Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1886 — DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR. [ARTICLE]

DEATH OF EX-PRESIDENT ARTHUR.

New York, Nov. 18. —Chester Alan Arthur, ex-President of the United States, died at his home in this city this morning at 5 o’clock. It had been evident for some time that the ex-President’s days were numbered. Drs Peters and Valentine and Mr. Arthur’s two sisters, Mrs. McElroy and Mrs. Caw, and his nephew, Arthur Masten, were present when death occurred. His daughter Nellie, and son, Chester Arthur, Jr., were in the house and were summoned as their father expired. There was no scene at the bedside, and at the time death occurred it was not expected. The news of the death of the exPresident spread rapidly, and the flags of the public buildings were soon displayed at half-mast. Mr. Arthur was born in Vermont in 1830, and was therefore in the fifty-sixth year of his age. The funeral of ex-President Arthur will take place Monday, Nov. 22, at 9 o’clock a. m., at the Church of Heavenly Rest. Members of his late Cabinet are expected to act as pall-bearers. The remains will be buried in the rural cemetery on the Troy road, about four miles above Albany. Presiden Cleveland and Cabinet will attend the funeral in a body.

The article under the caption of “The Baker Boodle,” on another page of this paper is well worthy a perusal. Read it. ’Mid the fuming, fretting and swearing of the Republicans, the Democratic majority on joint ballot, in this State, st,j! stands at —2 The black vote is all that saves Pennsylvania to the Republican party. The balance of power is held by the negro element in that State. Just now the Republican newspapers are in a tenibla rage because rlicy can not steal the United Slates Senatorsliip for Ben. Harrison. The Democracy have tv, o majority on joint bailot, gent’e men, and that is sufficient so- all practical purposes.

Our neighbor of the Republic? n becomes exceedingly nervous ai d irritable when simply an allusion to the circulation of a rumor affecting Simon P. Thompson is made and at the same time is unsparing in his denunciation of Democrats •who stand high in popular esteem ihis >eck the “Message” man, the bulk of whose party is made up of the membership of the late Know Nothing orgamzati n, and still retain their iutollerant dogdogmas, in a spin t of hypocritical cant and finite y, says of the Irish Catholic: “Their devotion excites the admiration of the w rid.” But who, knowing him. will beli ve that James’ admiration is excited? He a ids: “ Without these fathful allies the Demoocrat party long since would have disbanded.” ho Democratic party would not give that idea a momentary consideration. Without its allies, the negro element, the He publican party would disband and organize under a new name. *

Tariff revision has some friends ' even in Pennsylvania. Hon. William L. Scott, a Democrat and a tariff reformer, carried the Eri e district at the last election by 1,500, though it is n iturally republican by 3,000 majority. This result is, singularly enough, ignored by the supporters of the war tariff when speaking of the late alleged “revolt” against tax reform. Mr. Scott is a man who, by his enterprise and capital, has been, and s ill is, la. gely identified with the great industrial interests of Pennsylvania. He is the largest ir dividual owner of coal property, and one of ihe largest coal miners and employers of labor in H>e J He is also proprietor of one,) me largest woolen mills in Philadelphia. He is a member of the present congress, and has been elected to the next. During his canvass an effort was made by the Iron aud Steel association defeat him, the same as was done against Morrison of Illinois, Carlisle, of Kentucky, and the Democratic candidates in this and other States. Mr. John Jarrett, the principal emissary of the monopolists, in several speeches dennounced him as antagonist c to the interests of American labor. Mr. Scott invited the laboring men of the distriet to hear him and at a large meeting gave a forcible exposition and vindication of his views in respect to the necessity of tariff reform, and concluded with the following most extraordinary and startling exposition of the extent to which the tariff is used by Pennsylvania capitalists and rings to plunder the people, under the pretense of protecting labor and domestic indnstries. He said:

“We hear a great d al about the pro ection of the wage-worker, and I am in favor of protecting the wage-worker. But may it not be that we are protecting the manufacturer mage than the wage-work-er? I can a better illustration of this than by referring to an incident in connection w r ith Mr. •Tarrett! That gentleman said he was a Welshman and that he had come over to this country and immediately become an American ci - izen, as soon as the laws would permit. About the same time that Mr. Jarrett came over another subject of the Queen of Great Britain arrived in this countr • and in this state. He finally located in ittsburg, but he nevei gave up his allegiance to the queen, and one of his proudest boasts to-day is that he is not an American citizen, but a subject of the Queen of England. But he went into the man- j ufacture of iron and steel in Pitts- I burg, aud I know positively, from statements made by reputable gentlemen, that although he did not own the entire works, he drew out of that establishment during a period of 300 days, profits amounting t» $5,000 per day, or $1, 000,000 in one year. He is now building a castle abroad, and he expects to return to his native country after be lias feathered his nest under the protection of this government, and die, I suppose, a British subject. Now, let us take, for instance, this article of steel rails, of which you have heard so much. Eighteen months ago I had occasion to buy 10, 000 tons ofjjsteel rails $ I went to a rolling mill in t ennsylvania and bought them for $25.50 per ton. lie parties who sold them to me were perfectly satisfied with the one !. At that time there was no combination between the steel mids of this country. About six months afterward the seven or eight steel rail mills of the country combined and agreed to divide among themselves the amount of rails that the country would require, and gradually the pric of steel rails went up until it reached $33 per ton, winch is the, price today. From $25.50 to $33 is an increase of $7 50. Now, the advance in the cost of producing a ton of steel rails does not exceed 10 per cent, over and above wliat I paid at the time, or $2.50 per 'on. That would leave in round numbers an advance in steel rails of $5 a ton without any necessity for it. There are seven or eight steel rail mills, and tiiey produce about 1,5 c 0,000 tons of steel rails a year, and this additional profit ot $5 per ton amounts to the sum of $7,-

500,000 to be divided between these seven or eight mills. Do you think that the railroads pay this excessive profit on the steel rails they buy? Not by any means. The railroads simply advance the money, and it is you who travel over the railroads, and who transport your merchandise and produce over them who in the end pay this immense profit to the manufacturers. It comes at last u r on the people. Less than a year ago I was talking with a friend of mine on this question of steel rails. He probably purchases more steel rails than anj T man in the United States. I said to him: ‘These mills are putting up these rails pretty fa.B Don’t you think they ought |to stey ‘Yes,’ said he, ‘I think Rgnt to.’ I know that he j< v. what he w r as talking about. Said he: ‘You know how the iron industries have been for the last few years—apparently hardly alive But do you know one t ing?’ and then calling a certain iron and steel company in Pennsylvania by n me, lie said: ‘That company represents a capital of $10, 000,000. You know how the iron and steel industries have been depressed, and yet I know that the principal bone of contention in the board of directors of that company for some time has been whether or not they should make an ex.ra dividend of $10,000.000.’ ’’

Lafayette Journal: The Chicago Inter-Ocean contains the following: Capt. John Cook, of Hook and Ladder company No, 2, found under the step of his residence, at No. 210 Ewing street, a valuable chalice, such as is used in the services of the Catholic church, and which is consecrated for that purpose. The bowl of the chalice is of silver, and the base of other metal, heavily plated with gold. The property was evidently stolen from some church and hidden away by the thief, who found it hard to be disposed of. A gentleman called at the Journal office last evening and said that the Catholic church at Itenssela ‘V had been visited by a thief and the chalice above described stolen. A man that will rob a church need never expect to pass through the gate guarded by St. Peter. Father Scott, probably the oldest man in Jasper county, we regret to learn has been very ill during the present week. He voted for James Madison on his second term, and has steadily voted the Democratic ticket ever since. Full of years he enjoys the respect and kind regards of all who know him. Examine quality.and ascertain prices of overco .ts at Eisner’s, sou will buy. T. J. Mallatt, merchant and P. M-! at Fair Oaks, aud a daughter of James Yt iseman, Sr., were married to-day fit the residence of the bride’s parents, in Union township. Justice Wood, of this place, officiated. We wish the wedded pair joy and prosperity. Lafayette Journal: Col. D. C. J. Barnes goes to Renss laer to-day to increase the large Journal list there. Dave says if Lafayette people want to gel a good square meal and a chant eel that the Nowels House is a numher one.