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f#MI IT HAS DONE. r: IY DON'T REALIZE THE ALUE OF PROTECTION. Gwmt line la Ohio--What Is Meant by Rw Trade--Our Own Market th«Hest-- IbKiniey'i Versatility--Two Great Cam- Tart*-Picture. . i' ThoM Frt*htnu Tam* *' >*•' ' How many voters realize what the Kttective system has done for them? mocratic newspapers are careful not to make know.i the facts, which are nevertheless abundantly established by official records. For example, iet the census report on wages testify as fol­ lows : "A cotton spinner at Cohoes earned $1 In 1860, the last year of a Democratic tariff, and the wholesale price of print cloths was then s. 37 cents. This same -•pinner earned in the same works SI. 75 in 1890, and the price of print cloths was 3.87 cent*. A day's work under Democracy would buy eighteen yards, Under Republicanism fortj-six yards. A carpenter earned $1.5 in 18(>0, the last year of a Democratic tariff, and paid S3 for a hand-saw. He earned 82 in 1890 and paid $1 for a better hand-saw, Under Democracy his saw cost him two days' labor, under Republicanism half * day's labor. A blacksmith earned .$1.G7>£ in I860, the last year of a Democratic tariff, and paid S3.25 per 100 pounds for nails. He earned $1.80 lu 1890, and paid in the same market $2 per 100 pounds for n^ils. Under Democracy <his day's work earned 31 pounds anl under Republicanism 90 pounds of nails. A glass-presser in the O'Hara works at Pittsburg earned 81.50 in 18ti0, the last year of a Democratic tariff, and paid $2.50 per dozen, .or about 21 cents each for the goblets he made. In 1890 he earned in the very same establishment $2.50, and yet he paid only 35 cents per dozen, or 3 cents each, for the goblets lie made, which were better than any produced in I860. Under Democracy Ills day's work earned 7 goblets, and tinder Republicanism his day's work -earned 83 goblets. A cabinet-maker -earned $1.50 per day in the last year of a Democratic tariff, and paid $35 for a bedroom suite. In 1890 the cabinet maker in the same establish­ ment earned $2.50 per day, and paid $20 for the bedroom suite on which he worked. In Democratic times the suite cost twenty three days' labor; after thirty years of protection it cost him eight days' labor. A brick molder worked for $1.25 in 1860 in a New Jer­ sey establishment, and the hard brick •old for $8 per thousand. In the same establishment the molder earned $1.15 in 1890, and the brick on whirh he worked sold for $7. To buy a thousand of brick tie helped to,make under iremoeracy he would have given six days and a halt of his work; under protection only four days. iA forger in a Connecticut ax estab­ lishment earned $3 per day in I860, and the axes he made were selling at $11 per dozen. In 1890 he earned $3.25 per day, fend the axes sold at $8.50. To buy a 'dozen cost him five and one half days, labor under Democracy; under protec­ tion about two and a half days. * Illustrations like these from official Authority could be given in number suffi­ cient to fill this sheet. And yet there are Democratic Organs which persist in the cry that the tariff is a tax, and that the poor workingman is somehow robbed i>y the duties imposed on cotton, tools, sails and glassware. The Oreat Isaue In Ohio. There is a disposition on the part of Democratic papers to assert that Major McKinley in Ohio has abandoned the tariff issue and proposes to fight his battle on the silver question, because in his first and opening speech of the cam­ paign he made the silver problem the •ubje!t of his opening remarks. They are welcome to ce -eive them­ selves on this s ore, if they so elect, says the New York 1 ress, but it is not to be overlooked that while Ma. or McKinley devoted the first twenty minut?s of his address to the impalement of the Demo­ cratic party of Ohio for its unlimited- coinage plank, and quoted the Demo­ cratic national idol, Mr. Cleveland, to •how the extent to whic h they had de­ parted from the Demo-racy of the Cleveland era, he gave his fullest atten­ tion, his greatest weight, his most in­ tense thought, p,nd hi%most powerful diction to the portion of his speech in which he dwelt on the tariff in general, the protective tariff in the case of the United States, and the McKinley bill in particular. As reported in full, his remarks on sil­ ver occupied only about one-fifth of the •pace devoted to the tariff. i^pace does not always indicate weight, but the space devoted to these two topics by Major McKin ey happ ens in this instance to be somewhere near their relative import­ ance^ The tariff issue is the great issue In Ohio, with which nothing can dispute •opremacy. Nevertheless it was good politics for Major McKinley by putting silver to the front, to challenge the Democratic posi­ tion on that subject, and let the people of Ohio see how ridiculous it is. With all the shining lights of Democracy in the East in favor of keeping down silver circulation, lest it should destroy the double standard, and with fully half the Democrats in Ohio agreeing with this Eastern view, the Democratic conven­ tion nevertheless passed a resolution de­ claring that the country must have un­ restricted coinage of silver. The plank was scarcely cold in fnk before Gover­ nor Campbell ha.f repudiated it by saying that it would not bccoine an issue in the campaign, and that, while it was the act of the convention, it would cut no figure. The convention undoubtedly passed the resolution to cater to the Alliance vote. The Governor as undoubtedly saw in it a dangerous weapon to cut away from his support the German-Americans, who have supported the Democrats on the liquor question in Ohio, but never fail to vote with the Republicans on the money question. Major McKinley, therefore, very properly called his antagonists to time by putting the silver question well to the front. It was good politics that dictated his course. The paramount issue in Ohloyhow- •ever, is the tariff, and the Democrats may be sure there will be no shirking it, no side-tracking, no letting down in its advocacy. Ohio is peculiarly well adapted for a discussion of the tariff policy of the country. It might he termed a free field wlh no favor. It is neither preponderatingly an agricultural nor a manufacturing State, hut combines nearly all the elements that enter into the prosperity of her sis­ ter States, the mining of precious metals aloTie excepted. It is a protection State, both as regards manufacturing and agriculture. Its wool-growing in­ dustry alone engages a sufficient num­ ber of voters to turn the majority either way as between parties. Besides, the nomination of Major Mc­ Kinley stamped the issue of protection Indelibly on the Ohio contest--so in­ delibly that it cannot be removed by any agency whatever. And so, while wo have the tremendous advantage there in the foolishness and blundering of the Democrats on silver, we have also the 'benefit of a contest as the main issue on the great American principle--protec­ tion. Two Great Champion*. Major McKinley and John Sherman .make a magnificent team of political •orators. Each Is a master in his own -aoedal branch of politics, and the two .v {'Civ Issues of the campaign in Ohio this fall ttffe precisely the ones that these two champions have made their own. With Major McKinley making ringing appeals for the system that protects American labor against the cheap iabor of the world, and Senator Sherman enunciat­ ing unanswerable arguments for the dol­ lar that shall be always worth 100 cents to the working man, the Republicans of Ohio should be abl4 to make a winning fight this fall. Two Great Campaign*. Ilf OHIO. Cleveland's letter on silver la doing excellent service in the Ohio campaign, but not for Campbell--Philadelphia Press. The next time the Ohio Democrats get hold of a silver-plated gun they will hardly blow into the muzzle to see if it is loaded --Washington Post (Ind.). A graded income tax and a degraded dollar are the means by which the Ohio Demo -rats vainly hope to 10b the work- in KID en and farmers of the State.--Cleve­ land Leader. The Ohio Democracy Is plunged Into gloom as it learns that Senator Brice has arrived in that State to settle his rail­ road strike, rather than open a "bar'l* for campaign purposes.--Boston Trav­ eller. It looks as If the Ohio Democrats will yet have to call on Judjte Thurman, old and rheumatic as be is, to hobble! out and give some life, strength and charac­ ter to their campaign.--Cincinnati Com­ mercial-Gazette. So far as his money <atn make it lively Mr. Brice will put life into the cam* paign.--Wheeling Intelligencer. One blast upon the bug.e horn of old "Bill" Allen would be worth many thou­ sand men to the Ohio Democracy in this moment of panic.--St. Louis Globe- Democrat. ' An honest dollar is the noblest work of a statesman.--Cleveland Leader. No wonder Maj. McKinley is eager to meet his opponent in joint debate. The lay of the land will favor him i* any engagement --Pittsburg Dispatch. Senator Brice says Gov. Campbell will surely be re e'ected. Has the Senator's prediction apparatus been overhauled and repaired since 1888?--Washington Post. Jeremiah Sockless seems to have dis­ appeared from view for a time. When he was in Ohio probably some one told him that this State was not. inhabited by unwashed barbarians.--Cleveland Leader. If Jerry Simpson is wise he will ao longer per.-ist in his declared purpose of getting John Sherman's scalp He needs some of the Senator's brains worse than he does his scalp.--Kansas City Journal. Hello! Democratic orators, what is the matter at your end of the telephone? Why don't you answer Mr. McKInley's inquiries about ch?ap free coinage money and cheap free trade labor?-- Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. There can be no doubt that the cam­ paign in Ohio, which, by common "con­ sent of both parties Is considered the pivotal State, is greatly embarrassed for the Democrats by the free coinage of silver plank in their platform.---Memphis Commercial (Dem.I. That Senator .John Sherman is "sound" on the money question his recent-speech on silver coinage shows plainly enoughs --Boston Advertiser. / There is no man in public life to-day to whom the country looks with so much confidence for sound views ancK safe guidance on the money question as it does to Senator Sherman.--Philadelphia Press. ' Senator Sherman's speech at Paulding cn the silver quest!on was worthy both of the occasion and of the man.--Boston Herald (Dem.). IN IOWA. The leading issue in the campaign is prohibition. -- Council B uffs Globe (Dem.). The Iowa Governor is probably the first man to discover that the saloon­ keeper's right to sell liquor rests upon divine authority.--Denver Sun. Gov. Boies should not be blamed for making his canvass on the prohibition issue. He was first elected on that issue, and he would be ungrateful if he did not show his gratitude to the saloon element that supports him solidly.-- Burlington HawKeye. Gov. Boies is drawing In his horns on the anti prohibition issue. One of the most uncompromising of the old-line Democrats of Iowa is Senator Bolter. He teits Boies to sing small on anti-pro­ hibition while he is in Central Iowa, or he Will come out at the little end of the horn in November. It must be a ter­ rible strain on the intellect to canvass the Hawkeye State for the Democracy. --Fort Wayne Gazette. The tactics of the Democracy la the present campaign deceive nobody. They cannot hide *.he evil effect of the Gov­ ernor's New York speech, nor can they conceal their design to steal the State, if they ean, in the interest of the solid South, during the Presidential campaign next year, by seeking to divide the Re­ publican vote on a subordinate issue. The Republicans of Iowa have cut their wisdom teeth this year, and intend to act accordingly. And what is more, the farmers will help them.--Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Be>ieving that H is more important for anti-monopoly interests to defeat license this year than to defeat any other monopoly interest, we do not hesi­ tate to reiterate our conviction that it is the duty of every temperance man in Iowa, whether he be Republican, Demo­ crat, Third party Prohibitionist, or Peo­ ple's party man, to unite with the Re­ publicans in a grand, final, and glori­ ously victorious charge upon the saloon. This all of these elements can do with­ out permanently changing their party relations and without waiving a single principle --lJes Moines News. Mr. Whee'er has many friends in Iowa, and wherever he goes he makes more. Quite unexpectedly he visited the Harlan fair, and the Republican says of him: "As soon as it was known that the distinguished visitor was present, large numbers of those present flocked to meet him, and from 1,000 to 1,500 took him by the hand and wished him well. The Governor is good-looking, suave, com­ panionable and presentable, and made a splendid impression on all who saw him, regardless of party. He is a man whom no Iowa Republican need be ashamed to meet and introduce to his friends as our standard bearer.--Sioux City Journal. Governor Boies says farmers are losing money by raising corn, yet he requires his renters to "properly prepare for and plant at least one half of the tillable laud thereon to corn." In payment for the use of the land he requires the renter to pay him "13^ bushels of the sound­ est corn raised by him each year of the said term, lor each acre planted to corn." It will be observed that the Governor not only requires his tenants to plant the cereal which he claims is raised at a loss, but ho demands as payment for the use of the land sufficient corn (at pres­ ent prices) to pay for the original cost of the land to him, which was between $4 aud 810 per acre.--Grundy County .Re­ publican. Governor Boles, of Iowa, Is verv -1 sl- tive in his declaration that prohibition is a failure in Iowa. This will give his supporters a strong pull upon the dis­ tillers and brewers of the country for campaign funds.--Boston Traveller. McKinley'* Versatility. When Major McKinley was nominated for Governor of Ohio by the Republicans, one of the leading Democratic papers of the country declared that he would be defeated because he had no7 versatility and! was simply a man with a hobby who had made protection his pet theory to the utter exclusion of knowledge on aU other subjects. The idea convoyed was that he was not Wtsll qualified for an executive office. When the Democrats made the grievous mistake of putting a free and unlimited silver coinage plank In tl$6ir platform, Governor Campboll and/ Democratic newspapers were dis- lOsed to make light of it and declare that the finance question would be sunk in the background in Ohio by the tariff issue, and that in any event Major McKinley was not competent to discuss the silver question and make it an issue. These flighty prophets must have felt exceedingly small in their own eyes when they read Major McKiuley's speech in opening his campaign. Our Ova Market It the Mr. Henry Fawcett, M. P., a free- trade writer, in his work on "Free Trade and Protection* asserts that "the tariffs of alu ost every European country, since 1887, have all become more protective. Including Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy. Spain, Portugal, andGreeca Dur­ ing the present year Sweden and New Zealand have been added to the list of nations once supplied by England with manufactured articles at prices "cheaper than they could be made at home," but which have been found Quite too dear -for all that England thus finds the markets of the world growing smaller for her, and, ac-. cording to recent reports, nearly a mill­ ion of her workingmen who have de­ pended on other nations for consumers of the products of English manufactures are now idle. The markets thus closed to England, in spite of her diplomacy and less reputable exertions, are not likely to be opened to the United States without concessions in prices of our products to which our workingmen ought not and will not assent. The only market wo can certainly con­ trol is our own, and this, from the fact of being the best in the world, should be most jealously guarded against encroach­ ments in the interest of foreign rivals. If outside markets really offered the rich reward that free-trade ^advocates hold up before the eyes of American voters, it is quite safe to conclude that those foreigners in whose interest free trade is urged would be less persistent in their efforts to get a hold upon the trade of this country. What Is Meant by Free Trade. Prof. Sumner, a candid free trader, in the economic sense, has defined free trade in the following terms: "The term 'free trade,'although much discussed, is seldom rightly defined. It does not mean the abolition of custom- honses, nor does it mean the substitution, of direct for indirect taxation, as a* few American disciples of the school have supposed. It means such an adjustment of taxes on imports as will cause no diversion of capital from any channel into which it would otherwise flow into any other channel opened or favored by the legislation which enacts the cus­ toms. A country may co lect its entire revenue by duties on imports and yet be an entirely free-trade country so long as it does not lay those duties in such a way as to lead any one to undertake any employment or make any investment he would avoid in the absence of such du­ ties. Thus the custdtn duties levied by England, with very few exceptions, are not inconsistent with her professions of being a country which believes in free trade." . - . Political Polnten. As soox as the election retun&e- Ini^e come in Gov. Boies will find himself among the ruins of the worst ca'amity party the State of Iowa has ever seen. WK have a suspicion that Governor Boies would like to put his executive veto on Iowa's big corn crop this year if he could do it without being found out. Ir Campbell should carry Ohio Camp­ bell or a New York candidate would be the Inevitable logic of the next Demo­ cratic National Convention.--Troy Press (Dem.). THERE IS another evidence that the Alliance is Democratic in its affiliations. Its financial agents are beginning to ap­ propriate the funds and go on foreign tours--Springfield Journal. AFTER reading one of Peffer'S or Mills1 or Simpson's fervid orations, turn over and read ihe crop reports and the nation's rejoicings. It is the best anU» dote to the calamity-shrieker's wail,--» Inter Ocean. OHIO Democrats now see the folly of their platform, and are calling to each other from every hill-top and ros­ trum to "drop free silver" aud "taxed incomes" and "free whisky," and throw themselves with torchlights! and bands of music onto free trade and the poor man's dinner pail. It is hard to swap hordes in the middle Of the stream. THE Gorman "boom" can hardly be said to be in opposition to the Cleveland movement because both are largely en­ gineered by the same Democratic pol­ iticians. The Gorman boom is based primarily upon the belief that Governor Hill may have it in his power to prevent the nomination of Mr. Cleveland.--Bos­ ton Advertiser (Rep.). A FEW Democratic editors are insinu­ ating in a mild way that Chairman Brice ought to resign. They charge him with lack of judgment. A man may dodge his taxes, perform feats of legerdemain with railroads, carry boodle into politics, and still be the proper person to manage the affairs of the Democratic party. But he must not get caught at it. The Democratic editors are right. Mr. Brice lacks judgment He was caught at it. He must step down. --Chicago Tribune. A Tariff Picture. The farnaoemen employed by the Wales makers of tin plate get I1.W per day. Iboae employed making black a beet* or plates In the rolling mills ol Pittsburgh get «8.M per day.--New York Press. Not Republic*. There are those, no doubt, who think that South America is a collec­ tion of republics. But they are mis­ taken. Those governments simply have the form of republics, and are military despotisms, pure and simple. The Government of Chili has never been anything but an oligarchy, and will continue one no matter what be­ comes of, Balmaceda. The rich few govern the poor and ignorant many. Probably we are not yet correctly in­ formed as to the merits of the revolu­ tion in Chili. Balmaceda and his ad­ herents were "in" and wished to stay in, while the "outs" were determined to get in at any cost. But South American revolutions long ago ceased to astonish any one; they seem to come as naturally as the changes of seasons. The' victor, no^nfatter who, is always cheferedi and crowned with flowers, whil^tbe ignorant masses dtelve in flelds^md mines, and know almost as little apouj political affairs, as their domestid animals. Decapi­ tation of a politician in South Ameri­ ca means exactly tvhat its etymology signifies, and not merely a removal from office. Our ! State Department seemed to side with Balmaceda in this contest, which may cause a "cool­ ness" toward us for a time on the part of the new political powers, PURITY OF ELECTIONS. MANNER OP LOT IN CA8TINQ A BAL- NOVEMBBR. Comprehensive Synopoi* «T Ut* New Uv Concerning Printing aaM Distribution of Tickets, Nomination of Csedldetee. and the Secrecy of the Ballot. How to Vote. At the coming fall election the voters of this State will have for the first time an opportunity to vote under what is * commonly known as the Australian bal­ lot svstem. The Illinois law, however, is not a mere copy of the Australian law of elections, but a digest of the latter as well as of similar laws in practical oper­ ation in New York, Michigan and other States. It is an erroneous though very prevalent idea that the law passed by the last General As?6mbly does away with the election law enacted in 1385. The very title of the new law would dispel this idea. In regard to preliminaries te an elec­ tion, the new law admits of a great many more tickets in the field than have heretofore been the rule. For instance, any convention of delegates, caucus or meeting representing a political party which at the preceding election polled at least 2 per cent of the entiie vote cast in the State or electoral district or division may make one nomination for ea *h office to be filled bv < ausing a certificate of nomination to be duly filed. To facilitate Independence from parties and party machines the law provides also that any thousand or more qualified voters may make nominations by "nomi­ nation papers. * This has reference to State ele tions. In any district or political division less than the State and in cities of over 5,000 population nomi­ nations for local offi-es by "nomination papers" require not less than one signa­ ture out of every fifty voters, but In no case less than twenty-five signatures. In election districts or cities of less than 5,000 voters it is sufficient that nomina­ tion papers be signed by at least 5 per cent of all the votes cast at the preced­ ing election. Candidates for State offices may with­ draw up to fifteea days and for local election up to eight daje before the elec- ballot except the one yon receive from tho judges. If you spoil a ballot In preparing it you must return it and get another in the place of it If you will declare upon oath that you cannot read the English language, or that by reason of physical disability you are unable to mark your ballot, upon request you will be assisted by two orticers, appointed for that purpose, of opposite political parties. These officers will mark your ballot as you direct Intoxication will not be regarded as physical disability, and if you are in­ toxicated you will receive JIO assistance in marking your ballots The polls will be open at 7 o'clock In the morning and close at 5 o'clock In the evening, except in cities having a Board of Election Commissioners, where they open at 6 o'clock In the morning and close at 4 o'clock In the evening. Between these hours you are entitled to absent yourself from your place of em­ ployment for a period of two hours for the purpose of votiug. You wl'l not be liable to any penalty for your absence, nor shall any deduction be made from your wages or salary on that account A voter who allows his ballot to be seen with the Intention of letting it be known how he is ab -ut to vote, or who makes a false statement as to his In­ ability to mark his ballot, is subject to a fine of from $5 to SHOO. Destruction of lists of candidates or of cards of instruc­ tions to voters which have been officially posted is punishable by fines of *10 to $100. The destruction of any certificate of nomination or nomination papers, letter of withdrawal, or the faMHcatlon of such papers, or the forging of the of­ ficial indorsement on the back of a bal­ lot, or the removal of and substitution of counterfeit ballots, is punishable by a line of not less than S?100 nor more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the peni­ tentiary from one to five yeacs, or by both fine and imprisonment Each polling place shall be provided with a sufficient number of booths, and each booth mu t be furnished with such supplies and conveniences--inc udfng shelves, pens, penholders, ink, blotters and pencils--as will enable the voter to prepare his ballot, and the booth must be so arranged as to screen the voter from aU observation. Within the poll- 1 ing place a guard rail must be so con- AMONG THOSE WHO TOIL ITEMS PERTAINING TO LABOR AND LABORERS. A Column of Particular Intermit to Thwm Who Kara Their Uailr. Bread--What 1-abor is Doing and What It Doiag Cur Labor. t Will B^lld aTrnp!*. E A DERS of the t)rade unions of Chicago have often tho,ugh t o f the possi­ bility of erect­ ing one large building which would shelter t h e v a r i o u s labor organiza­ tions of the city. It was suggested a few weeks apo that the work­ ingmen should inaugurate the world's congress of labor to be held here in 1893 by the dedication of a temple of labor which would serve as a home for the unions of Chicago. At the time this idea was brought forward it Was not thought that it would ever be more than a topic of discussion. But the enthusiasm which surrounds every­ thing connected with 1893, the great year of possibilities, made the labor leaders think seriously about the feasibility of the idea. The ways and means of erecting such a building were considered and discussed until a scheme was evolved which bears evi­ dence that labor will be housed in a handsome temple before the doors of the great exposition are thrown open to the public. At first the enterprise was thought to be of such magnitude that it would be impossible to obtain that unity among the labor organiza­ tions which would carry the project ILLINOIS INCIDENTS! OR STARTLING, FAITH* FULLY RECORDBO. % O DEMOCRATIC, _____ For Governor, wj'j;.. [JOHN M. PALMKE.' For Lieutenant Governor, UNDREW J. BELL. For Secretary of State, I NEWELL D. RICKS. o REPUBLICAN, o PROHIBITION. _____ For Governor, ; ! JOSEPH W. FIFER. For Lieutenant Governor, I LYMAN B. RAY. For Secretary of States II. N. PEARSON. list . For Governor, [DAVID H. HARTS, For Lieutenant Governor, IJOS. L. WHITLOOE. For Secretary of State, IJAMES R. HANNA. Tee. Proposed amendment to the constitution giving judaaa a life term of office and making them apj>ointive. i No. tlon if they file proper declaration with the Secretary of Statn or the city, vil­ lage, town, or county clerk, as the case may be. Vacancies In nominations caused by withdrawal, or death, or in­ efficiency of the certificates or nomina­ tion papers may b» filled by convention or caucus or by the persons who made the nomination. The names of aU candidates to be voted for in each election district must be printed on one ballot. All nomina­ tions of any political party or group of petitioners--if nominations havo been made by nomination papers--must be placed under the party tit'e, or, if there is no party attached to tho nominees, then under some suitable title. As nearly as practicable the ballots shall be in the above forms--the names being, of course, fictitious and merely for the purpose of illustration. Give your name and, if required, your residence, to the judges of the election. If your name is on the register you will be permitted to enter the inclosed space inside the guard rail. If your vote is not challenged, one of the judges, after indorsing his Inlt als on the baek thereof, will hand you a ballot If your name is not on the register, or your vote is challenged, you will not receive a ballot until you have estab­ lished your right to vote, by affidavit or otherwise. When you have received the ballot, retire, at once, alone into one of tho voting booths, unfold your 'ballot and prepare it for the ballot box by marking it thus, X. You will find printed on your ballot, In columns, side by side, all the candi­ dates of all the parties to be voted for at that election. At the top of each column you will find the name of each party "ticket" or list of candidates, as "Democratic," "Republican," "Prohibition," etc. Placed before, or to the left, of each of these headings you wlh notice a cir­ cle one half inch In dlalneter. If you want to vote the "straight" party ticket you will select the party of your choice and mark a cross in the circle, and do not mark your ballot at any otner place nor In anv other way. Your ballot, so marked, will be counted for all the can­ didates nominated by your party. Opposite, or to the left, of each name on the ballot you will find a square. If you do not want to vote for all the can­ didates of any party "straight" place a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate of your choice, but do not mark a cross in the circle opposite the name of the party, and your ballot will be counted only for the names marked. If you want to vote for a candidate not printed in the list you can do so by writing in the n»e in the blank space under the appropriate office «nd making a cross opposite thereto. If you want to vote for the candidates of a party, with some exceptions, make a cross mark in the circle opposite the party name, and then make a cross mark in the square opposite the name of any candidate of any other party, and your ballot will be counted for the can­ didates of the party marked, except au to the candidates marked uhder another party title, and the-e will be counted for the candidates so marked. In voting on any proposition sub­ mitted to vote and printed on the ballot, make a cross mark in the column oppo­ site the headings, "Yes," or "No,"and your ballot will be counted "for," if you mark opposite "Yes," and "against," if you mark opposite "Xo." Do not mark your ballot in any other way except as indicated above. Uefore leaving the voting booth fold your ballot ?o as to conceal the marks and to expose the official indpr^ement on the back. Leave the booth and hand your ballot to the judge in charge of the ballot-box, who, without marking it in any way, must deposit it in the box. You will not be allowed to occupy a voting booth with another voter. You will not be allowed to occupy a booth more than five minutes if others are waiting to vote. You will not be allowed to remain in the inclosed space more than ten min­ utes, and you must quit it as soon as you have voted. You will not be allowed to re-enter the inclosed space, after ycu have voted, during the election. * You will not be allowed to take a ballot from the polling place before the close of the (Joction. You will not be allowed to rote »ny structed that oniy persons who are In­ side the rail can approach within six feet of tho ballot-box and voting booths. The arrangemont of the voting place must be such that booths can only be reachod by persons within the rail. The voting booths must be within plain view of tho election officers, and both the booths and ballot-boxes must be in plain view of those outside the guard rail. Each booth must have three sides In­ closed, one side in front to open and shut by an outwardly sw,n«ing door or by a curtain. Each sldaftf each booth must be seven feet high, and the door or cur­ tain must extend to within two feet of the floor, and must be closed while the voter is preparing his ballot The booths must be well lighted, at least three feet square, and contain a shelf at least one foot wide, at convenient height for writing. Not less than one booth must be provided for every hundred voters voting at the previous election. No per­ son other than the election officers and tho challengers allowed by law and those admitted for the purpose of voting are permitted within the guard rail, unless it is necessary to call In officers to keep order and enforce the law. * If the voter marks more names than there are poisons to be elected to an office, or If it is impsssible to determine the voter's choice from the manner in which he has marked his ballot, then the latter is not counted. Section 27 of the law provides: "When tho canvass of the ballots shall have been completed, as now provided by law, the clerks shall announco to the judges the total number of votes received by each candidate; each judge of election in turn shall then proclaim In a loud voice the total number of votes received by each of the persons voted for and the office for which he is designated, and the number of votes for and the number of votes against any proposition which shall have been submitted to a vote of the people; such proclamation # * * shall be prima facie e\idence of tyie result of the canvass of the ballots. Immediately after making such proclamation, an l before separating, the juages shall fold in two folds, and string closely upon a single piece of flexible wire, all ballots which have been counted by them, except those marked 'objected to,' unite the ends of such wire in a firm knot, seal the knot in such a manner that It cannot be untied without breaking the seal, inclose the ballots so strung in an envelope, and securely tie and seal such envelope with official wax impression seals, to bo provided by the judges, in such manner that it cannot be opened without breaking the seals, and return said ballots, together with the package containing the ballots marked 'defective' or 'objected to,' in such sealed package or envelope, to the proper clerk or to the board of election commissioners, as the case may be, and such officer shall carefully preserve said ballots for six months, and at the expi­ ration of that time shall destroy them by burning without previously opening the package or en ve ope. * It will be seen by the foregoing that the obnoxious ticket peddler has lost his vocation. Not only is this the case but far more: No person whatever must do any electioneering or soliciting of votes on election day jvithin any polling place or within loo feet of any polling place. No person must interrupt, hinder, or op­ pose any voter aporoiching the polling place. Violations of this provision are punishable by a fine of from SAb to 8100 for each offense. ti The RMkfbrd PoUee TTinlilli JUI1 Bolle* Eiplodw | A. Motfss Cu -- . Pioneer Gone--Severitfe-Day AdrratMi ' Beet Officers at JUecatar--Baiflsn Blow > Open a Quln«; Safe. ̂ Win Probe tk« »8««sUiif" Sjitea. THK Bureau of Labor Statistics aft Springfield has under consideration as a basis for Its next report an investigation * covering the conditions and circum- stances under which the, labor of women < \ I and children is Qtilized in manufactures. " » The present purpose is to make a can- vass of the manufacturing establish- T-J' ments where women and children are £4 employed, primarily in Chicago, for the "'.Vjf., purpose or ascertaining the facts in re- , % gard to the extent to which these classes' 1 f<j|*, contribute to production. The statistics - sought will embrace the number and - character of the industries in which; women find employment, the nun- ber. employed, the rite of wages v' % and actual earnings, their expenses and manner of living, their shop and home surroundings, the degree to which they \ % have supplanted men, and whatever v facts on this line it may be. possible obtain through the courtesy of employ- , ̂ s ers or by personal inquiry among the workers themselves. Incidentally such f "f J an Inquiry will reach the clothing man- ufactures in which the so-called "sweat-: j ing" system is practiced, and the statis­ tics of that phase of industrial life win ' be compiled, provided that the present^ efforts in that direction do not effect anf entire suppression, of the system. Asft' the Bureau has and assumes no author-^; Ity to compel the giving of information,^ the success of the investigation mustt^A-* depend largely upon the co-operation of*s- - ' ' : the employers, and upon their generate recognition of the value of exact in-1-*-"" HV-. vjj formation as distinguished from current^: JV "1 reports concerning the wages and wel-^: \v ' fare of their employes. The investiga-"'f j tion will be prosecuted through special- f fcgents, and be continued through the / V*, «.*' coming winter. _ , THE boiler of the WoeSTman Soar- >| tng milt, at Nashville, exploded. Nor/ "v one was hurt 1 v MRS. CIIARI.RS Scwn/rz, of Danville, ^ , poured alcohol Into a lighted lamp. The* . lamp exploded, setting Ore to her cloth- , tmg, and she was fatally burned. KITTIR ALT.ISON, the 16-year-okt $ daughter of a farmer living near Van- - '•»! dalla, drowned herself in the Ckaw _ River. She left a note saying she was Vi :»> tired of life. , 1 iu , JRSSK FOSTER, the 0-jrear-old GRAND-;;...:^!MrvJjf son of James Foster, a farmer near" Illiopolls fell thirty feet from a barn r o f a n d ' f r a c t u r e d h i s s k u l l , f a t a l l y l a - ' « , . < a Jurlng him. ? '• J, f Bt-RGi.ARs blew open the safe In Httn-, -4 -| cured 8290 and a gold watch. A num- ^ -li sakcr Bros.' saloon at Qulncy and se~ i# t<i«a successful end.- Ken melnods have been suggests such plans have been drawn uj the workingmen are sure the bui| will be erected in a short time. KING HUMBERT of Italy has made Dr. Verdi of Washington, who distin­ guished himself by various and sun­ dry warlike brays at the time of the New Orleans massacre, a chevalier of the Order of the Crown. Dr. Verdi will be delighted, no, doubt, bnt his ears will not be in any degree short­ ened. THE people of Thessaly were the first to break horses for service in war, and their proficiency as equestrians probably first gave rise to the ancient mvth that their country was originally inhabited by centaurs, fabulous crea­ tures supposed to be half horse and half man. IT is a mournful commentary on human vanity to see the mourners looking back, on turning the corners, to see if the procession is worthy of the corpse. Labor Motes. LONDON has no car tracks. ' ' , BERNE, Neb., Is a Swiss town. ^ MOLASSES is fuel in Louisiana. UNCLE SAM has 46,000 oil wells. BUTTER is made from cocoanuts. THE South has 350 cotton mills. CLEVELAND has 25,000 Bohemians. ASSYRIANS live on 6 cents a day. FRANCE claims 1,000,000 socialists. A BELGIUM mine is 3,700 foot deep. LIVERPOOL has 50,000 dock labor­ ers.- ' ' . • BOYNE FALLS, Mich., has no doc­ tor. SAN FRANCISCO has Chinese coop­ ers. THERE are seven cotton mills in Greece. TIIK Countess of Dudley was a shop girl. THE biggest diamond is worth $1,000,000. BoiLEft makers want eight hours next-year. VERMONT leads in maple sugai production. BUENOS AYRES has twenty-three daily papers. RUSSIA makes 30,000,000 wooden spoons a year. A SINGLE woman runs a Bearmont (Fa.) livery and boarding stable. MACHINISTS and molders won a six weeks' strike at Sparrows Pond, Md. WEST SUPERIOR (Wis.) boiler mak­ ers and shipbuilders struck against 20 per cent, reduction. ONLY 5 per cent., or 18,270, of the total immigration to this country during the last fiscal year settled in the South. THE Paris waiters not only insist upon their right to wear beards and no uniforms, but also to smoke when not actually serving. A RECENT invention used in factories enables any person in any part of the factory to stop the main engine by simply pushing an electric button. THE use of the electric light has been found to materially reduce the amount of illness in factories which had previously used gas or oil for lighting. A BAR of aluminum in its natural state is worth #5. Made into jewelry it is worth $500; made into balance springs for watches it is worth $250,- 000. . More men have died and are buried | on the Isthmus of Panama, along the j line of the proposed canal, than oji any equal amount of tettitory in the j world. | GUN dealers in South Carolina are raising a mighty protest against the $200 license charged by a new State law, and will doubtless contest its validity in the courts. . ,a. THE experiment of employing wo­ men in Government positions as post" office clerks, printers, telegraph and telephone operator, is about to be tried in the Republic of San Sal­ vador, Central America. . BY decree of the President, Senor Carlos Ezeta, Government schools are to be estab­ lished, in which the womej applicants for these positions will receive fMe instructions. ber of houses in the city were entered! and robbed last week, but the thieves have escaped detect'on. THE Illinois Seventh-Tay Advent Cou\ ference at Decatur elected the follow­ ing officers for the ensuing year: Presi­ dent, J. N. Loughborough, of Chicagoi Vice President, D. J. Mason, of Elgin; and E.' J. Hobbs, of (hicaga • { E. 8. HIXRICHSEX died at his home tm Alexandria, aged 77 years. He was for any years connected with the Wabaelk ilroad, and was the founder of the wn of Alexandria He leaves six chiK n, the eldest being William H. Hin* hsen, Clerk in THE SHQUSO of Be pre* ijtative& t :* Illinota S|ato Association of 'on IBx-Prtsone next a De Witt . NEAR brother-ln •cantling, his death, to fracture his over in $800 bonds to await the action of the grand Jury, • , % . . THE steamer Maryland arrived South Chicago from Escanaba, makluif,« v"f;,; The time houra It was nineteen took but five her cargo of 3,200 tons of ore, and tho <*> "" and one-half hours to load ., • -return was made in twenty-four hours. The usual time made by steamers i» ', r j from fifty-five to seventy-two hours. f5 AT Venice, Grant Wood and Dick , ® Oliver, negroes, quarreled about woman and agreed to settle the affair 8,1 with knives. While the fight was ha v,y progress the woman in the affair struck Oliver to the ground, and Wood drew a» pistol and shot the prostrate man in ther J hip. The struggle was renewed, how-: ever, and Wood was stabbed to the heart. Oliver wiU probably recover; He and the woman are under arrest. AT Moline, the Central Illinois Metho^ . 41st Conference voted in favor of holdlfMr ' ^ a State convention of the Epworth League should other conferences concur. World's Fair Commissioner C. H. Deere was requested to oppose the opening of .4. v< the fair on Sunday. The vote taken throughout the conference on the ques- , tion of admitting women as lav dele- gates to the general conference was 1 canvassed. It showed 4,935 for to 1.089 4 ̂ against Bishop Joyce decided that % women could not act as trustees. The ,£ Wyley University, of Fort Worth,Texas,.§ r ititloned the conference to elect Rev.! A Cool president of that institution* i and the petition was granted. ^ THK newest development in the jellv .*•• cake controversy before the Sangamon County Fair Board is a call for a mas*- "?.|r'-.C meeting of the ladies in the contest • \ who propose to di cuss the jelly-cake . ^ ^ question and other questions in cooking. It seems that a complication similar to ^'Js| the jelly-cake contest is likely to arise . " with reference to the premium awarded J for the best corn-bread made in the - county. The premium was awarded to % J Mrs. W. B. Price of Berlin. It has de- f 1 veloped that her corn dodger, which was as white as snow, was made of corn- '** starcl. The defense is tbat corn-starch is a product of corn, and that bread made from corn-starch is corn-bread. BLKOI.AKS cracked a safe in Hecaleia Bros.' saloon, at Qulncy, securing $400 and a watch. THE bridge across the Sangamon Biver, near Springfield, 3n the Jackson­ ville and Southeastern line, gave way when a local freight was passing over. Three cars and the caboose were pre­ cipitated Into the stream, the engine and t&nder passing over safely. The following persons were injured: Charles Ruiter, conductor, slightly; Nicholas Quirk, Columbus, Ohio, seriously, prob­ ably fatally; Fred Kipp, brakeman, slightly; J. H. Harris, brakeman, slightly. A CA.SK of jnore than ordiuary interest was decided in the Appellate Court at Mount Vernon. At the municipal elec­ tion in 1890 T. S. Marshall and B. A Snodgrass were rival candidates for Alderman The election, according to the return of the judges, was a tie, each receiving thirty-seven votes. Marshall charged that Thomas Cunningham was not a legal voter and that his vote, which had been cast for Snodgrass, should be thrown out The City Council so de­ cided, and Marshall was declared elected. Snodgrass appealed to the Ctr* cu{t Court, and there the case was de­ cided against Marshal k The latter pealed to the Appel ate Court aud It has been decided in his favor. *v v