Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1890 — THE GREELEY HOME BURNED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE GREELEY HOME BURNED.

Destruction of a Famous Residence at Chappaqua. Cliappaqua (N. Y.) dispatch: The old Greeley homestead, which was formerly the homo of Horace Greeley, being built by him in 1851, has boon destroyed by fire. Since Mr. Greeley’s death the house had been owned by Miss Gabrlello Greeioy, his only surviving child. She was in Pleasantvillo attending church at the time of the fire, and left the liouso in charge of Miss Cleveland, her cousin. At about JO o’clock the latter detected the smell of smoke. Upon investigation the cellar was found to be ,ln flames. The fire made rapid proggress, and Miss Cleveland and the servants were compelled to leave, without being able to save much property. Some of the neighbors, however, managed to

save most of the library, a marble bust of Horace Greeley, and the only existing picture of Mrs. Greeley. The property destroyed included much valuable furniture and two pianos. A secretary and other articles belonging to the great editor were saved. There was about $4,0»»0 worth of jewelry in the house. A portion of it, including a diamond bracelet and several gems, was found after the fire was extinguished. It Is believed that SIO,OOO \yill cover the loss. Miss Mary F. Latiihop of Denver, Col., national organizer for the NonPartisan National Woman's Christian Temperance union, will traverse ■ the Pacific coast in the interests of that society, commencing early Mi May. Party questions will have no place in Miss Lathrop’s addresses.

Got. Jack on of Maryland signed the Australian ballot bill. Ihe lowa house by 86 to 9 passed an Australian ballot law very similar to that of Indiana. Six hundred and eight Demo eratic trustees in the State. Well, that “is good enough.” Neither party ever had so large a majority of the trustoes as the Democrats secured last Monday. They have more than thre*-fifths of the entire number. That “is good enough.” At the township elections on Monday 608 crats, 398 Republicans and 6 Independents were elected trustees. In the language of our neighbor, this “is good enough.” A gain of one Democratic trustee in Jasper county, and but for questionable schemes worked up in two townships the Democracy would have come out of the contest with a majority. As it is the school book monopolies have no eonsoiation in the result in this county.

At the local election in Helena, Montana, Monday, the Democrats scored a glorious victory, electing the mayor of the citv and six out of eight aldermen. The republicans made (heir fight on the issue of the legislative deadlock, and the question of the 24th precinct vote upon which the senatorial contest turned, and got badly snowed under. This, too “is good enough.” -— The “Republican” wails out:— “In Marion township there a light vote, at least 70 voters staying at home, most of ihem sowing oats. Four-fifths of these were were Republicans. There was some scratching, as usual in town*, ship elections, at least on Republic m tickets,—where the scratching always is.” Evidently our neighbor is badly demoralized over the result, notwithstanding his declaration that it “is good enough,” and thinxs “a poor excuse better than none.”

- <4»»« The quality of taffy offeied by the plutocrats, in the proposed tariff revision, to the farmer may be samoled by that hard-headed individual before swallowing. For instance, we export something like 46,000,000 bushels of wheat, we import 1,946 bushels. So the tariff on wheat was increased 25 per cent. There? Talk about relief, what more does the farmer want? We export 69,000,060 bushels of corn; we import 2,33Bbushels. The tariff on com was increased 50 per cent. We export 624,000 buhels of oats: we import 22,324 bushels. The tariff on oats was increased 50 per cent. We import 396 bushels of corn meal. The tariff on com meal was doubled. We export 400,000,000 lbs. of bacon and hams, and import 272,000 pounds. The tariff on bacon and hams was increased from 2to 5 cents per pound. We export 85,000,000 of cheese;' we import 8,000,000 pounds. The tariff on cheese was increased 50 cent Just let the farmer tt look! Isn’t that “relief” for him? Or will the farmer, sampling this taffy before swallowing it, say that it adds insult to injury?—lndianapolis Newa

In this township, on Monday last, the election resulted as follows: H or trustee. Greenfield, republican, received 96 majority over Par ker, democrat. Porer, r., for| assessor, had 196 majority over Crockett, dja tribute to Porter’s services in ihe late unpleasantness( ?) anyhow, he limped badly all day. For justices, Churchili & Burn ham, r’s received “the full party vote” —and considerably more, too, there being no opposition to them. Jlealy, d, received 141 majority over Morgan, r, undoubtedly a tribute to the judge’s good looks. Hanging Grcve- the republican ticket sleeted. Barkley—lliff, r, for trustee, 44 maj. A democratic justice and constable were elected. Carpenter—Roadifer, r, for trus tee, has 93 majority over Culp, d. Jordan— democratia ticket. G'ilam—republican ticket Wheatfield —democratic ticket. Keener—republican ticket. Kankakee- trustee rjustices, d. Milroy—Keslej, d, trustee. Newton —trustee, Hopkins, r, 2 mojority over Goetz, d, said to have bes n rought about by pledg es to work certain roads. Balance of ticket democratic. Walker —democratic ticket Union—dem. ticket. Cooper, d, for trustee, received 41 majority. The aggregated vote of the county shows a handsome reduc tion of the usual republiean ma jority. Thankful for smad favors, our neighbor thinks it “isgood enough.”

The Chicago Tribune worked teeth and toe-nail for the election of Benjamin Harrison to the presidency of the United States. Commenting on the relation of the farmer to the tariff it says: “The great “mother industry” needs help because of its exceptionally hard situation and the importance of its prosperity as a basis of national well-being. The McKinley committee, responding to the demand to do something for the farmers, proposes to put up the rates on certain farm products and exclude Canadian competitors. In that way rates might be advanced somewhat, for the benefit of the truck farmers of New England, but something else is needed for the relief of the great agricultural district west of the Alleghanies and north of the cotton line. It is in the triangle formed by Ohio, North Dakota and Cansas, covert ing twelve great States, that overE reduction has destroyed the prots of farming. No duty on farm Droducts will be of any material benefit to this great section. At most, such levies will simply destroy trade with Canada and Mexico and substitute non-intercourse. Tariff charges on Canadian products cannot add to the value of

the wheat, oorn, beef, pork and flour produced iu this country in excess of the power of home consumption, but they surely would t ke away the opportunity to exchange a part of the surplus with Canadian fa. mers. Nor is it poB sible to enlarge the number of consumers in the manufacturing industries, so that the entire enor mous agricultural product shall be consumed in phis country. It is beyond the power of congress to add to the price which the farmers of the west receive for their sur plus products. Changes of the tariff based on this idea will surely provt misleading and disappoint ing. It is, however, in the power of congress to benefit the faemers by reducing the cost of the goods they take in exchange for their surplus products, so that an in creased amount can be obtained for their crops. The British far mers have felt the effect of in creased com petition from America and a consequent reduction of their priees, but they have still obtained rates which seemed high to the Ameaican farmer, and their man ufaetured goods and wares have cost them little more than one half. Western farmers can receive bene

fit from congress only by such re ductions of the tariff on the neces saries as will lowit their cost of living. That is the only wy in which the tar ff can be reformed to the material advantage of far mers, and if it is not done by the Republicans in this cong ess it will be by the Democrats in the next in a radical and perhaps reckless fashion.

THE GREELEY HOMESTEAD.