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llteSDAY, MARCH 8.' 1808. 8LYKK. ICditox*. Butter on the Elgin Board of Trade i-Woadaj", opened at 24 cents advanc­ ing to 26 cents, at which 23,940 pounds wereaoM for $<5,224. The market was fairly active. Batter sold for 27 cents a year ago. ^ MT The cflgpplete Cabinet as officially announced is: Graham, Secretary ol State; Carlisle, Secretary of Treasury; Lamont, Secretary of war; Herbert, S'cretary of the Navy; Smith, Secretary ol the Interior; Bissell, Postmaster General; Morton, Secretary of Agriculture; Olney, Attorney General. This gives the East three members, the South three, •ad the West two. ttf Some strange facts are developed in the investigation into the habits of seals by th£ Behring sea commission. For instance, the males herd on the is. lands in the spring and the females fol­ low. The males fight for mates, and. having secured them, form the family. Those male seals who have not had grit enough to secure a mate swim around the island disconsolate, without a home ond without respect, and are called "bachelors." These are lawful prey. The game laws do not protect them and they are killed for their skins. Ladies with seal skin clo< ks have generally the coat of a bachelor on their backs. Perhaps the reason such cloaks are so much in demand is that they satisfy a sweet re- . vwige. Public Office a Private The following from the Paris-Beacon shows the kind of "reform" practiced by the "refovmere" in control of the present legislature: "Since the opening of the legislature the name of Tom Garner has been carried on the rolls as the clerk of a committee. That he has been diligent In the performance o! bis duties is evi­ denced by the fact that he has been in Springfield just twice, one day only each time for the sole purpose of drawing his salary. This is a fair sample of the re­ form administration which the people of Illinois have saddled upon themselves. Tommy is a great reformer, bat it seems that he d«es not sanction reform which begins at home." |9*A Washington correspondent has the following: "Here is one reason for Jadge Ui-esham's having voted the Dem- cratic ticket: J net before Jnstice Brown was appointed to the U. S. Supreme Court a delegation of Chicago lawyers came to Washington to urge the Presi­ dent to nominate Jndge Gresham to the vacancy, they told him bow magnani­ mous such a nomination would be and gave him to understand that they were here with Judge Gresham's knowledge and consent. The President heard all they had to say and then told them there were two reasons, either sufficient, why he would not nominate Judge Gresham. First, the appointment did not belong to tbesection in which Judge Gresham lived; second, he would not put himself in the Doeitlon to give people the right to say that he had ueed one of the highest appoint ments in his gift to placate a personal enemy. It was this refusal that deter­ mined Jndge Gresham to withdraw from the Republican party. How he coquet­ ted with tbe Populist Presidential nomi­ nation and finally announced his inten­ tion to vote the Democratic ticket is known to all newspaper readers." JTTOQE QBEBHAX'B "DEMOCRACY." About the date of Gresham's appoint­ ment, and before it was certain ha would accept, a prominent Democrat in con­ versation remarked as follows: "I sincerely trust that the rumor of his (Gresham's) appointment by Cleve­ land is a rumor only. Should it be true I would regard it as a calamity. I am myself a Democrat of the Btraightest Bourbon type, and if democracy means anything it means a recognition of State rights in opposition to centralization of power in the general government. I was present at the meeting of the "Army of the Tennessee" held in Haverly's Theatre, Chicago, in 1879, and listened to Gres­ ham's address on "Natoinalism" deliver­ ed on that occasion. It was so pro­ nounced in advocacy of centralization, and so ooposed to Democratic ideas re- spectingT/he rights of the States, that 1 was indignant and would have left the room if I had been conveniently seated for doing so. I cannot conceive ot what use such a man would be in a Democratic cabioet." The speech to which oar Democratic friend referred was a scorcher, and we commend the following extract to the prayerful attention of State rights Democrats: "It is still proclaimed over the graves of the Confederate dead and elsewhere, by those who have been treated with unparalleled leniency by the National Government, that the course of the ,, South was just, and that it was crushed by the weight of overwhelming numbers. It is natural and reasonable to infer that persons who cherish these opinions and sentiments do not harbor an abiding love for the Union and its defenders. It also necessarily follows, if their utter­ ances be truth, that the soldiers of the Union were on the wrong side in the war: that they fought for oppression and despotism; and this, it is almost un­ necessary to add. they cannot be expect­ ed to admit, even to gain the good will of the South. It was also proclaimed Within the past few weeks, by one who Isdthe South into rebellion and ruin [Jefferson Davis], that the Constitution is nothing more than a'com pact between the States,' which is only another ex­ pression of the right to secede and at­ tempt at its justification, It will hardly be disputed that this is what * as meant by 'State rights' before the war, and that tul the arrangements that were made in support of nullification and secession were based upon this theory of IfeeConstitution. It is to be regretted that the Confederate soldiers have not been impelled by a sense of honor and duty to openly repudiate the mischievous utterance of their late leader. For it has bsen settled, if war can settle anything, that the Constitution is not a 'compact of States,' and it is not out of place for Union soldiers on occasions like this to declare that they regard as enemies of the country those who advocate or shsrish opinions to the contrary." ft; GOVERNMENT FIXTAlfO». It Is deemed good party policy on the part of the democratic leaders to cry out "a bankrupt treasury," thinking to establish thereby a general belief that the republican administration has been an extravagant and spendthrift one. Newspaper readers have not forgotten the condition of things four and eight years ago, when there was a surplus in the treasury. At the time Mr. Cleve­ land took office the first time there was a constantly increasing surplus in the treasury. Republicans were blamed for having it so. "The tariff duties were too high, people were taxed too heavily on foreign imports, the surplus was a dangerous featureit lead to extravagance and corruption, the tariff duties should be reduced to the needs of the treasury." It was ascertained that from . fifty to sixty million of surplus flowed into the government till ever/ year, and the customhouse receipts and internal reve­ nue income should be reduced by at least fifty to sixty million a year. So all through Mr. Cleveland's term democratic members of congress, especially Mor­ rison, of Illinois, labored to get through a new and reduced tariff. Bat the tinker­ ing amounted to nothing. The surplus continued to accumulate till President Harrison succeeded Grover Cleveland. Congress had then become republican, with Mr. McKinley as a leader in the House. There was still the sixty million surplus flowing into an overfull treasury. A brief inspection of the situation show­ ed as clearlv as a noon beam that the duty on imported sugar yielded just about that amount. Take that off and it would just do it, and that was wisely done. The whole tariff schedule was re­ vised, many articles of necessity that we did not or could not raise or producers sufficient quantity were put on the free list, and those we could raise or produce were given the benefit of a protective duty. So that under the desire to re­ duce^ the surplus and give more ample protection to our own industries the whole tariff was laboriously, scientifically and wisely revised and readjusted to the needs of the treasury and to the interests of the people. But the democratic con­ gress of last year made such needless and extrayagant appropriations, for one thing and another, that we are now sailing a little closer to the shore than is pleasant for financial navigators. Secre­ tary Foster says it wonld be pleasant to have a little larger amount on hand, but that with f120,000,000 CM a reserve fund and to do business with there is no occasion for alarm. Our industries have prospered under the McKinley tariff as never before. But aside from all this, whose fault is it that the treasury surplus is reduced a little below the comfortable point? A few facts will show how it is. At the time President Harrison took his seat in 1889, there was in round numbers $196,000,000 in the treasury; as he is about to leave it in 1893 there is $117,- 000,000. Appropriations for building a new navy, so long neglected, and which none has been foolishly or corruptly ex­ pended, has taken in round numbers $107,000,000 during the past four years, as against $67,000,000 during Mr. Cleve­ land's four years. The aggregate of pen­ sions paid during the past four yearB has been $516,000,000, while the ag­ gregate ot such payments under Mr. Cleveland was only $306,000,000 These two differences amount to $250,000,000, more than double the decrease in the treasury. Nor is this all. There has this been paid on the interests bearing national debt $259,000,000, while tariff taxation and internal revenue has been greatly reduced, the decrease in tariff duties for 1892 being over $52,000,000. At least fifty millions of the surplus of four years ago has been saved by the people on sugar every year. So it is very plain that this cry about a bank- rapt treasury is all made up for political effect. There is no common sense in it. The idle surplus of $196,000,000 of four years ago was drawn from the people without rhyme or reason, and waswisely reduced by a republican ad­ ministration. Hon. Charles E. Fuller likes to see the young attorneys prosper. Yesterday, when a certain young attorney of this city stated a rule of law to his honor, the judge asked him for authority. Mr. Fuller, noticing the hesitancy of tbe young advocate, picked up a volume of the statutes, walked up to the bar, read the section to his honor and the motion was entered. Many of the older attorneys feel like squelching the young ones, but Mr. Fuller does not believe in thiSv Northwestern. WF It is stated that Princess Kalulani, successor to the Hawaiian throne, who has just come to this country from Eng land, proposes a protectorate, or it is proposed for her by her counsellors. The protectorate of a throne by a republic would be a strange event. Every kind of obstacle is being thrown in the way of annexation. The Tribune says: It is becoming evident that the move­ ment for delay in bringing the ratifica­ tion of the Hawaiian treaty to a vote in the senate is not what it purports to be, a movement for delay only and merely in the interests of fair consideration aud full discussion, but a conspiracy to de­ feat the treaty and to prevent the annex ation of the islands. It is another mani festation of that On-American spirit which appears in the democratic party whenever anything is proposed tending to build up the influence of this country abroad, and to promote its commercial supremacy. So far as the opposition to the treaty has crvetalized, it does not now seem formidable, but the noticeable thing about it is the character of its op­ position. It does not represent tbe democratic party. The ablest demo­ cratic members of the senate have de­ clared themselves in favor of annexation. But among the opposition are three or four senators, iucluding Mr. Gray, Mr. Vilas, Mr. \ est and Mr. Brice, who are supposed to sustain intimate relations with the incoming executive. It is not believed that they would oppose the treaty unless they had some reason to believe that in doing so they ware per- Our Washington Letter. WASHINGTON, D. C. March 3,1893. The records of President Harrison's administration and the fifty-second Con­ gress are made up. The one is a record of which the country and the Republican party have reason to be proud, the other might better have been unwritten. Mr. Harrison leaves to the country and to posterity a record of an administration, not only clean, but second to none in point of ability^ Seldom has an admin­ istration passed with less criticism and with more cordial commendation from citizens of all classes, irrespective of party. Not only does this period in the political history of the country mark the clote of a mSst successful administration but also the close of a thirty-two years period in which the Republican party has in part or in full, had continuous control of the affairs of the Government. And what a record it leaves behiad. A w*r which freed six million of bondsmen and saved the country from those who at­ tempted to destroy it; a billion dollars paid in pensions to those who made this war successful; a public debt reduced from two and a half billions to a little over six hundred millions; a currency which has commanded and to-day com­ mands tbe admiration of the civilized world; a commerce and manufactures whose growth has been unparalelled in history: a development of the material resources and manufactories most won­ derful, and a people intelligent, prosper­ ous and happy. This is the record which the Republican party leaves behind, The record of the fifty-second congress is not a pleasing one to contemplate. Coming in with an enormous Democratic majority in the House and sufficient strength in theSenate to give that party great influence there, the session ends with no important record, except that of work undone. Aside from the passage of a quarantine law made absolutely necessary by the exigencies of the situa­ tion this congress and particularly the present session may n. foil, nre. The anti-option bill intended for the benefit and relief of the farming commu­ nity passed by a Republican Senate was killed in the Democratic House; the bill repealing the present silver law and in­ tended to strengthen the financial con­ dition of the country, passed in the Re­ publican Senate was killed in the Demo­ cratic House; the bill authorizing an issue of bonds, intended to add elasticity and volume to the currency if needed, passed in the Republican Senate was kill­ ed in the Democratic House; the treaty for the annexation of Hawaii made by a Republican President was defeated by Democratic opposition in the Senate where there was sufficient democratic strength to prevent a two-thirds vote to confirm it. There is just one record that this fifty-second Congress has made: It has become the first genuine billion dol­ lar Congress, The last Congress was so denominated but the records show that it was not a billion dollar Congress, the total of its appropriations falling short of the billion dollar mark by many mil­ lions. This Congress, however, passed the billion dollar line by many millions. The appropriations of the Congress jnst ended loot up considerably over a billion dollars, and some thirty millions in ex­ cess of the appropriations of the last con­ gress, which was unjustly called a billion dollar congress. What record will the next Congress and the next administration, Democratic throughout as they will be, make? That is difficult to answer, though if we are to judge by developments up to this time the outlook is not cheering* That the Democratic party, now that it comes fully into power for the first time since it plotted the destruction of the Govern­ ment, as widely divided on certain questions as it w as then is evident. Par­ ticularly is this division strongly marked on the financial question. That the Democrats of the great west and south are absolutely determined upon a freer use of silver in the currency is beyond question, while on the other hand it is equally evident that President Cleveland and the mem with whom he has surround­ ed, himself are equally determined against the uc9 of silver even in its presented lim­ ited capacity. That this question is to be the real one in the political and na­ tional events of the near future, cannot be doubted. Now that the Democrats have everything their own way, their proposition to reduce the tariff is abso­ lutely forgotten. You hear no talk of it now and the currency question has taken its place. A very prominent and thoughtful Democrat, who represents in the House a state bordering on the Ohio river, said to your correspondent in speaking of this (subject: "We have been talking about the tariff and what we would do with that when we got con­ trol, but the real question now is that of currency. We cannot reduce the reve­ nue, They are insufficient for the nec­ essary expenses of the government to­ day and the talk of great tariff reduc­ tion m ust end. There will doubtless be a revision of the tariff; reductions in some places and an increase in the revenue producing machinery in some way, but the great question will be the financial one. The people of the west and south are tired of the dictation of Wall street on the matter of our national finances. That little spot has for years absolutely controlled the currency and financial questions of the country, and the mil­ lions south of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi determined to have a say in this. Mr. Cleveland will evidently be as subservient to the wishes of Wall street as former Presidents and law makers have been, and the people will not endure it longer and whatever may be Oleve- lands personal views, or the views and selfish wishes of those who control him, the Democratic party will not consent to a reduction of silver used in our national currency, but will demand an increase yi it. This frank expression of view and forecast of the prospective work of the coming I)emocratic"ongress and admin­ istration is probably an accurate one. Of course the chief subject now in the minds of the thousands who throng the streets and hotel lobbies and corridors of Capitol and White House is office. How rapidly they will get them, however, is another question. Tbe present indica­ tions are that Cleveland will be even slower this time in his distribution of official favors than before. He recognizes the fact that Harrison's appointments have been wise and patriotic, and that the interests of the country are safe in the present hands, and he is willing to wait and make whatever use he can of the power these prospective appoint­ ments give him in dictating the course of members of congress upon great finan­ cial problems over which is to come the great struggle of his administration. O. P. A. * -- my'6 The stock taking has just been completed • We We have at least our stoock too $5,000 Worth of Goods More than Siro ought to have. THE STOCK MUST AND SHALL BE REDUCED AT ONCE, Hence we invite you for the next 30 or 60 days to purchase r first class floods at just what they coot us, freight ad led. Th« price is s great merchandise mover, and BO hrw'flwj any knowledge, no such opportunity to stimulate quick buying has been presented in this town before. Recent spring puichaees just arrived will also be included in this sale Floe yard wide aauslln..... BJc, " bleached muslin........6 Linen Crashes .•$ to lOe Best Dress Cambrics..... ........ .6Je 1/rlMug. 7fo Beer 81 lid a plain...,..........T.. .lite Beit Linen canvas,,.;. . .......... 17c Extra heavy cotton Flannel ....... (10c quality) .. 7<j Arnoek A. C. A Tick (18c quality) 14o Hwlft River Tick (10c quality.)..,. .7Jc Extr>< heavy all wool FUunel, scarlet ard plaids (40e quality) .15c Best 18t; Denims ....14c Best Shirting (18 io 15c quality). .lUc Bee? Larcsstsr Qlnghscss. = =. * 75c The 60c Table Linens -...WO Velvets and Plushes* The 60c grades....... 40o .. 75c grade ...... 65 .. $1 grade..*. 80c .. #1 25 grade ...'.. .ft Silks for fancy work. 60c grade reduced to 40c. 75c grade to 55o. Dress Goods. Double width Bedeford Card. 60c quality 37c. 26c quality lie, 20c quality 16c. Black Henriettas. 26c quality 22c. 38cque.Hty 27e. 60c quality 40c. 76c quality 60c, •1 quality SOc, 600 cards buttons. 2 doz. on card, regu­ lar price 35c we oiler choice In lot 15o per card, Underwear. The SI quality 75. The 50c quality 40c. Misses' and children's reduced In the same proportion. Yarftl. German knitting yarn, best quality, 22c per skein. Saxony, best quality. 7}o per skein. Best quality Germ to town yarn 8c, regular price 12c : ' v . Best grade Vermont yarn 18o for regular 25a skeins. . Ice wool 16c per box. CARPET WARP, Black and .brown, %\<i per Hi* *r Corsets. --<--<^4; • Coraline, Dr. Balis, Jackson waists and all high grade corsets, 8Cc. The 50e quality, 40o. 3f0 ladles' linen collars 600 men's linen collars 12Q. Bed blankets, 75<i per pair and ap. Horse blankets at less than cost. Men's pants and overalls reduced on same basis. Clothing at just what we paid, Boots and Shoes. Child's boots, 81.25 quality now#1. Boy's boots, $2 50 quality now $2. Men's boots $3 90 quality BOW $3 25. Men's shoes. $2.50 quality new #2, Men's shoes. 83 quality now 82.60. " Men's shoes, $3 50 quality new #3. Ladles' shoes, 2 25 quality now $1,901 I SIiorr 50 qualify now $2. Ladies' shoes, 83 quality now 12 60 Lndies' shoes, $3.50 quality BOW $2 7S 600 pairs Henderson's rod sohool bouse and Ricine shoes at cost. 600 pairs odds aud ends 10 per oent less than we paid, for then. Croceries. 19 lbs best granulated Sugar..*. 91 6 lbs good ground Coflee..... $1 Fine Japan Teas .16, 26, 35, 60c Beet snow white oil, 160 test. 7c Pillabury's beat Flour ,...$1.12} Washburn's gold medal Flour...f 1.12$ Electric light Flour.... 80c Old time Flour 80c SSowball baking powder, 1 lb......28o Echo baking powder, 1 lb 18c Spear head plug tobacco, per lb... .42c Climax plug tobacco per lb ..42c Joker plug tobacco per lb...'. 30c Fish book plug tobaceo per tfc.. ...80c Many days since a word of the muslin Underwear has gone into print, but a small business has been £oin^ on. They get another price-push from now on. They are just in. They are great bar­ gains tor you. They will be open Saturday. Sale Begins Friday, and for Cash Only. J0HIEYMS0N & CO. West McHonry. III., 1893, THE WEST SIIXE2 Is taking the lead in ladies' Fine Footwear this spring, Vfe are showing the leading styles and best shapes ot ladies' Fine Shoes, in ace and button, trom $1.50 to $3.75 per pair. Our spring stoek is bought and bow on sale. If in want of a pair of bhoes this spring do not miss scoing our line before buying or the loser. CLOTHING, CLOTHING. We abe not going out of tbe Clothing business, on the contrary, we haye put in pur store for this spring and summer's trade a larger aud finer line of clothing than we have ever shown at one time. Tho goods were carefully selected and bought for cash, and are now being offered to the trade cheaper than the so called cloth* ing at cost, that was bought some time ago, as clothing now is cheaper than ever before. Our Stock of Spring Hats i* on the way. Gall on us for Trunks and Traveling Bags. As usual fresb Groceries and the best brands of Flour. Yours for business, JOHN J. MILLER, West McHenry. Do you lack faith and love health? UEUEVE TUAT IU aoiug so tney were per- T 1>t tormina A iwraim n.rmnnhln *n Iff* fti™. I . . . , h y°ar teltb and restore R "®rTlce a*reeable*to **• Clev®-1 vour health with DeWifct's SarsaDarilla. ' Julia A. Story. Sarsaparilla. The Bascom Folder. The above it a cut of our new Folding Machine* which now be seen at work,in the Plaindealer Office. Our patrons, and those needing such a machine are invited to call and see ir at work. It is simple, easily handled, and takes such little power that you cannot notice it. The ma-hine was put in by the Bascom Folder f'o., of Sidney, O., who have been build­ ing and selling them for the past eight years, and every machine is fully warranted for five \ ears. If you need such a machine please write the above company for prices, discounts and terms, as they sell tbe machine on the most favorable terms. Or write their Agen'8 Chicago Newspaper Union, rhieagn; J, & F.Garret, Syracuse, N, Y ; Mai her Man fgv Co , Philadelphia, Pa ; Marker Luse & Co.. Chiiwgo; Benton, Waldo & Co,. Milwaukee; Wright, Barret A Still well, St. Paul; (ieoctftin& Son a^Qionto^QiJiada. Is mw offering at close profits tho Largest and nest oare- , - - \ Suitines SATTEENS, WASH GINGHAMS . ** *0 'i ' V '.'I'* ' .'iiw • ,w » 1 <f> >J I ^ J""' > ^ ^ ' ' 5 •" , .v r* • * ' ' t f y • ^ .yry" ; ' '« - ^ " a'i'.f:- '1 SILKS, J^BLVETS, PLUSHES, and • fcHE3S TBIIOONGS TOW*. ̂ *:P Do not ten to examine onr New Black and Colored #EW EMBROIDERIES, LACES, "WHITE GOODS, TABLE LINENF BEDSPREADS, TV vv-iv-'i N E W »w~CLOTHING. Suite in Black and fancy Colors. Square cuts, doubl Single breasted, sackj and frocks, bound and plair Ms&MGM $F0CM? Sm _ •• UP*. * -J --J.. •Jjt.-I i CV "> . OTIBCOAfS* mm' New Badger Statfc Overalls, Pants, Shirts, Goats and Jackets.. Latest Styles, Low Prices, Fully Warranted* - fri 1. 1 * * \ • Just received, a large and well selected stqck of Spring stylsf CARPETS, WALL •fe TRUNKS, VALISES, BAGS. HEW AND STRICTLY STYLI8H HATS* In the very newest designs and eolors, great variety, -close prices. " ' r » LUSTRE BATFTF WARE Just unpacked one Crate of I - GROCERIES. - WM PLEAD K1HLTT Of still being in ths Insurance business as of old. and can point to our tour sterling companies, as all showing a healthy gain even during the fiery year ot '92, and can boast ot representing four of the strongeat, best cOnduc-tad, and most popular companies'in the United States, viz. jRockfcrd of Hockford. Rational, Hartford. . |3un Fire, London. Farm insurance is our specialty, and we fully expact to write over I9,00C in premiums in '93, It pays to insure with agents who hustle and represent the best companies always. Soliciting a share of your valued patronage we remain yours, SIMON STOFFEL, ^ ,,Sr.k. •. it SM.-. kad' • . 'M