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&p|Sisif§fi! Eoldiert and Tippecanoa Veterans ' Writing to Him by Th<ra»- ipwir Love and Unbounded Enthusiasm * fcrthe OaUsat Leader Aloi Insure 8uoce«3. T ̂QeMiiPi Ktde rf Life--Hew He ... Beoriveg the Maltltede j*.-,. v.\;y Tisiton. .. '-;V- • •> • , • iss-'T t- V- [Indianapolis Car. Cbloago Inter Ocean.] All the people who cannot get to Indianapolis, •apparently, writ* to General Harrison. His Snail is something •normona. It comprises not ®uly letters of importance but aowspapers • JBrom everywhere; hniidbtl.i, circulars, advertise­ ments, aa cunningly disguised as patent medl- : <iine literature. His house is overflowing with papers. A correspondent waded through a heap yesterday morning which bad just been deposit- ' t>^d m the bock halt There were flies and similar ^ .heaps in the private study up stairs, while the ; libra y had been almost wholly converted into a i ISepository for the daily mail-sack. The con­ scientiousness with which he examines the greater part of it no doubt accounts in part for , to extent to which his correspondence lias grown. When askoa if it continued to increase. Mr. D. K Alexander, his secretary, smiled ^ at the simplicity of such a question. "In- • S eased?" he replied. "It couldn't. It was lull born from the very fir .-it day « f hia nomina­ te n, and came pouring in from every part of the . Jountry iu an avalanche." The first twj weeks M »'• eruged 3JC letters a day, or about 2,500 a Week. It ha?, however, since diminished to „ about 1,200 a week, and very few are received - »om persons who are not entitled to some sort • Of a reply. Hundreds com? from old soldiers Who, wit out exception, ; ave been enthusiastic Girar Harrison's ui initiation, and who, to a man, ' *wgardles3 of former political convictions, will J-'t« for him. Among these are congratulating from the membeis f his regiment, brigade, aid - dU'ision--the old Twenty-ilfth Army Corps--the • luen who knew him as a soldier, wl:o saw " courage on the battle-field, wno experienc-d his Sradsr care and solicitude in the camp, 1 he hos­ pital and on the march. These letters are full at rtmhiis.en-o ro ailing Bmiie unselfish act, 8.Dine - ti0l> ful work which he had forgotten, but which • they had remembered through all the years "which have parsed, through altered circum- ,, Stances and the changes which have Scattered ' SUem far ami wido. Th«> (devotion and affection and loyalty of these Mold ©r letters aro so touching that many of them mov<> the i\ a lor to tears. They are eloquent re- Uiiudet'b of that trust and affection which was a bond between mfu in a time of common peril, *::d which deepened into a love that survived Separation, thj laps a of years, tho fornia;ion of OfMier ties, and surpasses the love of woman. Tliey recall the fatigue of the march, th < famine «>/ rebel prisons, the wounds and the slaughter Of battle, and it is not surprising that men who earned the musket then, rejoice now iu the ex-, •fltation of one < f their mcst val ant leaders.' Others arJ simply congratulatory; others con­ tain suggestions as to what ought to be said Or done, with accounts cf measures which have Jjean already agreed upon in mauy of the ether States. Then there are the autograph hunters atxi their tame is legion; the photograph h nt- "<eta who are almost as numerous, audiln litho­ graph beggars who ore somewhat fewer but uo5 _icsa importunate. A very interesting portion of the correspond- ' Slice comes from Harrison and Morton Clubs, /Wlii-h arc> being organized by hundreds every- 2 Where, giving accounts of their work, and send­ ing their gcod wishes. The next largest is re­ ceived from Tippecanoe Clubs composed of old . Whigs who voted for General William Henry •' Harrison in 1840. There are frequently inclosed • With these newspaper clippings old badges and Oth'jr small relies, the valued treasures that nave been carefully preserved for more than forty years, to find their way back into the pos- '• •Ossioa of the grandson of the man for whom they voted--another Harrison whom their votes Sloue are enough to elect. Gen. Harrison's mode of life is a forcible oom- IBontHry upon tho simplicity of republican in­ stitutions. While he dispenses the most gener­ ous hospitality, there is an informality, an ab­ sence ot all display in his manner of entertain­ ing which may be regarded as a wholesome Survival of the good old times. The position of President of the United States--the Chief Execu­ tive of one of the most powerful and prosperous tuition 8 on the earth--is the very hignest that a man can attain through his own exertions. The •potentates of Europe are born to the purple. In this Republic they are chosen from and by the people, and the choice, as a rule, implies self- achieved superiority. It is an eminence which Americans cun not hope to reach through wealth Or inherited position. It gives one a peculiar feeling to call at the modest house in which lives the man who will, in all probability, be in-, vested with the dignity and authority of the Presidency, to have your ring answered, and the door opened by the future President himself; to Iw greeted with an informal shake of the hand, and sincere words of welcome; to meet hia wife, - Wfto will sustain the dignity of her husband as •the first lady in the land," but who still does -Jhier own marketing, like the careful and thrifty housewife that she is. A resident of Indianapolis the other day paid him an unconscious oompliment--the highest that a man can receive. He said: "General Harrison has not so strong a personal following as some other men, because he is never much upon the streets. He is shy and reserved natur­ ally, and is always at home with his family Of evening^. I do not remember ever to hav« aeen him down town at night, except on busi­ ness or when he was participating in some pub­ lic meeting." He is a man of the moat thor­ ough method, and carries this into all his af­ fairs, private, professional, and political. The first lew days after his nomination, when he Was overwhelmed with congratulatory letters and calls from people everywhere, the established order was temporarily interrupted, but it was only for a short time. His daily life is now Systematized as thoroughly as when he was oc­ cupied with his law practice. He breakfasts at •tout 8:30, and then spends half an hour in con­ versation with his family, and reading the morn­ ing papers, callers rarely asking admittance so early. By 9 o'clock he has read and signed some one hundred and fifty letters received the even- tag before. Then he takes up the morning mail, Whioh has arrived by this time, and considers carefully every letter that is laid before him, a •natter in which he is most punctilious. Be- S'ies are dictated and he signs them, until he is terrupted by callers, who are usually an­ nounced before this work is finished. They be­ gin to arrive at about 10:30, and are largely people who live out of the eity, who happen to be passing through, and represent nearly every State in the Union. This morning will serve as an example, when the audience comprized citi­ zens of Pennsylvania, New York, Wiscon­ sin, Iowa, and Ohio. Lunch is served about 1 o'clock. He is with his family again until about 2, when he is sent for to receive delegations, freqn ntly two or three, which the trains bring in daily from all directions. Thi y hftvo been addressed and received and at 4 o'clock he hns returned to bis house and has an­ other breathing spell. The interval before din­ ner, which is served at 5 o'clock, is spent in taking care of his little grandson, to whom he is <devo edly attached, in walking about the yard Ot sitting under the trees reading or watching the little fawn which was sent to his youngest , grandchild a few days ago. After dinner he osually takes a walk or a dr ve, more frequently the latter, ana returns about 7 o'clock. Callers •are received again, all who come. Of the visitors, it may be said that those whom he sees on private or confidential business 'oonfer with him in the library, the others in the front parlor. They are not always as consider­ ate as they should be, frequeutly interrupting him during those brief moments when his privacy should be undisturbed. One day this week he was called from the dinner-table to re­ ceive an old man who brought with him his blind wife, who greatiy desired "to shake hands With the new President." The dinner grew cold, but the visitors were not hurried or in any way reminded that the call had been ill-timed. Gen­ eral Harrison is nothing of a grumbler. He ac­ cepts whatever is said or happens in good feel­ ing, and without harsh criticism. The business of the day is usually dispatched and the house closed at 10:30. This is n->w the daily routine, and there is little variation, except on Sunday, When the family attend church and are or­ dinarily left to themselves. It will be perceived that such enormous de­ mands would be exhauaing, if not perilous, to i|ineby-nine out of every hundred men, but Gen­ eral Harrison has not been affected by it in any way. His natural composure and calmness have been invaluable to h m in so trying an ordeal. And be is never hurried or flurried. Whatever be does is accomplished with the utmoBt thor­ oughness and deliberation. His strong, com­ posed countenance is the assurance of a mind equally Btroug and well balanced. HUN BY RAILROAD -30M Democratic Campaign in the Hands of Monopolists. [From the New York Sim (Dem.).l The Democratic canvass this year is to be managed by railroad men. The four principal figures in the executive management will un­ doubtedly be Col. Calvin Stewart Brice, of Lima, Ohio, and New York City; the Hon. Arthur Bewail, of Bath, Me.; the Hon. William L. Scott, at Erie, Pa.; and the Hon. William H. Barnum, Of Lime Bock, Conn. Mr. Barnum is President of the Housatonic end a director of the Housatonic, the Danbury -4 Norwalk.the Hartford & Connecticut Western, the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West, the Rich­ mond & Alleghany, and the West Virginia Central & Pittsburg--six. Mr. bewail was one of the greatest wooden ebipbuilders in tue United states until wooden shipbuilding played out in America, and then he turned his attention to railroad matters. He is President of the Maine Central, President of the pastern, President of the Portland, Saco & Ports­ mouth, President of the Portsmouth, Great Palls A Ccnwav, President of the Chelsea Beach Uail- road, and Director of these companies, besides the Portland & Rochester, and the 8t. John Bridge and Railway Extension Company--seven. Colonel Calvin S. Brice is Vioe-President of the lake Erie & Western, Vice-President of the East -Tennessee. Virginia & Georgia, Vioe-President oI W , , titanMerquette, HoogbtenftOntooaaoa, and a IHrector of all these companies,aBdafao of the BlatnBcnd * Alleghany, the Bfefamoai ft West Point Terminal, the Kentucky Central, and the Denver. Utah A Pacific -nine. The Han. BUI Soott Is President of the Er ie era Pittsburg and a director in the Eiie and Pittsburg, the Sharpsville, tke Newcastle ani Beaver Valley, theNcw Ysrk, Philadelphia and Norfolk, the Chicago and Northwestern, the Chi- Paul, m nneapolis and Omaha, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, the Michi- ffB Cntril, the Chisago and Canada Southern, the Michigan Midland and Canada, the Totodoi Canada Southern and Detroit, t̂ e Richmond and Alleghany, and the Canadian Pacific-- tairoeen. The Hon. Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland, is a director of the West Virginia, Central and Pittsburg. The Hon. John 8. Barbour, of Virginia, is Vice- President of the'Virginia Midlj.nl. Mr. Herman Oelrichs, of New York, is not a railroad man, so far as we know, but ha le a member of the firm which is a part owner and the American representative of the great Trans­ atlantic Hteamsnip Company of Norddeutscber Llovd. The only remaining members of the Campaign Committee are Senator Ransom, of Nor(h Caro­ lina ; Mr. Erskine M. Phelps, of Illinois; and Mr. Miles Ross, of New Jersey. Perhaps, in a modest way, they are railroad directors, too, but we can't say. British (Sold to Assist the Democrats. Rumors are currant that British gold has been 8Ubscrib?d in large sums to help re-elect Cleve­ land. It is the belief of many who are well posted that the Democrats will virtually have barrels of money sent over from England within the next f aw weeks to scatter throughout the country in the interest of the free traders. A gentleman who arrived from England recently declared that he never saw Englishmen so inter­ ested in American politics before, aid nearly all were anxious to ste President Cleveland re­ elected, because he represented the true British idea of free trade. He heard, and fully believed. H ARRISON'S SPEECHES. I 1 Indication that He Hopes to lire the Battle Ftfoght in Indiaaa m Stat* Issues. Be Talks About the Admission Dakota and Oar Relations With 8oath " Amercia. , [Indianapolis special to Chicago Tribune.] Gen. Harrison is determined th%t the Repub­ licans of this State shall n\ake thslr campaign largely on local issues. A faw days ago when the people of Shslby County came to nay their respects he told them not to target tne great abuses which had been practiced under Demo- c*atle authority on the l»nevol3nt Institutions of the htate. These abuses have been a scan­ dal to the State, as are the Whiticap outrages and the Coy-Bernheimer conspiracies against the Gen. Harrison desires that special attention be given to these domestic affairs, because he knows they are apt to be overlooked in the presence of national issues and because they contain great moral wrongs which should be corrected with the aa siatfl.il e of fair minded men. whether they are Repub­ lican* or Democrats. La«t week the General received a delegation of 1,000 farmers, mechanics, traders, lawyers and merchants from Kosciusko County. Juige R. S. Biggs, of Warsaw, presented ths Presidential nominee to the visitors in a sensible, short speech. The response of Gen. Harrison was the longest he has yet made, and it was delivered in that rugged style of oratory which has added much to his reputation as a campaign orator. Amons carried by tba Newcastle contin^ gm*m Wfh motteeeee -BngliSImR aft ^he coming rf-ction," and "The only usa England has for tb» Irish Is to vote for free trade in Americfi. -London Times." Gen. Har- MMktecsived this d-lagation at tha University Park. The spokesman for ths visitors was (Jan. WillUm Grose, of Newcastle, a coittrade of Gen. Harriaon in the campaign around Atlanta. Gen. Harrison spoke on a new subject when he touched upon our commercial relations with South America, and advocated the fcubsiditin* (rf. steaiusJWp lines to the South sndCanttnu American States. In the course of his remarks the General said: "In aU the addresses which have been to me there has been some reference to th< great question of the protection of our American in­ dustries. I see it upon the banners which you carry. Our party stands unequivocally with­ out bvaeion or qualification, for the dictrina that the American market shall be preserved fbr our American prodaoera. We are not at­ tracted by the suggestion that we sur­ render to foreign producer < ths best market in the world. Our sixty millions of people are the bast buyers in the world; and thev are such be­ cause,our working classes reoeive the bestwages. But we do not mean to be content with oar own market. We should seek to promote closer and more friendly commerci-.l relations with ths Central and South American Mates. Regular mails are the first conditions of commerce. The merchant must know when his order will be re­ ceived and when his consignment will be re­ turned, or there can be no trade between distant cbmtnnnities. What we need, therefore, is the establishment of American steamship lines be­ tween our ports and the ports of Central and South America. Then it will no longer be neces­ sary that an American minister, commissioned to an American state, shall take an English ship to Liverpool to And another English ship to carry him to his destination. We are not to be frightened by the use of that ugly word 'sub­ sidy.' We should pay to American steamship lines a liberal compensation for carrying our mails instead of turning them over to British The abuses of the right of representation in the State carried him directly to tha case of Dakota, of whose tramp steamships. cause he became the especial advocate while in I THE LABOB QUESTION. the Senate. He said: j Speaking of the labor question, Gov. Harrison r<5 ;A ate* TRorrcn ON •wt 'MAVCk ~ wnrsx- -WAGE'S »N*THC WOTFTC© <r~T, L£r (/$ iN We.wAMT \ -ft ENEMY--FREE that Kliglish mahufneturers "had already suli- Bcr bed nearly $2,000,000 toward the Democratic campaign fund. Thousands of Cleveland badges and buttons, he asserted, hud been manufactured there and sent to this country to be distributed free. The Cobden Club, in Lon­ don, was bestirring itself and doing all it could to assist President Cleveland financially and otherwise. Secretary Faasett, o the Republi­ can National Executive Committee, was to-day asked if he had heard anything about British gold being sent to this country to help the Dem­ ocrats. He said he had heard a great deal about it, and rather thought that where so much smoke prevailed there certainly ought to be some fire. The Cobden Club, of London, he averred, was, according to direct accounts, doing yeoman's service for the Democratic cause in the way of sending over badges and buttons. It is believed that the fund reported to have been subscribed by the British has reached this country and is now at the disposal of the Democratic National Committee, with and by the advice of President Cleveland.--New York dispatch to Chicago Trib­ une. How Our Fanners Are Protected* One of the stock arguments of (he free traders, and of the alvocates of the M ils bill is. that the import duty on any article raises by the amount of the duty the price ot the article to the consumer, and this rule, it ia claimed, applies not only to articles imported, but also to simi­ lar articles of domestic production. These same free traders and so-called revenue reformers also claim that manufacturers derive all the benefits on imports, and that the farmers are made to suff r in consequence, because the pro­ ducts of their labor are not protected. The tenderness and solicitude of the Democrats for the welfare of the farmer iB something very touching in these latter days. But let us see whether the statement is true that our farmers derive no protection from the existing tariff. According to the report of the Department of Agriculture, 1887, the yield of various crops in the United States for the year 188t> was as given below, and the duties in the following table are th se now fixed by law: Crop. Yield. Duty. Tax. Corn, bu 1,665,000,000 lOo $166,500,030 Wneot, bu 457,218,5*! 20c 91,443,700 Barlev, bu 60,000,000. 10c 6,000,000 Oats, bu 624,000,001) 10c 68,400,000 Rye, bu 8i;,O0O,OlK) 10c 8,000,000 Potatoes, bu... 168,000,009 15c 94,450,000 Hay, tons 45.000,009" »2p ton 90,000,000 Tobacco, lbs.... 560,000,08® 85c 175,000,000 Rice, lbs 170,000,000 l}£c 2,550,000 Sugar, lbs 860,000,009 9c 7,000,(>00 $627,943,700 The above does not include wool, live ani­ mals, choose, butter, laid, honey, hops, pickles, vinegar, oranges, grapes, raisins, peanuts, etc. If the farmers are not protected, what else in the community is? Whatever protection for his products the farmer enjoys is the result of Republican policy and laws passed under Re­ publican administration.--Chicago Inter Oeeeui. . CAMP At UN NOTES. THE chinch bags arid free-trader* throat en about equal damage to the farmers. PROTECTION for psanuts, but free-trade for potatoes, ia a significant feature of the Mills bill. JKFF DAVIS would appear to be about as fit a man ae Dr. John A. Brooks for loyal voters to support. CRiimtAiia, paupers and idiots of foreign pro­ duction we do not want, and won't have. No free trade in the scuni of Europe. THE Democrats who will vote for Harrison have become so numerous at the East that the newspapers have stopped counting them. "I HAVE been a rebel, a slave-own?r and a fire- eating Democrat, but, thank God, never a Re­ publican, " says the Prohibition candidate for Vice President. THE Mills bill is freighted with dangerous promise. The Denver Republican says : "Half the lead-bearing silver mines hi Colorado would be closed by the passage of the Mills bill. Most of them are badly hurt at present by the free importation of lead ores from Mexico." BROOKS, the Prohibition candidate for Vioe President, was a hanger-on in the Confdderate army. He boasts in his meetings of how he prayed for the annihilation of Yankee sol­ diers. The other day, at Decatur, 111,, he re­ marked: " Yes, I was a rebel and a Democrat, but I thank God I have never been a Republican.' Republicans generally will say amen. A great many Prohibitionists feel the shiune of having such a man as Brooks, of Missouri, foisted upon them. His being "a rebel" and hating the Re­ publican party seem to be his leading qualifica-- tions for the place.--Chicago Inter Ocean. m Mr. Biggs and my KosciuBko County friends, I did not need to be assured of the friendliness of the Republicans of your county. It has been evidenced too many times in the past. Before the convention at Chicago the Republicans of your county gave me the assurance 'hat my nomination would meet the cordial approbation of your poojHe. 1 am glad to welcome you here to-day, and regret that your journey here was so tedious. You are proud of the State in which you dwell; proud of her institutions of learn­ ing ; proud of her great benevolent institu­ tions, which I notice by one of these banners you have pledged yourselves to protect from party spoliation and degradation. But while we have much that is cause for congratulation we are not enjoying that full equality of civil rights in the State of Indiana to which we are entitled. Our Government is a representative government. Delegates in Con­ gress and members of our State Senate aud House of Representatives a e apportioned to districts ; and the National and St ite Constitu­ tions contemplate that these districts shall be equal, so that as far as possible each citizen shall have in his district the same potency in choosing a member of Congress or of our State Legislature as is exercised by a voter in any other district. We do not to-day have that con­ dition of things. The apportionment of our State for legislative and Congressional purposes is unfair, and is known to be unfair to all men. No candid Democrat can defend it as a fair ap­ portionment. It was framed to be unequal; it was designed to give to the citizens of favored districts an undue influence. It was intended to discriminate against Rejmblieans. It is not; right that it should be so. I hoi>e the time is coiniug, and has even now arrived, when the great sense of justice which possesses our peo­ ple will teach men of all parties that party suc­ cess is not to be promoted at the expense of an injustice to any of our citizens. Tnese things take hold of Government. If we would main­ tain that respect for the law which is nenesaary to social order our people must under at ill 1 that each voter has his full an 1 equal influence in determining what the law Bhall be. I hope this question will not be forgotten by our peo­ ple until we have secured in Indiana a fair ap­ portionment for Legislative nnd Congressional purposes. When the Republicans shall secure the power of making an apportionment I hope and believe that the experiment of seeking a party advantage by a public injustice will not be repeated. There are some other questions affecting suf­ frage. too, of which my attention has from cir­ cumstances been particularly attracted. There are iu the Northwest several Territories organ­ ized under public law, with denned boundaries. They have been filled up with the elect of our citizens, the brave, the enterprising, and the in­ telligent young men from all the States. Many of ths veterans of the late war have sought, un­ der our beneficent homestead law, new homes in the West. Several of these Territories have been for years possessed of population, wealth, and all the requisites for admission as "States. Wh?u the Territory of Indiana took the census which was the basis of its petition for admission to the Union we had less than 01,000 people; we had only thirteen or­ ganized counties. In the Territory of South Dakota thsre are nearly half a million people. For years thev have been knocking for admission to the sisterhood of States. They are possessed of all the elements of an organized and stable community. It has more people, moro miles of railroad, more post-offlces, more churches, more banks, more wealth, than any Territory ever possessed when it was admitted to the Union, it sur asses some of the States in these particulars. Four years ago, when a President was to be chosen, the Committee on Territories in the Senate, to meet the objection of our Democratic friends that the admission of Dakota would add a disturbing ele nent to the F.lectoral College, provided in the Dakota bill that its organi^ati u should be postponed until after the election; now four years more have rolled around, and oar people are called again to take part iu a Presiiwntial election, and the in­ telligent and patriotic Dakota psople are again to be deprived of anv participation. I ask you v.hy this is so? Is not the answer oMious? They are disfranchised and deprived of the r ap­ propriate ici>! iei.ee in the F.lectoral College only because thj j rjiai in: sentiment in thj Teiri- tory is Republican. The cause of Washington Territory is more recent but no less flagrant. If we appfopii tely express sympathy with the cause of arish home rule, shah we not also de­ mand home rule for Dakota and Washington and insist that their disfranchisement shall not be prolonged? There is a sense ol justice, of fair­ ness, that will assert itself against these at­ tempts to coin party advantage out of public wro g. The day when men can be disfranchised or shorn of their political power for opinion sake must have an end in our country. TRADE WITH SOUTH AMERICA. The Republicans of Henry County, Indiana, to is number of about eleven hundred paid their the said, in his address to the Clav tfflfttitfUfttfBre: "Some resort to statistics to show that the condition of the American workman is better than that of the workmen of any oth'ir country. I do not care now to deal with statist ics. One fact is euough tor mo Tha t de of immigration from all Kuropeau countries has been and is toward our shores. The gates of Castle Garden swing inward. They do not swing outward to onv American laborer seeking a better country than this. These men who have toiled at wages in other lands that barely sustained life and opened no avenue of promise to them or their children know tha land of good hope as well as the swallow knows the land of summer." THE TARIFF AND THE SURPLUS. In his address to the Jennings County delega­ tion the General said: "We are confronted now with a Treasury sur­ plus. Our position is exceptional. We are not seeking, as many other nations are, new sub­ jects of taxation, new sources of revenu e. Our quest ifc now how, wisely, to reduce our na ional revenue. The attempt has boon made to use this surplus as a lever to overturn tho protective system. The promoters of this scheme, while professing a desire to diminish the surplus, nave acted as if their purpose was to increase it in part by opposing necessary and legitimate appropriations. I agree that there is danger that a surplus may promote extravagance, btlt I do not find myself in sympathy with that pjlicy that denies ths appropriation necessary for the proper defense of our people and for the convenient administra­ tion of our public affairs th oughout the coun ry in order that the threat of a Burplus may ha used for a sinister purpose. I believe that in reducing our revenues to the level of our need­ ful and proper expenditures we can and shou'.d continue to favor and protect our indUBtr es. I do not like to intrust this work to th >so who declare protective duties to be vicious 'legal­ ized robbery.' The Republican party has by its legislation shown its capacity wisely to re­ duce our revenues and at the same time to preserve the American system. It can be trusted to do the work that remains and to do it wisely." Facts for Workiiigiuen. Great, swa gerins Texas, tho home of Rojer Q. Mills and ten other ex-Confederate brigadier members of Congress, every one of whom voted to cripple American induftries, j ays mechani­ cal wage-workers, according to ths census or 1H80, three and one-third millions per annum. Little Connecticut, one of the homes of pro­ tected industries, pays tho same class forty- three i nd a La'f millions per annum ! Missis­ sippi, the home of bulldozers, evtry one of whose seven members of Congress--elected through fraud--voted to tear down Northern manufacturing Interests, pays workingmen less than a million and a quarter per annum, while Massachusetts, where the interests of work ngmen are fostered and protected, pays t em one hundred and twenty-eight millions per annum. Six Southern States--Alabama, Arkansas. Mis­ sissippi, North and South Ca.olina, and Texas-- sending forty-s.x Congressmen to Washington, who voted solidly in tfnor of British woik-sltctpa and against No.'ihorn industrit s, pav, all told, for manufacturing WH,'PB, according to last cen­ sus, thirteen "nd a half million* annually. Si* Northern States--Connecticut, Massuch isetts,. Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio--a large majority of whose Congressmen voted in fav< r of American industries aud American work­ ingmen, pay the la ter annually si. HONDBBD AND TWENTY-FOUR MIL,LIONS! Who are the true friends of Northern workingmen, Grover Cleve­ land aud his Southern free-trade a'lios or Ben Harrison and the champions of American indus­ tries?--Chicago Inter Ocean. AMONG the speakers at the Republican ratifi­ cation meeting at Utica. N. Y., last week was Frederic G. Fincke, one of the leaders of the Stalwarts in Oneida County. The Now York Sun says he waB "a close, ardent, and uncom­ promising friend and follower of tho late lioscoe Conkling. During the crmpaign of ltwl no one among his (Conkling's) implacable supporters work-d harder or more effectively to throw Oneida Countv's majority agaiust Blaine than Mr. Fincke." The Sun argues f oai Mr. F nciie s indorsemen tof Mr. Harrison that the Stalwarts not only in Oneida County but throughout the Empire State will ret loya ly with the Republi­ cans during the present campaign, and that Cleveland's plurali.y of 1,100 ia in danger. THE Indiana Democrats have been very in dnstriously manufacturing affidavits which charge that Gen. Harrison made various remarks reflecting on laboring men--such a> #1 a day was enough for a wage-worker, and othjr things equally absurd and untrue. The bogus letter attributed to Sena or Ingalls and these so-called "affidavits" made by the machinery of malice, show how the Democracy propose to conduct *a clean, square campaign." . . ti , •«_ sA. s£j •yfc; OTM MWON AL G AME Tha Taken by the Chicago and the Season SecortU at Bat and in the Field--Gossip of the Diamond from Here [cmcaoo CORMSPOXDKNOK. ] Binoe my last letter was written Anson's boys have taken a greft tnmbla. Leaving Detroit on the Slat etUl in possession of tho lead, they went to Indianapolis, where nine out of ten Chicago enthusiasts ware oertain they ^ronld take two or possibly throe games, and dropped three straight victories into the laps of tho Hoosiers. Then they came back to Chicago and met De­ troit upon the home groundB in thres games. Two of those they lost to the Wolverines, so that, at this writing, the Detroit is tied with Now York, while Chicago has dropped back into third place. Chicago's tumble has .been a source of wonder to the team's admirers in this city, end the cause has boon apparent to all. The team has been field­ ing and running bases as well aa it ever did, but it has not been hitting the ball a little bit. The Hooaier pitchers played with our batsmen at Indianapolis aa a cat would play with a mouse, while Gotroin and Conway of Detroit proved nuts entirely too hard for Anson's men to crack. It was not until Detroit put Lady Baldwin in the box that the Chicago hitters began to find the ball, and when they commenced to get their oves upon it in the game of Saturday, the -2eth, they pounded the Detroit twirler out of the box and won tho game by a score of 21 to 17 in the Ktsonoo of noarlv 10,000 people. The attack of tting paralysis that has hung over our boys for the last month, therefore, has probably been lifted, and Chioagoans may hope for better things from .them from this time out. Sinoo my last letter was written President Spalding has dropped Brynan. He was in favor Of letting the young pitcher go three weeks or ?LOIO ago, when he received a fair offer from St. aul, but Anson said no, and that settled it. Whether or not Brynan's slaughter in the Wash­ ington game here had any l earirig uppn the ac­ tion subsequently taken 1 cannot say, but I think had Brynau pitched a winning and brill­ iant game that day, instead of being knock d Out of the box, that Anson would never have let him go. when it comes to a choice between the homo- tun slugger and the scientific batter, who cares •lore to place tho ball tp advantage than he does hit it hard, I'll take the latter every time," •avs a veteran writer in the Sporting Life. "There should be no more credit givtn to a man for a horns run or three-base hit than for a good eacrifice when a sacrifice hit is qpeded. A club Whioh has two or three home-run hit era in its team will never show up very strong in team Work. A player who is always talking about his base-hite and errors, rather than about his (dub's standing or the games it has won, is not a desirable or a strong man in his team. The oonseientious, hard-working player--the man whose work will count most--is that one w o forgets his own record and thinks only of those points that will add a game or a run to his ciub's m*ord. Such a man has been Kelly, of tht. Bostons, aud it is that which ha* made him the great player which he has justly won the repu­ tation of being. Anson is another of the kind. What does Anson care for four-base hits to his eredit if his club loses the game ? What does he oare for four errors if his club wins ? "By the way, how that man is abused and barked at. Every time he opens his mouth to question the decision of an umpire, as he hns a night under the rales to do, it is telegraphed all over the country in a sensational way. Fearful exaggerations of the occasion are written up and Anson is pictured as the personification of abuslveness and obstinacy. Newspapers every­ where take turns in making mean references to him in that way and speak of him aa a tyrant in *is team. Now, the truth plainly told" is that his team tyranny amounts to merely a strict discipline and a total refrain from favoritism. His kicking consists in a firm habit of claiming every right during a game which he thinks be­ longs to nis team. If there were moro captaius Ske Anson there would be less complaint made ; bad ball playing. "Anson never was a newspapar favorite. The ffcason probably arises from his perfect indiffer­ ence to newspaper attack. The old man goes light on playing ball and doesn't think it worth Wiiile to reply to anything the reporters may say about him or the Chicago team. The conse­ quence is Anson is exaspsrat ng, and the more fhynx-llke he remains the worse he is abused, has been a sort of unaccountable situation to me--the manner in which the Chicago press treats the Chicago team, it never gets any Itraise or any credit for well-doing, but L >rd, how t is abused and blackguarded if it strikes a bit Of reverse. While the team was in first place last weak fighting like a band of heroes to .retain its position, it was moot unmercifully assailed because it had lost a game at Detroit. One paper insisted that the club was about to 'tobog­ gan' down itoward the tail end. Now I admire the pluck of Anson und his men more than I admire the work of any other League team. The Work of that team has been marvelous under the circumstances. It has so far made a vigor­ ous bid for first honors, whereas it ought to be held in high esteem at home if it ended up in third place. A team that, after getting rid of high-priced dissatisfied stars, can fill their places with raw material and go right on at the head of the profession, deserves more praise than the New York or Detroit clubs, whose vet­ eran teams are under obligation to their backers to occupy first and second places. I want to be one of a few at least who are ready to take off their hats and make a respectful obeisance to Captain Anson and liis band of plucky base-ball players." Mr. Spalding's trip to Australia wiU just be in the nick of time this w.nter. They have begun ball pi yiug in Melbourne already, and the Mel bourne Cricket Club have taken "the Yankee game" in band, and, judging from the report of an initiatory game which the cricke, ers plaved with the newly organized "Melbourne Base-Boll Club," they Uke the game exceedingly. What wiU they say when they see base-ball played by Spalding's American exports? The visiting party to Australia next November--which with the players and accompanying tourists will nam ber over two hundred--wi 1 i go in their own char •tared steamer. For those having money and leisure to take tho trip no excursion could be more attractive or enjoyable TMAM WORK. The following table shows the batting and fielding work of the eight clubs composing the UTRM. cLOsa. „ 1 ""l ... 3{jftn!, Li'. Defaot... h.i Indianapolis Chica»o New York. ..... Boston................ Pittsburg Philadelphia Washington. 7512,784 "3 2, i'28 75 2.5J6 76'2,TOO 76|2,551 776). -m 643 .'i?A 40!) I C28 .-250 408' «!)i.-247 3121 C0!»! .'218 7112,422. 287 578 . 218 73l2,5S! 393; 5S8; ,'>i) 7412,525 ; 26ll 514!.203 «*ae. I A ® s? If! e o i fc O w Detroit. New York.. ...... Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Chicago Indianapolis Washington. 75j£2jl! 301!.015 76 33251 8471.90.5 7<ij3322i 35.>'.:m 73|3119 337 .912 71|Sr9P>| 320'.<01 75.3293 369!.89) 75 3048 400I.8S3 7413074 420>. 879 ran WOBK or THK PITCHERS. Pitchers. Ch|ee«e.. New Toik. Boatou .A C |S Pittsb'ih. Tinraiielle ***** • '¥3 I Gotaain .vt (P. Conway.-,,...., ] Gruber I Beatin I C. Baldwin.,..'... (Van HaltreB/i• • • Brynan I Borchers. 1 Ryan M. Baldwin...... I Krook I K9efe Wei dm an.. ) Welch ] Titcomb. . . . . . . . i . I Crane I George i. . ;,., I Kadbourn Madden Clarkson Powders B. Conway........ I Buffinton....... 1 Casey , I Glfasoa I Sanders ....... I Tyng.. £taley SaJ_IP Morris. Kuell..... Maul Boyle.... Shrevo... Burd ck.. (Healy.... Shaw O'Day.... Gilmtre | Whitney....... Da ly I Witnw......... •SSiS: ® P as 1412 23] 7 6 2 0 3 S 1311, 2 1 1 2 6 i . . . 31 9 51 9 16 Vt 15 9 6 13 2j 5 1 0 5! * 8,17 14|14 II 0 01 1 10 13 614 1 0 9 12 01 3 12117 1J101 1 H 72*2.77 66 2.20 2512.50 c'3.00 3:6.00 71J2.y5 12,4.00 8i2.00 16|3.20 24,1.71 381.65 55 2.11 9 4.50 5112.12 27,2.08 132.60 ill.00 42:3.50 4012.85 752.58 45i'2.37 6 3.00 34 1.48 70 3.33 5412.84 22j3.11 2|2.00 33 3.70 83,3.32 69 2.46 1 1.00 4 4 .00 542.34 79|3.»5 111.00 63(3.00 17|5.66 7812.69 65(5.91 3511.75 29 4.14 oo.ou AGAINST RAILROADS. Aa Important Land Decision bf tha Secretary of (he In­ terior. Baliafe That Will Corer .Nearly Gttea--Settlers Have the Advantage. [Washington (D. C.) special.] The Secretary of the Interior has' dered a decision in the 6omewhat cele­ brated case of The Northern Pacific Bail-: road Company against Guilford Miller. The history of the case briefly stated is aa follow^: 1 In 1884 Millar made a homestead! entry of lSO acres of land within the indemnity limits of the Northern Pacific Bailroad in Washington Terri­ tory, alleging settlement In 1878! "nte date of entry was subsequent to the date of the with­ drawal for aud selection by the railroad com­ pany. The entry was allowed by the local land officers, who subsequently notified tha General Land Office that the allowance was an error, as the land entered had already baen withdrawn from settlement, and advised that it be can- ceieJ. This the Commissioner of the Ge(feral Land Office refused to do, upon the ground that the withdrawal of this land was contrary to express prohibition iu the granting act itself, and that the land was subject to settle­ ment up to tho date of selection. The rail­ road company appealed to the Secretary of the Interior, who referred the question to At­ torney General Garl nd. In his" opinion the Attorney General held that tha withdrawal was valid and effective as against subsequent settle­ ment, and that Miller's settlement male after u® .^'f-hdrawal was illegal. Soon thereafter the President, in a letter to the Secretary, took the position that as the selection of the company was required by law to lie made under the direc­ tion of the Secretary of the Interior the Secre­ tary should require the company to release the tract claimed by Miller an i select another in lieu thereof. There the case rested. In the decision the Secretary holds briefly that when the map of the main line was filed and ac­ cepted in 187o the general route was fixed, and ths statutory withdrawal under Sec. 6 of the granting act became iuopera ive. The statutory withdrawal having once been put in operation could not again be exercised, its authority beinj exhausted. Tha general route being thus fixed could not bo amended or changed exc pt by leg­ islative authority. As 110 su?h authjrity was given, the attempt to changa the general route by the map of 1S/2 was without authority of law. As Miller's land was not within the limits of the statutory withdrawal under the lawful map of 1870, it remained public land subject to set­ tlement, notwithstanding the filing of the map of lH72,and theattemp e.l wi hlrawalof the land by the Commissioner of the General Land Office was of no effect to change the status. The Sec­ retary holds that Sec. ti of the grant ing act to the company absolutely prohibits the withdrawal by the Kxecutive of the lands on tho line of the road from the operation of the homestead and pre-emption laws, and that in attempting to make withdrawal of lands for indemnity pur­ poses the Commissioner did that which was pro­ hibited. The railroad company selected Miller's land as indemnity for lands within the Yakima Indian reservat ion, but the Secretary says that inasmuch as the Supreme Court said in the Buttz case that the tee simple title to the lands within the Indian reservation passed by the grant to tho company, subject to the right of occupancy by the Indians, the company is not entitled to in­ demnity for lands within said reservation and which have passed to it by its grant. The effect of this decision is far-reaching, and will affect about 800 cases now pending in the General Land Office, and probably t he claims of mauv settlers which have not reached there. The denial of the right of the company to indemnity for lauds within the Yakima Indian reservation is said to be equally applicable to other Indian reserva­ tions along the line of the road, and will have the effect of reducing the indemnity claims of the company largely, probably to the extent of 1,500,000 acres. uAbout 3,001 cases now iu the General Land Office will be affected by thide­ cision. * O n e « T ' DELUGE OF RAIN. Stents the Severest Electric Known In Tears. [Chicago special. J Chicago was visited last week by a slightly modified edition of the flood which drowned the world in Noah's time. The storm seemed to have been quite gen­ eral throughout the Northwest, extending over large portions of Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. Luckily for this nineteenth- century world, it did not last long. I11 the words of the word-juggler, however, Jupiter Pluvius meant business while he was at it. It is no exaggeration to say that for some ten minutes during the storm the water came down in such dense masses that the individual drops could be no longer noticed. The downpour, too, came with such suddenness t hat people out of doors were completely taken by surprise, and were wet through to the skin before they had time to run twenty feet for shelter. Those in cities who made a rush for the street cars, instead of finding a harbor of shelter, fouud themselves badly left; for the strong wind blowing during the thickest of the down-pour swept the falling sheets of water through the cars, and iu a few minutes completely soaked the unhitppy fugitives from the outer flood. Many streets in the larger cities were flooded from curb to curb, aa were tunnels. Large trees were blown down, crops and fruit ruined, and many dwellings demolished. The lightning also caused much damage and some few fatalities at various points. At times the blinding electric flashes and the grand bursts of sound were almost instantaneous, and thus awe was added on awe, and fear followed fear. The world of business in cities and towns for the moment was stilled. All listened and wondered and feared, and only thought of what would come next. People imagined themselves standing on the verge of a possible eternity as they watched the sinuous lightning rushing like mimic comets along telephone and telegraph wires--they felt death already creeping around their hearts, ae it crept to the hearts of a few, luckily only a few. It was one of the most severe storms known for years. During the heaviest downpour the wind blew forty miles an hour. ? r - TROOPS ON_THE MARCH. A Regiment of MllUia to Take a 11 and In the Kansas War. fNewton (Kan.) special.) A special train of five co tehee, carrying Companies A, C, and D of the Seeona Kegimeut, has gone to Stevens County. They will have over 300 men, and carry tents, ammunition, aud commissary's stores for a two weeks' 6iege. The entire Secoud Regiment has been ordered to the front by the Governor, and will place over 5IH) men in the field. Attorney General Bradford, who has visited the scene of trouble, savs it is fully as bad as has been reported. The General 6ays that if one man from either town, AVoodsdale or Hugoton, goes to the other he will be killed, and this will precipitate a fight. Both towns are armed and patrolled, there beiug about 150 armed men at each place. They have rifle pits and picket# day and night. j STRUCK BY A METEOR. A Stone Dropped from Uie Clouds Crashes Into a Steamboat's Pilot House. A SEVEBE electric storm prevailed along the Hndson River the other morning. The crew of the steamboat James W. Baldwin report meteors as having fallen. Captain Tremper said: "The Baldwin was near Manhattanville. When stepped inside the pilot Louse I saw Pilot Brocks with uplifted hands Joking around. I asked what the matter was. Brooks answt red, I can't find it.' 'Find what?' He said some­ thing, presumably a meteor ai largo as a mau's fist, r.ad come from the east. It struck glass cf double thickness on the star-b ard side of the pilot-bouse, smashing the glass into splinters and then disappeared. A sailor's hat was knocked off by the current of wind." IN MAXWELL'S BEHAX.F. Tlie Ilrltisli Government Applying for m Respite for the Murderer. Gov. Morehouso, of Missouri, has re­ ceived the following telegram from T. P. Bayard, Secretary of State, relative to franting a respite to Hugh M. Brooks alias laxwell, of St. Louis: "I forwarded you by mail application of British Govern­ ment for respite iu the Maxwell case." A Murderous Husband Shot. Shelby Sledge attempted to cut hie wife's throat with a razor, at Smithon, Ark. Henry Brown interfered and was cnt several times by Sledge. Brown pro­ cured a shotgun and emptied both barrels - V* *„• A.? ;• . ILLINOIS STATE NEWSL •"ifcre. Milligan, living near tlM IfMr grounds at Kontioello, had a remirk^b experience with a snake. She had pat some pillows oat to sun, and a laqp H* ŝ e, fowJtAsto»g* crawled into one of then). She slept on it all night without discovering the' presence of the anaka under her head. At timee during tha night she felt the body of the an air* touch ber shoulders and arms, but sup­ posed it to be the arm of the child that was sleeping with her. She was horrified upon going to the bed to make it up when she raised up the pillow and 4aw tke large snake curled up under it. --There was a genuine panic at Bar­ num's circus when it exhibited in Rook- ford. • Twelvê thousand persons wefcein the tent and the performance had jut begun when the rain began to fall, and in short order the spectators were dreocbfkL The wind blew terrifically, yet the girl in tights on the white horse rode out. The alarm was given and the polemen were soon at their places, three men at each pole. There was a heavy peal of thunder and a stronger bunt of wind followed, when the crowd, becoming panic-stricken, started for the exits. During the stam­ pede men, women . and children rushed through the mud, a number bf women fainting and several beifig injure}. " , --Samuel Rogers, the old soldier vfetk arrived at Mattoon on a stretcher froin Fort Scott in destitution, is dead. --Losses amounting to $25,000 were caused at Bement by the heat of the sun igniting tionere' soaring materials left on tbe roof of anew building. --Mrs. William Kanes, of Maple Parfc, hung herself, ill health being the came alleged.:. . • r . , --CorbuB Leisman was killed at Lin­ coln by the accidental discharge of his gun. --John Sponagle, a well-known and su­ spected citizen of Mattoon, is dead. --The hearing at Aurora of the threie men charged with being implicated in the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy conspir­ acy resulted in the binding over of Bauer- eisen on three charges, bail fixed at $3,000 each; Goding ou two charges, bail $2,000 each; and Koegel on one charge, bail $2,500, to appear before the Grand Jury in October. All three furnished bail. -' --8eVenty letter carriers have been a^fi- ed to the Chicago poetal service under; the new postoffice appropriation bill. Karl Kreismidtof Philadelphia, not far from Tolono, was found near the Wabash track with his back and one arm broken. He was probably etmck hy la passii£ train. . ' . > .J --A horrible case of hydrophobia de­ veloped in Brooklyn, opposite North St. Louis a few days ago, terminating fatally;. The victim was Mrs. Lena Reither, an old German lady living alone in the village. She was bitten by a big Newfoundlfend dog May 12, but a doctor cauterized the wound an hour later and it healed up in good shape. There was nothing to indi­ cate Unfavorable results until recently, when she was seized by hydrophobia. She would bark and snap like a dog and go into epasams at the sight of water. She was placed in an ambulance to be removed to the county farm, and died on the *«f. --"The youngest child of W. M. Tip­ ton, " says the Macomb Journal, "a bright little fellow of two summers, was out in the yard playing, and when fonnd by his mother shortly afterward he was trying to put a live rattlesnake into a bottle. The little fellow was fondling it and would lay it down and pick it up again, the snake all the time being perfectly passive and making no effort whatever to bite. The mother's horror can be better imag­ ined than described when she took in the situation. She called her husband, who came, and when the snake was laid down, he grabbed his child and killed his snake- ship A --James Lee, a farmer reaiding near ' Illiopolis, has become Insane on account of finanoial troubles and has been tiltee to the asylum at Jacksonville. --Bauereisen, Goding, and Koegel, three of the men charged with the Chi­ cago, Burlington and Quincy conspiracy, have had another hearing in the justice court at Aurora. Bowles, the principal witness, was recalled and reviewed some of the former testimony. The only new evidence he gave was that Bauereisen pur­ chased some ammonia and several pack­ ages of blue vitriol at a drag store and gave it to him with instructions to go to Mendota and put it in the tanks of several locomotives. He (Bowles) went to Men­ dota, but the engines were so closely watched that he had no opportunity to use the stuff. The prisoners were held to bail, Bauereisen in $9,000on three charges of conspiracy, malicious mischief, and unlawful handling of dynamite; Goding in $6,000 on two charges of conspiracy and handling dynamite, and Koegel iat • $3,000 on charge of handling dynamite, --The population of Cook County fe* 1880 was 607,524, says the Chicago* Tribune. Within this decade, according to the results shown by the school census, it will have more than doubled. In 1470 the population of the county was 34$,- 966. The rate of increase during this decade has been greater than during tho last. The population of the State in­ creased fiom 2,539,891 in 1870 to 3,077,871 in 1880. Of the increass of 537,1)80 dar­ ing the previous decade, 257,558 was in Cook County. The increase in the State outside of Cook County was 280,422. Tha increase in Cook County's population dat­ ing the present decade will be about 65i#,-- 000. The increase in the State outside of Cook will doubtless be 300,000 or more, b the whole State, therefore, the increase is likely to be from 950,000 to 975,000. This will place Illinois' total population at something over 4,000,000. It will tboa take rank next to Pennsylvania, outstrip­ ping Ohio, which had a population of 3,198,062 in 1880, but which has not in­ creased at so large a ratio as Illinois sine* that date. In the next decade Illinois will give Pennsylvania a close raoe for second plaoe among the States. The new century wiU begin the struggle for supremacy between Chicago and Illinois and New York City and New York Stata. --Benjamin T. O. Hubbard, the i defaulting cashier of the Monmonth Mo­ tional bank, dW in the Joliet peoHentiotf of heart trouble. «, •v. '53 •mm * ' • iietJt -ti y • , irn "fe» sfe'fC Vi.' AT 1# . . "I* . IS. aLmAA*. .«4. f 3-jt * A , All . mtm