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m y -ytnKVrfg FmiBTOa .dispatch; CT8DlT,;;ocbBMRi 1893? mgvmammBam! MS JE EARTH, Congressman McCreary Joins the Banks of the Bain bow Chasers. . HE SEES ONLY YICTOBI For Cleveland and Free Trade in, Every State Ho Has Visited, INCLUDING EVEN MASSACHUSETTS. Washington Colored Hen Send.potter$2to Work in Keir Tort. LITE TOLITICS FROM EYERX QUARTER traosi x STArr corbesfondint. j 'WXSHtsgtox, Oct. 12 Besting from his electioneering labors for a few days Con gressman McCreary, of Kentucky, dropped in upon the capital this morning'. He has spent much of bis time since the adjourn ment of Congress in the Northern States, and, of course, gives a hopeful view of the situation from the standpoint of the Demo crats. He pronounces New York abso lutely safe for the Democrats to the tune of upward of S0.O0O majority for Cleveland. Indiana is not quite so safely Democratic as New York, but the chances are largely in faror of the Democrats. Itepresentative McCreary also assures his Democratic friends that his most conserva tive advices from Illinois, "Wisconsin and Massachusetts give promise ot Democratio majorities in those States, as the Demo cratic State and local candidates are very popular and will carry a large vote over to the national candidates. After all this it may seem somen hat in consistent for the ex-Governor to indulge in sarcasm at the expense of Republicans who claim that there is a chance for the breaking up of the Solid South, but that is what he does. One "Way to Size TJp Matters. Mr. McCreary gives an explanation of the apparently small vote of the Alliance peo ple of the South that may not be relished at this time by many of his fellow Demo crats, and possibly by none less than by Mr. Cleveland himself. He Bays: "If anything was needed to make the South more than ever solid the trip of "Weaver and Mr. Magee's mission to Ala ' bam a furnished it. On the question of tarifi and the force bill the people of the South are of one mind. The Third party movement amounts to nothing in this fight. The Alliance iolk in the South are arguing this way, that as a result of the present fight either Cleveland or Harrison must win; that there is no chance of electing a third candidate; that between those two candidates Cleveland represents them on the tariff and in opposition to the force bill and extravagant expenditures, while the election of Harrison means tbe supremacy of principles which they oppose. They, therefore, sav that thev are Democrats for J this fight, and that whatever differences they have with that party they will try to settle at a more opportune time. This practically takes the Third party out of the way as a factor in tbe Presidental cam paign. Mr. Cleveland will carry every Southern State by a laiee majority; even "West Virginia is not in doubt, as I look at it" Free Trade the Common Issue. As it is well known by every one that the position of the People's party on the tariff question is that ot the ultra free traders, Mr. McCreary's statement has the merit ot lrankness, even though he may be at fault in his declarations in regard to tbe feeling ol the Third party people. Much of the news from the Southern States that has collected at the headquar ters of the committees in this city since the late elections in the South shows that the Third party people are keeping a stiff upper lip, regardless of their reverses, and that a large vote will be polled for "Weaver and Field and for Third party candidates for Congress. At a meeting held in this city last even ing by Virginia Republicans it was Unani mously decided that in districts where the Republicans have made no nomination the proper thing for Republicans to do will be to Tote for the candidates of the People's party. This means that in seven of the ten districts of tbe Old Dominion, and most of them close at the last elections, the Repub licans will assist the Third party people to defeat the Democratic candidates for Con gress. As this state of things obtains nearly all over the South, it is quite possi ble that it may turn up as predicted by the prophets of the People's party since the recent elections, that the vote last month in Alabama and this month in Georgia and Florida is no indication of the vote that will be cast in November. Counting Their Chickens Prematurely. Of the Democratic prospects in Illinois, "Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Mr. Mc Credry says: "I was in Chicago when Stevenson held his conference with the Democratic managers of Illinois. I had a long talk with him and with ex-Commissioner Black, who is running as tbe Demo cratic candidate for Congressman at Large, and with a number of other Democrats who were assembled in Mr. Stevenson's room. They all told me that they felt no donbt that the Democratic candidate for Governor and General Black would be elected, and that they felt some hope ot carrying the State for Cleveland, though they would not venture the prediction that the hope would be realized. "I have received a letter from General Mitchell concerning the situation in "Wis consin. He says there is a desperate strug gle for the State, and that the Democrats are hopeful and are doing all they can. "When I was up in Massachusetts the Demo crats there seemed also confident. I should not be surprised if Cleveland should carry that State. Hussell is undoubtedly strong in the State, and Cleveland thinks that he himself is strong there, which seems to me to be true. I personally met a number of Republicans in Boston who told me they were going to vote for Cleveland. They said they were not going to become Demo crats, and were not going to leave the Re publican party permanently, but would vote for Cleveland just this once." Spotters for the Capital Colonizers. The Harrison and Reid club, colored, of this city, sees enough foundation in the story of the colonization scheme which has its headquarters here to lead them to decide to pnt a watch on Elder, Smith & Co., and formal steps have therefore been taken to send shrewd colored, men on to New York to shadow all the movements of these men and to make a note of every new arrival or persons of color in that wicked city. A committee has been appointed to " take charge of tbe matter, and.ifihe colonizers do not carry themselves straighter in New York than they have been in the habit of doing here, they may be detained in the' Empire State, after the elections, against their will. GEOBGIA'S DEMOCRATIC MAJOEIIY Ifon't Be Far From 70,000 "When the Of ficial Figures Are Announced. Atlanta, Oct 12. It is impossible to obtain the official announcement of last "Wednesday's election until the returns are canvassed by tbe Legislature, which meets on the 26th of tbia month. Eeturns from every county are sent here in sealed envel- 1 ope? and can only be opened by the Legis lature. The .Constitution's estimate, as published is the closest one that can be ."nnade of the official vote. It lemi-officially shows from precinot counts on the night of the election that the majority will be 70,000. This estimate shows that the vote of the State was 200,000, of which Peek, the Third party candidate for Governor, received 65,000, and Northen, Democrat, 135,000. The official announcement will not change these figures materially, but it cannot be obtained before October 26, when tbe Leg islature will canvass the returns, which are now sealed and under lock and key. ALL TICKETS SMALLER. County Commissioners From Every Part of the State Agree to Have Ballots Printed Xapkln Size Instead of Uke Blankets A Move to Kocnk Out General Gobln. Philadelphia, Oct 12. Special. The 67 Boards of County Commissioners in this State have decided to follow the fashion set by Philadelphia by defining the size of the new Baker ballot according to their re spective districts and agreeing upon a form best adapted to their views of what the voter should vote. Editor J. M. "W. Geist, of the Lancaster .Nets Era, found this out when he came to town to-day to buy a new paper cutter to cut paper for the 52x22 bal lots. They told him at Republican head quarters to save his money, as Chairman Reeder had informed the various Boards of Commissioners to fix on a size of their own, as they had a right to do under the law. The various Boards of County Commis sioners to-dav arrived at the conclusion that they were delegated by the Baker law to name tbe size of the ballot at s. confer ence here by a few men selected to repre sent the whole. Senator P. Gray Meek said the confer ence was no secret to him. "It is thought that a new difficulty emanating from the Baker ballot law will arise on election night," said Mr. Meek. "The arrangement ot the names of the candidates as now directed will cause trouble in the case of a scratched ticket to detect whether a voter has cast his ballot for two men lor the same office. For this reason and the peculiar ballot, it is likely that it will take a good while to do the counting." "I have looked the law over and cannot see anything in it to enforce its provisions," said Editor Savage, of Clearfield. "It pre scribes penalties enough, but how are they to be carried out?" General and Senator John Peter Schindel Gobin's name appears on the nomination papers, as filed, by initial only. The Baker law directs that the lull name must be riven, and Chairman "Wright holds that Gobin cannot be voted for. The fact that the name in full might cause a further en largement of the ballot does not go as an excuse for the abbreviation. INDIANA VOTES AS IT IS. No Change in the Apportionment of the State Till After Election. Indianapolis, Oct 12. In a written opinion by Judge McBride, which is con curred in by all of the Judges, the Supreme Court of Indiana this afternoon disposed of the various motions and petitions in the ap portionment case. The motion of Attorney General Smith to dismiss the appeal is over ruled. The Court holds that the statements and affidavits filed on the case show that there is a real controversy and that it is one which the parties have a right to wage. It says in substance that the relator had a right to bring the suit in order to secure a decision of the Courts upon tbe validity of the law, and that county officers had a right to resist the complaint to the end, and that statements reflecting upon the Attorney General are improper, although the Attor ney General is in the cae Ey invitation. Oral argument will be heard November 17. This decision remoes the case as a factor in the election. EX-MATOE OBACE CHALLENGED. Tor tlie rirst Time In Ills IAfo He Had to Show Ills Papers, NewYosk, Oct. 12. "When ei-Mayor Grace went to register yesterday he was so amazed by a demand made of him by one of the Tammany registrars that his spectacles almost fell ofl his nose. This Tammany functionary insisted upon seeing Mayor Grace's naturalization papers. He knew the ex-Mayor as well as he knew his own father, and he was polite enough outwardly when he made tbe request. Mr. Grace was obliged to go to his box in a safe deposit company, get his naturalization papers and show them to this registrar. Speaking of it afterward he said: "It's the first time that request was ever made of me in New York City. I have never been asked to show my papers except upon the first occasion that I voted after naturaliza tion, more than 30 years ago. I don't know why the request was made ot me this time." EPBINGER'S REPLY TO KOBTH. He Says the letter's Statistics on "Wool Are Not Based on Fact. Spkingfield, III., Oct 12. Hon. "Wil liam M. Springer, Chairman of the Honse Committee on "Ways and Means, was recently charged in an open letter by Secre tary North, of the National Association of "Wool Manufacturers, with the misuse of wool statistics in his discussion of the tariff. Mr. Springer has written a letter in replv, saying that Mr. North's reference to the prices of scoured wool in the United States and Europe rests only upon his own assertion, as there are no quotations of scoured wool in this country, and that therefore Mr. Norths statement is not responsive to controversy between - Mr. Springer and the advocates of a protective tariff on wool, and does not cover the points of difference as heretofore stated between Mr. North and Mr. Springer. OBJECTIONS 10 NOMINATIONS Filed in the Dauphin Conrt Yesterday From Two Counties. Haekisbueg, Oct 12. Objections were filed to-day in the Dauphin County Court by the Chairman of tbe Democratic County Convention of Potter county and the Chair man and Secretary of tbe Democratio County Committee and others to the Demo cratic nomination claimed by Joseph M. McClure, candidate for President Judge in the McKean-Potter district McClure filed objections yesterday to the nomination papers of A G. Olmstead, the Republican candidate. October 20 has been fixed for argument Objections were also filed to-day to the nomination'papers of "William Littley, can didate for the Legislature frra tbe Twentv tbird district, Philadelphia. Hearing was fixed for Saturday next Batcs Doesn't Deny His Circular. Deteoit, Oct 12. Secretary Bates makes no attempt to deny the authorship of his circular sent to postmasters. "The distri bution ot wholesome political literature will do no harm, even if it is Bepublicio," he says, "and I know of no law which would prevent a postmaster from rendering a little service ot this kind." BTJBIED TJNDEB MOLTEN STEEL. Three Men In the Bethlehem Iron Works Terribly Burned. Bethlehem, Pa., Oct 12. Thomas Fox, Michael Lynch and William Bowers were burned last night by the accidental discharge of molten metal from a converter in the Bessemer mill of the Bethlehem Iron Works. They were in the casting pit, and while a heat was being prepared the vessel tilted as it was raised. Five tons of molten. steel splashed over the men. Bowers' injuries may prove fatal. A CANADIAN BLONDIN Crosses Niagara on a Tightrope in Less Than Seven Minutes. DIXON'S TIME CUT EIGHT IN TWO By Clifford Calverier, One of Uis Intrepid Young Townsmen. THE FEAT WITNE8SED BY HUNDREDS ISriCIAL TILIORAM TO Tit DISPATCH. 1 Niagaba Falls, Oct 12. The best ex hibition of tightrope walking Niagara has ever seen was given this afternoon, over the gorge, by Clifford Calverley, a young Canadian. His wire cable, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, was stretched from the Canadian to the American shore of the gorge, between the cantilever and tbe rail way suspension bridge. It was guyed by 38 three-eighths of an inch ropes, and weighted down, so as to steady it, by 17 pairs of sandbags. The weather during the afternoon was perfect, and the white cloth covering of the sandbags shone brightly as thev dotted the cable here and there along its length. A short distance out from the Canadian shore the British flag floated from the cable, and . an equal distance oat from the American was tbe Stars and Stripes. "Unusual interest was taken in Calverley's feat, as it was known that previous to to day he had but little experience. Another fact that drew attention to the feat was that the cable was guyed by ropes, whereas all the cables before have bad wire guys. A Big Crowd "Witnesses the Feat Quite a crowd of spectators gathered early, and by 3 o'clock the banks of the river on both sides, as well as the suspension bridge, were lined with an expectant au dience. At 3:10 o'clock Calverley appeared on the Canadian end of the cable, dressed in blue tights, with pale pink trunks, collar and culls with silver trimmings. His feet were covered with buckskin boots, laced above his ankles. In his hands he carried a balancing pole of pine, weighing 20 pounds. To the surprise of all, instead of stepping carefully, he ran. His trip was to be against time, and the manner in which he crossed the narrow bridge over tbe rapid water, 200 feet below, was startling. His skill was displayed in every step, and en thusiastic ones cried, "He is tbe American Blondinl" It took him just six minutes and eight seconds to cross from bank to bank, which is more than six minutes quicker than the trip has ever been made, tor Dixon's time was 12 minutes at the same point After reaching the American shore Cal verley again stepped on the slender cable, and going out a short distance, there per formed feats common with men in the same business. He laid on the wire, hung by his toes and did other similar acts. Canadians Treated to a Show, Too. Returning to the American shore' he en tered a carriage and was driven across the suspension bridge to the Canadian end ot his cable. He then went out about ISO feet and gave aq exhibition similar to that given on the American end. Everybody who witnessed his exhibition pronounced Calverley tbe best man on a cable that Niagara has seen. Instead of fear, his nerve was remarkable, and he had full confidence in his ability. Until to-day he had not waited at a height greater than 60 feet, and this was overland, at Hanlan's Island, Toronto. He had his first experience over water to-day. Calverley is a fine-looking fellow. He is 22 years old and was born in Clarksburg, a small province in Ontario, Canada. It is a remarkable fact that DixoD, whose ability on a slender wire was witnessed at Niagara Falls before his death, was also raised in this same Canadian town. He and Calverley were friends, and the latter watched Dixon's course on the rope with great Interest On May 24 last, Calverley performed his first feat on the wire at Hanlan's Island. His engagement closed there two weeks ago, and he at once commenced his preparations to cross the gorge. About Christmas Cal verley expects to go to Europe, and may walk there next year. BAD BOYS IN REBELLION. Huntingdon Itefonn School Inmates Again Mutiny A Preconcerted Attack Made Upon an Officer, "Who Is Half Killed The Revolt Quelled by Force. Huntingdon, Pa., Oct 12. Alter the retnrn a few weeks since of the incorrigible inmates of the Huntingdon Reformatory to their respective counties, it was thought the spirit of insubordination among tbe prisoners had been pretty thoroughly weeded out Last night, however, it cropped put Again. As Officer D. "W. Boyer was marching a squad of 60 inmates to the school-room, James Caul, an inmate from Philadelphia, jumped from the ranks and hurled his slate violently at the guard's head without hitting him. Alonzo Bil lings, also from Philadelphia, acting on Caul's signal, also struck at the guard with his slate, but missed his aim. It was the signal tor a general revolt among the pupils, and half the 150 prisoners engaged in a deadly attack upon the defenseless officer. ; Caul, wbo bad precipitated the assault, drew a brick from his coat and dealt Guard Boyer a violent blow over the eye, knock ing him down. Alter receiving a fusilade of kicks and blows Officer Boyer drew his cane, but this was speedily taken from him and turued upon himselt " In endeavoring to rescue his prostrate fellow-officer Guard James n.yie was also severely bandied. A general alarm was sounded and the riotous inmates were finally subdued by force. Officer Boyer was removed to his home, where he is now confined. Caul and Billings, who bad threatened before to kill the guard, are now in dungeons. The' affair was due to Guard Boyer's having re ported Caul and Billings for insubordina tion. CITIZENS MUST BEAD ENGLISH. A New York Judge Ketones Naturalization , to All "Who Can't Ballston, N. Y., Oct 12. Justice Stover, holding the circuit here, refuses naturalization to aliens who cannot read and' write the English language, and has refected six applicants. One of the applicants, a native of county Kent, England, is more than 60 years of age, and has been a resi dent of this county for 25 years. In deny ing the application, of John Griggs for naturalization, the sixth denied at t bis term, justice stover said: "It's no use to make such' application. I will not admit to citizenship, in courts at which I preside, applicants who cannot read and write the English language. Every citizen should be able to read and write. An alien asking naturalization must have these qualifications before I will grant to him a certificate of citizenship. He should be able to read the Constitution of the United States before he is asked or allowed to take the oath ot citizenship, and I intend to adhere to this rule, whether, as in this case, the . applicant speaks the .English language as his mother tongue, or whether he is a subject ot one of the continental na tions ignorant of our language, our customs, or our situation and our laws." Ohio Soldiers Won't Go to Chicago. Columbus, O., Oct 12. Special Tbe Fourteenth Begiment had intended to ac company Governor McKinley and the State officer to Chicago on the 20th inst. at the formal opening of the World's Fair. It will cost the regiment $5,000 for railroad fares, etc., and tbe Chicago people agreed to board them the short time they were there. Now" thev sav thev will board th isoldiers, but the officers must pay 50 oents per meal. The regfmtnt, will, not go. TROUBLE BEGINS TO BREW. Columbns Police Promptly Nip in the Bud an Incipient Rlot-The First Bay of the Switchmen's Strike Ends In Favor of the Company. Columbus, Oct 12. The preliminary skirmish in the strike of the Big Pour yard men took place this alteruoon. This morn ing Superintendent T. J. Higglns posted a notice that all employes who did not resume work at 1 P. M. would be discharged and wages due paid. They were also notified to keep off the property of the oompany. Not a single striker responded at the hour named, and they were all discharged. Just before noon, under tbe direction of Superintendent Peck, an engine came from the roundhouse and ran out on tbe main track. There was no interference further than some loud talk on the part of the strikers, who endeavored to get the crew to leave the train, but they refused. The in terest and excitement gradually grew till 2 p. M., when the company started three en gines out of the yard, two freight and a passenger locomotive. The regular engi neers were in charge. . About 200 men were present when the engines were brought out A great crowd rushed to the locomotives, and one of the engineers was denounced as a "scab." Tiro strikers mounted the cab of one engine, and they were immediately placed under arrest. Iheir names are Edward Lottus and Joseph Cokely. The appearance of a detail of po lice on the scene caused the strikers to scatter and the engines proceeded down town. The strikers were about to follow the engines for trouble, but the police cleared "the yards and quiet was restored. A considerable amount ot perishable freight was gotten out of tbe yards during the rest of the afternoon, and the strikers pro ceeded to their hail, where they held a meeting. Iioltus, one of the strikers arrested, has been released on fl,000 bail. ' The two are charged with interfering with railroad offi cers and attempt to incite a riot The strikers claim that the yardmen at Snringfield, Dayton and Cleveland will noma nnt frvmnrrnw that thev will be joined by the Panhandle, Baltimore and Ohio, and Columbus and Hocking Valley and the Toledo Bail road to-morrow. These reports are denied by the officials of the railroads named. Tbe yardmen of the Hocking Valley have sent a communication to the superintendent asking an advance to the.Chicajo scale. The representatives of the several railroads centering here held a conference during the afternoon to decide upon a plan of action, and the yardmen held another meeting to-night The Big Pour officials to-night secured an Injunction from the Common Pleas Conrt to prevent tbe strikers from in any manner interfering with the business of the road, and ordering that they do not enter upon the property of the company. A dispatch from Cincinnati savs the switchmen's strike on the Big Four road is at present confined to Columbus, and the Big Four officials here say that as the strike was not ordered by the Switchmen's Brotherhood they do not expect the trouble to spread. BRITISH FLAG TORN DOWN. One of the Queen's Subjects in New Tork Taught a Lesson His "Wife Willing Fnongh to Apply to Americans for Protection. New YORK, Oct 12, Specie. Yester day morning Mr. McKenzie, wbo lives at Marble Road, Armour Park, "West Chester county, hoisted an English flag on his gate post, and saluted, it with the remark that he supposed it would make the residents pretty angry and that it would probably be torn down by night, but tbat he was a British subject, and proposed to take a bushel of stones to his garret and would make it hot for whoever attempted to haul down his flag. ' The news spread through the community, and about 2 o'clock in the afternoon CO men who had not been able to attend the New York glorification formed a parade of their own. Armed with revolutionary flintlocks, shot guns and revolvers, the citizens of Tuckaboe marched in double file across country to tear down the British flag. The Tuckahoe constable strode patriotically at the head of the column. Mr. McKenzie may or may not have an ticipated this possible demonstration. At any rate, be was in. the city when the,crowd arrived at his home. In reply to the re quest tbat tbe offensive bunting be hauled down, Mrs. McKenzie said that she and her husband were British subjects and would do as they pleased. The men then tore tbe flag down, fired several bullets through it, "and hoisted the Stars and Stripes in its stead. Then they peacefully dispersed. As Mrs. McKenzie appealed to the city of Yonkers for protec tion, it would seem she has lost her faith in the British Government "Whether a flag affixed to a fence post comes within the meaning of the law prohibiting the planting of foreign flags on American soil is a ques tion which may soon have to be determined by the "West Chester courts. PALMER CALLED DOWN. Comrades Suspended by Him Reinstated by the Union Veteran Legion. Indianapolis, Oct. 12. About 1,000 delegates, and visitors are in the city in at tendance on the annual meeting of the "Union Veteran Legion. The business ses sion began this morning. Corporal Tanner moved that Colonel H. C. Jones, of the local Washington Encampment, be rein stated. Some time ago Colonel Jones wrote a very sarcastic letter, scoring Commander in Chief Palmer, which was forwarded to the latter by Colonel Butler Fitch, of the s'ame encampment, as official correspondence. For this both Jones and Fitch were sus pended by the Commander in Chief. They were notified of their suspension the night thev left Washington tor Indianapolis. A "hot discussion followed, alter which Jones and Fitch were reinstated. A WESTEBN BANKEB IN 1B0UBLE. Kansas Depositors Secure His Indictment and Arrest for Embezzlement Pine Bluff, Abk., Oct 12. J. G. Kel soe, formerly a banker of Magnolia, Kan., Vice President of tbe Onachita Valley Bank of Camden, Ark., and Presi dent of the Gate City National Bank of Texarkana, Ark., who returned to Magnolia last Monday from a tour through Colorado and other Western States, has been arrested at this place under an indict ment for embezzlement The criminal action is the result of at tachments levied against Kelsoe's bank last July bv denositors whose claims amount to 529,000. Killed by a Hunting Accident Carlisle, Oct 12. Ten days ago Harry Croman, of Huntsdale, was accidentally shot in the abdomen while out hunting with an Italian named Thomas Helm, and to-day he died from his injuries. This is the second tragedy in the locality within a year. Don't Take the Risk Of Are or thieves, but keep yonr valuable papers, bonds, etc., in the sate deposit vaults of the Fanners' Deposit National' Bank, C6 Fourth avenue. Boxes l en ted at 5 a year and upward. Vachxbos and Constantln Watch Is the finest and most accurate timepiece made. Warranted. Open or bunting-case. Ladies' and gents' sizes. Imported and sold only by Sheafer & Lloyd, 37 Fifth avenue. TOO LATE Td CLASSfFV. Wanted. , BAKER-A take baker at Miller's restaurant .No. 123Sth.iv, SAIiESMEN-H to f6 dally: aluminum shoe fcolei; llgliier tliau leather; uutirvar steel; flexible; save at least one-half to families for hoes; a 1 sites: samples. 0c toll. The Aluminum Novelty Co., iM smftnfleia St., f (itburg, fa. OUR' TARIFF HISTORY. George Ticknor Cnrtis-Ajjam Fxposes tbe Fallacies of the POSITION OF THE DEMOCRACY. Statements a hat Kefate the Chicago Platform. Free Trade FEATURES OP THE 0RIGIXAK STATUTE ISFXrlAL TELEQnAJt TO TnB DISPATOW.t New Yorw, Oct 12. The fourth in the series of letters from George Ticknqr Cur tis, the eminent Democratio constitutional lawyer and author, giving his reasons for repudiating the tariff views of the Demo cratic platform and the candidates who stand upon it, was made public to-day. It is addressed to "Wilbur F. Wakeman, Gen eral Secretary of the American Protective Tariff League, and says: The first Congress, AVashington and all his Cabinet, and the entire generation of men by whom the Constitution was established, knew perfectly well that encouragement and protection of manufacturers was one of the objects for which the revenue power was granted. The nonsense ot a tarifi for revenue only could not be perpetrated by that gen eration. But new comes Mr. Grover Cleve land, in this year of our Lord 1802, and says virtually that he knows more about the purposes for which the Constitution was made than the men who made it. He says virtually that if he had been President of the United States in 1789 he w ould have sent the first revenue .bill oack to the House with a veto message in which he would have told that body that they must alter the preamble so as to make it read that tarifi 3 should be imposed for revenue only, otherwise he could not sign it I did not suppose him to be so ignorant of politi cal history as his letter of acceptance shows him to be. The Fart Flayed by Madison. Mr. Madison took a leading part in con ducting tbe first revenue measures through the House of Representatives. As soon as he had introduced the subject of revenue to be obtained for the expenses of the new Government and a list of articles to be sub jected to the new duties had been laid be fore the House, the subject ot protection was brought into the discussion by an oc currence which is of marked historical in terest On April 4, 1789, a petition was presented from the tradesmen, manufactur ers and others of the town of Baltimore. It set forth, "That since tbe close of the late war and the completion of the Bevolntion they had observed with sincere regret the manufacturing and trading interest of the country rapidly declining, and the at tempts ot the State Legislatures to remedy the evil failing of their object; that in the present melancholy state of our country, the number of poor increasing for want of employment, foreign debts accumu lating, houses and lands depreciating in value, and trade and manufactures languish ing and expiring, they look up to the Su fireme Legislature of the United States as he guardian of the whole empire, and from their united wisdom and patriotism and ardent love of their country expect to re ceive that aid and protection which can alone dissipate their just apprehensions and animate them with hopes of success in future by imposing on all foreign articles which can be made in America such duties as will give a decided preference to their labor, discountenancing tbat trade which tends so materially to injure them and im poverish their country: that they have an nexed a list of such articles as are or can be manufactured among them, and humbly trust in the wisdom of the Legislature to grant them, in common with the other me chanics and manufactures of the United States, that relief which may seem proper." This petition, although coming from a single town, called upon the new Congress, as the Supreme Legislature of the Legisla ture of the United States, in the broadest terms, to apply the principal of protection so as to benefit American labor and to dis countenance tbat freedom of trade which tended to injure the industry of our me chanics and manufacturers. Protection In Its Broadest Sense. It asked for such legislation not only in regard to articles then produced, but also in regard to those which could be produced in this country: thereby proposing that tbe legislation should aim to continue the pro tection heretofore ineffectually extended by the separate States to manufactures al ready established, and to raise up those which might be established in the future. The petition made no reference to the ob taining of revenue for the uses of the Gov ernment, but it presented the encourage ment of our own manufactures as the pri mary object to be accomplished in the lay rag of duties on foreign products. Still.it necessarily proceeded upon the idea that the duties would be laid in the exercising of the taxing power which the Constitution had conferred on the new Government The exercise of this express power would convey with it the implied power to lay the duties so as to benefit our own industry, because such a power is inherent in any Government which possesses a right to se lect the objects of taxation and to determine the rates of duty to be laid on them. It does not appear that similar petitions in relation to manufactures were preferred from other quarters of the Union in the same formal and direct mode, but it is quite apparent from the discussions that ensued that the representatives of different States urged the interests and wishes of their constituents upon the same grounds. The Only Difference or Opinion. The Baltimore petition was referred to the committee of tbe whole, and then the debate proceeded at intervals from April 11 to May 29. In this long and able discussion there were differences of opinion developed upon the question of framing a permanent system ot revenue, or adopting a temporary meas ure. At length, however, the matter settled down to the latter' course as the only one that was then practicable. As each article that was proposed to be included in the bill was taken up and considered, tbe debate turned upon the questions of imposing some duty on it or letting it come in tree; ot the amount of duty that would be collected on it; and of the influence of that duty upon the encouragement or discouragement of American manufactures and productions. There were at the same time no official statistics that would furnish a safe basis of calculation in all cases; but there was some information that could be derived from the official statistics of a few of the States, and the representatives of different sections of the country could speak with some certainty in regard to the amount of present importa tion of foreign products, the extent to whioh it was proposed to lay a specific or an ad valorem duty, the bearing of the imposi tion on our own industry, whether that in dustry was comprehended'in the interests of manufactures, or ot products of the soil, or if shipbuilding, or navigation was duly con sidered. The reader who may examine this inter esting and instructive debate, which ended in the framing of our first revenue law, will find, among other things, a curious discus sion on the effect of imposing duties on ardent spirits, and on molasses. In reading WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT? But One Opinion Possible. Disoiders aie rumnant throughout the land, especially heart "disorders, which can bo cmed by use or Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure Dr. L. L. farmer. Gypsum City. Kan., bad heart disease; pulse 90 to no a minute, heart beat so violently It could be heard across a large room. Took Dr. Miles' rem edies, was cured, and writes that lie feels like a boy. "Six months ago my wife was clven Up as incurable of heart disoase. -One bottle of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure helped her so much that she is about again." F. Sherman, Philadelphia, Fa. Symptoms or heart disease: Bapid pulse, burning sensa tion in windpipe, oppression In chest, short breath, palpitation, pain In side. Remedies sold on positive guarantee. Book free at druggists or Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhardt, Ind. oclf3Q-rTs this debate, too, one come upon a faet that powerfully arrest attention. In our own time we have seen a confederacy of the Southern States sustain a long war against the Federal Government upon a system of finance based largely upon the single article of cotton, as a product in constant demand in Europe. The product of cotton in 1800 was 4,669,770 bale. In 18G1 it was 3,656,006 bales. In 1880 it was 6,CoO,215 bales. The Position of the South. In 1789 it could not be said that cotton was an article of production in the United States. In the debate of which I am here giving some account, Mr. Burke, of South Carolina, who was able to speak of his own State and of the adjoining State of Georgia, when hemp wan under consideration, made the following statement: "The staple prod ucts of that part of the Union are hardly worth cultivation, on account of their fall in price; the planters are, therefore, dis posed to procure some other. The lands are certainly well adapted to the growth of hemp, and we have no doubt its culture would be practiced with attention Cotton is likewise in contemplation with them, and, if good seed can be procured, he hoped it might succeed. But the low, strong, rice lands would produce hemp in abundance many thousand tons this year if it were not so late in the season. He liked the idea of putting a low dutv now (on hemp) and en couraging it against the time when a sop ply might be had ot our own cultivation. At thattime the chief products of South Carolina and Georgia were rice and indigo. "When the bill came to be framed for the new revenue legislation it was deemed proper to make the encouragement and pro tection of our own manufactures one of the principal objects to be effected by it; which was but the continuation of a policy pre viously acted upon by the separate States but ineffectual because the States could only lay duties on foreign products brought into their own dominions; and tbat the sit uation of the country wns virtually the same in 1789 as It has been since in its re lations with other nations, the difference between that and any subsequent period be ing in respect to the quantity of importa tions and the quantity and kind of our own products. There were the same questions then as now in regard to the encourage ment and protection of manufactures ex isting among us, and those which might be introduced and established later. v There is one fact to be noted, however, J IT 1 Fill MOVE. 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No duty vat therefore laid on gold, silver, or precious stones, unlebs they came in the form of wares or jewelry, on which an ad valorem duty was imposed. On cotton was laid a duty 9(3 cents per pound, to take effect from and after December 1, 1799. This pros pective legislation was obviously designed as an expression of the intent of Congress to encourage the production of cotton when ever it should be apparent that it would be practicable to establish it A duty of 3 cents per pound on foreign cotton could not produce any revenue in 1789, but it would signify that Congress would be ready to'en courage the cultivation of cotton when it might become apparent that it would be produced. Hemp, being an article already produced in this country, and capable of still lurtiier production, was subjected to a duty of 60 cents on every 112 pounds, to take effect December 1, 1790. It was considered that the interests of capital and labor, so far as they are capable of distinct appreciation, would both be pro moted by legislation which tended to ex clude foreign competition in our own mar ket, because that legislation would enable the employer to pay the employed higher wages than were paid in other countries. It was not considered that the American laborer, because he I3 an American, has superior right to higher wages; but it was considered tbat comparatively higher wage would result to him by securing to his em ployer some permanence and safety in his investments. How far changes in the situation of the country may have operated to bring about different views of this important subject, how far the American laborer may have been led to expect, and thus have a moral right to, a better condition than he would enjoy it he were employed in any other country, is a question that has come into qrcat prominence since the year 1789. 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