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Secretary Faircimli has to pay a
heavy premium on the government bonds
that he is buying and the democrats
seem to be very much distressed a' out it
but they are not to blame for it, for if
they could have had their way, the
bond would new be selling at about 40
cents on the dollar.
Si'EAKiNu of the political probabilities
fr the coming campaign it is given us
as a solemn fact that Judge S. M. Chap
man of this judical district bus a congres
sional bee buzzing about him. And then
remembering that he has bten exchang
ing pulpits holding courts in Johnson
and Pawnee counties, just to get the lay
of the land, reminds us that perhaps cur
informant knew whereof he spok
Judje Chapman is a brilliant man and
would ably represent the district. JV&.
City Times. Judge Chapman wc are
autherized to say has no Congressional
bee annoying him and is not an aspirant
for Congressional honors.
Coxgkkvh.max Loxo's decision to retire
from public life will be regretted, not
only in Massachusetts, but throughout the
country. His personal character, ability
and high minded patriotism and his loyal
devotion to party principles and party in
terests have won for him a large degree
of public confidence. The reasons that
urge him to his decision keep many ex
cellent meu who do not happen to be rich
out of public life. Low salaries are a
feature of the American legislative system
which is open to criticism. Governor
Long is mistaken in saying that he can
retire without injuring his party. His
loss will be a serious one. Such men as
he cannot go without leaving behind them
a vacant place not easily to be filled.
N. Y. Tribune.
Walter Q. Gkesham stands for re
publicanism as it was in its earlier and
better days. He is sound on every ques
tion of party doctiine, and is honest,
public spirited and independent. Under
his lead the republicans could make as
enthusiastic and aggressive a campaign
as they made in 18C0 under L'ncoln.
His record is clear, clean and inspiring.
There is nothing in it which calls for
apology or explanation. His candidacy
would harmonize the party. The repub
licans who were repelled by the nominee
of 18S4 would return to the party if
Gresham were nominated. With Gresh
am at the head of the national ticket
and a good man selected for second place
the republicans would sweep the country
more completely and triumphantly than
they have done at any time since 1875.
Glob9 Democrat.
Give us Judge Gresham for our candi
date and we can sweep the country as
never was known since Grant. Walter
Q. Gresham is the Flail's idea of a man.
As a soldier he never quailed before the
bullet of his adversaries, as a member of
the cabinet he was clean, cautious and
consistent, as a judge he 13 incorruptable
and impregnable, and as a president he
would be the noblest of the line. Walter
Q. Gresham could marshall the hosts of
the west into a solid phalanx in his sup
port. Out hear we are weary of the ag
grandisements of corporate greed. We
are sick of railroad aggressions, discrimi
nations and robberies and we want a man
at the head of this government who is
known to sympathize with us. Give us
Gresham for president and let the civil
service of the nation ba manned by men
of his spirit and calibre. North Bend
Flail.
The gold exports from this country
last week, when coupled with the increase
of the rate of the Bank of England, are
of some significance. The rate was raised
a few da's ago to 3 per cent, haying
been 2 per cent for the tight or nine
weeks immediately preceding. The ad
vance was made to check the flow of
gold from Great Britain, which recently
had been unusually large. Over $3,000,
000 of the Bank of England's stock of
gold was lost in the six business days
prior to the increase of the discount rate.
Very little of this was exported to the
United States, however. The merchan
dise balance lias been unfavorable to this
country recently, and the gold movement
outward show that there has been a fall
ing off of purchases of American secuii
ties for foreign account. Small exports
of gold from this country. there
fore, will probably occur in the next few
week.. But with the rapid increase in
the volume of idle money outside of the
treasury, as tJiown by the expansion of
the surplus in the New York banks, the
coti u try can stand without injury all
6uch drains as are likely to occur from
this source. 'Globe Democrat.
EMANCIPATION IN BRAZIL.
The emancipation of the slaves in Bra
zil will constitute one of the highest and
mot enduring of the claims of Peter 11.
to the grateful remembrance of prosperity.
Seventeen years ago an net was passed
by the Brazilian Congress providing for
the gradual emancipation of all the slaved
in the empire. This law was passed be
cause of the urgent appeals of Doia Pedro
to the congress of his country fur tho
freedom of the bondmen. At that time
there were a little over 1,300,000 slaves
in Brazil. Although the law of 1871
seems to have been administered with a
moderate degree of earnestness, it failed
to meet the desires of the Emperor and
the other friends of emancipation. Only
27, 106 .slaves had been freed under its
provisions up to June, 1883. In that
year another and more effective measure
of the same class was passed, which has
been in operation ever since. Recently
a bill has passed both branches of t he
Brazilian Congress which, if approved by
the Emperor, will speedily extinguish
slavery in Brazil. This sanction un
doubtedly will be given.
The fact that emancipation in Brazil is
not the result of hostile pressure on the
part of tho slaves or their friends, or of
uoisy and persistent agitation by cham
pions of freedom, renders it peculiarly
significant and impressive. It is not a
'war measure," as was the freeing of the
blacks in the United States a quarter of
a century ago, nor is it intended to raise
up an element in the State to guard the
monarch against the encroachment of the
aristocratic castes, as was the manumis
sion of the serfs in Russia two years earl
ier. The slaves in Brazil are being freed
for purely moral reasons. Economic
causes may, and doubtless have, some
thing to do in Bringing it about, but
political or governmental considerations
have had no influence in ihe matter.
Emancipation is being decreed because
the Emperor and the law-makers of the
nation are convinced that slavery is a
great moral wrong and opposed to the
teachings and tendencies of the times.
With the final emancipation of the slaves
in Brazil slavery as a legal institution
will become extinct in Christendom.
Globe-Democrat.
2t OR I'll AND SOUTH.
We denounce the Mills bill as an at
tempt to force free trade upon the farms
and manufactories and woi kingmen of
the North while giving protection to the
sugar and cotton planter of the South.
Republican Platform
No measure was ever introduced by
any committee of congress more thoi
oughly sectional in its character than the
Mills bill. While removing the last iota
of protection from the products of north
ern farms, it leaves a burden of $43,000,
000 upon the people of the whole coun
try for the benefit of the sugar planters
of Louisiana, and protects the only other
staple of the south which comes into
competition with the products of .other
lands, the rice crop. The wool, the grain,
the live stock, even the vegetables of the
northern farmer are forced into competi
tion with the world, but the
southern planter is protected. And not
only do northern democrats sanction this
attempted outrage upon their constituents,
but they ask the farmers and mechanics
among them to give their approval to it.
Protection made the north rich while
the south was kept poor by the institu
tion of slavery. The south is now de
liberately planning to stop the progress
of the north until the south can overtake
it. And not merely that, but it is pro
posed to make the north contribute from
the store it has gained. The wages of
our labor mu3t be reduced, so that the
south may buy such things as it does not
produce cheaper while building up its
own industries.
It does not sepm possible that northern
fanners and workingmen will give their
sanction to such a sectional proposition.
Certainly none will who anilyze the bill
and learn its purposes and certain effect.
Republican.
HE IS A 3IO DEL DEMOCRAT.
The frantic efforts of Dan Yoorhees to
extricate himself from the charges
brought against him by Senator Ingalls
haye resulted says the Cleveland Leader
in encompassing the Dossier Bourbon in
a web of falsehood as tight y as unwary
fly was ever caught by wily spider. Yoor
hees has for many years been known to
be an unscrupulous politician, as abso
lutely devoid of principle as any man in
his party, and that is the worst that can
be said of any human being. He took
his br.ck piy after the salary grab act
had been passed and never returned it,
giving as his reason that he had never
before had so large a sum of money at
one time as .3,000, and that he would be
a fool to give it up. When Senator In
ealls charged him with treasonable
speeches during the war and with having
been connected with organizations the
sole object of which was to cripple and
thwart th-j operations of the government
in the war for the Uuion, Yoorhees re
plied by epithets which should cause him
to receive a public reprimand from the
senate. But this agitation of Yoorhees'
record will not stop with the senate.
A letter written in 18G4 by General
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Carrington was published ymtcrday and
it Moves that Dan Yoorhees' law oflice
was a depository for rebel documents, j,,tl t nn-n t of the goverium nt to piocccU
that Yoorhees himself was on terms of promptly with the woik inn s.-nry to
intimate- correspondence with Yallandig- j carry out the law providing for the opt n
huin, and that he was check by jowl with j jng of tho Sioux reservation. Tims fur,
the traitors who were threatening .the j hov.'Vtr, nothing has been done, and in-
Union armies in the rear. These f.icls
and many others have been known for
year, but they never changed the stand
ing of Voorhce. in the democratic party.
He was elected to the lower house of
congress and to the United States senate
by democrats who were thoroughly ac
quainted with his record. Trcmm, sal
ary grubbing, the denunciation of Union ,,,1 mo inciting with some smei ss. t
soldiers and heaping insults upon the : tain of the chief's, als , v. ho are imwill-
nume of Abraham Lincoln were no Idem-
ish upon his character in the eyes of
democrats. On the contrary, they seem
to have been regarded as a merit. Even
after these facts haye all been brought j project, but it is not safe to trust too
anew to the public mind Voorhccs will j much to this. Indian a-suraiHcs are en
return to Indiana, and the lioosier cop- titled to only a limited degree of couli
perheads will turn out to meet hint with ' dence, and to be certain of thun it is
a. brass band, and shower upon him till
the honors due to an honest man, w hich
no oin will pretend Mr. Yoorhees is, al
though lie is a model democrat. Gazette
Journal.
a a rani Top port unit y.
Those desiring to visit the Pacific coast
during the summer will be afforded a
grand opportunity by the Burlington
aud Missouri River railroad. Arrange
ments have been made with this road
whereby all persons desiring to make a
visit to the coast or attend the National
Te ichers' Association tit San Franc isco
can do so for one fare for the round trip.
Tickets will lie on sale at till points from
June 15th to July 14th, inclusive. Thir
ty days will be illcwed to make the round
trip and stops can be made at any point
desired, but not more than :J0 dayi must
be consumed in the trip provided also
that you do not arrive in vSan Frar.cisco
later than July 18. A choice of 10 dif
ferent routes is offered and you can se
lect either route desired at the time of
purchasing your ticket or should you de
sire to select your route after jou get to
San Francisco, you can do so by paying
to the Southern Pacific Co. $10 for
change. Also an extension of time can
be made as long as desired by paying $10
for each thirty days extension. The Na
tional Educational Association will be
held in San Francisco from July 17 to
20, inclusive of both days.
This will be a grand opportunity for
all desiring to attend the association,
giving them such an excellent opportuni
ty to visit the western country and Inc.. the
the health-giving air from tho the snow
clad mountains of that region. The
routes cako one through some of the most
beautiful scenery of the west an 1 those
contemplating a trip of this kind will
not be afforded a better opportunity.
The entire trip can be made for $G2, ex
cept to return through Portland, Oregon,
ur New Orleans, La., in which case 13
dollars extra will be charged for the
Portland route and six extra for New
Orleans, Pullman Sleepers will be car
ried with each train and double births
can be secured at from $:.30 to f A .00
per day, affording ample oppoi tunit ies
for rest during the trip. This will le
the grand time of the season to visit this
part of the country, everything w ill i.e
in the zenith of its beauty and the trip
cannot help but be enjoyed by tdl who
will undertake it.
Oxe of tho bist features about the
Presidential canvass which is just cpcti
iug is the apparent assurance that it will
be prosecuted without the disturbance to
business which has characterized so many
previous campaigns. The Dry Goods
Chronicle, an intelligent trade paper,
says that "all the conditions promise a
fair year's trade"; that "business in all
channels seems to be conducted on a very
conservative basis;'" and that there seems
"no disturbing element likely to prevent
a cheerful aud prosperous business for
the remainder of the year." The Chron
icle attributes thi in part to the fact that
the more intelligent the people become
the less they are influenced by politics,
or the less a presidential year is felt to
be an off one, hnd it says that the
chicanery and trickery of politicians,
their hidden ways and dark means of ex
citing or disturbing the business interests
of the country, are now pretty well un
derstood, and are no longer very potent
for ill. This is undoubtedly true as far
as it goes, but there is another considera
tion which enters into the case this year
for the first time since the war there will
be a campaigu in which the "scare" ar
gument plays no part the argument,
that is, that the country might be ruined
if there Mere a change of administration.
This arg'unent has been very potent in
the past, and has exerted a baleful influ
ence upon business in a presidential year,
since many presumably intelligent men
feared that the success of the democrats
might cause a financial convulsion. But
the democrats succeeded four years ago,
and with business more prosperous now
than it was then, it is doubtful if any
body will haye the impudence to present
the "scare" argument, aud if anybody
should be foolish enough to do so, it
will produce no effect upon' business
men. N. Y. Post.
UNNFJ 'E.iMAR V J 12 LA Y. .
It was the duty of tho iweeutivo dn-
formation from the n scrvalion is to the
effect that the fullest advantage is being
taken of the delay by those who me op
iw.seil to the ce.-sieli. The white men
i who are interested in Laving Hie r.M-rva-
lion remain us it is arc repotted to be
! very busy sowing among th.j Imli.un the
' seeds of di.ssentioti and dissatisfaction.
' iug to surrender a part of their doinun,
are working hard to strengthen the op
position. The most influential men among
the Sioux are understood to approve the
well to have them in sneh form that they
cannot be affected by it subsequent changy
of mind.
A great many people are anxiously
awaiting the time when the reserva'ion
will be declared opened. It is highly
probable that within a year after this is
done every acre subject to white settle
ment will be taken up. The extension
of railroads through the reservation is
also contemplate I and w ill doubtles's be
begun as soon as it is assured that this
territory will be opened. It ought to be
the policy of the government to reach
this result with the least possible delay,
ami as the work to be don j is compara
tively simple its postponement is un
necessary and unwise. I In:
The d ivernment credit was always
good until the war came on. Speaker
Carlisle.
The statement is not true. A loan w as
authorized about the middle of the year
lNiJO, asking for 1,000,000, at interest
not exceeding six per cent. Less than
half of it was obtained at the figures in
dicated. So low had the credit of the
Government fallen that, to secure tho
other half of tin; loan, interest ranging
from i to 1! per cent had to be given,
the average being about 11 per cent.
Even at these rates there was such dif
ficulty experienced in getting this small
amount of money that Secretary of the
Treasury suggested to Congress that the;
States be asked, as surity for the repay
ment of such money jis the government
might I'm. I necessary to borrow, to pledge
the deposts receivd by tlcnt from the
Government in 1H'W, under Ihe ict for
the distribution of the surplus. This
loan, it ma' be well to state, was not to
meet the expense's of the war, but was
levied to pay the ordinary expenditures
of Government in a period of profound
pence. In the period referred to Mr.
Carlisle's; own party was in control e)f
the executive department ol the Govern
ment. James Uuean.-.n being president of
tho United States. Globe-Democrat.
"The Omaha .Ve wants 123,000
spent in improving the Missouri within
the corporate limits of three or four Iow a
and Nebraska town--, and is inclined to
abuse tin,' president because it fears hfi
will veto the bill. The lUc is - the same
old hog. No robbery is ; big fed- its
endorsement if OmiJia gc ts a part of the
swag. There is no eh cent reason why
the people of the country should sweat
taxes into the treasury for the improve
ment of city property." Lin'-hhb D tu
')') d. And will the D iwn rat inform
an anxious public why it always kicks
w hen an public inwney is expended that
does not directlv benefit Lincoln?.
The fact should not ba overlooked
that there are many republicans in thos
country who would like to see Mr. Blaine
in the White House, and yet are in favor
of the nomination f some other man.
This looks anomalous, but in fact it sim
ply implies that the voters in question
prefer a candidate who can be elected to
one who is not an Eli. Globe-Democrat
President O.kvei.axjj put his foot on
several pensiom r's heads last week anel
in some of his veto messages waxed warm
anel wrathy. Even going so far as to
denounce some of the pension bills as
frauds from beginning to end. People
who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones'.
Coxghess should pass a law regulating
the immegratiou to this country. One
day last week 8,000 landed at Castle
Garden. This is at the rate ef 2,020,000
a year. Of course this rate will not b
kept up for a year, but it shows that it
ought to be looked into.
Mu. Haxxa, our democratic minister
to the Argentine Republic, is mnking
himself very conspicuous as an example
of over-indulgence in alcoholic fluids.
He evidently thinks it is the duty of a
foreign minister to let the boys lfll him
up and have lots of fun with" him.
The Democrat National Convention
meets in St. Louis just two weeks from
today and the Republican Convention
four weeks from today in Chicago.
Considerable history will be made with
in tlie next thirty day?.
Steamers arriving from Eu:ope re
port the Atlantic Ocean full of icebergs
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