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•V sentry --\T^-v ALIENS AS PAUPERS. UNWORTHY IMMIGRANTS TO BE BARRED OUT. AN UNUSUAL SIOrrtT AT LONG BRANCH., The Great Transatlantic Steamship St. Paiili ai She Lay Btrfinded But a Short Distance Off Long Branch. If We Are to Preserve Oiir Institu­ tions and Maintain the American Standard of Wages, This Must Be Do^je-Foreigners' and Crime. j> A; Nation of Immigrants. washisigtoa correspondence: I HE regulation of immigration is a very grave matter that concerns tlie United States and in Congress at the present time sever­ al bills are pending upon the question of immigration. Perhaps one of the best posted men in Washington on the; subject is Senator, Lodge, chairman of the Immigra­ tion Committee, and he. has intro­ duced a bill in the Senate, the" main TcAturw. of which is an educational test for immigrants.. The--fiiU'stion --of Regulating and' re­ stricting immigratiOii, said Mr. Lodge in • •a'recent expression on the subject, is one of the" gratest which now confront the country; We are certainly in ho present danger of being overcrowded by desira­ ble immigrants, but we are at this mo­ ment overcrowded with undesirable immi- grafits, and this latter condition is stead­ ily growing worse. The immigration of people of those races which contributed to the settlement and development of the United States is declining in comparison with that of the races far removed in thought and speech and blood from the men who have made this country what it is. Moreover, all immigration from every quarter is showing a tendency toward de­ terioration, which is by no means grad­ ual. The last census bulletin shows, that niiEMu Si SENATOI! I.ODGK. the foreign born citizens, or those of for­ eign parentage, furnish more penitentiary convicts than are supplied by the entire native born population, which, of course, greatly outnumbers the population of for­ eign birth. In the immigration of late years we note also the appearance of se­ cret. societies dangerous to law and or­ der and hostile to every theory of Ameri­ can institutions. According to statistics in 1880 the for­ eign born element constituted oue-sev- enth of this country's population and onc- tliird of its paupers. The census of 1890 showed that people of foreign birth made up 30 per cent of the total white popula­ tion. This one-third of the population furnished one-half of the criminals, two- thirds of the inmates of reformatories and two-thirds of the paupers in alms- uouses. Later statistics show that in every 100 foreigners over 10 years of age who came to the United States between March and November. 1891!, the illiterates were di­ vided as follows: Italy, 00; Poland, 5(3; Hungary, 28; Russia, proper,20; England, 10; Ireland, 8; Wales. 0; Germany, 2; Scandinavian countries and Denmark, less than 1. Of the 440.793 foreigners who came to this country in the year end­ ed June 30, 1803, 57.807 over 10 years of age could not rend. ."9.582 could not write, and 01,038 could do neither. Sen­ ator Lodge pointed to these figures to show that if an educational test had been applied during that year, the large num­ ber of the least desirable foreigners would have been excluded from the country. The more any thoughtful man exam­ ines the statistics relating to this ques­ tion. ho continued, the more he must be alarmed at what it shows. The disease, in my opinion, cannot be treated by gen­ tle palliatives. It will require sharp remedies, and the longer a cure is post­ poned the more heroic the remedies will have to be. I believe we need intelligent and discriminating restriction. We must sift the chaff from the wheat. Immi­ grants should know how to rend and write their own language before they are allow­ ed to enter the United States. This is a fair test, based upon intelligence and not upon money. Going back rapidly over the history of immigration, Senator Lodge said that be­ fore 1820 no record was kept, but that probably 250,000 immigrants came to the United States between the close of the revolution and that time. From 1820 to 1890. inclusive, the number of immigrants reached 10,497,09(5. The :najority of these came from Great Britain, Ireland, Germany and the Scandinavian countries. The quality of immigrants was high until the last few years. In the fiscal year ended .Tune 30, 1890. 455,302 immigrants came to the United States; in the next fiscal year. 500,319; in the next, 579,003, and in the fiscal year 'ended in 1893 the number was 440,793. There was a decrease in the latter year because quarantine regulations during the winter of 1893-94 practically stopped immigration. /• The majority of undesirable immigrants were divided for the four years in nation­ alities as follows: Austria-Hungary. 5(>.- 199 in 1890, 71,042 in 1891. 70.937 in 1892, 57,420 in 1803; Russia and Poland. 40,071 in 1800, 74,023 in 1891, 122,047 in 1892. 58.0S-1 in 1893; Italy. 52.<M>3 in 1800. 70.055 in 1891, 01,031 in 1892, 72,145 in 1893. We have now b«V'>re us race problems which are sufficient to tax to the utmost the fortunate conditions with which na­ ture has blessed us and the highest wis­ dom of which our public men are capable. I do not, for one, desire to see these race problems multiplied or complicated. I do not want to see the quality of American citizenship decline beneath the effects of an unrestricted immigration and I am utterly opposed to a system which, is con­ tinuously dragging down the wages of American labor by the introduction or the importation of the cheapest, lowest and most ignorant labor of Qther countries. A short time ago a committee examined six ship loads of immigrants from Bre­ men, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Southampton and Liverpool and of 1,^00 who were over 10 years of age 331 were illiterate. What becomes of such illiterates is answered by Carroll D. Wright, who says that 77 per cent of the population of the slums of Baltimore, 90 per cent of the slum pop­ ulation of Chicago, .95 per cent of the slum population of New York &nd 51 per cent of the slum populatioa o£ P.Vil&dtU- phia are persons of foreign birth qr par­ entage. ' At present there are tliree methods pro­ posed to restrict immigration. One is to increase the cost of immigrating by impos­ ing a tax -of froiju $25 to $50 On each im­ migrant. Another is by consular inspec­ tion abroad, by- which only Such immi­ grants as our consuls would approve of could'enter the country. The educational test of Senator Lodge will probably, how­ ever, be adopted.' [ They Talk Very Fast, January hiis been a busy month for the Congressmen who wish to malce it appear that they-are doing-their share of the talking in Congress and* are anxious-to have their constituents aware of the fact. The circulation of the Congressional Rec­ ord has largely increased from the above cause and thousands of voters have been placed on the free list. This publication is supposed to contain a faithful representation of all that trans­ pires on the floors of Senate and House, and yet it is a fact that there is not a greater fake in the world than this docu­ ment which is printed under Government auspices. Voters who do not know the means taken by their representatives to get their speeches published have no idea when they read the columns of printed matter so well punctured with "loud ap­ plause" that not more than 200 words of the speech was delivered in the hearing of other members. The way the game is worked is as fol­ lows: A member wishes to secure some space in the Congressional Record. He finds an opportunity in a big dbeate on some important question which is set for some particular day. Going to the leader of his side of the House he begs for ten or even three minutes, which' is granted. Being recognized by the speaker, the mem­ ber proceeds with li.is speech. Perhaps IK; may utter (500 words when the gavel falls and his time is up. Under the'rules, he is allowed to "revise his remarks" and furnish the same to the Record. When the speech is published it contains several thousand words and the voters take it for granted that the speech was really made. During a recent debate over the Ding- lev tariff bill. Mr. Crisp gave three, min-- utes of his time to Howard qf Alabama, and when the Congressional Record pro­ duced the hitter's speech it was of suffi­ cient length to consume thirty minutes in reading. The next day Mr. Dingley gave a half minute of his time to a.member from New England and the record show­ ed that 3.000 words had been delivered in the thirty seconds, notwithstanding the necessary interruptions for "loud applause." • . " AMBER " IS NO MORE. The Gifted Writer Who lias Brought Sunshine Ijato Many Homes.' Mrs, Martha E. llolden. better known to newspapers under flu* nom de plume of "Amber," died recently in Chicago as the result of an operation for cancer. ;!u her death there passed from earthly scenes a woman who by the sweet produc­ tions. of her pen brought sunshine into many a household and lifted the burden from many a weary and sorrow-laden' heart. - " ' Mrs. Holden was born in New York State forty-two years ago. She settled in Chicago in 1877. Poverty made her ac­ quainted with human suffering, but did not interfere with her endeavors to make herself heard in the field of literature. She soon began to contribute to the Chi­ cago newspapers articles which breathed a love of life and humanity and which were remarkable for their wealth of meta­ phors and brilliancy of language. Her writings brought forth expressions of ad- WAS A FEAST OF liOYE THEODORE C. SEARCH. The New President of the National Association of Manufacturers, Theodore C. Search, the new president of the National Association of Manufac­ turers, was born ill Philadelphia fifty-two years ago. He is the president of the J. B. Stetson Hat Company, of the Quaker City, which is the largest hat manufac­ tory in the world. Mr. Search is more widely known, however, as the founder and head of the Philadelphia textile school. This institution is one for educa­ tion in the best methods of manufacturing textile fabrics, and also takes cognizance of other industries and mechanical arts. The school was the first of its kind to be established in this country, and under the able management of Mr. Search has been pronounced the best in the world. The new president is considered by his . MARTHA E. HOLDEN (AMBER). miration and were copied all over the country. For several years past she had contributed a series of beautiful letters to the Chicago Herald, and later to the Times-Herald under the title of "A String of Beads." Tliere are hundreds of nowspaper read- ers throughout this land to-day who will mourn the passing away of this gifted writer, who had tinged their lives with a warmth and glow which made tlieni for­ get mundane troubles. BOERS MAY TAKE HIS LIFE. Joint Hays Hammond, an American, in Jail in the Transvaal. John Hays Hammond, an American mining expert uow in prison in the South African republic with the charge of trea­ son against him, r ceived $00,000 a year salary from Ceci Rhodes, the diamond king. . head of the Chartered company and former premier of Cape Colony. The clever American en­ gineer was Cecil Rhodes' right-hand man, and the charges of high treason may JACK HAMMONI). be pressed with un­ usual vigor by the Boers against Mr. Hammond for that reason. He is a na­ tive of San Francisco. He graduated from Yale College in 187(5. THEODORE C. SEARCH. colleagues in the manufacturers' associa­ tion to be bold and aggressive in his advo­ cacy of the protection of the home mar­ ket against foreign manufacturers. He is an earnest believer in the great com­ mercial advantages which would accrue to the United States and favors every measure that would promote the interests of American trade. BRANDED STEAMER ST. PAUL, The Hi;; American Liner ott the Beach Off Long Island. The wreckers at work attempting to float the stranded steamer St. Paul, which went ashore on the outer bar off Hotel Brighton at Long Branch, N. J., took advantage of a favorable tide and. according to re­ ports received by the officials of the company, succeed­ ed in moving the big ship about 20 feet. The stern of the vessel was ^ ' ^5^, also moved sea- // ^ ward about four degrees. At high (APT. JAMISON. tide the St; Paul registered at her bow twenty-two feet of water. That registra­ tion, however, included about seven feet of sand, intoNvhicUJior bow is sunk. Since this first effort to move the ship there is, at this writing, absolutely' no change.in the situation. The St. Paul is as steady as a rock and betrays no ill effects from the buffeting of the wind and waves. The passengers' baggage and all of the cargo have been taken off, includ­ ing the .$1,300,000 in gold which she car­ ried. This was her first return trip since the recent accident, which occurred in her engine room at her dock, whereby ten men were instantly killed or badly in­ jured. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of John H. Puck to be collec­ tor of customs for the district of Miami, °HI0- 4 Senator Allen, of Nebraska, introduced a bill prohibiting the purchase or use by any Federal official of any convict-made goods. It is expected that the Supreme Court will soon decide whether the Commis­ sioner of Pensions has the right to order reductions. Congressman Avery, of Michigan, of­ fered in the House a bill providing for the erection of a life-saving station at Charlevoix, Mich. .T. B. Morton, national commander of the Regular Army and Navy Union, has issued a call for the annual convention to be held in Washington May 18. The House sub-committee has made a reduction of .$400,000 in the Indian appro­ priation bill, as compared with the amount provided for the current fiscal year. A bill to grant pensions to soldiers who served in the Confederate army and after­ ward served in the army of the United States has been introduced by Senator Peffer. The urgency deficiency bill was reported to the Senate. It increases by $1,509,004 the total appropriation for deficiencies over the amount appropriated by the House bill, the total being $5,930,007. The Comptroller of the Currency has declared dividends in favor of insolvent national banks as follows: Northern Na­ tional Bank, of Big Rapids, Mich., 5 per cent; the Lloyds National Bank, of Jamestown, N. D.. 103/2 per cent. Albert H. Wolf, a Chicago contractor, is the lowest bidder for the steel and iron construction above the fourth floor of the postoffiee building at St. PauL His bid was $25,509, and he will probably get the contract. The next bidder was L. Schree- ber & Sons, of Cincinnati,-$25,850. A favorable report will be made to the House on the billproviding for a commis­ sion to treat with the Shoshone and Ban­ nock Indians to so modify their treaty rights as to prevent conflict with Mon­ tana's game laws, which present condition caused the recent disturbances at Jack­ son's Hole. The Michigan State Association (d Washington celebrated the seventy-ninth anniversary of the admission of Michigan to the Union with a banquet at the Hotel Page. Nearlyv§H the members of the Michigan delegation iii Congress and maqy of the citizens of Michigan .living in Washington were present. I ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS IN SES­ SION AT SPRINGFIELD. Prominent Me& Attend from All Sec­ tions of the State--Senator Cnllom, Kx-Gov. Fifer. John R. Tanner,-and Billy Mason Arouse Enthusiasm. Convention Date Named. The old State Capitol, at Springfield, the scene of countless gatherings, his­ toric in the annals of the Republican party, never witnessed one to .equal j that with which the big campaign j of 1S90 was opened there Tuesday. Rep­ resentative members of the. party from all over the State gathered at the invita­ tion of the Republican State Central Com­ mittee, to consult over the political situa­ tion, and, after the conference, or love feast, to determine when and where to hold the State convention, and Springfield was named a3 the place and April 29. as the date^ Jt was something more than a love foCsli Everybody. Democrats no less tr. SENATOR Crr.I.OM. than Repulilr^ans, admits that a nomina­ tion on the Republican State ticket will bo equivalent to an election, and there was a great eagerness to get there. The love feast, the first gun in a cam­ paign in which local. State and national interests, the hopes of a great party, the inspirations of candidates for offices, the plans of factions, cliques and cabals were inextricably wound up, was fired from the Hall of Representatives in the State Cap­ itol in the presence of one of the greatest gatherings of the Republican party that ever assembled within that historic build­ ing. It was a gathering that demon­ strated the overwhelming power and en­ thusiasm of the Republican party in Illi­ nois and presaged victory for its candi­ dates next fall. Statesmen of national reputation were assembled on the platform and in the body of the hall when the hour for the opening of the public meeting of the State National Committee arrived. A United States Senator and ex-(JoVernor of Illi­ nois were among the speakers. Nearly all of the Illinois delegation, including six out of Chicago's seven Republican Congress­ men, were among the audience. On the floor of the, big hall were 1,500 men, rep­ resenting every county and district in the State of Illinois. No meeting of the State convention ever equaled Tuesday's gath- preciatiou of-value, destruction of business, labor unemployed, as much as" the war of tlie ..rebellion cost the country - during -the ueriod of the civil war. They passed a "rev­ enue law which would not raise revenue. The Wilson law. the very first year of its opr oration, cost the people of American nearly $100,000,000 lo> its transaction,.with,. Euglaud alone. What wonder that the revenues fell off'/ The Secretary of the Treasury rushed frantically into tlie market and .placed the Government of the United States at -the mercy of a "bond-brokering. syndicate. We made such .a row with tin; administration it had to advertise and let the people have a little show as to the bonds. Kepubl^aus have got a splendid majority in the House of Representatives, and in a few more months we.shatf-have a majority in the United States Semite,to co-operate with the House-of Representatives, and a Republican President.- And theft, the "-Republican party will resume business tit the old stand. Our domestic legislation will be remedial and cor­ rective in ,its character. We must make it full, broad-gauged and sensible, that no­ body will blush for his citizenship; we will so legislate as to start the machinery of this .country; and commerce will give the people employment from one end. Of this country "to the other, ' We will, in some way. consistent with re­ turning prosperity, settle the financial ques­ tion. That is the troublesome thing to do: we don't know how we will do it. but the Republican party will do it when it is again placed in power. And by "in power" I mean in both .houses of Congress and lis the executive departments of the Govern­ ment. We will then grapple with and settle the financial questions. We will have for our circulating medium gold, silver and paper money, and we will have every dollar of each just as good as the other dollar. The Senator spoke in enthusiastic sup­ port of the Monroe doctrine, and evoked hearty applause by reference to the day when Cuba shall be under the United States flag. Mr. Fifer's Speech. I Kx-Gov. Fifer followed Senator Cullom. | The speaker eulogized ex-President Harri­ son, and the name of Allison of Iowa brought out a demonstration equal to Mc- Kinley's. Senator Cullom was called tlie discreet, ablg, conscientious statesman by Mr, Fifer, and was plainly much af­ fected by the honest heartiness of the ovation, when Fifer said that he would make a good President. Mr. Fifer said in part: All personal and selfish interests should be laid aside to-day, and we should seek only the success of our party, which is' the suc­ cess and prosperity of our country. Every sound-hearted Republican knows that his party is a great deal bigger and far more im­ port an' than he is. He knows, too, that lie can personally have no success which Is not the success of the party to which he belongs. All personal strife and discord, if any, within our ranks should cease. Tlie gentlemen whose names will go before the approach­ ing State convention for noniinatioh are all tried and true Republicans, and enjoy in a high degree the respect and confidence of the people. The party can make 110 mistake in nominating any one of theiu. Hostilities have, it seems, already broken out between the Democratic statesmen of Springfield and the Democratic statesmen of tlie citv of Wasli- ington. • They have made some fur fly al­ ready. Yet, keeping in mind Lincoln's story of the cats, w* have but slender hopes that the ranks of the enemy will be depleted thereby. Such a disturbance is really a ca­ lamity to the country, resulting, as It always does, in more Democrats. Hut, really, this is no affair of ours, and we., say. "(Jo it. m ear to the cable to getttte wining or d!n|pg approval "of any other nation In" the wortd. (Grteat applause and cheering.) j . > Let us put on onr banner: "Honest Elec­ tions for Black and Whltei'^'Honestr Money for All'" "Protection and Reciprocity!" aad "The .Monroe Doctrine," with a big XL Thea Came the Breaking Up. / Chairman Mfttn caught the fifowd,## it' wafc hurrying out of tlie ha&,%n<L in a- three-minute snappy, elbquertt, pleasing! talk drew out more continuous applause than any of the other speakers, for h» kept the Republicans yelling all of th& time. Then with a last whoop and a yell the love feast, after a life of eight solid hours, broke up. and discreet statesman and patriot, Shelby M. Ciillbin, whose name has been used in connection with the Presidency. Honest, industrious and sagacious, he never betrayed a trust and was never defeated by the peo­ ple at the polls. Highly endowed with the genius of common sense, lie would niake one of the very best presidents tlie nation ever had. The party can make no mistake -In nominating1 any one of these able statesmen. Any oue of them can be easily elected, and when elected lie will, thank God, give to this country an American administration devoted to. American interests:0 and I promise you he will not, like the present chief executive,, find time between shooting ducks and issu­ ing bonds to haul down the American flag on the island of Hawaii. John K. Tanner Speaks. Speeches were then made by prominent men from different Congressional dis­ tricts* and all reflected a spirit' of confi­ dence and'encouragement. The greatest interest in this; part of the program was } exhibited in John R, Tahner's address. He said':. We are at present: heroically endui'Uig Democratic administration both in Washing­ ton and- Springfield. -Did you ever notice that the. nioiiient the. Democrats .try .to run the Government everything goes wrong? It was nearly two ye&rs before they could make the postage stamps stick. Still. I think a Democratic administration is a good thing once in a while--say, fifty or seventy-five years. We learn from affliction what free Institutions can withstand. The four years which a Democratic governor and a Demo­ cratic president have spent in making mouths and throwing bricks at each other will be remembered as proof that the Ameri­ can people can govern themselves in the absence of officials competent to perform that service, and the country will return jto Republican rule with Increased confidence in our form of government. In the mean­ time Democratic officials can hunt ducks the year round without the slightest detriment to the public service. In this State they do not hunt ducks enough. Any diversion could have been better in this State than to turn our splendid State institutions into mere feed-pens for broken-down Democratic poli­ ticians. 1 will only add that Republicans firmly believe in the principle of protection of American labor, American markets and American industries. They believe in bi­ metallism, but at the same time they believe that every dollar .that goes, forth with the outspread wings of the American eagle upon it must be kept equal in value to every other dollar that falls from the Government mint. Our people believe in universal education, and by this means they hope untimately to extinguish the Democratic party, and to this great end I think their representatives in the next Legislature will favor free text-books in our public schools. . a Amused by Mr. Mason. "Hilly" Mason had no complaint to make when he appeared on the platform. There was a roar of applause. Then he kept the crowd yelling and cheering by his merciless scoring of President Cleveland. He overran his time, but the crowd shout­ ed for him to go on. lie said in part: For three years our national homestead has liven occupied by tenants who promised a heap of repairs and first-class rent. The head of the house has been hunting and fish- jenough-iBoney to pay_ the rent, Say nothing of taxes and repairs. The party in possession has adopted a do­ mestic policy that'breeds idleness and. hun­ ger In our own family, the financial policy of a drunken sailor, and the vigorous foreign policy of a cock robin. For three years labor has stood with idle hands and hungry stom­ ach, awaiting for the ipicrobe of Democracy To Recover a Buried Treasure. ^Harry Jilbert, of Rockford. will leave in a few days for Mexico to become sup­ erintendent of a silver mine, in which there isjbelieved to be a huge box contain­ ing a rich treasure. It is claimed by the- natives that the box was buried by the Az­ tecs. A number of years ago, it is claim­ ed, workmen sufceedgd^n reaching jf, but before it could flie^ecured the mine caved in, since which time the owners have been engaged in forming a company and raising EX-GOVERXOR FIFER. capital to work it. It will take months to develop it, but the projectors claim there is rich ore in the shaft, which wilt at least repay them. Will Quit Grand Rapids. The Rockford furniture companies are signing an agreement not to make any more exhibits at Grand Rapids, Mich., as many have done twice a year for several seasons past. The local mauufacturors claim that the expense of putting tip dis­ plays there is so heavy and the sales so comparatively light that they lose money every year. Next year they will unite and establish a joint furniture exchange in Rockford. Many of the most prominent buyers have* been there from all over the country during the past month and made heavy purchases of furniture from the lines shown. Mir or State Matters. E. D. Rood, a well-known turf mat;, dropped dead from heart failure at Pan i. He was 03 years of age. Fred Gresens, of Kankakee, fell forty feet from a railroad bridge into the river at that place and was drowned. The farm barn of John Kennedy, o£ Capron. was destroyed by fire, cremating eight horses and nineteen cattle. The patent medicine establishment of Allaire. Woodeard & Co. at Peoria, was damaged by fire, entailing a loss of $10.- S ft! •IH.fi/Vfl.L- •Cffl.I.S.IWT)/! J. A 77IIW MCMCtMn D0C.(?O6D® ' J.J.6W- /UHOFWNS-- ering in importance and in number, be­ cause the gathering was made up of men who name the delegates to State conven­ tions. The galleries were packed with a thousand people, men and women, from Springfield and the adjoining district, whose lively interest and warm enthusi­ asm kept the spirits of the great assembly fairly bubbling. ; As the crowd began to gather it was seen that the hall would not be able to accommodate one-half of those desirous of getting inside. The fortunate ones piled in and took tlipir seats and the oth­ ers remained - outside on the grounds, lending their voices, since they could not their presence, to the occasion. Dr. T. N. .Tamieson. of Chicago, was on hand early prepared to call the meeting to order as chairman of the State Central Committee. ..His appearance was the signal for the m em her £ of the committee and their guests to file into the hall and take their places. Rapidly it filled up. and before 9:30 CMrlock two-thirds of the available space was occupied. One of the first men on the floor was Congressman A. J. Hop­ kins, of Aurora. His arrival was greet eo by an ovation, almost the eutire assem­ blage rising and cheering as he walked down the aisle. Senator Cullom was the next celebrity to appear, and the big hall fairly shook with the tremendous volley of cheers that welcomed him. So it was when John R. Tanner, Horace S. Clark, Dr. Robbing, William E. Mason. George E. Adams and other distinguished states­ men and candidates appeared. Starting the Ball. Dr. Rogers, of Springfield, offeVed pray­ er, the Shelbyville quartet sang inspiriting songs, and Hon. David Littler delivered a happy address of welcome. He made a hit when he said: For the first time in the history of the Re­ publican party the love'feji$t has come to Springfield. I have been attending meetings of this kind for thirty years, but I pledge you my honor I have never seen anything like this before. For the first time in, the his­ tory of tlie party we are permitted to invite you to meet in the capital county, which Is Republican. I would never have had the hon­ or of speaking to-day If j-we had not cleaned them out. I want to'say to you before we go any further that if any of you get'Mn trouble I will bail you out. Here is tlie home and last resting-place of Abraham Lincoln. Fellow-eit'zens, my time is limited to ittve' minutes. Why. it would take longer tliiiti that to hang me. but the committee^' ife tyrannical and lias curtailed me to . make way for a lot of prosy people, i want to.-t.oi 1 you we must not kill the red brute so- we can have fun with its corpse. The Demo­ cratic party is just the size I want it now, It is just big enough to play with. Speech by Senator Cullom. After Dr. Janiieson had announced the rules of procedure he brought Senator Cullom forward. The Senator shot at the Democratic party all along the line and held it responsible for every evil that has befallen the country since 1892. He said in part: We are indebted to the Democratic party in one respect. We owe them more tliau I can express for the voluntary lessons tbe,y have taught the United States. One of tile great lessonsf however, I may say rlghP here, that Democratic rule for tlie last three ye#rs and more has cost the people in de- husband, go it, bear, and may the best man win." Those of our party whose names have been mentioned In connection with the Presi­ dency are, without exception, among our greatest statesmen and the party's nbiest leaders. Thomas B. Reed, Unit discreet and able statesman, has by a steadfast devotion to tlie great principles of our party and by i his patriotic service to his country, earned the respect and confidence of his fellow- el'.Izeus, nnd Is well lilted, both by educa­ tion and experience, to fill the exalted; posi­ tion to wlilch he aspires. That great con­ structive genius, Wlliiam McKInley," of Ohio, deserves the gratitude of every wage-earner I'll America for the courage and statesman­ ship displayed in defense of the American principle or protection. No office, however great, can add anything to his fame and his unselfish devotion to the best interests of his country will be remembered so long as the republic endures. The story of liberty could not be told with the name of Harrison left out. It Is a name that has been conspicuous In every conflict to die. For three years capital has hid its shining light under a bushel, waiting for Re­ publican antitoxin to destroy diphtheric Democracy. For the first time in the life of a natlou a president has surprised the people by favoring the foundation stone of Amerl- | eanism. the Monroe doctrine. No Republl- | can, from Lincoln to Harrison, ever sur­ prised the people so. |t was expected of I them. For three years the President has favored every law that paid usurious Interest to Eng­ land. and we will have to continue It for years, while investors here, large and small, found no investment. He has fed the Eng­ lish lion with the porterhouse steaks and left us liver, and now and then a dash of bacon, and now. that election day draws nigh, he ylgorously twists the tall of the creature he has fed so long, and as its roar comes across the water he flies to.the Amer­ ican grand stand and cries: "Ugh! Big Injun me. War!" Grover Cleveland, comuiander- In-chlef of the artny.' Imagine him In the uniform worn by Grant, Garfield or Harrison, physically stretched SCENE AT THE REPUBLICAN LOVE FEAST, SPRINGFIELD. in which the English-speaking people have drarwn swords in Qefeuse of human right. Benjamin Harbison has demonstrated his ability, both In the Cabinet and In the field. He gave to this "Country one of the ablest and .most-' patriotic administrations it e*er enjoyed, and It would be no experiment to again call him to the high office he once so greatly adorned. - » Levi K Morton, the distinguished chief executive of New York, has held other high positions besides the one he now so ably fills, and has always been found equal to every emergency. He is a gentleman of abil­ ity and is distinguished for his Jmniaajity and charity. It eijn be truly said of hiui'tliat his bounty freighted ships for the hungry of other lands and built homes for the'friemb less of his own. - .. v ,i- William B. Allison halls frohrthe heart of the great Mississippi valley, the broadest and richest agricultural expanstf beneath the-sun--true seat of the political and indus­ trial empire of this republic, and the place whereon the race, after a mingling, of all na­ tionalities, Is destined to reach its highest development. A product of the great prai­ ries of the west,' his mind has conformed to his*surr0iindingsi and his statesmanship is as broad as the republic itself. * » Last, but not least, I mention that able and Intellectually shrunk to fit ?the wearer. See him at the front door of the house, armed cap-a-ple, his loyal sword ^nsheathed, and as its bright blade glistens in the sun­ shine he cries: "Bring forth my substitute!" From the grand old Republican common­ wealth of McLean County comes the voice of the substitutes elected by the people: "Grover, 1 can't get away, but I will furnish the company of the Knights of the Golden Circle I drilled in 1S01." In that great victory that is to come let us hot march like a section of Coxey's army nor should we. iinake; our ideal. campaign, the mere division of spoils. Let us remember wlien and how otir party was born. Let us remember that whether our party shall live or die our first platform; was an inspiration for human liberty and will rank with magna cliarta and the declaration of independence.. Let us remember that our first President Will, while history Is written and. mankind reads, Itvfe as a hero and a miytyr ia liberty.. Remember how ottr great leaders In the past kept near principle and:,aeftr the people and Imitate them. ' „ Remember that it Is not so important what 'than of our party shall fill the executive or legislative offices, but it js Important that they should be men who will make laws for the benefit of this fcouutrj aa* not put their 000; insured for $90,000. One hundred hands will be thrown out of employment for several days. At Freeport, George W. Powell blew his brains out at the home of his father. He was home on a visit for the first time iti eight years. Hereafter the Jacksonville military company, kindergarten and classes in calisthenics in the State institution for the blind will be accommodated in the new gymnasium, which was dedicated Thursday afternoon. At Decatur, a telephone wire broke and fell across a trolley wire, causingta heavy- loss to the Citizens' Mutual Telephone Company's plant, burning the outside ca­ ble house, detaching 400 wires and partly ruining as many instruments. Geo. Fisk attended the funeral of An­ drew Werner at Chicago and picked sev-. eral pockets. He was captured and nar­ rowly escaped being mobbed by the audi­ ence. In his pocket was found a list of funerals to occur within the near future. Artificial Cotton from Wood. Artificial cotton, says a Paris jour­ nal, resembles the natural product in this, that both are formed of cellulose, nearly pure; and, as nature has pre­ pared cotton by means of the elements of the air and soil forming the cellulose in fine fibers by means of secret forces and offering it in the state ofi^wool to be transformed into what is retired of it. so the chemist In his laboratory takes the natural cellulose of the tree and separates It from the substances with which it is combined, transform­ ing it into threads by means of suitable appliances. For this purpose flrwood is employed, this being submitted to a series of mechanical and chemical op­ erations. and the threads are drawn out, afterward being rolled on bobbins;'the material when manufactured rwem- Tiles" ordinary cotton, though having a slight defect, which can be easily cor­ rected--that is, it Is a little less solid than natural cotton. On the other hand, however, thfTttew. substance Is worked and woven easily, it can be dyed.at readily as natural cotton, and when parsed through a weak solution of tannin .iud certain other, reagents it will take every shade of artificial color­ ing and can be dressed and printed on just as are the tissues of natural cot- * ton. ~ On a peace footing the German army lias 395.478 infantry, 07.51$ eaValry. 72.- 598 artillery, 02,406 engineer corps, 102,-h GS0 horses, a^d 2,070 guns, against Great Britain s 111,300 infantry, lo.^rci cavalry. IS,360 artillery 5,4f>0 engineers, 20,065 horses, and 696 guns. This doe* not.include the British Iudiau army. A