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Hd. 2 THE WORLD : THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1887. -
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Ht ftty MM. Mtntng JMIIIom.
HL THE DAHQER IS HERE.
HBt The defenders of tbo war tariff now undor-
Hf take to belittlo the surplus and to represent
H ' the possibility of a deflclouoy in tho near
K future."
H Noithor lying nor blinking will alter facts.
R"p Seeretory Faucuild shows that " each
Hh 7ear for twenty-two years thero has been a
B surplus tho least, $2,34,000 in 1671; tho
Kv' greatest, $15,643,000 in 1B82." The total
Kr surplus in this time has been nearly $1,000,.
Kf 000,000. The surplus last year was $103,000,-
K 000. Tho surplus for tho current year will bo
H& ' $110,000,000.
RD Heretofore tho excess has boen applied to
HBt. reducing tho debt. This channel of outlet
HH)(h" was closed last July. Tho danger of accumu.
HK J Utlon is upon us.
HBjp ,Off with tho superfluous war taxes I
Kv ME. BLAHH7B IDEAJ3.
HK? ' Mr. Blaine puts tho cart boforo tho horso
Hflfjj? in saying that tho President favors the roteu-
Hfip tion of the internal taxes " in ordor that tho
P tariff may be forced down below tho fair
HB' rovenuo standard."
Bkv The President would retain the remnant of
BCp the internal taxes in order that tho noccssl.
BBS'" ' ties of the peoplo may bo roliovcd of war
BKt duties that aro no longer required cither for
BBk' protection or revenue.
BBfi Tho reduction proposed by tho Prosidont
BBIV' would leave (he tariff higher than it uxu in
BeBfi 1S63'
BBK, "We agreo with Mr. Blaine that the internal
BBfl tax on tobacco should bo repealed. This
BBS? compromise will doubtless bo n part of any
BBK'' bill framed to pass.
BBB Mr. Blaine's adhesion to his old idea of
BBvct distributing tho surplus among tho States,
BBvf , shows on unexpected streak of Bourbonism
BBK) in him. The Burplus is to bo stopped, not
BBS; scattered.
Hp A BULWARK OF MON0POLIE&
Bfi'v What are "trusts" for? To crush com-
BBflkf petition and raise prices.
BBftt What makes "trusts" possible in this
K country ? Tho nltitudinous war tariff.
BBBf What is the limit of their extortion ? Tho
BBBfr Beli-samo "vicious" tariff. The higher tho
BJPJItM ax on foreign importations tho more secure
P j 9 and moro profitable tho monopolies.
ffl A blow at the war tariff is a blow at tho
V 5 "trusts."
BB, POSTAL TELEGRAPH POSSIBILITIES.
BBBJp! Thelogio of ovonts certainly favors the
BfK. postal telegraph. It involves no now priii-
BBK?i ciple. From mall to telegraph is simply a
BBSJt ' soientifie progression in mothod and not a
BBM,' change of function.
BBMj Privato entorprlso would nover have givon
BBl& bs Uta two.ccnt postage. Monopoly will
BBtt- nover bring cheap telegraphy. For a six-
BbHlv', pence tho Fjiglish Government Bystcm sends
BBBI,, ten words to any part of tho British Isles.
BBS en cents ought to carry a similar message to
K- Buy part of this country.
BHH Telegraphy is in tho infancy of its useful.
BBKfi nosa. Low and uniform rates would multi.
BBUr ply tno business of tho wires.
BBWi Put the civil service on tho right basis, and
BBtr. then postal telegraphy will be a good thing
ioialk.about.
BBj COST AND W0UTE.
BBJg When It cornea to a question of " worth,"
BaBjn there is no doubt that any good nowspaper is
BPjv worth five cents, and an exceptionally good
BHf 1 one, like The Would, a dime.
BBk. The Sunday Wobls is well "worth" $1.
BBjp ' It contains more and better reading than a
BBup great many books that sell for that sum.
HBS And yet if a good newspaper can be pro.
BBjn I dnced and sold at a profit for two cents, or
BR ' three cents on Sunday, why shouldn't the
BBfif. publio have the benefit of tho cheapness
BBKj, i warranted by an enormous circulation ?
BBHf It is cost and not worth that fixes prices.
BBSi IX HAS BESS TOUCHED.
H J A feeble plaint is raised by an Old Whig
BBff, ' . Journal, at the tall of the Democratio pro.
BBH iCMHioa, to have ''tho internal revenue
K" ' o0hed first'' tl
BBSJyjjgskl
two articles aro taxed under it tobacco and
spirits. At its hoight, tho Internal system
taxed nearly everything raovablo in tho coun
try. It producod at its maximum $309,000,000
ayear. Last year it yioldod but $118,000,000.
But tho tariff is within 1 point of tho
highest war averngo. It produced Inst year
over $30,000,000 moro than at tho clone of tho
war.
Tax luxuries oud exempt necessities is tho
sound Democratio doctrine laid down ky tho
President.
"THE WORLD" "M0VE3 ON."
This Would " movos on" again this timo
onto Washington. A small army of its alert
reporters laid slego to Congress. And it cap.
turcd what it was aflor i. c. , tho opinions of
tho mombors on tho tariff and Presidential
questions.
Home significant facts woro dovolopod. Tho
Democrats who expressed thoinsulvcs wcro
nlmost a unit in favor of tho President's
recommendations. A rcasonablo compromibo
measuro would probably solidify tho Demo
cratic bIJo of tno IIoubo. Moro llopublicaus
favored than Domocrats opposed Cleve
land's ideas. Tho outlook for tariff reform
decidedly brightons.
But as for Mr. Blaine, woll-a-day I it looks
liko a political oclipso. Only twenty-llvo
Blaine Bopublicans could bo found. Somo
forty Tor discreetly non-commlttnl ; seven
teen were for tho Convention's nominee
Tub Would " movos on," and radiates a
good deal of interesting Information as it
proceeds.
TWI0E COURTED.
Tho Chicago girl who has boen twice woood
and won by tho samo lovor, becauso of a loss
of all memory of the first wooing occasioned
by a sorlous illness, ha? had a uniquo ex
perience A great many girls are twico courted and
won by tho same wooor, but it is only n lov
ors' quarrel that intervenes. No well. con
ditioned young woman over forgets her first
wooing without tho holp of a momory.ob
litcratlng illnoss.
It is not recorded that tho Chicago young
man objected to doing his work ovor again.
CDT THE TELEPHONE RATES.
The extortionate- imturo of tho Boll mono
poly is very apparent from tho statistics of
tho tolophono business, published for tho
first timo in Tno Would this morning.
Out of aggregate earnings of $10.883,BC0,
tho subsidiary companies rocoivo only 7.50
por cont. on their allcgod capital. Tho
parent company, charging $11 rent on every
ouo of tho 311,070 instruments in uso, takes
tho lion's sharo of tho profits.
Protection to a patentee- docs not justify
oxtortion. Tho Legislatures havo tho right
to reduce- tolcphouo oharges to a roasonablo
basis, and they should do so. Tho Bell peo
plo should bo satisfied with a fraction of tholr
1 prosont enormous income
EXTORTION NOT PROTECTION.
When Mr. Blaine has road tho full text of
tho President's messago ho will, boo that ho
has douo Mr. Cleveland an injustice
Tho President docs not objoct to " permit
ting protection to result frcoly as an incident
to rovenuo duties." He oxpressly says that
tho tariff system " must bo continuod," and
and that in ,1 tcadjustmeut " tho interests
of Amorican labor should bo carefully con
sidorcd, as well as tho prosorvatlon of our
manufactures," though " this may bo called
protection or by auy other namo."
It is not incidental protection, but lntou
tioual and direct extortion from tho tax.
payors to which tho tariff reformers object.
It is stated in tho Sun that Peteo Mitchell,
" lato of Boaiip'b counsol," has boen "men.
tionod" in connection with au Assistant
District-Attornoyship, and that " tho know,
ing ones say his chancos aro good." Jacou
Shabp's chances aro gunorally boliovcd to be
liko wi bo good for keeping his liborty.
Tho man who stole an umbrella from a
pedostrian in City Hall Park the othor day
" will bo back " in fivo years. By Recorder
Smith's direction ho spends tho interval in
Sing Sing. ,
Tho President rcoommonds just what tho
National Conventions of both parties solomuly
pledged themselves to do, and forthwith tho
entire Kcpublican press begins to howl that
ho has invited bluo ruin upon tho country.
" Thero aro worso things thau a surplus,"
says a journal that is filled with inward rngo
at tho President's Messago. Yos, a war tax
prolonged in the interest of monopolies is
worso than tho surplus that it produces.
"No ono who dislikes to pay customs
duties is compelled to do so," says a war
tariff organ. No, he can go to jail for smug
gling. But how about sugar ? Can ho got
that of any homo monopoly ?
Tiie Would naturally recognizes enterprise-
when it sees it, and it choorfully con
cedes that the Tribune'i interviow with Mr.
Blaine on the President's messago was an
admirable stroko of work.
Mr. Blaine's idea that " whiskey should
pay for coast dofenscs " will rank him as a
temperance man among distillers and a
fcaloonite among tho Prohibitionists.
Tint World's regiment of reporters cap.
tured Washington, though other regimouts
have failed. The pencil is mightier than tho
bayonet.
As a matter of cold fact, every reduction
of the tariff mado since tho war has boen fol.
lowed by a reduction in the rovenuo from
customs.
Tho Supremo Court has declared prohibi.
tion to be constitutional. But even the Su
preme Court cannot mako prohibition possi.
ble.
If rmyfhujiglesythanVlfperient: tariff be'
" free trade," this country U going in for
waaofwsaoa.
,N0 rUN TO HE A CZAR.
Illll Nye'a Dlaaertnl'lon nn Home Obvloua
lllaromfort of Itnrnltr.
If snythluK coold reconcile tho average Ameri
can boy to the fact that ha la not a Czar, It would
be the lato itor of Mr. fitrskoich to the effect that
Ills Imperial Majoty onco, when Czarowltch,
plajnl n French obllgato to the Bnz given tijr
Mine. Nilaaon, and that years alter, nhen ho had
liocomo a full-blown Czar, tho orchestra allocted
lilm In tears, fur It brought back the memory of
that blessed timo when lio did not have to put
on a ahect-lron overcoat to go out and get the
morning paper.
Happier Indeed wai this great man, with his
French horn and his portfolio as Czaruwltch, living
from hand to month, than In after years a a thirty,
second degree C'zur with a mighty Kinplro undor
his thumb und a fractions bomb under bla throne.
Greatness brings with It nowspaper criticism,
loss of appctllc, languor, cold feet and death.
And even In death a great man docs not atand
much of a chance, ltcllc-huntcrs come and try to
break Into his grave and carry fragments of his
system away to remember him by, and the histo
rian criticises him to his heart's content.
For this reason wo ought to apprcclato a country
whoro we need not bo great If wo would rather
not. A Cztr really has no alternative, llo can
avoid being a Czarina by beginning In time, but
when ho discovers that ho Is a Czarowltch ho
knows that It Is good-by, John, as tho Russians
havo It. Hero tho rules uro tors ncvore. A man
may escape grcatueas lor years and years. He may
bu rrusldcnt ot tho United Btatei to-day and pro
moting pulletH to-morrow.
The utmost latttudo Is given to an American.
Ho can not only abstain from being great, bat after
ho has been great, our people will excuse a man
and allow him to Insert himself Into obscurity
again In case ho lecls more comfortahto that way.
Hut a Czar has no chance, lie really has no fun ut
alL As aoon oi ho discovers that his llncago Is
htgh he Is open to criticism, and cannot do anything
undlgnlOcd.
A Czar who woold play shortstop In a picked
nine or go about tuo country delivering a humor
ous lecture, would bo ostracized. Sluny along,
hot summer day ho has to alay on a big red throne
and reign wbllo mediocre men go flailing. Just us
ho thioki ho la nlono and tales olT.his hot, crmluo
trlmmed robes, thinking that he will alt In his shirt
sleeves and play a few strains on his French horn,
a courtier comes In and, making a low obeisance,
states that ho has a ukaso which ought to bo is
sued In time to catch the 1 o'clock mall.
'linn It Is dlsugrccablo for a man to bo a Czar
and suddenly Uud himself tho parent of a Grand
Duko whom ho don't exactly feel at liberty to
spunk I No man really wants to spank u Grand
Duke, no matter how little lie 13. As Americans,
wo do not fully appreciate tho blesslugs of
freedom which uro denied to a Czar.
Czarinas also havo a pretty hard row to
hoc, to uso nn Americanism. Thuy
Inn c to meet nil tho social demands that aro mado
upon them and entertain neighboring potentates,
see that they have hot water und clean towels In
their rooms whllo Isltlng at their houses, mid show
them tho best places to trado while In tho city.
They also ha o to havo general oversight of the chil
dren, bo that their distracted country will not run
short of a monarch.
It Is no uncommon thing for a Czarina to say to
a vliiting dyousty: " Bxcuso me a moment, Your
Royal Altlloodlenm; Ills Nibs tho Grand Duke
has Just Informed mo that Her Eminence the
Grand Duchess, his sister, has got n Lima bean up
her nose. UillNve.
an
WORLDLINGS.
Tho Washoo Indians held a grand council near
Genoa, Nov. recently und paused u law making theft
punishable by death.
A physician of (ulncy, 111., has Becurcd aplcco
of Anarchlit I.lngg's jawuooo and placed It on ex
hibition for tho lieucllt of the curious.
Georgo Dnliu, u child of eight years living In
Columbus, lnil.,vus bitten by a rat last (Septem
ber, and has since had uiuuy symptoms of hydro
phobia. Ono ot tbo allegations In a suit for divorce
brought by n Jetrcraunvlllc (Ind.) bride of a year Is
that her husband fulled to keep his proinlao to buy
her a silk dress.
A great deposit of gypsum recently discovered
In Hulinboldt County, Neb., Ins been sold to
asymllcatnof Kugllsh capitalists for 1 110,000. it
Is istlmutcd that It will yield 10, 000,000 tons.
Daniel Hullo, a planter, of Crawford County.
Gu., reached tno age of ono hundtcd years last
week and bids fair to live for a quarter of a ccu
tury to come. Ho was a gallant soldier in tho war
of ISIS.
A lady of Carml, 111. , whllo combing her hair tho
other e enlag, accidentally thrust the comb In u
gas Jet near the mirror. The comb was of cellu
loid and 11 ashed into flame like powder, setting tire
to her hair uud givlug her a narrow escape lrom
serious Injury.
Thero Is au Interesting freak of nature at llurys
vlllc, Cal., Intbeahiuro of a double-headed calf,
tho two heads being set on ouo neck. Hut Ujrou, a
rival California town, now looks down on Marys
Ullo becauso of Its wonderful pig, which has two
bodies uud one bead.
A Kentucky woman who has seven sons, alt born
on Sunday, has petitioned Gov. lluckncr for a pen
sion. Buo says In her letter that sho Nover herd
of T boys all lleau Horn on Bunday," und she thinks
that such uu unexampled feat of maternity should
bo properly rewarded.
When au express train on the Boston and Lowell
It jllroad came thundering ulong near Nashua the
otlur day a trump "named Joe," who was walk
lug along the toad with a comranlou, culled out:
" I'm going to board that train If It kills mo." Ho
did try to board It, but was thrown to tho ground
and fatally Injured.
A largo vault with walls ot stono and Oiled with
Bkcloions o( human beings ha-i been discovered In
an Indian mound which overlooks the Missouri
ltivcr from a hill near Jefferson City, Me Tho
skeletous aro thought to bo tbo remains ot the
undent mound-builders, although tho remarkable
stale of preservation In which they uro found
would Indicate that they aro ot more recent date,
Thomas Wudham, a veteran Northern Pacific
engineer, whose death took place recently at
llrslncrJ, Minn., waBnot only ono ot tho oldest
locomotive engineers In tho United Mates out his
life was a connecting link between tho railroading
of StephenKon's timo and that of tuo present day.
Ho was enulojcd In tho machine shops ut Uilatol
when BlephetiHOU's "Itocket" made Its success,
ful trip o or the Liverpool and Manchester road, aud
a fow years later he had an engine of his own ou
the Great Wistcm road, lie cuino to America
about thirty j ears ugo.
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Another WnlLInu Dclosute Accused.
A warrant Is ssld to bo out lor tho arrest of
WalkiniCDelegate htoup, of tho Food lToducers'
fceetlou of the Central Labor Union, for conspir
acy In calling out the waiters employed at Nlluon
Hull.
'1 ho proprietor of tho hall refosed to sign a con
tract with his waiters for one year, aud tuereupon
uatilko wus ordered. 'Ihla Is another phase of the
dlillcuity between the Walters' Uuious uud tho
l'ark and Valiroom Proprietors' Auiocluilon.
To Hurccrd .lliiater Workinnn Qulnn.
James II Quluu'a rather checkered career as
Master Workman ot District No. 49 Is a boat to close,
lie has no chance of re-election, and that account
tor the roanucr In w hlch ne has acted of late.
There are lour candidates for his place, Includ.
Ing Uoorito W. Dunne David J. Nuughton, T.
bbaw and ltlchard ltawley.
m a,
Knlubts Against llrewrrs.
It Is said that the Executive Hoard of District
Assembly . has JoJne.0 th,e,.Uuw.Mc;cr' Aasocl,-,
utlon of Hrootlyn In the attempt to break up the
Beer Brewers' Association and boycott Leavy A
Brltton because tuo Utter discharged their union
BLADiKGRIES"FREETRADK.w
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lit! IS INTERVIEWED IN PAU18 ON TILE
MESlDENra TARIFF POLICY. '
The Itcpubllcnli Lender Trnta Out All tbo
Old Hcnrecrotm About ranicrllu AinrrU
rnn I.nbor mid ltulnlng tbo farmer If
tho War Tarlir I Mmllllcil-llo Would
Tnkn tbo Itovenue Tux Olf Tnbnrco und
Hear Down Hard ou Whiskey An Issue.
(0. TV. KmaUty in Ib-l)aif Tribune
1'aiiis, Dec 7. After renting an abstract of tho
President's message, laid before all Kuropo this
morning, 1 saw Mr. Illalno and aiked him If he
would be willing to gtvo his views upon tho recom
mendation of the President In tho form of a letter
or Interview. He preferred an Interview, It I
would agree to send him an Intelligent shorthand
reporter, with such questions as should givo free
scope for nn expression of his vlcns. Tho follow.
Ing lucld,nnd powerful statement Is tho result.
Mr. Illalno began by saying to the reporter:
" I havo been reading an abstract of tho Presi
dent's message and havo been especially Interested
In the comments of tho London pipers. Those
papers all assumo to declare tbo message is a free
irado manifesto and evidently uro anticipating an
enlarged market for English fabrics In the, United
Btatci as a conscquenco ot tho President's recom
mendations. Perhaps that fact stamped tho char
acter ot tho messago more clearly thua any words
of inlnocan."
You don't mean actual frco trade without
duty 7" queried the rerortcr.
"No," replied Mr. Blaine. "Nor do tho Lon
don papers mean that. They simply mean that tho
President has recommended wuat In the United
Ststis Is known as a rovenuo turlrf, rejecting tho
protective fcuturo as au object and not even per
mitting protection to result freely as an Incident
to rcrcuuo duties."
" I don't know that I qulto comprehend that last
point," said the reporter.
"I mean," said Mr. Maine, " that for tho first
time In tho history ot tho United States tho Presi
dent recommends retaining the Internal tax In or
der that tho tariff may be forced down even below
the fair rovenuo standard, lie recommend) that
the tax on tobacco be retained, and thus that
many mlllluca annually shall bo levied on a do
mestic product which would far better come from
a tariff on foreign fabrics."
the tobacco tax should hk hei-salid.
"Then do you mean to imply that you would
favor the repeal of tho tobacco tax 7"
"Certa'nlyj I mean Just that," said Mr. Blalno.
I should urge that It he dona at once, even be
fore tho Chrlftmuji holidays. It would In tho first
place bring great relief to growers ot tobacco nil
otertho country, and would, moreover, materially
Ussen the price of tho nrtlclo to consumers. To
bacco to millions ot men Is u necessity. Tho Presi
dent calls It a luxury, but It Is a luxury In no other
sense than ten and oolite aro luxuries. It la well
to remember that tho luxury ot yesterday becomes
n nccesilty of to-day. Wutch, If you
plense, tho number of men at work on
tno (arm, In tho coal mine, along the railroad,
In the Iron foundry, or In auy calling, and
you will find S3 In ino chewing whllo they
work. After each meal tho samo proportion seek
tho solace of a pipe or a cigar. Theso men not
only pay tbo millions ot tho tobacco tax, but pay
an every plug nud every cigar au enhanced price
which tho tax enables tho manufacturer and
retailer to Impose. Tho only excuse lor such n tux
Is the actual necessity uiultr which tho Government
found Itself during tho war, nud the years Imme
diately loliowlng. To retain tbo tax now In order
to destroy tho piotcctlon which would Incidentally
flow from rul-jlitg tho sumo amount of money on
foreign imports is certainly a most extraordinary
policy for our Government."
Till: WlllSKF.V tax should HE uktaixku.
" Well, then, Mr. Maine, would ou advlso tho
repeal ot tho whiskey tux also7"
" No, I would not. Other consideration? than
thoso of lluinclal administration aro to bo taken
Into account with regard to whiskey. There Is a
moral sldo to It. To cheapen the price of whiskey
Is to Increase Its consumption enormously. There
would be no seuso In urging tho reform wrought
by high license In many .Stales it the National Gov
eminent neutralizes tho good effect by making
whiskey within resch of every ouo at W ccuts a
gallon. Whiskey would bo everywhere distilled It
tho surveillance of trie Govcrmcut were withdrawn
by the remission of the ta, nnd Illicit sales could
not then be prevented oven by a policy as rigorous
and searching as that with which Russia pursues
tho Nihilists. It would destroy high license at
onco In all tho States.
WHISKEY B1IOULU PAT FOn COAST nCFCNCES.
Wnlskey has done a vast deal of hurm In the
United Situte. I would try to mako it do some
good. I would use tbo tux to fortify our cities
on tho seuboard. In lew of tho powcrtul lctlor
addressed to tho Democratio pirty on tho subject
of fortifications by tho lato Mr. Bamuel J, Tllden,
lu 1S8S, I urn amazed that no attention has been
paid to tho subject by tho Democratic Administra
tion. Neer betoro In tho history of tho world
has any government allowed great cities ou the
seaboard, liko New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
Baltimore, New Orleans und San Francisco to re
main absolutely del- ucclras."
IN TIME OK l'KACBS I'llEPAllB FOIt WAll.
"But, "said tho reporter, "you don't tklnkwc
aro to havo war in any direction! "
"Certainly not," said Mr. Blaine. "Neither, I
presume, did Mr. Tllden when ho wroto his rc
uiarkab.o letter. Hut wo should change a remote
chance Into un ubsoluto Impossibility. Hour weak
and exposed points wero sirongiy fortttied. If to
day wo had by any chance even such a wur us we
bad with Mexico our enemy cnnld procure Iron
clads In Kuropo that would mesneo our great
nitira with dcatmctlou or lar them under contri
bution."
' But would not onr fortifying now possibly look
as it wooxpected wsrf "
" Why should It any more than the formications
made seventy or eighty years 'ago by our grand
fathers when they guarded themselves against
succoisful attack from the armaments of that day?
We don't necesaarlly expect a burglar because we
lock our d ore at night, but It by any possibility a
burglar comes It contributes vastly to our peace of
mind and our sound sleep to ltd that he can't
get In."
HOUSES AND FAHU8 TAT TOO MUCH TAX,
" But alter tho fortification should bo con
slructed would you still maintain tho tax ou
whlskeyj"
Yes," aald Mr. Blaine, "so long as there Is
whiskey to tax I would tax It, and when the Na
tional Government should have no uie for the
money I would divide tho tax among the members
of tho Federal Union with tho spcclflck-bjcct of
lightening the tax ou real estato. Tnc houses nnd
farms of the whole country pay too largo a propor
tion of the total taxes. If ultimately relief tould
be given In that direction It would, lu my judg
ment, be a wlso snd beneficent policy. Home
honest but misguided friends of temperance hao
urged that the Government should not use the
money derived from tho tax on whiskey. My reply
la that tho tax on whiskey by tho Federal Govern,
mint, with lis suppression of all illicit dl.tlllatlon
sndconseqent enhancement of price, has been a
powerful agent In the temperance reform by put
ting it beyond tbo reach of so many. Tho amount
ot whiskey consumed In the United Staled per
capita to-day Is not moro than 40 per cent, of that
consumed thirty yoira ago."
" Besides your gcueral and sweeping opposition
to the President's recommendation, havo yon any
further spccitlo objection ;"
Yea," answered Mr. Blaine; "I should
seriously object to tho repeat of the duty on wool.
.To repeal that vould.work great injustice, o mny
Interests and would seriously dlscourago what we
should earnestly encourago, namely, the sheep
emtwo among farmers throughout tho Union.. To
break down wool-growing and be dependent on
foreign countries for the blanket under which wo
sleep and the coat that covers our backs, Is not a
wlso policy for tho National Government to en
force." TDK OLD BCOABOO.
" Do you think It the President's recommenda
tion was adopted It would increoso onr export
trBdcj"
" Possibly lu some few articles of pccnlar con
structlou It might, but It would Increase our Im
port trade tenfold ns much In Iho great staple falx
rlcs, In woollen aud cotlon good, lu Iron, In steel,
lu all tho thuusind and one shapes u which they
are wrought. How aro we to export staple fabrics
to the markets ot Kuropo unless wc make them
cheaper llun they do In Enrol e, and how arc wo
to manufacture them cheaper than they do in
Kutnpc, unless wo get cheaper labor than they
have In Europe J'
"Then you think that the question of labor un
derlies tho whole subject:" "Of courso It dots,"
replied Mr. Blaine. "It Is, In fact, tho cutlro
question. Whenever we can forco carpenters,
!un"otn, Ironworkers and mechanics In every de
partment to work as cheaply nud live as poorly In
tho United States us similar workmen in Kurope,
we can, of course, manufacture just us cheaply us
they do In Kligland and France. But I um totally
opposed to a policy that would entail such re
sults. To attempt It Is equivalent to asocial nud
financial revolution, ono that would bring untold
distress."
" Yes, but might not tho great farming class be
bcnciltcd by Importing articles from Europe In
stead ot buying them at higher prices at home?"
"Tho moment," answered Mr. Blaine, "yon
begin to Import freely fio:u Europe you dr.vo our
own workmen from mcchuulcul nnd manufactur
ing pursuit;. Hi the same t roportlon they betoino
tillers of tho soil, Increasing steadily tho agri
cultural product and dicrcuslm: steadily the large
homo demand which Is constantly enlarging ns
homo manufacturers enlarge That of course,
works great Injury to tho farmer, glutting tho
market with his prodncts and tending constantly
tolowerprlcess. "
TIIYINO TO ECAltK THE FAHJ1KHS.
" Yes, but tho foroign demand for farm products
would t.o Increased In like ratio, would It not?"
' Even suppose It were," said Mr.Blolne, "how
do you know tho source from which It will be sup
plied. The tendency In ltuisla to-day uud lu the
Asiatic po.jscBslous of England Is toward a largo
luereaso of the grain supply, the grain being raised
by the clie-npjit po-slblo labor. Manufacturing
couutrlis will buy their breaelstufTs where they can
get them cheapest, uud the enlarging of the home
market for the American fanner being checked, he
would search In vuln for oneot the same value.
His foreign sales are already checked by tho treat
competition abroad. There never was a time when
tho mcreoBO of a large homo market wus so valu
able to 111 in. Tno best proof Is that tho farmers are
prospeious lu proportion to the nearness of mauu
rnctiir.ng centres, aud u protective tariff tcuds to
spread manufactures. In Ohio and Indiana, for
example, though not.. classed ih manufacturing
Mates, tho annual value of fabrics is larger thau
tho unnunl value ot agricultural products."
At this point Mr. limine entered into au explana
tion of tho low tariff of 1SI0 and Its results, claim
ing that its temporary Illusory prosperity was fol
lowed by jearB of depression und distress. "It
la remarkable, " said .Mr. Blaine, "that President
Polk recommended tho tariff of 1W6 on precisely
the same ground that President Cleveland recom
mends a similar enactment now, namely, the Bar
plus lu the Treasury wus menacing tno prosperity
of iho country. History Is repealing Itself."
UK WOULD MAKE NO C1IANUE.
The interview continues:
" Do j ou mean lo imply that thero should bo no
reduction of thu national roecnuo?"
"No, wiintlhavo said Implies tho reverse. I
would reduce It by u prompt repeal of tho tobacco
tax, aud would mako hero and thero somo chaugos
lu tho tariff not to roJuce protection, but wisely
foster It."
" Would you explain your meaning more fully?"
"I moan," Bald Mr. Maine, 'that no great
system of rovenuo like our tariff can operate with
ell'iclency and equity uulc.-s tbo changes of trado
be closely watched and thu law promptly adapted
to those change. But I would mako no change
that should Impair the protective character of tho
whole body of tho tariff laws. Four years ago, In
the net of 1S53. wo made chaugos of thu character
I have tried to Indicate. It such chuuges wcro
made, and the fortification of our seacOdBt thus
undertaken at a very moderate annual outlay.no
surplus would bo found after that ulreudy accumu
lated hud lie-en disponed of. Tho outlay ot money
on fort 111 cat lens, whllo doing great scrvlco to tho
cuuntry, would give good work to many men.''
But vhat nbout tho exlstlog suiplus?"
' Tno ubsiract ot tlu message I havo keen, "re
plied Mr. Blaine, ' contains no referenco to that
point. I, therefore, make!' no comment further
thau tu Indorse Mr. Fred Grant's remark that a
surplus Is nlwaj s easier to naud.e than u deficit. "
l'OSSIULE EFFECT OF 111K l'KKSIIlKNT'S l'OLICV.
The icporier repealed the question whether tho
President's recommendation would not, If adopted,
glee ub iho udtautugoof a largo Increase In ex
ports. 'I only repeat, "answered Mr. Blalno, "that It
would vastly cularco our Imports, whllo the only
export It would Berlously increase would be our
gold aud silver. Tnat would flow out bounteously,
just as It did under tho tariff of 116. Tho Presi
dent's recommendation enacted Into law would re
sult, us dl I nu cxperlinout lu drslnago of a man
who wlidicd to turn a swamp Into a productive
Held. Ho dug n drain to a neighboring river, but
It happened, unfortunately, that tho level of the
river was higher than tho level of tho swamp. Tho
consequence need not be told. A parallel would
bo found wheti the President's policy In attempt
ing to open a channel tor an Increase of exports
should slmplr succcod In making way tor a delug
ing Inflow ot fabrics to the destruction of homo In
dustry. "
OUH OWN MARKET FOB OUU OWN PEOrLE.
" But don't you think It Important to Increase
our export trade?"
" Undoubtedly ; but It Is vastly more Important
not to losu our own great market for our own
people In the vain effort to rcaca tho Impossible.
It Is not our foreign trade that has caused the
wonderful growth and expansion of tho Itepubllc
It Is tho vast domestic trade between thirty-eight
States and e ght Territories, with tholr population
of, perhaps, (VJ, 000, 000 lo-oar, Tho whole amount
of our export und Inn ort trade together has never,
I think, reached $1,500,000,000 auy ouo year. Our
Internal homo traJo on 130, OiO miles of railway,
along 15, W0 iriles ot ocean coast, over the live
great lakes nud along 20,000 miles of navigable
rivers, reaches the enormous annual aggrcguto ot
moro Hun Jto, ooo.iXk), 0 00, and perhaps this yoar
$j0,tsj0,0ti0,(i00.
ii.iism.eiar: free tradx'at noun.
" It Is Into this llllniltuble trade, even now In Its
Infancy aud destined to attain a magnitude not
dreamed of twenty years ago, that tho Europeans
nre struggling to enter. It la the hertlageof tho
American I eoplc, of their children and their chll
elreu's children. It gives au absolutely frco trade
over a territory nearly as large as all Europe, and
tho profit Is ull our own. The genuine Iree
trader appeals nnablo to see or comprehend that
this con.liuiitnl trade not our exchanges with
Europ-. Is the great source of our pro.perlly.
President Cleveland now plainly proposes a policy
that will admit Europe to a share of this trade."
A NEW I'Ol.ITlCAL ECONOMY NXEDtiD.
" But you are In favor of extending our foreign
trade, are you not?"
" Certainly I am, In all practical and advantage
ous ways, but not on the principle of tbe free
traders, by which wo shall be constantly exchang
ing dollar for dime. Moreover, Iho foreign trade Is
often very delcslvc. Co'.ton Is manufactured in the
city ot my residence. If a box ot cotton goods Is
scut, $op mljes lo thel'rovlnce of Now Brunswick,
It Is foreign trade.' 'if 'shipped' iT.WmlVc's round
Cape Horn to Washington Territory It Is domestic
rade, Tho magnitude ot the Union and tbo 1m-
a2fi()BJBy,avs trills iri'iiHffarV-Aa4i.iwii!!yiA,
menslty of Its Internal trade rqalro a new political
economy. Tho treatises wtltten for European
Btatcs do not grasp our peculiar situation."
THINKS THE FOUTIt NEEDS rnOTKCTION.
"How will the President's messngd bo taken In
the South ?" " I don't dare to answer that ques
tion. 1 ho truth has been so long obscured by cer
tain total questions of unreasoning prejudice that
nobody can hope for Industrial enlightenment
among tholr leaders Just yet. But In my view the
South abote all sections of tho Uulo'i needs a pro
tet'tno tariff. Tno tno Virginias, Norm Carolina,
Kentucky, Missouri, Tenncsico, Alabama and
Georgia havo enormous resources and facilities for
developing and handling manufactures. They
cannot do anything wltliout protection. Even
progress so vaetassomcof these Slates have made
will bo checked if tho President's mesmgo fs en
acted Into law. Their Sonators and Representa
tives can prevent It, but they are so used to follow
Ing anything labelled ' Democratic 'that very prob
ubly tney will follow tho President nnd bl'ght the
progress already made. By tho timo somo of the
Southern States get Irto Iron oro nnd coal, whllo
tobaeco Is taxed, they may havo occu-lon to sit
down and calculate the valao of Democratic tree
trade to their local Interests. "
THE FALLACY OF A1IU1TTINO HAW MATERIAL.
" Will not tho President's recommendation to
admit raw mater. al Snd strong support?"
"Not by wlie protectionists In our lime. Per
hnps some greedy inaunfa Hirers may think that
wltn tie) coal or free iron oro they can do great
things, but It they should succeed In trying will,
us the boys say, culch it nn tho rebound. If tho
homo trado In raw material Is destroyed or seri
ously Injured railroads will bo tho first to feel It.
If that vast Inti rest Is crippled In uny direction the
financial fabnoof tho whole country wll fed It
quickly nnd serlouslr. II uny man can give a rea
son why we should nrranje tho tariff to favor the
raw material ot other countries In a competition
against our material ot tho samo kind, I should
like to bear It. shoulJ that recommendation of
tho Presldtnt bo approved It would turn 100,000
American laborers out of employment beforo It
had been a year in operation. "
A I-ULL AND FAIR CONTEST ON TUE ISSUE.
"What must bo the marked and general effect
of t'uo President's messnge ?"
"It will bring tho country where It ought to be
brought to n lull nnd fair contest on the question
of protection. The President himself makes It
the one Issuo by presenting no other In his mes
sage. 1 think It well to have the question settled.
The Democratic party m power Is n standing men
ace to the Industrial prosperity of the country.
That menaco should be removed or tho policy It
foreshadows should bo mado certain. Nothing Is
so mischievous to business as uncertainty, nothing
so paralyzing as doubt. "
BRIEF OLIMPSES OF SOCIETY.
The marriage of Mr. Harry Footc Ilodces, of tho
Engineer Con s of tho United States Army, und
Miss Alma Key nolds took place at the home of the
bride's aunt, Mrs. Slocum, ST Kist Slxty-Ufih
street, at noon to-day. The ltev. Parker Morgan,
rector of tho Church ol the Heavenly ltcst,
ofllclatcd. Tho wcddlng-gowa was ot French
faille, made with triln and V-corsage, with full
front trimming of point lace. The tulle veil was
fnsicncd with diamond pausles, tho gift of the
groom. Bhe carried a bouquet of lilies of tho val
ley. Miss Mary ltcynolds was the inald of honor.
Tho best man was Mr. Clair Hodges, of Boston, a
brother of tho iiroom. There were no briacsmaids
or ushers. Miss Lcdyard nnd Miss Olivia Slocum
held whlto ribbons to form an aisle. Tho bride
anil groom Hood during tho ceremony under n
canopy of smilux, from which a bell huug. Among
the numerous frtcnJs who attended tho rccept.on
weto: Gen. Sherman, Mis. Hodges und the
Messrs. aud Misses Hodges, of Boston; Dr. Hodges,
of Indianapolis; Mrs. Ledynrd, Dr. Gruyon, Mis.
K. S. E'lloinmedleu, Gen. Buggies, Mr. and Mrs.
Everett 1. Wheeler, MUs Wheeler, Col. and Mrs.
Hodges, Mr. Wlckhnm, Mrs. I'ostlethwullc, Mrs.
Post, Miss Post, Mrs. II. II. Baxter, Lieut. 11. C.
Hodges, Miss Roberts, Mr. and, Mrs. John W.
Ellis, I.'.cut. C. I. Townsley, Mr. and Mrs. Kussell
Sage, CoL McAlplne and Lieut. John Mlllls.
Tho wedding of Sir. Warren Ward Brooks and
Mhs Elizabeth Sklllman, daughter ot Mr. J. P.
Sklllinau, will take placo this evening nt 8 o'cIock
at the. West I'roibyiorlun., Church. Tho Iccv. Dr.
Paxtou will officiate. The brldo will wear a white
moire gown with train, Iront draperies of duchesse
lace, V corsazo and elbow sleeves. Tho tulle veil
wilt be fastened with diamonds. Tuo diamond
pendant worn was a gilt from her father. Sho will
carry a bouquet of roses and lilies. Miss Virginia
Leeds will bo the maid of honor. Mlas Kitty llosl
wlck nud Miss Delia Barker w 111 be tho hrldcsmnl 's.
Mr. EJwnrd Murray will be the best man. Messrs.
Henry Sklllman, Edward Ellsworth Charles
Itouss, G. Berckmans, Georgo F. Hlnton and
Hawley Clapp w 111 bo the iithcrs. A reception will
follow the wedding nt tho homo of tho bride's
parents, 5el West Forty-ninth street.
Mr. Henry Schncfer and Miss Mnrle F. Charlock
will bo married at a. SO o'clock this afternoon at-tho
Church of tho Heavenly Best. The ltev. Parker
Morgan will officiate. The bridal gown will bo of
while tulle over French faille, wltn V corsage.
Tho tulle veil will bo fastened with diamond pins.
Sno will carry whllo rosebuds nnd lilies of the
vul'ey. Miss Estcllo C. Ogdcn will be the maid of
honor. There will bo no bridesmaids. Mr. Herbert
Seymour will bo tho best man. Mr. Victor Phillips
nud Mr. Jiar.es I- Ogdcn, Jr., will bo tho ushers.
Mrs. 8. B. Schtcffc'.ln, ot 9&S Madison uvenno,
will glvo threo largo receptions, as she has for scv
cial years past, ou threo succeisivo days. Tho
first will bo this afternoon, when Mrs. Cbapln and
Mlsa Ethel Dodgo will aBslst tn receiving. Satur
day's reception will be for young people.
Mrs. John Wells, of 11 West Ninth street, will
givo a tea this afternoon.
Mrs. Abram 8. Hewitt, of 9 Lexington avenue,
will elvc n recepllon In January In honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Cooper Howltt.
Tne Governor of New Jcrsoy will gtve'the first of
two receptions this afternoon at his home In Eliza
beth, N. J.
Mrs. J. E. Martin, of 42 Eist Sixty-second strocf,
will glvo a reception on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Ittlph Brandreth will give a theatre party,
followed by a supper and donco at the Normandlc,
this evening.
Tbe engagement of Mr. E. Bobbins Walker and
Miss Pcarsall, daughter of Thomas W. Pcarsall, Is
announced,
A fair lu aid of aged women will be held In tho
ballroom of the Brunswick to-dey and will con
ttnuo until Saturday evening. It Is under the
patronage of Mrs. Thomas Butter and other
prominent ladies.
Tho ltev. and Mrs. Philip A. II. Brown, of East
Twclfih street, will give a reception to-day to In
troduce MUs Carter.
The Marion Clnb will glvo a "sociable" to
morrow evening ut tho home or Mr. F. Brevoort
Allln, 114 West Fifty-ninth street,
Mrs. c. H. Day, of 420 Madison avenue, will give
an afternoon reception to-day, followed by a dance
In tho evening.
Tho Manhattan Athletic Club will glvo a ladles'
day and muslcale this afternoon from 2 to o'clock.
The Elba Amiunl Ncanlon.
Tho Grand Lodgo of tho Benevolent Protective
Order ot Elks, representing more than seventy
five lodge, from all parts of tho United States, will
hold Its annual session at Masonic Temple,
Twenty-thud atrect nud Sixth avenue, on Sunday,
Dec. 11. On account of the Matouia fair in the
Temple the Grand Lodge will reconvene on Mon
day, Dec 12, at Clarendon Hall, lit! East Thir
teenth street, and comnlcto Its labors.
Judaro Unpnllo Ntlll Very III.
Judge ltspallo continues to bo a pretty sick man,
. although bis condition has Improved, .slightly since
tho flrit day of his Illness. Ills physician said this
morning that he passed a comf eirtublo night and
this morning was no worse.,
hfi11MlfiyaSBiysMfc'ito'?sSsll'',ra
CAN AFFORD TO COMPETE. "
Bi-
IIOW GOVERNMENT MUSICIANS CUT DOWN
THE SCALE OP PK1CES. -. A
Ther Aro Allowed to Inrrcimo Their Pnv bv
l'layliiK Inr Prlvnle und Public lintcrtnln- r.(
iiicntH The .llnttrr In Ho Hronahl llcioro
tho Premnl Cointreau hr Iho Nntlonrel
I.ennuo of IMuslclnnn Manr C'omplnlnta.
About two years ago tho Musical Mutual
Protective Uniou of this city created a bcuso.
tion through its counsol, Hointio King, by V
tlcnuiiidiiig of Secretary Whitney tho with. t!
dinwnlof tho MnrinoBnutl of tho United
States steninor Now Hmiipsltiro from tho
Newport Cnsino, from which J. M. Lander
nml Ids orchestral members of tho Musical -
Union lmel been disclinrccil by tho Casino :
governors for economical reasons. '
Appropos of tlmt oflort on tho part of tho l
executive officers of tho Musical Union to put ,,
u btop to tho competition of tho enlisted naval "
nud nnny musicians with tho citizen musi
cians, u 'great tlenl of discussion has sinco
arisen, nnd musicians nil over tiio country
linvo communicated iidditionnl gricv
niicci wising out of tho employ- k
luent of tho nnvnl and military bands '
to tho expulsion of tho civil organiza
tions mid individuals'. Tho matter hns
becoino of such serious importnnco that it )
lues been tnkcii in liar.d by tho National
ngiio of MuRicinnH. nud that body will en-
dcitvor, through regularly nppointed dclo- r
gales, to bring tho nuttier betoro Congress t!
nt the present session with n view townrei ob- i
tulning such legislation ns will put an end to
tho competition complained of.
A prominent member of tbo Musical Union,
who wns on tho Executivo Board whon tho
Newport nlliiir ciiuio up nnel who wfis also a
dalegato to tho National Lenguo Convention,
held Inst March in Chicago, wiid to a Would
reporter to-day:
' It is not bo much nbout tho moro employ,
mont of tho military nnd nnvnl bands that wo
complain, but tho inct that thoy play at ratca
much below thoso of tho citizen musicians.
This cnttiug under our figures by men who
uro in tho employ of tho Government and
o aro feel nnel clothed nnel sheltered out of
tho funds paid in taxeH by tho citizens has
become intolerable and must bo stopped by
somo means,
"Wo havo complaints from Washington,
St. Louis, Snu Finuuisco nud right hero nt
home. Tho Brooklyn Nnvy-Ynrd Band, con
trolled by Luciano Contemn nud sous, ad
vertise in n local newspaper for business nnd
have, of courso, n decided ndviintngo in com
peting with our members for engagements
outside of tho Nnvy-Ynrd.
"Tho Fort Hamilton Military Band has
also tilled many privnto nnd publio en
gn;ciuents nt rates below thoso
which we can afford to play for.
"Tho United States Army Military Dopot
Bnnel nt David's Islnnd also hns been putting
in its timo nud music to tho tiisadvnntngo of
our members.
"Bnudinactcr Fred tcr Linden, now at
West Point, led thu David's Island Baud on
tho occasions referred to. Lnltorly ho has
employed tho West Point Band in perform
ing nt publio nnd privato plnces, notably Inst
October during tho liremcn's parado at
Youkois.
" Tho Government authorities pormit this
sort of competition in order to increase tho
pay of tho army and navy musicians, who ro
ccivo but smnll pay from tho Govommout.
" At Webt Point n first-class musician gets
831 n month and ono ration n day ; socond
class, -20 nnel a ration, uud third-class, 817
and n ration. Tho leader at West Point is
not nu enlisted man.
" Men of other precessions, trades nnd vnri.
ous vocations, who nroiuthu nrinv and navy,
aro not, permitted to perform work in compe
tition with civilians, a regulation expressly
prohibiting it. Why should tho enlisted
musicians bo oxccptoel from thorulof"
riiAQOE OP THE PH0DIGIES.
An Alnriulng Increase In the Supply ot
Children Willi JUuaicnl (icnlim.
Frnnk L. Pcrloy, Low Dockstnder'B now
mnuager, took n big responsibility upon his
shoulders when ho advortiscel for n musical
prodigy. Sinco Mr. Perloy's elcsiro has been
known tho highways nud tho byownys havo
bwarmed with prodigies, nnd " a plnguo of
prodigies " ns irulout ns tho ancient invasion
eif frogs nnel locusts linvu been threatened.
Mr. 1'erley devoted himself yesterday to
reading letters nnel examining photographs.
Ilo took brief intervals for refreshments, but
his toiriblo tusk diminished his appetite. Ho
was a wretched man.
Hero was a loiter ho rccoived from Nowark:
Ithlnk my llltlo boy Willie Is Just the boy you
want. He is Just 11 years old ami I don't consider
lrtlattery to say that hcpIavB Just as well as people
tell mo Hoffmann plays. I um sure it was not
neccssury to go to Europe to get a musical prodigy
utter hearing my boy play.
This camo from tho National Hptel, Bow
ery. In looking over The Wored I noticed your ad.
for a musical prodigy. 1 cldlm to be a masloal
prodigy. My line In music do not lay in the piano
or otuer Instrument of torture, but In singing. I
uuve a beatllul base voice. If you heard
mo ting "Sweet Vlolels"or "Tno Last Hoso of
Summer" you would wlsa li was planted o'er my
grave. You can refer to mr neighbors wnollvo
three or lour blocks awny. AU others have moved,
so tney remarked my volco was heavenly and
should bo heald only there.
Olio applicant signed himBolf Campanini
O'ltourkey. Hero is a letter that camo from
tho Now lork Juvenile Asylum:
Enclosed please Und picture ot my little daughter
Gusdc, tho largest ot two. bhe Is tcu years, can
Imitate dlucult inusla on the p.ano by car. I don't
think her equal Is In this couolry. Her bulr la
short, oan bo parted on ono side, nnd dressed In
boy's clothes it necessary. Can be seen at my
house alter school hours.
Mr. Perley pointed to this effusion
1 havo read your ndvertleincnt regarding a ran.
slcal prodigy Impersonating Joser llofmann. I
beg to bta'o that I have a brother 14 years of age
who equals llofmann In playing nnd surpasses him
In Improvising. Ho is u composer and made his
urst uppearanco In publio at the age of seven
years.
" Tho next thing to bo done," said Mr.
Perley, Bolemnly, ns ho wijied the dews from
his from his forehead, "is to advertise for
children who nru not prodigies. I cannot
beliovo that I Bhould rocoivo any answers."
Tho Trinity Kvcnlnn School.
Miss Florence Brady has been elected president
ot tho Excelsior Literary Association of Trinity
Evening School. This school is held at 90 Trinity
ptneo and U entirely free. It la virtually a high
school for tho lower pirtol tho city. There are
classes In German, telegraphy, short-hand, pen.
mausnlp, aritlimcllo and bookkeeping. Thu sea.
slousare from T.sotoo.sor. it. Cleraea for girls
are held Monday, Wrdnesday and Friday even
lugs; lor boys, Tuesday, 1 hursday and Saturday
evenings. Bcv. Dr. G. II. Stirling is principal
nud l'rof. Hcndrlckson, l'rof. Huff and Prof.
Lamsou, assistant leacuera.
I.nellea' I)nr nt the nin.nhn.ttnn Athletic. '
The handsome Fifth avenue home of the Man
hattan Athletic Clnb was thronged with fair Iriendi
ot Iho members this afternoon. There was an en
Joyubln entertainment. In which Harry Paulton,
Alice J. Shaw, Blir. Brncollnl, II. A, Kundson,
W. I). Hobtrtsou, Kitty Bcrgcr, Joseph Uaworth.
J. Allen l'reiscn, A. M. Bagley, Isaao Weasel and
oihois asalated.
m
Kept Alive by HI Iron Will.
Major IUggcrty's pluck and endurance bare
stood him In good stead for tho past three weeks.
His physician roports that but for his Iron will he
wouiu havo died long ugo. Tbe condition of Major
Haygerty was considerably improved when a
Would reporter called at the house this morning,
and tho family feel very ranch encouraged by tuo
change.
The Nnvy-Ynrd Inquiry.
The Inquiry Into the sale ot old material at tho
Havy-Yarel was continued In the Lyceum Building
at 10. SO o'clock this morning. Toe hearing waC r
private. Thus tar tbo examination of witnesses
fas been the only thing done.