- sequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of R sentatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shal! have at least one Ri ntative.” Basis of Representation. This mintmum number was, of cour: never reduced because the population stead- ily increased. It is interesting in this con- nection to state that under the original apportionment there were sixty-five mem- bers of the House, though this was bas on a somewhat arbitrary reckoning population contained in the Constitution. The first census showed such a population that the pasis of apportionmeat was and this gave 105 members. The second ensus made no change in the ratio, but the number of presentatives was in- exeased, $0 AL, The ratio based on ine third censu: ple, and at Tesentatives The fourth census showed such a gain in population that in order to prevent the undue crowding of the House the ratio w raised to one to 4 and even at this the membership jum) : » member to » there w 3,000 peo~ later the ratio %, mem returns of the si us the carried up to ) and for the ‘first time in the history of the country the memb. the House y 4, fallin: Another inerea fe basis sentation followed the taking of ti enth census, it was placed a nd the members inere Theeighth cens atio at 1 and the Hous consequence, and under the ninth count- ing of the people the ratio stood at une to 131425, and the membe of 18), the tenth, turns that the basis of representation ¥ fixed at 151,911, and the House held members, ‘The last census fixe the { one to 172,901, and the pres is Entitled to 357 members. Constitution of the Ce What has this to do with of the President? Simply thi atio nt House we. election The elec- tne toral college consists, of one person for ach member of the House and one as 1 for each Senator. | Therefors, the number- of electors depends almost 4 rectly upon the size of the nation, thoug not quite. Were the college measured by the size of the House alone the ratio that ex by law between the population and the number of Representatives would be always preserved a th: reletionsiip would be transmitted directly to ine col lege. enator, The addition of ene elector for eac! however, disturbs the ratio, ina much as in certain states the totai popu- lation does not equal the bare basis of representation, For a stance, in 1880 Del- ware had but 168,3% people, or about 74) less than the ratio; Idaho the same had S4,383 people, or nearly $0, less than the average congressional trict; Montana had 1 » people translated, means as little clothing as pos- sible. a One of the leading specialists in children’s diseases in America, a most distinguished man, by the way, never allows his children to wear shoes and stockings except when out of doers in midwinter, until they ore five or six years old. All through the spring and early summer they may be seen‘ in park and public garden, walking about with their nurse, exquisitely frocked, but barefooted. Later comes the long country rambles, and even in the winter they never wear shoes in the house. The result o this experiment in his own family ha= proved more than satisfactory to the fa- mous physician, and the general ruggedness and vigor of the children is his most power- ful argument when using the whole weight of his influence to prevail upon other par- ents to go and do likewise. “It is to be hoped that saner notions in regard to dressing children in hot weather may in due time percolate all classes of so- ciety, and that those who would hesitate before the barefoot idea may at least go so far as to unburden their en of that heavy weight of clothing, which is more productive of colds and weakness than all other causes combined.” -se0 The Cycle in France. Paris Corr. of London Truth. Brittany roads would be the best in France for cycling were it not for the gran- ite particles that lie thick on them. Tires are perforated just as if they ran over broken glass. It is amazing what shoals of cyclists the Southampton steamers shoot onto the Brittany coast. The lady cyclists are seen at a great advantage beside the men. They sit erect on the saddle; I have not yet seen one with her nose on the handle-bar. Though they still wear skirts, the motions of their limbs do not strike one as fearfully ungraceful. Skirts, I see, are shortened; but why do bands of British cyclists sneeze in chorus as they shoot by French? Since they will behave like donkeys, why uot bray at once? The “‘vike” revolutionizes in all direc- tions. It wakes up--I am sorry to say often in a boisterous and cad-like way} lonely places; but it scatters money in way side places. Towns used to be spoken of as congestions. The “bike” is decongestioniz- ing as fast as it can. A casino hair dresser tells me that lddy cyclists (French) are losing their taste fer capillary art and artifices. For one forehead fuzzy fringe he sold this season he sold fifteen last year. New such a fringe is thought cheap at 12 francs. Judge of the loss. The muscular fatigue of cycling tells also on casino prof- its. After doing thirty or forty miles how ean cyclists be attentive to a three-act play or care to dance? They want to go to bed. The cycle keeps the young—and of both sexes—from going on fine Sundays to the English churches here. Dressmakers say it kills the time-out-of-mind taste for flimsy finery. The coquette now when be- fore the mirror thinks chiefly of her neck- tie and the fancy “‘shirt’ front that her open jacket shows. +06 — Mi lerstanding. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. am sorry I bought one of those door- mats with ‘Welcome’ on it.” “Why 80?” “Some stupid fellow mistook the mean- ing of the word and helped himself to it the first night.” and Wyoming 6! states has three rer plectoral college, a total of ters for a total of 491,501 people, if cach had the bare limit of 17 fifteen electors would repr E ple. Therein lies the di betwee: the theoretical and the real relationship of the population and the electoral collex This latter body, whose name of “colle is the growth of usage and hag no strictly legal meaning, is founded upon the secon’ paragraph of the first section of article 11 of the Constitution, which reads as follows: “Bach state shall appoint, in such man- .ner,as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the state may be entitled in Con- gress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or pro: under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.” Redistricting and Gerrymandering. Therefore, the present electoral college consists of 447 members, based on 357 Rep- resentatives and ® Senators, there being now 45 states, each with two Senators. To secure the presidency a candidate must have 224 electoral votes. Thus the size of the college is fixed by law, and is not a matter depending upon the success or fail- ure of political maneuvers. The correspondent as this important thing?” The Congress inas this power. When the grand total of the census is known in each state, and for the whole country, the houses set to work each tenth year to pass an “apportionment bill,” which takes effect March 4 in the third year of the decade. This often brings about a conflict between the parties, each side struggling for advantages that might accrue from the effect of the new enumera- “Who tion upon local political conditions. The ratio beii once established, the states must be redistricted, in order to fit the new proportion to the counties and cities, so as to preserve the balance and to main- tain the equality commanded by the Con- stitution. This is a difficult task, and here- in lies the possibility of trickery, which, however, can hardly affect the presidential election. Few states, save in the eatreme sections of the country, present even po- litical conditions throughout their borders. Here will be a republican stronghold, there a democratic, and occasionally a couniy will tend strongly toward third party views. Sometimes industrial conditions produ this result; sometimes it is the work of an unfathomable chance. To take advantage of these discrepan partisan legislatures are prone to outline congressional districts so as to make some of them certain for their party that before were lost, perha: under the peneral preponderance of the other. This is called “gerrymandering.” There is only a remote possibility ‘that a “gerrymander” may affect the electoral college, and to understand’ that it is now in order to quote the twelfth constitutional amendment, which, taking the place of the original third paragraph of section 1, ar- ticle II, is now the law.’ It describes the manner in which the President and Vice President shall be elected, as follows: The Twelfth Amendment. “The electors shall meet In thelr respec- tive states and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not. be an inhabitant of the. same states with themselves; and they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President and in distinct ballots the gone of Ohio's t person voted for as Vice President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons hav- ing the highest numbers, not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall con- sist of a member or members from two- thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the 4th day of March next following, then the Vice President shall act as President, 2s In the case of the death of or other con- stitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice Pres dent, if such number be a* majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Ser ate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person con- stitulionally ineligible to the office of Prest!- dent shall be eligible to that of Vice Presi- dent of the United States.” A Curious Blunder. It is interesting in this connection to note that the original paragraph supplanied by this amendment contained a curious blunder. It provided that “the person hav- ing the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a major- ity of the whole number of electors ap- pointed; and if there be more than one to have such majority. and have an cual number of votes, then the House of Repre- sentatives shall immediately choose by bal- lot one of them for President, ete.” It was partly to correct the paradox of more than one person having a majority in the same body and the same vote that the twelfth amendmeni was proposed to the legislatures of the states by the Eighth Congress, December 12, 1803. In the precla- mation dated December 25, IND4, it wae de- clared to have been ratified by the leg:sla- tures of three-fourths of the states It will thys be seex trom the Constitu- tion that there was no idea of constituting: a ccncrete body of electors who should act as such, save in their individual capacities. In fact, the theory of the framers of the itttion was that these act independently for the pur venting them from being. infly ablic sentiment, and the dey ng an electoral college betw the direct votes of the people and the pr Cenc thought to be of the h the orgenizati s and the developm rnment by parties nwritt ore the on national tick the. states ele bs nd by the obli votes in chosen, for the nomir ing them. In other word collezs became a mere form i safeguard against the unwise ey choice that might result from vote of the people. ise idates 1 of nominating pledged by their ns of honor storal coll s of the p: A Mere Formality. Thus today the elector: tion in the various states by the different parties are lttle else than figureheads, and tor all practical purpcses the people of the 3 ctiy for the President and now in nomina- President. There is, of course, no restriction to prevent an elector by the republican party, for in- this fall from voting in the college ate Bryan, or vice vi Yet the possibility of su contingency is so mote as to be worth considering, for the men nom s electors are liy leaders of thei s in the sta men of the highest integrity. It is re m_this conne that ion that it was charged in an attempt was made to bribe of the electors chosen in the state of Oregon to cast his ballot in the college for the candidate of the party that oppo: him at the polls. The elector unquestionably Fad the constitutional right whom he pleased. of co gestion of bribery s Splits in the State Tickets. It is to be noted that the Constitution pro- vides that “each state shall appoint, in such manner as ‘the legislature thereof may di- rect, a number of electors,” ete. Thus the stat re given exclusive authority to de- termine how the electors shall be choses a notable instance of a departure from or the ary rule occurred in 182, when nocratic legislature of the state of Mich igan passed a law providing for the ele tion of the members of the electoral college by congressional districts, The ordinar rule is for the people in all parts of the state to vote for the electoral ticket unit, and thus it is almost without pre t for the electoral vote of a sta divided. The Michigan law, however, w into effect, and, although the republica’ carried the state as a whole by about votes, y gave the democrats five of the fourteen electors. This law was attacked in the state the ground of certain incon- sistencies, and the decision rendered it pra tically inoperative at this time, and the vote of Michigan will probably be cast as a un’ for McKinley or for Bryan. There were other instances of split elec- tcraF votes in 18#2, resulting, however, from a different cause. The republicans in Ohio had a plurality over the democrats of but one of the electors on the democratic ticket received more votes than the lowe: elector on the republican ticket and was consequently declared elected. As a result, electoral votes was cast for Cleveland. The same thing happened in Oregon, where one of the four electoral votes was thrown to Weaver, and in North Dakota, where the three votes vere divided between Harrison, Cleveland nd Weaver. In the latter state the popu- s had a bare plurality of 181 votes. «In ifornia this has happened twice, once in 1880, when Hancock carried the state by seventy-eight votes, and one of the six eles- toral votes was given to Garfield; and again in 1892, when the democrats obtained a plurality of 144, and one of the nine elec- toral votes was given to Harrison. The: splits in the ticket are caused by “‘scratch- ing” in localities where one candidate or another among the nominees for electors is personally popular or unpopular, as the case may be. The Vice Presidency. > to be nt The original paragraph of the Constitu- tion relating to the electoral college directed that the person having the greatest number of votes should be the President, if such number were a majority, ad the person having the next greatest number should be the Vice President. Thus it was pos: the defeated candidate for the pres to-become Vice President and for these two officials to represent the opposing political parties. This contingency was prevented by the twelfth amendment, which distinctly states that the Vice President shall be the 2 who has received a majority of the votes for that office, and contemplates that the electors shall have before them nomi- nees for both positions. A Possible Combination, The triangular fight for the vice presi- dency this year brings into existence some interesting possibilities affecting the pres- idency. Suppose the morning after election it were known to a certainty that 210 McKinley and Hobart electors had been chosen, 205 Bryan and Sewall ele 32 Bryan and Watson electers. On tie face of the returns Bryan would have been elected President, with none of the candi- dates for second place in possession of a majority. The electoral college does not meet in the various states for some weeks after election and hence there would be time for a combination to be made such as is even now foreshadowed by the threats of certain “middle-of-the-road” populisis. ‘Lhese men whose watchword is “If no Watson; no Bryan” declare that if Sewall is retained on th2 democratic ticket and the Bryan and Sewall electors shoulu refuse to cast their votes for Watson as Vive President, in the emergency above s3ug- gested, they may throw enough voter to McKinley. to elect him Presiden. and | the | YS Going to Carlsbad isn’t necessary now. Carlsbad is coming to you. At least, the health-giving part of it is. You get every curative quality that has made the place famous for hundreds of years, Salt. That is, if , in the Carlsbad Sprudel Water and you get the genuine. Beware of the so-called “ improved’’ or « artificial”’ salts offered in the market. The genuine has the signature of « Eisner & Mendelson Co., sole agents, New York,” on every package. Write slot, and posted them as to the where- for parsphlet. Provided the republican electors vote for Watson. This would give McKin- ley and Watson 242 votes and Bryan and Sewall 205, a majority for the republican and the populist in the college and to spare. Of course this would result in the sacrifice of Hobart. who, it is pointed out, would deubtiess be willing to step aside provided the presidency were given to his party. Without such a combination Bryan would shave a clear mrajority for firet place, with | | | y ! boys (there were two of them in the con- et the operation of the new law | ne one elected Vice President, Hobart ha ing 210 votes, Sewall 205 and Watson The Senate would then be called upon to choose the Vice President, and the result of such a contingency is a matter of doubt, smuch as the present Senate consists of 44 men elected as republicans, 49 elected as democrats and 6 who have recently been known as populists. Thus, although on the face of these statistics the republicans have a plurality and within one of a majority, no party has more ihan half. But since last winter there have been some material changes in party lines. Four republicans have openly left their party, Dubois, Petti- grew, Cannon and Teller, and Cameron is an out-and-out silver man, thus reducing: he probable strength cf the republicans to ¥. But of the aemocrats Brice, Palmer. Caffery, Gray, Vilas, Lindsay and Camden have openly repudiated the Chicago ticket. Should they vote for Sewall he would be elected, but the case is a dubious one. ‘The fact that the electors meet some time 4 election day gives color to the possi- bility “of a combinaticn to elect either Bryan and Watson or McKinley and Watson such as has been outlined. The exact constitution of the college being known to a practical certainty so long in nce, and there being no legal obligation art of the electors to vote for the of their parties, there is no con- stitutional obstacle to such a device being successfully adopted provided the populists Were in the mood to make such terms, they holding the balance of power. VOICES I 'THE CONDUIT. Two Youngsters Mystify m the Pittsburg Chronicle This is a story of how two policemen came near being sold for a mere song, “Just tell them that you saw me.” There was a quiet on 5th avenue between Gist and Jumonville streets last night that was only accentuated by the whirr of an occasional cricket and the modified clatter of a few belated wayfarers. Fair Luna, to keep the chill off, threw over Mother Earth a shawl of silvery sheen. People sat on their doorsteps doing nothing and appear- ing to enjoy it. Suddenly there broke upon their listening ears (the plural is used be- cause more th one ear was brought into requisition), a yellow cry from the steel blue night, as Stephen Crane would have | it, “Just them t In all that wide expanse (from ¢ to Jumonville street) not a soul 1 » the people on the doorsteps. on a passing car, for ng cars. The cars had a, again there ‘Just tell them even re that weirde that you saw mi One man expressed the belief that a pho- aph had been placed in the conduit by some practical joker. Another man de- ‘lared that a banshee was expressing its approval of the coming overhead trolley wires. Still another gave it as his opinion that the words were uttered by the “spook” of a conductor who had been knocked down by death in the spring, after doing a little | knocking down of his own. And then the | but necessary wag, who is to be | und everywhere, suggested that the only y to solve the mystery was to drop a el in the slot. His suggestion was not pa upon, for just at that_moment there appeared at an adjacent imfn-hole of the | ble line the tousled head, mischievous | e and dirty face of a newsbcy and boot- | black, who, impudently winking at the | crowd assembled, before returning to. the | conduit, cried in’ accents shrill but clear, | “Just tell them that you saw me. Now, robody objected to the bo studying the rat by going into this under- | ground trap, but everybody objected to the | youngster leaving the trap-doors open be- | hind him. The open man-holes were aj source of great danger to cyclists ar | destrians. The police were notified. as the messengers moved toward th tion house there was heard the cry, “Just | tell them that you saw me | A couple of policemen went to the spot. | Like modern Aesops, they wandered up and down the street, with lanterns in. their hands, but for a long time nothing came of it. Ever and anon the back of one of the under- ee | Even | sta- | duit) would be seen through the slot, and the policemen would call to them. But it did no good. At the end of an hour the po- licemen decided to watch a couple of man- holes and tire the boys out. They were quite sure the boys were between the two man-holes, but they were mistaken. The policemen had no sooner settled themselves to wait, than a man-hole down the street | w thrown open, and one of the boys | popped out his head just long enough to shout, “Just tell them that you saw me!” By this time a large number of people had gathered on the street, and the ma- jority of those present entered into the hu- mor of the situation and sympathized with the boys. Men talked to them through the Gladness Comes Wit a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish before proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant cfforts— | rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the onl remedy with millionsof families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that itis‘the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debiliteting: the organs on which it acts. It is therefore | - all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you have the genuine arti- cle, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one mzy be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of | Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction. abouts of the policemen. By this means the youngsters were enabled to lead the officers a merry chase. But trouble was brewing for little Johnny Brew (the name of one of the boys.) When he tired of his sport he tried to sneak t.rough a man- hole, and was arrested. His companion, however, managed to get away, hix last words being, as he turned the ‘corner of Gist street, “Just tell them that you saw me! Young Brew had a hearing before Alder- man David J. McGarey at the central sta- on. He told a very ingenious story about having dropped a quarter in the conduit, which his honor apparently only half be- lieved. He was discharged with a caution. -2e<—-— HE SHARED IN THE Jon. A Far West Wedding Cerem: the Justice a ir Chancen, From thc Seattle PostIntelligencer. While in town the other day, says 8. L. Crawford, Hon. Allen Weir of Olympia arifted into a reminiscent mood and told the following: A lank, raw-honed Georgian named Shaw, who lived in Dungeness, in Clallam county, Washington, in early days, was justice of the peace. In the course of his duties as squire many ludicrous incidents happened. He was a very illiteraté man and talked habitually in southern negro dialect. Upon one occasion Shaw was called upon to offi- ciate In performing a marriage ceremony uniting his partner, named Thornton, in wedlock with a fair widow. The affair was public and excited much interest. It oc- curred on a Sunday afternoon, when every- body for miles around had come to town. Shaw had greased his boots in honor of the occasion, and wore his brand-new buckskin “galluses” conspicuously. Before _com- mencing the ceremony he impressively re- moved an enormous quid of tobacco as a useless obstruction to free articulation, hitched up his pants and sailed in. Trans- fixing the culprits with his eagle eye he sternly ordered them to stand up—which they proceeded to do in fear and trembling. The large audience was on tiptoe of ex pectation, and the breathless silence was broken by Shaw's pompous inquiry groom as to whether or not he in take “this hyer woman as his lawful w ded wife,” ete. Thornton, who was a slow and had the appearance of bashful- shifted uneasily from one foot to th » Given of the to ard finally said that he “guessed that was the calculat Upon receiving satisfactory ans to similar questions from the bride, Shaw stretched himself to his full after su x feet two inches of height, and veying the 1 impressively, proceeded to declare in awful “Now, therefore, what me jined together let no man put asu As nobody offered to put them asunder after that, they at once began to “live hap- pily ever after. with some dis- case or weakness —a_ burden that weighs them SF down and handi- caps them in per- 1 forming their ' daily duties. *hiNe?- Some who are = thus afflicted do not know exactly $3 what is the mat- ter with them, but attribute their ill health to some other cause. Some who do recog- nize the real trouble are induced to jeopard- ize their lives by taking alleged medicines prepared by inexperienced incompetents. 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