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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, "JULY 29, 1890.
THE DAILY JOURNAL
TUESDAY. JULY 29, 1890.
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P. 8. Heath, Correspondent.
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One thing which the new census will
make evident is that the Republican sec
tion of the country is. gaining popula
tion more rapidly than the Democratic.
Later crop reports from Europe con
firm the previous predictions of a gen
eral short wheat crop .in England and
Franco and a bad potato crop in Ireland.
Cook was assassinated in Mississippi
because ho was an active Republican
and a candidate for office. lie was
neither a carpet-bagger nor a negro, but
a native of the State.
Those "New York swells who cannot
endure American clothes, and had suits
smuggled, which were seized and re
cently sold at auction, doubtless beliovo
that the tariff is a tax.
The lottery campaign iu Louisiana is
to be rendered more interesting by a
coalition of the Farmers' Alliance and
anti-lottery party. ' The iottcry people,
will find this a strong combination.
, Tiie Providence (R. I.) Journal, which
is a Cleveland and mugwump organ, has
tho fairness to declare that "the federal
election law wquld not bring troops to
the polls until it was disobeyed, in which
case they ought to bo there."
TnE Guatemalans are said to have
plenty of arms, but they do not know
bow to use them. They seem to prefer
to use their legs. The fact is the Gua
temalans are an inferior race, and inca
pable of making good soldiers.
The chairmen of Republican county
committees throughout the State should
lose no time in acquainting themselves
with the provisions of the new election
law. It devolves upon them a variety
of new duties, some of them very im
portant. 1 '
Gen. Jubal A. Early, who prates
about honor and tho code, is one of the
officials of the Louisiana lottery, and
receives a large salary for helping to
jflUiUUlO kill U UlliUllU DltUVIUV, UJ
which thousands of persons are- robbed
and ruined every year. His honor must
be very dear to him.
The declination of Col. Eli Lilly
makes a vacancy in the Republican leg
islative ticket which will have to be
filled by the committee. Colonel Lilly's
action is to be regretted, but no doubt
"he has reasons satisfactory to himself.
There are as good fish in the sea as ever
were caught, and the Republicans are
not out of fish yet.
The Buckner Riiles, of Harrodshurg,
Ky., twenty-three men strong and a
captain, have gono to Hazard, in Perry
county, where tho Circuit Court is to
set in a few days. The troops are 6eht
by the Governor as a body-guard for tho
judge, who refused to hold court unless
protected by soldiers. They seem to
have a "force law" in Kentucky. Some
person should move a boycott.
Now that the commissioners of tho
world's fair have tendered tho position
of chief of the bureau of awards to Hon.
Robert P. Porter, Superintendent of tho
Census, it will be in order for the Demo
cratic press to denounce the selection on
the ground of "partisanship." Mr. Por
ter's partisanship consists in being a Re
publican, and in addition to that he is a
man of fine attainments and great ex
ecutive ability, as his management of
the Census Bureau shows.
When Governor Gordon, of Georgia,
requested Mr.Northen,who is tho candi
date of the Alliance in the coming Deni
ccratic convention in that State for
Governor, to meet his friends who wero
to hold a conference to see what can bo
done to allay the movement hostilo to
the Governor's succession to tho senator-
ship, he wrote in reply that ho "did not
find it convenient to leave home, as tho
rain had started the grass growing in
the cotton and every hand was needed
in the fioldr which goes to show that
the Alliance leaders . are not taking
orders from the old party magnates in
Georgia. mmmmmmm
It is admitted by Tillman's opponents
that ho has secured two-thirds of the
delegates to tho South Carolina Demo
cratic convention, to bo held soon, but
this convention does not make nomina
tions, but will decide whether the dele
gates to the State convention which does
nominate shall bo chosen by counties or
primaries. Hitherto the Tillmanites
have favored tho county method, but it
is now stated that ho lias acceded to tho
demand of the regulars for the primary
method. Therefore, it seems that the
fight has just begun. Tho Alliance has
turned its attention to congressional
ccsdidates. Every candidate must sign
a pledtro to sunnort certain radical meas- I
uics in Congress or do without tho Al
liauce vote. Among these is a proposi
tion that railroads shall bo run by tho
government and warehouses for farm
ers' nroduco shall be established bv the
same paternal power. The Republicans
are taking no part in the contest, and
will not nominate a State ticket, but
will make an effort to secure several
members of Congress.
RECIPROCITY.
Reciprocity, as used in connection with
international trad(, implies mutuality
of action. Tariff duties may be levied
by one government without consulting
another, and any country may declare
free trade w ith all others. But recipro
city implies a common understanding
and joint action on both sides. Tho
most the United States could do in any
case or with, any country would be to
make a proffer of reciprocity. Its ac
ceptance and practical operation de
pends en the action of the other country.
It is one of tho cases in which it takes
two to make a bargain. Congress can
not do more than make a proffer of re
ciprocity, a conditional proposition de
pendent on the acceptance and equiva
lent action of some other country, and as
now advised even that would bo un
wise. Before we begin to shape our
economic policy with reference to the
action of other countries, we should en
deavor to ascertain whether they will
meet us half way or make any change
whatever in their established policies.
Without such information any move
ment towards reciprocity would be a
step in the dark which might result in
national humiliation or disaster. If
taken at all it should not be irrev
ocable. Any concessions or over
tures made in this direction should be
left in a position to be withdrawn
and recalled if not met half
way by tho governments to which they
are addressed, and met in a true spirit
of reciprocity. If any duties are re
moved as an invitation to reciprocity tho
President should bo authorized to roini-
poso them, if, within a reasonable time,
corresponding action is not taken by tho
country or countries to which the proffer
is made. , This is the more important
sinco there is no reason to believe that
any of the South American states, or
Spain, the owner of Cuba, desires reci
procity of trade except on terms wholly
advantageous to themselves. The South
American governments are all poor and
have large debs. Their tariffs are thqir
main source of revenue. Most of them
impose heavy duties on imports, and
there is no reason to believe they would
remove or materially lower these in re
turn for such action on our part. The
way to find out is to open negotiations
with those governments, either through
our resident ministers or by special en
voys. In this wray we can ascertain
whether they want reciprocity of trade
or not, to what extent they want it, and
what they are willing to do in the mat
ter. With such information Congress
can legislate understandingly.
DEMOCRATIC INCAPACITY IN CONGRESS.
A captious newspaper is pleased to say
that when the House can lay aside pol
itics long enough it is able to pass such
needed measures as the bankruptcy bill.
It has been able to lay aside politics,
meaning, of. course,, merely partisan
matters, long enough to pass a tariff ad
ministrative bill, a tariff bill, a pension
bill, a silver bill and an original package
bill before it reached the bankruptcy
bill all of which are business measures.
It is a business record such as no House
has made for years, and which no Dem
ocratic House, if it had tho power to
continuo and the capacity to formulate,
could have passed under the irou-clad
rules Democrats adopted to trammel
legislation. To havo taken up any sil
ver bill under the old rules, out of its
order on the calendar, a two-thirds vote
would have been required, and the time
for its consideration, if limited to a few
hours, could havo been talked out with
out action, and. if not limited, a vote
could have been prevented by a few fil
ibusters and dilatory motions. H)no ac
tion was taken tho bill went to the foot
of tho calendar. Bills as reported went
on the calendar, and could not be acted
upon without a two-thirds vqte until
reached by disposing of those preced
ing them. As tho most important meas
ures are not reported until some weeks
of the session have elapsed, they were
so far down the calendar that they could
not bo reached for the session. By the
present rules the majority can take up
any measure that it deems most impor
tant, assign a season for its discussion
and tho hour for taking the vote. Thus
a majority is enabled to legislate. A
Democratic House was able to repeal
the bankruptcy bill, but tho committees
of such houses had not tho capacity to
frame one upon which all the Demo
cratic members thereof could agree. Mr.
Collins, of Massachusetts, devoted a
whole Congress, as chairman of tho
judiciary committee, to an effort to pass
a bankruptcy bill, and miserably failed
in spite of his influence and popularity.
Tho truth is, tho largo majority of tho
Democratic members of the House
represent constituencies which havo
little to do with tho great business in
terests of the country and are hostile to
national and progressive measures. Left
to its own devices a Democratic House
would not have passed an original pack
age bill, though it is a measure of very,
great importance, because it cannot
rise abovo sectional, prejudices and
antiquated heresies about State suprem
acy. A Democratic House conld not
pass ti bankruptcy bill becauso the
Democratic section of tho country views
with suspicion any legislation of a
national character beyond an appropria
tion bill for rivers and harbors, and pub
lic buildings. Three-fifths of tho Demo
cratic members of the House represent
a section whose controlling political ele
ment is at war with that progressive
national legislation which not only
nationality inspires but national- com
merce renders necessary. Consequently
tho committees of Democratic houses
have never been able to agree upon an
important measure affecting the general
industries of the country, except the
interstate-commerce act and Mills tariff
bill. For ten years tho customs service
has been drifting toward demoralization
because the Democrats would not or
could not pass an administrative tariff
act. For the same period tho business
interests of 'tno country have asked for
a judicious bankruptcy act, but Demo
cratic houses have neglected to respond,
chiefly because the controlling element
therein is not national, and is not in
sympathy with tho business interests.
Fortunately for the country a Repub
lican House has shown tho capacity to
cope with business questions and a zeal
in forwarding national measures which
has enabled it to act effectively.
ONLY A QUESTION OF METHOD.
The Democratic press would have the
public understand that Secretary Blaine
objects to the McKinley tariff bill and
that of tho Senate finance committee
as a whole. Even Senator Vance, who
has a better reputation as a wit than as
a Senator, quotes a few lines of one of
Mr. Blaine's letters to Senator Fryo to '
prove that tho Secretary is 'opposed to
tho high duties imposed by tho bill.
Such is not the case. Mr. Blaine has
mado no assertion in those letters which
can bo twisted into hostility to all its
features taken in connection with the
'context. Neither is ho opposed to free
sugar, as some would have it under
stood. He belietes that in taking tho
duty from sugar our government should
get some return for giving a free market
to the sugar-growing countries. The
Houso committee on ways and means,
and the Senate finance commjtteo
would be pleased to make a reciprocal
arrangement if it seemed possible for
them ro do so, but as they can see no
opening for such an arrangement they
havo concluded that the best thing they
could do will be to give tho country :free
sugar, or as nearly free as possible. Tho
sugar duties remitted by the McKinley
bill aro about $o0,000,000. and because
the people of this country do not produco
sufficient sugar to affect the American
price, the $50,000,000 paid as duties are1
paid by the consumers. Tho committees
of Congress, seeing no immediate hope
of reciprocal treaties with tho Spanish
government in regard to Cuba, havo
come to the conclusion that free sugar
is a thing so desirable in itself that the
mass of the people will be satisfied to
secure so great an advantage as the
proposition, involves. Tho whole ques
tion is in the hands of men in the Sen
ate who have largo experience and are
well informed regarding the whole s'ub
jeet, and to them the question maybe
safely confided for adjustment.
The new election law.contains tho'fol-
lowing provision:
No person entitled to vote at any general,
national, State or count7 electiou shall be
employed upon the day on which such elec
tion shall be held, in any manufacturing,
mining, mechanical, or mercantile estab
lishment, or any railroad corporation in
this State during the period of four hours
after tho openintr of any election in the
county in which such person is entitled to
vote, except as to works of necessity, in
which works of necessity every employe
shall be given some period of four hoiirs
between the opening and closing of the
polls on said day. .
It is made a misdemeanor for any coir;
poration, superintendent or employer to
permit any person to be employed con
trary to tho foregoing provision. :. The
object is to give every person ample
time to vote, and to cut off any attempt
at coercion by employers keeping men
at work. The object ;is commendable,
but a strict enforcement of tho law1, may
prove embarrassing. In effect it requires
an entire abstention from work during
four hours after the polls open by all
voters employed in any manufacturing,
mining, mechanical or mercantile es
tablishment, or railroad corporation, un
less tho work is one of necessity, in
.which case the employe shall havo four
hours some time during the day. In all
cities and towns of one thousand popula
tion or more the polls aro to bo opened
at 0 o'clock in the morning, and the law
will go far toward causing a general
suspension of labor from that until 10
o'clock. Four hours is longer than any
person needs for voting, and. persons
who are paid by the hour may not care
to lose so much time. But the law
makes no provision for waiving the priv
ilege, and prohibits employers from per
mitting their men to work during the
hours named.
The following remarkably big talk is
said to havo been made by Governor
Campbell, of Ohio:
If federal supervisors, deputy marshals,
and spies attempt to interfere with the
congressional elections in Ohio next .No
vember! will order out the militia of tho.
State and drive them from the polls and
thus protect the freedom of the ballot and
the rights of the people. If the force bill
is designed, as wo all know it is. for the
purpose of causing trouble and giving tho
Republicans an opportunity to steal the
elections in Democratic States and districts
the sooner the issue is met the better it
will be for the country at large. 1-shall
not permit any interference in the conduct
of the elections in my State if I have to use
the whole of its military power to prevent
such interference. '
This is too loud a bid for tho second
place on the next Democratic ticket, as-
Governor Campbell will learn ere long.
It is nothing more nor less than a threat
to prevent the enforcement of a con
stitutional act of Congress worse even
than nullification. Does he not know
that federal supervisors and marshals
have been present at elections in the
cities of Ohio on several occasions? This
'sort of talk is that of Bombastes Furioso
or Jack Falstaff, and injures no one but
the official who utters it. Governor
Campbell is not a life-long Democrat,
and seems anxious to make up in noisy
bluster what he lacks in Democratic
years.
Chairmen and secretaries of countv
conventions throughout the State should
take notice that, under the new law,
they aro required to certify to the Coun
ty Board of Election Commissioners the
names of the candidates nominated by
tho conventions at which they acted.
This certification is to enable , the elec
tion commissioners to prepare the ballot.
It must be mado in writing, signed by
the chairman and secretary of the con
vention and acknowledged before a no
tary public or other officer authorized to
take acknowledgments of deeds. There
need bo no haste in performing this
duty, but it should be borne in mind.
The County Board of Election Commis
sioners consists of the clerk of each
county and two other persons to be des
ignated by tho respective chairmen of
the county committees. The chairman
and secretary of the State convention
must, in a similar manner, certify its
nominations to tho State Board of Elec
tion Commissioners, consisting of the
Governor and two other persons desig
nated by the chairmen of the respective
State central committees. Certificates
of State nominations are to be filed with
the board not less than twenty days bo
fore the election and those of county
nominations with the county board not
less than fifteen days before the elec
tion. If the chairman and secretary of
any nominating convention fail to cer
tify tVe nominations to the board, with
in the time specified by law, it may bo
done by the chairman and secretary of
the couutv committee.
It cannot be charged that Gen. W. T.
Sherman, the greatest American soldier,
now living, ever made himself officious
iu political matters, nor can he be re
garded as a bitter partisan; neverthe
less ho has, on several occasions, spoken
his mind with freedom and in no doubt
ful words on momentous public ques
tions. At a meeting of icterans in
October, 18S8, when very little was be
ing said on the subject of the overthrow
of suffrage in the South, General Sher
man called attention to the great wrong
in the following words:
The bondsmen are now free, and by the
Constitution and laws of the land are en
titled to vote as though they were born
free white men, but we all knew then, as
we know now, that constitutions and laws
are idls wind. People are governed by
usages, customs, and not by laws. The
negro in not permitted to vote if the vote
disturbs the judgment of tho white major
ity: anc. if it changes the.verdict of their
former masters it is not couuted. What is
tho use of shutting onr eyes to a well--known
fact? We did that from 1850 to lbGO,
and have paid the penalty. The next war
may be avoided by reason and common
sonse. I say to the South, let the uegro
vote, and count his vote honestly. It will
not disturb, but, on the contrary, will
hasten your prosperity and stability as a
people. There is no use of talking to me
about "bloody shirts." I have seen enough
of them; yea, coats and overcoats ensan
guined by the heart's blood of the best men
that ever lived. The Northern people will
not long permit the negro vote to be sup
pressed and yet bo counted in the political
game against them. Better meet the ques
tion honestly. Ask the abrogation of Arti
cle 14 of tho amendments to the Constitu
tion, or allow the negro to vote, and count
his vote. Otherwise, so sure as there is a
God in heavxm, you will have another war,
more cruel than the last, when the torch
and dagger will take the place of the mus
kets of well-ordered battalions.
The secretary of an extensive pottery
manufactory at Trenton, N. J., says:
It will not be long before the Trenton
potteries will be furnishing this country
all the pottery it requires, both useful and
artistic. Within a year the Trenton kilns
will be pntting on the market as fine china
and porcelain as is turned out anywhere in
the world. The Democratic free-trade
statesmen and writers have made a special
fight on the Trenton potteries, but they
still endure. Oar pottery alone pays
$3,000,000 in wages every year to tho work
men of Trenton, moro 'than all the free
trade importers of Now York city pay out
in the way of wages in ten years. The
Anierican potters are as skillful and artis
tic as any in the world, and, if they aro
properly protected, they will, before very
long.be able to supply America with not
only its useful table-ware, but with valu
able porcelains and bisques that are classed
as works of art.'
Here is an establishment paying.
$3,000,000 in wages to workmen, and
it is only one of several. Free trade
would send that money and a great deal
more abroad and turn the workmen out
to find other employment. American
china' ought to bo good enough for
Americans, and, surely, it is cheap
enough, but this manufacturer says that
under proper protection it will soon be
better and cheaper. American wares,
American wages, and American markets
for Americans is a pretty good policy to
tie to.
A sharp contest is going on in Ken
tucky for tho office of Clerk of the Court
of Appeals. The Democrats, after a
bitter struggle in the State convention,
nominated an ex-confederate soldier
overan ex-Union veteran. The latter
and his friends felt that they were not
well used, as nearly all of the offices aro
given to ex-confederates. The Kepub-'J
licans have taken advantage of the dis
sension, and their candidate is making a
canvass upon tho issue that Union sol
diers have beeu ignored in Kentucky.
Only one or two prominent Democrats
are opposing the Democratic candidate,
but it is somewhat significant that only
one ex-Union soldier is stumping for the
Democratic ticket. While it is scarcely
probable that tho Republicans will be
successful, they have succeeded in
frightening their opponents, and will
bring out a heavy vote. The election
takes place next Monday. ,
Mr. Lucius Briggs. who claims to be a
quiet business man in Glasco, Conn., is
very desirous, as are" all patriotic people, to
have a monument built in honor of General
Grant, now that the New Yorkers who vol
unteered quite officiously, if not offensively,
to perform that duty of gratitude have
failed: To that end be has issned a circular
suggesting that on Wednesday, Oct 1, an
organization be made in every school dis
trict in the Northern States, in order that
an opportunity be given to every man,
woman and child to contribute a dime each
for the building of a monument. Estimat
ing the people in the States which did not
secede at forty-five millions, he thinks that
$2,250,000 could be raised, and suggests that
the Governors of States issue a proclama
tion, or take some other official method of
bringing tho matter to public attention.
He expresses the opinion that Washington.
D. C, is the proper place for such a monu
ment. The general features of the propo
sition can but commend themselves to pa
triotic people.
A dispatch from Bar Harbor, Me., says
that the United States man-of-war Kear
earge hag been detached from the North
American squadron at Bar Harbor and
ordered to New York to tit out for a foreign
cruise. It is conjectured that she will be
sent with the body of the lato Captain
Ericsson to Sweden. The Pensacola was
first designated fortius service, but she is
a wooden vessel of inferior grade, and it
may have been thought advisable, out of
courtesy to the Swedish government, to'
send a vessel of higher rank. This is the
more probable since it has become apparent
that Sweden intends to receive Ericsson's
remains with great honors.
Eastern papers announce the death of .
State Senator Silver, of Marj'land, where
by hangs a sad story. He was a son-in-law
of the defaulting State Treasurer Archer,
was only thirty-one years old, and up to
the time of hjs father-in-law's downfall
was halo .and hearty. Ho took tho dis
graco 60 deeply to heart that 'his health
gave way. He stack to Archer from first
to last, and accompanied him to prison.
When a member of the Legislature, in 1881,
and prior to his marriage, Mr. Silver sec
onded the nomination of Archer for Sfc
Treasurer, and in doing so referred to L
as "the; noblest work of God." The tv
men had always been closely identified in
politics, and when Silver ran for State Sen
ator last fall Archer backed him liberally.
The knowledge that tho money used in his
behalf at that time came from the State
treasury preyed heavily on Silver's mind,
finally causing his death. It is tho old
story. The worst feature of men's crimes
and vices is that they involve others than
themselves. .
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The controversy over the Harrison cot
tage at Cape May caused the editor of the
New York World to address a note of in
quiry to Mr. W. V. McKeau, in whose name
the property was placed in order that a
legal transfer could be made. Mr. McKean
responded thns:
To the Editor of the World:
Your message to me Inquiring concerning the
Harrison cottage purchase cot to the Ledger
onice yesterday during my abset.ee froni the city.
It conies to my hand this Saturday afternoon.
Whatever knowledge I have about the purchase
of the cottage is so purely personal and confiden
tial that I do not feel at liberty to make any
statement for publication at thi. time further
than this, that I feel assured that the President's
apparent agreement to the acceptance of the cot
tace was conditioned upon bis understanding
tliat he would be allowed to repay the full cost of
the house if it should he found to suit his family
after they had occupied it awhile.
W.V. McKean.
The citizens of Kansas City have evi
dently had enough of Democratic default
ers in the city treasury, and consequently
elected Colonel Case, the Republican can
didate, on Saturday, by 1,500 majority.
To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal
Do priuted blanks, with spaces filled in by type
writer, sent unsealed, require letter postage, or
do they go as printed matter! 2. Does matter
unsealed, written on type-writer, go as printed
or written master in the mails! Header.
V incenses, Ind.
The character of mail matter depends on
the matter itself, and not on whether it is
sealed or unsealed. Printed blanks and
circulars come under the head of third-class
matter, the postage on which is one cent for
each two ounces. The law requires that
such matter shall be "wholly in print," but
this permits the insertion of date and name
of sender, and person to whom sent. But
no blank can be filled, either by hand or
type-writer, which changes tho character
of the circulator blank from general to per
sonal or specific. If the inserted matter
gives the blank the character of a personal
correspondence it becomes first-class mat
ter, subject to letter postage, whether
sealed or not. A person may leave a letter
unsealed, but that does not change its
character or the rate of postage to which
it is subject.
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
A doll is being exhibited at Leipsio
which possesses the faculty of writing legi
ble letters and sentences.
Ethel Ingalls, the eldest daughter, of
the Kansas Senator, is a young woman of
twenty, and very handsome.
A manufacturer of one of the standard
type-writers on the market says that there
are 75.000 women who make a living in this
country by running the machines.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, subscribes
to 200 newspapers, and is said to read them
as carefully as he does his letters. In this
way he keeps thoroughly posted on the pol
itics of his State, v
The poet Browning had a marvelous
memory. He could always tell the exact
place of any quotation or fragment of quo
tation referred td him, and was greatly
vexed whenever he heard his own lines mis
quoted. It appears that Miss Winnie Davis is not
the only surviving daughter of Jefferson
Davis, as has often been assumed. Mar
garet, the elder sister, is the wife of a
Mississippian, J. A. Hayes, who is now a
banker in Colorado Springs.
Princess Marie Leonide Bonaparte,
daughter of Prince Charles, has just mar
ried a simple lieutenant of infantry and
brought him a dowry of 3,000,000. The
father at first opposed the marriage, but
Bonaparte women are in the habit of doing
as they like, and the Princess had her way.
Mrs. Kendal has invented a wonderful
fan which carries a number of little toilet
requisites in email apertures ingeniously
contrived for the purpose. At the handle
there is a silver box of the tiniest dimen
sions, which contains a minute powdei
putf, and a small adjacent clasp is intended
to hold the handkerchief. The fan. is a
great success.
. Henry M. Stanley was one engaged to
a Greok lady of rank in Athens, .and re
ferred her parents to Major St. A. D. Bal-
corabe, then editor of the Omaha Repub
lican. Stanley at that time did not bear
such a reputation in Omaha as would rec
ommend him as tho son-in-law ot a person
of rank, and Mr. Balcombe never replied to
the Greek consul's letter.
Christopher Sciiaffer, the man who
discovered John Morrissey, taught him to
write his name, had him trained for his
first fight, and helped him along the ilow-
ery path of fame generally, is 631 in
a faro game at Saratoga. Schailer states
what isn't generally known, that Morrissey
died in Parlor 5 at the Adelphi Hotel in
Saratoga, and that his bills for doctors.
nurses and board for his family, amount
ing to about b00, are still unpaid.
Mr. and Mrs. Navarro have been mak
ing a tour in the Midlands of England, and
have spent some time at Nottingham. ,They
went there very quietly and unannounced,
so that, though the features of the ride
are familiar enough to most peopfe, they
happily escaped recognition and tho inev
itable mobbing of the curious which would
have followed. "How like Mary Ander
son," said the proprietor of a shop where
she mado some purchases to a friend, and
the resemblance was certainly striking.
The excavations in a hill on the plain of
Marathon by the Archa?ological Society of
Athens have resulted in the discovery of
charred bones, believed to be the remains
of the 192 Athenians who fell in th famous
battle. Several years ago Dr. Schliemann
made excavations at the same place, but he
met with no success and renounced the
work. The charred bones were found at a
depth of thirty-nine feet near the base of
the hill. In addition to the remains, urns
were also found, which, according to a cus
tom of that time, were buried empty. At a
later date the ashes were placed in them.
The excavations are to be continued, and
interesting results are expected.
Dr. Gatlixo, the inventor of the famous
gun which bears his name, is a most in
dustrious man for one of his years, and
while he has douo little in the way of in
vention since he gave his famous field-piece
to the world, he has been far from idle all
these vears. 1 he Doctor livfxa in a hand.
Borne house on Charter Oak Hill. Hartford.
Conn., built near the spot where the historic
charter oak tree stood. . In his back 3'ard
stands a long wooden abed, under which
stands a carpenter's table. This is the
Doctor's work shop, and p. curious place it
is. Wooden and metal models, old and
weather-stained, lie about. turronndedby
diagrams and dra wines. To this work
shop the Doctor goes every morning, pleas
ant or stormy, and works until breakfast.
which in his household is scheduled for 7
o'clock.
General Kossuth was Tecently asled
where he would fpend this summer. In re
ply he said: "Yon are touching on a deli-
cate point, but I am not ashamed to confess
my poverty. 1 cannot always allord to
change my residence 'with the season.
Nevertheless, I like to stroll about the
country during the summer, but I avoid
places where other men throng. I prefer
solitary nature in the mountains. She, at
any rate, does not deceive uih. Here in
lurin 1 lead a perfectly secluded life. 1
visit noltalians and receive scarcely any
visitors. As a rule, I am at home to no one.
For manv vears 1 hav nuirht forcetfnl.
neKS in work. This is no longer possible.
1 am a broken-down old man. Work xa
tigucs me, and the painful wretchedness of
solitude weighs daily more and more upon
lue. I am alone with niv mpniorie. nlonn
with my bitter experiences. I was formerly
unable to compass my ainm without helpful
fellow-workers, and then I learned to un
derstand mankind. Plato is right; life it
no blessing, no gift, but a duty; no gain,
hut rather a leas. When, on the brink of
ilie grave, a man makes up bis account. th
balance is always on the wrong side. I
have asked myself whether lite was worth
livinu. One only comfort remains to rae,
1 have persistently followed duty."
A CUIUOUS C031lLALNT.
Senator George on the Cnu "Why Should
MUtUslppI Offer a Criticism?
Washington Special to New York Tribune.
Senator Geortre. of Mississmni. is onn
whom the lato A. Ward, in his more satiric
al moments, might have called 'an amoosin
cuss" none bnt a satirist could do it. la
some comments on the recent census. Sen
ator George recently said that 'he was un
willing to credit the report that the popu
lation of Mississippi had not increased. On
the contrary, there had been an enormous
immigration of negroes into the State,
especially into that portion known as ihn
delta. The fact was painfully true. Ho
had heard of no complaints as to the taking
oi me ceusus in his fctate. except Xrom tho
city of Meridian, where it was alleged that
many residents of tho place had been over-
loo&ed. lie understood that the Census
Office would investigate the complaints.
Mississippi's population has assuredly in
creased largely."
Uf course: to be 6ure: certainly. It is
"painfully true'' that there has been "an
enormous immigration of negroes into the
State," and "Mississippi's population has
assuredly increased very largely," says
senator oeorge. rrobably the Senator
will not regard it as a libel to print what
he has freouentlv avowed to be the f net-
that the first really pure, honest elections
in his State after the war were held under
the "shotgun plan," which was first adopted
and carried out under his auspices when he
was chairman of the Democratic executive
btate committee in lb75 and 187f. General
George has strongly contended that under
the impetus of the "reform" initiated br
him and his party, elections in Mississippi
became a fair exnresinn of thn will nf t h
people. Thus, m 1876, one man in five and
andone-hfth of the population, according
to the last preceding census, was
counted in the returns of tho
vote for President; in 1SS0 only .one
mo.. ! 1 I 1 A r. a m At .
Luau iu uiue aim mree-mins ox me popula
tion was counted in tho returns of the voto
for President. That is to eay, the propor
tion of voters to population had decreased
more than 85 per cent in four years. This
alone would indicate a degree of "purifica
tion" which, apparently, should have sat
isfied the most exacting and enthusiastic
apostle of "ballot reform,"
fcenator George and everv other Demo
crat in Mississippi declare, with much em
phasis and an injured air, 'whenever any
thing is said or intimated to the contrary,
that elections in Mississippi are as fair.
iree ana honest as they are in Michigan, or
Massachusetts, or any other State. Now,
Senator George believes that he believes it.
Let it be admitted that the assertion is
true. This. then, follows: In 18). accord
ing to the census taken in June of that year,
the population of Mississippi was 1,131.597;
the presidential vote in November, IbiO,
wua ui,w(; i a no uuo louiue auueix-iemus;
in 18S8 the total vote was 115,507, which, at
the same ratio, indicated a population of
1,109,443, or a decrease cf 22,154 in popula
tion. It is apparent, therefore, that tho
"enormous immigration of netrroes." of
which Senator. George speaks, must have
depleted the colored population of some of
the other Southern States. And yet it is
difficult to believe that Mississippi, be
tween Nov. 6, 188, and June SO, 181)0, re
ceived an accession of 22,151 colored per
sons from other States. It is true that
South Carolina eeoms to have lost moro
than one-half of her population between
18S0and 18S8, if . the statement that her
elections were fair be true but Missis
sippi's gain must have accumulated sinco
Nov. 6, 1&S8. Of course even Senator
George will not pretend to say that there
has been any large accession of foreign
persons to the population of his State. In
1870 the number of loreign-born persons
in the state was about 11,000, which, in
1880, had dwindled to about y.000. Why
the fact that there has been "an enormous
immigration of negroes into the Stato
should be painfully tme"if it be true
Senator George has not explained. Can it
be that he fears that legal voters who aro
colored men will -souo time obtain their
legal rights under the Constitution and
laws! But that is aside. The population
of the State of Mississippi has not only not
increased, but has diminished in )he last
ten years, or else tho votes of a large num
ber of legal vot rs'have been suppressed
either at the polls or in the election re
turns. Senator George. may choose that
horn of the dilemma which seems to be the
easier and more agreeable to him.
It may assist him, perhaps, to show in its
relation to the decrease of the Republican
vote and in the increase of Democratic
"majorities" in the State, some of the results
as to counties. He lives in the county of
Carroll, in which, as he well knows, the
Republicans would have a majority of sev
eral hundred votes if men were allowed to
vote and have their votes honestly couuted.
In 1S80 the returned voto of Carroll county
for Garfiold was 207, in 1S88 tho returned
vote for Harrison was 00, and the returned
"majority" against him was iW8. Ono need
not pin his faith to census figures to believo
that there may be ground for criticism iu
the following table:
Jicpub. rpe. Pomtlation 1S90.
Count;. lgid. lssSO. V hilc. Corat.
Copiah 401 179 13.000 14,000
Kemper 325 57. 7.000 8,0(
Lawrence 2 563 4,000 4.0OO
La Flore 1 207 . 2,000 K.ooo
Lowndes i 17 330 5,000 22.000
Marcon 201 4,000 21,000
Noxubee 0 427 5,ooo 24.oo
Panola 1,121 1,754 l,OOG 1H,000
Bunilower 14 150 1,000 2,000
Tallahatchie... 23 415 4,000 0,000
Tate 437 1,435 O.OOO O.OOO
Wilkinson 37 432 3,000 14,000
Yazoo 7 155 8.000 25,000
If elections be fair, and free, and honest
in Mississippi, as Senator George and his
party friends assert, why should the immi
gration of negroes, however "enormous," be
"painful!" The influence of tho Republican
voters, white or colored, in Mississippi,
seems to have become a minus quantity.
That being so, it ill becomes Senator GeorcrV.
who was one of- the leading spirits iu tho
"revolution," to complain about the census
of the State of Mississippi.
A Few Alterations.
Wasninrton Post.
The Democratic correspondents are send
ing out a most interesting story about tho
new coachman at the White House. Tho
on!y thing that mars it is the fuct that ho
is not an Englishman, does not wear long,
fiowing terra-cotta whiskers, and his com
plexion is even a shade or so darker than
that of ex-coachman Hawkins. With theso
slight alterations, the story goes.
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What Would Become of Voorhee' Speeches?
Columbus (O.) Post.
Senator Sherman is to be commended for
raising the question in the Senate on Friday
whether the debates in Congress ought not
to be edited and immaterial matters omit
ted. This is a move in the right direction.
The Congressional Record is now a sort of
waste-basket, and there is a grand oppor
tunity for reform.
Senator Voorhee Alarmed.
Terre Haute Express.
Mr. John E. Lamb is to be chairman of
the Democratic county committee. -This is
evidence of the alarm of Mr. Voorbees for
the eloction of the legislative ticket in this
county. Mr. Voorhees is on record an say
ing that he wonld not ask election to-th
United States Senate if his own county did
not send Representatives who would vote
for him. ,
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Demagogues Duping Farmers.
Augusta Qa ) Chronicle.
As tho Chronicle remarked the other day,
the sub-treasury warehouse scheme is a
good enough Morgau until after the elec
tiou for place-hunters and demagogues to
ride into office upon.
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A Neglected Opportunity.
Detroit Tribune.
is Mr. Cleveland at homo? Wo are pa
tiently waiting for him to write a letter to
the Sheffield folks, congratulating them on
their manly fight airainNt the McKinley
bill. We take it that Mr. Cleveland is
either ill or absent.
Our Itoar'it Itecord.
Ksntas City Star (IuL Dt m.)
"Why should the New York Times call
Governor Gray, of Indiana, a 'renegade, and
a ,tricksterT"T a&ks tho Albany Times,
Probably becauso he is a renegade avd a
trickster. 4