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15 ! Rock Is land Daily Argit I I; If iii (f xi, NO. 119. KOCK ISLAND, JrATUKDAY, MAKCU 12, 1892. SIngTa Copies 5 Cent For Week IStf Genu UnderseliinglEverybocly ou EVERYTHING. THE- Money in Your Pocket By BuyingJ Goods At This Sale. THE LONDON under the new manage ment will give you less BLOW and BLUSTER and BETTER VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY than heretofore. THE LONDON under the new management is strictly One Price and No Deviation. ALL GOODS POSITIVELY AS ADVERTISED. Our Mr. M. C. Rice is now in the eastern mar ets buying our Grand Stock for this spring, and we e will, without doubt, show you the finest line 01 Jothing and Furnishing Goods ever brought to this and at lower prices than ever known of in Rock siam I. We have not near enough room for our !75,0OO STOCK Of nice new Spring Clothing and Furnishing Goods Which will be coming in a very short time, and we must unload our present stock in rder to get room. We will save you from 2 to 50 per cent on every purchase, loss not taken into consideration, as we must move the goods. What is our loss is your gain. THE LONDON, J B- SAX.. ROOK ISLAND. M. C. RICE. NO LACK OF VIGOR. Nothing Sleepy About the De bate on Free Wool. MORE CAUSTIC THAN FLATTERING. fin Animated Parage Hetween Ray and Meredith, In Which the Latter Brings the "Lie Subjunctive" into l'lay Krookthire Attack Reciprocity Im provement in the Financial Situation Secretary Blaine and Springer Pulling Through ieneral Capital City News. Washington-, March li There was no let up yesterday in the oratorical gale thut Is making the house a "cave of the winds" just now, with the tariff for its ostensible subject, but campaign thunder for its real purpose. The speakers on each side take the opportunity to let off broadsides fcf denunciation of the "other fellow" very frequently, and it was particularily so yesterday. If there was any misunder standing as to how the two great parties looked on each other it was not the fault ot Brooksidc ;ind Bay, for these gentlemen were perfectly frank in what they had to Bay on that subject. The first speaker was Stevens of Massachusetts, who is a wool manufacturer, and ltelieves in free wool, at the same time claiming that he does not need McKinley's protection on his manufactures. BrookIiire Attacks Reciprocity. Brookshire "went for-' reciprocity, lie said that the Republicans would not con sent to reciprocity with Canada. Its lead ers want to remain in power. They know that New York is a close state politically; that some of the farmers produce barley for brewing purposes, agricultural and garden produce for early markets, and they presume that some of these farmers can be prevailed upon to vote the Repub lican ticket by refusing reciprocity with Canada. The Republican party desired to perpetuate its power by tending its infill Slice to mere localities as agjinst the great mass of the people. The clause cloiliing the president with the power to impose taxes was dangerous. The power to tax is the power to destroy, and it should be jealously guarded. "Two Most Eminent Fallacies." The so-called reciprocity scheme and the tax upon raw wools were the two most eminent fallacies by which the protective system is sought to be maintained. By this reciprocity the argument that a tariff is not a tax has been exploded. The prin cipal cause which has operated to reduce the original cost of a manufactured article was inventive genius. JJcciprocity was a sad commentary upon the home market theory. ' He made a summary of the agri cultural products exported to foreign countries. It wan 'not agricultural pro ducts that South America wanted, but manufactured goods. The true American policy is to encourage trade with all na tions with equality and friendship. We should not, by law, seek to defeat the orderly proceedings incident to natural conditions. Ixud applause on the Demo cratic side. Kay Lets Himself Loose. Ray, Republican, of New York eulogized the Republican party, which had its origin and its strength in the advocacy of freedom and of education, the elevation and purification of the race and the pro gress of mankind. The Democratic party represented exactly the opposite of these noble principles. They might pose as tariff reformers, but they acted like free traders. The Democratic party was a great American political and hypocritical crab, with the legs reaching in all direc tions; it was still so weak in the joints that it had not a single pair by which it could stand alone. Similar to the foregoing. The Democrntic majority was an inter esting body. The political kindergarten from Massachusetts promised sound finances and an honest dollar, the "sock Jess statesman"' from Kansas assured us of car-loads of cheap money, free of cost, free silver coinage was the bribe offered iu the silver states, and in New York the gold dollar was used to an unparalleled extent. These promises were made and the Democr.iis should pay up, but they could not. '1 lie wind was out of their sails. The Question of Raw Materials. The Democrats wanted free raw materi als, and classed raw wool as such. They forgot that eight-tenths of the value of a pound of wool was in human labor and skill, and when they imported free wool American farmers and laborers were thrown ont of employment, and fereign farmers and laborers were paid the money we ought to receive. We owed a duty to our farmer and farm laborer. Farm la borers were having a hard time. The Democrats would destroy the value of every little flock of sheep pasturing on the hills of this country. Diversified farming was the true road to prosperity for the farmer.. Every farm laborer knew that if he would receive a fair compensation for his toil the employer must have a good and a paying market for the farm products. A LITTLE ACRIMONY "DRAPS" IN. Ray Gets Invited "Out In the Alley" by a Virginia Man. In closing his speech, after citing certain figures regarding the price Of -wool under the policy of protection, he was interrupted by Pendleton of West Virginia. Ray re plied that he was not a teacher in a Demo cratic kindergarten and would not be far ther interrupted by gentlemen who could procure all the information desired in the proper books. Meredith of Virginia here took a hand In the f raca s and said that while they might need information in re lation to the tariff they did know the courtesy which should obtain between gentlemen. . Wasn't Talking to Meredith. Ray said he had shown as much courtesy to members of the bouse as the member from Virginia showed him, whom be had not addressed at all. Applause.1 Mere dith retorted that he desired the gentle man to know that he (Meredith) stood by his remarks here or elsewhere. Ray said he was perfectly willing he should stand by his remarks and was willing he should ask for information, but when arithmeti cal questions were asked which could be answered by reference to any book on statistical works, he (Ray) asserted that this was not done in good faith. The Lie Subjunctive. . Meredith baid that if the cent le man from New Tort meant this statement ue said that, which was not true. Kay answered there could be no issue between them, and that the gentleman from Virginia could not frighten him. He had not lieen brought up in the woods to le scared by an owl. Applause and laughter. Coombs of New York made an argument in behalf of free wool, which would stimu late foreign trade and extend our foreign rommerce without resort to subsidies, and this closed the debate for the day. Bolph Talks of free Wool. The subject of free wool also had a bearing in the senate yesterday. Dolph made an extended speech in reply to one made recently by Pepper in which the condition of the farmer was pictured in woeful periods. Dolph denied that the farmer was as badly off as represented, and insisted that he was doing "pretty well thank you." and then went into the tariff question. Explaining the decrease of the price of wool under the McKinley bill he said that it was because the con stantly increasing products of other coun tries have forced the price still lower in the world's markets, and without the Mc Kinley law the decrease in price in the world's markets would have been all the more injurious to the wool-growers of this country. FINANCES VERY SATISFACTORY. Receipts and Kxpenes Are About a Staiid-OfT. Washington, March 12. The "ten days"' siatcmeut issued by -the treasury depart ment yesterday shows a very satisfactory condition of affairs. Since the 1st of March the receipts and expenditures have run very evenly, there being a net balance in the treasury of more than $31,000,000. This includes, however, about $27,000,000 iu national batik depositories, and in sub sidiary silver. The net gold and bullion has increased within the last ten days J.-VKl.tKH. Increase of Customs at Gotham. The receipts at the port of New York for the past ten days were ?3,tj05,!3!), show ing an increase, for the first, time since the -McKinley bill went into effect, of .'00,000. The receipts at New York, which collects t''i per ceut of all the custom dues in the X'niii'il States, are generally regarded in the treasury department as an index oi re ceipts for the rest of the country. Public ltuildillg in Cities. Washington, March 12. During m speech in the senate yesterday on his L3 for posloffices in small cities Vest said that of thel.V),0uO, two expended for buildings sincethe foundation of the government fKVjUi,-000 had been expended in ten large ge cities as follows: Baltimore, l,500,0li0; Boston, $4,000,000; Charleston, fcVSOO.OOO; Chicago, $4,500,000; Cincinnati, $0,000, 000; New Orleans, 4,2cOi). Xew York, $8,300,000; Philadelphia, $4, b00,0!Ki; St. Ixmis, $.-i,6O0,000; Sau Francisco fiWiWU-Besides this there were 1(0 cities outside" of Washington where the government buildings had cost from $100, tmo to $600,000, and forty to fifty more cities where the building cost from $40,000 to Sl(i,(Ki0, and it was to remedy this dis crimination in favor of large cities that his bill was framed. The Congressional Brief. Washington-, March 12. A bill was in troduced in the senate yesterday providing that no president can lc elected for a second term until four years have passed. Dolph made a long spe-ch relative of the farmers and on the tariff, declaring that the farmers were not bankrupt, and de fending the McKfhley bill. The bill to construct a post office iu every town where the receipts ranged from $3,000 to $10,000 per year was debated but not completed. The urgent deficiency bill was amended and passed, and adjournment to Monday taken. The house spent the day in committee on the free wool bill, and speeches were made for the bill by Stevens of Massachusetts, Montgomery of Kentucky and Brookshire. Ray spoke against it. An attempt to hold an evening session was a failure for lack of a quorum. Made Vncouiplimentary Kern. irks. Washington, March li The session of the house last evening was bare of re sults, no quorum being present. A call of the house was ordered and carriages were dispatched to convey the recalcitrant con gressmen to the scene of duty. This was futile, however, and after a few uncom plimentary remarks by those present, criticising the absentees, the house ad journed. A Statue to Per Marquette. Washington, March 12. Mitchell of Wisconsin has introduced in the house a joint resolution authorizing his state to place in statuary hall at the Capitol the statue of Pere Marqu ette, an Indian mis sionary who made explorations within the borders of Wisconsin, in the early days of settlement. Discharged for Promotion. Washington, March 12. Wike has- in troduced a bill in the house providing that all veteran volunteer soldiers who were discharged for promotion shall be consid ered honorably discharged, and shall re ceive t be amount of bounty that they would have been entitled to bad they served three years. Tendons for Mexican War Yets. Washington, March 12. Carminetti of California has introduced a bill in the house granting pensions to marines, militia, volunteers, teamsters, clerks, and laborers who served in the Mexican war. Secretary Blaine Much Better. Washington, March 12. Secretary Blaine's condition was much improved last night. He passed a good day, dress ing for the first time since his illness, and eating a hearty lunch and dinner. Democratic Caucus Called. Washington, March 12. A Democratic caucus of the house has been called for to Light by Chairman Holman for the pur pose of selecting a Democratic congres sional campaign committee. A 6alliTan-Corbett Fight Certain. Cincinnati, March 12. Corbett's right hand man and backer, William A. Brady, said yesterday that Sullivan and Corbett will certainly fight. The meeting," be said, "will take place at the Olympic clnb, New Orleans. S--irt. 8." WATTERSON'S FIAT. Cleveland Must Withdraw from the Presidential Race. WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOE CARLISLE nio present veneiueut oppnsitlop Cleveland made us. a good prc-sid; CTeat affairs ne has many of the But Think the Nomination Mont' Cons Went or Go to Iluuell, l'attiton or Gor man Nothing the Matter with Palmer or Boles The Kx-rresldent " Mean while Pursue the Fleeting- Black-Head, Duck Dougherty Against a Big Hall at Chicago Political Field Notes. Chicago, March 12. Henry Watterson calls upon Grover Cleveland to withdraw from the struggle for the presidential nomination. The editor of the Louisville Courier Journal thinks the Democratic party would commit political suicide if it were to place Cleveland at the head of the ticket. He believes that Hill has done his personal grave digging in New York, And regards the chasm between the eJt-presi-dent and the senator as being far too wide to bridge. Mr. Watterson left Chicago for Louisville last night. Carlisle it WxtterMon Man. "I have never indulged myself much in hero worship,"' said he. "Any good Demo crat whom the national convention may see fit to nominate will suit me. If I had to put a man in the White House lie would be Mr. Carlisle. I regard him as the Ijest equipped Democrat in public life. Placing him aside, anybody will suit me if he does not come from New York. The factions there have made the nomination of any New Yorker impossible. Governor Hill Ims killed, Mr. Cleveland and indoing ro has, I think,'' killed himyelf. Cleveland uot the Only Man. j "The nomination must conic west or go to Massachusetts;, Pennsylvania or Mary land. If we could not f leet Mr. Cleveland in 1S8S, when he was in the White House and when we had all t he outer forms aud shows of harmony iu the state of New l one, wnat cliauce would we have against ir."i fit. In ' elements of a great man. I am sincerely his friend. Hut I must contest, and sometimes feet" like resentiug, the notioii that he is our sole, our only and most origipnl Moses iu the matter of tariff reform. y Was Tardy About Tariff Kcform. ' "Mr. Cleveland allowed three years of his administration to pass before he de clared himself. When other Democrats were struggling with the demons of dark ness he was passive and silent. When he did speak out he SKke well, but he was so skeptical -of the issue he had himself pre cipitated that he Bent Mr. Gorman and the late William L Scott to St. Louis with a cut ami dried platform, ignoring his own message, ignoring the Mills bill and reasserting as the party law the straddl we had made in Chicago iu 18S4. I do not mean to impeach or criticise Mr. Cleve land in the least. He is as good a tariff reformer as anybody, but he is no better than half a dozen who have an equal claim with him to the public confidence. Woods Full of Good Men. "In the face of the New York schism it seems to me that his nomination would be sheer suicide, and I have so much respect for his sense of dignity and honor that I take it. for granted that he will in due time withdraw his name." "Do you think tsenator Palmer is too oldr 'Why, what is thematter with Gladstone or Bismarck? No; certainly not. He is au excellent man, and if there are no sink holes in his record would make an excel lent candidate. So would Governor Boies, of Iowa. So would Governor Kussell, or Governor Pattison or Mr. Gorman, if we decide to go east. The woods are full of admirable possibilities." CLEVELAND IS SHOOTING DUCK And locnt Seem to Be Worrying Over Politic Much. Baltimore, March 12. Notwithstand ing the inclement weather, ex-President Cleveland had good luck in shooting ducks at Spesutia island Thursday and yester day. When Cleveland arrived at Havre de Grace Thursday accompanied by a party of New York and Brooklyn gentle men lie was taken in charge by Captain J. B, Keen, of the SjM'sutia gunning club. Iu company with Mr. II. W. Maxwell, of New York, the ex-president was soon oc cupying a double sink box in the narrows. Although the storm drove the gunners off early in the day, Cleveland bad bagged forty plump blackhead ducks. Yesterday mording's achievement was less interest- ing owing to the high winds. Twenty ducks, however, fell victim to Mr. Cleve land's aim. After dinner the party left for New York. No politics were discussed that any one knows of. CLIMAX BAKING POWDER IS ON TOP BECAUSE No other Is so Good No other is so Cheap! Costs less than Half and pleases much better than the over-priced and over- endorsed" kinds. Judge for yourself. In Cans. At yaur Grocer's if I ll ' i. It M (.5.. lit t i i r', Hi i'i - v 1 1