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THIS ABGUS. THUK8DAT, ,PltiL 9. 1891.
POLITICAL TALKS.,
- -. v . ..v.
Secretary Tracy to the Boston
Republican Club.
LEFENDESG THE WOEK OF C0XGEES3
Aldrlch and Woodford Also Make Re
mark Late' Klection Return Tho
Official Conat Required to lecide tho
Chicago Mayoralty Democrats Claim
vrej-ier a election Senator reffar to a
MeeMasj of Trado V'nionUts Effect of
tfaa Feminine Tote In Kansai Scatter
lnr Elmilim
B06TOS, April Over 1,000 persons
ww incKui ai lug liisu uiuncr 01 1110
Republican club given at Music hall last
evening. It was the largest meeting of.
the kind held in Boston in a number of
fears. Among the guests were Secretary
Tracy, Senator AMrich and Gen. Stewart
Ik WoodforJ, and they made the princi
pal speeches. Roger Wolcott, president
of the club, presided, and after speaking
about twenty minutes introduced Sec re
Ury Tracy, who was greeted with hearty
applause. After a review of the work of
V present administration the secretary
tackled the question of appropriations by
the last congress.
Explaining the Increases.
"The principal charge which has been
advanced of late by our opponents is that
the appropriations cf the Fifty- first con
r gress have been extravagant. It is true
that the appropriations of the last con
gress were larger than thoe of its prede
cessors. Some increase mast inevitably
take place as long as the country contin
ues to grow. But, apart from this inev
itable enlargement of expenditure, there
is no difficulty in explaining the present
increase to the satisfaction of every man.
Apart from pensions the increase is shown
Chiefly in the appropriations for the postal
service, for the navy, for the census, to
carry out the Indian treaties, for river
and harbors, for coast defenses and for
the payment of the spoliation claims.
The increase of $21, 000,000 for the postal
service is more apparent than real It
means an enlargement of postal facilities,
which brings with it a more than corre
sponding increase of receipts.
Navy and Indian Expenses.
"Twelve millions of the increase is for the
navy. It is wholly for the construction of
new ships an l their armor and arma
ment. There is no doubt that the gov.
ernment needs the ships and needs the
armor, and the increased appropriation
was judicious and necessary. Of the in-
crease in the Indian appropriation, ov.r
four million is for the purchase cf land to
be opened for settlement and sale by the
government. One million was for the
aappott of Indian schools and the balance
mainly for the payment of the so-called
Choctaw claims, a payment opposed by
the secretary of the interior, supported by
no one connected with the administration,
and carried through both houses chiefly
by Democrats votes. For the appropria
tion for fortifications and coast ue tenses I
offer no explanation or apology. In my
opinion the item shouid have been larger.
For Pensions and Interest.
"There remains the principal item of
increase of $113,000,000 in the appropria
tion for pensions. Of this amount
000,000 is in the nature of a deficiency
which should have been appropriated
tinder existing law by the previous con
gress, if it had performed its duty. At
the close of the war the government was
under heavy obligations, first to the sol
diers who bud fought its battles, and sec
ond to the men who :had furnished the
means to enable the government to prose
cute the war to a successful conclusion.
To the latter it owed VJ, 000,000, 000. But
the burdens imposed upon the country by
the war survived the establishment of
peace. These burdens consisted mainly
in interest and pensions. The aggregate
of these two items has not increased since
the war and will not be substantially in
creased hereafter, even by the large and
liberal amounts to be paid annually to the
soldiers under the present law.
Aggregate 'ot Increased
"In two years after the cIoe of the
war, the expenditure for pensions amount
ed to ?20,')3S,000, while the interest on the
debt was H3,7S1,000, making a total of
$164,718,4Si This is the highest mark
the aggregate of pensions and interest has
ever reached. It has shown fluctuations
from year to year, one increasing as the
other diminished, until in the present year
pensions amounted to 1121,000,000, while
Jhe interest on the debt is only 132,000,000.
Even in 1KK2, when the pensions are to
amount to Sl&.OOO.OOC, the aggregate of
pensions and interest will be 102,000,003,
or $3.7(10,000 less than the aggregate was
in 1SC7.
Harden I'er Capita Iirainihed.
"Since the last-mentioned period the
population has nearly doubled, so that
the burden borne by each individual tax
payer from the two sources, which may be
set down as the great burden of the war, is
about one-half what it was when the war
ended. The country paid its debt to the
bondholders first and to the soldiers aft
erward; the burden is being shifted from
interest to appropriations, and it is not
for the bondholders to complain of the
arrangement.
Three Acts Worth Passing.
"One thing more I may be permitted to
say that if the Fifty-first congress had
done nothing but pass thtve acts the
anti-lottery law, which has prohibited the
use of tba mails for the promotion of
lotteries; the meat inspection act, which
has already opened the ports of .Germany
to the importation of. Ame.ican cattle,
and which, we hope, will cause the rt-mav-all
of restrictions both iu France and Ger
many on the importations of the hog pro
duct of the United States; and finally the
shipping bill, which is destined, I tra-t,
to bring about a revival of our merchant
marine if this congress, I say, had doue
nothing but pass these three acts it
would be entitled to the lasting gratitude
of the American people,"
Secretary Tracy was heartily applauded
throughout his speech,, and at its conclu
sion his allusion to Secretary Blaine was
greeted with prolonged applause.
Airirich Sees a Reaction.
Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, said
that "Democratic success in New Eng
land was obtained by gross misrepresenta
tion of both parties. I see throughout
the country evidences of a reaction in
public sentiment in. favor of the Repub
lican party. very Democratic senator
bat four voted for free silver, and that
party iu the house was substantially a
unit in its favor. Protection is not prohi-'
bition, and does not consist in the indis
criminate levying of high rates of duty on
all articles. The commercial, mer
cantile, and professional people of New
England are wrapped up in the prosper'
lty and s access, of our manufactorl
Increases in the tariff made by the I
congress we on gooJs which it 1st
hope of Massachusetts to make he
after. V
Comparative; Condition or IVorktnsm
"Workmen receive more wases and h
to maintain the general level of wag
aua, tneretore, to insure more comf
and . more happiness than in any otl
country. Some selfish manufacture
would like to take off duties and say
we had free trade our laborers would
driven to accept what the manufactur
gave them.' Reciprocity, like protecti
means the exchange of commodities
the advantage of both countries, and tl
Una of reciprocity it is the purpose
this administration to extend where.
possible."
Honest Ware and an Bonest Dollar
Gen. Stewart Woodford said sutwti
tially that the first necessity of liberty
nonest wages, and the first condition
honest wages is an honest dollar. "
want no system that will swPS the ga
01 castle Garden inward, or will com
American mechanics to leave the home?
their fathers, that they may earn bread
a foreign land. At the conclusion of G
oodford's speech the meeting closed.
PEFFER DEFINES HIS POSITION.
Be Proposes To Be Labor's Representa
tive In the Senate.
Washington City, April 9. Senator
Peffer, of Kansas, made an address Tues
day night before the Federation of Labor,
in which he counseled laboring men to
support candidates of their own in pre:er
ence to those of the old parties. He ee id:
"We must all be missionories in the work
of education. Bring your forces to b ar
upon one line, no matter what you call it,
so that' you do not call it Republican or
Democratic. Put np our own men from
your own ranks."
Will Present the Demands of Brawi .
In defining his position on the floor of :he
senate, he said: "I want to identify My
self with you. I want you, the labor ng
men and women of the country, to under
stand that you have at least one friend in
the senate of the United States one v ho
will not ba ashamed or afraid to present
whatever you wish to that dignified bo ly
Let every man and woman consider him
self or herself a committee of one to keep
on this work t education."
e
It Is Orthodox on the Race Issue.
Jackson, Miss., April 9 The state ex
ecutive committee of the Farmers' Alli
ance, after accepting the resignation of
The Mississippian as the official organ of
the party, adopted resolutions declaring
that in accepting the resignation it is c.is
tinctly understood the difference of opin
ion between the editors and said commit
tee is solely and exclusively in reference
to the sub-treasury plan, and not for want
of fealty to v. bite supremacy on the p-irt
of said committee.
OFFICIAL COUNT NECESSARY.
The Chicago Mayoralty Claimed by ..th
Leading Candidates.
Ch:ca(tO. April 9 Only a few hnnd-ed
votes are between Be Witt C. Cregier or
Ilemp-tead Washburn and the mayoral
chair. Ooly the official count will fiuslly
decide which is mayor. The Democrftic
leaders claim with confidence that tteir
man has won. The Republicans ,ay
Hempstead Washburne is elected without
doubt. It is claimed by the Democrats
that all returns have been received J nd
that the vote stands: Cregier, 46,!'.'i5;
Wasbbnrne, 40,700; C'regier's plurality,
2S5.
Democrats Bold the Return.
These returns are still held by 'he
police ami the Democrats will not give
them out fur publication by precim t,
claiming that they do not care to make
their case known to the Republicans be
fore the official count. The remainder of
the Republican city ticket with the ex
ception of Tiedemann for treasurer, is
elected in ail probability. The returns on
cooncilmen give the Republicans J4,
the Democrats lb, and the Harrison Dem
ocrats 4.
Other Points in Illinois.
At other points in this state the folk w
ing were the results: Danville Demo
crats made a clean sweep, the Republicans
saving ouly two assistant supervisors from
the wreck. Springfield Republicans
carried the city on mayor; Democrat
carried the county. McLeans boro The
Democrats carried six out of nine town
ships in Hamilton county. Tuscola
Tuscola township shows the ejec
tion of the entire Republican
ticket. Princeton Returns from all
the preci ..s in Bureau county except ine
fix the . jtus of f.he county board at 14
Republicans to 12 Democrats. Champa gn
The board cf supervisors of Champa gn
county will have a Republican majoiity
of two or three. Sewton Democrats
got most of the offices throughout tht
county. Paris Democrats held their own
in the township election in Edgar coutty.
How Kansas Women Toted.
ToPEK A, Kan., April ft Official returns
show that R. T. Cofran, the Democratic
Citizens' candidate for mayor, was elected
by a plurality of 200 over A. B. Quint ou.
the Republican candidate. Cofran 's e ec
tion was a great surprise and the wt ite
women voters are alone responsible for it
many of them voting the opposite ticket
to their husbands. At Emporia the women
saved the Republican candidate for maj or,
be getting only 10 majority. The Repub
licans havi always carried the city bj
about 500 majority.
The Alliance in Minnesota.
St. Pail. April ft The municipa;
elections in Minnesota have but this ptlit
ical significance: They show that tho Al
liance strer.gth is being maintained
everywhere and is creeping into the ci ies
and towns. As far as can be learned ?(
per cent, of the Alliance strength is
drawn from the Republicans. In So it fa
Dakota, Watertown elected a Democr.-i.tk
mayor, the rest of the successful ticket
.being Republicans. At Huron . the Re
publicans get everything exc?pt the po.icc
.magistrate.
Pueblo Carried by the Democrats.
PrjEBLO, Colo., April ft The election in
this city resulted in a Democratic victory.
Hamilton, D;m., was elected mayor by
221 majority. The Republicans elect
treasurer and two aldermen.
i Kan Mighty Close in Cincinnati.
ClSCiXXATl, April 9. The official co mt
by the board of elections gives Mos iy,
the Republican candidate for mayor, .Jo,
582 votes, aid Tafel, Dem., 25,444, Most j't
plurality beiug J38L
Leavenworth Democratic.
LeavesWwBTH, Kan., April v. Hack er,
Dem., was elected mayor by 207 plm U
lty. The Democrats elected three out ol
six council men, the school board and con'
stable.
THE WILY ITALIAN
He Will Dodge the New Immi.
gration Law.
A ECOSE OF THE BIJECTED MISSING.
They Disappear from the Steamship
Burgundia, Which Will Be Held Re
sponsible The Companies Propose to
Resist the Law and Make Trouble A
' Protest Id Behalf or the Inizlativa
Italian Societies and Influential Citl
sens Looking Into the Matter.
New York, April ft The relations be
tween the steamship companies that
bring immigrants from Mediterranean
ports and the barge office officials are
likely to be somewhat strained for a few
weeks. Following the escape of the three
Italian consumptives from the steamship
Iniziativa, the report that twenty-one de
barred immigrants who were returned to
the steamship Burgundia had got away
aroused the ire of Superintendent Weber.
He sent Inspector Andrea Palmeri over to
the pier of the Fabre line, to which the
Burgundia belongs, with instructions to
go aboard the vessel and see if the immi
grants were there. The inspector report
ed that he could find only three of the
twenty-four who had been put aboard the
ship for transportation to Italy.
Will Probably Cost Ber ,300.
The officers of the Burgundia told Pal
meri that the rest of the Italians were
"around soaiwhere" and would be aboard
the ship wlken she sailed. The Burgundia
has her clearance papers and , sailed for
the Mediterranean at 4 o'clock this morn
ing. ColonelWeber sentPalmerl back to the
ship with orders to stay there until she
left her pier, and find out exactly how
many immigrants were aboard of her at
that time. Lgal proceedings will be in-
stituted against the vessel when she re
turns to tbis port, and her owners may be
fined $300 for each Italian that she failed
to carry back.
Bon't Like the New Law.
It is pretty plain that the steamship
companies do not like the new law, and
that they are going to resist its enforce
ment. Col. Websr received yesterday
from the agents of the steamship Inizia
tiva, Messrs. Phelps, Brose & Co., this
letter: "We hereby protest against your
having put on the steamship Iniziativa a
number of persons that you have decided
are to be returned to Italy, on
the ground that under section 10
of the last net "such persons
are to be returned on the same ship if
practicable. As this ship does not return
to Italy it is impracticable. We, there
fore, decline any responsibility arising
from their having been put on board, the
same having been done in the first in
stance without notica to us. We request
you to take and keep them in charge uu
til such time as we can send them back,
whicli we will do at the earliest moment."
Weber Takes a Different View.
In reply Col. Weber wrote that he be
lieved that it was entirely practicable.
He said it m.ht not be profitable to re
turn the ship to Italy, but it was cer
tainly practicable. If the view which the
steamship company entertained should !
held to be coi-rect the law would nullify
itself in every snch case. Some of the
influential Italian citizens think their
countrymen are being discriminated
against because ol their nationality.
They sent two Italian citizens down
to the barge office to make an ex
amimation ti the immigrants who were
prohibited from landing because they had
a calp disease. The Italian societies no
tified the barge office yesterday that they
would have the' tcwas and villages of
Italy placarded with copies of the new
law, so that Italians who contemplate
coming here would understand that they
would have their ocean voyage for noth
ing and merely lose their money unless
they were in good health and within the
requirement of the law.
Welcomed by the Peasants.
Dl'BUX, April 9. A warm welcome has
been given t Lady Zetland, wife of the
viceroy of Ireland, and Miss Balfour, sis
ter of the chief secretary for Ireland, who
are now making a tour of Achill island.
In a number of places there had been
erected triumphal arches bearing the
legend, "God Bless Balfour and Zet
land." The distinguished ladies con
versed freeiy with the islanders, and Miss
Balfour too, photographs of numerous
groups.
Basa Method in Ber Forgiveness.
ATLASTA, Ga., April 0. A pardon ap
plication cf unusual interest came to the
executive department Tuesday that of a
widow, who asks for the release of C. C
Weeks, the man wtio killed her husbaud.
The man in the penitentiary is the wom
an's brother, and sinca he has been a con
vict she baa contributed largely to the
support of his children. Her husband wc3
killed in 1886, both himself and the mur
derer being drunk at the time.
Gov. Page's Reply to Edmunds.
HTDE PAHK, Vt, April ft Gov. Page,
upon receiving Senator Edmunds' resig
nation, sent a reply to Edmunds expres
ing sincere A gret at bis action on behalf
of himself and the people of Vermont, and
assuring him that in severing his official
relations to tne state he does so en joy ir 5
the full uieasurc of the grntitude, respect
and, affection to which his long and emin
ently distinguished services entitle him.
Kincaid Jiot Guilty of Murder.
Washisgto ClTT, April ft The jury
in the Kincaid-Taulbee murder case last
evening brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Argument in the case was finished about
8 p. m. and the case was given to the jury,
after a brief charge by Judge Bradley,
about 3:HQ. Two hours and a half later
the verdict was brought in and Kincaid
declared a free man.
Annual Warning to Seal Poachers.
WASniSGTOS ClTT, April 9. The an
nual proclamation of the president was
issned yesterday declaring that all per
sons found to be, -or to have been, engaged
in any violation of the laws of the United
States in tha waters of Behring sea will
be arrested and punished as provided by
statute, and that all vessels so employed,
their tackle, apparel, furniture and car
goes will be seized and forfeited.
Settled Their Trouble with Blood.
Las CKCCES, JJ. M., April 9 New has
reached here from Lincoln that Jack
Light was killed by Leslie Dow at Seven
Rivers last Saturday. Both are promi
nent cattlemen. There had been trouble
between the men for .some time, and the
killing was probably the outcome.
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Cent to a bilious state of the aystom. suob. am
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SICK
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equally valuable in Constipation, curing and pre
vcatirg ttisanEoyiERCotaplaict -while they ala
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BuiW from this cli.m.sing complaint; butfortu- ,
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whoencetry them wilj find tbees little pills vain
able in so many wars that they will not ba wit.
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Carter's Little liver Mia are very tmaU and
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They are Blrictly vegetable and do not gripe or
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INVESTMENTS.
First Mortgages
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for sale, ecTired on land worih from three to five
times the anionnt of the loan.
Interest? per cent gem -annually, collected and
remitted free of charge
E. W. HURST,
Attorxey at Law
Ho3m 8 and 4 Mawonic Tetnulc.
KOt'K ISLAND, ILL.
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.-Wrought and Cast Iron and 'Lead Pipe
Hose, Packing, Sewer and Drain Tile.
Steam and Gas Fixtures.
3" Best work at fair prices. Estimates furnished.
Office and shop 219 13th St. Telephone 1182.
CHA8. W. YERBURY, Manager.
Rock Island, 111.
ROLLIN RUIOK,
Successor to Adamson & Ruick,
PRACTICAL
HA HI T
"Rnnlr Tel a nrl Til
Shop Nineteenth St., bet. First and Second Avenue,
General Jobbing and Repairing promptly done. '
!8econd Hand Machinery bought, sold and repaired.
A. J. SMITH & SON,
FURNITURE,
CARPETS.
DRAPERY, GRILLE WORK
AND
OF ALL KINDS.
A. J. SMITH 6c SON,
125 and 127 West Third Street, Opp. Masonic Temple, DAVENPORT.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE THE STATE LAW.
Roek Island Savings Bank,
ROOK ISLAND, ILL.,
Open daily f rora 9 a. m. to 4 p. m., and Saturday evenings from 7 to 8 o'clock.
Five per cent interest paid oa Deposits. Monev loaned on Personal, Col
lateral, or Real Estate Security
omciiu:
X. P. REYNOLDS. Pre. T C. DSNKStANN, Vice-Fret. J. M. BCFOKD, Caeijier.
DIRECTORS :
P. L. Kitcherl, 2. p. Reynolds, P. C. Deckmann. Join Crabauga. C. P. Lynde,
J. J. Retmers, L. Simon, E. W. Hunt. J. M. Baford.
Jack, so 31 & Ecan, Solicitors.
"WiH betfn bnlne July 8, 1890. and wilt occupy backing room with atitcbell A Lrnd
nnul new bank n completed.
CHAS, DANNACHER,
Proprietor of the Brady Street
All kinds of Cot Flowers constantly on hand. ' .
Green Bouses Flower Store-
One block north of Central Park, tbe largest in la. 301 Brady Street, Davenport, low.
A. SEABTJRG-.
House and Sign Painter.
First-class Graining and Paper Hanging.
P. Box 672.
Shop Fourth Ave. bet. Est and 83d Ste.
ROCK ISLAND.
being Goods
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We are opening tne most complete line of Hardware specialties ever ottered In Bock
Island beside onr rtgalar s'ocfe of staple and builders Hardwai
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Poeket, Tables Kitchen Cutlery,
Nails, Steel Goods, Tinware, Stoves, Etc.
SPECIALTIES Climax Cookt and KaDf ,, "Florida- and Wilber Hot Water Heater
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BAKER & HOUSMAN,
1823 Second arenue, Rock Island.

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