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»W* ^ u W fch ,v VMIKOS THAT NEVK* DU • pore, th® bright, t-lw bmnttfot, wMimd our Iimtm in youth; InUmlMOf a worldl:«« prayer, , m iNMM of love Mjil ! rnth. ^ id Thfejanging after soni.-thing lost, , *?'. ;j| loft spirit's veawiin* cry; •1 The striving alter bettor hopes*. ; ^ Theao things can tiovor die. f)* ",f;0 tlm timU tliuit] stretch-vl ftirth to affl ; I . iSSl^ihrf'ii' <«tit host. *T * proves ?v frio»«l i ruined * wjUl»t rflnrov jsrtftly Iif-eafched,,, ^ t*»§. When justice threatened hi|p Thesorrowofaeon trite ItoWrf Those things ahi.ll never die. The memory of a clasping Hand, ,, . The pressure of u kis», • > And all the trifles sweet an<1 frail, , That mates uplift (lratWiW; > If with a firm, unchanging faith. And lioly trust tyid high. i The Borrows of a -eonfrue heart-- ' These things shall never ilia. -t, <t?7 .. ,ftV, . 4-* Thacrpelsnd thftMtM wo«d^,r,f:; •tj« That wounded as ft fell; v.,1/ The chilling-want of »»mpatl(fe&-. 'j-» We feel but never tell; -"<•»" «y. The hard repulse fc'iftt ohills tha hear: *' •" Whose' hopea were lion riding nigh, '• In an unfading record kept-- • ~ ..." . These things shall never di« . >, »,>*» ' 'let nothing pass, for every hailt ; Can find some work to do; ^»f . Lose not a chanco to awaken iStS^ ^ Be firm and just, and true ; . •'« • So shall a light that cannot fod% ' ' Beam on thee from on high, ;" . And angel voices say to thee, ••'.fe These things shall never die. - THE BLACK BY JACiK CLEBRONT. ^ 'Everybody said Karl Struttgen vrta " wife black sheep of the family--and a very nice and aristocratic old German family he belonged to: such a pity. Karl troubled himself very little about public opinion, but went on in his reck­ less course of occasional sprees and gam­ bling debts, until he actually found himself arrested for murder, and that too for the murder of his loving old father. *• - The evidence "was *11 circumstantial, but it was strong in every particular, and against him, oh, bitterly against him. He had returned late one night and f<rand his old father up "waiting for him. There had been words, angry, reproach­ ful from his too long indulgent parent, and sharp ones from himself--how- sharp or threatening--he was too drunk to realize. This rather loud conversation had been overheard by two persona, his sis- tier Marys' housemaid, and his cousin Qeorge, his father's secretary. The next morning when this same l>onse-maid went to call the master, he failed to answer. Fearing he might be ill Ike girl, a time-honored domestic, gently opened the door of his chamber and en­ tered, only to find him dead--murdered. There was a crimson flow over his bosom. With a shriek of horror the girl fled from the room, quickly arousing the household. Karl, stupefied with the debauch of the night previous, was the last upon tbe scene. ri *What's the row?" he grumbled. / "Look!" cried his young sister weep­ ing bitterly. "Oh, Karl, look!" "Yes," hissed a voice in his ear, the voice of his cousin. "Look upon the work of gome fiend, and answer if you -can in his name." •_ He had approached the bed by this time and saw that which to < tin dying he could never forget. ~ "Father!" he ciied in agony. "Dead! and without forgiving me! Jle- fnembering only my cruel, heartless *wds. Alas! now I can never beg your pardon." * Why, don't yon ask who did it, in­ stead of lamenting in this wild manner ?" •said George coldly. >, Who did it?" repeated Karl dazedly, fjes who could have done it, I wonder ?" £ "That the future may reveal. I have Summoned the coroner. Let us close tile room until the arrival of a detect­ ive." ... "How thoughtful yon are, George," •id Mary, striving to become calm. ^Oh, Karl, Karl! how can we War it! Come away, dear, thev want to close the room, don't yon hear?" "Fll never leave him," answered Karl bitterly. "I was ungrateful enough to bim while he lived, let me sit by his •dear, dead side and try to tell him of •j repentance, which alas! has come too late." And they could not force fain from Hie chamber; so the coroner found hirn there, as did the detective, who came later. It was a spacious chamber, luxnri- aoslv furnished, and the. keen-eyed de­ tective took in at one swift glance all its appointments. He saw the stricken son who sat remorsefully at his murdered lather's side, he heard the story of the qtiarrel the night bef re and he fotmd-- something that caused him to have ar- fested Karl Struttgen for the murder of Sum father. .Nobody believed in him then, for all toew his precarious conduct sO well ; attrely this was a fitting ending for such 4k carter. Ko one did I say? Yes, there was •one, a little dark-eyed girl biding her «<?h silk under a coarse old cloak, that found her way to his dreary cell some- bow ; perhaps she bribed the jailer; perhaps he pitted her sad, sweet lace; any way she was there, and when l&wl looked upon her face he started up •«Sf>laiming: * •^Isabel Yanefnow--what?" 1 ""Yes, Karl, Isabel. Your old play- "Idlow your friend, always your friend. I have come to see what I can do for you." Isabel, you! What would vonr Iwher say--the--the contamination ?" "Nay, there is no contamination for . I know that yon are innocent." ** Innocent of my father's murder by the cruel, heavy knife, but «ot of hia broken heart, his lialf- wreeked fortune. Guilty there, oh, most surely guilty." But they accuse you of the actual, Upwardly murder; they intend to try to I»ove you guilty of even that. My dear old friend, for my sake do not despond. I beuev e you innocent; vou must prove . j o i n - s e l f t o b e s u e U . " • * . , . . . 'c ^I fear I cannot." f < "'Youmuat. What counsel have -j»u * waployed?" - -pT f , "None. I could not pay even a third- «,te lawyer. My brothers and sister "Will own everything. 1 squandered my «wn birthright as the will said truly •hat at least was just. v_. - "There isno qjiestion of monev. i ^liall send Stinaon & Blake to Vou %orrow.". " 'But the Judge?" She left him with brave,hopeful words, but she hastened home in the dark night and falling rain, weeping biterly. The next day Stinson, the senior memlter of Stinson & Blake, called npon Karl and held a long and confi­ dential talk with him, as he rose to de­ part the prisoner's face wore a more hope­ ful expression than it had known since the day of the murder. "We'll find the resl murderer and then it will be clear smiling." Put wetilcs dragged on and tlie day of trial had c me almost. Isabel' was in a fever of expitement, as. nothing positive had as yet been discovered in Karl's favor. "They are determined to' hang him. The brothers and sister by their stupid­ ity and anger, and liis Cousin George, as I well know, for revenge. Ah! he is the onlv person living,that knows my secret. 1 suppose he found it out by loving me; the villain!" " Only three more days until the trial,' thought Karl, sadly. "I feel that there is little hope for me," and he shud­ dered. * But even at that moment Isabel Vane had clipped from her shapelj- head her long silken tresses of midnight hair, and was donning a boy's suit of .plothes pre­ paratory of undertaking the detective business herself. "Serve yourself if you would' be well served," she mused. "Fortunate for me that I heard that a new boy was wanted to assist in the kitchen and I think ni answer for a day or two, at least." The day of the trial came, the pris­ oner sat white and calm, his dark, re­ proachful eyes searching for one friendly face, but all appeared to regard him with suspicion. "I am doomed."* he thought, "even Stinson & Blake look despondent. Ah, there is Isabel! - -I would recognize her through any veil, I<believe." The evidence was strongly against Karl; the quarrel with'his father -was rehearsed and intensified by accent. His reckless career, all was against liim; but more than all was the finding of a sleeve-button by the detective in the murdered man's bed, that was at once identified as Karl's, and it also bore his initial#. Surely there could be no hope for the prisoner. Then the defense began. More than one spoke kindly of Karl and especially of his fondness for his old father, but nothing positive was brought out until the name of Isabel Yane was called. The old Judge started and looked as­ tonished as his daughter came forward and took her place on the witness- &and. She was very pale, but calm, a wonderful calm, more intense than great excitement as the prisoner felt and un­ derstood. "Poor child! what can she know to help me ? She will only bring censure upon herself." "Will you please state to the Court, Miss Yane, what you know in regard to this case?" The dark eyes of the girl were raised for an instant to the jury, then plead­ ingly to her father, and her voice a trifle raised, clear and distinct answered: "I know that Karl Struttgen has been falsely accused and that the whole affair is a plot fo ruin him by his cousin George Struttgen and Jennie Smith the housemaid." A murmur ran over the crowded court room: the old judge looked at his daughter in consternation. "I know this, and am prepared to prove it." George Struttgen regarded the girl in a startled manner and his nervous­ ness increased as he found himaelf be­ tween two well known detectives. Stinson rose for the defendant. "If your Honor please we are pre­ pared to confirm the lady's words." "George Struttgen," continued the witness, has been gambling more heavily than ever Karl did, and using his employer's money. On the evening of the 23rd he Ibst over a thousand dol­ lars at ----" "How do you know this? were you present ?" A slight ripple followed this question, but the answer was wholly unexpected. "Yes, I was present. I know what I state to be facts, others will confirm my words also. I went to the gambling hall in disguise, purposely to follow George Struttgen. I kept close at his side, saw him later meet his ac­ complice, Jennie Smith, and heard much concerning the murder." At this point the counsel for the de­ fense ordered that George Struttgen and Jennie Smith be placee under arrest. "From their conversation I learned that the sleeve button had been pro­ cured by Jennie and placed in her-mas­ ter's l>ed--the sleeve button belonging to Karl Struttgen, that was found and produced here as evidence of his guilt" Even the old Judge bent forward and listened eagerly to her words, the whole court-room was full of almost breathless listeners. "The murder was committed by George Struttgen and not Karl, as he acknowl­ edged in my presence to his accom­ plice, although he was not aware of my close proximity." Other witnesses were called. George's gambling debts and losses vvere proved conclusively, and the terri- ,fied housemaid acknowledged ail, when 'closely questioned. George's reason for the murder was the great need of money, and he knew himself to be generously remembered in the will; also a hidden motive that only Isabel Yane understood, namely, that he had discovered her love for his wild cousin, and his own love for her­ self. Karl had listened in amazement and could scarcely realize that he was free, and that his cousin George had fallen into his own net. The old judne grasped his hand and «aid heartily: "I'm rejoiced, my boy, at your good iortune. Let us hope yon will now be­ gin anew." "God helping me, I will, judge." George was convicted, but eluded the hangman by a dose of poison, but Jen­ nie Smith received ten years in the pen­ itentiary and served out seven of them •when death released her. Karl did begin anew, and succeeded wonderfully, and in the staid, business man, the devoted husband and father, no one would think of calling him now theTBlaok. Sheep" of the family. Of course he married Isabel Yane, and with her father's blessing, much to every one's surprise. But the judge, like his daughter, believed in him, nor was their trust betraved. THE MILLS MEASURE. »KMOCBATlC TARfTF-RiOVCf TION BILL DISSBCTKDi. « ' What It Rral'y I s--Its V felons A await' tilpon AmwIcu Industrial Interest* Kxpnied- VactaCar thi> Consi<Irr»tlono Voter*. [Prepared by the Boston Home-market' Chib.J The following table shows exactly Iww.ao Damoorattc Mills tariff-reduction bill propose* toatrikatown the protective duties that nnder Republican laws havetatimulatod American in­ dustries, increased the \vngea of Amerioanlabor, torniahed a profitable h< mark t for our farmers, and t*iven to American work in ;men the most comftriable and happy homes in the world. Although a f»w items cited l.olow have been dropped out of this bill since tt wafc re­ ported, the foliowins list represents the changes f the existing tariff nroposed by the Mi Is bjll, bound lam and yoa-.have him. too. u ^".B horn a pwtnoerat ^ he will wan iv Dam era, when «t lUmtjr. He was a >y ttMWVtn the lan- . "t&ai a l>la".k niau ib a wlftt« man was w-r„ He Was a D'emocrat *Pf® , u*®O0iicT meant the slave-pen, the •#h)pplnR-pO»*( tho auction-block. He *** a Democrat when Iiawocraoy made it a °rtn?*. puniabaWo with . impt^itouinent in the twaifcentiwy, to teach a block roan tho letters of the alphabet. He was ft >Democrat when Democracy nra&ched and taugbt-tha doctrine of •eaeta'oa. MB was a Democrat' when De- moorany plungad this country »into a bloody elm war. Hr wafe a Democrat when Democracy meant njBanlnjj, more than a combination of erneakfUK comnlwiidi, too cowardly to fight on either side. Ho was a Democrat when Democrats 05g.Uil.ei and maintained the Knights of the uolden Circle. Ue wax a Democrat when Demo­ crats •: a rued tbemseivos with •'Sunilay- echool books." as they called their revolvers, to resist the draft. He was a Democrat when asitwa* indorsed by the Demo-ratic National j Democrats oilled Abrahaoi 'Lincoln :ui ape„ Convention at. St. i.ouis; nnd without a star (») | fio ilia, a butohnr » tyrant, a beast, is against an item, it so passed the House in spite of opposition and protssts from the lie- publican minority. THE INTKRKST8 or THB FA.BVKHS. Articles. Timber--Hewn and sawed and tim ber used for spara and in tuilding wharves 8qnare or sided. Wood, unman'f'ctd Vegetables, fresh or in brine (cu­ cumbers, pickle->, cutibages t'rpips, carrots, beets, to­ matoes, pump­ kins, squashes, etc.) ....... Meats, game and poultry.......... Milk, fresh Eggs, yelks Beans, peas and split peas, Bristles leathers of all hinds Garden seeds Wool's--Clothing wools of various grades Woolen rags, shoddy, etc Potato starch Protective du- Prop'ed rates ties under the under the Kepiiblican Dein. Mills taritf. I tariff. fci ct. ad vaL Kr»© list*.; lc. per cubic ft. Prao list. 2J per c. ad vaL^rea list. 10 per c. ad vaL ;Free list. 10 per c. ad vai. Frae list Free list 10 and 20 per c. ad valorem •. 15 ccnts per It). m per c. ad val. 20 per c. ad val. 1-2 & 10c. per lb. 10 cents per lb. 2 cents per lb.. Free- list. Free list. Free list.; Frte list. Free list, free list. ; Free list. Frqpliat. Free list. . I cent per W>. THK IN'TKIlj:sTS OF I.ABO It AM) MANOFACTlJItKBS. Artiolea. Prote tive du- Proposed ties under the Republi­ can tariff. Timber--Hewn and 23 per cent, ad sawed and ttm-j valorem Free list. ber used for spars and in building, whnrves j Square or sided ... !lc per cubic tt. FriM list. Wood unmanufac-20 per cent, ad turod valorem Free list. Sawed b o a r d s, f 1 and $'2 per planks, and: 1,000feet..... Free list. deals; and alii other articles oft sawed lumber... 1 Hubs, for wheels,;20 per crnt. ad posts, ln.Bt-j valorem .JPraB lift, blocks, wagon-j blocks, car-; blocks, gun-j blocks, heading-; blocks, and allj like blocks o r| sticks, rough.j hewn, or sp^edj only ' Staves of wood-- 10 p. c. ad val.. rate under Democratic Mills bill. Pick'ts and palings Laths Shingles Clapboards, pine or spruce 20 p. c. ad val.. loo per 1,090.... &>c per 1,000... #1.50 to $2 par 1,000 * Fish-glue, or isin- 25 per cent, ad glass t'oap, hard and soft Hemlock extract, for tanning Barytes All earths or clay, unwrought or un­ manufactured. .. China clay, or ka­ olin Brick •Pulp for paper makers' use Bulbs and bn bous roots, not medi­ cinal Grease •Lime •Marble, all kinds •Plaster of Paris, or cal- valorem 20 p. c. ad va .. 20 per cent, ad valorem 10 p. c. ad val.. $l.o0 per ton... S3 per ton 20 p. c. ad vaL. 10 per cent, ad . valorem...... 20 p^-r cent, ad valorem 10 p. c. ad val.. 10 p. c. ad val.. 65c per cubic ft 20 per cent, ad valorem 23 per cent, ad valorem. . $1 per tan.. lc per pound.. 3t> per cent, ad Vdlorem ..... 40 p. c. ad vaL. 3 j per cent, ad valorem... 2cts. per wound ground cined Brown earthen ware, etc Granite, freestone,, sandstone, and all building monumental stone, unmanu­ factured. .. Tallow Slate, and manu­ factures of slate Saws Cabinet and houBe furniture, finish­ ed Anvils, anchors or parts thereof, mill irons or mill cr'nks of wrought iron, and wr'ght- iron for ships, and forging b of iron and steel for ves­ sels, steam en­ gines and loco­ motives, or parts thereof, weighing each 25 pounds or more. . Lumber, Tjoards, planks, deals and . other sawed lum­ ber of hemlock, whitewood, syca­ more and bass wood-- Planed or finished $1.50 per 1,000 50c per 1,000 on one side. | feet. feet, , Planed or finished $2 per 1,000'fl per 1,000 on two sides. • feet. I feet. Planed on two^2.50 per 1,000 fl.SOper 1,000 sides, tongned feet I feet, and grooved. I f i All other articles of] 1 . ; sawed lumber not| ' ' elsewhere speci-' M , fled-- * 1 Planed or finished #2.50 per 1,000 50c per 1,000 i: i-,: 15*I» Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list. Free list; Free list. Free ust. Free list. Free list. . Free list. Free list, free list. Free HBt. Free list. . 20per cent.ad ' valorem:... FrseUss. Free list. JU per cent.ad valorem 30p. c. ad val. 30 per cent, ad valorem lj£e per p'nd "m feet. $1 per feet. •1 per feet. 1,000 1,000 on one side j feet. Plan d or finished i$3 per 1,000 on two sides • feet. Planed on one side, ̂ ' t'ongaed and:f3 per 1,000 grooved j feet Planed on two sides, tongaed'$3.50 per 1,000 and grooved feet. All other manu-;35 per cent, ad facturea of wood; valorem. Potato starch j2 cts.per jKiuud Oilcloths for floors 10 per cent, ad * valorem. Printing paper,un-! 15 per cent, ad sized for books] valorem. and newspapers.! Sued or giued for 2o percent, ad printing. I valorem. Paper boxes .. 85 percent, ad „ j valorem, Br shesof allk nds 30 per cent, ad „ I valorem. Card-clothing f o r.25 to 45 cts. per factories square foot. C'rriages and parts 35 per cent, ad of .1 valorem. Friction matches.. >35 per cent, ad | Valorem. Inks and ink-pow- 30 per cent. adj20percen .ad ,, valorem. j valorem. Marb.e, sawed, #1.10 per cubicljScts. p.n cu- foot. bic loot. 50 per cent, ad 30 per cent.ad valorem. valorem. ai.50per 1,0 JO feet. 33 per cent. ad valorem lo j>er pound 25 per cont. a valorem 12 per cent, -ad valorem 15 per cent.ad > alorein. 25per cent.ad valorem. 20 per cent.ad valorem. 15 to '25c. per squate ft. 30per cent.ad valorem. 25.p9rcent.ad valorem, sawed, dressed and tiles. Marble manufact­ ures go.'iila. abutoher, a\isur)>sr, and H monster. He was u Democrat wlvn Dau A (KiriifM^,' speakins tho sentiment 1 of'Democ­ racy, called Union *oUliere "l<incotn dogs." Ho was a l)emooratr when Democracy chuckled with delight oriir rebel Victories. Ho was a 1 >01110- crat . when Democrats were starving Lnion soldiers to death in An U rsoiiville and Libby. He was a Democrat who through all the War, from its begimiin ; until its ending, never had a kind word to speak for Abraham Lincoln or th > great cause he represented. Ho is a Dem­ ocrat who has never to this day, so far ai any­ body has knotvled;e, spoken an unkind word of Jefferson Davis or tho cause he represented. Be wai a Democrat whon Democracy opposed the issuino of greenbacks, the establishment of tha national banks, an i the adoption of every Cither measur j intended for tho salvation of the eouutry. He was a Democrat when Democracy Opposed specie resumption, favored fiat moneV and Bhamoless repudiation. Ho was a Democrat through all the long years of war and blood and reconstruction, during which Democracy meant only obstin.ite resistance to the achievement of the grandest series of brilliant events with which American statesmanship and American valor have ever been crowned. He is a Democrat, in short, who has stood with his party on the lowest been largely iuerresasd through the ignorance and incompetence at th* heelari and traaomers who have been rewarded for partisan servioeln detlanc9 of the regnlatioBt* m th« oifll Aerviee. There ta not a dqp«rtmeat which is not ologgad with siuecores. There Is not a department In whi-'h two men are not doing 1 he work of one, and doing it less efficiently than when tlw one did it. There is not a department of the Government that is not being manipulated at present f>r campaign purposes at the public expense. And this is the retr nchnient that was p.ouiised four years ago! This is the clean, honest, and economical administration of which Democrats aud mugwumps are boasting!---CM- My»2WtaM. «*/ Tr.f V HE BOLTS CLEVELAND* t 4 Tbe C«aamon-Sen*e Judcment of Ml la diana Wajr-Worker. - - (Troni tbe Indianapolis Journal. 1 J. -T. Cole, foreman at tin Indianapolis ffar Works and a lite-long Democrat, has declared his intention of leaving tho old party, and he is now an ardent worker in the Republican cam­ paign, both State and national. For tweuty- t«i«ht years the Democratic partv has claimed liiin as its own, and in that time it is a well- kuowu fact that he has been an influential men among worUint;men. But. Mr. Cole is a hard­ working man, depending upon his daily wa^es to obtain support for his family, and the"froe-trade policy so recently a brazon fact in the Demo­ cratic p atf.irm ana Cleveland's messages have •proved too much for him to indorse. •You will ltavj your old party then?" was asked of him last night by a Journal reporter. "No; I am not leaving tho Democratic partv-- it is leaving mo. Since 18S0 I have voted the Democratic ticket, and I can say on a thing that but few men can. As long as 1 have been a voter I have never scratched a ticket. Never in my life have 1 voted even for a Republ can coun­ cilman or constable, I have been a thorough Democrat because I foil, heir to Democratic teachings and because 1 w«uu&itijpated to believe that they were copffet." "What are your objections to those principles now?' "Well, they are not snch as would advance the interests of the laboriug man. Now, I.am a hard-working man, but I have made a thorough study ot this question, as I think every man should, and wl^en I say the Democratic party is planes it has ever touched. He is a' Democrat who is without any part whatever in any of the glorious achievements of his day nnd generation. The Union was saved without him. Our battles were fought without him. Secession was shot to death without hint. Suffrage was made uni­ versal without him.' The grand systems of finance that have made our country the wonder and 1 he admiration of the world were all con- cs'lved ana executed without him. ltecall, if you can,,the worst days aud the lowest depths and the moat infamous practices of Democracy, and then paint you a man who has lived through it alii 1 been part of it all, ami in svmpothy with it all, and you have Grover Cleveland as he en­ tered up m hia administration. From then until now he has ruled it with a rod of iron. He ha < led it whither he would. He has had ample op­ portunity, therefore, to place something on the credit Bide of his record. ' ' PATRIOTIC WORDS. Cten. Harrison on the American Home -- Sentiments Worthy of. a Patriot and talesman. [From tha New York Irish World.] The bonds of party allegiance or the loyalty of intense conviction to a great national principle are ordinarily KUilicicnt to attract to the stand­ ard-bearer of the party or representative of the principle the most cordial allegiance. Even when the standard-bearer is p:<rsonallv unpopu­ lar he is generally tolerated for the sake of the .party which he represents, as is the case with 'Cleveland in the Democratic party, which he is endeavoring to use as a means of overturning our industrial system and reducing it to tbe level of that of Kurope. But when the people who ore struggling for a great principle find in their standard-bearer a leader worthy of their allegiance and animated by the loftiest senti­ ments of duty and of patriotism it inspires them with a spirit ot enthusiasm which en- nobleB their cause and makes it well-nigh irre­ sistible. Since the nomination of General Harrison he has been repeatedly called upon for impromptu addresses to all classes of citizens, and he has uniformly acquitted himself in a manner whtch shows him to be eminently worthy of the confi­ dence reposed in him. The spirit of all his ad­ dresses has been invariably characterized by sound and conservative judgment and an intense devotion to the institutions of the country. In ' rocent, replv to a visiting delegation Gen­ eral Ha rison made tho following eloquent and touching reference to the home as the fountain ot civilizat ion and best type of civil government. He said: " 'The home is the best, as it is the firBt, school of good citizenship. It is the groat conservative and assimilating force. I should despair for my country if American citizens were to bo trained only in schools, valuable as is their instruction. It is in the homo that, we first learn obeaience and r. spect for law. Parental authority is the type of beneficent government. It is in the home that we learn to love, in tlio mother that bore us, that which is virtuous and pure. "I take more prido in tbe fact that the Repub­ lican party has always been the friend and pro- t' ctor of tho American home than in aught else. By the beneficent homestead law it created more than a half mill on of homes ; by the Emancipa­ tion Proclamation it converted a mil ion cattle pens iuto homes, and it is true to these prin­ ciples that will preserve contentment and pros­ perity in our homes." Theso are sentiments worthy of a patriot and statesman. As the Buffalo Catholic Union and Times well says : "Such sentiments are a source of pride to American manhood, and especially notable as coining from a man who is 11 candi­ date for the Presidency of this grout nation." ,'JVIy father? He will not know; if hp *fbes he could not deter m« when I felt «drifieaUed." • \ Something in the girl's fair, downcast Jaoe made Karl understand that it was ^^fJa^&i&tyor friendship that had , ipgt dreary cell. mjBe fcjK tne 'bloody mount-to his own , Ah, but it Was with a sense e as well as love. To him Isabel ane setaned m iar A wasbiwo place-^HMmk^Wfc.- i THE first ministers of the United States to France were Dr. Franklin, ^Si- las Deane, and Arthur Lee, 1778. J6hu Adams was the first minister to Eng­ land, 1785, and the first minister from : Great Britain to tibia cimntry. irmWh- Hammond, in 1791. . • > Jtogelin J^paven. j Pittsburgh Cliironicle. COTTON AND WOOT.EN MANUFACTURES. Cotton Goods--Under the existing tariff all cotton manufactures are protested by a specific duty equivalent to about 40 per cent, on the average--common grades less, and the fine grades more. The Mills bill' abolishes afl spe­ cific duties aud substitutes a sweoong ad valorem duty of 40 per cent, for all kinds of goods. As the ad valorem duties invite frandu- • lent undervaluations, which practically rodueo duties 8 to 1J per cent., the practical effect of such a change in the tariff would be to reduce the protection on fine goods so as to prevent their manufacture in thiB country. Woolen Gocxls The present: tariff imposes a duty of about :t0 cents per pound (as an equiva­ lent for the duty on wool, of which the woOl- growor receives the banefiti, and 3.3 per cent, ad valorem on course nnd 40 pjr cent, ad valorem on iiae goods. As the pound duty is intende 1 to be made a little more than the average duty cm the wool, to grard against errors, thai is also a slight protection to those engaged in wo len manufacturing. 'Phe Mills bill abo'ishes the pound duty 'because of free wool) and imposes an ad valorem duty ot 35 per cent, aid 10 per cent, on imported wo >lens. The farmer Iobhb the un vantage of tho duty on wool, nnd the manufacturer if lett with nothiug but the ud valorom duty on imported woolens, the effect of which must be to increasetmportali jns, develop greater undervaluations, and thus injure •.the OKAnexnanufactuTera. • - • FORAKER ON CLEVELAND." J The Ohio Governor Talks About, thsHHtlte House Humbug as Though Uj£ liad Known Hint from lioyknod, In a speech at Richmond. Indiana, Governor Foraker referred to a boorish remark made about G«U^rai Harrison by Dan Voorhees. and •the* aye tbe folio wing tnttU«ittUH|sa teith* "bigot" la Grover Cleve- WhiU House surplus: But what kind of Democratic Extravagance. The Democratic national platform aVthe out­ set welcomes "an exacting scrutiny of the ad­ ministration of the executive power, which four years ago was committed to its trust in the election of Grover Cleveland President of the United States." Senator Allison iias been making such a scrutiny in one direction -- namely: that of expenditures, with extraordin­ ary results. The same platform charges Repub­ licans with extravagance. The President has repeated these* charges over and over, and has rung the changes upon Democratic economy. The old ltoman is traveling about tho coun ry prating in bis garrulous way of Republican dis­ honesty and recklessness of expenditures. The Democratic platform of 1884 pledged the admin­ istration "to restore economy." The President in his letter of acceptance promisod an honest, simple, plain, and economical administration, and emphasized the nood of honesty and frugali­ ty in making his appeal to voters. How have these various pledges boon carried out? The olliciai figures obtained from tha books of the Treasury by Senator Allison show that the total appropria: ions for the current fiscal year, not including what are called perma­ nent appropriations, would amount to ••SHOA.OOO,- 000, 1) t incliul ng them the/would amount to 9121,00'J,0U0, while the estimated revenue would be $UA.0iX>,U.X>, or onlv s?19,0j0,(>.)0 mor * tlr n the expenditures- a Ccatomen^ which boars most significant relatio •» to the question of the sur­ plus. Henateir Allison also has furnished a table showing that tho expenditures of the Govern­ ment during the Cleveland administration and to date are O.iO.iXX) greater than those of the four years of Gen. Garfield's anil Mr. Arthur's administration. By tho close of the prorent ad­ ministration the expenditures will bo over $10.),- UOO,<HX) greaier than th'ise at the previous one! The excess of expenditures cannot lie ex- plained away npun tho theory of national growth, increased demands for public improve­ ment, or the normal progress Of national ex­ pense*. It is to(> )u,rgo for that. It has been occasioned by a proQigats Mid reckless waste of money. Extravagance has tun riot. Money has been thrown away upon public buildiugB'lh tho ,tsouth that; were not-needed. Millions have been sunk in tne largest and most m nstrous rive* aud harbor biH ever enacted by n Ameri­ can Congress, which the President haa allowed to become a law. There is not a department of the Government which the expenses have not no friend to the workingman I know that I speak the truth. I know that the Democratic ling-leaders are hypocritical enough to pull the wool over tha laboring men's eyes, nnd they will succeed in many cases in doing it. But the Democratic party is standing to-day upon a platform which I cannot and will not support. I have thought the matter over carefully, and I shall vote for General Harrison and for the solid State ticket." "On what grounds will von base vonr action?" "Upon the tariff qusstion principally. Grover Cleveland 1 as not made a bod President in some respects; but there have been other circum­ stances connected with his administration whic < I cannot overlook. They may have bepn blunders, but they nhow tho man's unfitness for snch a position. I am well enough posted to know that if the principles taught by the Demo­ cratic party to-day ever become established in this country, ti e wages of the workingmen will go down step by step until we might as well Btop work and gb to begging. The Democrats are opposed to a high protective tariff, and when they suy that they might as well sav in plain words, 'We are opposed to high wages for poor men.' That is virtually what it amounts to, and as long as I have a vote I shall support high protection, for I believe it enables me to sup­ port my family in comfort. I shall vote my sentiments in November, and in the meantime I shall do all I can among my acquaintances to have them join me in advancing Harrison and Morton's interest. I have a good deal of faith in the common-sense argument. That has been the means of bringing me around to my aenaes in a political way." The Maine Victory. The Beptiblican victory in Maine does not shrink. The majoritv will be, as Mr. Blaine tele­ graphed Monday night, 2J.000, with both branches of tlie Legislature* overwhelmingly Republican. This is the largest Republican majority for twenty years. Garfield, popular as he was* only carried the State by 8,8rW. The local enthusiasm caused by Mr. Blaine's catididasv in 1884 result­ ed in a Republican majoritv, in'tho September election, of 19,7,>9, and of-2ti,0(i0 for Mr. Blaine himself. That wai high-water mark, and the present majority exceeds it. Mr. Manley, Chair­ man ot the State Central Committee, telegraphs to Gen. Harrison, "This means 25,000 for you in November," and we have no doubt it does. The force of this vicco.y cannot bo broken. The same causes that oporatad in Maine are operating in other States, and will produce a Iiae result. Democrats are trying to belittle the victory by saying that it was a foregone conclu­ sion, that they made very litt le effort, etc. This is not true. They made great efforts to reduce the Republican majorities. All accounts from , Maine agree that both parties did their best, and it was a very hot campaign. The Demo- crats oxpected to make n reduction in the Re- • publican majority which they could claim as a victory. Instead of that thev are completely "knocked out," and the Republican! come up smiling with the biggest majority since 1S66. Unless we mistake tho signs of the times, this is the beginning of a tidal wave which will sweep over the country and land every No them Stata high and dry in tho Republican camp.-- Indian- apoiin Journal. A Free-Trade Partjr. * Mr. Cleveland says,in his letter of acceptance : "We have entered upon no crusade of froe-trade. The reform we peek to inaugurate is predicated upon the utmost care for < staolished industries." Mr. Cleveland sayB in private conversation: "I believe in free-trade as I believe in the Protes­ tant religion." Roger Q. Mills, the chief instigator of lhe "re­ form we seek to inaugurato," and the author of the roform" bill, says: "I desire free-trade,and will not help perfect any law that stands in the way of free-trade." Henry Watterson Bays: "The Democratic party is a free-trade party or it is nothing. The Democrat who is not a free-trader should go else-. where." Secretary Falrchild says: "Add to the free list as many articles as possible. Reduce du­ ties upon every dutiable article to the lowest point possible. * Henry George says: "Mr. Cleveland stands before the country a champion of free trade." Sunset Cox says: "It would be a glorious consummation of this debate could wo only have gentlemen on the other side join in this invocation to paperwnd type, and to the hearts of honest men to clear the way for British Cob- den free trade." In the light of these interpretations of Demo­ cratic policy, tho candidate's attempt to "hedge" is too transparent. It indicates fright, and whon the lea ler is scared a stampede of the Hock is sure to follow.--Iiiiiianiipohn Journal. The L£vre»t Stripe of Politicians. We do not say that every Aohibltionist is in the pay of tho Democracy, but wo do believe, and have reason to believe, that some of the men who have thrust themselves into the leadership of that party are of the lowest stripe of politi­ cians that any party ever pro luced, up for bar­ gain and sale, and ll.at they get their price fr. 1x1 the Democracy every time If the truth were known about tho secret machinations of theso men, their conferences wi,h Democrats, and tbe work thut thoy do while preserving an outward appearance of sanctity and honor, the revelation would amaze every honest minded, God-ft aring man who has indorsed the foUy of tbe tbud party's cause.--Albany Journal. • Should It« (jetting Ready. , * Ii the Democrats are so absolutely sure of electing their candidates as thoy would have it appear, they should proceed to build a hospital in Washington for tho lienefit of Mr. Thurman. It would be extremely unpleasant should tbe old llouiart lose control of his logs some day and have no place to go in order to recuperate. A nice, airy hospital, with a few. liottles Of extract of black­ berry and burnt b andy on tha sideboard, would be the finott Sort of a scheme;--Aiebratka State Journal. MR, BLACK'S than all,tha wai iJliI U« 1 . ! incumbent«Mn • 1 i a zeal bortt of riBoel« s in aa . . era. with l and foat«rad by , the hope at favors vat to come, stand ready to IT 18 A CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT IN THE "ld w th money and trained goUtical sarvtee, we 'ifcv# ENTEKK ST OF HIS CHIEF. recognize in the eligibility of tbe President for re-election a most serious daager to that calm, deliberate, and intelligent action which mast characterize government by tcnyaonta.--From President Cleveland't letter of aocmpiunce, Aug. j 11, im. My iAends, yon will never have any genuine I re'omi in the civil servioe until yon adopt tha I one term principle in reference to the Presi- ' ilatinir fin 1/vnc* aa tha 1 * ClevelaauTs Pension Vetoes _ The' Yaeto Concerning; Hts Course in This Matter Clearly and Concisely Presented. [From the Utica Herald.] It is a duty of the Pension Commissioner to ' den°y- So'long as th9 incumbent can hope tat make annual report of the transactions of his i B Rec?ri<l term he will use tbe imnMMB patron- ;:*fl bureau. There Is no law forbidding him to write his report os a partisan, and give what should be a pla n business paper the form of a campaign document. General Black has availed himself of his privilege. He arrays figures in a form that will convey to the unthinking the im­ pression that, compared wl :h Cleveland/Lineoln. and Grant, at d Hayes, aud Garfield, »nit Arthur were enemies of the soldiers. This' statement put into words wotald carry its own refutation with every intelligent person. Conveyed in­ sidiously in figures, which "do not lie," it is hopod that it may confu -e, if it does not con­ vince, in the absence of a fair presentation of the facts. To show that President Cleveland has been vastly more considerate of the veterans' needs than any of his predecessors, Commissioner Black presents tho executive record oa private pension bills in this form: » lHfil to IStifi, Lincoln 41 18o5 to 186!), Johnson 411 1869 to 1877. Grant 490 1877 to 1881, Hayes., 308 1881 to 1885, Garfield and Arthur............. 736 Total Republican Presidents^; .8,001 1883 to 1888, Cleveland......... 1,969 Grand total. ....8,370 With these figures in his hand the Cleveland partisan goes about saying: "Do, here! See the proof that tho present Kxecutive is the veterans' friend. He has signed in three years nearly three times as many pension bills as did Presi­ dent Grant in eight years, and within W0 as many as Republican Presidents did to twenty- four years." Neither General Black nor any other Demo­ crat will say that Grover Cleveland loves the soldier of the Union more than the Republican Presidents did. But he is willing that the figures he has ingeniously arranged should say so, nor help to relieve them of tho false showing. Lincoln's administration was taken up with preserving the Union, with carrying on the war of the rebellion which filled tne countrv with fnture applicants for pansions. Pension legisla­ tion was barely reached in his time. He signed every pension laid b.'foro him. Be», under the Republican Presidents who followed him. It required time to get pension legislation and machinery into form, and 110 account is taken by General Blr.ck's figures of the general pension laws, under which the bulk of the pension pay­ ments is made. The orrear <-of-pensiou legisla­ tion brought forward tho individxial claims and acco nts for the increase of private jiensions. It is therefore by the bills vetoed instead of by those signed that the regard of Presidents for the veterans is to bo measured. A table showing the pension bills vetoed since 1861, by administrations, would tell the story of Presi­ dent Cleveland's love for the veterans, even omitting th ? brutal lauguage which he Beemed to take delight in usiug to express bis negative. We supply the lack in General Black's yejiiyf, PENSION BIIXS 1861-5, Lincoln 18(55-9, Johnson I 1809-77, Grant 8 1877-81, Hayes ; 0 1881-85, Garfield-Arthur 0 Total Republican Presidents 8 1885-88, Cloveland (pirtlal list vetoed) 175 1885-88, Cleveland, disapproved.... 156 Total killed by Cleveland 331 Not by the number of pension bills sent to him by Congress, with which the Kxecutive has noth­ ing to do, but by the number he kills, is the President s feeling for the soldiers to be judged. This matter, the treatment of pension bills under the fevovaladministrations, was well pre­ sented recently by Mr. Cutcheou in the House of Representatives. It is worth while, in view of Cemmissioner Black's partisan report, to give here an extract from Mr. Cutcheon's speech: During the twenty-four years of Republican administration, extending from Lincon to Ar­ thur, inclusive% there were bnt eight vetoes of pension bills--all by President Grant--five of which were in the interest of the beneficiaries of the bill. Now, how stands it with President Cleveland ? During the first two years of his administration Congress sent to him for approval 'J19 acts. The I'TSTiftyt'i?!1 'A *••"'a 1 such tabic: a?e of the Government t-> procura his ranomi- nation and secure his re-election.--iV®m a apeih by tlie Hon. Allen O. Thurman, CoUtmbu*. 1872. CLEVELAND'S LETTER OF ACCEPT- - • AJiCE. To tt»e ltenraerats ltdint tbo ggnttfc, '( to sell as low aud many times rer than any ASH STORE the county, We have now - • - f T-jli- 'oun .ing tne 1;">7 disapprovals ""WBraie' tne bills were allowed to become law without the President's signature. Therefore, we make this comparison: Vetoes of pension bills in twenty-four Repub­ lican years, eight, or one in three years. Vetoes of pension bills in three Democratic years, 171--171 in three years. 1 should think further comment unnecessary. This is a much fairer presentation 01! the case than that made by Commissioner Black. After giving thsse statistics Congressman Cutcheon said : "My point, Mr. Chairman, is just this, that the President has absolutely nothing to do with the number of pension bills"sant to him. Tho ques­ tion is, how does ho treat them when they come to him ? Does he treat them in a friendly or an unfriendly way V lam justified in saying that tho general course of treatment of President Cloveland toward pension bills sent to bim has been unfriendly. Ho has already vetotd more thun l'lO pension bills, besides 15t> ho disapproved without votoiug them. At erne fell swoop ho struck elown the dependent pension bill, which would have benefited thousands and tens of thousands of lieodv veterans who were suffering in tne almshouses of the conn rv. Ills whole course has been adverse lo pension legislation. I will say nothing hero of the undignified and un­ becoming language in which many of the vetoes we*re couched." General Black doubtless meaut well by bis chief, but he has not helped him by his campaign report. It is no: the Commissioner's fau t, but the fault of the record. The cold facts are agaiust Mr. Cleveland. Ho re\eled iu veterans' wounds and sufferings when election day was distant. He can not now, nor can his servitors, efface the record or obscure the public's understanding of it. ' A FREE BALLOT. . A Vital Question That Must Not Be Lost Sight Of in This Campaign. (.From a speech by Attorney-General Hunt, of Illinois.] "A freo ballot and a fair court" is the most im­ portant question involved in this campa gu. It lies at the fouudation of our republican form of government, which can endure only so long as tbe honestly expressed will oi' the paopla is al­ lowed to prevail. The government must i,e con­ ducted by the will of the majority. At present the will of the majority is suppressed in many houthem fctates by force anel fraud, and the re­ sult is that we have a governui nt controlled by tho minority. I11 the election in Louisiana in ln8l Cleveland received 02,000 votes, or a Demo­ cratic majority of in,0tw voles. At the State election in April last the Democratic candidate for Governor of Louisiana received 136,000 votes, as was shown by the declaredreturns, more than twice as many votes as were cast or counted for Cleveland. The result showe I a Democratic ma­ jority ot 86,00 > vo'jes, o '24,000 more than the en­ tire vote for Cleveland in 1881. The Democratic Goveruor had confessed in advance of the elec­ tion that for years past they had carried the election by forco and fraud, and there is no hon­ est and intelligent man to-day who does not know that at the recent State election in that State fraud ruled, aud a fair vote an l on honest count were entirely ignored. In tho Congres­ sional election in Georgia ten members of Congress were elected, by an aggregate vote of a little over 27.0J0; an average of little moro than 2,700 each. In Illinois it re­ quired an aggregate of about 27,000 votes to elect one member of-Congress, honce, by the system of fraud prova ent iu Georgia, the voters" have ten times the elo -tivo power that is enjoyed in Illinois. Upon the passage of tiie Mills bill by tho House of Representatives the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon, member from this district, voted agaiiidttho dangerous moasure. Tli- so ten Rep­ resentatives trom Oiiorgia, who received alto­ gether 110 larger vote than that cast in Mr. Can­ non s district, all vo-od fo.- it. That ineaBuro, ii passed: wot»ld atfe-jt the interest of tho peo­ ple of Illinois jtiHt as much as the people of Georgia. We should be just as much inter­ ested iu tho election of members of Congress from that State as in the flection of mem­ bers from our own State. I insist that tho questicu of a free ballot and a fair count must be enforced, aud that it shall claim the iHten- teution of the people until these outrages cease, until every man eutitl d to vote at any election shall be permitted to oa»t. his ballot without fear or compulsion, and that each vote shall be honestly counted and the full effect given there­ to. The same spirit that wiil drive a man from tbe polls at tho muzzle of a shot-gun in Missis­ sippi will do the same in Illinois when tho power to do it exists, and tho supposed neces- ity fo>- such disreputable work a rives. Tho same spirit that stuffs ba lot-boxes with tissue bal­ lots in South Caro ina forgjs tally-sheets in Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, nnd Cincin­ nati, for the result:) of fraudulent!v electing a United States Senator on stuffed ballot boxes in Baltimore or New York are equally dangerous to a republican form of government. Cleveland and Thurman Single Termers. When we consider the patronage of this great office, the allareui* nts of power, tbe temptation to >»;aln public place, once gained, and, mora • v i - Nations and Individuals. In his article on "Tariff and Labor," in the September American Magazine, Governor Fora­ ker says "If two rival mannfactnrers are sitnated op­ posite each other cn tho same street, in the same city, and*one can comma d labor at 50 cents per day and tlio other at not les 1 than $1 per day, it will be an easy matter, if thsy mast sell in the same market, for the man who com­ mands tha cheaper labor to drive the otner to the wall. It is the same when nations are situ­ ated on opposite sides of the ocean. It is the same, to be more specific, witn the United States and Englanl. Modern facilities for transportation are such that tho markets of the world are practically as accessible to the one as to tho other. England was a great manufactur­ ing center when our Government was organized. Our fathers, who were brave enough to give ns our independence, and wise enough to provide r our freo institutions, were also wise enough to 1 see that it was possible to make this as great a f manufacturing country as any in the world. I They saw here all tbe natural advantages neces- | sary thrt'efor. But the/ saw also, and 1 understood that it was impossible to do . 'so unless the inequalities of condi-. jtions -which then existed could be overcome. England was already an old country and a rich country. Her people had large ac­ cumulations of capital, and her great manu­ facturing industries were thoroughly estab­ lished. On the other hand, this country was ew and weik. It was, consequently, within ,he power of England, by Hooding tha morkot liere with cheap goods, sold temporarily at a loss, ii need be, as her statesman openly ad­ vised should be done, to desiroy every manu­ facturing enterp iae that might be undertaken. Our fathers appreciated this inequality of con­ dition, and they sought to and did overcome it, iu great part, by the enactment of a protective tariff law, tho second statute signed by George Washington, which required the payment of such duties upon all product ! importeel into this country, that came iuto competition with prod­ ucts of our own, as made it impossible to de­ stroy our enterprises. In that way Alexander, Hamilton and Washington, and their associates, acted in the earliest davs, and the consequence was the development of our resources, diversity of employment, aud great prosperity - youthful American republic." Campaign Notes. The po8tofnces are being worked for all thoy are worth, except carrying the mails.--Syracu** 'Standard. Thk percentage of gains attained by the Re- ?ubMcans in Vermont and Oregon applied to New ork will give Harrison nearly 29i),uOJ majority. -- Utica Herald. What shall it profit a man if, in order to save 17 cents on the cost of living, he relinquishes |U in wages'! These figures, wage-earners, are of­ ficial.--Toledo Blade. "Wk (the capitalists) can control the working- man only so long as bo eats up to-d.iy what he oarn3 to-morrow.H*. L. Scott, Mr. Cleveland'* political manager. • The President feels compelled to characterize tbe attempt to brand him as a free-trader as de­ ception, but for all that the electoral conflict now in progress is a conflict between free trade and protection, and nothing less.--London New*. July t>, J888. The Republican party is the party of the home. Its platform declares iu favor of tho purity of the home. American womeu understand this ; hence, whenever we find them interesting themselves in ]X>litics, we find them, niuo times out of ten, on the Republican side. --Las Angelex Times. "I like the boy who hired his sister to make his shirts," said the Republican orator at a po­ litical meeting iu Maine the other evening "Some one said to the boy, "You could have taken those skirts to the factory and had them made as well as your sister made them, and save l :s'2 on tho dozen.' -Yes,' s:tid the boy pro­ tectionist, 'Sister Sally got a good price, I know, but Bhe always pays me well for whnt I do for her. That S2 bill is still uuder tho same roof with me, and if sickness, or trouble, or hard luck comes to any of our family, that money is there in the house.' " Zion's Herald, a leading Mothodlst news­ paper. resents tbe statements which are afloat as to what tho "Methodibt denomination" ia to do iu the Presidential campaign and says : "The bishons have 110 authority ia the matter, nor wonld they control th i action of the hum­ blest voter. Indeed, there iB not unanimity of opinion among ' ho bishops in the pending cam­ paign. The individual Siethodist, therefore, is as free in his political action as 110 Episco­ palian, Congrogationalist, or Baptist. In fact, the majority of Methodist voters are Repub­ licans, a respectable minority, are political Pro­ hibitionists, and a smaller proportion are loyal Democrats. The Methodist is a political mo- man, and will continue to cxeroise his free­ dom, " Patbick Ford, editor of the Irish World, the leading Irish-American newspaper of New York, says over his own signature in tne currant issue: "A situation of affairs is brought about when overy American citizen must bo practical on tho question raised. The man who believes in pro­ tection to American labor cannot consistently •vote for Cleveland and Thurman, and tho man who favors free trade cannot logically support the platform 01 which Harrison and Morton stand. There are surjirisinfly foolish things at times done iu this world; but to mo it does seem impossible for the American people, on an iseue so sharply deiined ns this tariff qncstiim is, to deli bent ely vote for their owu ruin." := The Surplus. The existence of a surplus in tho Treasury is a standing rebuke to tho present administration and a mdnument of finaucial folly. By tho act ot March 3, 1W81, too Secretary of tho "Treasury is authorized "to apply at ahy timo the surplus money in tho Tieusury, not otherwise appro­ priated, or so much thereoc' as l.e may consider proper, to the purchsise or redempLiou of United States bonds." With a largo public debt and this authority to apply tho surplus to its re­ duction. there is no excuse for its existence. Tho administration has shown far greater anxiety to increase tho surplus than to rednco # the debt. If the surplus now in the Treasury were rpplit)d to a reduction of tha debt, aa it could and sh mid bo, it would result in saving the Government millions of dollars in future payments of interest. The millions which might thus bo saved and which the administra­ tion refases to nave by applying an idle surplus on tho debt, will cvoutuniiy bftYo the tax-payer.--Exchange.. * r f A Hint to lirkt. <• / * A ; For the sake of argument we are wfltfnf? tb^sS- mit that Si a day is good enough pay for the men who are swearing to these crazy affidavits about General Harrison. They are not first-qfass cam­ paign material, and if Mr. Brlcois paying any moiw than that for their production be ii wasting can­ didate Cleveland's good money.--Minneapolis Tribune. •,a.j ,.^1.