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In a political contest ao important to all the people of this country and affecting so closely and patently the . financial policy of the nation and consequently the ma terial interests of its citizens, every voter should clearly understand tbe positions occupied by the parties asking his sup port. Fortunately there is but one con troverted fact regarding their positions the attitude of the Democracy. The issue is squarely one of taxation and may be concisely btated thus? How ahall the gov ernment collect tbe- revenues for Us sup port? The Republican party says by the imposition of protective duties upon im ported articles which' compete with, those of Lome production. It is unreservedly for protection to home industries. What is tbe position of the Democracy? Is it a free trade party? These are ques tions of vital importance and should be explicitly and honestly auswered by each voter before he casts his ballot for or against the policy which that party rep resents. For the purpose of showing ex actly what is the attitude of the Democ racy, we will bubinit the declarations of the" part v in its national conventions, the latest act of the party In congress, and tho exnressions of its leaders and of un prejudiced foreiguers. If from, such sources the unbiased truth cannot be dis covered then it is undiscoverable. In 1850 the national platform of the Democratic party said: "The time has come for tho people of the United States to declare themselves in favor of progres sive free trade tliroughout tho world." In 1860 the platform of 1856 was re affirmed. In 1864 no declaration was made upon tho tariff. In 1863 the plat form was "tariff for revenue with Inci dental protection." In 1872 the' !arty rceonteed that there were "honest but iiTeconcilablo differences with regard to the respective systems of protection and free trade" and remitted tho discussion of tho question to the congressional dis tricts. In 1876 the tariff plank was: "We de mand that all custom house taxation shall bo only for revenue." And in 1880 it repeated this saying: "A tariff for revenue only." In 1884 the phraseology was again vanea although the meaning was not changed. Tho ftfst of the tariff plank was in these words: "Wo demand that Federal taxa tion shall be exclusively for public pur poses and hall not exceed the needs of the government economically adminis tered." la tho platform of 1888 there is no spe cific declaration upon tho tariff, but the president's mossago and tho Mills bill are indorsed and thus become tho present tariff platform of the party. Tho policy announced by the president and adopted by the Democratic conven tion is very plain. There is, the president says, a surplus this year of $113,000,000. This must bo got rid of by reducing taxa tion, and as he declines to touch the in ternal revenue the reduction must be mado in customs duties which amount to $217,000,000. Of this sum $42,000,000 is derived from luxuries which it is not pro posed to touch. Of tho balance $58,000, 000 comes from sugar, and this item is not reduced above $11,000,000 by the Mills bill, adopting Democratic figures. Tfare remains a balanceof $ll7,000.000customs duties upon, which the redaction of the -surplus must be made, and, by the figures 'of 'Mr. Cleveland and tils party, there" re mains a snrplus of $102,000,000. It id too plain for argument that a reduction of $102,000,000 upon duties only $15,000,000 larger is free trade. But this is the In evitable logic of the president's message. The other article in the tariff creed is the Mills bill, which is much less radical than tho president's recommendations, although still in tho direction of free trade.'- The 'reason why it Is less radical is naively explained by Mr. Mills, "who admits that it is crude and unsatisfac tory, but the best that would pass. It Is not tho ideal Democratic measure, but merely a beginning the first move in an attempt to carry outthe, ideas Mr. Clevo Kud expresses. It has free wool, whlci The Philadelphia Times two years ago said meant frco trade, and tho general trend of the bill is clearly in that direc tion. iSueh. in brief, nro tho ufucial declara tions of the Democracy and the positive act of tho party in coucress. But there are clearer expressions than that. Mr. Cleveland, the candidate and leader of the party, refers to tho present orotective tariff as a "vicious, inequitable rad illogical source of unnecessary taza ion." Henry Wattericn. tho boldest of .he so called tariff reformers, and whose ;arty standing is shown by tho fact that lie was this year' the chairman of the com mittee on resolutions in the national con vention, says: "The Democratic party if a free trade party or Hot hiuif. " Koger Q. .Mills, author of tho bill which that con vention indorses, states: "I desire fre trade and will not help to perfect any law that stands in tho way of it." Inthif connection the significant facts may be stated that two members of Cleveland's cabinet are likawise members of tho fa mous Cobden club, England's most noted free trade organization, and ex-Secretary Lamar, now on tho supreme bench, is also & member, as are the author of the Mills bill and the chairman of the com mittee 'that formulated tho Democratic platform of 1888. sources distinctly official and all friendly to the Democracy, now can any sane man say that the Democratic party is not clearly and .-unequivocally a free trade party?. To hold that it is not one must falsify its record for thirty years, must nullify-tnc plain xenns oi tue president, a message ohd give the lie direct to the British sympathisers with the Democracy who, knowing exactly what free trade is, savtho message, which is officially In dorsed as the party creed upon the tariff isa "distinct pronouncement in favor of free trade."-Towanda (Pa.) Keoortex Joumal VHAT IT MEANS FOR THE FARMER. asSBBBBBBWa-M-B-aB-a the Attitude at Demecraey aa ategaras the AgricBltwrisU - There has been a good deal said about the interest of the farmer In suturing the repeal-or reduction of rates of duty; says The New York Mail and Express. The -farmer-is treated like a baby, and told that he is' the under dog and .that he has. been, deceived and hoodwinked by the manufacturers. What will the "-farmer lose by the tariff? In the first pTace'.he cannot grow' wool profitably if the Mills bill should become the law. r He now grows about 800,000,000 pounds of wool .annually. He: does not get. much profit 'out of it at -the present -rate of duty, . a -serious' reduction haying "been made In." 1863. ..This- will. throw, out of use., a", good -."deal , ot- land .that .is chiefly valuable 'for sheep grazing. It-wiU also- throw out of employ-. ment- about 600.000 flock masters.' The. annual crop of wool is worth 175.000)000, TMawrlll h a. Bartons' loss to the farmers and is not met by the flippant sxplaristkHi of Mr- Scott that, if the inaustry were wiped ai it would cost each .'fun in Pexawyvlania a very small amount, le-- 'tween3and$3ayBSf.' . Oibbi HirfuilsoltliaiktmwasitirtBsm, i to tne."! tttyf iruu stf m seui uciap. sjv hh . j butts. $5; jute, 20. per cent.; Sisal grass, $15; other vegetable substances, $15. These are all put upon the free list, and the linen and bagging interests will be j dependent upon a foreign supply while t the range of the farmer's crops is limited, j Hemp .seed, rape seed and garden vege- tables are also put on the free list. ' ! The farmer does' not escape in the free , trade scheme to revise tho tariff. If he raises anything which Mc Mills, acting-. under the direction of President Cleve land, can consider raw material, it goes on the free list. It Is the first step toward ultimate free trade which, in the end, will deprive of protection, everything that is taken from the ground, including iron ores and bituminous coaL We have shown the farmer that protection' has en riched him and has given to him the homo market, the existence of which is denied by tho blind free traders. This should stimulate him to support the protective system, but if this is not enough surely the direct attack upon the industry in which he is engaged should be. The far mer, wo fancy, is not simple minded enough to rob himself for the sake of the f reo trader. This argument is continued by the San Francisco Chronicle as follows: There is no more absurd assertion than that which charged that protection fa vors one class of tho community at the expense of the other. If the protectionist asks which class, the freetrader will prob ably answer the agricultural. But it is a notorious fact that the efforts of Mills are directed not so much to diminishing the protection afforded to manufacturers as to takeaway that now enjoyed by the farmer. Tho articles placed on the free list by Mills, and those on. which the heaviest reductions aro made, are products of the soiL The object of the free traders is transparent, but their dodge would not work, because the manufacturers of tho United Saates are not fools. They aro able to see a length before their nose. They would be donkeys, indeed, if allowed by the cry of cheap raw material to lend themselves to the removal of the duty on wool or any other American product. What right would they have to demand protection if they denied it to the wool grower? It Is because they clearly realize that the interests of all cusses in the United States are interdependent, that the manufacturers have given in then: adhesion to a policy which has for its ob ject the bettering of tho condition of tbe whole country. Experience has taught them that profit flows from standing to gether, and therefore they heartily in dorse tho protectionist motto, "United I . we stand, divided wo fall. PERTAINING TO PENSIONS. Boat Facta and Figures Which Democrats Dare Met Fabllsh. No Democratic newspaper has as yet made a decent pretense of telling the whole truth concerning pension matters, and more particularly private pension bills passed upon by various admuiistra tions The most common comparison made by journals of that party is between the number of such bills signed by Presi dents tirant, Hayes. Garfield and Arthur and those signed by Orover Cleveland Tho continued dragging of Garfield's name Into the controversy Is In itself a gross deception, as his life was not spared long enqugb to his country to permit a single pension bill to be submitted for his consideration Dnr ing the twenty-four years of Repub lic&n administration, from Lincoln to Arthur, there were but eight vetoes of pension bills. These were all made by President Grant Five of them were mado because the beneficiaries had already been allowed at tbe pension office a better stipend than thev could secure under tbe bills. During the terms of Grant and succeeding Republican presidents the house of representatives was Democratic with the exception of two years, and allowed pension legislation to accumulate and refused to pass much that was worthy. Before Grovor Cleveland came into office there were modifications of tbe pension laws that extended the benefits of the system, and the Democratic party dropped its hold back policy. The real question is c it on how many bills Cleveland lias signed, forwe take the ground that all disabled and deserving veterans are entitled to recompense, but on how many he has vetoed or disap proved. The record shows that during tho first three sessions of congress be ve toed 171 bills, with others to bear from. It also shows that up to the 1st of Au gust he had refused to sign 157 bills which ho permitted to become laws by tolera tion. The presumption concerning the latter is that the applicants had such in fluence that, while he would not endorse their claims, he dare not openly deny them. This is f urtherproof of the innate moral cowardice of the man. Inasmuch as be refused to sign these bills he certainly did not approve of them, so the record of disapproval is 171 vetoes plus 157 unsigned bills, making in all a total of S28 disapprovals from incompleted returns of three years. This, La com porison with the Republican record of eight vetoes in twenty -four years, cuts a sorry figure, and -the comparison is still -.verse when it Is remembered that five of the eight Republican vetoes were mado for tho pensioner's benefit. The record of twenty-four years' Bepublican admin istration is three actual vetoes. The record of a trifle over three years of Dem ocratic administration is 171 vetoes and' 157 disapprovals. These figures are abso lutuly correct and can be verified by the records. No Democratic paper dare pub lisb them and then assert that Cleveland, tho man who hired a substitute and turned his back on tho exercises of Dec oration day. is a friend to the veteran or his cause. Cincinnati Commercial Oa j jtte. democracy's Candidate la New Yerk. Tho recent canvass that has been mode on the exchange of this city and my own careful inquiries have convinced me that there are at least 20,000 business men who support Cleveland and Thurman who-will not vote for 'Hill. And a very careful canvass among the labor organizations has led me to the conclusion that at least 30. COO men connected with those o'rganiza -tions who support the Democratic national ticket are unalterably opposed to Hill. The aggregate defection from the state ticket ifHill should be nominated I judge to be 50,000. Tbe opposition to him is based on principlo- and will not. I think, yield to' any persuasion. Everett- P. Wheeler's anti-Hill Letter. Of Gears Be "Dees, He's a Beaahlleaa. Gen. Harrison's letter has been'before tho country some lime., and its straight forward, plain, clear statements have liad tho effect of making people feel he is a level headed;- cleat minded 'man of sincere convictions who wastes no words and goes to the root of things. Philadelphia Press He Can't Stop t?T Leaf Ebouxb. . Mr.'aevelandasareialialorls amusing It is the 'funniest show of the season. The tail twisting is apolitical trick, well understood by the British -lion and. en joyed by him.' 'But to carry out the gams ' completely "the lion'shoukT do some roar-'ing.--Cinciiinati (Jtominerdal Gazette. Whr-Doat They Stay at '' When a free trader tries to make .you believe' that wages are not any better La this country than abroad, ask him why' nearly- 5,000.000 of people ware" foolish enough to. emigrate from- Europe to the United States sines 1880.-Ban Chrwxidi. THE DEMOCRATIC RIP VAN WINKLE. v ;! 'ri .llr,,,' JI BtpxaEV Ml W If I II I 2" BVr lSa2 - urrca raov caiaua a. utchmix, bksbtakt or Kxicurs or usoa. Tbe conflict is between tbe American system, which would foster and encourage the labor of oar people, and the British srstcm, which would break down tho barriers of protection and throw open our home market to the production of foreign factories and foreign labor. Every dollar' worth ot labor imported b by so ranch a reduction ot home laborers' wages. I do sot hesitate to say that tbe triumph of tbe Dem ocratic party, dominated by intolerance in the south and British free trade sentiment in tbe north, would be the most serious blow to organized labor It could possibly receh e. Old Rip Van Thurman Freo trade will be a great blessing to you workingmen. Workingmen (laughing) The solid south fought for English frco trade and cheap negro labor in 1SC0, and she was beaten; and she will be beaten now in her fight for cheap white labor and English free trade. Old man, you have been asleep for over twenty years! Judge. ADVANTAGES OF PROTECTION. High Wages and Prosperity Are of Benefit to All Classes Alike. Say, for instance, tho tariff did benefit the laboring men of this country who aro employed in manufacturing and that is the only class that it could possibly bene fitwould it be just to levy a heavy tax on every other class in this country for tho benefit of such a small minority? asks The Texas Iron News. Where does the protection for the farmer, the clerk, the mechanic who is not engaged in manu facturing come in? To these questions the Pittsburg Amer ican People answers: Suppose the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, of this city, which employ about 3,000 men, were removed from its present site and located in a farming community in Texas. Those 3,000 men would repre sent about 7.0C0 others, dependent upon them. Thcsso 10.000 persons would of themselves constitute a pretty good-sized j town, and would give support to a good many hundreds more merchants, me chanics, bhoemakers, tailors, "butchers, t bakers and candlestick makers," and those dependent upon them. Now, i3 our contemporary willing to defend the position that these 8,000 em ployes of the .Edgar Thomson Steel Works, if tho works were located in a .Texas farming community, would be of no benefit to anybody in that community but themselves? Would not the small but bustling city created by this plant make a splendid market for the produce of the formers of the surrounding coun try their garden truck, their grain, their meat, their poultry, their eggs and but ter, and almost everything else they have to soli? Would they not sell more than they are now selling? And would they not get better prices than they are now getting? And if this would be tho effect in Texas would not the same cause pro duce tho same effect in any other state or community? Therefore, does not the tariff, by caus ing the erection and maintenanceof manu factories, benefit all classes? Is not the American workinginan in Texas getting $2 a day, and living right at the farmer's door, as it were, a better customer of the Texas farmer than the Euglish working man 3,000 or 4.000 miles away, and get ting but $1 a day? The expense of carry ing the produce of the Texas farmer 4,000 miles lias got to bo borne by some one. either tho producer or the consumer, and it must come out of the produce. In send ing three bushels of grain from Texas to Liverpool, it takes, say, two of tho bushels to pav for the transportation. This is a great loss a loss that is almost wholly obviated by bringing the producer and the consumer close together. GEN. HARRISON'S LETTER. A Dignified DocaaMnt, Dealing Ably with Important Isaacs. Gen. Harrison's letter of acceptance is a dignified, conservative document, ju diciously suited to the circumstances un der which the distinguished candidate finds himself placed, and altogether de void of sensational or startling features. It is a paper that, without creating any great degree of enthusiasm throughout the country, will commend itself to think ing men generally and doubtless be accepted by tho Republican party as everything that was to be desired or ex pected. It is needless to refer to Gen. Harri son's views on the tariff question, which are so well known and have been so often Stated as to havo become familiar house hold words. On the Chinese question, whatever doubts may have hitherto existed as to his position, he puts himself squarely in line with the policy enunciated by both parties in congress and will see that what ever laws they pass are faithfully en forced. As to trusts and combinations. Gen. Harrison indorses fully the declarations of the Chicago convention, and expresses the opinion that legislation ought to be adopted for the suppression of the abuses growing out of arbitrary capitalistic at tempts to coerce the course of trade in particular directions. He occupies simi lar ground to that taken by Mr. Sherman, though a somewhat less vigorous and ag gressive attitude. To the civil service reform system ho extends an unqualified Indorsement. Upon the temperance question he indulges in a mere generality. As to the fisheries im broglio, he trusts that the resources of a firm, dignified and consistent' diplomacy will prove equal to Its peaceful settle ment, but no reference, except by indi rection, is made to the president's re jected treaty or the retaliation message. Altogether, the letter- is- a calm, unim passioned and prudential view of tbe situation, taken from a party standpoint, and is well calculated to concilitate the confidence of the party whose standard he bears In the pending conflict. Wash: -Ington Critic RELATING TO BUTTER. .Cleveland TJ. a ' la his letter of acceptance President Cleveland lays down the proposition that the 'tax on oleoniargaruro, or butterine, 'adds two cents. per 'pound to the cost of all the butter consumed in. the United States. , If that be so-the people of the country. are "taxed; to the extent of' tSO.000,000 to i0.00q.KX) a rear for the Wttaft of fha. utfTCer maters" abiT dealers in natter. The law levying a tax on" but terlne was passed but' a short, time ago, and. was eagerly approved by President Cleveland, though at the time of its passage there was a large and increasing surplus in. the treasury. ; It. would seem that the president did not know the effect of the oleomargarine act when he-signed it did not know that it would cost the people such .'immense sums of money. "From -the general tenor of bis letter it is fair to infer that ho da- Bires to punish the monopoly of buiter macera and dealers bv renealincr the oleo- margarino act. If he does not mean that, what does ho mean? . -. With respect' to, butter, as in every-, .thing else, air. Cleveland assumes that the natural competition between butter makers does not have the effect to keep prices within a' reasonable limit. There fore, he would punish dairymen, farmers and farmers' wives by permitting vilo imitations of butter to freely compete witlrthe genuine article. It seems to be a notionof his that all Americans. engaged In gainful pursuits are deep dyed rascals,, while foreign producers aro innocent and honest. Ohio State Journal. The President's Error. Not to go into useless detail, it may be safely asserted that every class which the president has placed in the list of those nuaffocted by tariff reduction would in fact bo immediately influenced thereby sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, and often disastrously. The entire argu- meut of- the president is based on tho old l and often refuted Democratic anmment that the tariff helps only those engaged in the "protected industries" and that it is injurious to all outside that number. Tho opponents of protection refuse to see tho remarkable inter dependence of indus tries, wluch constantly grows closer in every community end every state, and which may bo now seen throughout the Union in harmonious adaptation and effoc- tivo co-operation. Strangely enough, tho president neg lects, cither from design or oversight, to notice what effect tho serious reduction of the tariff would havo on the 1,810,253 men employed in transportation, viz., on tho railroads, coastwise vessels, river .steamers and barges, canal, wagon and stage lines. These varied, modes of trans portation represent on investment of thousands of millions of dollars of Amer ican money and give employment to nearly two millions of men, whose earn ings support nine millions of people. Whatever impairs American manufact uring strikes at the great transportation interests. Iron ore admitted free from Spain, coal admitted free from Nova Sco tia. wool admitted free from Australia, all favor British ships at the expense of American railroads. Tho further tha president goes in the direction of the doctrino laid down In his message, the more direct and tho more deadly is the assault upon the whole organization of American industries. James G. Blaine in . - .. American Magazine. The Mills Bill. Tho Mills bill is but a step, says Gen. ILlir'son, but it is a step in a direction, Exactlyl A step toward a tariff for rev enue only. -A step which takes us one-1 sixth of the way on the road to free ' trade. A step which absolutely abolishes the customs duties Ion. one-sixth, or over ' $70,000,000 of our foreign imports. RcDresentative Breckinridee. of Arkan- ? -sos, is reported from Washington as say-' ing: "irwe win it will mean that tne Mills bill as a preliminary step to free ' trado is all right. It is a victory or4 Waterloo for the Republicans. It's victory or a twenty years set back for us." Let . every patriotic citizen interested In the , welfare of tho country and every wago earner remember these words. And let them also bear in mind the fact that the first step represents one-sixth on the free list and reduced duties all along the line. Can the million wage earners of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, who aro directly interested in protection, afford to let Arkansas win in this fight? They cannot. New York Pres3. ; Editor Jones Hits tho BuUseye. THE SHOT. THE TARGET. New York Tunes. Cleveland's Letter of Nodody teaches that ' Acceptance. the full amount of the I suDDOse that It U rintv 1 4 aildnl to tt.f nwl!MM tn nrnlaln flint I price o! tbe protectedlall these duties and as- 1 domsfclic product. Isessments are added to ', me price oi ineurncics upon which they are levied. I sup- ose. too. It h well un- . erstood that the effect of this tariff taxation is not limited to the con sumers of imported ar ticles, dui inai u.e amies lmrjosed uoon such arti cles permit a corre sponding Increase in price to be laid upon domestic productions of the same kind. New York Tribune. A Solid North and Broken South. The election in Maine responds to that in Oregon, and tells the samo story that rolled down from the Green mountains. Wo shall have this year against the sec tionalism and fraud of the Cleveland ad ministration a solid north. Maine has settled that. Now the main question is whether we shall have a broken south. If the Republicans carry the Virginias, southern sectionalism 'will be at an end, and the country go on gloriously to a greater destiny than the wisest have fore cast. The Republican ways arc the paths of progress for all sections. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. A Different Kind of Chief. "Daniel!" "Yes, sire." "The papers say that tbe bands play Hail to the Chief 1 when Mr. Thurman appears." "Yes, sire." 'Well, that Isn't right. I want people to understand that I am the chief, with a big C, too." "You are right, sire, but the people don't mean that kind of chief. fThey mean ihe handkerchief the bandanna, you know." Pittsburg Chronicle. The Result la arkawsat. In 1884 tho Democrats carried Arkan sas by a pluralitv of 46,336; in 18S6 it was 36,580. and tins 'fall it is placed at a little over 15,000. Probably this is the reason some of the ballot boxes have been stolen. They were not stuffed enough on election day and so were stolen and fixed up after wards. A Democratic majority manu factured by such methods, "however, Is very tmall ground for Democratic boast ing. Cleveland Leader. Why Are They Silent? The Omaha Ropublican wants to know, what has become of. the men wuo. a few weeks ago, were offering to bet large sums 1 vi - money on me eiecijon oi wioveiana. Perhaps their present silence can be ac counted for bv the fact that theyhare put cl! their money up on Harrison aud 'j aionon. jjt. i'aui noneer rress. i ... s "-. . . - - . " " Syrup ot Fig ' ' ' " " - Tb Nature's own true laxative." It-is tne most easily taken, fend .the most effective remedy known to pieanse the System when Bilious or Costive; to dispel Heed aches, 'Colds and Fevers; to -cure" Habit"- ual Constipation, Indigestion, Trie's, etc.- Manufactured only by-the California Fig Syrup Company, Spn Francisco, Cal.'-For ale only 1y Dowty & Becber. '.". S7:y.. . . . CfarelaasVa Accept isftti. .HnrranforGroTerL-'Lo, the letter's doae' ' And Dap has copied ft maaanif old, . "..I Seeding a copy In a ilaiB round aaad " " To all the daly paper.leastand west, Fortius relief much' thanks; if -when done Tia done, then it w.ere well, as Shakespeare says. That it were quickly done. Thus do' we see '.That Shakespeare liild our Grover think alike. For O.'ho.w quickly done this letter was! U U hurried scrawl, dashed aJmblr4S; A.mcre Impromptu from the White. House'desk .Thai one .at lightning .speed .will sometimes write WhflewaltsaftaWrtinesSOTFj-rwithou "i"-"i j hs "" w wr A prpmst acceptance oradi to )ne. . ';' Tbe days are few; in fact, but Ninety-six, -Just Ninety-sbc," no more than Ninety 4dx, . : . Since Urorer, baring got thaeeegateH Began bu canvass Tor a second term; -' (That becond term which, four short years ago, Uo swore by all the gods no man could take' .- wlio did not mean to do ulconntry wrong!)- . And yet already to the -letter done,. Completely done from date to 'signature, Completely done done, enveloped and ataraped ! O, rare dispatch! O. feat beypodcoeapare! ' Jorevtr m our annaKahall it stand :: To teach' tbe generations yet to come Tbes-eweU-'inwaaextneaelyBMtt -As.men rehearse the tale they'll rate tteirbaada Aqd roll their eyeballs with profound surprise. And say to one another: "Shades of Scott, But whata hostler drover Cleveland was: Ho dashed hla letter of acceptance off, .. The whole of it, in'Kinety-atx. brief days! Did G rover ever intimate to Dan, fa tho full confidence that Pie inspires, That If he chose he round the earth could But A first class girdle, bucklinsr well the cads. In forty aiUiutes? Like aa not he did; At leant 'tis clear, a all the world uuat owe, 'bout regard to parties' hostile lines, Ttotbewho'jTtotheinltytask rir irnimi. with jiw nirn iitihimni fi.nn A letter through hi Ninety-six brief days, Co did do swift Fuck's most famous girdle act l,i Puck's own time and never turn a hair ! And are there those who sneer a bitter And laugh a scornful laugh, and stout maintain That G rover's letter was absurdly later Go to, ye scoftera all the Pyramids Tho Chinese .Wall, the spires that grace Cologne, The Brooklyn Bridge, the second Punic war; New York's huge Capitol, tbe temple grand, , Built by the Kiug, the peerless 8olomoa No one of these achievements of our race Was dono Inside of Ninety-six brief days. Aye. even Hawthorne, so 'tis understood. Took twice, .mayhap three times as long as that To write his letter of a scarlet hue. Why then attack our Grpverf Why pretend He did not catch the very earliest nudl With his acceptance that he could hare caegatT ' What's Ninety-six brief daysr A bagatelle, A Bnau, inconsequentlil pinch of TiaWs poor dost. Hurrah for Graver! Lo, tbe letter's done. And bob ahall hail htm, while our banner Boats, Hand 8. of those whoYe soonest with the van! New York Trtbaae. To Be Swag la Ne The tram is coming Around the bead; Good-by, Old Grover, good-by; It's loaded down With Harrison men; Good-by, Old Grover, good-by, CHOacs. By, free trade baby, Bock it, Grover, tenderly, By, a free trade baby Well smash the cradle. Good-by. Free trade Is busted. Protection we say, Good-by, Old Grover, goon-by. Boast beet to eat, Two dollars a day, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by. Chorus. - The time has come For loyal men, Good-by, Old Grover; good-by. To shoot the bandanna And vote for Ben, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by. Chorus. The duty on wool Will keep the same, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by; If you uont believe it Just ask Jim Blaine, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by Chorus. Your colors are out. The English say, Good-by, Old Grovergood-by; We still unfurl The American flag, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by. Chorus. Tippecanoe Ana Morton too, Good-by, Old Grover, good-by; If you can't remember ' You will In November, Good-by, Old Grover, good-bv. Chorus. L. P. Brown in Cleveland Leader. Aa Anticipatory Teat Mortem Khycae. The ancient "Roman" his roamln' has done. From tbe lakes to Atlantic's bar. His peripatetic philosophy's gone; Ta-ta, dear Thurman, ta-ta. The old hani is guttering now With many a tearful star; Put tbe little snuff box among bric-a-brac stocks; Ta-ta, dear Thurmaa, ta, ta. Wc feel that thou, too, must leave us bom; Thy pulses flickering are; Tby "civil service" has lost its tune; Tata, dear Grover, ta-ta. i i Thy "raw material" slaking low I (The "grandson" 'a the rising star); rreo trade and the "surplus" will with thee go; Ta-ta, dear Grover, ta-ta. t Tha O. O. P. has ran over tbee With tho crash of a Juggernaut ear; Fcr Bialne, of Halne, holds the leading rein; Ta-ta, dear Grover, ta-ta. A pillow of flowers, with motto "Rest," - . ift And the White House "Gates Ajar,' "' ' - We'll tenderly spread at thy feet and head; Ta-ta, dear Grover, ta-ta. And a scythe, with tbe legend, "Gathered la," And the harvester's merry ha-ha! Bespeak the "clean sweep" of tbe heirs that win; Ta-ta, dear Grover, ta-ta. -Charles H. A. Esling la Philadelphia North Awfrw. Front a Canadian StaadBeiat; Grover had a little fad He called retaliation. He threw it at Jean Canuck's bead To t"iv"ifeiVwalm But his nussOe was too weak - The dominion to cJsmember. His boomerang, will bit aim back And kill him next November. Winnipeg (Can.) Sifting Sow Becklesa These- Demoerata Are. - "Much of a rubh this morning?" asked tbe chairman of the Democratic national' campaigu committee of his private seere'' tary on coming into headquarters "Yes. pretty lively." replied the secre tary as he continued catching Hies and placing them in an empty Ink bottle "One dog stopped and looked in tbe door as he was going post." "Democratic dog, probably?", inquired the chairman.-' "Guess so he'had one ear chewed -off " "You should .-have nipped him."' re turned the chairman with a slight frown "However encouraging may. be to see that a dog evidently sympathises with us. tho fact remains that he has so vote You should have 'nipped the our. and turned the money .you got for him at tha pound- into, the campaign fund. I. want .to send -more money into Arasnsps -as' soon" as possible." Then the ehairasaa took 'down a book entitled ''Hours of Idlet.' ness" and sank' Into an assy chair. New-' York Tribune.- ., . -. - "..".- The Trae - .The -most vivid 'picture-.of the tarut Issue so. f ar presented was drawn feytbs master-hand of James G. Blaine. '-TW alignment of the two great parties is thus illustrated" In the accompanying extract frotaT a report of Blaine's great New York speech " .vWawmirttlmlmocjaticiWtykBew .taa niar uo ugntibr cue' mannractur era'. '-They can take care' of- themselves fAnplauso.l. But this is-a fight for the strong.arm and sturdy, heart of the Amer . I reau. laoorer. iries...oi . uooai -uopai i If wo" have' free trade- the'-factories will not bo closed.' but:. if kept open, they will bo-run" at half tho'nroseut wages' I Loud. applause.! .That is the issue which should' be. pressed homo on- tue Democratic party They should.be arraigned, as I arraign them, as -conspirators against' 'the welfare; of. every -laboring maul--(Cheers. J Let that "bo the issue.- and' watchwonf of Re publicans,' and defeat. Is impossible." ;-.Why Net UtlV'cll EBoaghAIaenr The way to proteet Li to protect. "Amer ican' -Industries' .are.1 now in a .prosperous f condition and tlie workingmen of this country are in, bettor condition than those of ' any other country on .the globe. No body, can deny that protection has made this possible. Then" why should wo" take' the long step toward free, 'trade ' proposed' by the Democratic, party?' -.."Let well' enough alone'-' is a good maxim and" aptly applies to this.case. Cleveland Leader.,- ' -Ilere'a a Chance Car Seaaebewy. . The death. of "Bij Winnio" leavCsran opening in the dime museum. world which cannot be filled until after March' 4 next, when his heaviness o ". the White House will be open for engagement. Managers desirine this attraction can make cppli- -cation to Col. Daniel .Lamont. Washing ton, D. C Ohio State Journal. Growing, Crowing. Grown. " Cfrjjwing, growing"! Every day since Lis nomination Gen. Harrison has bsen grow ing In popular regard, lie has mado no mistake; his speeches have evinced en lightened statesmanship, sagacious' dis crimination, sound judgment, earnest and unwavering patriotism. Ho 'a to be our next president, "sure 's you live"" Troy (N.Yf) Times. IntelUgriH ii Coaaea High, Tttoogh. 'Bight in tho faco of Mr. Cleveland's 1 10,000 campaign contribution, and of the fact that the Democratic, managers are assessing government employes all over the country, The Philadelphia Record prints the following legend: "This is' a campaign of intelligence, not of boodle." Evidently The Record is trying to fill tho long felt want of Philadelphia for a hu morous paper. Indianapolis Journal. Befer Ulna to 1837. When a freo trader tells you that the country was prosperous under a tariff for revenue only, respectfully refer him to the fact that in 1857 tho liabilities of the bankrupted concerns exceeded 1280,000--000, a far greater amount than the fail ares havo reached in any year since i860, although the business of the country-has increased fourfold during- the period. San Francisco Chronicle. Twaa Ever Thna. A few hours before Mr. Thurman spoke In Hew York on Thursday night he saidr "I think I can mako "10,000 people hear me." When ho spoke people beyond ten feet from him could not hear his voice. There always is considerablo difference between what a Democrat flunks he can do and what he does. Bellefonte (Pa.) Daily News. So Does Every One Else. At the anti-Hill protest meeting in New York Henry George said: "I am for Grover Cleveland becauso I -am a- freo trader." Henry George is like tho other George, he cannot tell a lie. He knows what Grover Is for. Buffalo Express. irWoaM Indeed. When Grover said to Danielr "Have you. heard the news fromSfalnef Wbr.t Daniel said to Grovor Would give a ChribUanpsIn.' . Washington Critic. It is only sixty years ago thlft month that the first stage carrying tho United States mail westward passed over the Allegheny mountains. The road taken by tho stage was from Cumberland, Md., to Wlit-eling. a distance of 130 miles. Make Hla) Tarnish Proof!. Don't let any free trader tell you that the price of an article is raised to the consumer by the ataount of the duty with out demanding proofs. He can't-furnish them. 'San Francisco Chronicle. A Common Throat Disease. There is a "very common disease of the throat, accompanied by a white exuda tion, which is frequently confounded with diphtheria. The mucous membrane of the throat, particnlarly of the tonsils, is studded with numerous small holes called follicles. These follicles secrete mucus, and when the throat is inflamed fronrany cause mucus and pus collect in the mouths of tho follicles, appearing as a whitish exudation. The tonsils ore often est the seat of local inflammation, tho dis ease being known as tonsilitis. The con fusion that exists is between simple ton silitis with points of exudation, and diph theria with a false membrane. Herald of Health. What She Talks About. A Kentuckv gentleman of an lnauirlni .mind has been trying to find out what tho average girl talks about wuen on tne street. -. He had found out that "if yon hear 100 bits of conversation between two women there are CO chances that they aro talking about 'says he.' 'says 1,' or 'says she,' with the probabilities largely in lavor of 'says lie.' Then there aro 3d chances that they are talking about matters of. dress, and only I chance in tbe 100 that they are talking about some thing else." New Orleans Times-Democrat. -' . - It is Absurd . For people to expect a cure for Inrtigev tion, unless they refrain from eating what is unwholesome ; but if anything will sharpen the appetite and give tone ' to the digestive organs, itis Ayers Sar saparUla. Thousands all over the land testify to the merits of this medicine'. - Mrs. Sarah Burroughs,, of 218 Eighth Street.South Boston, write; "My bus. band-lias taken Ayer's Sarsaparilla, for Dyspepsia and torpid, liver, and. has ."been greatly benefited." A Confirmed Dyspeptic. C, Canterbury,' of 141 Franklin st., '. Boston,'. Mass., "writes,, that, suffering for years 'from Indigestion, he was at last induced to try .Ajer's Sarsaparilla and, by Its use,' was entirely cured. . Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street, - Holyoke, Mass., suffered for oyer a year ' front Dyspepsia, so that sho could not eat substantial food, became very weak, -vand was unable to care for her family. . Neither the medicines prescribed by physicians", nor 'any. of the remedies ' advertised for the -cure of Dyspepsia, "helped her,- Until she commenced tbe .- use of Ayera -Sarsaparilku "Three- - bottles of this "medicine," she writes, .""cured me.".. Ayer's Sarsaparillae .'rmsrABSi t ' Dk J. .a Ayer Co.," Lowell,' Mass.' - fsw$l;atasuti.-WeriaaetU, National Bank! ; ---or -.' -HAS,A!. Autkoriztd Ctoitil of $250,000, A Surplus Fumlof - $20,000, Ami the leut FM.f 'any bask ia thfc part of aba State.-! "" v ' s Deposits received; and. 'Interest peid'oa. timedepuoits." . - '". "". ; ".,.-- ---. t-D rafts ob the princ ipal cities ia thli try and Europe bought and sold. " - '"-.-. - arCoUecUona and.all otaW prospt sad- rarsfal atteatiasf.'-" . sW TocKHouaaa "."... a." anderson! p't. :' ' :. - . Jl HlflALLKY, VieePr't. - .--..- " O.T.'ROKN. Cashier G. ANDERSON,-- V - K ANDERSON. JACOBURKISEN. HENRTItAGAT. JOHN J. BULUVAN. W,A.McAUJ8TEK. .- . Apr2s-Wtr i i ' i gmsittess ards. 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