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- •*- " •'f* *• f i v *t>" ki *is«!j.v • * ' v«' •>- t »• -jws . , « r . " i * f • - ' w j r ; y , 4 P ^ . - . - / T " . * ™ WrTT^v^ v®^ > CAMPAIGN ISSUES. The D«$p<xTatlr IVrty's Pfilse PWnJ Kitom of a tem£s Sholm Up In Ho Cdtl* able Muuier. ' •:--il t(T Hon. William B. Allison before Che Jdwa KeptMUfcan Conve Mor# Wj#ti one-^biroT)f _, . Prasideft^AevBlMi^V aomuustration has passed into history; the Democratic House of Representatives, elected ~ *°e same time, has been in session for more * i? ei8ht months. This time is long unougli to j • al impartially review the conduct of the administration and of the House of Representa­ tives as compared with the promises and pledges Of the Democratic party made to the people in 1884, to secure a majority in the House and the administration of the Government. These prom­ ises and pledges are still fresh in the memory of the people. The Republican party had been in power tot many years. It had passed successfully through J"® most perilous period in our history since the foundation of the Government, and was con­ stantly comjielled to deal with questions of the B^atent magnitude. Look at the situation and condition of our country and people when Abra­ ham Lincoln took the oath of office in March, lptil, anu tjjen look at our situation and condi­ tion when the Republican party surrendered power in 13&>. A period o| great deeds and achievements, making greater progress for lib- erty.and forjmankind than had been achieved for centuries before. At every st p of the prog­ ress we had the hostility of the party now in power. It wus charged %y our opponents that we had gauged the trusts iiajtined upon us, by extravagant and wasteful eudtuliture of public money. That we had ereateaumiecepsary offices and employments for th» &<«cnpse of rewarding partisan service. That lue legislation of Con­ gress had been in the interest of corporate monopolies and what they dlose to call the money power. That the tagtB system, the growth of Kapnblican ascendancy, was unjust in its burdens on the great body of the people. That an onerous and burdensome system of taxation had gathered vast hoards in the Treas­ ury which, instead of being used for the pay­ ment of the interest-bearing debt of our Gov­ ernment, was being hoarded in the Treasury vaults in the interest of the bondholder and the speculative interests in Wall street. That the Various departments of the Government were honey-combed with coiruption and thjt a change of administration waa necessary in ofrder to fully expose and lay bare these transactions. These RIKI kindred charges Were made with elaboration ami reiteration, from year to year, and pressed.with all the vigor of a "great party in the campaign of 1884, to induee the people to abandon thoRepublican party atid intrust'the great affairs of our counjrv to the Democratic arty. Theso changes were coupled with prom- ses that the Democratic party, if placed in power, would reform these alleged abuses, and change entiroly the current of legislation and administration BO as to greatly reduce public ex­ penditures ; expose fraua and venalitv ; mitigate the public burden* of taxation by changes in our existing tax laws ; apply the i-urplus in the Treasury so as to enlarge <©e volume of circulat­ ing money, «od by this means revive cmt in­ dustries und secure general piysperity through­ out the country ; that public offices showkl be held as public trusts and not as mtrds for partisan ser vice. These and kindred prom­ ises wertf made in the campaign of 1834. How have they bftpnredeemed? Have they reduced public expenditures, as they promised? A-brief comparison will show that they not only have not reduced public ex­ penditures, but that they have been greatly in­ creased. Appropriations of public money are not a sure index to public expenditures. If they Wttfe, a comparison of the last few years would make a most favorable showing tor the Republican The total annual appropriations for P 18 1883-4 were, in round nui^bers, J2K2,'}0 ',001; for 1834-5. $2:45,(X.0,0-0; for 1865-6, $21!),0')0,u00; and by the Congress just adjourned, for the current year, t 5 ,00 >.000, in r'tiund numbers So that the appropriations for this year are t3O,0OO,OOO more thau the highest sums appropriated? for the ordinary operations of the Government during the last four years, and ^5.000,0)0 more than the appropriations made for'the last fiscal year. It has been stated that the ordinary expenditures of the last fiscal year were, in round numbers, $18,900,0)0 less than they were for the fiscal year ending June 3), 1885. '1 his % true, but is easily accounted for by a few itefias of expenditure of an extraordi­ nary character made in 1885, and entirely omit­ ted from the Expenditures of last year. Of this sum £8,00.1,000 was expended for rivers and har­ bors, there being no appropriation for rivers and harbors last year; $1,Ik0,000 for the repay­ ment of deposits made by individuals for sur­ veying public lands; 83,500,000 for Alabama claims judgment; #i,500,000 on account of the Sinking fund to the Facilic railroads; $1,0->U,00> to the Now Orleans Exposition ; and 51,500,000 on account of repayment to importers. So that of this 819,500,000 no portion of it can be credit­ ed to economies introduced by the new adminis­ tration into the public service. The expendi­ tures for every purpose of 1885, including the items I have named and including indefinite and permanent appropriations and thb sinking fund, amount to, *351,000,TBO in round numbers, whilst the expenditures of 188o of everylrind, including the Miuking fund, amount to (fJwO.OtJ1,- 000 in round numbers, or a redaction of $21,000,- 000, which I have already acoounted for, except 91 ,500,001, which was a reduction of the amount of the sinking fu*d of 1880, as compared with the amount of ^ht fund in 1885. This is tlie state of the account, comparing the last year of President Arthur's administration with the jQrst /ear of Mr. Cleveland's administration. Now, what of the present and future? When Congress assembled in December last it was confronted with the total estimate of the Treas­ ury Department, including regular and perma­ nent annual -appropriations, of S40G,000.C0J; and . when the i.mu'opriatious were atl made, annual and indefinite, at the close of the session, thev amounted ia round numbers to $384,000,000, or 924,000,000 ]Pss tlian the departments asked for. The appropriations of this year are $51,000,000 in excess of the expenditures of th? last year. This, in brief, is the net result of the experi­ ment of an economical Democratic administra­ tion of pubHc expenditures aa disclosed by eighteen months 'experience, $3l,OJO.OOO more than was expended in 1885, and $54,000,009 more than was expended in 1884>. I make the com­ parison net for the purpose of showing that the administration has been guilty of a profligate and wasteful expenditure of public money, nor for the purpose of showing that their extraordi­ nary demands made upon Congress for increas­ ed impropriations this year were intended to put in tneir hands public money uAed for improper and wasteful but more to show either malignity with which they pursued the Repub lican party through all the years of the past with reference to its merits of expending . the public money. And I will say further that, notwithstanding the extraordinary appropria­ tions for this cr.rfent year, it will be seen at the end of the year, that for many of the necessary of Government an insufficient sum to be public ad wasteful purpoMB, the ignor&nceor been appropriated, which will require: de­ ficiency bills to meet the necessary expendi­ ture. !- 8o it we.s said that there were a vast number of useless employes and officeholders in the va­ rious depiirt'TMrBts of the Government. • A scanning of the estimates will show that in every department of the Government except the Treasury atone, an increase in the number and compensation of enfployc-H was asked for; it you will scan the appropriation bills of the last session, you will see that in every depart­ ment except the Treasury alone, the number of employes has been increased, showing that in the judgment of the new administration, more persons were needed to carry on the great operations of the Government thau had been provided for by the Republican party when in power. Again, it was said that if the Demo­ cratic party could secure control of the de­ partments great fraud* and wrongs would be exposed to the public? gaze. With as much haste AS possible,* all the heads of departments, *nd all the chiefs of bureaus were changed, thus giving complete and ample control of all the oi>erations of the Government and opportunity for a thorough examination of the accounts. So that now for more than a year complete opportunity has been given for exposing wrong-doing, and with but two or three trifling exceptions, unworthv of comment, not a blur or taint is found to the Executive Departments ,ot the Government. Thus, this party has befell condemned hi its own public and trusted servants for its injus­ tice to the Republican party. In 1881 our opponents criticised severely the general management of th# finances, and es­ pecially the fact that large sums of money were hoarded in the Treasury, which ought to be ap­ plied to the pavment of the interest bearing public debt. Tn.is surplus was magnified ac­ cording to the degree of intelligence or integ­ rity of the fcritifs, and by such careful and truthful oratory as generally represented the party in Iowa, ant} it was said tliat this surplus amounted to more than $400,000,000: people less scrupulous in their statements would bring it down from £100,000,000 to $2 >0,000,000, but cer­ tain it was, that there was on enormous sur- Slus there, which was hoarded up for the bene-t of the bankers and monopolists generally, and to the detriment of the great body of the people(and it was absolutely necessary to elect Orover Cleveland in order that this enormous and growing abuse might be corrected and the money thus Wing idle be diiMaiu mated and dif­ fused among the people, creating prosperity in Its pathway. And the promise-was made for thin administration that straightway on its ad­ vent to power, this fireat abase would bs cor­ rected. How haethis promise been redeemed? The first method of the redemption of this prom­ ise was made by a change in the public debt Statement, which by a cabalistic manipulation of figures, this enq| was reduced in a sil o u t t h e c h a n g e o f t the paying of a«y portion of the debt. That'was the first method. Now what were the real facts? Leaving out of the account the money held in the Treasury for specific purposes des- iug out fr tianal ignated ver whic Treasur leaving debt wh for the redemption of greenbacks, there • was In the Treasury at the time Mr. Cleveland's "ton became certain on the 1st of Decern- i KMi, in round numbers, tU0,r0 ),000, or de- the $100,000,000 reserve, $10,000,000 sur- ' ident Arthur's administration doubtless ' that it would be unwise to in any way j e incoming administration in its new- i ly proposed financial policy, refrained from | applying the surplus revenues, accruing be- ! tweeh December, 1884, and March, 1883, to the .ymient of the public debt, as had been the ' 'all Republican administrations since I f, the war, allowed these accumula­ tions, to reach on the 4th of March, 188S, in i round numbers, S12 \000.000, or ISO,000,000 ex- - elusive of the reserve, go that when Cleveland was inaugarate<Mhe^arp)ar|tn tfee according Ufcihe prffent mole of vo«uu or stajtemJnt, waaJBo,OOO,OJ0 fti rou •flrjwasXh* 8i* lu± afcUill imn*diat_. mmm payment of the interest-bearing debt, as promised? Certainly not, until the surplus ac­ cumulated at a rate of from >5,000,000 to 810 C0J,- 000 a month from the 4th day of March to the 29th day of December, 1888, or for a period of ten months before a single call was made for bonds, then a call was made for $10,000,000, pay­ able on the 1st February, liseo. So that, when this administration began the pavment of the public debt by a call for slO,000,000' of bonds, the surplus had iapi " $80,000,000, c* fox the accumulajion^ihJttjj -jp, Cleveland came into power, and iT>, crease over the $110,000,009 December i, 1884, when it became certainly known that he was elected. This payment of §10,000,000 Febru- REPUBLICAN LEADERS. Clay County'* Candidate Nominated for Treasurer by the Illinois : ^Beprilieaiu. * ' -' h-s Edwards, «f B areas, Gees m the Ticket f»r State S«* perialendent. , ary 1, 1836, was followed by other pavments, from time to time, up. to the 1st of July last, aggregating during this time a total payment of with c litre; bee crutic platf dorse Cleve all of hands the will one-man say, aaiy D $50,0cd,000. These payments were made from surplus revenues coming into the Treasurv, and not f#om theVscumuUtftttf MrX&y made. 8o that, on Ok fMtNdpfbj tliM ninth with this paymeeCwaAwwEtle* SidLitill an accu­ mulation in the Treasury of $-0.000,000 as shown by the debt statement, or some $60,000,090 beyond the amount in the Treasury when Mr. Cleveland came into power. This is practically the condition of the Treasury to-day, showing a Rurplus of $80,000,000 over and above every possible charge that can be made against the freafcury, including the charge of $100,000,000 set apart exclusively for the redemption of greenbacks. The excuse made by the admin­ istration for this vast hoarding of money was that this accumulation was necessary to main­ tain a large gold balance in the" Treasury. Curiously enough, subsequent experience dis­ sipated this excuse. During the period between February 1, 1886, and August 1, 1880, when $50,000,000of the debt was paid, the gold balance constantly increased, and is larger now than at any time since the 4th of March, 1885. Even the Democratic party itself became restless because of this accumulation, and late in July the House passed a resolution requiring the Treasury to pay out at the rate of $10,000,000 a month the surplus over $10),00 >,000. Aud in specific terms did what was never done before, set apart and devoted by this joint resolution SIOO.OOJ.OOO in coin for the redemption of green­ backs and for that purpose onlv. This resolu­ tion passed the House by more than two-thirds majority, coming to the Senate where it was amended by allowing the Secretary of the Treas­ ury in his discretion to hold a working balance of $200,000,000, in addition to the $100,000,000, in order to meet extraordinary payments, such as pensions and the like, which are drawn from the Treasury in large sums and at stated inter­ vals. Thus amended, the bill passed the Senate by a large majority, I think more than two- thirds, and was returned to the House. A com­ mittee of conference was agreed to, and the con- ferrees reported back the provisions substantial­ ly as amended in the Senate, and these amend­ ments were agreod to by more than a two-thirds majority in the House, and agreed to with prac­ tical iumiuimity in the Senate, as the veas and nays were not called in the latter body. This moderate, conservative, and just measure was then sent to the President for his approval; he quietly put it in his pocket, refused to sign it, or return it to Congress unsigned, which if he had done, would have secured its passage by more thau a two-thirds majority over his objec­ tions. This must have been plain to him. as it was to every member of the Senate and the House. Thus by interposing this pocket veto he sat up his own will and judgment against the unanimous will and judgment of the two houses of Congress. He knew, as well as every }>erson who hears me now knows, that if he hail refused to sign thot bill, and had returned it t > the House of Representatives that it would have been passed in five minutes over his veto, by more than two-thirds majority. He knew, as we all know, that if it had come to the Senate it wouhl have betntpassed with practical unanim­ ity. I don't believe that in the Senate there would have been five votes against it. So that the President of the United States, in violation of the spirit of the Constitution of his country, withheld from Congress, knowing its published will and judgment, a bill of the most important character relating to and ffffefMMMe indus­ trial, laboring and mateiKl of this country, and in absolute cigte^H^Hongress, put it in his pocket in orderthiJHHKssmight have no <*to^hiniMMfte4kin&Wjudgment imocracy, so de- >ir Demo* plete in- resident kers and hold the waiting ess by the interposition of the And now what have you to 'atic friends, with reference to the management of the finances of your ad­ ministration as compared with their manage­ ment under Republican administrations, and as compared with the pledges and promises sol­ emnly uuide to the people by your leaders ? Has the Democratic party "redeemed its prom­ ises renpecting the alleged burdens of taxation imposed upon the people by our tariff laws? Over and over again they said that our tariff system was one of organized jobbery made for the benefit of the few at the expense of the many, which they promised to correct if they could secure a Democratic President and House. It would be natural to suppose that so great an evil would be remedied by this party of reform, that they would not allow slumber to their eye­ lids iintil they had started well in the direction of correcting this abuse. The Senate, early in the session, took up the question of interstate commerce and the regu­ lation of railroads engaged in interstate traffic and,:after full debate aud careful consideration passed "the Cullom bill," so-called, a just meas­ ure on this subject. Yon naturally ask, what has this administra­ tion done, and this Democratic party accom­ plished in power? It elected a President that proclaimed the office be'ore election as purely executive, but, when elected, gathers to himself all legislative authority, not even returning bills t > the House in which they originated as required bv the Constitution in order that a vot : may be again taken in both houses and the bill pass over the veto if two-thirds of both houses agree ; who transfers the veto intended to check hasty and inconsiderate and unconsti­ tutional legislation into the one-man power of substituting the executive will for the legisla­ tive will. It elected a President, who before election aud after election and before inaugura­ tion professed the great ?st care for a pure civil service uninfluenced by partisan pressure, de­ pending upon merit alone, but who elected, has prostituted the civil service wholly to partisan uses and purposes, now and then taking up his old promises as toys and playthings to tackle the fancy of his mugwump sup­ porters in New England and New York. This administration can be summed up in the brief statement that it has displayed a weak and vacillating foreign policy toward the Btrong, and a hasty and inconsiderate policy toward the weak ; it has crippled and throttled the clearly expressed will of Congress looking toward the development ol our trade with foreign countries; it has failed to avail itself of the most favorable opportunity to secure for our Government and people an interoreanic canal across the Isthmus, on the feeble and untenable assumption that we can make international engagements or alli­ ances beyond our territorial jurisdiction. It has failed to pursue negotiations with other govern­ ments with respect.to the international use of metallic money, although Congress has again and again expressed the opinion that this should be done. It has recommended in UftSk moat solemn way, through the atuiujtl tb«L Secretary of the Treasuty, tbfi-the' gfgeybr -"*• currency should be redeemed- intJ dl'SWoy that the coinage of silver should cease and our country thereby brought to the siugle standard of gold. u. I have already shown its failure in the man­ agement of our finances as respects the hoard­ ing at treasury balances, and the payment of the interest-bearing debJti It vide for o# feeble _____ _ and recSndfhiStlrig oiiif85Vj', so that, ff nee3 be, we may be prepared to assert our power on the ocean. It has so administered the puolic land system as to unsettle all titles of the home­ stead settler seeking a home in the Territories, making no distinction between these honest settlers and the comparatively few who are Keeking to des|w>il the Government- of the pub­ lic lands. It has with persistency resisted the admission cf Dakota as a State, upon the shal­ lowest pretexts, because if made a State it would be reliably Republican. It has not even allowed these people a hearing in the House of Representatives. It has UBed the dilatory power of the House under its rules to prevent the consideration of the general subject of pensions to soldiers. It has upheld the hands of the President in his vetoes of small private pension bills for the re­ lief of the worn-out soldiers of the Republic. It has fostered monopolies by insisting upon impracticable and ineffectual measures to cure alleged evils. It has masqueraded as the friend of labor, but has done nothing and proposed nothing for the benefit of labor, but persisted in a policy to handicap, if not destroy,the true interests of the American laborer. This is the party that this year asks the eon- fidence of the country in the coming campaign, and asks the Grcenbackers and laboring inter­ ests in the State to give it support at the ballot box. I cannot think that party leaders, blinded by party zeal and by party patronage already secured and hoped for, can thuB lead die masses of the people on to its JBPFOpt^ It .is and siould be toe mhwon ^ot yhe party to uumsM thea#pretei to thepubliCgwe ttfir pret ises, aaftompand with-wieii cjiningn SKATOR JONES, of Nevada, in a long iew says he believes the Republican will win in 1888, and that Mr. Blair ~ lefrartyi " PUtfoni Fight TO ducted. i/l Bfa pone Con- Hie Illinois Republican State Convention met at Springfield on Wednesday, the 1st inst., and nominated for State Treasurer John R. Tanner, of C|ay County; for Superintendent of Public " "Action, Rkjiord Edwarda. of Bqfeaq^Onn^ The conve! of wUaui. (cell The delegates filled the seat ins capacity of the Assembly chamber in the State House, whero the convention was held. Among the most Republicans present as delegates were »V E. R. Braiuard, Alderman Mueller, L. R. Bliss, George Bass, W H. H&rper, Daniel Shepard. T. C. MacMillan, Chris Mim r, G^fflM^JE. lUlittt. D. L. Houi tive the liens s and - ^ - N. Brainerd, and Graeme Stewart of Chicago, A. M. Jones of Jo Daviess, J. C. Ed­ wards of Peoria, Col. A. C. Mathews of Pike, J. M. Boardslee of Rock Island. T. S. liidgway of Gallatin, D. H. Paddock of Kankakee. C. A. Partridge and C. A. Murray of Lake, H. H. Evans of Kane, J. O. Humphrey of Sangamon, Peyton Roberts of Warren, and J. G. Cannon of Vermilion County. THE PROCEEDINGS. > . Congressman Cannon in the CHiit*."' Chairman A. M. Jones, of the Central Com­ mittee, in calling the convention to order Baid that it was most gratifying to see every seat filled by delegates. It indicated that the Re­ publican party in Illinois fully intended that there should be a change of administration in 18S8, and that it would nominate a State ticket that would be elected. The Kev. Preston Wood, of Springfield, followed with prayer. Chairman Jones, according to instructions of the Central Committee, named the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, of Vermilion County, for temporary Chairman, and he was elected with only one dissenting voice. Mr. Cnnnon, on taking the chair, was vociferously ap­ plauded, and delivered an eloquent fifteen minutes' speech. He said the Republican party had been in power in the State since 1856, and that no State otlici il in all that time had failed to do his duty. Reference to the two Presidents Illinois has given to the nation--Lin­ coln and Grant--was vigorously applauded. Cleveland, he said, was elected under various war-cries. It was claimed that the Republican party had been in power so long that it had be­ come corrupt, and that tho money should be counted. The money had been counted and every cent found none of the books had been found missing. It was urged that the taxes should be reduced, but there had not been a reduction of a cent. It was said the expendi­ tures should be cut down ; they had been cut down, but it was under appropriate ns made in the la6t ye::r of Arthur's term. It would be found under Democratic appropri­ ations, continued Mr. Cannon, that the ex­ penditures would be increased $54,000,000. The Democratic administration had not provided for the sup-port of the navy, and this country was to-day not able to cope oil the seas wit.li even the meanest nation on earth. The civil-service professions of the Democratic party had not been carried out, and a decent aud manly course had not been pursued. The Democrats want­ ed the surplus in the Treasury distribut­ ed. The fact was that there is now S70,0)0,000 more in the Treasury than when Cleveland was inaugurated. The Democrats were going to revise the tariff. They had not reduced it a particle, and their attempt to do so had accomplished nothing except to produce a feeling of great uncertainty in the business transactions of the country. Mr. Cannon said that the platform adopted by the late State Democratic convention was just like that of 1881. It mattered little what principles it con­ tained, for the Democratic party had not the ability or iMaer to carry them out. The Demo­ cratic parj he said, had failed to make ettec- _ -Chinese anil anti-polygamy legis­ lated by tho Repuldjcj Mr. Cannon ,-aii sins of omissi ratic party. The Democral lig, ai d will not twill not build u t takes a mec ef-Mute \ Lo3*n^B^Btli and as he iiaiii^nWgan' vention applauded vigorously for several min­ utes, some of the delegates rising, waving their hats, ahd cheering. Mention of Senator Cul- lom'B name was also lustily applauded. When reference was made to Cleveland's vetoing pan- sion bills the convention hissed. D. H. Paddock of Kr.nkakee, G. C. Rankin of Monmouth, John Farnof of Screator, aud B. F. Copelaud of Williamson County were chosen temi>orary secretaries. After tlie district dele­ gations had reported their selections tor mem­ bers of various committees an adjournment was taken until H o'clock to enable the committees to prepare their rei>orts. D. L. Hough, of Chicago, introduced a resolu­ tion to the effect that hereaftorthe State Central Committee consist of one member from each Con­ gressional disti ict and no more. Mr. Hough said that there was no need of foisting upon the party eight additional members of the Central Committee, and that every part of the State was fairly represented without them. The fact was that the inembers-at-large had already been picked out for two days, and the conven­ tion really exercised no choice in their selec­ tion. The meml>ers-at-large were each from some Congressional district, and thus some dis­ tricts were given undue advantage. George White, Chris Mnmer, and several others tried to have the resolution laid on the table, and when the vote was taken two deafening yells were given of a!>out equal power. The Chair said the yeas had it. A roll-call was demanded, and resulted: Yeas. 441; nays, 401. The committee thereupon reported aa inembers-at-large of the State Central Com­ mittee George Bass, George E. White, W. E. Kent, and H. H. Evans, of Cook ; J. O Hum­ phrey, of Sangamon; George Kueflher, of St. Cla'r; Dr. Maggea, of Massac; C. B. Fletcher, of Grundy; anil C. J. Liudsey, of Bond. Ex-Gov. Hamilton moved that the report of the com­ mitter be laid on the table, saying that he had no objections whatever to the gentlemen nninrd, but that he was opposed to the prin­ ciple of having delegates-at-large, as thereby it was r ndered possible that rings might be formed in the committee in the interest of cer­ tain ambitious candidates and in opposition to the will of the people. His motion was carried with a yell, ana the shelving of the members- at-large was greeted with prolonged cheers. THE NOMINATIONS. Tanner for State Treasurer; Edwards for Superintendent of Public Instruction. Nominations for State officers being declared in order, it was decided to dispense with nom­ inating speeches. For State Treasurer John R. Tanner of Clay, John C. Salter of Jackson, Charles Becker of St. Clair, and L. M. Kelly of Kane were nominated. Colonel Bisbee, on behalf of a large majority of the Cook County delegation, seconded Tanner's nomina­ tion. Half a dozen other delega­ tions announced their auniiprt for ie#, Hod aa n£nv" mpre eecfnmew the nomi- IS V liectfel Allt#r. v/ag first ballot frikual aMMM wn| fief(% R was finish­ ed it was apparent that Tanner would be nomi­ nated, with plenty of votes to spare. Of Cook Countv's 17-8 votes Tanner received 121, Becker 62, and Salter 1. Tanner received 525 votes up­ on the completion of the call. The delegations began to chunge votes to Tanner rapidly, and on motion of Gen. Powell, the nomination was lade unanimougpMM For Su perintA^Bt of^^fl^Wc &gflktioiM there were nam^lWfcslli^R'WS; CTfTlok,' and Charles F. Liebnow of Cook County. Rich­ ard Edwards of Bureau, J. H. Brownlee of Champaign, A. J McClumphy of Logan, and S. B. Hood of Randolph County. Upon the com­ pletion of the roll-call changes were rapidly made to Edwards. The names of other candi­ dates were withdrawn, and, on motion of Mr. Matthews of Champaign, Prof.-Edwards' IU initiation was made unanimous. Several delegates contended that the conven­ tion ought to indorse the selection of the Cen­ tral Committee made by the different districts, but it adjourned without doing so. THE PLATFORM. Oar BfcMeaa Trouble, the Anarchists, and the Uallot-Box Frauds In Chicago. The Committee on Ret-olutions reported the following platform, which was adopted: The Republicans of Illinois, in convention assembled, reaffirm their unfaltering loyalty to the principles of the party as enunciated in all their national platforms from I.iueoin to Blaine. We believe liberty is the inalienable right of every man, whatever his race or color, and in the equality of everv man before the laws. We believe that the purity of tho ballot is necessary to the permanent se­ curity of our free institutions, and the ballot is only maintained in its purity when every citizen can cast his vote for whomsoever he pleases, with the assurance that it will be count­ ed as it is cast. We believe in American soil fafAmeripim citizens, and are imposed to non- reimeS Elieia becoming landroA iiers. The putSc dcMRn^ should be re|ea-ed as houie- steMs fo&cWal settlers^nd tffe accumulation of IBge tracts or bodies OT lana in the hands <" corporations or individuals should be dis­ couraged ; and in the case of land grants to rail­ road corporations, when'said coniorations have failed to comply with the conditions of said grants, the lan^should be forfeited to the Gen-'w&srn We believe in the protection of American labor, and denounce as unwise and unpatriotic: the attempts to embody in our national legis­ lation the principles of free trade. Intelligent' and prosperous free labor is rarner-stone on which our free govewimnit ti fWidea, and we protest against its l>eihg ndpoVferislfed by competition with the productions of the under­ paid labor of the old world, or degraded by the; unjwtation of heathen or pauper labor from Cnina or any other iwirtion of the world. We believe our soldiers and sailors in their heroic defense of tip Uaion lb y.e U1 placed tjw? lfctiot tpider obligation it# c-ii j»e*erw that it is the (Sutji ol ite tiufediuAtt X to grant pensions aud establish homes for all such as are disabled or in want, and we approve course of our Republican Senators and members of Congress in voting pensions, and thefection of the members yet jthe Illinois >33Uifty-fourth Assembly in maViug an appro­ priation for a soldiers" homo. We realize tlie injust.ee in forcing tli? competition of contract prison labor upon tlie honest labor of the coun­ try, and urge upon our legislators the enact­ ment of such lawa 'a|T\will prevent it, and favor thj. jk tlft K>#*itui amendment jofaf ||i| dhbjec election. / f ITT 9 We belifw • If fftfrftht af<| Mtf |>f tl tional (TOVttajoiUoW VC»« i JJlifttMati jgreat railroad corporations of the countrv^pro- tecting the people from extortion and unjust discrimination, and we approve the principles ot the bill passed by the United states Senate known as the Cullom bill, and i:rge our Sen- ntors and Representatives in C n^ress to have the same engrafted upon otucnationalIfcwb. ; ;< Under this free republic, which is a Govern- ment "by the people and for the people," the disciplea of anarchy can find no legitimate ex­ cuse lor propagating their treasonable and de­ moralizing principles, and we denounce such guildis'.s as unwflijhv of citizenship; but •ecognue the riMUjf all fonA ,orga»ijatttiis an promote UnSrmwhiu <i(6od an«i>wt we favor's uch wise legislation Nk will protect the rights of all, ana promote that harmony which ought always to prevail between em- plover and employe. We congratulate the people of Illinois on the prompt conviction of tlie leaders in the attempt to debauch the ballot-box dn Qhins^o alj Chelate State election. We demand that all ohenders against the purity of the ballot shall be brought 4 *' to speedy and condign punishment, and we re­ turn our thauks to the Tliirty-f nirth General Assembly for the enactment of the city election law, whereby fraudulent voting may be effect­ ually prohibited. We arraign the Democratic administration of President tUwvaiaud Jsf jSving faileriM^taep* *&^h4tSi«»iie iutop&iQifo. the pledgee promised Economy and retrenchment, and has been most extravagant in ex.pt nditures, audits appropriations for the current year largely ex­ ceed the abundant revenues cf the Government. It promised to reduce the surplus in the Treas­ ury, but, reversing the rule* <kl ^pr/vious admin­ istrations, has permitted such surplus to lie idle and accumulate, to tho injury of the business of the country, and refused to approve the action of a large majority of both houses of Congres directingJJiat sufth hurulqs be interest bearing "debt <£fbenat|m. ~ iso t to for KM £1 ̂ " attention TO the abled soldiers and sailors of the late war, and treated with contemptuous veto every pension bill against which it could find any s'hadow of technical obj ,'ction. It promised to protect the persons aud property of. citizens both at home and abroad, ami to' maintain tlie dignity and honor of the nation, yet in jte relations with Gnat Britain it lias snowu itself tinal4e>i%i^e protection to either persons or property, aud has pi rmittod our flag to be insulted without proper protest, almost in sight of our shores, while by hasty and unseemly action it has un­ necessarily jeopardized ouj irieiidU'j^li with the Me\icaa RApUbHc .and ,«i nation iraieifleus is threyes of the #attd. iirw)/(•, (?, That we sympathize with all people in their struggle for liberty : and we hope the effort now being mndo by the Irish people for home rule will meet with success. llpsolretl, That the Uep«bl( call pafctyls nW, as always, a party that lias continuouslj advo­ cated and promoted tho interests of the work- ingman, and tlie relief of the oppressed: and the record, of U14& continue 'to |>*si latiou aS shall labor producer* In at the hands o tious.aiifl |u«rd all the onjcK nrt>nt of tflrtr 61V Unsolved, That the present revenue system of the State, uuder which small property- holders contribute more thau their just share of the public burdens, aud large property interests remain either whollv untaxed or disproportionately assessed, needs speedy revision and reform, and we recommend to the next Legislature the careful consideration of the rejiort of tlie late revenue commission, to the end that the present inequality und injus- in taxation uxvy be . \V^«jecifl- reatfirm <the tieolaflltwi of ttuvlwlonal blicftu Convention of 1881, that "reform in ivil service, auspiciously beuun under Rc- caik. sdjuiBfdtf-ii tioli, should bf <£pipleted le fulther extension of the reform svstem (THE GREEN'H®E, ; - v •*- t o r - GlaMftn*' •iiol -m--l»u» ,wj." E r i n V , J 90/. 10 jlr,. 1 bai<] rtii 1 Van's Ml •'*** 04 Su ) 1he# »iii v,iyj Iitterf's a *>•»!; Gift Ifitioi :o th ..j ??f A 1 -.j vf tujf.n , 41*0111 ^naopL.1 t . ICrladslone's' brochure <>& tW' Irifth , d Sas'Weto1 gf^eh ttfi'^Gblicr." it flfiS ft 8hniW¥ to his pftrnpHKSi 'onHre BftilgnriMi atrocities. At the contfMni it' with t|i01lptfog4>1&WM» dirM!* clfltage of etHlreh.' 4Bnt»* he cohllM&s, Kik Moscot, «M« I lmv« no BubfcrtbWIM have tmlj ifelfoifed th« to the stage o latiom"'* T Tl.0 m Tb* first i< the hwtn^of an \4ea in which Mr. ime sminnMrizes tae folfdWtiig1 <!on - «m4ir Vhidhi latbce^^di- hi^ t4dw, it tM^ve^^hat Panu^nfQt could a pWrabre' regisratlve^1 ilfsminiciil .liwrt&nfli of the, Vav e.jNltr %«n»b HMrtiniM»«nd«i'h«««i- lie «co|cei^e4; the. rule iRW precipitated aud fiad cohertileif it unduly, of' ti•' minister. W) i**k» Jk»ova» men -t« ltie KJOI- iusteid'df: M9 bttM&esfc1."* Hfe • ' »liat<it trufo)B« Mi at } -Jaml not pabiteij uiat u memany considered it; bnt 1 had neither artoptt** fcW'rtJecleff'it^M'for the very fjitaqJ^reiiiMn Unttit Wm iuK ]'reefed for ado^tiyu 05 tejeftipn." QJn^stone t|ien goes on to nomt out that during all th§ ny^' y^tirs «f hteYifU>li^te«ertUeniftWves rwpeal «>nr hsad,*- and on (tie other tlie rtliftf o^Jrelmd i^Qi^ giiev»uica9. It wan hot possiMo,, he savs, at that iitne to prQgnfiittt'fttk h6%", in time; Pfer- out vrtmld • fdnnible - nad nhnost Krltbit its acc4>imiJatipg bur^fu^, or to jnononnee thjit' it would eveiituallv f rovet nicA^Mile of " rtife- -wantR of re lead.' iHwde»-tly • tliere • nats, a- peribd wheuj Uisl), potfiy.ism, iis. ^epre^uttnl by O'CoDuiell , lookvd fav<nal>le upon this alter­ native cohcli»f?ion t«i Jthi» nbadhtfe rieocRsity -for hoiue nmj»<ity, ttiwl fulfil bj , ftllojv tjiat nrcs fouuded in justice, to Ireland ( possibhr^ftflteb t6 liiert tlie' nefiiossily |)0 OflSBi' - ' f was iw.eanfy a* 187*, M*i (liadsMne eayH, tliivt JUe ^fcjthf stepiowHrd plac­ ing the controversy pn ib< true basis. He oiSposetl Mr. aWiefrie becausB the alternative ifcaeritad^ih tbfr last paragMph h«a not l*jen-,f)iJ^Hsteti» buft even at that time be did not close the door against a recognition': m "Hie question' in a ditfeMnt state of Ihkrfi; for. tttstoad of denmivoiug the idea of U^me gao.iu it» eg$Bhoa destructive of the \uiity of the empire, iu the fdllO*rt(n^ '^OTd« lie accepted tlie assur­ ance |iv«n to Iheicoutrart-:: me do the y established by law to all tho grades of irviee to which it is applicable that "the and purpose of the reform should be ob- 1 in all e«««ijUve aug»i»tiw«»t»^a|Mka]l r at variance%tth the objects of taiAMfffe- _ 11 legislation snould be.^repealed, to the end that thej(fang#l's^o free iastitutions^hien luA in the power of otftcial patronage inay be wisely and effectively avoided." T2HH DIoKtaphlcal Sketches of the Men Plscml In ,c tOStitiinatiU. 3iHit0O W Joha R. Tanner, the nominee for State Treas­ ures, a Ut^e over six feet high, Mid is considei^Pa bajnlseiiife eian. He ^ag MrrtV^f:- American parents at Boonvflle, Warrick Coun­ ty, Iud., in 1H44. He spout his early life 011 a farm. In lfifil he came to Clay County, Illinois, and enlisted in the Ninety-eighth Infantry. Aft­ er serving as a private soldier until the war closed he returned to Clay Coun­ ty and' engaged in fanning until 1(*70. In that year he was elected sheriff, and served two years. Subsequently he was elt cted clerk of the Circuit Court And fn 1H80 a State Senator from the Forty-fourth District. President Arthur am>oiiited him l'n:ted States Marshal for the POuthern Illinois district, which position he held uutil President Cleveland re­ moved him in April. 1831. Hince that date be has devoted the moat of his time to the milling business in Louisville, Clay County. Mr. Tanner's father died in Andersou- ville prison, one brother was kilted at Nash­ ville, and another died from the effects of wounds received at Pine Bluff, fctill another brother was in the army. Richard £ 1 wards, the nominee for ."Superin­ tendent of Public Instruction, is a Welshman by birth, having been born in Walea in 18292. He is a rather heavy set man, nearly six feet tall, and has quite gray hair. His parents emi­ grated to Ohio in IK*!. When 31) years o| i he taught school at Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, for $11 a month and boarded around. "His certificate to teach, which he still has, was given him by Luther I>ay, who was after­ ward Chief justice of Ohio. In 1844 Edwards entered the Normal School at Bridge- water, Mass., aud graduated from that and aub- sequently from the Rensselaer Polyticlmic School at Troy, N. Y., in both the scientific aud engineering courses. He has taught five y?ars at the Bridgewftter normal school, four years as principal of the high, sjbojl at Sulem, Mass., live years aa principal, of the city normal school in St. Louts, and for a short time as prin­ cipal of the St. Louis high school. 1802 he came tejUittuiH. and fyi*f--ltyrBj-WMyl was principnl of" the "Mate nrfi'iiiiil1 •el**Mil Normal. For a number .of years he lias; bpej* onganed in literary and educational work ftt Princeton, Uu?<*au County He Uss, hceu.Presi­ dent of the State Teachers' Association, aud has received the degree of Master of Arts from Harvard University and thst of,Doctor of Laws from Shurtleff College at Alton. ' He declares be has been a Republican as long as the party has existed, and bad no part in the Oreeiey movement of 1872. STATE tOJMlttfirEiiirisir isrtD Tlie New Campalgs Managers Selected front Congressional̂ Districts. 1 , The State Central Committee will consist simply of the members chosen from the differ­ ent Congressional districts, and. includes tlie following: . Jsk Abner Taylor, of Chicago; 2d, He^ry JpBtertteld, of Chicago; 3d, T. C. MapMillan, •HBhicago; 4th. Samuel B. Raymond, of Chi­ cago : 5th, C. A. Murray, of WaukegaB: 6th, A. M. Jones, of Warren; 7th. Charles Bent, of Morrison; 8th, Henry Kayo, of LaHalle; 9th, R. I), fchenuan, of Ktuukakee; 10th, Frank Hitchcock, of Peyria; Itth, Pey­ ton Roberts, of Monmouth; Utth, W. B. Lypj). of Carlton; i:ith, N. W. Branaon. of Petersburg i 14th, J IC Moseer, of Decaturj&kp> Cwji. of Mattoon; Ktb, K. H. CsJlahaa, of j&obiuson; 17th. Richaid 1. Higgius, of Vandalia; A. Haskell, j>f Alvim; 19th, J B, MartUti^flf lan, of Vienna. r-.. . qualiiicalk>n *priuoiple :that ,ei rnle had i»o nceepfW connection ;s^>aiml6n. * Wheift Mr. Shaw suc- J«eedeil'ti» ilM'home rtile &|CA<Mrtlip In 1HH0 1 fllr. hailed hji iS^floah show, ing a»i evident dispqs^im to the y£um!ions of the or Commons and TObHpifft of ttiO bbiMittttion. Iti 1W1, At the (luil<lhn)l« he .«*nfrauo«(l thHt.he vonld hail with satisfaction mons- urs of local governm^t f^r Ireland. Com­ ing t© tbe 'etwcloiMfellmpWgn trf Mr. G l i i d ^ t o n * ! < ^ i e « i > w a » t o d o nottoag, biijcVtJ ih|j,l>t:Psecution of the «l«entii>n T»y The lones, ijiii to use hie best efforts to iiupn si tM- toiud with the . iiUpOrtauee a«d rin^enoy cut the questian. It "wjis ip. $us, it.thM hi? ^idiothiuaad- iA»»s>Vnis'\Vritteh.' The frish question was nev^r^d f¥oM 'tiM' pMr stabjeet of local illrol pofntadiout that it Salem; 20th E. C. Chapip&n, Carl iPretd'i Mine shild. dots beaser you told on me ein tous&ud lies, aa eui woods ub, one apple tree my garteii down. it • • • adu its particular forms on der street in der day tunes. A gooi many fellers cood tienxine Oti der street in der nile times, >lso. ,, ^ hen your bocket book vms so empdy like det deuce, und jpir^ friends.ystt kno ff dot, dhen der lionse of der leedle ant vas hafe pi end v room to holt der chenine- syrupadj dhej got about you. --National Weekly. •-•« •>mn- I fnllj' <briirfv4' • CImU Mie1' tauitfh 6t at<^.iT'«^01«4§'«nd«rr^9riWswe84j is.40 be broken $ attained, buji Utni » *0 i,^ " 'oKW tip." * ! hin4ilafVnn I^74 Mr, IHndatone accepted ^cniweniW.SM ifcftrnt poiotsdiout that it would .yrwhabk.tJifQw iyto^ Hhad# all o lier .imporfant measures which were ripe. Ouce !r!|te',^l«<iA®' tok ftfa had come. Jtwrt as i£/ it' hM ilnsa- a esmfleld. we were not tq it qvaqrjpf. The heal- iu^of inveterate s'ores woqlu onlv become mem dfffinift; th^ gtirtrWm b'<rddfn« hopes more liable to )M chaok»4' and paralysed by thp fibate of i'or Uu^liyid iu hec spft arm-clmir, all security, consideration, wijh isdjbttriitilefits* Ihterposed, as it had been usval, so «lso wotild it have been eomfortoble,, Jforlr^and, in her leaky, cabin* it was. or, cooaequ-'uce tp stop out thewUbtf. >-**»> • ' .In (ha: sec»nd ^»r4on ofIbe|Nimnblet, •be lepsppA^^t^ qleot^ous. ^lr» (Gladstone ^>egin6 tlrhwinc', certain lessons from thef elections fts tnH affect the Liberal party. In the Qourss of aosue fall calculations lie estimates thejSpfs to tho Liberal party £rcun the ruiouigt schism at two-sevenths of t^e . inequality among the cla t las coKum^f^d five-s ^Uw of the Liberal hole, bnt'<!his fraction is distribnted, he ints out TM|jrtiaequaUy among the classes. eats, but not more tlian ono-twentieth ot ihe Libera? "wtjifcingmen. Mr. dladstone poihtq out thht even now the l ories have' railed to secure an al«olut§. majority, and draws the final conclusion that at the first moment libctallsm iff ngain united it must again become predominant iu Parlia­ ment. Mr, Qladstoue sees further ground for hope in tlje abatement that Las already talon piae^ in th'e Vorv opposition. ^"We tra^r no more pot*vaMant langaag'," Me ittjrBj "no more of the Hottentots, and no mere of tlie famous twenty years during which Parliament vtkw to grant special pow­ ers for firm government in -Ireland,- and • At the eudof which tiuie. in a larger or less, decree, the coercivp law? might be repealed and menaurea 6f local self-government en­ tertained." Mx> GJUdsfoue then goes: on, to point Oil - that the unionists .are ayeadj' pledged tq an, immediate 'Ymil Mr$s cdncetesion, many of thenS on uuclra scale that thetv- give to their idea the naniti -of houie. tule, d«cloring theiusplvcs favorable to its Jirincmle ^n4 only opposed to the ^nikwaid rfnd'perverse manner in whioii it rtis ktiidM liy thi' latt ail|hiuistrj4i®n." , n* •• ! • • H Mr Irish can hnrdJy fail ; :t,o re«ei**.«»oM life, wore Eropulsioii, from the hands af thope who ave been Its fiuecessfurofipo'nfeiits 111 * one f its particular forms. It Irfif'ari^e, M: M K^mpded, w.ijriQr sometimes arises out:tlie fieiif of l attLe ami stabs to tbe heail fame heart; where there are naA teinds earnestly hen^ oi*t the. acknowledgment and perma­ nent esteblishment of ner claims to na­ tional waMutotf. tJnder 1hei»e! haj»0y «5lr- CWNATANMNH W1M« is. Oera^ MB. EBD^one goes on to art, in^ sepa^ti^ Ui tend to make it adraqtageow to 'As an island hMUj hundf«ds >of coasts with » -we^k: «iaaihe >an4- a people fw more military th«a nautical ui its habits, of small population, and limited in her present resources, why Moola she expose herself to the risks of iw^sion and to the certainty ,of an enot- mous cost in the creation and maintenance of a navy for defense, rather than remain •DfAsr the shield of the gre«test maritime ftower 411 the world, bound by every con- Wffi®?11 of honor and intent to guaid her? why should she be supposed desirontf ito fordgo the advantage of absolute com-* 'PWfcT trade with the greatest of all Commercial countries, to become an alien to the tnarket which ©onsumps, say, nine- tenttnof her produce, and instead of using the broad and universal paths of enter­ prise now open to Jier to carve out for har- self neiw aiid narrow ways as a third-rate state? ' • :* ;• , Mr. Gladstone next deals with the pur­ chase and sale of land in Ireland, aud at Hie ottset acknowledges5 that the most powerful agent in bringing about the de­ feat of the, GovernBueut was 'the aversion to the land bill. , "the hiiameye-twiuship of the two bills, ptit to scorn by those for whose benefit ft was in a great part de- hRving been deadly to both, he thinks, it his duty explicitly to acknowl­ edge that the sentence which has gone forth for the severance of the two measures is iir^sisiiable, and that ll^e twin^hip, )irhw5h has been for the time disastrous j:o the hopes jof Ireland, e'xiste no longer. At the same |imt: he hopes the partnership be­ tween the enemies of home rule and the land 1*11, which brought about this result, may now be dissolved. The; enemies of home rule hwre erer >been the keenest promottn of land pur­ chase in the interest of Irish landlords, ftnd thfe eneinies^of the land-purchase bill, of 'standing at their ease, will now" hay© use their vigilance for the purpose of ji re venting the adoption of schemes of land purchase founded on principles very different from ttnd indeed opposite to the hill lately consigned to limbo. » ' Mr. Gladstone nest discusses the cOnserv* ative dmracter of home rule for Ireland. It maV reasonably lay claim, he holds, to donffeiwatine fnVor, ror it is especially fonn<l4d ontegdrd for history and traditions; aud it nims in the main at restoring, not altering, the empire. An intermediate authority set bMw^eti the central power mid the subject, he points out, is a contrivance favorable to both, aud it gives ft. domestic aspect to commands which, "frh^n proceeding from n remote sburce, want their best passport to acceptance. He then proceeds to consider to which party the work is reserved. He does not go be­ yond the expression of an undoubted belief that a measure of self-government not less extensive than the proposal of ltkiti will be. ultijnately carried. "Nor is it for m^," he says, "to Conjecture whether in this, as in ^>0 mauy other casas, the enemies of the measure ape lht| jiej^ous designed finally to guide its, trjumpha^t procession to .the capital." : • In conclusion Mr. Gladstone sats: " f t J am not egregiouslv wrong iu all that has been said, Ireland has now Iving before her a broad and even way in which to walk to the consummation or her wishes, before her eyes is opened that same path of con­ stitutional nud peaceful action, of steady, free, and full discussion, which has led England and Scotland to the achievement of all their pacific triumphs."' 1 '---Vw --- ' . .1 i-t R »(H> M*.'Sfckton's Opinion of Ml. Sir Badma ! Bsllor'it Missltm. [Special cablegram to the Chicago Dally News.] In an interview I had with Mr. Sexton, M. P., he Said, concerning the ftppoint- went qf Sir Bedvers Bnller: "I think it is intended to pave the way for. coercion iu Ireland enforced by a military 'administra­ tion. ' '* • "Will not« coercion aet be needed be- fore ho can dp his work thoroughly?" "Certainly. I believe Parliament Drill be Summoned again in November for the pur- Eose of passing a stringent coercion act. iuller!s prpeeediug in Kerry will very likely furnish a plausible excuse for applying for snch a measure. Meanwhile, should he, f daring the preliminary operation, do any violeuoe to the constitution by o\erstepping the law, and treat moonlighters, as has been threatened, as though they were in rebellion, bearing arras against the crown, , Parliament will be asked to pass an in­ demnity act in his favor, this will be a. short measure, one clause ptolmbljjr freeing him from the penalties which his • conduct would otherwise entail. It would be following the precedent adopted pre­ vious to the rebellion of 1798 in the case of Lord Carhampton, who was sent to Ireland as military administrator, and who: distinguished himself by practicing what he hiniself styled 'violence outside the law.' This w«fc one" of the methods by which the Irish peoide of that time -were exasperated into insurrection. Gen., Lake also, who, helped put down the rebellion in ^8, was indemnified by Parliment for the atroeities he connuitted. , "The phrase used by the spokesman of the Government in reference to Buller's ap­ pointment is indicative of the object they have iu view. They intend, they said, in solving the Irish question, to utilize those officials who had had experience in solving similar problems in other countries. All the experience Buller has ever bad has been a* a soldier, and, his chief distinction was won among the savage tribes of Zululaud, against Whom he exercised peculiar in­ humanity. Judging from his experience, therefore, he goes to Ireland as the best ex­ ponent of Lord Salisbury's policy of gov. erning Ireland as a nation of Hottentots." "What effect will the coercion regions have upon the people of Ireland?" ' "It won't affect them veiy much. Th*? are now too well skilled in the art of re­ sisting and outwitting coercion. Besides, their course is now everywhere under­ stood, aud they have the sympathy of the whole world with them. The greatest statesman of the age has pot himself at their head, and the greatest party in Eng­ land has made their cause its own." "How will the coercion policy operate tlpoh the government?" "It will enable them to carry Out their designs smoothly at first, but in a short time it will create a revolution of feeling throughout England, and many men who are strong anti-home-rulers now will be converted to home rule in consequence. Those conversions will take place in the House of Commons as well as in the country, and before the Hottentot policy has been long in operation an opportunity w^ll j^rne when the friends of Ireland.will be tiblei to drivft its authors out of power." Sir the III j DETROIT Free Press: Since Walter Scott has preserved "wineglass 1 from which George drank iris health at Abbotsford, the Canadian girls brought Vials of wa­ ter iti- which tlie Pritue of \\ ales washed his hands, there has been no specimen of toadyism quite po st.iking m the Washington people in the church pew behind Mrs. Cleveland refusing v- , T one, communion cup .and waiting1 for Soldlet of the victorious army wlioT had ] the one from which she had partaken beei^ exolting over htta." 3fh"Gladstone j the sacrament* " ' • • ' JVHV; then"leqWspMJfe elections from ageogMtik- J ' ' ". .nj . j « iMiyoint o£ vfcw, %?ointp out t^Uven . S„hovE TCESPAV, which is the day tn the casfe Or Engiano, what we have is not j ,, T really \a refusal, but is only a slowet at- preoediug the begiumng of Lent. was A^ aucient name fbr ihfe a&t is feniaC" probably a' Danish wotd' fron^ paid ar.d m>jre, signifying snoh ants aa live in hillock^.' ' • "1 i' ft t i'?T THE franking pcivilega Waaabollsiiflld •l -i tfi-h , lmowiedgment. The o£ all this on f Ireland he describes as follows: . 'Alt the- currents of fhfe p6litical titmos- phere between the ttrcngHniflSH- flAW~Been t Uuough- * ^ there ison^ith her. .a&Qlo tltll la tidn ini her enat. £ formerly devoted to feasting and mer­ riment, but whence originated the < u»- tom of eating jjancakee on that day ia still a matter; of uncertainty^ Shrova- tide was in times .gone by » season ot . 4V.AI "AKVAWTNFY N AV afuoh mirth that shroving,' shrovie,^ signified to be merry. THE Temple1 of Belas «t Bal •aid to have been 606 feet high. OXIN0IS STATfi --Tiere are ^OO Gftmd pnblic posts in this State. --At Anna, Oscar Hambldt^aged 17^* ? shot^apd kiUedi ^inuii Oarnsy, a boy of # k --At Paris, Wednesday meV, the-stzeetjh^ W«RA TNMMV a grand jubilee. --Thomas Plunk, living nefr ^lonticello killed thktjMloee rattlesaikeli ab his lafn while hatrefetiig his hay. • --At > "n^ar 'Pam<4e day week* teas formed a law and order league > sn4 ai| and - horse - thief association. --D^)hthe*ia Is causing many -dimtlie ^ 0*wre4c$y. A lar^'fi^bief Of.people sra;v. . ,;^i sufferers, and- the earth is black in the cemetery. ^ ̂ --A^out onehundred an^ fifty deadspar. tews were found under several large .treei^.,. ',-y4 f near Abe Martin's residence' at J&perville. aftereJrecfent hailstorm'.11 , - . • •-!,! ;• J-i,, -:2 --A: swarm of beas ^ettl^d ,Jp„(5eoig|'t ;'- Paynejs chimney at Delaud acitl filled i$^ ^ ^ *>th lion^r. Mr. Payne procured a well -•," aBgSrjnd bored infa^ tho mmli tmm hoW1 «' He procured a barrelfu) of ihu^; hone^y. ^ ̂ ̂ --Owners of property in the vicinity oft.-// {i«jf^ the nest o£ powder and dynamite maga^ . sines pn Archer avenue, Chicago,, met ijn4jnfj passed resolutions requesting "the; anthori^ -j j tie^ to,legislate the magaziiQ«>8 pt^t of .tha .i(,r4l^ township. - ' ! * iL' --Jdhu Kktier is%a tenant,,gt.e^ie, ^ Abraham Phares' farms, of DeWitt County. jjf i . This spason.he raised 5l4 bushels of Med^^ ;^^ I: ite^'ranean wheat on thirteen and a quarter . ^ ; • ucres of laid, ifhich is an averagia 6f a liu*5' " tie-over fbrty bushels to the' ito.--BtoVml iiigtonPAnt'agraph. v " ' ! Vi -;i; -^T^e AEagle "Mills,' at Quinsy, weri'* . burned last week._ ; Eo^' : suranoe. §27,000. The mill bad not been iu operation since March. This makes the '"**** foiu'thiiiouring-miU that haabeendestroye4t K isu months. .•> i, ... . ti- « ̂ *tr •• " "Ti! ' , '•••'•' ' ' i r--Itwas a great mistake to set up the->: obelisk in New York. For lack of the'1' '" tofr/d atmos^h^w Cliarged wttk all sorts bf vile oponr bv itliiC^ ^ wins surrbtiiided iof**#***#::' hlW-- •<-,u so many years it is r«pidly crtimbling to/ s pieces^ notwithsttlnd hg tlie8 pantflSne over6sv' coat with which It was supplied. It oughlk ' to ha\(C beeh set up ih Uhi(iago>.-<-:£Vf4-ojir u Free .v , t»i?i »; v illwl .SSI. --B^n|aM6l' Wl «k>ddftti¥, vtke Lectuifer of the-Knights of Labor; reprei"" sehts tliat thore (s rather an erithusiastie^g 3 r i feeling among the Knights in their thirtU'^* party movement. It is stated that aoiM*3*2^ much will be don^ ih"TCe~Tfohgressibnaj| districts, bnt efforts will 'be made id eleci ,•-* Candiihites in thirty-thre6 of the Senatoriaf districts of thrf Stat*, where nomination^ ' Will'be made by the Knights of Labor, the"' farmers, the mintrs, and the Independent!^7 •>1 11 --A telegram from Rochester, Y.J yerfterjay stat»d that a handsome Chicago' " "f glrT passed that point en lonte East til ' jump ,off the-Brooklyn bridge. This probably a cruel canard. No loval daoghii1 si'idJ .£ ter of. Chioago. would '-desert this city tb"fJ"< f jump o(f the Brooklyn bridge while the 'Clark street bridge is as. Attractive as it ia ' • ait' present, the arema of the Chicagnr.i • Blt^r jif. au a,ttr4ction in itself that New.'] ni| ¥oVk ckn not hopo to riyaL-^/Mler i)aniel W. Sollivap, of Marshall, iJt "r <r--"" this State, has an heirloom of curious hia- • - tory and rare valuffr~ It ty^a'BoTrcl iilver goblet, and *a«rif;Thet.RMo*<^ fhsctlt)B**H tionsr "Shot for and won by the Siflia- Corps Under Captain Reth, opposed to tha •:' ' 'O , j Bill# Coiys Uiid^r Captains i)udley and »• • Hobfce) ."Precented bgi Generai-it Lafayette ̂December 18» I824iw !aShot fonut ̂ ̂ and won by William Sullivan, October •, i 1825."! William Sullivan was.ttie lather o|fr.̂ Daniel. - .f . • .tui tr & --Two brothers, near Syeemnee, deal of " | imported horses. ,A farmer called on onav-» «»«•> ».! of them aud found a $1,600 ho«se whio^iui. ; ; sa s u i t e d h i m , b u t w o u l d n o t b u y i t b e c a u s # f > i d i ' | he feared its eyes were weak. Ht; thei^^.f <w ^ called on the other brother and was invite*! . f, WM, to stay to dinner before looking over the j, . stock. While thejr were at diuner . the t < hostler brought to the stable the h,ors|^, t t which had pleased the farmer in the stablj^^ ^ \ of the first "brother. "The purchaser pres» ^ ^ * antly singled out thisfayae h&reejaaiLhonghs i t , f o r | i , y o o . ^ ' ' v ' . ---The Chicago Mpil says very properly & ; : jthat "nothing could be more idiotic, mor^jf 4 indecent, or more out of plape than th% v } M * proposition to raise a large sum of monej4,, to be given to the members of Ihe anarchisg^ ^ jurj",\ nnd yds: "The idea, no doub£ origiuMed with souiie wealthy vulgarian, a, *? representative of a clas^ who imagine that, <t, j dollars and cents are the only prosper reward for duty well performed. The same clas# ' of men would contribute as liberally and freely to reward men for betraying a trust,* If any interedt of the contributor cOuld b^ sen*ed by snch betrjyal." J --"Sidewalk Stroller,*in Chicago Even** ing Journal: The people of the East re« gard Chicago as simply* a pork mart. Bntl^f4**^ four year* ago, it e^nld b6ast the finest libraiy pf old English literature on the coni* tineirt. This was th* collection of Mr. EC "® 4^5 G. Asay, who some years ago was*bne of the most industrious bibliophiles that evet lived, but who'-latterly, has not only lost hi4^1!",J?^ X passion for collecting' tore bcoks bnt baa* ' ̂ even parted with most of wtet he had col- ' lected. His library at one time contained J*«» over 3,600 volumes, aud cost oontiderablyru;} - over $lbtt,000. It was very rich in 8hakspear< ' n! ^ e»a ^qnaitos," ante-Shakspearean plays#}^. .̂ -- and. in the poets of that pervx.1, ile perfect sets of Marlow, Green, and ^^ stfer, aiid the only eppy extant of Sgrdm f pey's Arcadia," with Kit Jft.ilow'%,J autograph on a fl,v-leaf. He . had tlur&ea j j t t, of the earliest Shakspearean "qyartos" ixj America,'soifie of wluph ««on§ tha^^i f m -| earliest extant. Tjiese lUtle pamphlets* |<? « about six inches ^uare, and containing ̂ about fifty pages, cost a good deal of money. '*, • * For two of ifiismnmer Kight's D^eam A lie'pirid'/espectt^efy jCtC ali'I and fol otie of ^HrtinIetrtlfe t>airf3eiS6. Iffceri re^^ ; proaclied fbr Ms extrarjt^aiic^ Mr. Asay . .7. tells about his friend N. Ql~iSope, formerly* of Chicago iuMl>now of Sew York. who paid '2 . ; $20,000 for a copy of "*€:osiilpss»o A4aanti8.,,! in two tolomac, piintvd'by Caxtoos. the flrst? •• ' ** English pnater. I was astonished to leatn^i from Mr. AssCI that he was not only in •hsJ.' r .*:** , Tinbit nf lrwjthiii hi« tihakspeareau trees- 'ifloMvV,' ' Ul«8, t>a^ fending thap to great dis- T%uitX tanc^s. Some of them were in Canada f, feme time, and okhsn lis! ta ttdard ^ d^anf White, of ¥oak> as hmg -aa 't • ' ' • *• -L. , % M M | M tm..