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^'v^Vh j^vf Z4*W< -KEPDBLICAN TICKET! "*'« .»•*& *, ;*• . * ~ " <" " ,,>> V<* lfcran In feitrlifiUfitfiHg tii« "billion-dollar Congress,* and jardly small ric&s neglected for some of tbe' iuost urgent jasures. v:~ \ * •• v (rk Tribune speaks of Grov#H^^|Plrt*<l as a Iuan Mfrbo bas n®ithe^BT®°ura?e of fif«,od profes­ sion nor theV^^^i?® of bad practice, but who weJ^Iy and foolishly at- •<* ~ *' « r *« -«• -- Vor PrMtdtnt, tXEr»Ji^IN HARRI^OH, O* INDIANA. A , Hr Vice President, WHITELAW or w*w YOBK. THK Chicago platfcfrm ISJ^|jfr?URD wide," but no wool. tempts better t dark pi tician," £ f ; THER«| 4100,000,4 4n clrc iwithio "| "gain of of the 3 per suit tii due to capita. ELKYENT#I - HOI; K repentance pension vetoes doesn't "go," fo* * : S " X&r Cleveland tell what he thinks of that wild-cat currency plank. STEVBIKSOK ought to have known? that, his record would be pulled on h i m . ' " ̂ - only sort of influence which "count" is the kind of used in the South to drive Re <5ans away from the polls. ,THB Ku-klux-klan has organize^ in South Carolina campaign of '92 may now be be formally and regularly uni THE Republican party ij of honest elections, Iforth South, and that is all the the Democrats have for t howling about the force No ONE will arise to d ords of Cleveland and S two things. Cleveland is. pion pension vetoer and 'tevenson thp champion postmaster cham- eadsman. CHJC4 out in the light as irty, while in the sman and poii- a n i ncrease of over auiOuut of money the United States r. That means a while the growth has been less than h figures ought to lieve that all ills are enoogh money per OCEAN: Texas lands at $1.25 per acre, her glorious climate has hundreds of farms ght for $3 per acre, t ran be the reason that Illinois, and Dakota laud should be from $25 to $60 -per acre and rp richer than that in Georgia and 'exas? There must be some cause "THE effect of the Mc5^n'ey ^aw has been to reduce the cost °' liv'nS and to increase wages." Sre*1 ^ unanimous opinion of mittee of the Senate mittee. THE Republicans an cuss the tariff question of the practical results ley law, and the Demo< to meet the issue squai their frantic efforts to IT is unjust to SAYT^*1 recent 8»»Wn of Cofiferess aoi°mPlished no good results-- Tt jra*£ the country manifold and unanswerable reasons ib-com why the Democratic party should not be returned to power, and for that service alone it was worth all it cost. THE volume of money in circula­ tion June 1 was $1,620,010,229, an in­ crease in three years of $215,804,333, a gain of $1.74 per capita. During Mr. Cleveland's last three years the gain in money circulation was but $84,699,446, which was a decrease per capita of 13 cents. MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE: With Protectionist Harrity to do the man­ aging, Free-Trader Watterson and Protectionist Dana to do the write- ups, and the Free-Coinage South to shot-gun-ize the ballot box, Gold-Bug Grovcr and Greenbaeker Adlai ought to make the "campaign of education" hunk THE Kansas City Times declares that with Cleveland and tariff reform for a platform "the Democracy will be on the offensive throughout the canvass." This statement, corrected by the elimination of the words "on the," would be absolutely and liter­ ally correct. IT appears that Stevenson peddled arms for the purpose of enabling the Illinois Copperheads to resist the draft. He did not think of this, it is presumed, when he declared in Ken­ tucky the other day that he favored "the maintenance of the Federal Union at any cost." DEMOCRATIC free-traders expound a gospel of philanthropy which can never become popular in the. United States. They would open our mar­ kets to the manufacturers of Great Britain and give more work to En­ glish mechanics, while at the same time they put a load of $400,000,000 of direct taxation on the people of America every year. ONE thing certain is that under the operations of the McKinley tariff the price of steel has fallen. The driving home of that fact is one val­ uable result of the Homestead trou­ ble, for it demonstrates the utter falsity of the charges made by Dem­ ocrats and Mugwumps that the Mc­ Kinley law would put up the prices of manufactured articles of all kinds. THE Fifty-scond Congress was pledged to three ends, on all of which it miserably flunked. Pledged to re­ peal the McKinley bill, it made not even an attempt. Pledged to enact a Democratic silver law, the party split, the majority repudiating its nartv'a leader. Pledged to economy, SINCE the reciprocity clause of the [cKinley lw was carried into effect, ie «:port of cotton goods to the Countries having reciprocal treaties has increased 22 per cent, in eleven months. Some one may ask how this bene»5ts the Western farmer. In this way: The worker in the American cotton-mills exists upon the products of the American farmer, and, as a consumer, is worth $90 a year, while the foreign worker is worth but $4.42 a yrifr. STEVENSON is the smallest man who has figured on the tail end of the Democratic in many years. In 1864 the Vice Presidential nominee of that party was Geo. H. Pendleton, in 1868 Francis P. Blair, in 1872 R. Gratz Brown, in 1876 Thomas A. Hen­ dricks, in 1880 W. H. English, in 1884 Hendricks again, and in 1888 Allen G. Thurman. Even English was a bigger nj^n than Stevenson. The others, of course, intellectually and in political experience, were head and shoulders over bim. CLEVELAND LEADER: Candidate Stevenson chose a very inopportune occasion to utter a denial of the sworn statement that he was a copperhead and rebel sympathizer at the dedica­ tion of Watterson clubhouse in Louisville, and his other declarations went far to belie his denial. He re­ ferred to himself as a Douglas Demo­ crat in the days before the war, as Watterson was, and tried to show how much he and Watterson had in common. He probably forgot the rebel record of the erratic editor. INDIANAPOLIS Journal: During the last thirty years more than ten mil­ lion foreign immigrants have settled in the United States. These people have become part of our population, and they and their families are en­ joying the benefits of our equal laws, free institutions and good wages. That is a great work for foreign countries. Yet the Democratic par­ ty demands that jm# go still further and repeal all protection for Ameri­ can industry, thus*. taking bread out of the mouths and money out of the pockets of American workmen and sending it abroad. It is enough to let foreign workmen come here; why rob American workmen to sup­ port the foreigners at home? THE People's party in Kansas no longer conceals its hopes and pur­ poses. Its leaders want to defeat the Republican party, and will hesitate at nothing to accomplish that result. JoJjn F. Willets, the national lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance, and late People's party candidate for Governor of Kansas, frankly declares that "the Democracy are not contesting the doubtful States, but will assist the People's party in taking them out of the Republican column. This would throw the election into the House of Representatives, which believe will be the case, and Cleve­ land would be elected." After such language, no one who votes the Peo­ ple's party ticket can plead ignorance of its purpose." SOMEBODY ought to save Grover Cleveland's letters and publish them in book form. They would make a queer collection. A few days since he wrote to a club of independent voters commending the spirit which put "the welfare of the country above partisan considerations." A few days later, writing to a Georgia Democrat who had decided to support the Chi­ cago nominees, though they were dis- tateful to him, Cleveland said that it is "the%uty of one opposed to shut his mind and heart to aty feeling of Irritation or resentment1 that might be allowed to grow out of opposition, based upon honest judgment and a conscientious desire for party suc­ cess* " Could two sentiments be more diametrically opposed to each other than these? TALKED TO YOUNG MEKf rtTHITSLAW REID SPEAKS SPRINGFIELD. £ Favors the Convention of League 4 In 1m with a Speech for Youn^ Hen 7hoaMBd» Show Their Delight at Meet­ ing Uu Nmi Editor. ^ * *r. Rem-* ~- At the gathering at SpringMfof Republican League clubs of Illinois, Hon. White!aw Reid, candidate for Viee President, spoke as follows: This great assemblage of young Republi­ shes is moat cheering. They who have the |Ung men on their side have taken bond of ' and have insured the future. The na­ tions! wore. of which this convention la in early expression, is doubly valuable, beoMM it Is the associated and well-organized effort of young men. it means far more, therefore, fcfcM meroir a success In one c&tnp&ign* xh© adhesion of lirst voters and the active Interest of other young men fix the associations and determine the tendencies of those to whom the near future belongs; and so this inspiring mo­ ment, carries with it the promise and the potency of many successes and of lonff-pro- tracted rule. No patriot can fall to rejoice at yonr politi­ cal activity. It is, or it snonld be, one of the Surest ana best forms of manly endeavor, cxt to the service of Ood, the service of the people--that is to say, the work of politics--is the highest of hitman Interests and the noblest of human occupations. Among the surprises which this marvelous country present* to a citizen who has been ab­ sent from it for a few yeirs. not the least is this amacins league development. In the in­ terval between one Presidential campaign and another ttuflsnd IIRS been covered with a net­ work of lv.mm clubs, with an active member­ ship of nearly two million yonnsr men. Two million young men! Who can calculate --who can ever estimate that force in human affairs? ihere is the hope of the republic, there is the real defensive »rmy of the country: with its drill and its discipline; with its unity of belief, of purpose and of action; with its aiert, buoy­ ant, courageous and confident membership.. Above all, it has its recruiting stations; xnd.it ffrows at a rate for which there is, In the MH» tory of snch organizations, no parallel. VOHISJ Men to the Front. Your league methods are imbued with the true spirit of Republicanism. Its inspiration is love of country rather than love of otPctfc' It appeals to the social and refining instincts. It utilizes the literary and educational aspira­ tions of every community it enters. It avoids the spasmodic fever and waste of the old po­ litical campaigns by keeping up the work of education and recruiting throughout the year, and thus making the whole winter and spring and summer the seed time for our November harvest. It has the open-mindedness of hon­ est and generous youth; it welcomes discus­ sion, Encourages a campaign of discussion, and throws wide its doors and its platforms to those of opposite beliefs. It preserves the best traditions of the Hepnblican party and of the republic by bringing young men to the front. Ours has always been a young men's part"'. B«t f ion that, enlisted with the Pathfinder and went through the Hed Sea with the Emancipator is passing away. In­ spired by their example, atiame with their spirit, ready in turn for equal responsibilities on the grander scale that heralds the twentieth century, a new generation is mustering under the Joshuas of this day for the promised land that lies before them. Oreetlnjc from New York. To the advance guard of this great move­ ment in the State or Lincoln and Grant I bring greetings from the State of Seward, Weed ana Greeley; and since we are speaking of the younger generation, I take particular pleasure in adding that, every living descendant of those historic New-Yorkers, like eveiy living de­ scendant of your Illinois heroes of all time, supports now the principles and the nominees of the party their immortal fathers led. A practical friend says he would like to hear also about some other New York nven of to­ day, and asks what about the lUg Four. Well, I bring you their greetings--united and author­ ized greetings, too--the greetings of Hiseock and of Warner Miller, of Thomas 0. Piatt and of Chauncey Pepew, of Morton and Horace Porter and Cornelius Kliss and Sherman Rogers, of our candidate Fassett, and of our Chairmen Brooktleld and Hack- ett. With the assurance that while we do not undervalue our opponents or underestimate the hard struggle before us, we believe we have an organization and a situa­ tion making our prospects for victory this fall In New YorK as good as yours in Illinois. We have no quarrels but healthy ones, and no fac­ tions--excepting in the eager reports of our friends the enemy. Our organization is well advanced, and the column is moving. The enemy boast that, like themselves, we have laggards. I do not know it, and do not believe it, but if we have, the thing which will happen to them is the thing which has happened to laggards before. They will get left. The Re­ publican work in the State of New York is so far advanced that with the earnest and enthu­ siastic continuation till November of the cam­ paign already begun it is beyond the power of anybody in the enemy's ranks, or In our own, to defeat it. Dot a Campaign Speech. But I am not here to make a campaign •pcech. Indeed, I have no purpose and there is no need for me to attempt that work at all during this contest. I had originally planned to come West at this time merely on a family errand, but I thank you for the opportunity to witness the fine young enthusiasm of this Ke- publican revival in the State which led the nation to the first Republican victory, and within the radiance of the tomb which glorifies this city and is a shrine, like Mount Vernon, for all Americans and for the lovers of liberty throughout the world. Neither am I here to utter one word against the gentlemen whom the opposing party pre­ sents for the popular suffrage. I come from the State of one of them, and I am, at this mo­ ment, a guest iu the State - of the other. It gives pleasure to know that both of them are tried, able and sincere men--too sincere and too honorable to take a nomination without incurring its full party obligations, or to stand on n, platform without accepting and main­ taining its doctrine. To that doctrine, gentlemen, it will be your privilege and your opportunity to hold them-- on that doctrine your campaign will be fought and won. We do not need to turn our faces, even in reminiscence, to the past. We may leave out of the discussion the whole history of the Republican party, which is through thirty years the history of the most glorious and the most prosperous period of the repub­ lic. We may even overlook the record of the Democratic party for the same time, a record which they are apt to consider it unkind and unfriendly to montion. We need only fix at­ tention upon the policy for the future they have at last openly and manfully avowed tflP insure their renewed defeat. Csnder ot the Opposition. . We may well thank them for the clearness and cauaor with which they have for oace stated their precise position on the tariff. They are opposed to the McKinley act and de­ mand its unconditional and immediate repeal. Ask the business world which has adjusted it­ self to the McKinley law and is getting on ad­ mirably under it, whether it wants that. They are opposed to any protective tariff. Ask the the couutry, which has seen its great­ est prosperity under protective tariffs,whether it wants such an absolute reversal of the na­ tional policy as that. They demand a tariff for revenue only, deolare any other unconsti­ tutional, and proclaim this "the fundamental principle of the Democratic partly." We are bound to take them at their word; but how that party has changed. They cite what they call "the long and illustrious line of Demo­ cratic leaders, from Madison to Cleveland." Well. Madison reported and George Washing­ ton signed the first protective tariff bill in our history, and it is stated specifically in its title that it was "for the encouragement and Crotection of manufactures." Hut then the lemocratic party of to-day knows that Wash­ ington and Madison did not understand the Constitution they had Just made. Andrew, Jackson elaborately argued the constitutional right and duty to make a protective tariff, and cited his predecessors, Washington, Jeffeison, Madison and Monroe, as his authorities. Hut the Democratic party of to-day knows that Andrew Jackson did not understand the Con­ stitution. Down to this day, indeed, there has been but one great representative body which did understand the Constitution, and in the long lins of leaders the Democratic platform Sroudlv refers to,"from Madison to Cleveland," lere has heretofore been but one statesman vested with the power to enforce the present Democratic interpretation of it. The repre­ sentative body was the constitutional con­ vention of the Confederate States, and the authorized statesman was the t oafederate President. .Tefferson Davis. They embodied in their Constitution and enforced in their prac­ tice the doctrine that no tariff should be levied save for revenue only. ' Old leaden Turned Down. To-day the Democratic party, to use the cur­ rent political slang, "turns down" Thomas Jef­ ferson, Andrew Jackson and all its old leaders, repudiates alike their constitutional interpre­ tation, their political belief and their acts, an­ nounces instead identically the same doctrine with Jefferson Davis and the Confederate States, and proposes that Grover Cleveland iu your name shall execute it. Ask the people if they want that. There is no conceivable doubt that the Dem­ ocratic party in national convention assembled did want it. Their committee reported some­ thing else, a mild suggestion that at least the tariff might do a little Foniething to maintain American wages, but the convention promptly threw that aside, took the matter into its own hands and framed the declarati jn as you find it now in their platform--a tariff for revenue only, and any other unconstitutional. Ask the workingmen to contrast European with Amer­ ican wages, and then tell yon what they think of that. The McKinley Tariff. The Democrats declare the McKinley law not only unconstitutional but "the culminating atrocity of class legislation." Well, you have seen how it works. In the establishing of new industries, in the new attraction for foreign capital, in the better demand for your products and even in the prices of what you have to buy on can measure the height and depth and xeadth of its atrocity. But let me give I tew unpublished statements from fttiftfs in (IcUf I lav* MMrMk. Br. Omm X. WUttata* MM titetm CmmmllA Havre, Ifas written mm MMtys'*of the tiwie flPWFtance to the Unite* Btiftt p--twi that port.. which M you know, to tb« chief port for genenl Fugmch eaportati-- f mm. Over cr» per eent, hm says, of all tuMhawlMe exported from Havre to the United States pests ent«r free Of duty. The valaes-ef exports en which the duty had been tednoed by the MoKinler tariff were over half the tetal values exported,, and nearly live-sixths mt this redaction was on articles not produced in the Cnited States, and therefore not in competition with American labor or American manufaeturea. But these wicked McKinley duties were actually so levied ax to discriminate against our rivals in several other articles, so as to protect our own producers, .Accordingly the Democratic platform denounces the MoKlnley tariff as the culminating atroeity of class legislation, since it legislate* for the pro­ ducers at home Instead of the producers abroad. Ask the people what they think about that. Question "f Kr-elproclty. We have to thank the Democratic conven­ tion for equal candor on another important matter. They denounce the sham reciprocity which our State Department has been busy in introducing, ^iow, this sham reciproc­ ity consists in allowing the foreign producers of molasses, coffee, tea and hides to send us these products free of duty, provided that they admit a fairly equal quantity of our products to their Sorts, either free or at specified reductions in uties. As the Democrats consider this a sham of course they will, if in power, abolish it. What then? Will they simply throw away the advantages gained by this administration for the admission of scores of our products to for­ eign markets and yet continue to let the for­ eigners send in their products free? Or, if ashamcHi of a folly like that, will they dare to put back the old duty on sugar, tea, coffee, and the rest, and so put up the price again to thb whole body of our population? Ask the peo-Sle if they want either the one or the other om of this beautiful dilemma. Our "sham" reciprocity has been in effect but a short time with some of the more Important countries only four months or less down to the end of the fiscal yeav on June :*>--in most of them lasa than a year. Kut the increase in our exports to those countries in the articles af­ fected by our agreement down to June ») was over Sio.ns.tm In some of the countries the increase wan over Mm per cent. And the articles affected were largely agricultural--corn, wheat, flour, pork, butter, etc. In other countries the increase extended also to our cotton. Iron, and woolen manufactures. Ask the people if they want t.o throw away a policy that in the first few months brings sucis results because the Democratic Convention choosea to call U a sham. Vigorous Foreign Po lcy. r The Democratic platform declares that tt Is the only party that has given the country a vigorous foreign policy. Well, its vigorous foreign policy did not remove the invidious and unfriendly discrimination against us by a large number of European countries, which positively prohibited the Importation of our pork on the untruthful pretext that it was dangerous to health. The foreign policy of the present Republican administration did, and in spite of high duties and all the difficulties at­ tending the sudden revival of a long-prohibited trade in an officially slandered article which the people had been taught to believe danger­ ous, in the few months that have elapsed this TVYW mnrket for the Western farmers had amounted to over $2,ooft,ooo up to .tune 3<t last. Perhaps that is why the Demociatic conven­ tion amiably remarked in its platform that Republican policy--that policy under which the country has grown steadily greater find more prosperous for thirty years--fostew uo Industry so much as that of the sheriff. National Httnkl!»*»..System. Next to Washington's unconstitutional tar­ iff and this administration's sham reciprocity comes Salmon P. Chase's national banking system. That, tro, must be abolished, and ?o the Democratic platform declares lor the IO- newal of wildcat banking by the abolition of Lhe long and wisely maintained tax 011 State bank issues. Such a pioposal calls for the re­ turn of the good old times when every farmer had to consult a Thompson's Hank-Note lie- porter before he dared take a #1 bill for more than flt> cents; when a Springfield bill would pass only at a discount in Chicago, and a Chi­ cago bill only at a discount in Si r.ngfield; when the country was Hooded with irredrema- ble shlnplasters, when every transaction rep­ resented a loss on the money you got or on the money you paid out, and the trade of the note- shaver was the best tne going. Does not such a currency, which often could not circulate at par a huncred miles from its place of issue, be­ long to the semi-barbarous period? Why should people who are not semi-barbarian« propose to return to it? Ask the voters what they think about that. But 1 forbear. One might pursue sneh themes until he drifted into a campaign speech --and I have told you I proposed to make no campaign speeches this year. Besides, 1 should be a most imprudent candidate if I kept on talking when you are waiting to hear Borrows and Dolllver. No Reason for a Change. Our enemies have made our campaign for us. Hold them to their own deliberately avowed principles. We go to the people claim­ ing that the Republicans have given the coun­ try a clean, honorable, business-like and highly successful administration, that a change without cause is a business Injury to every citizen and that there is 110 occasion for a change. The Democrats want this country to , have an immediate and an absolute changc. They want to repeal the McKinley tariff at once. They denounce a protective tariff of any sort or description, refuse to let tariff legislation have the slightest reference to the defense of worklngmen's wages, declare that Washington and Madison, ana even Andrew Jackson, aid not understand the Constitution, and that nobody but them­ selves and Jefferson Davis ever did; denounce anything hutta pure tariff for revenue only as unconstitutional; want to get rid of our reci­ procity and demand a return to wildcat bank­ ing. Mold them to their doctrine. Never have they rushed so plainly and palpably upon their fate since the memorable week in 1HM, when their taunt in Chicago that the war for the Union was a failure was instantly answered by the victorious thunders of Sherman's guns from Atlanta and the triumphant cheers of Sheridan's troopers in the Valley. Let us rise up and go forward. They have been blinded again to their own destruction, and are deliv­ ered into our bands. Hli Price. In certain readymade clothing stores the most valuable salesman is not the one who can sell a coat to the man who wishes to buy, but the one who can sell a coat to the man who doesn't want to buy. A witness who was on the stand in a Southern court must have been a salesman of that sort. He was testifying against a negro who had stolen a pair of pantaloons from his store. "How much are the pants worth?" asked Judge Thompson. "Well, Judge," responded the wit­ ness, "it depends on the man who wants to buy them. I sell them to one man for six dollars, to another for five dollars, but you can have them for four dollars." "Sir," responded his honor, in a disgusted tone, "I want you to tell me what those pants are worth." "Ah, Judge," said the Israelite, "take 'em for three dollars if four dol­ lars don't suit you." "Look here!" thundered the Judge, "if you don't tell me the exact value of those pants, I will send you to jail for contempt of court." "Well, then, Judge," pleaded th« obtuse witness, in a most insinuating tone, "take 'em for two dollars. It is giving them away almost, but you can have 'em for two dollars." By this time the spectators were convulsed with laughter, and the Judge himself was obliged to forget his disgust and join heartily in the laugh. He did not buy the "pants," however. Fortunately It Was In the Daytime. About eighty years ago in a little village in the town of East Haddam lived "Boss Lee," a silversmith, from whom the place took its name of Leesville. Boss Lee was building a new house,' and as panes of glass with a "bull's-eye" were thought to be ornamental, some of them were put into the windows. Ah eccentric old man, who thought himself quite a philosopher, observed these and warned the workmen of their danger •in acting possibly as burning glasses and thus setting the building on Are. He gave & case in point where some shavings left on a south window-sill of a new house took Are from this cause while the workmen were away at dinner an<^ they returned just in season to save the house. "Now," concluded the old man impressively, "if that had happened in the night the house would have been burned up; nothing couid have saved it." --Hartford Post THB LEAGUE CONVENTION. ' Offiinrt mi Delegate* Chosen and Flat- lorm Adopted. Spring4<Sld correspondence: The Republican LeagtM of flllftoto Vhieii iwet in Representatives' Hall in Springfield hasn't many gray haira in It. There were m thousand .members present, and. of that number not more than a hundred had the scare of the early battles the- party on them. The other 900 have up since the shot was tired at Sumter. There is an or­ ganization here known as the Black Eagle Club. On the walls of the head' quarters are the portraits of Lincoln, Grant, Blaine; Logan, Harrison, and Fifer. When the picture of Whitelaw Re:d was put up in the room it *vas the subject of remark by the Black Eagle members. They said it meant that new blood was in the party, and they stood aside and e^luicd the new arrival. This Blaufk Eagle Club maro ied up to' the States House under the blistering heat of an August sun and took seats, looked on, and said noth ng. The con­ trast between these old men and the majority of the league was striking, anil the silent story told by gray hairs was almost patriotic. Samuel Jones, Presided^ of the club; Judge Milt Hay, Mayor Rooney Lawrence, Past Master Conkling, George BrinkerholT, James Connelly, and others whoso names are interwoven with the early stiuggles of the Republican party in Illinois were 6een listening to the words of young men, some of whom never saw Lincoln or Grant, the leaders with whom the Black Eagle Club marched. The Black Eagles number 300 in membership, and, as one looked over the convention and saw the occasional patriarchs, ono realized the full mean­ ing of the statement of President Tracy that 75,000 young m6n in Illinois would cast their Hrst Presidential votes next November. President Tracy was prompt in getting the body to order and nothing disturbed the order of business, unless it was the fervent and somewhat highly politically seasoned prayer of the Rev. D. Hender­ son. pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church of this city. This eiortwas cheered by some and laughed at by others. The speech of President Tracy was delivered without reference to notes, and his manner was dignified and con­ vincing. Tne applause was distributed between the letter of President Harri­ son, one from Ellen Foster, and two songs by the Marquette Glee Club, of Chicago. After those the business of the league was pushed through effect­ ively and in a manner which promises great results in the comin i campaign. Letter irom President Harrinon. At the conclusion of Chairman Tracy's address Secretary Lester read the fol- low.ng letter: W. W. Tracy, rreslclent Illinois State Leattue: As 1 have explained to you personally, it Will not be possible for me to attend th>» meeting of the league clubs of the State of Illinois on Aug. 18, nor can I write at a irreat length, but 1 beg to extend to the large body of intelligent and courageous young liepublloans who will be at yonr meeting my most hearty thanks for the invitation so kindly extended. I beg also to express the hope that your meeting may bo large and successful, and that after your con­ ference the young men who comprise Its clubs will take up the aggressive work of the cam­ paign with increased zeal and interest. Youra truly, BENJAMIN HARRISON. The following message from the Wo­ men's Republican Association ef the United States was read: President Tracy, Republican l>agne: The Women's Hepnblican Association of the United {States send* greeting and assures Illi­ nois ltepublicans that the homes of the conn- try arc with them iu tills context. J. ELLEN FOSTKB. > Oncer* and Delegates. The election of officers made W. W. Tracy President by a rising vote. A. J. Lester was elected Secretary, John Dewey and John T. Brown assistant secretaries, and William A Paulsen of Chicago Treasurer. Twenty Vice Pres idents were named, one ir >iu each Con­ gressional district, and an Executive Committee was appointed, composed of one member from each county in the State outside of Cook and one from each Congressional district in Cook County. Delegates to the National League Convention were selected as follows: First District, Robert Mather, R. L. Morgan second, Miles Kehoe, M. E. Frank; third, J. L. Campbell. L. H. .Sudd; fourth, Charles U. Gor­ don, 8. J. Farman; fifth, E. M. Hurst, M. E. Plain; sixth, Howard O. Hilton, W. T. Hudson; seventh, W. J. Foster, T. J. Dower; eighth, D. C. Hart, Allen Ray; ninth, C. H. Payson, J. H. Chamberlain; tenth, K. 0. Jordan, €. H. Ed- Wards; eleventh, W. Ponagle, W illiam J. R. Webster; twelfth, George Barbour, llev. Mr. Lancaster; thirteenth, Frtn'x Hatch, Frederick H. Rowe; fourteenth, W. P. Smith, Richard Itlue; fifteenth, O. L. Davis, E. P. Hose; six­ teenth, Lowry Sunderland, Fenton Rooth; sev­ enteenth, Churles Vorls. M. L. Kepliner; eigh­ teenth, S. P. Chapiu, S. W. Wolf; nineteenth, Norman H. Moss, William H. Easton; twen­ tieth. K. J. Murphy, William Dwyer. Resolutions Adopted. The Committee on Resolutions re­ ported the following,which was adopted: We, the members of the Republican State League of Illinois; In convention assem­ bled, have reason to thank God for his boun­ ties and to congratulate the country on an era of magnificent prosperity, a large part ot "on of the Re- and able ad- Color In lit# FFAFFLM VOICJW, A notel entertainment was &CM art the Drcxrl Institute, Philadelphia, a few even/»g$ since, fot the beKcgt of the children'* fresb air fund. Prof. D. & Ilolmaa delivered a lect»re tm "Seme Effect* of l>ight afcd Sound Wavw/r demonstrating with the aid of a* instrument known a» the phoneiioscope the lights anilshadows of musieal sounds, assisted by the vocal tafent of Mis»M. Virginia Feck, Miss Charlotte Mawsoni, Miss Kate Shea in, A. H. .Darby and Charles Graffe. Prof. Hoi man prefaced his lecture with the statement that color exists alone in the eye of the seer. After a few experiments in changing the colors of objects under a powerful light composed of carbonate of soda, Prof. Holman started- in to prove, with the aid of the phoneidoscope, that the sound waves produced by the voice possess mot ion and color. "When this announcement was made the audience held its breath in expecta­ tion. A sheet similar to that used in stereopticon entertainments was stretched across the stage, and what Prof. Holman termed the mirror, upon which the effects of the voice were pictured, was adjusted in the ILLINOIS 1NCIDE SOtUgfll OR STARTLING, PAfTH FULLY RECORDED. A jMke>jr Ktll«d In Cml SrrtM* £•<** ta Camaty Mftn DM mm ••• 1* Lightning. > rrom Far and X*ar. EDWARD TAT*, the 10-yfar-old sou of P. H. Tate, ot Vandaiia, was crushed"' to death by cars. 4 DUBINO a terrific eletrterio storm light­ ning struck and killed a young farmer of Aven» Township, Fayette County. ERNEST D, JENXINOK, son of ex- Representative Jesse D. Jennings, of Fayette County, was thrown from cart and sustained iajaviea earning hia :';i death. " •• AT Springfield. George "Wallace, of ' jl Chicago, was arrested and turned over to I>. '!•>. Sivas, secretary of the Gran* ' '1 ite Producers' Association of Chicago, . , !^ It is said that Wallace is charged with; * *0 some very extensive reai est .te swin- dling operations. . . :„y4 FURTHER developments inHhe case oft Charles H. Paul, ex-Treasurer of Adams , -.^j County, who was convicted etnbez- zlement and sentenced ta> three years in the Penitentiary, which is due to the wise legislation of the Re publican party and its faithful ministration. We heartily indorse the Repub­ lican national platform and the Republican platform of the State of Illinois, and we con­ gratulate ourselves and all the people on the splendid outlook for Republican success and the consequent probaole election of men who have proved themselves equal to great occa­ sions and worthy of the great party which they represent. Re»iblicaa success means able and pure admfnVhtratlon and a continu­ ance of the wise policies which have secured the nation's prosperity. Democratic sucoess means a reversal of those policies, uncertainty, distrust and business stagnation. It means sorrow to American patriots and joy to our enemies and rivals. The faithful, energetic, and patriotic work of the officers of this State league deserve the highest commendatioii of this convention. We hereby tender to them the thanks of the Re­ publicans of this State. The great work of this league is to organize and aiign the partv, bring every man into the contest with all his powers, from the first voter c-f 1H1.)'.' to the old­ est gray-haired veteran. We pledge ourselves to do all in our power for the entire Repub­ lican ticket as nominated, to make a cross in the circle at the head of the Republican ticket of 1892, and vote it straight. Much of the credit for the grand fight and splendid victory of 188U was due to the State and national Republican leagues. We congratulate them on this work, and request local Republican organizations to associate themselves with this State league, and we earnestly urge the rapid organization of league clubs iji every precinct in this State. We most heartily thank our candidate for Vice President, Whitelaw Reid, for his presence here to-day, and extend to him the assurance of the RepuMiiyins that Illinois will trl* e to the Republican national ticket its old-time majorities. Mr. Reid Talk*. The audience rose and cheered vocif­ erously when Mr. Reid stepped forward to address them. He smiled as the lemonstration proceeded, aud afterward spoke easily and rapidly, looking only occasionally at his notes. His voice is rather weak but not unpleasant. When urged to speak louder he complied to the best of his ability. Once or twice be had to stop and allow the audience their fill of applause. These interrup­ tions did not take him from the course af his address, however. He awaited patiently until the tumult subsided, then j continued as if there had been no check i to his talk. Every point he made was : loudly cheered. show that, his . friends expect to interest themselves instrument <inu minified upon the his behalf by appearing before the sheet. In color it was a dull, leaden ernor for a pardon. I REPORTS from the northwestern part j of Fayette County show that the reeent I heavy rains have done a great deal ©£ j damage. Whol? fields of corn werer t submerged and washed out and fence# ' swept away. Many culverts wero gray, showing in bold relief upon the white canvas. Then four ot the voices struck up a quartet, while Miss Sheain placed her pretty lips to a mouthpiece and sang through what looked very much like a speakinsr tube. The other end of the tube was connected with the phoneidoscope, and her voice, coming in contact with the mirrors, was transmitted to the canvas, forming into the most deli­ cate shapes imaginable, at the same time taking all the variegated tints of the raintx>w. As her voice rose or sank In volume the waves rippled across the surface of the mirror in the most astonishing manner, while the audience applauded to the echa This was repeated several times. After the lecture Prof. Holman explained to a Record reporter the apparent miracle by saying that the so-called mirror was merely a film composed of soap suds. The voice, coming in contact with this surface, caused it to vibrate, while the varie­ gated colors were formed by the de­ composition of the soap film. Vanderhllt's Big Check. •Twelve hundred and fifty thou­ sand dollars," said William BfTJstjjre, of Saratoga, the other day, -'does not seem to be a very large atnpunt M money now-a-days,but at that time-- back in 1869, when I was cashier at Congress hall--it looked large. "Commodore Vanderbilt came to me one day and asked me if J had a blank check, one that could be filled out for any bank. I produced one, when he said: "Gage, you write a pretty good hand; please fill it out for me." He told me to date it,v X think, three days ahead. JamesVH. Breslin, who at the time was room clerk at the Congress, stood near when the commodore was dictating the check. "When 1 asked how much 1 should write in the check, the commodore gave me the name of the bank and then quickly said: ^Twelve hundred and fifty thousand dollars.' At the time I wrote these words I did not realize that the amount was so large, but when I started to put the same in figures on the lower left-hand cor­ ner I came to the conclusion that .I must be mistaken, and asked the com­ modore about it. His simple answer was: One million two hundred and fifty thousand--that's all.' After I read the check over to him he took my pen. He hurriedlyjalllxed his sig­ nature to the check, which he crum­ bled up and put in his trousers' pocket as if it was not of any more value than a dollar note. The fapt that the commodore bad drawn his check for that amount soon got noised among the brokers stopping there, and there was a flurry of excitement for some little time, but in a few days the fact wa* published that he had purchased a plot of land for railroad purposes for $ 1,250,000." Hebrews to French Army. The recent duel between Capt. Meyer and the Marquis de Mores has Drought to light the fact that there ire about 500 Hebrew officers in ac­ tive service in the French army, imong them being^Gen, Hinotin and iflve Captains' of artillery. Among She retired Hebrew Generals are Lambert, Lewy, See, Brisac and Abraham. In the military school at St. Cyr there are it present fifteen Pahrew cadets. Destruction of Field Mice by Itarilli. Professor Loeffler, the originator of the system of destroying field mice by typhus bacillus infection, has re­ turned to Germany from Greece, where he had gone to put his system to a practical test. The Professor re­ ports that his mission has been a complete success, and that within eight or nine da}'s the swarms of Held mice that infested the parts of the country visited by him, and de­ stroyed the crops, were absolutely annihilated. The remedy was ap­ plied in the following manner: The peasants in the district to bo operated upon were asked to meet at a given point with baskets of odd pieces of bread broken small* This bread was soaked in the solu­ tion containing typhus bacilli, and returned to the owners with instruc­ tions to spread it in the fields. In this manner large areas could be treated every day. Pieces of bread saturated with the bacilli were eaten by Doctor Loeffler and his assistants to demonstrate its harmlessness upon the human system. Horses and other large animals were also experiment- ally fed with it, and they experienced no ill effect whatever. What "Choke Off"' Is. The great number of men who daily complain of sickness in a convict prison are undoubtedly shamming. '•Choke off" is compounded of several of the nastiest and most nauseous drugs in the pharmacopoeia ingeni­ ously blended to insure a lasting im­ pression on the palate. It takes days to get the taste of this horrible mix­ ture out of the mouth, and as garlic and asafetida are two of its ingredi­ ents, the sense of smell is likewise of­ fensively exercised when a dose of "choke off" is partaken of by an un­ happy wretch suspected of shamminj I have nevenyseeTl\anythinir in Jkhe way of a pantotuime Nuarejcorafcand diverting than tjie grimaces and fa­ cial contortions oTSJBill Sikes on re­ ceiving a strong an&Jiberal dare of this powerful antidotelso laziness.-- London Tit-Bits. Shadk TNKM In i'»rl>> 4 ^ The shade tree planted anoftg the quays, avenues, and boulevards and in the squares, parks, and gardens ol Paris number more than 400,000. EVERY man who will make love, will lie. washed away and the roads rendered Impassable. Several haystacks wer« struck by lightning and burned. PETEB I>X, a prominent LushviU* veterinary surgeon, was shot and killed, by V. L. Ro"sa. Fox had charge of x , Roosa's horse, which Roosa wanted, i Fox refused to let him have it and a ' ? quarrel ensued. During the melee Rcosa's brother was shot in the ankle. Roosa was arrested and committed to jail. He was ordered iield for murder - by the coroner's jury. AT Rock Island, the Tri-City Ter­ minal Company, with $1,000,0' © capital* has been formed, and formal application^*, will be made to the Secretary of Stat®*: * for papers to incorporate. The most} influential and wealthy men of the cityl ^ are Interested, amen# them Fwuedc^ Weyerhauser. The purpose is to se­ cure rights of way into the center of the city for railroads and the constiuc- tion of the lower bridge spanning the Mississippi. f JOCKEY DF.MPSEY met his death in a race at Garfield Park. Chicago. ThOr accident occurred at the half-mile polo When Fauntleroy with Dempsey up was Jostled near the foot of the bunch and stumbled to his knees, throwing the boy heavily to the ground. Every horse in the rear of the bunch stru.-k the little fellow, who laid senseless directly in their track, with their hoofs. Some Jumped on him. The boy was particu­ larly bright and energetic in his work and gave promise of making a good lightweight jockey. SUNDAY morning two younor men. George Wilkinson and John Wade, aged 20 and 19 years, respectively, shot and killed a man named Seager, with whdltt they had become involved in a quarrel because he had refused to pay for a breakfast he had' eaten at their i and restaurant at Creal Springs^ received seven bullet wound ~"" effect of which he died. Tl to Cain) with W. H Wade John, who had found them near Sikeston, Mo. They Wilkinson's father, who had al?o learned of their whereabouts. The boys ware going back voluntarily to stand • hrtpL and express regret now that they had ever gone away, as they have learned that the people of Creal Springs $ML that they only acted in« self-defense. Seager is said to have been a desperate character, who expressed regret on hfk dying bed that the "kids" had been too quick for him, as he had gone to their saloon on purpose to kill them both ̂and was armed for the purpose with two pistols and other weapons. A regular battle ensued, but toth the boys escaped unhurt. THE Lawrence County Teachers' In­ stitute held its session at Bridgeport. HAXEY A; JOHNSON'S general mer­ chandise stor<3 at .Newton, was visited by burglars. Jewelry worth $150 was stolen. THE balloon in which S. Y. Baldwin and H. M. McMein made an aeensioa from Quinoy made a landing at K arrow- City, Mo. A 3-YEAB-OLD child of Mrs. Green, of Ramsey, thrust a powder hoin Into the fire. The powder exploded, bat the child was not badly hurt. JOHNNIE, the 17-months-old 'ehlld ot H. Perdue, a baker of Lincoln, waa found dead in the horse trough, where It had fallen while playing. JAMES EARLY, a prominent Chicago stockman, was scalded in a collision on the Rook Island Road at Resfor&'s Crossing. He died shortly after. HOWABD SouiiE, who heroically saved young Pomeroy from drowning in the Chicago River a few months ago. was presented with a handsome medal by his fellow piano-tuners. WEDNESDAY began the sessions of the thirtieth annual Sunday-school convention of Morgan county at Chapin. The meeting was well attended by Sun* day-school workers from various parte of the State. The principal features of the day were an address by Frofeesor Hall, of the School for the Blind, and an address by Professor Haraiii on 'The State Sunday-school Work." THE will of the late Mrs. Benewah Grove was Sled for probate at Q uincy. Large sums are bequeathed to various , benevolent and educational institutions. She leaves $10,000 each t > Shurtleff Col­ lege at Alton and La Grange (Mo.) Bap­ tist College. The Hospital Association of Quiney gets $2,000 and the Baptist Women's College of the Northwest $&,06o. Good sums are aleo designated for mission work. THE Greene County Soldiers Sailors' Association held its sixth an­ nual reunion at Kane, Thursday. The Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry held its re­ union at the same time and place. There were also reunions of the Twi lftii Illi­ nois Cavaliy, Fourteenth, Twenty- eighth, Thirty-second, Fortieth, Fif­ tieth, Sixty-first, Ninety-first, Ninety- seventh. Ninety-ninth. One Hundred nidi First. One Hundred aud Twenty-second, One Hundred Twenty-fourth, One Hun­ dred and Twenty-ninth and One Hun­ dred and Forty-fourth Illinois Infantry, of the Sons of Veterans of sevwfiw^ ounties. 'J. MARION COVJJTY has a sensation t» | the disappearance of Miss Llssle Stm- - : bor. She started trom her home tft if: road cart to visit her unele, miles distant, and was last seen :: a quarter of a mile of her destination*. ' ; when three reports of a pistol and SK woman's scream were heard. .; was made shortly after, and a portion ot a woman's dress waist, with two holes in it, and a bunch of hair, idents fled as being Miss Strubor's, were 1M|4>: A thorough search failed to diaelmse i trace of her, but the supposition Is t | she has been murdered by a ! farmer who had wooed her In • who she claimed had threatened fen! *" Vfe'i' i' i •»;