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Show ti POLITICAL NOTES. If the so-called "American" party Intends doing any business thlsTITlI some ono ha3 got to levy an assessment assess-ment on himself. There aro outstanding outstand-ing accounts duo and unpaid to tho amount of several thousand dollars, which tho creditors are anxious should bo liquidated. Unlets they aro cancelled can-celled by cash payments, there will bo a dearth of workers In the coming campaign. At this writing the treasury is broke. There Isn't a cent in tho bank and tho prospects aro by no means pleasing. Chnlrman Nyo has departed depart-ed for another stuto, while Secretary Daly is not bothering himself at all with tho matter, becauso what's tho use? Stato Chairman Snyder Is busy attending to mining matoni, Cleveland is engaged In collecting commissions and tho boys who did tho work aro wishing (hoy could get what was, and is, coming to (hem. As Is well known the candldnlo3 nominated last fall were (he result of the labors of "mass conventions." It was tho Intention of tho malingers to organize all districts In the city, tho samo as (hoy aro organized by tho two old parties, with a chairman, secretary, sec-retary, and a district committee and it was decided at a meeting hold soon after the general election, und prior to tho school election that this work should begin early this summer an. I bo rushed to a sudden completion. Hut as matters now stand there aro none who seem (o bo willing to tako up tho work, with tho posslblo exception of George Sheets and Frank Swcnson. Gcorgo has a good Job at the big store and lias not much time to get around, while Swcnson is too heavy on his feet to cover the cntlro town, and besides ho Isn't acquainted over In tho Third precinct sufllciently to cnablo him to I completo an organization In nil the di (j HJ It is estimated by thoso who aro in 1 HJ a position to know, Hint tho cost of pay- I HJ lug up tho outstanding Indebtedness I HJ of the "parly" and put it on its feet 1 1 HJ for tho coining campaign will not bo P HJ less than $15,000. The contributors II HJ to the fund of last fall aro by no I HJ means satisfied with the disposition 1 1 HJ of their cash, and aro not at all likely If i JH to puglo up this fall. It appears that I ' HJ tho "campaign of education" waged H by Chairman Nyo wns ono In which " HJ the workers got little and tho printers, j H binders and the postolllce department - H got much. Tons of literature were i H printed nnd -sent out through tho nmlli Hj nnd if is doubtful It' nny of it had the I H desired effect. At the tlmo these clr J H culars wero being sent out the con- H H tributors to the fund kicked a whole ' H lot because If was doing no good, but H tho chairman, Snyder and Frank .1 H Cannon insisted that "education" wan 5 H tho only way to reach tho masses, so H the stuff continued lo be sent out. . H All this to the detriment of those who I H worked and earned money. I H If those who put up last fall decline f H to produce this fall, It will be up to t H Kearus. Kearns has got to do some- S H thing (o keep up (he excitement, for, H without excitement, the Tribune will I H bo a dead one. As Is well known, the 1 H paper is falling off In circulation and 1 H no longer dares to make sworn state- ; H incuts regarding the number It' sends ' H out to genuine subscribers. Keanif H will let go of his cash with very ioor ; H grace, too. He always does hang on 'H until If is a case of force, except In H instances where such follows as Per- H ry Heath aro concerned, and then H Tommy lots go bis money like a mis- H crly l.lghtwad trying to bo white. Per- H haps some of tho successors to Heath H can work him, but It Is going to be a : H hard job. j; H Another obstacle In the way of the U "Americans" Is the increaso In busl- ' H ness that is now making tho town 4 H boom. People aro so busy making H money they havo no tlmo to waste on . "reform" movomonts Instituted by 4 such men ns aro at tho head of tho "American" party. H |