Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1892 — No Government Competition. [ARTICLE]

No Government Competition.

The unjust custom of the government, through its postoffice department, in the printing of stamped envelopes is undemocratic, unrepnblican and contrary, to the spirit of the constitution and without a parallel or precedent in any other branch of the national government. That the government should spend the people’s money to compete with its own citizens is an injustice so manifest and so flagrant as to demand the vote of disapproval of every congressman.—Plymouth Democrat Nearly two months ago the Demo- , eratic house passed a bill placing landbag twine on the free list. The bill went to the senate where it was referred to the committee on finance, of which Senator Morrill, of Vermont, is chairman. It has never been acted qpon by the committee. The amount of whalebone taken annually does not now much exceed 300,000 pounds. The largest part this is taken by the whalers sailing out of ports on the Pacific coast A few years ago the amount taken reached as high as 500,000 pounds annually. There will be 900 delegates to the n*; tipnal Democratic convention, 888 from States and 13 from territories. In order to nominate, the votes of 600 delegates will be required, a clear two-thirds vote. The Women's temple in Chicago, which cost $600,000, was largely paid for cat of the contributions of penny hanks, 100,000 of which were opened, it is said far that purpose.