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2r'OT COMMITTED TO NICARAGUA -
GUA CANAL SCHEME.
. . 'fins a very Friendly Itterest , but That
- . Is A1-Pre
si lent .Lppohmts ( ; ommisslon
: lu the
Ilcllef That It Should Be a
% Nattorai Euterprise.
' Was1thgto n , April S.-Tile appoint ,
iment of a commission of engineers to
make an investigation
and rough survey -
vey of the Nicaragua canal by route on
behalf of the United States is being hastily -
tily construed by interested parties as
committing the government to the pro-
) ject. In a sense , the assumption is
logical and correct. The action of cons -
gross ! n authorizing the survey and of
the President In appointing the engineers -
neers to do the work is evidence of a
very friendly interest in the canal and
may be accepted as a national demon-
straton in its favor , but it does not
commit" the government to an In-
. tlorselnent of any particular canal
scheme. It shows that this government
Would be glad to contribute to the enterprise -
terprise , and that under certain circumstances -
cumstances and conditions it might
back the construction of the canal , but
it does not follow that congress will pay
0,000o00 or $90,000,000 for the privilege
of reimbursing private persons or a pH-
vate corporation to the tune of $8,000,000
0I $10,000,000 alleged to be invested in
the canal as a preliminary to taking up
the work as a government project.
Warner Miller , Hiram Hotchkiss ,
13urlow Weed , Mr. Bartlett and their
associates claim to have put not less
than aS 0,000 into the canal up to date.
rule hills that were before congress last
Winter contemplated the repayment of
this sum and the additional gift of $30-
)00,000 out of the total capitalization o1
$100,000,000 as payment for concessions ,
3uclr presentation being a c3ndition Ire-
cedent to the issuance of $70,000,000 t
E90,000,000 government bonds with
which to build the canal. Now , the government -
ernment being under no moral obligation -
tion to relieve Messrs. Miller , Hitch-
kock and company from their bad investment -
vestment or to pay them $30,000,000 for
badly managed and shop-worn conces-
Shomis , congress turned the proposition
down and the President only gave the
measure a half-hearted support. The
I President is heartily in favor of a Nicaragua -
agua canal and is firmly convinced that
r it would be of incalculable advantage
to the republic , but he would like to see
affairs so shaped that the government
would Lack a canal scheme free from
private entanglements-a project beginning -
ning cleanly from bedrock.
HEARING IN THE DANA CASE.
yfany Leading Lawyers Crowd Judge
Brown's Court Room.
New York , April 8.-The arguments
apon the application for a warrant of
t removal of Charles A , Dana from this
y city to the District of Columbia were
f resumed before Judge Brown in the
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United States District court this morn-
tug.
Yeste-day afternoon , after United
States District Attorney MacFarlane
had statt i the case and made his application -
plication , Mr. Elihu Root , one of the
counsel for the defendant , consumed
the remainder of the time up to the adjournment -
journment in arguing against the
granting of the request of the United
states district attorney. Lawyer
Franklin Bartlett announced last even-
! ng that he would be ready to continue
the argument for the defense when the
i proceedings should be resumed to-day.
Ex-Judge Jere Wilson of Washington ,
-accompanied by Lawyers Bartlett and
Root , arrived at the court room at 11
{ o'clock. As yesterday , the counsel
table was littered with bulky documents -
ments and law books which were
placed there by the lawyers of both
sides. Mr. MacFarlane and his assist-
: tnt , Mr. Kohler , were promptly on
hand at 11 o'clock but Judge Brown
had not put in an apearance.
Lawyer Bartlett when asked if the
arguments would be completed to-day
replied that he could not say , but that
0 he did not intend to take up much time
. I tn making his statements.
When Mr. Dana arrived , a few mhn-
ates after 11 o'clock , one of the court
aflicials prevented him from entering
the inclosure set apart for the lawyers
and reporters. However , when the inn -
i
n , 3icted editor made known who he was
the officer opened the gate and let the
very much interested gentleman in.
; Reminder of the White Cast. .
Fort Smith , Ark. , April 8.-The elash
aetween Judge Parker and Mr. Justice
White last summer was recalled yesterday -
day by Fayette Hudson being brought
into the federal court and sentenced to
two y . .rs in the penitentiary at Albany -
bany , N. Y. , for conspiracy. This case
grew out of the assault case , in which
the now celebrated order for bond after
. : onviction was made.
Argust Swansen Captured.
Clinton , Iowa , April 8.-August Swan-
sen , ivhc , March 30 , decapitar.d his 7-
year-old eon , was discovered last night
coolly leaning up against the city hall
building. The officers easily arrested
trim. He said he did not want them to
take the child from him , so killed it.
Afterwards he paddled across the Mississippi -
sissippi and went to DeKab. He will
e examined as to his sanity.
Fire Causes Child's Death.
Chicago , April 8.-The 4-year-old child
-of Mrs. Nera Crose was burned at the
Leland hotel yesterday afternoon , and
died during the night at the Presby-
t terian hospital. The child was left
' alone in the room at tine hotel for a
moment , and , tinding a match , ignited
it and set fire to her clothing. Death
was due to the inhalation of the flames
from her burning dress.
tlmncricans Who Will Itoty in Englanit
i : : ; London , April S.--Among the foreigners -
' ers who have been entered for the Hen-
Icy regatta this year are the Cornell
crew , who will compete for the chal-
the Argonauts of Toronto ,
i lenge cup ;
who will compete for the steward's cup ,
and E. A. Thompson of the Argonauts ,
whit will contest the match for the dia-
nond sculls.
Starch Works Burned.
Columbus , Ind. , April ' 8.-'ire this
destroyed the American starch
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min orWinb
minworks , causing a'totalaoss of00,000. .
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VAUGHN IS ELECTED.
Chicagoan President of Ilse Republicau
College League.
Grand Rapids , Mich. , April 8.-The
election of president of the American
Republican College league was the most
exciting episode of the day in its convention -
vention , and L. 1) . Vaughn of the University -
versity of Chicago , won. The convention -
tion assembled at 10 o'clock in the mornIng -
Ing in the handsome club house of the
St. Cecilia society. Congressman William -
liam Alden Smith eloquently welcomed
the young men to the city , to which
President Cox briefly responded. Committees -
mittees were appointed and the rest of
the morning session wan occupied with
speeches. In the afternoon the committee -
mittee on credentials reported forty-six
colleges represented , and then t.me rules
were suspended to decide on the next
place of meeting and to elect officers.
Minneapolis won the next convention
with scarcely a struggle. . After the
election of president the other officers
were quickly chosen as follows : Vice-
presidents , Ralph E. Johnston , Nebraska -
raska , and C. E. Cosand , Earlham ; secretary -
retary , F. Ledenbourough , Michigan ;
treasurer , L. L. Twtchell , Minnesota ;
member national league executive committee -
mittee , W. D. Mcwilliams , Kalamazoo ;
national league vice-president , J. Hul-
burd Frye , Princeton.
The platform reaffirms belief in the
principles of the republican party ,
maintains the right , the justice , and the
economic wisdom of the American doctrine -
trine of protection , favors bimetallism
and believes in the use of both gold and
silver as moneys of ultimate redemption -
tion , and that they should be placed upon -
on a parity with complete inter convertibility -
bility under such legislative provisions
as shall make the purchasing or debt-
paying power of any dollar coined or
issued by the United States the absolute
equivalent of that of any other dollar so
coined or issued. The platform also
favors uncompromi ° ing enforcement of
the Mop.oedoctriii-against any foreign
interference with American affairs , and
declares for the annexation of Hawaii
and the construction of the Nicaragua
canal umder government supervision
and control.
A motion to Insert a 16 to 1 free silver -
ver plank in the platform was made ,
but w-s cut off by a call for the vote
on the adoption of the report as presented -
sented by the committee on resolu-
tions.
SILVER MEN CONFER.
Leaders of the Now Party Have Rosy
Views as to Its Future.
Washington , April 8.-A conference of
the leaders of the new silver party was
held in this city yesterday afternoon ,
the meeting continuing until a late hour
and being resumed in the evening. It
was attended by prominent members of
the silver party from different states.
At the close of the conference Senator
Jones , Mr. Sibley , and Mr. Newlands
left for New York , where they are to
hold another conference concerned with
the welfare of the new party. The Bimetallic -
metallic league presented a showing of
reports received from different sections
of the country , which it is said was
gratifying to the conferrees. Mr. Sib-
ley is understood to have been exceedingly -
ingly sanguine of the outlook for the
silver party in the Keystone state and
spoke enthusiastically of the prospects
) f many recruits.
Two of the Doolin Outlaws Killed.
Guthrie , Okla. , April 8.-Charles
Wilson , Charles Moore , and Jack Sims ,
alias "Polka Dot Bill , " and two unknown -
known members of the Doolin outlaw
gang rode into Cushing last night and
looted the town. Two saloons were
demolished and a man was shot by the
outlaws , who rode through the place
yelling and shooting. Officers gave
chase and a fight ensued , in which Sims
and Moore were killed and the town
marshal , Reynolds , was wounded. The
other three bandits were fmnrJly captured -
tured and lodged in the federal jail.
Shoots His Bride nod Himself.
San Francisco , Cal. , April 8.-Carl
Enrico Rita , an Italian resident of this
city , was married Thursday night to
Miss Woolfe , and after the ceremony
the bride and groom repaired to the
Palace hotel , wherde they were assigned
a room. They did not appear in the
morning , and at noon the door was
forced open. Both Rita and his bride
were found dead in bed. The husband
had shot his bride and then committed
suicide. No explanation of the tragedy
has been offered.
Deadly Fight Over Section of Land.
Guthrie , Okla. , April 8.-A tragedy
cccurred at Morison yesterday among
AI Cook , Dock Bennett , and Mrs.
Madge Lancaster. It seems the trio
were claimants for the same quarter
section of land. During the melee the
woman received a bullet , and in defending -
fending herself with an ax cut Bennett
badly. The woman is seriously wounded -
ed but may recover. Cook is dead.
Depends on Crop in the West.
Nashua , N. Y. , April 8.-The bank
commissioners report on the condition -
tion of the Nashua Savings bank says
that v ; Lile many investments are bad
many others have increased largely in
value , and the depositors can be paid
in full if in the west there are good
crops this season. The amount involved -
volved is $3,000,000.
Short in His Accounts.
Neillsville , Whs. , April 8.-C. Wor-
schell , treasurer of town of Grant ,
Clark county , committed suicide Wednesday -
nesday night or Thursday morning by
shooting himself through the heart. He
was from ! : $600 to $700 short in his accounts -
counts with the town.
Princess Colima Dicorced.
Rome , April 8.-The Roman courts
have pronounced a decree of separation -
tion in favor of Princess Colonna , who
is also intrusted with the custody of
her children. Princess Colonna is the
daughter of Mrs. John Mackay.
Justice Winslow Re-Elected.
Milwaukee , Wis. , April 8.-Sufficient
returns have been received from the
recent judicial election to make the result -
sult free from all doubt. Justice Winslow -
low has been re-elected by at least 5-
700 majority.
Employes Resume Work.
Pittsburg , Pa. , April 8.-Employes of
the Rainey coke works in the Connells-
ville region , have resumed work on the
promise of the 6 per cent advance in
wages in force at other plants.
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T HET L I AG SERMON
"THE GOSPEL SHIP IS UNDER
FULL SAIL. "
"Thou Shalt Come Into the Ark , Thou.
and Thy Wife and Thy Sons' Wives
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steamships Luca-
nia and Majestic -
tic and the Paris
I will show you a
ship that In some
respects eclipsed
them all , and which
sailed out , an ocean
underneath and another -
other ocean falling
upon it. Infidel sci-
entists ask us to believe -
lieve that in the formation of the earth
there have been a half dozen deluges ,
and yet they are not willing to believe
the Bible story of one deluge.
In what way the catastrophe came
we know not ; whether by the stroke
of a comet or by flashes of lightning ,
changing the air into water , or by a
stroke of the ax between the horns
of the ox , the earth staggered. To meet ;
the catastrophe God ordered a great
ship built. It was to be without prow ,
for it was to sail to no shore. It waste
to be without helm , for no human hand
should guide it. It was a vast structure -
ture , probably as large as two or three
modern steamers. It was the Great
Eastern of olden time.
The ship is done. The door is open.
The lizards crawl in. The cattle walk
in. The grasshoppers hop In. The birds
fly in. The invitation goes forth to
Noah : "Come thou and all thy house
into the ark. " Just one human family
embark on the strange voyage , and I
hear the door slam shut. A great storm
sweeps along the hills , and bends time
cedars until all the branches snap in
the gale. There is a moan in the wind
like unto the moan of a dying world.
The blackness of the heavens is shattered -
tered by the flare of the lightnings ,
that look down into the water , and
throw a ghastliness on the face of the
mountains. How strange it looks ! How
suffocating the air seems ! The big
drops of rain begin to plash upon the
upturned faces of those who are watching -
ing the tempest. Crash ! go the rocks in
convulsion. Boom ! go the bursting
heavens. The inhabitants of the earth ,
Instead of flying to house-top and
mountain-top , as men have fancied , sit
down in dum , white horror to die.
For when God grinds mountains to
pieces and lets the ocean slip its cable ,
there is no place for men to fly to. See
the ark pitch and tumble in the surf ;
while from its windows the passengers
look out upon the shipwreck of a race ,
and the carcasses of a dead world. Woe
to the mountains ! Woe to the sea !
I am no alarmist. When , on the twentieth -
tieth of September , after the wind has
for three days been blowing from the
northeast , you prophesy that the equinoctial -
noctial storm is coming , you simply
state a fact not to be disputed. Neither
am I an alarmist when I say that a
storm is coming , compared with which
Noah's deluge was but an April shower -
er ; and that it is wisest and safest for
you and for me to get safely housed
for eternity. The invitation that went
forth to Noah sounds in our ears :
"Come thou and all thy house into the
ark. "
Well , how did Noah and his family
come into the ark ? Did they climb in at
the window , or come down the roof ?
No ; they went through the door. And
just so , if we get into the ark of God's
mercy it will be through Christ tht
door. The entrance to the arlt of old
must have been a very large entrance.
We know that it was from the fact
that there were monster animals in the
earlier ages ; and , in order to get them
into the ark , two and two , according
to the Bible statement , the
door must have been very
wide and very high. So the
door into the mercy of God is a large
door. We go in , not two and two , but
by hundreds , and by thousands , and
by millions. Yea , all the nations of the
earth may go in , ten millions abreast.
There comes upon the good man a
deluge of financial trouble. He had his
thousands to lend ; now he cannot borrow -
row a dollar. He once owned a store
In New York , and had branch houses
in Boston , Philadelphia , and New Or-
leans. He owned four horses , and employed - 1
ployed a man to keep the dust off his a
coach , phaeton , carriage and curricle ;
now he has hard work to get shoes in
which to walk. The great deep of commercial -
mercial disaster was broken up , and
fore and aft , and across the hurricane-
deck , the waves struck him. But he
was safely sheltered from the storm. i
"The Lord shut him in ! " A flood of i
domestic troubles fell on him. Sickness -
ness and bereavement came. The rain f
pelted , the winds blew. The heavens
are aflame. All the gardens of earthly
delight are washed away. The mountains -
tains of joy are buried fifteen cubits
d eep . But standing by the empty crib ,
and in the desolated nursery , and in a
the doleful hall , once airing with merry I
voices , now silent forever , he cried : '
"The Lord gave , the Lord bath taken I
away ; blessed be the name of the
Lord. " The Lord shut him in. " All
the sins of a lifetime clamored for his i
overthrow. The broken vows , the dishonored -
honored Sabbaths , the outrageous profanities -
fanities , the misdemeanors of twenty
years , reached up their hands to the r
door of the ark to pull him out. The
boundless ocean of sin surrounded his
y
soul , howling like a simoon , raving like
s
an euroclydon. But , looking out of the' '
window , he saw his sins sink like lead
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Into the depths of the sea. The dove of
Heaven brought an olive branch to the
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ark. The wrath of the billow only
pushed him toward heaven. "The Lord ; I
shut him in ! " :
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The same door fastenings that kept
N oah in keep the troubles out. I am
glad to know that when a marm reaches s
t
heaven all earthly troubles are done
with him. Here he may have had it
hard to get bread for his family ; there I
he will never hunger any more. Here '
he may have wept bitterly ; there "the
Lamb that is in the midst of the throne a
will lead him to living fountains of
water , and God will wipe away all the , a
tears from his " '
eyes. Here he may
have hard work to get a house ; but in
my Father's house are many mansions ,
and rent-day never comes. Here there
are deathbeds , and coffins , and graves ;
there no sickness , no weary watching , I
no choking cough , no consuming fever ,
no chattering chill , no tolling bell , no
crave. The sorrows of life shall come
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up and knock at the door , but no ad-
mittance. ' The perplexities of life shall
come up and knock on the door , but
no admittance. Safe forever ! All the
agony of earth in one wave dashed
against the bulwarks of the ship of
celestial light shall not break them
down. How } on , ye winds , and rage ,
ye seas ! The Lord-"the Lord shut
him in ! "
Oh , what a grand door ! so wide , so
easily swung both ways , and with such
sure fastenings. No burglar's key can
pick that lock. No swarthy arm of hell
can shove back that bolt. I rejoice that
I do not ask you to come aboard a
crazy craft with leaking hulk , and
broken helm , and unfastened door ; but
an ark fifty cubits wide , and three hundred -
dred cubits long , and a door so large
that the round earth , without grazing
the post , mlbiit be bowled in !
Now , if the ark of God is so grand a
place in which to live , and die , and
triumph , come into the ark. Know well
that the door that shut Noah in shut
others out ; and though , when the pitiless -
less storm came pelting on their heads ,
they beat upon the door saying , "Let
me in ! let me in ! " the door did not
open. For one hundred and twenty
years they were invited. They expected
to come in but the antediluvians said ,
"We must cultivate these fields ; i'e
must be worth more flocks of sheep and
herds of cattle ; we will wait until we
get a little Alder ; we will enjoy our old
farm a little longer. But meanwhile
the storm was brewing. The fountains
of the heaven were filling up. The pry
was being placed beneath the foundations -
tions of the great deep. The last year
had conic , the last month , the last week ,
the last day , the last hour , the last
moment , in an awful dash , an ocean
dropped from the sky , and another
rolled up from beneath ; and God rolled
the earth and sky into one wave of
universal destruction.
I have no doubt that derision kept
many people out of the ark. The world
laughed to see a man go in , and said ,
"here Is a man starting for the ark.
Why , there will be no deluge. If there
Is one , that miserable ship will not
weather ht. Alma ! going into the ark !
Well , that is too good to keep. Here ,
fellows , have you heard the news ? This
man is going into the ark. " Under this
artillery of scorn the man's good resolution -
lution perished.
My friends and neighbors , come in
right away. Come in through Christ ,
the wide door-the door that swings
out toward you. Come in , and be saved.
Come and be happy. The Spirit and
the Bride say , Come. " Room in the ark !
Room in the ark !
But do not come alone. The text Invites -
vites you to bring your family. It says ,
thou and all they house into the ark.
"Thou and thy sons and thy wife. " You
cannot drive them in. If Noah had tried
to drive the pigeons and the doves into
the ark , he would only have scattered
them. Some parents are not wise about
thesethings. Theymakeiron rules about
Sabbaths , and they force the catechism -
chism down the throat , as they would
hold the child's nose and force down
a dose of rhubarb and calomel. You cannot -
not drive your children into the ark.
You can draw your children to Christ ,
but you cannot coerce them. The cross
was lifted , not to drive , but to draw.
"If I be lifted up , I will draw all men
unto me. " As the sun draws up the
drops of morning dew , so the son of
righteousness exhales the fears of re-
pentance.
Be sure that you bring your husband
and wife with you. How could Noah
have felt if , when he heard the rain
pattering on the roof of the ark , he
knew that his wife was outside in the
storm ? No ; she went with him. And yet
some of you are on the ship "outward-
bound for heaven ; but your companion
Ls unsheltered. You remember the day
when the marriage-ring was set. Noth-
hng has yet been able to break it. Sickness -
ness came , and the finger shrank , but
the ring staid on. The twain stood alone
above the child's grave , and the dark
mouth of the tomb swallowed up a thousand -
sand hopes ; but the ring dropped not
into the open grave. Days of poverty
came , and the hand did many a hard
days work ; but the rubbing of the work
against the ring only made it shine
brighter. Shall that ring ever be lost ?
Will the iron clang of the sepulchre-
gate crush it forever ; I pray God that
you who have been married on earth
may be together in heaven. Oh ! by the
quiet bliss of your earthly home ; by the
babe's cradle ; by the vows of that day
when you started life together , I beg
you to see to it that you both get into
the ark.
Come in , and bring your wife or husband -
band with you-not by fretting about
religion , or ding-donging them about re-
igion , but by a consistent life , and by
compelling prayer that shall bring the
throne of God down into your -room.
Go home and take up the Bible and
read it together , and then kneel down
and commend your souls to him who
ias watched you all these years ; and ,
before you rise , there will be a flutter-
ng of wings over your head , angel cry-
ng to angel , "Behold ! they pray ! "
But this does not include all your
i
amily. Bring the children. God bless
the dear children. What would our
homes be without them. We may have
done much for them. They have done
m ore for us. What a salve for a wounded -
ed heart there is in the soft palm of
chili hand ! Did harp or flute ever
rave su'mh music as there is in a child'1
'good-night ? " From our coarse , rough
lfe , the angels of God are often driven
back ; but who comes into the nursery m
without feeling that angels are hover- 1
ng around ? They who die in infancy t
go straight to glory , but you are expecting -
pecting your children to grow up in this
world. Is it not a question then , that
ings through all the corridors , and
windings , and heights , and depths of
Pour soul , what is to become of your
ons and daughters for time and eter-
1
dutyn Oh" you say , I mean to see t
hat they have good manners. " Very i
'el ! . "I mean to dress them well , if I
rave myself to go shabby. " Very good.
I shall give them an education , I shall
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cave them a fortune. " Very well. But t
that all ? Don't you mean to take them
nto the ark ? Don't you know that the
s
term is coming , and that out of Christ i
here is no safety ? no hope ? no heaven ? i t
How to get them in ? Go in yourself !
fNoahhad stayed out , do you not sup-
i
pose that his sons-Shem. Ham and
'aphet-would have stayed out' Your
ons and daughters will be apt to do
t
ust as you do. Reject Christ yourself ,
nd the possibility is that your children
'ill reject him.
It is hard to convince some people
that a thing can be wrong if it looks
harmless.
Virtue , if not in action , is a vie ;
and when we move not forward wo ,
ro backward. , '
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GROWTH OF REPUBLICANISM
IN THE SOUTH ,
llenelits of Irotection have Been Prac-
tienlly Demoustntted - Grover and
Gresham Attend to a Few Little LVar
Matters-Iitrd on Goldbugs ,
The Atlanta Constitution notes as an
Interesting and suggestive fact the organization -
ganization into a republican chub of a
number of Atlantlans heretofore demo ?
crafs.
Turning to the news columns of the
Constitution w e find that the club has
a membership of several hundred , most
of them being men who have not heretofore -
tofore affiliated with the republican par-
ty. The president of the club is James
D. Collins , who has been a democrat
from boyhood , who has frequently been
elected to o111ce by his fellow citizens ,
and who is described by the Constitution -
tion as a man of force and power. In
an interview Mr. Collins says the club
is organized primarily upon the protection -
tion idea. 'fume members are mostly
business men who have conic to the
conclusion that it is time to become
practical in politics. Disgust with the
course of lie democrats in Washington
was what led them to openly antagonize
the democratic party. 'I am for protection -
tection , " said Mr. Collins. "I know
what the people want , and I believe
they will get it from the republicans.
We have no force bill , no election bill ,
now ; the democrats have adopted
Reed's rules ; they made a billion dollar
congress , and they have satisfied me
that they are no better than the repub-
licans. I don't see any use in hollering
for the democratic party , because they
are so badly split up that no two of
them agree on anything. One thing I
am satisfied of-republicans agree fully
on taking came of all American industries -
tries , American labor , American land
and American products. They don't believe -
lieve in building up big syndicates in
Canada and dealing with European
syndicates. It has been mainly prejudice -
dice that has kept people from joining
the republican party in this state. That
prejudice has died out since we have
seen lmow the democrats have acted. "
Mr. Collins added that he didn't believe -
lieve one man in ten among the country
people would vote the democratic ticket -
et ; those who wouldn't vote the republican -
lican ticket would vote with the popu-
lists. They hate he democratic party
now as bad as they used to hate the
republicans , while in the cities laboring
men are republicans because they want
to get the benefit of protection. They
pereceive that the democratic policy
has filled the country with tramps , reduced -
duced wages and stopped big manufactories -
tories all over the country.
The Constitution , in commenting on
this interview , admits that a strong belief -
lief exists in almost all quarters that
the republicans will carry the next
presidential election , and this tends to
develop republican sympathizers in the
south as well as elsewhere. Consequently -
quently the organization of clubs either
bearing the name of republican , or under -
der the guise of protection , has been
much more general than those not conversant -
versant with the facts could easily be-
lieve.
All this is a striking confirmation of
the truth of the claim that the protec-
tiv. sentiment is steadily growing
throughout the country. By 1596 we
should not be surprised to see protection -
tion sweep everything before it , both
north and south.
A Weak Policy.
With congress off his hands and his
spring ducking trip over , President
Cleveland had a fair prospect before
him for a quiet and enjoyable season
at Buzzard's bay , where the cares of
office never obtrude themselves and
where life is one uninterrupted period i
of fisherman'sdeiight. But the minions
of Spain rudely interrupted the dream r
by discharging a solid shot in the direction -
rection of an American ship hugging t
the shores of Cuba during a troublesome -
some insurrection.
"The Spaniards be blamed ! " mutters
Grover , dashing off another installment
of instructions to the master of the
fishing rods at Gray Gables.
A day later comes word that Great
Britain had dispatched a boat to Nicaragua -
ragua with orders to collect a bit of
damages , Willy nilly.
"England be boowed ! " shouts Grover ,
dispatching a messenger to Clerk
Gresham with instructions to make
short work of England and all her possessions -
sessions , for there was no time for
monkeying.
"An American schooner sunk by a
Spanish war vessel , " was the next dispatch -
patch received , and just as the messenger -
senger had bowed himself from the door {
to tell Clerk Gresham to hit 'em once 1
more , in walked that functionary himself -
self to say that he had given the mister
ster from Hawaii his conge for insupportable -
portable insolence in joresuming to have
an opinion of his om : n on any subject
whatever.
"Hawaii be d ! " roars Grover ,
dashing off an order for replenishing i I
the northeast corner of the cellar at
the Gables.
A message was right here handed in 1
In a gold salver announcing that a bark
iad been fired on in Cuban waters , fol-
oi ed by a dispatch that France had
aken several reefs in her rather weak
meat exclusion policy , and another
from Germany on the same subject , r
with the simple inquiry , "What are you 5
going to do about it ? " t
" must be settled be-
"These things up i t
fore the blue Gish begin to run , " testily i
remarks the supreme excellency of the
) iggest job in America , "for then I go i
o the bay , and there must be no break
n the program , see' " 1
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And Gresham saw.
Thus the activity and the offhand '
reatment of the grave foreign ques-
ions that have arisen in the last few'o '
weeks are accounted for. The summer
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eason by the sea must not be broken
n upon by such trifles as a war with
rvo or three European powers. A bluff !
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toes , and there is no use wasting time
hen good fishing waits. i 1
So , to make a before-breakfast job , i
of the lot , the clerk is ordered to call j
hem all down with a notice that the ; t
lmerican people are pretty much all out I t
of living business just now and woul ;
as soon fight as not. f
And the sun went down on the first I
act of the comedy.-Kansas City Jour-
nal. U
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President or Iictntor ?
Does Mr. Cleveland realize the fune
lamental differences between the nresit
dencyand a dictatorship ? His coutsefor t
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the past two years , his arrogant attitude -
tude toward congress , his contemptuous -
ous defiance of popular will in regard to
the tariff and Hawaii , and his consistently -
ently overbearing manner toward public -
lic men constitute a record unap-
preached by any other chief magistrate ;
of the American people. This country q
has had arbitrary and determined men
in the presidential office. Until Grover
Cleveland was elected it never had a
president who manifested stubborn and
unvarying contempt for the opinions
of the people and the regularly chosen
lawmakers of the nation.
Mr. Cleveland reappointed Tinsley ,
the postmaster at Sioux Falls , whom I
the senate had rejected by a large ma-
jority. Congress adjourned at noon '
March 4 , and Tinsley was appointed j
within a few hours afterward. The
statement is made that the president
ordered this man's commission to be
made out several days In acvance ,
leaving the date blank , and that lie
dated it and affixed his signature as
soon as congress was out of the way.
If Mr. Cleveland desired to proclaim 3
with the utmost publicity that lie despised -
spised time senate of the United States
and regarded his own authority as infinitely -
finitely above the power of this coordinate - {
dinate branch of the government , lie
could not have accomplished his pur- i'
pose more .
effectively.
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Such precedents as this are directly
opposed to the principles established
by the constitution , and they should
not go unchallenged. Fortunately , for
the country , Mr. Cleveland will not be
able to play the dictator when the Fif-
ty-fourtli congress assenibfes w-ltlmou.
being called to stern accoNew
York Advertiser.
The Truth.
If it be true , as Consul Meeker assorts -
sorts , that "American clothes are sold
in England below the price of English L
clothes , " this is a high testimonial to
the protective system , which , by stiur-
ulating home industries and creating
home competition , has brought unexampled -
ampled cheapness and a better quality
of goods than can be purchased abroad
for the same money. 1Vhy abandon this
beneficent policy ? \Vhat becomes of
the contention that protection "robs"
the people ? Consul Meeker may be
called to account for his ill-disguised
effort to convict his party of Ignorance
or mendacity.
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A Sad Condition ,
It is yet premature to judge how
Worcester industries will fare under the
new American tariff bill , but one of our 11
proudest manufacturers has received a !
valued concession of ? 5 per teat : duty
on the value of exported goods. The
porcelain trade , which is in a sad condition -
dition , is most liberally treated x '
Generally the reduction will be of great
advantage to the English trade.-Wor-
cester , Eng. , Journal.
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England Likes It.
The amendment of the i lehinky larift
act whereby time Import duty m'n tin
plates has been reduced from S8 per cent
to 93 per cent , and on tin manufacturers
from 55 per cent to 35 per cent , has glveu
great satisfaction in the tin plate trade
of this country. The Welsh manufactur- 'ii
ers now look forward to Increas m1 business -
ness during the autumn , which will put
the trade on a better basis.-Mauclmes-
ter Guardian.
Grover's Castle.
Time New York Recorder says that
while the president was off on his duck
shooting expedition the flag was not
raised over the white house , and announcement -
nouncement has been made that the
Stars and Stripes will not fly over it
except when Mr. Cleveland is under its
roof. This is English , you know. The
Eritish flag is never raised over an
English castle when the lord is ab-
sent.
Honor at Stake.
One of the first acts of time protection
sts at the opening of the next session
of congress should be to secure pay-
nent to the Louisiana sugar planters
of the amount due them for bounty on
his season's sugar crop. The democratic
policy of repudiating homiest liabiiittea
must not be tolerated.
The Tidal Wave.
There's a tidal wave a'coming ,
Grover C. , Grover C. ,
it's in the air a'humming ,
Woe for thee ;
Don't you hear the voters yell ?
Listen to the tale they tell ,
That your party's going to -
Grover C.
-Springfield , Mass. , Sunday Union. ,
Malodorous Shadows.
"Coming events cast their shadow before -
fore , " and departing they occasionally
cast a shadow behind also. Congress
died and was buried some weeks ago ,
nit the Congressional Record continues
the publication of posthumous speeches
mnd things that should have been interred -
terred with the bones.
Hard Pacts.
The hard times over in Belfast , like
those in the United States , seem to
cave been due to our friends , the en-
emy-the tariff reform party. : glen
can't buy foreign goods when they
mane no work at home.-Detroit Trib-
une.
.L Comparlson.
During the first sixteen months oe
President Harrison's administration the
eceipts of the government were $ II0- f
95,914 more than during the first ix-
een months of the present administra-
ion. No wonder we have to herr :
noney and increase the national debt.
VILL SELL THE GOATS CHEAP.
Taut % Vo Finds Dinieulty in Cotrolling
the .Lppetites of a herd.
An interesting story comes from MIIl-
.ale , Pa. John Travesch owns a Imerd
f boats , and , like other animals of
hat variety , they are famous for their
oed appetites. An amusement far the
goats was to jump fro.n the rocks to the
oof of the house , and after a time thus
ook the roof for sleeping purposes. At
ast their habits hot so bad that they
would come home from the brewery ,
: here they had eaten all the stamps of
he beer kegs , late at night , amid dis-
uro time family by jumping on the roof.
Jolm put a stop to this by building a
ence on the ciitf so that they could not
cap on the , roof. This annoyed the
goats , and time other night , in a moment
f revenge , they butted down the door ,
ntered the kitchen , and ate up the
bread dough , a box of cement , and
verything else except the pots and ket-
les. John now has some goats that ha.
rill sell cheap , '
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