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Current Events.
The civil service commission contem
plates another important change, in thesys
tem of examination for admission to the
postofBce and custom hou9e service, which
will shortly be formulated and promul
gated. It will be made in response to the
desire of the civil service reform assocla
tlon that the local board of examiners for
admission to the postoffice and customs er
rice should be composed of men who are
not themselves In the civil service. This
proposed system of independent examiners
the commissioners do not consider practi
cable, so far as they are concerned. In the
first place, it would require change in the
civil service act, which provides that the
examiners shall be taken from the civil
service, and In the second place it would
necessitate the creation of several hundred
Dew officers. The commissioners think
that the proposed chance in the system will
effect the same result In a better way. They
prorxe to have the local examiners send
ail the examination papers directly to the
civil service commission there.to be marked
as graded, instead of marking or grading
ttera themselves, as at present. Thus, the
narking and grading will 1 uniform and
wiU not" be affected bv local influences. It
cizht n be practicable to have examina
tion pper sent from the Pacific coast to
tie civil service commission fur this pur
p. but it will probably be arranged so
tt.it .Ly can be tent to a special board of
exixicers at San Francis. o
It is expected that the foro;al exchange
rf tie o pie of the extradition treaty tie
'ween the I'nited States and Japan will
fr-ion I announced from Toklo, and that
its promulgation by the two governments
wi:l take place linnied lately thereafter.
This tresty was ratified by "the I'nited
i!d senate on the 'Jl-t of "lat June, but
the secure made some minor amendments
in its text which rendered It necessary that
the document should be nirdn submitted to
the Japanese authorities. Information has
now Deen received that Japan accepts the
amendments, and is ready for the last step
in the matter the formal exchange. The
Japanese authorities are quite enthusiastic
over the consummation of this treat v, but
not so much on account of its provisions,
which are similar In general terms to those
of the existing treaty between the I'nited
Mates and Great Britain, as because of the
fact that it constitutes a s'eplntlie progress
of that nation toward a position of equality
with the most enlightened nations of the
earth.
The democrats "f Delaware have noml
nated for governor a peach grower named
Benjamin T. Uiggs. rids is u victory for
ti;e Saiilsbury faction over ."Secretary Hay
ard's friends. John It. l'enniugtoii was
nominated for congress.
Warrants for t?,7V.l:;i), for the iiiareily
payment of pensions, were yesterday drawn
by' the secretary of the interior upon the
treasury.
The trensiirer of Chicago has over $'2,
thni,ti(ii J i the vaults, and ail current ex
pene.. have been paid.
Ohio Democrats, In State Convention at
Toledo, nominated John Mclirldit for
Secretary of state, M. ). Follett for Su
pienie Court Judge, J. W. Ci uikslmik tor
Supreme C-ourt Clerk, and L. D. Mrown for
Commissioner of Common Schools.
Warner Miller, Levi J. Morton, Gen
James W. Dusted, James 1). Warren,
Frank 1 Uncock, and Andrew I) White are
the prominent republican coudidates for
th I'nited States Senatorshlp from New
York.
The plan on which thfl Hydrographic
Office at Washington Is now engaged f,,i
ridding the Atlantic Oc.ean of dangerous
waterlogged wrecks is one of the greatest
Importance. The August chart showed a
number of such wrecks tkmtlng and drift
ing about in the pathway of the ocean
Veamers taking the international coui.se.
The Hvdrographii; office propose-that the
s ean 'shall be divided Into districts and
that the I'nited States, England, France,
Germany, HHgiuni, and the Netheiland.--hall
each assume control over one of these
di-ttlcu and pr ed to destroy the drifting
wrecks which are now sources of the grn
est anxiety to the seaman and the traveler.
It Is proposed that they ,hall be blown up
after the manner In which the Dispit.-ii,
luring the early summer, destiojed the
wrecks along the Nw Jersey cotit There
appears to be every reason to Indleve that
the Governments named cooperate In this
plan for eradh tin'. If not one of the most
fretpent. at least one of the most terrible
perils of the sea
The Irish national convention at Chicago
mide Judge Flterald rwrmanent chair
man. Resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed approving ol the doctrine of national
self government for Ireland, heartily ai
proving of the cause of Mr. I'nrnell and his
s late, thanking Mr. Gladstone and kit
lup'wrteps anW the. American people and
tress, utid recognizing the forbraram -f
ill., triple of Ireland. Treasurer O'Keilly
reported hnvina within two yam w;nt t
Mr. I'an.Hl :JI..,4M. J"Un i ;iln'er:i.tl, M
WbriiskM. whs elected pre.si.ient n inr
l,-i"ie- UllL'h Mc(.'Mirri.y,or riilliiueipniu,
vile president, and Father O'Keilly trerir
er.
An Irrefrulurity lu the observance of the
Ijw as to the tax on loimccn una iwu u.-
,, v ,..1....nu on.l In rttliur Mllltll.
covered in .ew imnn ""
.n.i u.-..terii ritieH. The law reoulres
that even the smallest package of tobacco
shall be stamped, and me iowex "
tion of stamp provided In for a three ouuee
packet A uumber of New Orleans manu
fat turers have been putting up two one
and a half ounce packages and blndinir.
them tocethsr with one 3 cent stamp. I he
Internal revenue office has issued orders for
the seizure of all packages so put up.
The board of review In the general land
office is pushing the work of revising
claims prior to their being patented. In the
first half of the current month the board
approved and held for further evidence
homestead and pre-emption claims hs foll
ows: From six land districts in Dakota,
;i&22 claims approved; 1.41M held for fur
ther evidence; total, 5.4TO. Five districts
iu Colorado, approved, 536; held for further
evidence, UJtl; total. :'i. Keven cumncxa,
one each In Nebnwav IdaJio, Minnesota,
Kansas, California, Washington territory,
and Utah, 1)73 approved ; Hi held for fur
tt.r oriilMiu-e: total. 1.115. Grand total.
5,4.11 approved; l,r40 held for additional
evidence; total, i,J.
Tt Is Announced that Lord Curchill has a
i.lllln rpadlness for submission to I'arlia-
for hxial goverment In Ireland, and that It
mont will rrnve the support of Lord Halting
ton nd his followers, and also of the Cham
berlain faction. It will be a general measure
enlarging the powers of the county and
municipal goverment, alKiUshlng the
rHrlnim (.enarate existing forms of local
goverment, and substituting in their stead
one scheme applicable to Great liritian and
Ireland
The British parliament re assembled on
Thursday. The oueen's speech states ttie
necessity of financial legislation. The Par
nellite nieiubers resolved to discuss Irish
Affairs, esoeciallv the Belfast riots, during
the debate In reply to the speech from the
throne. Mr. Farnell's organ reiterates the
declaration that there will be war to the
knife against Lord Salisbury.
An attempt was made to assasinate the
President of Uruguay as he was entering a
heatre at Montevideo A slight bullet
wound was lntlicted In his cheek. The as
sasin was attacked by the crowd and so
maltreated that he died shortly afterwards.
Prince Alexander has been assured that
Turkey would assist Bulgaria if attacked
by Servla, and It Is not believed In diplom
atic circles that the outbreak of another
conflict is Imminent.
A TEW WORDS.
A number of the candidates for place on
the democratic ticket in this county are In
dulglng In a great deal of very foolish talk
about themselves and about those who are
either candidates against them or are sup
porting the candidacy of some one else.
These gentlemen fall to realixe that they
are placing themselves In a very bad light
before the democracy of the county end at
the same time giving aid and comfort to
the enemy. Above all others a candidate
should !e the most careful about making
derogatory remarks about a fellow candi
date. When he does so he not only arouses
the suspicion that he is not honest in his
statements but that his methods in politics
are not of the best.
It has come to be a isilitleal maxim that
nil things are as fair In politics as they are
in love and war, und following In the wake
of this a great many political acts are per
formed that had bet be left undone. No
objection can be made to a candidate's us
Ing every fair and honorable means to se.
cure to himself the place desired; but he
has no right to attempt to gain prominence
by deliberately dragging dow n the personal
and political character of his rival. Candi
dates should remember that the necessity
of belmr gentlemanly In their conduct is
oiiite as essential in the business of office
seeking as iu any other avocation, and that
the .siiiiw rules that guide them us gentle
men In their every -day life should control
them iu seeking political honors.
We have before stated the necessity of
care on the part of candidates and their
friends in making aute convention state
ments, and we feel that it is but due the
democracy of the county to insist that the
candidates use as great judgment as they
do zeal lu making their canvass. They
must not grasp at every straw and believe
everything that Is retailed on the street by
every Tom, Dick and Harry. If they do
they will make themselves a great deal of
tinneie ary trouble, ni.d In the end be
placed In a very embarrassing and ridicu
lous position. Let them all work hard to
win, if they so desire; but let them con
stantly keep In mind that their personal ad
vantage cannot and will not be advanced If
It conflicts with the general good of the
part v.
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8LD8H-
Withln the past few days there has been
a revival among some elemeuts of the dem
ocratic party what might proHrly be
termed "ting" talk. It Is claimed that there
is a " ring" that is trving to manlphlate the
politics of the county iu such a way as to
secure the nomination f this man or that
to the exclusion of some one else. Some
time since we adverted to "ring" talk, and
our Miggestion then was that the gentlemen
who were indulging in It had better "ring
off.' That suggestion is (ulte as much in
point now as It was then, and we commend
It to the consideration of those who are in
dulging In it.
If such talk letokens anything, it betok
ens a weakness of the candidate, and those
who are making use of it need not be sur
prised if they present a very poor show ing
in the convention. People who think at all
upon political workings kuow that candi
dates who harp continually on "rings," and
"rings," and "rings," do it simply to draw to
themselves a sympathy that would not be
theirs if they pursued a different course.
S'uiineht mid sentlmenlaiism nn very
good things in their phee, but tlo-lr pl-p e
is not in practical politics. Candidate.
who prefer following this mule of flee
tioneering mutt not be either surprised or
disappointed if the democrats who have
labored for democratic success without ak
Ing or w anting office look upon their candi
dacy with little of favor. There U little
reason why a candidate should avail him
self of the privilege of abusing party work
ers, who work without recompense and
without wish or hope of reward, and then
expect such men to turn and kiss the hand
that smites them.
It is more than probable that the men
who are saying eo much about "rlngsters"
now will earnestly desire the aid should
they be nominated of the very men they
so vehemently denounce to assist in secur
ing their election, and to Insure it they had
better be more discreet In their remarks.
Let them do more real work and lesa slushy
talking, and they will come nearer to secur
ing a nomination. No man can succeed
who constantly poses for sympathetic ad
miration. What he must have to win is
Lis fellowmen's respect, not their tears.
KB. BARTEL8.
The editor of the Frek Tradrr regrets
beyond measure that the honesty or elllcl
ency of democratic official should be
called Into question In La Salle county; but
largely through his own carelessness Mr
Arthur T. Bartels, present incumbent of
the office of probate clerk, has placed him
self in the unenviable light of having been
derelict In the discharge of his official du
ties. Mr. Bartels has been extremely care
less In the manuer of keeping his b;xjk of
receipts and of expenditures, and in conse
quence has laid himself liable to very just
newspaper criticism and forfeited the en
dorsement of his political party atthecom
ing county convention.
When the Board ot Supervisors was In
session in July last, the committee to settle
with county officers could not settle with
Mr. Bartels because of 6eemlng irregulari
ties in bis accounts. For this reason his
report was put over, and Mr. W. J. Dwyer,
assistant supervisor from Ottawa, set about
investigating the books of the office. The
result of the investigation is that Mr. Bar
tels was found indebted to the county in
the sum of f 71)7.30 a sum he immediately
paid into the county treasury. It is but
just to him to say that during the whole of
the investigation he gave Mr. Dwyer every
aid possible, and at once paid over the
amount found to be due and that, too, w ith
out calling upon bis bondsmen.
Mr. Dwyer, In a card to the Ottawa Tinu,
lays the cause of the deficiency discovered
to Mr. Bartels's extreme carelessness. He
says: "I feel safe in saying that this
shortage Is due entirely to negligence,
rather than from any desire to defraud the
county." Taking the same view we can
not but express the regret that a public ser
vsnt should be so careless. By the whole
transaction the county has lost nothing.
There has been no defalcation there has
simply been such extreme negligence on
the part of the probate clerk as to make
him amenable at the bar of public censure.
THE ANARCHISTS.
After more than fifty days of continuous
work in Judge Gary's court, in Chicago,
the trial of the Ilaymirket rioters and mur
derers, Spies, Parsons, Fiel en, Llngg.
Fischer, Kngle, Schwab and N'eebe, has
been brought to a close, and the jury re
turned into court yesterday morning with
a verdict of guilty of murder as to all.
The penalty fixed Is hanging as to the first
seven, and sixteen years in the penitentiary
for Nee be.
There Is not a good citlen in the state
of Illinois, or within the bounds of the
I'nlon, who w ill not applaud the verdict of
the twelve men, who, after listening with
patience to the testimony presented before
them, have said It convinced them beyond
a reasonable doubt that the men on trial
were murderers, and ought to suffer the
extreme penalty of the law for their
crimes.
Those who have been convicted and
whose lives should be forfeited, are enti
tled to nothing of sympathy. With calm
deliberation they set alsmt to destroy the
lives and property of their fellows, ami to
put at defiance the law ot the land. The
law which they were anxious to disregard
and trample upon, has turned upon them,
and they now must suffer. It has been
vindicated and its majesty asserted.
Hereafter It may well be doubted w heth
er anarchy, socialism and communism w ill
ever ngain go to the extremes in this coun
try that they have in the past The lawless
may desire to kill and destroy, but the
fearful eximple of Chicio's anarchists
will deter them from riot, incendiarism
and bloodshed. In Its effects for goxl to
the country the result of the trial just
brought to a close will be of Inestimable
benefit.
MR. LOCEY'8 CANDIDACY.
It has been intimated by a number of
papers and by some members of the dem
ocratic party of this county that George II.
Li K ey, of La Salle, ought to be endorsed
by democrats as their candidate for con
gress In this district. Mr. Lovey denies
that he is a candidate for the tiogitioa in
question, but yet goes out of his way to lu
dlct an effort of three and one half columns
in length addressed "To the voters of the
Lighth District," setting forth his views
upon a vast variety of pubHc questions, and
stating what ought and w hat ought net to
be done to bring about their solution.
It is just as well for demm rats to take a
position upon the candidacy of Mr. Locey
at once, so that tlmse who are urging his
endorsement may know how his nomina
tion would lie received. Mr. Locey ought
not to be presented by a democratic con-
'veutioii to the democratic voters of tired!.-'-tri
? as n democratic candid ie, The rea
.mi for this Is to be found In the fact that
Mi. Locey is not it democrat a reason
quite sulllcleut t.) cause those who are
democrats to withhold from him their
votes. If Mr. Locey Is presented by such
convention It w ill be a tacit admission that
within the dlstilct no dennxrat can be
found who is a proper person to represent
the people at Washington an admission
we are not prepared to make.
There is nothing that would afford us so
much pleasure as to support w 1th the utmost
of our energy and ability, for congressional
honors, a man of worth, who, thoroughly
grounded in democratic principles, would
creditably represent the people of the dis
trict in the lower house of congress. We
Bhould give such a man's cause a great deal
of time and a great deal of space ; but we
know of no reason why we should aid la
the election of any one who openly says,
"I am not a democrat," und we are confi-
dent that there Is no party force strong
enough to compel us to give in our alle
giance to him.
We adhere to democtatlc principles be
cause of a thorough conviction that tkey
are founded upon right, and that the Incor
poration of them in the conduct of the gov
ernment is best for the people ; and we but
assert our right when we ask of the party
that men be named for office who are true
exponents of those principles. We believe
thoroughly in party discipline, when that
party discipline is exercised to promote
party principles otherwise not.
DEATH OF C A. ZABLEY.
A dispatch from Joliet announces the
death in that city yesterday morning of
Calneh A. Zurley, for over 35 years editor
and publisher of the Joliet Siyiuil. He
must have been over sixty years of age.
Joliet can have few citizens whose history
is more intimately blended with that of
that city. Linking his fortunes with it
when it was yet little more than a village,
he has steadily stood by its interests until,
not a little aided by his counsels and ad
vice, he saw it grow into the rich and pros
perous city he now leaves it.
It was not only as a member of the city
council, board of education, and superin
tendent of its schools, but by his eminent
wisdom, prudence and sagacity in its af
fairs, that Mr. Zarley was pre eminently a
useful and valuable citizen. Lie was no
less prudent and sagacious as a politician,
so that the Signal, under his management,
wa9 recognized, more perhaps than any
otLer county paper, as a power, not only
In the direction of local political move
ments, but In the management of the poll-
tics of the state. Never was there a more
safe and sagacious political adviser within
the limits of bis sphere, and his great in
fluence as such arose from the conviction of
his thorough honesty, disinterestedness
and self-abnegation. Though from his
prominence in local politics he no doubt
could have commanded any office in the
gift of the Will county democracy, the
only office he ever held (except non-paying
positions in the city government) was that
of postmaster during a portion of the ad
ministrations of Presidents Pierce and Bu
chanan.
As a friend, ever true as steel ; as a bus
iness man, rigidly upright ; as a cltl.en,
public spirited, generous to a fault, big
hearted and liberal in all things, there are
few men of whom it can be more truly
said, his loss is a public calamity.
The democrats of Pennsylvania have
nominated Chauncy F. Blacn for Governor,
Kobert Bruce Hicketts, Lt. Governor; J.
Simpson Africa, Secretary Internal Affairs;
W. J. Brannan Auditor, and Maxwell Stev
enson, Congressman at large. Mr. Black is
at present Lieutenant Governor, and Is the
only son of the late Judge Jerry S. Black.
A half dozen private relief bills, one pri
vate pension bill, one bill providing for
the erection of a public building at n po
lls, Md.,and two joint resolutions, remained
In the hands of the President at the time of
the adjournment of Congress. These have
all been placed In the Department of State,
with memoranda attached to each, showing
the President's reasons for not approving
them. The Annapolis public building bill
did not receive his approval because he
thought the building was not needed there.
His reasons for not approving a bill appro
priating S20O for the relief of Francis W.
Holdeman, who Is 1 Stilt, when a lad of
twelve, attached himself to various Ohio
regiments, and performed various duties
connected with the army until the end of
1804, are thus stated:
Of course he never enlisted, and never
was regularly attached to any regiment
What kind of arms tkls boy twelve years
of age armed hliuself with is not stated,
and it is quite evident that his military
service could not have amounted to much
more than the indulgence of a boyish freak,
and his being made a pet of the soldiers
with whom he was associated. AVhen it is
proposed, twenty two years after his one
year's experience with troops, to a pay him
a sum nearly if not quite equal to the pay
of a soldier who fought and suffered all the
danger and privations of a soldier's life, I
am constrained to dissent.
The surplus resolution has this memor
andum attached to it:
This resolution involves so much and Is
of such serious import that I do not deem
It best to discuss It at this time. It is not
approved because I believe it to be unne
cessary, and because 1 am by no means
convinced that Its mere passage anil ap
proval at this time may not endanger and
embarrass the successful and useful opera
tions of the Treasury Department and Im
pair the confidence which the people should
have iu the uimagement of the finances of
the government.
Tiie last measure brought to the Presi
dent's attention that remains unsigned, was
a "joint resolution providing for the dis
tributien of the official registers of the
United States." Of tills the President says:
This resolution reached me five minutes
aftr the adjournment of the tw o Houses of
Crtngress, and Is the only enactment of the
session. I do not understand this resolut
ion nor purpose sought to )e accomplished
by Its passage, and while in that frame of
mind should have been constrained to with
hold my approval from the same, even if it
had reached me in time, for consideration.
Tno GossD5or.
TII.M'.N.
Once more, 0 all adjusting Death,
The nation's puniheou opens vvi.le;
Once more a common sorrow saith
A stroDg, wise man has died.
Faults doubtless had be; had we not
Our own, io question and asperse
The worth we doubted or forgot,
I'ntil we stood beside his hearse?
Ambitious, cautious, yet the man
To strike down frau I with resolute hand ;
A patriot, if a partisan,
lie loved his native land.
So let the mourning bells be rung,
The banner droop its folds half way,
And let the public pen and tongue
Their fitting tribute pay.
Then let us vow above his bier
To set our feet on rarty lies,
AuJ wound no more a living ear
With words that death deuies.
John (J. WhiUitr.
Sagacious, shrew, and with a heart for fate
Once in his life we ray call him great
When, tricked by knavery and despoiled by
might,
He kept the ceuntry's peace and forfeited
his right.
ruck.
The Chicago 7Ws, in summing up the
labors of the Illinois congressmen, stated
that Mr. Plumb introduced seven private
pension bills. The voters of this district
imagined from the alvertising done in the
Plumb papers that the Streator statesman
had introduce! about every important meas
ure that had bee a brought to the attention of
the nation's law makers. No wonder Mr.
Plumb looks tired after his session's work.
The republican papers of the county, with
the exception of the Streator Free rrrtt, do
not take kindly to Mr. Shay's candidacy for
the state senate. Mr. Shay's republicanism
does not seem of suiBoient soundness to meet
the demands of the old liners. He might ob
tain a certificate of its genuineness from Mr.
Plumb. It is certainly quite as good as tkat
distinguished gentleman's.
The President and Mrs. Geveland are in
the North Woods, New York, enjoying a
summer's vacation. There is no one but that
will concede that the President is entitled to
a very long rest from the importunate office
seekers and the oares of official life.
The latest paper in La Salle county " to
fill a long felt want' is the Utica h'aztttc.
It is very probable that lbs Gazette will fill
the "want" until the campaign is over and
then quietly lie down and die. It has the
symptoms of early death, viz.: It speaks of
itself as being "independent, fearless and
free."
The Irish National League, which close 1
its annual session at Chicago on Thursday,
was one of the most distinguished gathering
of Irish Americans ever wimessel in this
country. In it were men whose reputation
extend throughout two continents.
St. Stephen's Gazette brings out this story
auent Queen Victoria's hatred of Gladstone:
"The feeling dates back to the time when
the queen hcsiitated about signing the Irish
church disestablishment bill, 'imt, madam,
you must sign it,' said Mr. Gladstone. -Sir,
do you know who I am?' ' Yes, madam, you
are the queen of England. But does your
majesty know who I am? I am the people of
England.' "
Mr. Tilden was very wise in making pro
vision in his will that if any person at templed
to contest his will, such person, if provided
for by the same, should forfeit hit inheri
tance. Mr. Tilden was as wise a man in bus.
iness affairs as in politics.
The contest over the state seuatorship in
Bureau county is placing Mr. John W. l!ai
ley, editor of the ltureau county Jil,l,eliii,
in a very embarrassing position. For years
County Treasurer Wnsuburne has given the
Republican ihe tax list for publication, there
by increasing the reveuues of the office; and
on this account Bailey feels very kindly to
Washburne. On the other hand. Senator
Whiting took the precaution last winter to
have Bailey, jr., appointed secretary of his
senate committee and thus place Itailey, sr.,
under numerous obligations to him. Be
tween the candidacies of the two the editor of
the Republican is kept in constant misery,
and until September 8th he will continue as
he has since Ihe contest opened, to till
his columns with "Good Lord"' "Good
Devil! ''editorial squibs about Messrs.
Whiting and Washburne.
The Chicago Daily Xeui, iu its Illinois
political items, thus speaks of Mr. Mont
gomery's candidacy for state senator in De
Kalb county: "J. Ivor Montgomery of Sand
wich, wbo has been announced as a republi
can candidate for the slate senate in the l Tt li
district, is uncertain not only as to his poli
tics, but as to his residence as well, l or
many years he has been drifting about from
party to party, chasing off after every new
organization that would give him the adver
tising benefit of a nomination, and new it
has been determined that he ha Wen as on
trustworthy in the matter of choosing bis
place of voting. Soon after he bad snnotim-e I
that he, with Ihe aid of the -llev.' G II
Robertson, whose case attracted o much at
tention at the time he wa turned out of the
rresbyterim pulpit oon after Montgomery
had announced that he. with KoKermon s
aid, would try to lift biualf inlo the 'en
:iie ly inriiis of a republican nomination, his
rqqiunents charged that he w is not eligible
to the office: that, on election day, he would
not Iriv.1 lic I in the 'iNtrict two years. At
i.r.-t M !!. tannery's friends denied this. Then
Motitg ::,vvy brought the testimony of the
liiun who moved his household goods to 'his
place of residence in DeKalb county to prove
tiiat he was a resident of that county before
November, 1H. But this did not work,
for his opponents examined the poll books at
Montgomery's old place of residence in La
Salle county and found that on Nov. 4, 1884,
he had voted there. Now, it is said, Mont
gomery, finding himself caught, is going
about asserting that, while he did vote in La
Salle county two years ago, he was not at
the time a legal voter there, and when asked
if he is not afraid of being prosecuted for
fraudulent voting, is quoted as replying that
the crime has been outlawed by the statute
of limitations, which provides for punish
ment within eighteen months of the time the
offense is committed. Taken up one aide
and down the other J. Ivor Montgomery
seems to be about the very last man who
should be sent to the state legislature or In
trusted with any other office of power or re
sponsibility." Mr. Montgomery seems to
be having a hard lime of it.
The death of Mr. Zarley removes a candi
date for the Joliet postoffice from the con
test. It is more than probable that the ap
pointment would have gone to him had he
lived until the return of the President from
his summer vacation. If long and faithful
labors in behalf of the democratic cause war
ranted it, Mr. Zarley was certainly entitled
to recognition from Ihe President.
General Thomas J. Henderson, who on
Wednesday was re-nominated for congress
by acclamation by Ihe republicans of the
seventh district, has been in congress con
tiaually for the past len years. He has
never achieved a very marked position as a
statesman, but he is a clever gentleman and
one thoroughly honest. As long as a repub
lican must represent the district, no more
agreeable person could be found than Gen.
Henderson. However, in one respect he is
at fault, and that is upon (he tariff question.
He is badly in error in his tariff views. His
district is purely an agricultural one, and
yet he entertains the most ultra protection
views. This fact causes his majority to be
lessened each election.
.
It is now intimated that Gail Hamilton
will come to Chicago and take editorial
charge of The Current. This is evidently a
Blaine movement. Whenever the "gentle
man from Maine" has any official commu
nication to make to the public, his maiden
cousin is chosen as spokeswoman. Heretofore
Mr. "Josef" Medill has been Ihe Blaine
bugler in the west, but lie will now be oblig
ed to give way to one who, though a woman,
has all the literary fighting qualities of the
sterner sex.
The little amenities '.between cotemps.
(which cost nothing) go a long way to make
a newspaper man's life worth living. His
road is a rough one at best; and when the
profesh so far forget as to "put something in
about us'' the way becomes briery indeed.
Now, the Marseilles Stirs, act. 1 year and 9
mos. feel hurt at the Seneca Record, and
furthermore feels called upon to reply to the
laiter's str.ctures. When two such ponderous
sheets get afier each oilier, the fur flies: and
to give our numerous foreign exchanges a
little lit-liit for that secret scrap-book all
good editors draw on when they want to
'scorch'' a contomp. iu clegmt Euglisli
(which they "can't, find time" to write
themselves, ) we subjvin the AVft'-i' annihila
tor, to wit:
As to his questioning our veracity and
standing as a newspaper, we think it safe to
say thai we are in as good, if not better,
standing as the Record. One reason why
we think so is because, as a rule, newspaper
men generally count that editor pretty small,
who, when he has anything in his paper
against another, is afraid to send his paper
to that one. U has occured twice with us,
hence we believe that we have every, reason
in the world to question such an editor's
veracity. Come, come, Brother Ilorsley,
don't be ashamed to send us your paper
even if you have got. something iu it about
us. We are long enough at the business to
stand all that you can say sgainst us.
(i.VIS'.H,
At prescut Ottawa is favored wiih a camp
of gypsies, who have pitched their camp
near ihe Catholic Cemetery. They number
about 13 families, and are from Dayton,
Ohio, where the majority of the gypsies of
the country make their headquarters and
where a great deal of property is owned by
them. Tbe ones now near this city are Eng
lish. Their swarthy complexion results
from constant exposure to the weather. In
conversation with one of them, a women who
was "telling fortunes" she informed a re
porter oJ the Fro.B Thakhr that the talk
about their being a gypsy king and queen in
this country or elsewhere was all stuff. That
they knew of but one king here and that,
wai ihe President of the I'nited States; that
the most of the men were naturalized citizens
and voted regularily at elections, being eith
er democrats .r republicans. She further
added that since the gypcy organizations
were talked of in this country over seventy,
rive so ca !!ed .i-ieen' had been buried, a num.
ber she thought a little out of proportion to
the number of people to be ruled.
Buying, fading and fortune telling they
find profitable enough and enjovment enoug h
to m.tke their roving -life worth living."
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Lt. I riedei. the editor of the H'v. A-nW-if",
received a te days ugo a gold repeater
wiiich strikes the hours and minutes. It is
an heirloom in the family, having been pre
sented to Lt. F.'s uncle over fifty years ag
by the king. The duty upon it was 1H. II
is v- ry fne piece of mechanUrn.