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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1892)
'a? Wws--BirtrT tIFIR &VQT TffKK&3 0m,i, i M.ii-MsBasar,!.; gn ..!! .m .,ai,..fl.wfN.M.wf'i'jww'iw g- FammmmmrmiBmmmmmmi rw Mgy,grgWTiaPrmWjreTOmrgr3r WIHWIW. " vr.wfis w'- murt MiyM:.'itfyow-iy ti X ? r$ ? Vi' OBSERVATIONS ABROAD. JDr. Tclmogo Tollo of Russia Groat Britain. and Distributing Wlieut to Ittusln's Stnrvlnr; l'cuKitiitrr-lntcrciittiii; IHseoursa on Ills Tour r (IreiU llrlUIn Wllltt llo BW. Rev. T. DeWitt Tnlmujrc In a recent discourse at Hrooklyn tool: for Ids sub ject "Observations in Russia nnd Grout Hritnin," tho text being: Psalm crxxlx. D: "If I take tho wings of the morning and dwell In tho uttermost parts of tho sen, oven tliero shall Thy hand load me." Dr. Tnlmago saltl: What an absurd book tho lllblo must bo to a man who has no poetry In his bouI. "Wings of tho morning!" What kind of a bird is it, nnd how long aro its wings and of what color? Ah, some of us hnvo scon and folt Its wings. They arogolilcn. They aro buoyant They .nro swift. They aro widespread. Tho 15th of last Juno I took "tho wings of tho morning" and started for Europe. Juno 20, on "tho wings of tho morning" I started from Liverpool; July 12, on "tho wings of tho morn ing" I entered Germany, tho land of Martin Luther nnd many of that ill:, living and dead. On "tho wings of tho morning" I entered Moscow. On "tho wings of tho morning" I entered tho palaces of Russia, greeted by tho em peror nnd empress, surrounded by a lovely brood of princes and princesses. On "tho wings of tho morning" I en torcd Inverness, tho capltulof the Scot tish lllghlnnds, country of Robert Hums and Thomas Chalmurs, tho ono for poetry, the other for religion. Sep tember 21, on "tho wings of tho morn ing," 1 entered tho llnest haven of all tho earth, New York harbor, and looked off toward the most Interesting place I had seen in three months I South Oxford street, Hrooklyn. O, I HJcu "tho wings of tho morning." I nm, by nature nnd by grace, a son of tho morning. I think 1 must hnvo been born In tho morning. I would like to die in the morning. I have a notion that Heaven is only un everlasting morning. In the summer of 1802, my text was fulfilled to mo again and again. "If I take the wings of tho morning and dwell In the uttermost parts of tho sea even there shall Thy hand lead me." You nil know why I went to Russia this summer. There nro many thou sands of peoplo who have a right to say to me, ns w:is said In tho Hlblo par able: "Glvo account of tliv steward ship." Tho Christian liernld for mouths had put before the people tho ghastly facts concerning 20,00'),000 Uus binns who were starving to death, and subscriptions to the relief fund had coma by letters that seemed not bo much written with ink as with tears, Bomo of the letters practically saying: "We find it hard to get bread for our own families, but we cannot withstand this cry of, hunger from beyond tho seas, nnd so please to receive tjio In closed." We had gatliorcd 555,000 In money, which wo turned into 8,000,000 pounds of flour. Now, wo know nothing about famine in America. Tho grasshoppers may kill tho crops in Kadsas, tho freshets may destroy tho crops along tho Ohio, the potato worm may kill tho vinos of Long Island, tho rust may get into the wheat of Michigan, yet when there has been dreadful scarcity In some parts of tho land there has been plenty in other parts. Hut in districts of Russia, vast enough to drop several nations into them, drought for six eonsccutlvo years has devastated and those districts were previously tho most productive of all tho empire. It was like what wo would have in America if the hunger fiend somehow got out of hull nnd alighted in our lnnd and swept his wing over Minnesota and said: "Lot nothing grow here," nnd over Missouri and said: "Lot nothing grow here, "nnd over Now York and said: "Let nothing grow here," nnd over Ohio and Georgia and Massachusetts nnd Pennsylvania nnd Nebraska and Dakota and thcCarollnas and said: "Let nothing grow here," and tho hunger fiend hud swept the same withering and blasting wing over tho best parts of America in tho years 1887, 1888, 18S9, lfcOO, 1801, and 1802 and finally all our families wcro put on Binall nllovnnec3 nnd wo all had risen from tho tablo hungry, and uf tor awhile tho chlldron bad only half enough nnd after awhllo only ono meal a day and after awhile no good food at all, but a mlxturo of wheat nnd chaff and bark of trees, nnd then three of the children down with hunger typhus and then all tho family uuablo to walk and then crawling on hands und knees and thon ono dead In ench room and neigh bors, not qulto so exhausted, coming In to bury them, nnd afterward tho house becoming tho tojnb, wJiS none to carry" tho dead to moro appropriate sepulchro wholo families blotted out That was what occurred In Russia In homes more than wore ever counted, in homes that wcro onco as comfortable nnd beautiful and bountiful ns yours or mine, In homes as virtuous as yours or mine, in homes where God is worshiped ns much as in yours or mine. It was to do a Httlo something toward beating back that Archangel of wretchedness and horror that we went, and wo have now to report that, nccordlng to tho esti mate of tho Russian famine rolief com mittee, we saved tho lives of 125,000 people. As at tho hunger r.cllef sta tions, tho bread was handed out for It was made into loaves and distributed many people would halt before tak ing It and religiously cross themselves and utter a prayer for tho donors. Some of them would como staggering back, and Bay: "Please toll us who sent this bread to us." And when told it came from America, they, would say: "What part of America? Pleaso give us tho names of thoso who sent it" Ah, God only, knows tho names of those who Bent It, but he certainly does know, and many u prayer is going up, I war runt you, day by day for those who sent flour by the bhip Lea Perhaps some of us at our tubles rattlo off a prayer , that way meun nothing, although wo ' call it "Saying Grace," but I warrant when- thosopcople who received tho 'bread which saved their lives "sold grace," It meant something. Our re ligion may not demand thutvo "cross ourselves," but I hare learned that while crossing one's solf In some cases may mean nothing but mere form, I bellevo In most cases It means: "O, thou of tho suffering crow of calvary, have mercy on mo nnd accept my grati tude," Prefer your own form of religion by nil means, but do not depreciate tho religious form of others. From all I can learn there wero several good people beforo wo were born, nnd I rather ex pect there will be several left after wo nro dead. 1 have traveled in many lands but I tell you plainly as I told Kmpccnr Alexander III, in the palace at Peter holt that I had never been so Impressed with tho fidelity to their religion of any peoplo as by what I had seen in Russia, and especially among her public men. I said respectfully ton Russian, when I saw him cross himself: "What do you do that for?" "O," ho said, "when I do that I nlways say: 'God hnvo mercy on inol' " I hold in my hand something very suggestive. What does that blck and uncomely thing look like? That Is whnt is called hunger bread from Rus sia; that is what millions of pooplo lived on for months beforn help, camo from England, Scotland, Ireland and America; that is a mixture which seems to huve in it not one grain of susten ance. It Is n mixture of pig weed nnd chaff and tho sweepings of stables. That Is something which, if dropped in tho street, your dog or cat might sniff at, but would not eat That was tho only food on which millions of men and women lived. You must look at that hunger br id of Russia beforo you can get proper appreciation of what an attractive and beautiful thing a good loaf of bread Is. It is so common to us wo ennnot reallzo Its meaning. Why does not some poet sing n canto on a loaf of bread, or some modern Raphael paint it, or some historian tell its history? Not like many articles of food, pretentious, and Iced nil over like wedding cake, or dotted with fantastic ingredients, but that grandest product of the earth, that richest yield of the flour mill, that bust benediction of n hot oven, a God-given loaf of bread, ltut the rhythm of it, the luxury of It, the meaning of It, the benediction of it, tho divine mercy of it only those know who have seen n famine. No wonder Christ put this food into tho sacrament nnd said of n broken loaf of bread; "This is my body." Thank God that I ever saw that transcendent nnd com pact klnkness of tho in finite .God a loaf of bread. Anil it was our joy this summer to hand over u bhip load of ma terial for gladdening many thousands of Russians witli such a beatitude. Hut I havo been nslted by good peo plo in Great Britain and America again and ngaln, why did not the prosperous people of Russia stop that suffering themselves, making It useless for other nations to help? And I am always glad when I hear tho question asked, be cause It gives me nn opportunity to ex plain. Havo you any idea what it re quires to feed 20,000,000 people? There Is only one Hclng in tho universe that can do it, and that Is tho ftclng who, this morning, breakfasted 1,000.000,000 of tho human race. Tho nobility of Russlu have not only contributed most lavishly, but many of thorn went down and staid for months amid tho ghastli ness and tho horror and tho, typhus fever and tho binall pox, that they might administer to the suffering. I sat at the dining tablo in tho house of one of our American representatives be side a baroness, who -had not only Im poverished her estates ,by her contribu tions to tho suffering, but who loft her own homo and went down iuto the worst of the misery, and until pros trated with fever, then reviving, and tolling on until prostrated with tho smallpox. Sho had come home to get a little strength, and in a few. days she was going down again lo tho suffering districts, and sho commissioned mp to execute In America a literary enterprise by which she expects with hor pen moro money, nil of which is to go for bread to those who lack it Then there nro tho Hobrinskoys. They ore of tho uobllltyJrnot only tho nobility of earth but the1 nobility of Heaven. You know wo hnvo in Amori ca certain names which aro synonyms for bonevolcnce George Poabody, James Lenox, William E. Dodge, Mr. Slater and bo on. What their names mean in America Bobrimjkl means In Russia. Tho emperor naimado larger contributions toward this relief fund than any monarch ever mode for nny cause slnco tho world stood ennd tho su perb kindness written all over tho faces of emperor Und 'empress nnd crown prince is demonstrated In what they have nlready done arid nro doing for the sufforors in their own country. When a fow days ugo I read in tho pa pers that tho emperor and empress, hearing nn explosion, stopped tho ro3'al rail train to find out what accident had ofcurrod and tho empress knelt down by tho Bide of a wounded lubiro.- and held his head until pillrJwn and blankets could bo brought and tho two wounded men wero put upon tho royal train to bo carried to a place' where thoy could bo better cared for, I Baid to my wlfo: "Just lilto her." When I sawn few days ago In the papers that tho emperor and empress had walked through tho wards of tho most virulent cholera, talking with the patients, shaking hands with thom nnd cheering -them up, it was no surprise to mo; for I said to myself: "That ia just like thom." Any ono wb,o has ever seen tho roynl family will be llevo anything in tho way of kindness ascribed to thom, and will join me in oxccratlon of that too prevalent opinion that a tyrant is on tho throne of Rus sia. If God spares my life, I will yet show by facts beyond dispute that tho most slandered and systematically lied about nation on earth is Russia, and that no ruler ever lived more for tho elevation of his people in education nnd morals nnd religion than Alexander, tho third God savo the president of the United States! God save tho queen of England! God savo the emperor and empress of Russia! I will, whether in scrmona or lectures, I havo not yet de cided, show that nlnoteen-tweutloths of all tho things written and published against Russia are furnished by men who have been hired by other countries) to "wrlto up," or rather writo down Russia, bo as to divert commerce from that empire or because of International jealousies. Yet, I mint tell you of a picture of pathos and moral power impressed upon my mind so that neither time nor eternity can efface It Tho nhlp Leo swung to the docks n few miles below St. Petersburg, loaded with Hour from America. The sailors on board huzzaed ns they camo to the wharf. From yacht on which we had descended tho river to tho sen, tho prominent citizens of St Petersburg dlsemb.irked. Tho bank was crowded by prosperous citi zens, who stood on the wharf, nnd back of them by poor laborers who had como down to offer their services free of nil charge for tho removal of tho bread stuffs from tho ship to tho Imperial freight train that took tho flour to tho interior free of charge. Whllo wa Rtood there the long freight train rum bled down to the docks, tho locomotive nnd each car decorated witli a flag the American flag und tho Russian flag al ternating. Though a flag to some eyes Is only u floating rag, you ought to seo how tho American flag looks 5,000 miles uwny from home. It looked that dny llko n section of Hcnven let down to cheer mortnl vision. Addresses of wel come nnd responses were made, nnd then the work began, the only contest belnir who should lift the hardest and bo tho most expeditious. From ship to rail train, from rail train U kneading itoard, from Unending board to oven, from oven to the white nnd quivering lips of tho dying. Up . nil who, whether by contribution small or large, helped make that Hceno possible, may tliero come tho benediction of Him who declared: "I wns hungry and ye fed inc." Hut I must also glvo a word of report concerning my other errand tho preaching of tho gospel In Great Britain last summer. It was a tour I had for many years anticipated. With tho themes of tho gospel I confronted more people than ever beforo In tho same length of time multitudes after multi tudes, and beyond uuythiug I can de scribe. Tho throngs in nil tho cities wero so grent that thoy could bo con trolled, only by platoons of polico, no that none should be hurt by tho pres sure, each Bcrvlco Indoors followed by a service for tho waiting throngs out doors, and both by hand shakings to tho lust point of physical endurance. From tho day In which I arrived nt noon In Liverpool, und that night ad dressing two vast assemblages, until I got through qs' evnngcllo journey it wns a scene of blessing to my own soul and I hope to others. At nil tho assem blages largo collections were taken, the money being given to local charities, feeble churches, orphan asylums or Young Men's Christian ussociatlou. It seems to mo that tho gospel is mak ing mighty strides over there. .Only one thing I saw in the chapels nnd churches I did not like. That Is a lack of appreciation of each other, ns bo tween the Nuttonal church nnd tho Dis senters. Now, each is doing a grent work that the other cannot da God speed them all, they of tho Episcopacy and they of the Dissenters! Some need the ritual of the National church and others tho spontaneity of tho Wesloynn. In tho kingdom of God there Is room for all to work and each In his own way. Somo people nro born Episcopalians and others Methodists und others Baptists and other Presbyterians, and do not let us force our notions on others. As for myself, 1 wns born so near tho lino thnt i feel as much at home In one de nomination as another, and when In tho Episcopal church tho liturgy stirs my soul to that I cannot keep back the tears and it overwhelms me with its solemnity nnd its power. When in an old fash ioned Methodist church tho responses of "Amen!" nnd "Hallelujah!" lift me until lllce Paul, I nm in blessed bewUdcr ment ns to "whether in tho body cr out of tho body God knowoth." And us for tho Baptists, though I hnvo never been anything but sprinkled, I havo im mersed liundrcds nnd expect to lmincrso hundreds moro in the bilptlstry under this pulpit where I now stand. What is the use of controversy about nny thiug, except how we shall keep close to tho cross and do the most for hoi ping peoplo for this world nnd the next? May there come in England moro cordiality between tho National church and tho Dissenters. If the pessimists would get out of tho way tho peoplo who snivel und groan, and think everything has gone to tho dogs or Is about to go, I say if theso pessimists would only get out of the way the world would soon seo tho sal vation of God. Christianity is only an other name for elevuted optimism. Was Isaiah nu optimist? See his deserts in carnadined with red roses, and snowed under with white lilies. Was St, John nn optimist? Read tho uplifting splen dors in the Apocalypse nnd the Halle lujah chorus with which tho old book, which they cannot kill, closes. Tho greatest thing I can think of would 1q to havo a triple alliance of America, England and Russia in complete har monization, and then to havo upon nil of tho u como a deluge of the Holy Giost. Let tho defamation of other nations cease. Peace and good will to men. For that glorious consummation, which may be nearer than wo thlnlc lot us pray, remembering that God can do more in five minutes than u man can do in five centuries. If the consumma tion is not effected In our day, I shall ask tho privilege of coming .out from Heaven n little while to look at this old world when It shall havo put on its mil lennial beauty. I think God will let us come out to sco it nt least onco in its perfected state beforo it is burned up. I should not won der if all Heaven would adjourn for an excursion to this world lo see how a shipwrecked planet was got off the breakers and set afloat ngain amid the eternal harmonies. Meanwhile let us do all wo can to make it better, mid It will somehow tell in tho final result, though it bo only a child bob hushed, or u trickling tear wiped from a pale face, or a thorn extracted from n tired foot, or a sinful soul wubhed whit as the wool. May God help us to hln ociicrfl! And so theso lcisons of grati tude and hympnthy and helpfulness und vindication 1 have brought you on tat wluga of this morning, THE DEADLY PARALLEL. What tlic Itrpulillonn Atmloltrtlon Un Done for American runner. AiccentlypublMiotl leaflet prescuts in "deadly parullol" what has been done during the present lopublieun nil ministration for the American fanner, and what wns not, and wliut wns pro posed to be done during Mr. Cleveland's administration. Wo will make u few quotations: WHAT TttK I'HPSRMpYIIAT Tilt! MIMA IIIM. TMiurr h luiNr IMIOI'OHXU io no -ou mil TDK rAIIMKIt. 1. It Inn i-moil to tlit American fiirmor it TUP. rAHMKII. I. It iinnxiM'il n ilulv or io per ceni. on nar loy.KH ivt.'atti'.l IWocnls liotno innrket tiir his Vixrloy, worth over I.V IWU.UuO yearly. a huxliel lunlcr Hie preic etil mill; thu deprlv- ini; mo Mi mer of a liomn marlcol worth tr,two,t) year iv 2. It llftft mV-sl to tl.r American furmnr u j. ii proposcu a uuiy on lfiif toliaccti from homo market tor Ills tobucoo, worth 17,000,000 tl.sv m U7.1 lr. than under tho present larllt, IlitiH itoprlvlnp the farmer of n homo mar. hot worth f7,0uu,OK) yearly. H. It proponed n duty of Ifieentaper.huahelon jenny. S. It has paved to the Amorlnm farmer n I'umo market tor hi poi.uoo. iv fern ie than under the present tariff, thin drprlvlnif isiitiliK'.s niuoimtlng to li,nu,wuycuriy. tno farmer of n liomn marl ei worth ll.WO.WO yearly. 4. It proposed to keep 4. It has navril to tho Ainer icnn txnillry xu epKH on tho fn-o Hat, rr n homo marluil for mus unprivinst inn poul try rafter of a liomn markot worth ll,T0O,(U) yearly. hlii ritRs, nmonnltnq to i i,.w,uw yearly. f. It lias navrd to thai d. it proposcu (nines American fruit erowor.on prunes, nutH, rnltlnn u homo market for his and other fruits 60 pr a. r mlslns. bin crimps, cent, lower than under nuts, nnd cither fruits, v.orthJo1'30,0(O tiycnr. tho nrcannl tnrln. thus deiirlrlnc the fruit raiser of homo market worth !.vk.W yeurly. rt. It woriosed to in- A. It has tared tho American vrool growor Hurejho tutor .ruin of from utter rum ly pro' tciUlnir him from n (lis tho , Amor I can wool urotrcf hr exposing him to the (llHaatrnun com. I til Ion u( f cent wool under n free, wool tariff, which would havo cauitcu a depreciation ustrou compel 1 1 1 n a Willi forelun K-i'vnl wool, ktcpimt tho price in Aincrionn wool ui un iwersco of !).& rents per pound liy comparison in tho nteraRo price of American wool of 1(18 vMin nn nvcroge or n. , (rnlu ht pound, ns Miuuu by quotations of ulinl'.ur grades nt cor. n;iiiondln(r dates In cm la per pound, nn rhown by a comparison of price In London and l'lillatle nh a of 8 mllnr I'liiiaUuiphia nnd i.on dm grade of wool nt ror rcHpomunRunics. (i-rco wool was adopted by tho democratic honao In tho Klftvaccondcon UlfTorrnco In favor ot tho prou'cted American wool Rrowcr, lft.8 cents per pounu. crcas.1 ill addition to theso direct benefits from tho present tariff the farmer has been profited by tho reciprocity agree ments thnt havo been nindo with foreign countries, and by tho vigorous enforcement of the retaliatory clauses of the McKlnley bill, which has led to the repeal of the prohibition thnt hud been, enforced for years ngulnst American pork in (icrmnny, France, Italy, .Spain, Austria uud Denmark. Thus our exports of bacon, hums und lard havo been Increased to the ox tont of $10,000,000. Partly by reason of reciprocity agree ments, partly by reason of a vigorous foreign policy, partly by reusou of the action of the department of agricul ture, in refuting tho false accusations concerning contagious diseases among American cuttle, our exports of live cattle huve increased to tho extent of 10,000,000, and our exports of beef products to the extent of (12,000,000. Our exports of cotton seed have In creased by the value of l'J,r,00,000, our exports of fruits to the extent of 91, Ml 0,000, our exports of flour to the ex tent of 528,000,000, our exports of wheat to the extent of Slir,,000,O00, our ex ports of corn to tho extent of 87,000, 000, nnd tho total value of all agricul tural exports to tho vuluu of $275,000, 000. Is there any good reason why tho farmers should vote for the retirement of an administration under which they have received bo many benefits? Chi cago Inter Ocean. FREE TRADE FALLACIES. Democrats Trjlne to Dupn tho American I'eoplo. A free trado leaflet is being circulated in some parts of tho country among voters, which Is a tine Illustration of ono of the fallacious arguments of the democratic leaders, intonded to dupo the American people. It states thnt the annual consumption of tin plate in the united States is about 078,000,000 pounds, which, if imported from Great liritnin, will pay duties umountlng to $14,010,000. The plea Is that tho elec tion of a democratic president and congress will repeal this duty and gave" that much to tho people. If no tin plate to amount to anything is made in this country, as-tho free traders claim, then tno duty on tin plate is simply n revenue duty. Tho Chicago platform demands a tnrlil for rcvenuo only." und Mr. Cleve land's letter of acceptance declares for a "larin for revenue." It is necessary to raise about 5--0,-000,000 by duties on imports, lo meet the cxpeuscs of tho national govern ment, besides what comes from in ternal revenue taxation. Every Intel liguut man knows and admits this, bo hu iluiriocrui or republican. The republican platform proposes to raise this re veil uu by duties lovied, as they uro now, on imported articles of the same kind as we can raise or inuko in tho United States allowing thoso tilings of which wo cannot raise or make cuoiigh for our needs (oxcept lux uries) to come in free. Tho democratic party reverses this, nnd promises to raise tills sum by du ties on things of which we cannot muke or raise enough for our needs, and allowing imported articles of tho kinds wo do raise or make to como lu free. As the latter compose about half our imports, tho democrats, if thoy carry out their programme, will havo to put heavy duties on those Imports which aro largest lu volume, They will have to rclmpose a duty on sugar, which was removed by tho now tariff law because the duty on augur is not protective, but a, revenue duty, as Is every duty on articles of winch we do not produco enough to supply our wants. Thoy will have to put a duty on tea and coUec, which have been on the free lihtbinuo 1872, when tho war duty on thohu articles wus removed. - Thoy will have to tax tin plutc, be cause that Is n revenue duty at pres ent; und thoy will have to put duties on foreign fruits, spices, and n thou sand things now on tho free list. Tho duties collected under tho pres ent tariff law aro not groutcr than tho actual needs of tho government. Tho . governmental expenses cannot bo re duced (unless tho democrats repeal the pension laws), uud this 8220,000,000 must bo raised by duties on Imports. The question then Is, shall wo leave he duties where they now are on competing products and let American compuiHliiii keep prices down, or put them on non-competing products, and glvo ourselves over to the tender liter- eles of . for cjgn Qn .iroduecrsSLToledo niude. A BID FOR VOTES. ClfvrUnri'a Com lllatorr Overture to k, A. It. Veteran-. Mankind, mndc wise bv tho cxnerl ence of nges, always judges a man by what ho hns done, rather than by what ho says. With the rugged fact of Cleve land's hundreds of pension vetoes while president, accompanied by venomous veto messages stigmatizing tho Intended bencllclnrles of tho bills ns unworthy, the vx-soldlcra of tho I'nltod Stntcs tiro not Inclined to put much fnlth In the platitudes he has set down In that por tion of ids letter of acceptance which deals with tho subject of pensions, es pecially us u careful reading will show that In every Important statement ho makes he hns been careful to insurt some qualifying or limiting words. Tints he bays that "all patriotic and just cltl-cns must commend liberal consideration for our worthy veteran soldiers." Tho word "worthy" hero limits, and leaves the uuuvoldnblo In ference that ho considers there are "unworthy" veterans, lie says that "no complaint" should be made about what Is paid "to those actually disabled or made dependent by tinny service." Hero the limiting word "actually" eon lines the stutcmont to thoso injured whllo In service. Thnt Is the plain English of IL When he says thnt tho pension roll "Hhoittd bo a roll of honor, uticoiituminated by 111 desert," the plain inference Is thnt the present pen sion roll is "contaminated" by bearing the names of thnsc who do not deserve pensions. And hi his closing hcntenco on this Mibjoct, bpcuking of the em ployment of soldiers In tlio public serv ice, he used the limiting words "capable nnd worthy," as though there wero ex soldiers lu government positions who aro not "cnpablo and worthy." It will thus be scon thnt the flitter ing generalities of his deliverance upon ' pensions ure so hedged by limitations us to bo applicable to a very small portion of the old soldiers, if pensions tire to bo eonlincd to only thosn who wero disabled in active service, then no dependent pensions can bo given. And it is n gratuitous insult to Insinu ate that tho country is full of "un worthy" veterans. Tho patriotic peo plo of tills country aro not In the hnblt drawing this discrimination when they refer to tho old soldiers. Unworthy ones there may be, but they are so fow that it is neither kind nor just to draw an unnecessary lino with so much painstaking en re. It Is of a piece with borne of his ill-tcinporcd scolding veto uiessugos. Toledo lllnde. POLITICAL DRIFT. HtClurelnnd says he hns not changed thooplnlons that he entertained in 1893. Hence "tliero is no reason why the peoplo should reverse the verdict which they hnvo rendered in his case.-1-St. Louis (llobc-I)cmocrat. E3TIIou. Wayne MnoVeiigh, who has been playing around the democrat ic buck door In the shade for some yenrs, has now attracted a little atten tion by going around to the front und taking u r.enton the porch, Philadel phia Press. Z3T'rho nppcal for funds by tho demo cratic national committee has not been wholly in vain. Mr. Cleveland has sent In his cheek for ton thousand dollars. It will Lu romeinborcd Hint ho con tributed a similar amount toward his defeat in 1838. Troy Times. tSTThcro is bald to bo a lack of mouey in tho democratic committee nt New York. A democratic campaign of education without tho cfllelent service f it barrel Is n novelty uud will not win over many converts. The dollar is tho only efTectlvo nrgument the demo crats have left. Omaha lice. ISTThe democratic millionaires wo beggiug five-cent contributions from democratic voters instead of putting their bunds Into their own pockcta for funds. Cleveland might contribute that one hundred thousand dollars ho mado out of his red top real cstuto speculation at Washington City. Tole do lllnde. ft"Tlie supreme court bus declared the McKlnley law constitutional. Tho decision ot the highest court In the lnnd, however, Is of no moro impor tance to the free traders than the pro tectionist views of Thomas .lefTersou, James Madison, Andrew lnckson und the other fathers of democracy. Al bany Journal. CSyTho democrats uro In error who supposu the hostility of tho ex-soldiers to Clovolaud Is duo to the fact thnt hu stayed at home during tho war. They hutu him because hu accompanied his vetoes of pensions by messages which not only insulted the applicant, but in sulted every other old soldier. IIcuc the soldiers are against him, and will work nnd vote to defeat him. St. Louis (ilobo-Dotnocrut, tSF'T'ho democratic party professes to be tho cuomy of all trusts, yet Mr. Whitney, tho representative of the Standard oil monopoly, the greatest trust in the country, sends ten thou sand dollars to tho democratic national, committee. Mr. Whitney as a good dcmocrutdoubtlcss understands the full measure of tho democracy's real hos ttlity to such combinations. He know that It is hypocritical in this as in most other things. Troy Times. tSfWnync MitoVeagh has been a stul tifying mugwump for ut least eight years, but tho democratic bosses art now trying to revive the drooping spirits ot their deluued and dejected follower by bhoutln& that "Wayn MucVcHgh Is going to vote for Cleve land!" Ho voted tor Cleveland In 18S3 and lu 1894. He left tho republican party two years betoro lilunder Holes did, und yet he is now claimed ita a new convert to dnmocrncy! Why cot wtirm up (lov. Holes ilgiiln. ns a now I couvert?-Iowa State Ucgistcr. 'The Amount of Now I.anil to lie Thrown Open Through thn Comvielt, KlnwM mill ApHohf TiikliiR Allotments. Anadaiiko, Ok., Oct, 22. Attcr four tv.'nh iif eimnell thn niinrdttntt itinmti Mon yesterday finished its negotla '' tlon" with the Comanche, Kiowa and Apncha tribes nnd effected nu agree ment. The negotiation begun nt Kort Sill the 20th of lust month, ut which time n proposition on tho part qt the government wns submitted to tho Indians. Tho proposition provided that' theso Indians should tnlco allotments of 100 acres eneli nnd relinquish the resi due of tho reservation to tho govern ment to bo attached to Oklahoma and opened to white mttleinent. For this surrender and relinquishment the In dian's shall receive 2,000,000. Of this sum (200,000 will be paid in cash within 120 days nfter the ratifica tion of tho agreement, 1200,000 within ono yenr and (100,000 within two years. Tho remaining" 11,(100,000 will be loft In tho treasury and bear Interest nt tho rate of r per cent pnynblo nnnually. Minor paragraphs ot tho ngrccmeut rovlde that existing treaties are not to bo disturbed, legally executed leases shall not bo Interfered with un til limit expires, eustomary school sec tions nnd land occupied und used for religious pttrpotcH to lie reserved, nnd tidopted members of tho tribe are to re ceive lands. Tho proposition was ac cepted on the 7th and since thut time the commission has been engaged ia securing sufllclent signatures to make It effective. Tho trcnty of 1808 entered Into on Mcdlclno Lodge creek provides that no agreement for tho relinquishments of lauds shall bo valid unlesH signed by three-quarters of tho male ndults liv ing upon tho reservation. Tho three tribes number about 2,800 peoplo nnd nbout 575 bucks over 21 years of age. Yesterday tho requisite threo-qitnrtors were secured. The agreement will be come effective when ratified by con gress. Of these threo tribes the Co mnuches aro the most advanced in civ ilization and wero tho first to accept tho proposition. These wero followed by thu Apnehee. A largo number of KtowiiH banded together to oppose 1U ncccptnuco and endenvored to Intimi date those Inclined to sign. The threo head chiefs, however, attached their names. Tho reservation lies between the Washita uud Red rivers In thu south western corner of tho Indian territory nnd embraces nearly n,000,000 acres. It is by far the best hind yet negotiated for in thu Indian territory. It Is well watered und fertile und will develop into magnificent eorn nnd cot ton laud. This Is the tenth ngrccmeut entered into by the Cherokee commission slnco May, 1800, from which a total of almost 20,000,000 ncrcs of land have been reclaimed from Indian occupation. Ten thousand flvo hundred Indians will havo been placed upon allotments and trill cease to draw rations fromvtho government. Klvo of theso agreements have. boon ratlflod by congress and thu reservations have been opened to settlement. These are the Iowa, Sao and Vox, .Pottawatomie, Shawnee, and Cheyenne and Arap ahoe reservations. Four havo been re ported to congress for legislative ac tionthe Klckapoo, Wichita, Tonknwa nnd Cherokee, outlet. Of the first threo there Is no time limit, but tor that of thu Cherokee outlet it is provided there in that unless ratlflod by congrcas by March 4, 1893, the agreement shall be void. Thoso interested In tho opening of this domain would do well to note this feature of It Thu commission will proceed to tho Pawnoo agency on the outlet to negotiate with that tribe. STARTLING SUICIDE. Tragic Occurrenoouttt Menus of Fettlvlt In Vienna. Condon, Oct 22. Tho Vienna corre spondent of thu News reports a traglo occurrence in that city, bringing a scene of festivity to an abrupt and startling conclusion. Whllo tho 20-ycar-old son of Pater Ilcnecio was play ing on u violin at a party' which hud been given to celebrate his success at some examinations which ho has just pnsscd in a creditable manner, he suddenly threw down tho Instrument and beforo unyof tho guests could divine his inten THREE MILLION ACRES. tion ho drew a rovolvcr und shot him- I til sell dead, wiien the young mans father was informed of his son's sulcido ho appeared greatly shocked and fell dead from heart disease. OPERATORS RESUME. The Telegraphers' strike ii the Texas 111. vlilon of the bantu Vo KikImiI. Galvkbton, Tex., Oct 22. The latest development in tho Santa Fe operators' striko situation is nn agreement that tho operators resume work pending conferenco at Chicago between a Toxus committee and President Manvel. Tho understanding Is thut the schedule thut may bo adopted nt the Chicago confer ence shall have effect from tho begin ning of tho strike. It is stated hero that n conferenco by wire with Presi dent Manvel resulted in a practical agreement on all points except wages. All operators will be reinstated and mi order from tho striko committee to nil operators to resume worn: was lor- Mil warded. i Charged With -niURgllnt;. Nltw Yobk, Oct 32. Edward Oood aore, a member of the Arm of ltedfern .t Co., the women's tailors, and the manager of the New York branch of the establishment at 310 Fifth avenue, was arrested by special inspectors on a charge of smuggling clothes into this country by women agents. Indian Terntfljr scared. Winnipko, Maa, Oct 83. Indian throughout thu Canadian northwestnro in a high state of excitement. They declare that two new born Infants on tho gorccc reserve, near the lino of the Canadian Pacific railroad, had spoken and predicted that a terrlblostorm would sweep tho country in n very short llii time and destroy trees, boost's nnd every thing in its course, Tills absurd story has been taken throughout tho country by Indian runners and thu Indians nro alarmed to such degree that they aro now all engaged in digging largo pit ia which to take refuge when tho Btoru comes. 1 4