Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 8, 1900, Page 3

Rews of the Dorthwest ALMOST A RIOT. Exciting Time Between Saloon Men and City Official: Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 4.—Almost a riot was precipitated here yesterday by the action of several saloon men who are fighting the city administration, taking advantage of the presence in town of a large number of excursion- ists from different parts of this and adjoining states to open up so-called clubs, where liquor is alleged to have been sold. Mayor Burnside, with a force of policemen, raided the places and took possession. When the raid was’ made several hundred persons gathered with the evident intention of forcibly ejecting the officers, but after considerable excitement they were dis- persed without the necessity of calling on the fire department to turn water on them, as was contemplated for a time. WORK OF LIGHTNING. Woman Awakes to Find Herself Sar- rounded by Flames. Minneapolis, Sept. 4. — Mrs. Phoebe No. 10 Western avenue, had tartling experience during the trical storm which passed over unday morning. was an unusually vivid bolt of ing about 2:30 o'cloc a anying peal of thunder ay who was sleeping in a ¢ was placed against the windows in a lightwell leading from the roof. She felt great heat at her bs ard upon turning around saw that :he entire light- well was a mass of flames. Mrs. Clark hastily gave the alarm (9 the other pecple in the house, and by ‘ard work the blaze as extinguished with buckets. However, considerable damage was done. Several windows were broken, the sash was burned out and household goods were bad- ly scorched. EW GOLD FIND. People Around Edgley, S. D., Are Considerably Excited. Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 4. — There is considerable excitement reported at Edgley over a new gold field said to have been discovered near that place. The country in the vicinity of the find is rough and stony and has been passed by as worthless until now. When the news of the strike reached Edgley a grand rush took place. Everybody got there in some way as quickly as pos- sible, and it is said over 150 claims were soon staked out. The gold is said to be found only about five feet below the surface. Another Ticket for Badgers. Milwaukee, Sept. 4.—One hundred and forty-three delegates from Milwaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Sheboygan Falls and Kiel attended the state convention of the Social Democracy yesterday. The following state aand congressional tickets were nominated: Governor, Howard Tuttle, Milwaukee; lieutenant governor, George Dicke, Michicott; sec- retary of state, Charles C. Meier, She- boygan Falls; treasurer, John Doerfler, Milwaukee; attorney general, Richard Elsner, Milwaukee; superintendent of public instruction, August F. Buetow, Racine; railroad commissioner, Frank Ellis, Monroe; commissioner of insur- ance, Max Goeres, Kiel; congressmen, Fourth district, Robert Meisner, Mil- waukee; Fifth district, Dr. H. C. Berg- er, Milwaukee. Boy Sportsman Killed. Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 4.—Near Meckinock, Elmer, the twelve-year-old son of A. M. Lodmel, postmaster of the village, was killed while hunting. He and his young brother and Tommy Pandor, son of the Northern Pacific section foreman, had been shooting in a grove near the village and were re- turning to dinner. Tommy was some- what in advance, carrying the gun. In some way the weapon was dis- charged and Elmer received the charge directly over the heart. Wisconsin Democrats Organize. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 4.—-The Demo- cratic state central committee organ- ized for the state campaign by electing George Hilton of Oshkosh vice chair. man; Clarence Noel of Marinette, sec- retary, and M. J. Hoven of Madison, reasurer. The committee named an executive committee of five from its own members in opposition to the reso- lution passed at the state convention, which said that this committee should be made up of men not on the state central committee. Town Swept by Fire. Victoria, B. C., Sept. 4—The steamer Amur, from the north, brings a report of a disastrous fire which swept the town of Atlin on Sunday last, practi- cally wiping it out of existence. Ten of the largest and most important busi- ness blocks in the town were destroyed, causing a loss that is estimated at about $40,000. It is reported that there is little, if any, insurance on the prop- erty destroyed, and that the loss will be substantially total. Washburn Will Sell Coal. Bismarck, N. D., Sept. 4. — Auditor ‘Walker, of the Bismarck, Washburn & Great Falls road, says that as a re- sult of the lignite coal tests made at Fargo, the road will sell 20,000 tons ot coal in Fargo this winter from its mines north of the city, owned by Gen. ‘/. D. Washburn of Minneapolis. Sugar Beet Factory. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 4—At a meeting held here the North Dakota Sugar com- pany was organized. Jamestown was selected as the headquarters for the first factory and 6,000 acres of beets have already been pledged by the farmers in that vicinity. Seven Strvetures Destroyed. Brownsdale, Minn., Sept. 4. — Fire which started in a vacant building on Mill street. consumed seven frame structures. The contents of one dry goods store and a barber shop were saved Loss about $3,000. Fire in a Postofiice. Dassel, Minn., Sept. 4.—Last night a fire, caused by the explosion of a gaso- line lamp, gutted the interior of the postoffice and destroyed all the mail in the boxes. Postmaster Lenquist’s arms and hands were badly burned. DENTISTS IN SESSION. Would Instruct School Children in Regard to the Teeth. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 5. — The dentists of Minnesota gathered in state convention in Minneapolis yester- da, transacted a good deal of routine business and then considered what the uneducated would regard as a very mag- nanimous proposition: President W. H. Murray recommended a scheme whereby children in the public schools should be instructed specially in regard to the care of the teeth and the general hygienic condition of the mouth. Dr. Murray had talked with a good many prominent edu- cators in regard to the matter, and had received much encouragement. Supt. C. M. Jordan thought the idea might nrove an excellent one. Mayor Gray, who had welcomed the dentists, said he would do what he could to bring the plan tu the frcnt. There was a general discussion of the subject. The plan as outlines by Dr. Murray i: to appoint a committee of dentists and have them meet with a Ike committee of the influential educators of the state to discuss ways and means. His idea of the method of instruction was to havo a line of study especially prepared, and he thought the best plan would be to teach by charts and: pictures, thus re- quiring the teacher to know something and make her have a more intelligent idea of the ailments of the children. This he thought a surer method than to have some one go around to the schools and talk once a month. There are fully 150 dentists in attend- ance at the convention. The-sessions are being held in the Medical block. The convention continues to-day and to-mor- row. WORK ON CAPITOL, Superstructure Is Practically Com- pleted. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 5. — The prac- tical completion of the new state capitol’s superstructure, except the dome and the interior finishing, will be reported this morning at the monthly meeting of the capitol commission. The marble walls are finished. The roof of stee] and tile has been completed above the senate chamber, the hall of repre- sentatives and the supreme court, except as to the glazing of the skylights. Work upon the great dome is well under way. Already the contractors have used 180,- 000 cubic feet of marble in the building, and they will use 20,000 more. As soon as the Butler-Ryan company is assured that the final marbles have been shipped, it will dispose of the Georgian quarry which the company purchased on obtain- ing the contract for erecting Minnesota's capitol. Several large contracts’ are yet to be awarded. The largest will be that for building the steps and approaches to the state house. Other contractors “will be asked to do the plumbing, the fireproofing and the plastering, supply the steam plant and the gas plant, and complete the general finishing of the interior. STRUCK DEAD. Three Lightning Strokes, and the Last Causes Mourning. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 5.—Reports have reached this city of a horrible event which took place a few miles north of here at the farm of one Heisner. While the family were eating breakfast light- ning struck the house, and they started to go out, when Mr. Heisner went up stairs to see whether anything had caught fire. A second bolt struck the house again and then a third bolt struck near the house, and he went out of doors and saw his wife lying on the ground dead, the third bolt having killed her instantly. She was holding a babe in her arms when she was struck, but the cild received only a slight shock. A little girl four years old was with her but was not injured. The lightning made almost a wreck of the house, demolished a bedstead that stood near the table where they were eating, knoeked the stove down and did other damage. — IS A GREAT FAIR. Minnesota State Fair Gets Under Way. St. Paul, Sept. 5.—The opening of the Minnesota state fair yesterday was au- spicious. Everything contributed toward the success of the opening day. The weather was just right and it being Labor day great crowds thronged the grounds. Everything was in ship-shape condition for the opening. The exhibits this year in all departments far excel, both in num- ber and in quality, anything that has gone before. The display of live stock is this year a more prominent feature than ever before. Without doubt this will be the greatest exhibition ever given by the state fair management. JUMPED TO HIS DEATH. Caught on Railroad Bridge by a Train, an Aged Man Leaps Into River. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 5.—Adolph Deschamp, aged seventy-one years, an old resident, jumped from the Wisconsin Central bridge while a train was bearing down on him. The body was recovered. He was unmarried and well to do. Baseball Players Arrested. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 5.—The members of the Chicago colored baseball team, which played here Sunday, were arrested yesterday morning by the sheriff from Lancaster, Grant county, charged with the theft of a large sum of money, a couple of watches and several thousand cigars, which were stolen during a big fire at Potosi. They assisted in carrying out some of the contents of the building. Although some plunder similar to that stolen was found on searching them, it was not sufficient to convict them and they were allowed to go. Business Troubles the Cause. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 5.—Jacob Gross, treasurer of the Gross Bros. Soap com- pany, shot himself in the top of the head yesterday afternoom while sitting alone in his office, and died late last night from the wound inflicted. It was thought by his friends that business troubles were the cause of his deed. Mr. Gross was fif- ty-seven years of age. Plague at Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres, Sept. 5.—A case of the bubonic plague hasbeen officially re- ported here. MATHEWS FOR CONGRESS. Democrats and Populists Fuse on a Candidate. Mankato, Minn., Sept. 5.—M. E. Mathews of Marshall, Lyon county, was yesterday nominated for congress from the Second district by the Demo- crats and the Populists. Each held a separate convention. Mathews had been previously agreed upon, and his nomination was made by both parties at the same time. In accepting the nomination Mathews said he did not want to go to congress, but preferred remaining at his law practice at Mar- shall, which he had carried on through all administrations for twenty-seven years. He had not been a candidate, but being the unanimous choice of the delegates, would do all he could to de- feat McCleary. “LIGHTS 0° LONDON.” New Town Started on the Albert Lea & Southern. Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 5.—The vil- lage of London is now an established fact and the side tracks are being laid, the laying of steel between that place and Lyle, on the Albert Lea & South- ern railway having just been com- pleted. London is about seven miles from Lyle, twelve miles from Hay- ward, sixteen miles from this city and about the same distance from Austin. Two grain elevators are in sight, one to be built by W. A. Morin of this city, and they will soon be ready for use. The track from Lon- don to Glenville will be laid as soon as the force can do the work. It is expected trains will be running into this city within a few weeks, as the tracks of the Burlington, Cedar Rap- ids & Northern are to be used from this city to Glenville. BIG DEAL IN PINE. Vilas & Knight of Ashland Dispose of Their Holdings. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 5. — Vilas & Knight have sold their entire holdings of timber on the north shore of Lake Superior, on the Brule and Iron rivers in Wisconsin, and their sawmill plant in Ashland, to the estate of Thomas Nester of Baraga, Mich. This is one of the largest transactions in pine that has taken place here this year. The new purchasers are geptlemen well known in the lumbering world. They will make Ashland their home. Senator Vilas and Col. Knight will re- tire from the lumber business in this neighborhood, having made a hand- some profit in the deal. The transac- tion involves nearly a million dollars. The new parties will take possession of the mill at the close of the present sawing season. Goop INDIAN DIES. Charger, Who Rescued Whites After the New Ulm Massacre. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 5. — The Forest City Press announces the death of Chief Charger at his home near the Cheyenne agency. Charger was one of the party which helped to rescue white captives from the hostiles after the New Ulm massacre. The surviv- ing members of that party are Swift- bird, Little Noheart, Fourbear and White Swan. Three of them attended the funeral, White Swan being kept away by sickness. Each of these In- dians live in good houses which were built for them by the government sev- eral years ago as a tribute to their services to the whites at the time they made the rescue. MAN BURNED TO DEATH. Fire at Ashland Proves to Have Been Fatal. Ashland, Wis., Sept. 5.—Fire caught in a vacant saloon building and the structure was destroyed Later it was discovered that a man had been cre- mated in the burning structure. He had gone there when drunk, and had evidently been the cause of: the fire. It is presumed that the flames started from a cigar, and that the man was burned while in a drunken stupor. ADMIRAL SCHLEY RESPONDS. He Sends Four Books, Autographs and a Letter for Fargo Library. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 5.—In response to the many letters sent out by Mayor Johnson requesting donations of books for the public library his honor has heard from Admiral Schley, now at Montevideo. The admiral sends four books with autographs, and a kindly letter to the mayor wishing the move- ment success. Thrown by a Runaway Horse. Mellette, S. D., Sept. 5.—At the Labor day celebration at Armadale island, six miles east of here, Calvin Quggles rode a running horse in the free-for- all running race. The horse became unmanageable, bolted the track, ran at a break-neck speed into the timber and threw Quggles against a tree, crushing his arm and shoulder. He was picked up insensible and fears are entertained for his recovery. Killed by a Former Lover. Waukesha, Wis., Sept. 5. — Mrs. E. Miller, a widow, was shot on her door- step and instantly killed late last night by Paul Cronin, a former lover. Cronin turned the revolver on himself and inflicted a fatal wound. The af- fuir happened near the center of the city and was the result of continued rebuffs of Cronin by Mrs. Miller, who had tired of his attention. Cronin is still living but is very low. Track-Laying Completed. Barron, Wis., Sept. 5.—The laying of the tracks on the R., L., D. & M. Rail- road has been completed to Ridgeland, the present terminus of the extension of that line. Trains will be run from Rice Lake to Ridgeland, beginning Sept. 10, using the Soo tracks from this city to Cameron Junction. SAT rh PS Incendiary Fire at Albert Lea. Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 5.—Porter’s rendering works, located half a mile east of the city, was burned to the ground. Loss nearly $2,000; no insur- ance. The fire is supposed to have been of incendiary origin. Suicide at Henning. Y Henning, Minn. Sept. 5. — Dick Stegge, a German sixty-four years of age, was found hanging dead from the door of his home in Leaf Lake town- ship. It is believed that family troubles was the cause. } A a & Mapame F, T.: Minnie Sota are becoming obnoxious. Your rival has become the light of her eye, and is particularly favored by her relatives. ‘ | NN WS "i ] i eS RY pie i \ Qe The latest predictions are that your attentions to the fair I advise you to re treat and cast your affections on the beautiful Mississ Ippi, who has stood by you all these years of worry and toil, etc., etc. BRAVE DEEDS The Chicago American’s Terrific Arraignment of the Rough Rider. . Tribute to Mr. Bryan’s Honesty and Courage by the Spring- field Republican. Towne’s Warning Against the Sacrifice of America’s Moral Leadership. [WoO “BRAVE DEEDS” IN COL. ROOSEVELT’S LIFE. Hearst’s Chicago American. Martha Place, a half-demented old woman, committed a most atrocious murder. It was a murder of jealousy. Homely, old, ill-tempered, not loved by her husband, she brutally murdered her step-daughter because she was jealous of the husband's attention to the step- daughter. Newspapers had predicted that she never would die in the electric chair. Governor Morton, a plain old gentle- man, who had never shot anybody in the back and had no especial claims to glory, had twice declared when govern- or that he would not allow a woman to be killed by electricity. No woman had ever been killed by clectricity. None—not even the very worst—had been executed in the state for years. But Martha Place committed her murder and was convicted when Roose- velt was governor. Roosevelt feared nothing. When urged by his friends and family not to allow the old woman to be killed so brutally, he snapped his white teeth and declared that “mawkish sentimen- tality” could not move him. ‘Women and decent men appealed to him, but his “courage” could not be moved. “What,” he asked, “an electric chair paid for by the state and no governor has had the courage to send a woman | to that electric chair? what I dare do.” It was no idle boast. The day came, the old woman was half carried into the death room. The back of her head was shaved so that the current might easily reach her brain. One.of her legs was bared to the hip that the second electrode might burn her without setting fire to her clothing. A score of men looked on at this I'll show them sight,, which history owes to the ‘brave’ Governor Roosevelt. It was a sight to be seen only once. Roose- velt will never again be governor. There will never again be a man at the head of a great state capable of send- ing a woman in shameful dress to a shameful death before many men. The “brave” governor was under his bedclothes far away. The woman was pushed into the chair and strapped in, the current—turned on by Roosevelt’s order—entered the brain. Twice, three times, it was turned on, while the feeble frame moved convulsively, AND THAT WAS THE END OFj ROOSEVELT’S BRAVEST DEED. Some men are mawkish. Some are sentimental. executing an old woman. Some, if es- pecially authorized by law to commute sentence to life imprisonment when- ever they thought wise to do so, would have spared Martha Place the suffering and shame of that death. Perhaps they will not give their vote to Roose- velt for that particular piece of cour- age. But the second heroic deed may move them. That second deed can be told more quickly. Roosevelt had gone to war. After heroic performances—told over his pwn signature in numerous magazines —he informs us that he took San Juan Hill. At one stage of his glorious progress he saw fleeing before him a miserable Some could not énjoyj Spaniard. The man’s back was turned, of course. He was running away. He had never hurt Roosevelt. He was in the army because compelled to be there. The real conflict was over. But, as he ran, his back offered a most inviting shot. Roosevelt, you must remember, had never killed a man. He had once killed a bear in a trap, according to western stories. He had killed rabbits and robins. He had in- directly killed old Martha Place. But he had not actually had the satisfac- tion of pressing the button. Here was a chance really to enjoy the sensation of killing a fellow creature. It was a foolhardy undertaking, for the man’s back was turned. He could not suddenly face round and do harm, for he had dropped his weapons in his flight. If ever Roosevelt was to enjoy the sensation of taking human life, here was his chance to enjoy the sen- sation safely. He says in the shameful story which he himself has signed and left for his children to read: “I SHOT HIM DEAD WITH MY RE- VOLVER.” We do not pretend to guess what the next “brave” deed of this brave man may be, if offices and opportunities continue to pour in upon him. We simply narrate these two sam- ple deeds of heroism as guides to those who must vote this fall. AN OLD WOMAN ELECTROCUT- ED. A FLEEING UNARMED MAN SHOT IN THE BACK. Such are Roosevelt's chief claims to heroism at present. If you indorse such heroism vote for him by all means. ONE OF LIND’S BOARDS. The different state institutions are receiving business management under the Lind administration. Take, for instance, the Minnesota Institute for Defectives, which, for the first time in thirty years, is under the management of a board, the majority of which were ; appointed by a reform administration. ; The work that has been accomplished ‘by the present board deserves the high- est praise and commendation. The dif- ferent departments of the institution are becoming recognized by the whole country as the leading ones of their kind in the United States. Attention is called to the following reforms brought about by the board: 1. Under the leadership of Supt. Lewis, Superintendent of Public In- struction, who is a member ex-officio of the board, the teachers at the school for the deaf and blind have been placed upon a schedule salary basis, with min- imum and maximum rates, increasing as teachers become efficient by long continued service thus preventing im- partiality, insuring justice and better- !ing the service as well as the standing icf teachers employed. i 2. The change of system in the man- ner of purchasing supplies, allowing competitive bids among merchants, prevents a favored few from furnishing ‘all the supplies to the institution at retail prices. This system of advertis- jing for supplies in quantities to last three months at a time, under what is known as the “Pennsylvania system,” is a reform brought about at the spe- cial instance of Director H. D. Stocker, Jr., of Minneapolis, a recent appointee on the board by Gov. Lind, who has made a special study of the question. The bids, when opened on Aug. 14th, showed that a vast saving will be made to the state in the furnishing of gro- ceries, meats, flour, etc., in the next three months, estimated by Director Stocker to be at least $500 a month, or , $6,000 a year, and probably a sum con- siderably exceeding that, besides assur- ing a superior quality of goods to be supplied. © The recently inaugurated system above referred to places the institution on a business basis which all taxpayers of the state will fully appreciate. 8. The treatment and care of epilep- is receiving an attention never con- sidered under previous administrations. When Director Stocker became a member of the board he at once be- ‘came satisfied that the epileptics were not receiving sufficient consideration, and by his efforts, supported by the other members of the board, a special course of treatment is now being in- augurated for this poor unfortunate class, Better accommodations are also | eating being provided for them in the form of cottages, which will suggest the home ~|esty is somewhat queer, life, rather. than that of an institution.! 4. Surplus help has been dispensed with, which will be a saving of several thousand dollars a year to the state without detriment to the service. The above are but a few of the im- portant changes introduced by this Lind board, who are progressive in their ideas and businesslike in their methods. The people of the state will give their seal of approval to the work being done by this board, and others, by vot- ing for Gov. Lind for re-election. A CHARGE REFUTED. Some Republican organs and poli- ticians have amused themselves by charging Mr. Bryan with being dis- honest, merely because he did not make silver the burden of his speech at In- dianapolis. The Springfield Repub- lican, which is opposed to Mr. Bryan’s views on the money question, replies to the charges against him in this way: “The Boston Transcript builds up an argument that the Democratic candi- date is dishonest on the strength of the fact that in 1890 he was talking for a low tariff; in 1896 for free silver, and in 1890 for anti-imperialism. How is it possible for a man to be honest who has a paramount issue every few years? If, however, the Transcript should send a correspondent to Lincoln to'ask Mr."Bryan his views on the tariff and free silver what answers would it receive? Mr. Bryan would cordially tell the correspondent to print the fact as many times as he pleased that he believed in silver as much as he did in 1896, and in a low tariff as much as he did in 1890. Would this prove that Mr. Bryan was an honest man or a dis- honest man? Are you to conclude from the fact that a man openly stands by his past opinions that he has no hon- esty of conviction? “The basis of the charge of dishon- It seems that while Mr. Bryan believes in a low tariff as much as ever, he is not now making it the burden of his speeches; that while free silver is as deeply imbedded in his convictions as ever, he can de- liver an important, historic address without once mentioning 1 to 1. If that constitutes dishonesty, then Mr. Bryan is a dishonest man. Even Mr. Cleveland, were he to enter this cam- paign with his old activity, would im- mediately demonstrate his dishonesty because he would forget all about “free raw materials” and the “robber tariff” whichever side he espoused. Mr. Cleve- land, it is safe to say, would make a speech without once mentioning the is- sue which he considered paramount all the way from 187 to 1894. “Now, what is the real truth? Did Mr. Bryan ever make an issue in his life? Never. Circumstances made the issues. The people took them up. One after the other they have been given by the people the place of chief prom- inence in their political deliberations. Bryan has addressed himself, like John Smith or Reuben Brown, to those is- sues as they came along; he has taken sides concerning them, and when one issue has been succeeded by another in chief prominence he has not had the power to thrust it into the back- ground. Bryan, good or bad, is a leader of men. But he has positive views, and tells you what they are, on the great public questions as they come along. He is not responsible for the order of their coming, or for the prominence the American people givetothem. The issue of imperialism was not created or established in its permanent para- mountcy by Bryan. Events created it and events made it paramount in the minds of the people. “The opportunity to attack Mr. Bry- an’s opinions is unsurpassed, because they are so beautifully precise in their definiteness. He stands here on the tariff, and there on the income tax, and over yonder on silver. When you wish to whale Bryan you can always find him at home and coming to meet you at the door. On some points many of us disagree with him. But how can he be called dishonest in his relations to the American people?” Mr. Bryan does not make issues, he meets them. MISUSE OF THE FLAG. The St. Paul Globe makes these sensible remarks: “The correct impression was once general that the Stars and Stripes be- longed to all citizens alike, regardless of political or religious beliefs, and that all citizens were equally interested in promoting the honor of the flag. Difference of cpinion as to the admin- istrative procedure affecting the wel- fare of, the nation can exist without forfeiting the right of any class to be regarded as honestly loyal; but since Mark Hanna took hold of the Repub- lican party in behalf of the trusts and the special private interests generally there has been introduced a new code of loyalty. As long as country was the chief concern of political parties, as long as all were striving honestly to apply party doctrines to the advantage of all people alike, the logic of uni- versal proprietorship in the flag was too strong to combat. Then no one dared to defile the banner by appropri- ating it for the exclusive glory of a faction or of a party. “But from the Republican standpoint the same logic does not now apply. Before the party looks once at the coun- try as a whole it glances ten times in the direction of the trusts and the million-dollar special interests which it has promoted and sustained at the expense of the people. These are its particular care; in them are wrapped its hopes and its fears, in them the justification of its existence and con- tinued hold on the offices. It is not strange that this gives the party a cross-eyed view of patriotism,and leads to an excess of protest of innocence, the evidence of which is revealed in the seizure of the flag as an exclusive party property. This misuse of the flag means a guilty conscience; it sug- gests an attempt at disguise. It is vain; it will do the party no good, for the majority of citizens are only dis- gusted at such display and are able to reason that if there existed any ex- clusive representative of loyalty and patriotism among political parties the distinction would be conceded as a matter of course, without any claims or protests from the favored one.” A trust robs you waking or sleeping, or drinking, working or play- ing, living or dying, and the coffin trust gets you in the end.