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I. VMUtVtt. Marasi IWNr. MAHENBT, imjnoib. PATRIOTIC merchants of Tombstone, Arizona., refuse to take Mexican money for their goods. > ? t , ; * - COL. Isa^sou is growing M, He Isn't any balder than formerly, for that $9 impossible. His eyeglasses have turned to spectacles, and his chubbi- Hess is turning to fleshiness. His years are beginning to tell, bnt his smile and twinkling eyes are the same, lnger- eoll has a habit, when interviewed, of "writing down both questions and an­ swers, and reading them over before the reporter goes. V - A GEORGIA rattlesnake got' into a v pantry the other night, found some eggs •irad swallowed them, crawled partly through the handle of a jug, found more eggs and swallowed them, and was thus made a prisoner, the eggs on each side ~ 6f the jug-handle being too large to pass through. In his efforts to escape , ' be knocked the crockery right and left, . awoke the inmates af the house, and met- a deserved death. A CITIZEN of Norwich, Conn, who recently died, had been so paralyzed 'for twenty years that he could not move & hand or speak. His only means of communication was by having an at­ tendant run through the alphabet, and he would stop him at each letter he inranted until the word was spelled. The winks and the dictionary as used Jby "M. Noirtier" in "The Gount of Monte Cristo" would seem to have been an easier method. All -wro" % him and handed over to one of his assistant private secretaries, who copies it upon lead-colored paper and attaches the sep­ arate sheets together with a narrow blue ribbon in the left-hand corner.' Then the vetoes are carried back to the President and placed upon the desk presented by Queen Victoria, in the li­ brary. The President reads the oopy over carefully, and if he finds it all right he signs "Grover Cleveland" at the bottom, with a fancy flourish under­ neath. He answers scores of letters every day which are addressed to him by private individuals. Mr. Cleveland likes to look over the curious letters which come in his mail. Not a few of them he replies to. There probably never has been a President who has written as much with his own hand as Mr. Cleveland. He is not obliged to do it by any means, but he writes sim­ ply because he likes to. Since she has been in the White House, Mrs. Cleve­ land has been attacked with the letter- writing craze. She writes on an aver­ age twenty letters each day. Several of them are missives to old school friends, but the remainder are to peo­ ple personally unknown to her. Mrs. Cleveland answers every letter received by her, and it is said that she always says something in each which will please the person for whom the letter is intended. * A han who is rich enough to own two handbags must not complain if he suffer some of the embarrassments of riches. A New York lawyer, who is an en­ thusiastic tennis-player, carried the 'Wrong handbag into court the other day, and, after the preliminary remark that he would read from an eminent authority to show that his learned brother on the other side was all wrong, opened the receptacle and produced, not Blackstone or Coke, but a pair ofjbright blue knickerbockers. His learned brother grinned, and order and decorum in the court-room were maintained with difficulty. ___________ A BANKRUPT, whose affairs are under Investigation in a London court, en­ joyed unique means of subsistence. He :'f. f • ®r had been engaged to a lady, whose Uncle paid him £550 a year for being {engaged to his niece. Most men would have thought this good enough, but this jone was not easily satisfied. He gave mp the engagement and married a dress­ maker, and when asked why, said, "Be­ muse it was a very unhappy engage­ ment all along." Whether he was happier with the dress-maker does not appear, but probably his creditors were • not, for all he had to offier was a shilling pound and a lot of pawn-tickets. •iv'V"**' -<W ' •• THE Hartford Times- says that the late Prof. Calvin E. Stowe had more than a faith in life hereafter; he had knowledge, derived from actual per­ sonal experience. He was aware of the ireality of the spirit world and of its nearness to the earth life through his own experience. To him the veil was often withdrawn, and he was permitted to see and hold communion with those who had gone before. He was entirely satisfied that he often saw and con­ versed with, in the privacy and quiet of his own home, those who were no longer the occupants of earthly bodies. This gift of spiritual clairvoyance and ' clairaudience was potent to take away -much of the sense of bereavement and to fix his thought habitually on the higher realities. - A CITIZEN of Providence, R. L, FT. stepped into a barber-shop for the pur- ' pose of getting shaved, but the barber, instead of performing that service, cut his customer's throfk from ear to ear. On investigation it was §hown that the >r.,_' manipulator of the razor had always • been a mild-mannered man, not ad- " , dieted to drink, but that some years ago he was kicked on the head by a ' horse, since which time he had worn a y ; silver plate in his skull, and had been |K - - subjected to occasional "fits." In this instance, the general verdict was that the customer was the Bufferer from the "fit." Nervous visitors to barber-shops are accustomed to avoid the "tonsorial artist" who bears about him the odor of the saloon next door, but henceforth they will not feel at ease until they have searched his cranium for silver plates. "PRESIDENT SCOTT, of the Cincinnati Southern road, was a very clever En­ glishman, and much wittier than En­ glishmen usually are," said a Kentuokian to a Philadelphia Record writer. "When he first took hold of the Cin­ cinnati Southern he was greatly annoyed by the claims for horses and cattle killed by trains of the road on their way 4F 5 through Kentucky. It seemed as s < though it were not possible for a train to ran north or south through Ken­ tucky without killing either a horse or a cow. And every animal killed, how ever scrawny, scrubby, or miserable it may have been before the accident, al­ ways figured in the claims subsequently presented as of the best blood in Ken tucky. 'Well,' said Scott, finally, one AT a time when weekly and monthly periodicals are inviting writers "with­ out sin" to cast their critical stones at the newspaper press It is refreshing to have from the highest court in England a precise and common-sense definition of what constitutes the freedom and .re­ sponsibility of the press. The news­ paper of to-day generally realizes its mission, and strives with diligence and some success to fulfill it. It knows its freedom and accepts its responsibility. The chief complaints against it come from those whose withers have been wrung. It was so in the case where the Lord Chief Justioe of England took the opportunity to define the rights and restraints upon its privilege. An arti­ cle in the Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette charged that the cele­ brated gun-making firm of Armstrong & Co. "either were, or sometime had been, members of a ring having for its object the acquisition of public con­ tract for the manufacture of'ordinances, and had effected, 'or were endeavoring to effect, their object by means of dis­ honest practices and by oppresion, cor­ ruption, and other discreditable means." During the pendency of the suit the plaintiff's sought by an in junction to re­ strain further comments or a reitera­ tion of the alleged libel. In denying the injunction Lord Coleridge said that if the offensive matter were true, "the person who exposed such a system and such a mischief would do a great pub­ lic service," and therefore it was privi­ leged, and the "onus was on the plain­ tiff to show that the privilege had been exceeded." Here is a clear recognition of the right of a newspaper to expose any public scandal or misdeed. The decision put the burden of proof of private malice, as well as the falsity of the alleged libel, upon the plaintiffs, and protected the newspaper in its con­ tinuous comments, which can only be stopped after the article has been proved libelous by a verdict. fefc. is r /• a & ft i day, when the 9St9th claim had just been presented, 1 don't know anything that improves stock in Kentucky like crossing it with a locomotive.'" THE President, says a Washington correspondent, is one of the most indus­ trious of letter-writters. He likes to sit at his desk and write letter after letter upon almost every conceivable topic that is likely to come up at the White House, and has no use for the services of a stenographer, which is al­ lowed by law. The President -writes a very fine, lady-like hand, A Walk In Atlantic City. As they walked back to the hotel through a Sandy avenue lined with jig­ saw architecture, Miss Benson pointed out to them some things that she said had touched her a good deal. In the patches of sand before each house there was generally an oblong little mound set about with a rim of stones, or, when something more artistic could be afforded, with shells. On each of these little graves was a flower, a sickly geranium, or a humble marigold, or some other floral token of affection. Mr. Forbes said he never was at a watering-place before where they buried the summer boarders in the front yard. Mrs. Benson didn't like joking on such subjects, and Mr. King turned the di­ rection of-the conversation by remark­ ing that these seeming trifles were really of much account in these days, and he took from his pocket a copy of the city newspaper, the Summer Sea Seng, and read some of the leading items: "S., our eye is on you." "The Slopers have come to their cottage on Q street, and come to stay." "Mr. E. P. Borum has painted his front steps." "Mr. Diffendorfer's marigold is on the blow." And so on, and soon. This was probably the marigold mentioned that they were looking at. The most vivid impression, however, made upon tl»e visitor in this walk was that of paint. It seemed unreal that there could be so much paint in the world and so many swearing colors. But it ceased to be a dream, and they were taken back into the hard, practical world, when, as they turned the corner, Irene pointed out her favorite sign: SUas Lapham, mineral paint. Branch Office. --Charles Dudley Warner, in Hear- pet's Magazine. Afraid of His Nose. There is a true story of a French Senator, a very handsome man, who had a large nose, of which he was somewhat proud. He was once riding in a train, when a child, who was in the same carriage and who had watched the statesman for some time with dilated eyes, began to cry as if its heart would break. The mother could not console it. The little one was afraid of the Senator's big nose, and the mother quietly explained that her child had just come from the masquerade, where he had been particularly excited by the display of large noses. She concluded by requesting the statesman to take off his nose. "I see," she explained, "that for some good reason you are prolong­ ing the carnival." The Senator pro­ tested that he could not accommodate her, assuring the lady that his proboscis was not a false nose, but his own. "Touch it," said he. The lady gave a pull at the Senator's nose, but it did not come off in her hand. "A thousand pardons," she said; "but pray oh, pray, hide it with your hat!" The dis­ tinguished statesman complied with this singular request, continued his journey with his nose in his hat, and the child's screams subsidsd.--BrooWyn Mag* tine. -- The Town Board of Edinburgh has prohibited by ordinance the playing of marbles on the public streets. --A well of natural gas on a farm near Savoy ceased to flow daring a cyclone on September 16. Experts are unable to make it yield. ^ --Mr. Bryan Duffy, a well-known citi­ zen of Kent Township, Stephenson Coun­ ty, was thrown out of his wagon and in­ stantly killed. --At Metropolis, Caleb N. Jones killed J. Frank Burden on the street. The vic­ tim had married the divorced wife of Jones and taken his childrep* --A Jacksonville man killed a snake and hung it on a tree, believing this act would bring rain. A few hours later a heavy rain fell, and now the man is more superstitious than ever. -It is now reported Opt Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland does hot intend to make her home in Chicago. She will go to housekeeping in "The Weeds"--her house at Holland Patent, N. Y. -A Quincy prophet "predicts the early destruction of that city by all earthquake, because hundreds of pelicans were recently Been circling high up in the air over the Mississippi River near by. -The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. EnoB Coburn, of Pans, was celebrated at their residence near that city Monday even­ ing by about one hundred relatives and friends. Substantia golden presents were donated. Seven of their eight children were present. -A wealthy business man of Chicago who died a couple of years ago at a ripe old age consistently refused ever to make a will. He said that he had read the statutes carefally, that he believed they made as equitable an arrangement as he could make for the distribution of an honest estate, and that he should leave the matter to the law. His estate was peaceably settled and divided among his heirs. --Two or three years ago Phil Amour, of Chicago, saw a negro porter in a palace- car industriously trying to spell out words in a well-thumbed reader whenever he had a moment's leisure. He became interested in the boy, and offered him $25 if he'd read six lines before the train reach­ ed its destination. The porter, by hard work, earned the money, and now he is a student in Oberlin College, sent there by the generous Chicago packer. He is veiy black, and very ambitious.--Indianapolis Journal. --The stoTy that Bob Irigersoll is con­ stantly accompanied by a stenographer, whose duty it shall be to take down his last words in the event of his sudden de­ mise, so that theTe may be no dispute as to what they really are, lacks confirmation, and has, besides, some elements of im­ probability. The astute Bob knows that in order to convince an incredulous public and make the report of the stenographer properly binding he would also be obliged to carry around with him two disin­ terested witnesses and a notary public. And there would be no assurance even then that he wouldn't flood the country with post-mortem "last words" after the man­ ner of Hugh Conway.--Chicago Tribune. --I happened to overhear a curious con troversy in the art gallery of the Exposi­ tion yesterday, concerning the name given to one of the paintings. It was the beau­ tiful little canvas of 11. W. Hubbard, Room A, No. 24. entitled, according to the print­ ed catalogue, "Pool Above Aam." Sev­ eral persons stood around it admiring it, when, suddenly the question was sp-ung, "Where is Aam?" One ' gentleman thought that it was a town in Connecticut, not far from Where Mr. Hubbard has his country seat. An Irish gentleman Bhook his head, and thought that it was in Connaught. A well-dressed man with a Teutonic accent remarked judicially (hat he thought Aam was a hamlet not far from Stuttgart, and, in fact, he had a distinct impre sion that he visited it once, in his childhood. Just then.a minister came up, and overhearing what they said, suggested that if his mem­ ory served him right Aam was an ancient city in the Holy Land, where Joshua once worsted the Amalekites. He thought the account of the battle would be found in the second book of Chronicles, perhaps in the fourth or fifth chapter. Just then Mr. Leonard, who superintends the gallery, and who, hearing the controversy, had dis­ appeared to make some investigations, re­ turned and informed them that the name of the picture as given in the catalogue was a misprint, and should have been * Above a Dam. "--C/ticapo Journal. Mk Alte Speech bjf Oongreasman Wil- iy/fy. liia KoKialey, a* Athass, ' Chieap) In Tyrlan Purple. Mr. Chauncey M. Depew brings with him a most astonishing piece of news from En­ gland. Robert Browning says that there is one place in America where his works are appreciated, and that place is Chicago. "The Venice of the Western Adriatic," the glorious ceii'er of art, literature, and pressed beef, where the inhabitants, clothed in Tyrian purple, frequent­ ly paint their native place a brilliant sunset red, and where "the only truly American city" in the land rejoices in a population nearly two-thirds foreign, will now buy a copy of Browning for the Public Library and pose as the Hub of the Intellectual Universe. It is in no spirit of envy that the East congratulates Chicago on its rising fortunes in the realm of cul­ ture. A city which appreciates Browning is not to be envied. It should be looked upon with wonder and admiration, but it is too much exalted to be the subject of base jealousy. Our only regret lies in the fact that poor Boston is not the aesthetic city for which it has long been taken.-- New York World. T~ ,•>, The Towel'* Lanuat Farewell to thee, dear roller, thai ha> held me rip so long; Farewell, you dirty cases, that have fabledjne in song. For to-morrow, ere you waken,' I shall silent pass ftwav. To a laundry, round the corner, where I'm to be washed, they say. It's all so strange, my comrades, It aeejfis to me a dream, To step from out my inky shroud and meet the water's gleam; I I may survive the bath, but should I pass awav. Just tell toe comps who for me ask that I was washed to-day. No mace I'll clasp the blaeklead hands that oft did fondle me, . For I must Join the washman bold, so heedless • to my plea; * Hall take me down, and wonder long bow many pounds I weigh, And charge you well for all the time be spends on me to-day. But HI come back, in snowy coat* to fill my usual sphere. iud mount again the vacant rack, a plaee to me most denr; Then will the comp, with grimy hands, reach up to tne and say: 'Hal hat old boy, I see you're back--'washed-- dyed withiif a dstyl" . - . ? -JW C. Crocker, in Inland Printtr. Months of Bourbon Eule, With- * Developmrataf Parpose IB. PBE8IDKNT AND FKLXOW-ClTIZEKB : The £proaching election is the first essentially na­ tional one sine tha inauguration of a Demo­ cratic President and the assembling of the Forty-ninth Congress. It in olves the choioe of the House of Representatives for the Fiftieth Congres . which will hold over until the 4th of March, 1(«9. We have had the change of administration deemed BO essential by our political opponents to the safety and welfare ot the country. We have been living under it for the past eighteen months. It has been in operation, therefore, long enough to develop its policy and demon­ strate its plans and purposes. Its record, so far as made up, is a legitimate subject of political discussion, and upon that record the people now have an opportunity to pass judgment, either of approval or condemnation. They now have the chance of expressing their views upon the wis­ dom of that change whioh in 1884 they decreed should be made. The Ohio Democratic plat­ form of this year, speaking to this subject, says: "The Democracy of Ohio, in convention assembled, congratulate the country upon the fact that the partv of the people lias been re­ stored to power, and that with it the promises of its leaders and hopes of its followers are be­ ing fully realised." This, I am sure, will be *urprifling news to the Democracy of the coun­ try and of the State. A startling revelation to the leaders of the party, whose promises it is alleged have been fulfilled, and to the humble and expectant followers, whoso liopes. it ib said, are being realized. Happy leaders, exultant followers 1 Where are the trophies of your vic­ tory, where the realization of your hopes and your pledges ? What has Congress, with its Democratic majority of forty-two, accomplished ? What taxes has it reduced? What cus­ toms duties has it removed? What burdens have been lifted from the shouitlers of the peo­ ple? What obstructions removed from the oliunnels of trade? What has been done for fortifications to protect our great coast line, now so exposed and defenseless? What im­ provement in the public service is marked by your advent to powerWhat reforms in the administration of the customs service are to be noted? What reduction has been secured in the annual expenditures of the Government t What do you tmd in the administration of for­ eign affairs upon which you can congratulate the country, or which you t an contemplate with pride as American citizens? Taxation stands where the Kepublican party ,b„.. ™ W -J- ,h..Hi9 S^TinC el the Democrats to the Hettee m the plua resolution was a vot*5f V w«fe¥ If eonfi- aertfe, a vote of ooodemnattoaof their adminis­ tration. And event after the eonferwn f̂com- mittee of the H«*fc#tn« 'the Satiate.fcad ao amended thajfoese vedetton as takeegfsautd one hundred millions for resumption purposes, providing twenty ihilllttts tor ewiarlring Mance an* giving the Secretary of the Ttuasitrj tte discretion to suspend the operation of the ceeo- mttbn "in case of an extraordinary emergency, when the public interest requires it," the Presi­ dent declined to give it his approval The resolution as finally agraed upon was, in effect and substance, what the Republicans In the House had unsuccessfully sought to make it, unexceptional in every reipeet, carefully guarded, and acquiesced in by both political parties in the two branches of Congress with substantial unanimity, and yet the PreaMent withheld from it his approval, and gave his rea­ sons for so doing in a memorandum he attached to the bill and filed with the Secretary of State, as follows: "This resolution involves so much, and is of such serious importance, that I do not deem it best to discuss it at this time. It is not ap­ proved because I believe it to be unnecessary, and because I am by no means convinoed that its were passage and approval at this time may not endanger and embarrass the successful and useful operations of the Treasury Department, and impair ths confidence which the people should have iu the management of the finances of the Government." It may be true that the resolution as finally adopted will "endanger and embarrass the suc­ cessful and useful operations of the Treasury Department, and impair the confidence of the people in the management of the finances of the Uovernment," |>ut I can not believe it. The practice of the Republican Secretaries of the Treasury was to keep less of surplus or balance in the Treasury than was contemplated by the resolution, and the management of the Treas­ ury was neither embarrassed nor endangered, and the public confidence was never shflten for An instant of time. It would appear from the conduct of the administration in boarding the revenues and holding #ie surplus, and the refusal ct the President to approve the resolutions to pay out, that ho feels a larger balanco is required to maintain public confi­ dence under a-Democratic than a Republican administration. This is probably true, and may, after alt, be the secret of his financial pol­ icy, for it must be conceded that a party which was once driven from power in financial dis­ honor, and again resumes control, is viewed with greater suspicion, and must be iptrenched with a larger reserve than the party whose hon­ or has never been tainted, and whose financial management has never disturbed public confi­ dence. If thi Republican policy of paying out the surplus revenues upon the public debt had been pursued, nearly if not all of the "tliree- P'.T-cents" would hiiv© been called in and paid before this time, and that money would now be circulating througfh the avenues ot business, in to the list of the tax-gatherer. remain undiminished in number and rate. The financial policy established by the Republican party, with soine exceptions, on which I shall speak hiter, has been pursued. It is a note­ worthy fact that the Democratic party has not in twenty-six * years formulated a reve­ nue scheme, or a system of taxation, or a financial policy, which has not been rejected by the deliberate judgment of Congress and the sober thought of the country. For ten years of that period it has con­ trolled" the House of Kt presentntives, two yean l>oth the House and Senate, and now the Presi­ dency. The statute book contains no revenue or fiscal legislation to commemorate the work or the wisdom of the Donioiratie party. What lias the new administration done w ith the civil st r vice of tha country? It has suffered in every branch where removals have been made. The House i t Kepret entatives, under the lead of Mr. Hoimnn, of Indiana, sought to nullify the civil-service law by a rider to an appropriation bill, in violation of the rules of the House, sub­ stituting the pass system for that of merit in the examination for appointments. The revis­ ion of the customs servioe, to prevent frauds upon the revenue, and undervaluations, so ear­ nestly recommended by the President and Sec­ retary of the Treasury, wero denied by the Democratic House. The foreign policy has been weak, wavering, and un-American. Bold and defiant when dealing with a Bmall and infe­ rior republic; Conciliatory, if not cringing, •when treating with a great and powerful king­ dom. Not a dollar was provided for fortifica­ tions for national defense. The expenditures of the Government actually appropriated from the Treasury for the fiscal year commencing June 80, 18M.1, and ending June 30, 1887, have been increased forty-five millions of dollars over the expenditures*>f the preceding year. You will remember the ^econ­ omy" inaugurated at the incoming of the admin­ istration. Cabinet Ministers and Bureau Offi­ cers sold the horses and carriages in the use of the Government. They must save expense and fet back to .JefferM nam simplicity. Secretary I'imar insisted upon riding iu a street-car. But all the Rame the i xpt udltures have increased. The present administration, in the face of its much-paraded economy, estimated the amount of money required for the fiscal year ot 189? at ?2SW,()7G,i29.3C, against the estimates for 1883 of S>i68,3:W,6 >1.6«; and Mr. Randall, in his speech of August 4, 18HU, states that the aggregate amount of the thirteen appropriation bills pro­ viding for the ordinary expenses of the Govern­ ment for the fiscal j'ear 18 (7 is Sil,007,103.51 less than the i stimates which were Submitted to Congress, and £2l,tN>2,9iM. <> in excess of the reg­ ular appropriations made by tho last session of the Forty-eighth Congress for the fiscal year 1886. , The question of polygamy received no consie- eri ' n from the majority of the House, and tl.. i, ii\stem which shocks our civilization and defies law was left undisturbed, to continue its disregard ef Federal authority. Tho southern half ot the Territory of Dakota, witb an area e<]t<al to any of the original thirteen States, and more than twice that of Ohio--creater than that of Now York or Penn­ sylvania--with a population of --larger than most of the States when admitted into the Union, and six times 1 arc or than that of Oh-o when she was admitted in i802, and greater than her imputation in 1810- having fulfilled all the requirements of the law, coming with a constitution republican iu form und ratified by her people--free fr; m debt, witli schools, col­ leges and churches rivaling some of the older commonwealths--witli an intelligent and indus­ trious people drawn from the best of the great Eastern and Middle States--et:>od all through the rocent Eession of Congress at the outer door of the House, asking for admission into the Union, that Bhe might enjoy equal representa­ tion in the sisterhood of States, and share equally the benefits and. burdens of the Re­ public. The Republican Senate bad promptly acceded to her request, and the bill which it passed sleeps in the committee-room of the House, where I fear it will remain until after the next Presidential election, and longer, if the Democratic party is continued in control. This denial is an outrage upon this new and prosperous and Jaw-abiding Territory, end a greater outrage upon tho principle of equal representation which lies at the foundation of our political system. The voice of Republicans is wrongfully silenced in many Southern States by the local Democratic governments ; thp voice of Repub­ lican Territories is purposely ignored by tho national Democratic House, and the country i deprived of the force and effect which both would have, aud to which both are entitled un­ der the laws and settled policy rf the Govern­ ment in tho Eli ctoral College and in the two houses of Congress. In both cases the wrong is equally flagrant and demands a quickening ot that public sense which must find a remedy.. It is true the Democratic House passed a number of bills whereby large tracts of public lands were forfeited, which had bceu theretofore granted to railroad companies, but in every ease which I now recall, these forfeitures were made under the leadership of Mr. Pay son, of Illinois, a Republican, and a member of the Committee on Public Lands, who received the almost unanimous support of his Republican associates. To him, more than to any other, is the country indebted for whatever of the public domain has been restored to the Government, through the action of the House, for homestead entry and settlers, but even this action WHS long deferrrd and came weekH after a Republican Senate had passed similar legislation The surplus in the Treasury has been per­ mitted to accumulate, while outstanding bonds of the Government bearing interest are subject to call. The Secretary of the Treasury, with full authority under the law to employ the sur­ plus for that purpose, has failed to do so. An administration that owes its election to the false cry that the Republicans, with a lar^e surplus in the Treasury, would pay none of it out, prac­ tically stops all bond calls from the moment it assumes control and leaveB the surplus in dis­ use. How do you like it, my fellow citizens? Be entirely frank, my Democratic friends--in this particular are you "realizing the promises Of your leaders?" The Ohio Democratic plat­ form declares that it "heartily approves the policy of paying out the surplus revenues on the interest bearing debt." What policy does it ap­ prove? Not the Democratic, for it has paid out substantially nono. Whose policy does it ap­ prove? Surely not that of President Cleveland, for he has paid out less than sixty millions in eighteen months--so little, indeed, that his political associates in the House resolved that they wanted him to pay out more. The only party that has employed the sur­ plus for uses authorised by law is the Republi­ can, not tho Democratic ; and it set an example in the twenty-five years ot its power which has been the wonder and admiration of the finan­ cial world, an example worthy of approval and imitation by our political opponents. See its record r It paid out 8125,oOO,t)iXl in 1831, and called in that amount in bonds ; in 1882 it called in 1173,000,000 of Government bonds and paid them off; in 18*3, 886,000,000; ill 1884, over 470,- 000,000. We averaged in the last four years of Republican administration more than £1'-5,000,- 000 a vear. Your administration has paid out but t000,000 in sixteen months, and the bal­ ance it keeps in the Treasury has exceeded that of any year of Republican control. If the Democratic administration has been derelict of duty in this regard we can not help it. We did no.t" help make it. We did not want it. We to/t it not only the examp'e but a fair surplus to begin on, with the authority to do its whole duty. Those oi you who contributed to Grover Cleveland's success have only to blame your­ selves. You elected him to Administer the Gov­ ernment and its financial affairs. He is auswer- able to the people, and it ia their considerate judgment we ask next November, Democrats gg well as Republicans. Democratic party, among them some of its most trusted leaders, who declared from one end of this country to the other that the Repub­ licans were hoarding a large surplus which their party would at once pay out, now stand convicted before their fellow -citizens of either ignorance ,or falsehood, or both, and still the Ohio Democracy "cordially indorses the admin­ istration of President Cleveland." What is there, I submit in all seriousness, connected with the Democratic administration, either in the House or on tho part of the Ex­ ecutive, to command public approval or justify its continuance iu power? I have been a close observer Of its course in the House, and I have not been inattentive to the olfieial acts of the President; but I have failed to discover any policy on the part of either marked by lofty pa­ triotism high purpose, Cr broad statesmanship. The less of a Democrat the President has been the more public condemnation he liaa received The more of a Democrat he has been the less has been hie public and the more his party's approval. Being more Democrat than patriot, his chief distinction consisted of vetoes of pension bills passed by both houses of Congress for the bene­ fit of the r ink and file of the army. 1 do not question the constitutional right of the Presi­ dent to approve or veto the resolves of Congress, but his wholesale veto of this class of bills, the most deserving upon tho calendar of Congress, is such an innovation of the unbroken prece­ dents of his Illustrious predocessors, as to pro­ voke the tikought and inquiry of the country. And whether he exercises that right wisely and for the public good, I and you and all the peo­ ple conversant with the facts of each case can judge and must judge and record our judgment at the itolls. What have other Presidents done ? It is interesting to noto that Washington in eight years vetoed but two bills; Jefferson,who knew the Constitution and tho Presidential pre­ rogative, in eight years vetoed not a Bingle bill the elder and the younger Adams none ; Madi­ son only six in his eight years of service, and Jackson, whose courage was never doubted, in his two full terms but eleven; Van Buren none Taylor and Fillmore none; Buchanan four Lincoln one ; Garfield and Arthur four. Tbev held the power confided to them by the Constitution to override tho will of both branch­ es of Congress so sacred that it was only to be invoked upon extraordinary occasions. From Washington down to Cleveland, a period of nearly one hundred years, the total number of all vetoes of all the Presidents was but 103, while Cleveland in eighteen montus issued 103, This excels any record yet made in ancient or modern times. The unfriendly spirit'of the President toward tha deserving soldiers was quickly caught up .bythe Democratic House, aud resulted in the proposal of a rule which received the approval of ttie Speaker of tho House, Mr. Randall of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Morrison of Illinois, and a united Democratic majority--requiring on all general pension bills that provision be in'idi) by taxation for the payment of the ap­ propriation Which they involved. A more covert assault, a moro masked attack, was never con­ ceived against the soldiers of the republic who lost health and limbs and life in defense of the country. Every general pension bill must carry wftli it a tax bill, a suggestion never thought of, much less made, concerning any other bill or propoaition^requiring the payment of money, and this with an unused balance in the Treasury, more than ample for all the demands ot the Government aud the public service. Every other appropriation comes out of the general revenues; but the pensioners, if not the moBt deserving, cer­ tainly equally meritorious with the most favored of all of the Government creditors, are required as a condition precedent to any legislation in their behalf to provide the money in advance, by special taxation, for its payment. No more unholy proposition was ever "submitted to an American Congress : it was intended to provent all pension legislation, aud that would have been its effect if it had become a part of the rules of the House. It was not adopted because of tho united action of the Republican party, which resorted to every obstructive movement justified by parliamentary laws to prevent it. This rule is now pending for consideration ; it was not defeated, only postponed by the use of extraordinary means, and will come up next December. The people should express their views upon this monstrous proposition in the only way open to them--through the ballot-box --aud advise those of us in the minority, aud those who are in the majority of their wish and *m-Thero are other important questions which confront ue, and demand our judgment at the 'Coming election. In addition to the proposed Change Of the rules in the manner I have indi­ cated, there are pending, and on the calendar of tho Houso of Representatives, two bills, Rational in their character, which will bo con­ sidered next December, and are now before the people, whoso verdict upon them, as given at file polls next November, will control their fate. ;The one is what is known as the free ship bill, Mftd the other the Morrison tariff bill; neither Of'tliem was defeated at the session just closed, Ouy deferred, and both will be culled up at the OWfeting of Congress next December, unless the Vdi|[ of the people this year be so strong in con­ demnation of their author, the Democratic party, as to drive them from their threatened purpose I want the people to vote upon these two bills. If they are in favor of them they should vote the Democratic ticket; if they are against them they should vote the Republican ticket. Now, what are they? First, the ship­ ping bill: The first section of this bill authorizes Ameri­ can citizens to purchase foreign-built ships, and admits them free of duty to American reg­ ister as vessels of the United States. The sec­ ond section admits, duty freeL all materials of every kind and quality which enter into the complete construction and equipment of a ship to be built ill the United States. It should not be forgotten that American citizens can now buy ships anywhere and own them to any ex­ tent, but tho pronos d bill repeals our registra­ tion laws, which exclude foreign-built vessels from American register. It gives to the foreign-built ship owned by a citizen of the United States all of the rights and privileges and protection accorded an Ameri­ can-built ship. It is absolute free trade in ocean carriages, to be bought anywhere, and admitted to this country free of custom-house charge or duty. It is also absolute free trade in the materials entering into a ship con­ structed in the United States, whether material be iron, steel, castings, forgings, bolts, boiler plates, power, rope or cordage, and these articles can be imported from any country of the world exempt from duties. All duties now imposed upon these articles imported here are released if the articles are to be used in the construction of ships. Why free for this purpose and dutiable for all others? If free foreign materials for ship build­ ing, why not free for other Industries? If free steel for ocean carrying, why not free steel rails for American railroads? If free ships for the American capitalists, why not free sugar for the American masses? The reason for this discrimination, does not appear in the report of the committee Or the discussions in Congress. One thing is certain, this bill is dangerous in every respect it is considered, and is so radical a change from the national policy to which we have adhered since the foundation of the Gov­ ernment, thai it should receive the most pro­ found attention of all the people whose votes make and unmake majorities in Congress. It is an qntirq Aversal of our,navigation laws as they h ave stood since 1793, ana is a long stride in he direction of tree trade. Leaving the pat, ot o sud national side of the question, and view lag. if enljrfrom \ business standpoint, I can see in it only destruction of the ship build­ ing interests of the country, representing mill­ ions of cafttel, a«d xuost serious oonsequenoes oonterralUag hsasflta. ... . Mtsdourt limit tha sUstfafrj 4 in JtiMr countries to .the foreign " of American ship building, setong earth* °rt'4S: make iron ships here and compete with QMa& Bfitain while the labor of the latter can be ha4 mom seventy to eighty per cent, less than oar Even if we could build the ships, ha vine «|t the materials free, and oompete successfully with England (which I deny), we would still in­ flict a great injury upon the manufacturers at n»»teri*ls in this country which enter into ship building as well as the labor they employ. Theee materials would come from abroad, and to that extent our market and our power to employ Is- bor curtailed. I admit that if all the conditions were equal, labor the same in price, material costing the same, we could adopt this bill and keep open our shipyards; but they are not equal and ought not to be. It ta our proud boast that in the reward to labor we excel any otner na­ tion, and in this no backward step must be uucen. If this bill should l>ecome a law, its author (Mr. Dunn, of Arkansas) does not conceal its effect upon the labor of the counlrjr. Be an­ nounces, in his Bpeech published iB^the Con- gresrional Record, the outcome, boldly, and wim a frankness which I am forced to commend. He says: "We have the ghost of 'pauper labor' of the balance of the world shaken before us, like the ghost of Banquo.tofrighten and stampede us. We have been told that we must protect Ameri­ can labor against the pauper labor of tho rest of the world by restrictive legislation, prohibit­ ive and protective tariffs. If mv voire can roach my countrymen, let me say to tliem that the days of protection have panned. You can not Srotoct any longer. You are face to face, merican laborers, with the lalatrers dt the whole world." I hope tho voice of the gentleman wilt reach his countrymen, and penetrate every part of the Republic. I will be glad to aid him in that direction. I want the country to hear, the workingmen of tho country to hear, that the distinguished gentlemen from Arkansas, chair­ man of an important committee of the House, and a leading Democrat, declares that labor is to be no longer protected ; that "the pauper la­ bor" of other countries, competing with our free labor, will not frighten or stampede him from the execution of his and hia party's purpose. You cannot protect auy longer, he asserts. "You are face to face, American laborers, with the labor­ ers of tho whele world," and must meet them on exactly equal terms, and the gentleman and the party which stands behind him threaten, in this and another bill t ) which I shall refer, to remove every protection, every safeguard, to our industrial interests, 60 that the laborers of this country must meet iu free and open com­ petition the ch ap labor of the world, no matter what its condition. We must come down to their standard--accept their wages, be content, with their comforts and opportunities, adopt their conditions. This is the doctrine of free trade, this the voice and logic of free ships and free materials for ships--for this doctrine will not stop here if this first move be successful. The issue, therefore, ia no longer concealed, the real effect is no longer in doubt. My fellow-citizens, the country may be forced to come to this ; the policy of the party in con­ trol is leading that way. I hope it will never come. Every patriotic instinct, every true na­ tional interest is against it. You have the power in your own hands to prevent it; if it comes you will have nobody to blame but your­ selves ; your ballots can prevent it; nothing else will. Whatever else free trade and free ships may mean, I know they mean cheap labor, and that means the degradation of men whose only means of sustenance is toil, and whose only capital is the labor of their hands. The gentle­ man from Arkansas, the author of the bill, is equally frank with the farmer. He says: "The wheat producer of tho Northwest is standing face to if,ae with the wheat producer of India. For this admission from such a quarter we are thankful, for it simplifies the discussion. Again, he savs : "A few years ago India ship­ ped 40,000 bushels of wheat; last year she put into the market forty millions of bushels. Can you protect the Northwest farmer against that labor? India can put wheat down in the mar­ kets of consumption in Europe cheaper than we can transport it from the fields of production to • the markets of consumption." That is to say, India can raise aud market her wheat for what it costs the American farmer to convoy his pro­ duct to the market of consumption, allowing him nothing for the cost of production. And yet this is the very market which the Democratic leaders are constantly inviting the American farmer to enter. Tho remedy, says the gentle­ man, is cheaper production, which means, of very necessity, cheaper labor, and witli tnat problem we are confronted, ho is candid enough to state, How does the Western farmer like the remedy ? How d> es the Democratic farmer rel­ ish it? Cheaper labor and lower prices, to ena­ ble him to compete with labor paid less than ten cents a day! That is the inevitable out­ come if he would meet India wheat in the Eu­ ropean market, and it is to meet that wheat--to export it beyond the sea--that the Democratic leaders advocate free ships 1 Ho is generous enough to admit that we can keep India wheat out of the United States with our protective tar­ iff ; that we happily know; that we have pro­ vided for; that we discovered long ago, and have used it against the protests of the demo­ cratic party; but this bill would force the farmer into the foreign market. His policy and that of his party would diminish tho consumption hero by diminishing the consumers, by breaking down our ship-yards to l>e followed by tho de­ struction of otlur industries, curtailing the power of the laborers to buy, bs dismissing them from manufacturing industries and driv­ ing them to tho farm, A foreign market for our agricultural pro­ ducts, is the cry of the free trader and the dominant element in the Democratic party. What kind of a market? What is it when we get there? What do we find? We meet the wheat of India costing eight cents per bushel for production, cultivated by the cheapest and most degraded labor of the world! That is the field to which you call the Atneri an farmer. That is what you tender in exchange for the market here, which your policy will destroy. That is all you have to offer, and the American farmer scorns it The American people, who love their country and believe in the dignity and independence of labor, spurn it. The American farmer likes his own good home mar­ ket best; a market which our industrial policy has created aud which its friends intend to maintain. The advocates of thts bill, and all kindred measures, would destroy the home market for the farmers of the United States by having our manufac­ turing done abroad, with foreign materials and foreign labor, and then force them to send their products to the European market in competi­ tion witb the products raised in other lands by the poorest paid labor. The policy of the Re­ publican party is, fir.it of all, to maintain for our farmers a"home market, by adequate pro­ tection, and to enlarge it by increasing and di­ versifying manufactures, which will give em­ ployment to more men, thus increasing the do­ mestic consumers. This is the best market of tho world. It is the prize which the world seeks. I<et us be careful to foster it by every encouragement justified by organic law. Let not the tempting cry of "free ships," and the delusive catch phrase of "unrestricted com­ merce," lead us from our moorings, or tempt us to abandon the national policy founded by the fathers, und sacredly preserved for near a cen­ tury by (he patriotic men of every political faith. To® Chie»f» Club Will Ag*ia Champion Pencftit af Uw Lmgu, Wkila tfo 8t. Iraia Brows* Oaptitni ti» - *, * dhampienship of the Assoiation. To Candidates. Candidates who expect to enter tho coming oampaign and wish thia paper to call them liars should no'ifv us early so we can make arrangements. Please state whether you want the charge in caps., small caps., or italics. Send for our special price-list for this style of abusive advertising. "Infa­ mous liar" only 10 per cent, extra. Please remember that our facilities for referring to your candidacy as a "conspiracy against the interests of the people that should be nipped in the bud are unsurpassed. We chal­ lenge comparisons in this line. Orders filled the day of receipt. We are showing something new in the Way of dark hints concerning a man's record in the States. No di ect charge is made, but enough will be said so it is believed it will be worth several hundred votes, especially to young candidates who have not made a record in the Territory. This style is our exclusive property and fully cov­ ered by copyright. Bend for free sample. Remember when yon pay for the charge that you are dishonest in your business transactions that this will also include a letter from "Tax-payer" claiming that yon were guilty of de­ frauding a poor widow out of her farm. This makes our price remarkably low when everything is taken into considera­ tion. Any candidate wishing to be abused will greatly facilitate matters by point­ ing out any dark places in his record. This will greatly assist us in tearing it up and giving him a boom. We refer to several members of the last Legislature whom we helped to elect in the way advertised above. We have a man specially engaged for candidates to jump onto and pound with a club during the campaign and thus get more advertising. No objec­ tions to our patrons tiring blank cart­ ridges into the windows, and such oc­ currences will always be noticed %•$$$ looal oelunns,--£«<e//ine BeU. {Chicago corresponded*,] Th» Chieagos still hold the lead in ft# lace for the League pennant, and that they will be the champions of 1886 is an assur­ ed fact. The New Yorks and Philadel­ phia* are making just as close a race for the third place a* the two leaden did for first place. The Bostons and St. Lonis are also en­ gaged in a lively contest for fifth position, with chances in favor of Boston, who now holds that place. Following we give tha fchednle ot the League and American Association, and some interesting records of League game*: NATIONAL macs. Games Clubs-- won. New York .....w.tW Philadelphia ...6S Hostiu .7.......;t4B St. Louts Kansas City..., ........9 Washington .. , . . . . . . . . . i . . . . . . . . . . . s ..SS AlfKHICAM ASSOCIATION. Clubs-- Won. St. Louis....... M Pittsburg. T....;...............fl Brooklyn 09 Iiouisville ,,i....... »•. Cincinnati Mhletic ........56 Metropolitan r.«v Baltimore .. ....di . « IS WHITEWAS&BB. , The record of the gamos wherein CM* opponents made nothing are as follows: ' . - At Chicago. - M Chicago, 11; Kansas City, 0. - - t * ; .gr: J At Detroit. " Detroit, 10; New York, 0. '^7 j Detroit, 1; Philadelphia, 0. *1^11 ' Detroit, 2; Philadelphia, 0. 'ITvt . -v Detroit, 2; Philadelphia, 0. .v f . ^ ^ Detroit, 2; Philadelphia, 0. ^ Chicago, 4; Detroit, 0. , • ,,^,4 "i At St. Louis. 9 ^ r ^ Kansas City, 2; St. Lonis, 0. ^ *'• St. Louis, 5; Boston, 0. • St Louis, 6; Kansas City, 0. T j % f. Washington, 2; St. Louis, 0. * 1 * Philadelphia, 1; St. Lonis, 0. Chicago, 1; St. Louis, 0. St Louis. 5; Kansas City, 0. St Louis, 5; Kansas City,*0. Af Kansas City. Philadelphia, 1; Kansas, City, » Kansas City, 7; Washington, ; Philadelphia, 3; Kansas City* ft At Philadelphia. Philadelphia, 3; Chicago, 0. . Detroit, •'!; Philadelphia, 0. ' Philadelphia, 3; St. Louis, 0. ^ Philadelphia, 8; Washington, 0» - Philadelphia, 7; Washington,^ .,y 1 Philadelphia, 5; Chicago, 0. r At New York. ' ' * * Chicago, 4; New York, 0. . New York, 3; Boston, 0. ' « $4 •-T Philadelphia, 4; New York, 0.. **; New York, 8; St. Louis, 0. ' V , J* ^ Washington, 5; New York, 0. At Boston. Chicago, 9; Boston. 0. Boston, 2; New York, 0. Boston, 15; Washington, 0. At Washington. New York, 6; Washington, 0.'. Washington, 7; Chicago, 0. Chicago, 20; Washington, 0. Detioit, C; Washington, 0. Kansas City, 2; Washington, 4t» Chicago, 6; Washington, 6. • Chicago, 11; Washington, 0. Notes of the Game. Iir Pittsburgh President called the "Helmholder of the THE St. Lonis Browns and Bfarooab will play a full series next month, the winner to take 60 per cent, and the loser 40 per cett. of the gate receipts. THE Chicngos won every game at hattm with the Eastern clubs/the last series, which is a remarkable achievement, equals! only by the St. Louis Browns, lasit season. ' GLASSCOCK'S success with the St. Lonis Clnb makes Dnnlap's reputation as s captain sink into obscurity. Glasscock seems to have one faculty that Donlap lacks--personal magnetism. THERE is one thing no one can demy, however much a column of figures VMJ dazzle his eyes, and that is that when the Chicago Club enters the held they do so m a clnb and not as nine individual players. APTEB the regular season is over a series will be played between the St. Lonis Browns, champions of the American Asso­ ciation and the Chicagos, champions of the National League, for the championship of the world. The games are to be played in Chicago and St. Lonis. BOGF.K CONNOR, the big first-baseman of the New Yorks, recently achieved the task he had set himself for three years past, of knocking a ball over the twenty- root high right field fence at New York. He landed it in the lot across One Hundred and Eleventh street, 450 feet fiom the home plate. This is the first time the feat has ever been accomplished, and it may not bo repeated for a long time to come. It was undoubtedly the [longest hit ever made in New York, and was made Off of Kadboorn, of the Bostons. W1UGLNS SAT UPON. Richard A. Proctor, the En t̂oh Astraf* '̂; mer. Scores the Sensational {'•••itfw' Weather Prophet. [St. Louia dispatch.] The English astronomer, Bichard A. Proctor, in an article contributed to a 84. Lonis paper, entitled uMr. Wiggins' Proph­ ecy," says: "It appears to me ahamefal that any man, even though he he not a student of science, and therefore not fully aware of the mischief he is doing, should spread abroad predictio is of com­ ing disaster in such sort that fooUsH folk are likely to be disturbed and terrified. Mr. Wiggins, a half- educated and wholly unsci­ entific employe of the meteorological ofiot in Ottawa, has long en eavored to aoqnira a cheap reputation by weather predictions of that kind which of itself assures the student of science that the wea her prophet is utterly ignorant or exceedingly knavish." After noting several instances of the fail­ ures of former prediction < made by Mr. Wiggins, Mr. Proctor asserts that the form­ er's alleged discovery of a second moon is but a reinvention, an adopted discovery, and sustains his statement by quoting from Tice ami M. Petit, of Marseilles, and shows that the existence of a second lunar body similar to our visible moon is an impossl* bility. . 6ES£RAL ARTHUB. ' • TlM *»-Pw»idenl Said to Be 1 (Special from Washington.} A gentleman who had a high wider President Arthur's and who recently visited him st New Lon­ don, says that, while there is nothing la General Arthur's condition to excite imme­ diate appr hension, the fact is well known to General Arthurs friends, and better known to himself than to anyone else, llpt he is suffering trorn a disease of the kidneys from which he does not expect to MWWI, The progress of the disease has profcefcly' been somewhat stayed by medical treat­ ment and carefnl nursing, but the e is only one result that is expected, or can pected, and that result G nend awaits with resignation, this get says (hat those who are the SMMtj| confidence of the physiciau do not that the ex-President can loog 1 It id quite certain that he has not mack bensMed by his vMt to HMT 1 don as had teen hop»d- *j i - mtsMMS laaiSskMi > 'V i |