Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 33, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 August 1891 — Page 6

BENNUN'tiTOX'S DAY.

Tk UoHHWMt in Honor of Famous Battto Dediewted. the Tit Cereaaimlea larl4iMitrd Ut fejr KwltHry Heeded hjr the l'rtdent f ttv United St!-. HuNNtxaTOX, Vt-. Aug. . The ded Icatlort ceremonies of the monument erected to commemorate th tattle of Bennington crowded this little town to vcrfiowing. The presence of the pres ident of the United States and members of hk cabinet, a well as the governors of three states, rave the event a wore than local interest It brought people frost all parte of the United States. but particular! j from the New England ttates, to witness the ceremony. At the encampment grounds, the soldiers' home, the crowd was up with the soldiers, for with the first break of dawn the streets began to as sume a lively appearance. Every pri vate a well as every public house in Bennington was crowded, and many slcit oa the lawns, while hundreds were glad to find sleeping quarters in tents. The first of the special trains was not due before S o'clock, bat the wagon roads brought a very large accession to the multitude in the town before that hour, and when tlx first train arrived the gaily-decorated streets were well filled. The principal interest was in the arrival of the president and his party who had spent the night at the home of Gen. .1. G. MeCullough. at Not th Bennington, five miles away. Gov. Page did not meet the president. He drove over to North Itennington last night, accompanied by Adjt--Gen. Peck ami pcHt the night with the president at Gen. McCu I lough's. This morning he sent Col. W. E. Seward and Webb, of his staff, to act as the president's escort and with him went a dosen meralers of John A. Logan Post, G. A, R., of Orwell, Vt. (mounted), under command of 11. G. Hibbard. These grand army men were in undress cavalry uniform and carried sabers. The carriage which had been provided for the president was drawn by four white horses with plumes of red. white and blue ia their head-stalls. Oa the box sat two coachmen in livery. As the procession approached Itennington, the mounted escort rode ahead of the carriage in which sat Gen. MeCullough with the president Rehiad this carriage were others in which sat the members of the president's party. It was the duty of the escort to keep the road clear, and it was not without difficulty that they succeeded in making a passage for the president's carriage through the crowds of vehicles which filled the country road. All the way from North Ikanington to Itennington the preskleHt was greeted with cheering, to which he responded by taking off hk hat and bowing. The start from North Bennington was made shortly after 8 o'clock, bat progress was slow, and it was after 9 when the little procession reached the soldiers home, where the carriages drew up, and the president, with the assistance of Gov. Page, left his carriage ami entered the governor's parlor. Before he entered the house he turned ami bowed repeatedly to the cheering multitude which had surrounded the building. In the parlor the president heM a brief reception, at which the members of the governor's staff and other distinguished persons were introduced to him. In the meantime the militia forces had been assembling on the parade ground without. The corps of cadet from West Point, accompanied by the post band, had arrived on a special train, and had marched to the place of assembly, and a number of grand army costs and regiments of patriarchs militant were drawn up on different parts of the parade ground. Brig. Gen. W. L. Greealeaf. the chief marshal, and hk staff, mounted ia front of Gen. Greenleaf s tent at the end of the parade ground, and the marshal's orderlies rode backward ami forward across the parade ground, carrying orders to the marshals of the different divisions. The hour fixed for starting the parade was 16 o'clock, but it was nearly 1H:W when the last report showed that the divisions were all in readiness for the start and word came to the chief marshal that the president awl the reviewing party were ready. A minute later the president and hi- party telt the home ami resumed their carnage which awaited them. '15m? arrange mcnt of the carriages was changed slightly, in the first carriage sat the president, Gov. Page ami AdjL-Gen Peck. In the second were ex-Gov, Prescott of New Hampshire, president of the Itennington Monument aftSsoeHV tioti, and Hon. Edward J. Ihelps, the orator of the day. In the third carriage were the secretary of war and Rev. Chas. Parkhurst, of Boston, the ehap lain of the day. In the other carriages were Attornev-General Miller, Private Secretary Hal font. Gen. G, W. Ycaaey, Gen. ,1. C. MeCullough. Maj.-Gen. O. O Howard, U. S. A., Gen. Russell A. Alger, Senator Justin S. Morril, Gen. Alex S. Webb, ux-Kcpreseatative J, V. Stewart, and Representatives W. W. Grout and H. II. Powers, of Ver mout; Hon. A. F. Walker, of Chicago Col, Langdon, U. S. A.; Maj. A ins worth, U. S. A : the governor of New Hampshire and his staff; the governor of Massachusetts ar.d hk staff; the licHteiMtnt-goveruor of MachUMtte ami committees ot the two houses ox tlu .". i..v.chuetU .eiiaiure; Col. W Reward Webb, John King, of New York: Hon. S. C Crittesdon; of New York; Hon. Daniel Roberta, of IlHrlington; Hon. S. S. Tarbell, of Boston; Hon. 1L C. Hall, hktorkn of the Sons of the American Revolution; Gen. J. U. Carr, of Albany; Hon. George F. Edmunds, Col. McDonald 'and Col. Vateheldor. U. S. A. .of Washington; L. i'. iteming, oi Lonnecttcut: llowartl Coic,Kusaell Harrison, Gen. Warner, of Albany; Hon. W. H. Wrearly, of De - trolt; Col. H. It. Smaney. Cant Taylor, V. . A.; Lieut. Vi. U. Humphrey, Capt

Taylor, ef the Ancient and HouorabW artillery of KMm; Ilea. G. C. Wen diet, of KuHiHgioa; II. Walter Webb, seeoad vW-pru4dnt of the New York Central Kail road Co., and the Ikuten-aat-governor, the secretary of sOaUf a4 other offteers of Vermont. Only the president and his immediate party, with their escorts, to the number of about forty, rode ia the Mrst carriage. These fell ia behind the battalion of Ataoskeag veteraas, which had been appointed a special escort to the president. They led the first division, which was under the command of Col. Julius J. Kstey of the Pint regiment V. X. G. Oa oaeh side of the president's carriage walked three grand army veterans under command of Maj.

John S. Dreanaa, Following the carriages ia the line were the First regi ment V. N. G.; three companies of the X, II. X. G a milttta company from Troy and one from Hoosac Falls. X. Y.; the IJfeht Guards battalion of North Adams Mas.: Itatterv It, Fourth artillery, L. S. A., under command of llrevet-.Maj Harry C, Cashing, and the Fir light battery V. N. G. These constituted the fin divkkm. As the chief Marshall gave the command for the coin at a to start a platoon of mounted deputies under Sheriff Robinson led the way. followed by a platoon of polx-e. Then eame the grand marshall and his aides under the escort of John A. Logan post G. A. K., (mounted) of Orwell. Then followed the different divisions in their order. At the head of the second, divkkm marched the United States Military band, followed by the corps of cadets 450 strong: then the department of Vermont, G. A. R.; Willkrd Post, 0. A. R., of Troy, X. Y.; the Vermont Veteran association of Boston; Knights Templars mounted anil on foot; Putnam 1'balaax. of Hartford, Conn., as a guard of honor; a detachment of I- uller's batterr in Continental uniform in charge of two pieces of artillery cap tured by Gen. Stark at the battle of Bennington. These made up the sec ond dtvkioa under command of Assistant. Marshal Col. A. W. Motcalf. Second regiment, X. H. N. G. Following the second division eame the members of the Vermont state legislature on foot. The third division was under the com mand of Col. Wm. M. Straehan- Then came the invited guests in carriages. There were nearly 30 of these carriages in all. The head of the column moved at a little after 10:3 o'clock, passing under an evergreen arch which stood at the head of North street. Across the face of the arch in white immortelles was the inscription: "Mollk Stark Was Not Widowed," ami the dates "1791" and "1777." An enormous crowd filled the street from curb to eurb and the advance gward cleared the way slowly. The procession moved down North street and turned east to Gage street for two squares and turned into Main street. At the jnnctkm of North and Main streets a huge areh in imitation of masonry had bees, drawn aeross Main street. Over the keystone ot the areh stood the figure of the Goddess of Liberty. Below were arranged thir teen of Bennington s prettiest girhs holding the nags of the thirteen original states. As the president passed under the arch a shower of roses fell from the hands of the young girls, which sprinkled hk carriage ami fell all about it At the same time the cltorus of childish voiees struck up 'America." The reviewing stand was on Main street, about a quarter of a mile be hind the areh. Here the president stood with head uncovered for a half hour while the procession was passing in review. When the head of the column of carriages eame in sight the president left the stand and resumed his seat in hk carriage. The head of the column had reached the monument by this time, and the militia forces were massed on the west of the great "stand, which had been erected in front of it. The second and third divisions were massed as they came up on the cast, ami the carriages then drove up in front of the stand and the guests were escorted to their seats. Seats for thousand had been provided on the stand, which tv& roofed ia with canvas. The seats were arranged in three tiers, ami the orator of the dart the president ami other speakers who were to address the multitude were seated on the second tier near the center of the stand. It took some time to arrange all of the guests, at.-', it was after the noon hour when Hon. Wheelock G. v eazey, the president of the day, arose and spoke briefly. Gen Veoaey then intro duced Iter. Charles Parkhurst. of Bos ton, the chaplain of the day, who deliv ered the invocation. Gov. Page then arose ami, on behalf of the state of Vermont, delivered an address of welcome. Ex-t'ov. Preseottof New Hampshire, president of the Itcanington Monument association, in a brief speech then transferred the monument to the state of Vermont and Gov. Page responded briery, accepting it. Following this ceremony a ehorus of male voiees sang a dcdieatioR ode composed for the occasion. The president of the day then iatrodneed Hon. Edward J. Phelps, of Burlington, the orator of the day. He received an enthusiastic greeting. Mr. Phelps said: Vermont ewavecnt to-day her r Mstnrle nmmmmI; bet New HampeMr ad la-InMi-tt who teeght with Iter and for Her at KMMlm(t. hve Joked in erecting thin memorial of their eemwen aietef-y. ;Um i 'hnre 1 the irlemph M Its eomple. Ami taty are sere sr a pteiHtM repre-teata tMa.an give in eeatM,ir ta dtotiae t n thir arpwn a hLhcr dtstaitr. a in iv xenereet sirece The speaker then recited the oeeurrenees which led np to the battle of liennington and Stark's victory and reviewed the famous controversy over the New Hampshire grants. In VM, he teatinuea, Vermeafa lea; eeatraveray reached aa eau. Her wtmaaale wer iaalty etme4. Ai amleaWe adJaetmeMt wa made with Xew Yetk, a ad a ! huntlrvt vears mt unbrukea frieauthle b , trtt- tbt Mate Uhx MKert4att 11 "- i the wh mt f". TXXi 1 was by the head ot Wahuiea.

Sir, rfcelp. lhM leikwedtbe at.r of Vermont ht kr one hundred yeara and concluded as follow: Uwalae Inward la th llht ttf the yhIH. m eilurv w m nMW rftiMNrra with the rye of Ulth wtHl hop what IhU n.-iitluvl pile thJ.ll took ot NwtM la the that r Welore It. 1( wlU look wet uMa Vermesi, n h)M vaUey 4 hlllM- the eei time ml the harvett all sever (alt. A lend who pep)e hlt etlll etinx i It with an afff-etlea at ftt for th aerftu-e f tne Mtrtk hy any bet the the bllewehlte; haltewva t ttH-m m to m by aehte tradlitwna, terred far the Jm1 whw ret In U Ujm. The beautUal nam which the HMWMtiM4 Hart xlven it wilt iblle hmh the leai fwrever. Muenteu always, Vrmow C The oration wna interrupted by frequent applause from the attentive audience. At its conclusion President liarrkon was introduced, lie made a lrief

extempore seech, after which tkeru was a selection by the band, and Her. Parkhurst pronounced the benediction. The procession then reformed in its original onler ami marched through Monument avenue, Main street and Xorth streets to Csiup Vermont, when the troops were dkmkd. Many of the other organisation had dropped oat aloag the line of march. The president and his escort were driven immediately to the large tent near the soldiers home, where a banquet completed the exerckes of the day. At night there was a display of lireworks on the soldiers' home grounds. A CORNER IN CORN. X IIhhM that a IHg 1'nrnrr U On, I Ht Whw I I)Ihic lt?--'.IIm" Ki-i-hi- mitt Old Hatch" Smperlrd at Havine a llnnA Ir It. Cxictno, Aug. l.Tho Post thk afternoon says: "Many of the board nf trade brokers are advising their customers to look out for September corn. Somebody is making an unmistakable effort to corner the market and a big deal k on. In the face of exceptional weather and the best crop conditions the market has gone steadily up during the past three weeks. It started at 0'-i cents, ami opened to-day at 53 cents. There k everything to indicate that the price will continue to rise, and the Chicago traders arc "on." That a corner was in progress has been suspected by the "knowing ones" for two weeks past, bat during the past few days the evidence of the deal have been so convincing that there k no longer any doubt about it, ami now the brokers are looking for the speculator behind the market. In New York th mischief is laid at the door of "Jim" Kceac, and there are those who accuse the venerable Itenjamin Peters Hutchinson of backing the deal. The best authority on squeezes ami corners says a deal in September corn catjnot be controled fresa New York. Furthermore, the indications point to a Chicago man. P. I). Amour, has reasons for- making the deal and the ready cash to back him. Many -of the board of trade brokers say Armour is, actually manipulating a corner in com and that before September M, the price will be beyond anything anticipated by the most cautions. Hut the ''knowing; ones" again eome in and say they have their suspieions of the operator, but it k not the packer. And there you are. This k the situation on change to-day." SHARP PRACTICE. A nutlnct Violation f thi Navlgatta taw OttTrrfttitr the f.'eattle Trade of thr CnUrd Nt.itVa.hi.vtox, Aug. 9. The secretary of the treastirv has received a letter from Senator Hale calling attention to the fact that a systematic attempt k being made to evade the navigation laws of the United States, which excludes foreign vessels from the coastwise trade, the plan being to ship freight from New York to San Francisco and other Pacific ports by foreign vessel to Liverpool or Ant werp, and thence in another foreign vessel from such port to San Francisco. Acting Secretary Xettleton has writ ten Senator Hale that the attention of the department was called to ink state of affairs some weeks ago. and that instructions were immediately seat to the collectors of customs on the Pacific coast directing them, upon the arrival of merchandise thus shipped, to institute legal proceedings against the property under section 4S7 of the revised statutes, awl report the result to the departnseat. The acting secretary expresses the opinion that stieh shipments are a distinct violation of the spirit of the Pnited States navigation law, and caatherefore lie prevented. THE BIRD HAS FLOWN. The Maynr wf Parangs, Cat., an Abarnad-tog-PrfeHlIrr to thn Kttent f 9119, Dckaxso, CoL, Aug. . It ia ehargetl that Edward Lambert, Jr., bookkeeper of the San Juan Smelting ami Mining Co., k short $110,009 in his accounts. Lambert has fae.Ogo worth of real estate here ami has for years been living extravagantly. Some months ago a detective was put in the office with Lamltert, and when he reported it was shown that Lambert had appropriated JU4.MX) of the company's moiMy. Yesterday a warrant was sworn ont for Lambert's arrest, bat he got wind of it ami left town. The sheriff k now close on hm track. Lambert was alNi mayor of thk city, having been elected last fall. A FAMILY GATHERING. The rrhr-f Wnlrn tfmtr te OpraHagrit to a FnmHjr KcwafcHi. Losimix, Aug. W.-The prlneeH of Wales has departed in the royal yacht for the family party at Copenhagen, where she will be joined In nbnttt a fortuiglit by the prth.n. The khir of Greece, who is mm of the king ot Denmark, ami brother of the princes of Wales, ha already arrived in Copenhagen, with hk two sons, and the euw and esarina are expected here about Friday or Saturday. Prince Frederick of Denmark, with his Swedish wife Lottke,wliok over six feet in height, k at home to meet the party. The While star KtMMrthip Teeteale, which arrive I at NVw York yestwaay Mtoraiax (mm Uverpewi, m4 the pnae In 4fi, w hear ihh! at mhnMes whlea beate the reeere br 1 hear W mtaetea.

A SODDEN STOP.

The KatMWleHer wf a Canute ef Macwelea While TrlK the Y4lwttwae KfxhN ia a NUee ?ch V IVep late the Mwk f H.-vel vera with HhthwajrmeH Kehlnii Tkrw. Dk.vvkk. Col., Ah;. 19. U C. Krauthof, presltlent of the Western HasehaU assocktion, ami Jno.W, Shea, president of the Kansas City club, have arrived in town. They have been prowling around the Yellowstone region and met an adventure. To reach some magnificent scenery it was necessary to undertake a TS-mile stageeoaeh ride. Mr. Krauthof says the stage was held up by masked men, and that they were relieved of $7x. This k what Mr. Krauthof says about it: 'We had a two or three days' journey before us and we were bumping along likely over the road. We went close to the edges of some pretty steep precipices, but we did not mind that, for we were brave men, or thought wo were. Suddenly the stage stopped with a jerk that piled m in a heap in one corner of the vehie'e amid the baggage, etc. During the time spent in extricating ourselves. In the meantime expressing our opinions on things hi general and the stage in particular, a couple of angry-looking seven-shooters were at the windows of the coach, and we wore asked by two masked men to hand over any valuables such as money, watches and jewelry that wo might have about our persons. The fellows were so indite and gentlemanly about the whole afTair that we did not like to argue with them or refuse the request, so we passed over what change we had. amounting all to $.8 in cash, besides a wateli or two and some little trinkets. After thanking us for our kindness and consideration, the men turned the coach around and told us the best thing we could do would Iks to turn back for the railroad station at once. We started immediately, and upon reaching a telegraph offico had to send home for money to continue our journey." A SHOCKING SIGHT. An Octogenarian Found ImprUiic! Amid VvrmtR RHtt filth In an Kvldent Attempt t llHttrn III Detnbe Shert of Actual Munlrr. Dl'i.uth, Minn., Aug. 19. A revolting case of cruelty came to light last evening in the suburbs of this city. Detective Thomas Hayden accompanied by several police officers and the United Press reporter, acting on information received, proceeded to the house of James Lindberg, demanded admittance anil asked for the the "old man." Unwilling Lindberg led the way through a lamentably filthy house, and in r. five bv to which and locked one corner in a room seven feet, the door was heavily barred they found Andrew Spangberg, said to be SI years of age. literally recking with vermin and foul with hk own excrement. The stench was fearful, and "buzz flies and other insects, roused at the gleam of light 'which one ox the men carried, danced in swarms over the poor old man whose days evidently are numbered. Oa a bard bed, not two feet wide, he tossed and chattered ia coherently, and hk almost sightless eyes told of abject fear atthesoa ad of voices. He was wrapped in quilts and removed to one of the hospitals. Inquiry developed the fact that ha had been a comparative prisoner in the room for years, his reason slowly ebbing away. He catue to America leaving his family in Sweden SO years ago. He accoutred considerable property, and when decrepit age came on liim he willed it to the children of Lindberg, and it is believed that a deliberate attempt has been made to hasten the old man's death by ill-treatment coupled with frequent beatings and other abuses. A PATH OF RUIN. Jacksonville. Ft.. VMtrtt hy a Million Dollar Fire Orer HevcHty-Flve KualHrse HewM-a and tTpwarria wf Fort DwelMnce Fall a 1'rey to the Flamra. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 1. A path of smouldering ruins, two blocks wide and six blocks long, extending from Hay street up to Heaver street and one block on each side, is the result of a fire which started at midnight. It caught in Knight A Co.'s grocery adjoining the large Hnbbard buikling.and in a very short time the block was a mass of flames. Thence they were carried diaganally across to the Fremont hotel to Col. Ilurbridge's large block. In which the Seminole club is domiciled. The fire spread on all aides, being fanned by a stiff breeze that rose. The firemen worked heroically throughout, but nothing could stay the names until exhausted for want of material. They were stopped at Heaver street on the north, at Laura on the. west and at Ocean street on the east. At 7 o'clock over seventy-five business houses are Imrned and over forty dwellings. Loss, altout $1,000,000; insurance, about onehalf. A CRIME UNCOVERED tir the Finding or the Mutilated Hmly mt IIchUoh MrCue at Kecln. Win. Racink, Wis., Aug. 19. Thchorrlhlymutllated body of Denniaon McCue, a prominent citizen of llockfonl, III., was tound ia the river here. The Inxly was entirely devoid of clothing, and one leg was of; at the trunk. The foot of the other leg was missing, a long gash was found in his breast, from which the lungs protruded, and the throat was cat, while a numlier of deep knife Rushes were found on his face and hands. He was last seen alive Friday. TcHHriwce Mine Trouble la Court, Nassivim.k, Tenn., Aug. !. The ast Tennessee miners' troubles renehed the courts here yesterday in an exhaustive bill filed la chancery by an influential firm of toeal attorneys on the part of the operators of the llrlcevilla mina against the hoard of prison inspectors. The bill seeks to enjoin the board from ordering the removal of the convicts from the mine ami to declare illegal the appointment of Mine Inspector Ford on the ground that he k not a practical miner as the law requires Argument will be heard eaturtkj

FOSTER'S FINANCIERING aelamaaVulUlaaaall 1 1 I ll LB Hll IHI HHaT IXlM Yaat eTBeff" ewTvwnsi en leeejWTatea'wei s'eai eiwwww ewtrw aw even " era I rtitaanea. There k reason for the alienee of republican organs in regard to the condition of the federal treasury under the management of their party. To deceive their readers they will repeat the statement of their secretary of the treasury that lie holds a large surplua with which to meet eurrent liabilities. Hut when called upon to explain the figures given to the public the orgaagrinders are aa dumb aa clams at high tide. The Times first called attention te the peculiar method adopted by the present administration to cover the results of congressional extravagance. It showed that the federal treasury was absolutely bankrupt under the rulea properly applied to such institutions. This statement was substantiated by interviews with some of Chicago's leading bankers. Not a word of dcnkl or explanation has ever appeared in a republican organ, and yet the treasury has continued to pour out trust funds and lessen its ability to meet its current obligations. Referring to this matter some months ago the Times prophesied that in a short time one trust fund covered into the treasury by a law of the recent billion-dollar congress would be practically omitted In the monthly statements of the treasury given to the public. Hy reference to the statement so published lately, it appears that thk prophecy has been fulHlled. As telegraphed from the treasury department there is no mention made of the fund deposited with the treasury for the redemption of national bank notes, lly the printed report, which has been furnished this month several dajs later than usual, this sum appears, and k given as $S,41, 875.35, a reduction of nearly $4,000,000 since June 1. The reduction between the two dates is a sufficient answer to the pretense that this is not a current liability. livery month shows a reduction in the amount, proving that it k aa active and current liability. Hat this is not the only item removed from the curreut liabilities for the purpose of making a false showing of financial strength. In the latest debt statement will be found no reference to the item of debt matured and interest on the same yet unpaid. It is a small amount, not exceeding, possibly $0,000,O0i). but it is enough to cause its disappearance from the published statements. The two sums already mentioned amount to over $44,000,000, and there is still a further Hem to lie deducted from the secretary's claimed balance of cash. In that balance is named $19tMS,l4l.9S of subsidiary coin. This is not an available asset with which to discharge current liabilities, and the contrary would not'-' be asserted by men intending to furnish honest information. Adding thk amount to what has already been shown to be a current liability, and we have nearly W 4, 000,000 of liabilities to be met with the assumed $55,7S3,?15.90 ''net eash balance" of the secretary's statement. Bad as thk is there remains another factor ia the federal financial problem. The public have been aesaredof the ability of their government to meet the demands on the treasury caused by the maturing option of payment oa the 4H per cent bonds. Ity the statement of the secretary of the treasury it appears that he has only been able to extend Sll,679,SO0 of these bonds under his offer of a 2 per cent bond in "ieit of the old issue. This leaves &7,S1.950 of the 4f per cent, bonds which have been 'called" by a treasury having a deficit already of nearly $10,000,000 in its available cash. The Times has asked its republican contemporaries to explain this condition of the federal finances. It has called attention of the people to the fact that the published statements of the treasury department and the current comments of the republican organs have been calculated to dcwcive. It believes thk people too intelligent to be humbugged with false statements of the actual condition of the national treasury. And it charges that the present methods of mktatemcnt are adopted for the purpose of affecting the minds of citizens called upon this year to express their views on national questions. It k too late to expect any answer to thk charge or explanation of these figures of the treasury department from republican organs. They have proved a willingness to adopt a policy of silence regarding the whole matter, relying upon the failure of republicans to note the proofs furnished by opposition papers. Hut the Times challenges any republican to explain away the figures herein given as evidence of the actual bankruptcy of the national treasury. As was stated by a prominent banker recently: "The same conditions existing in a national bank would cause the ex

aminer Times. to elose it at once," Chicago THE HURRAH FOR BLAINE. MarrkHHi'a Administration Net Fleaeiac te KeHUHJican Inident. When last year Mr. Maine succeeded in forcing hk reciprocity provision into the McKinley bill, and showed hk sagacity by antagonizing the revolutionary course of Speaker Heed and by ileclining to say a word in snport of the force Idll, the Work! declared that he had made himself the inevitable candidate of hk party for president in 19M. Mr. Maine's was the only conspicuous republican head left above water in the terrific tidal wave of last November. Since then the only question has been whether the health of the real leader of his party would warrant hk nomination and whether he would accept it. With thow .ndltlons satisfa -torily met, Mr. Hlahtu U a certain of a nomination by acclamation next year as he wm in 18S had he not declined. The active and enthusiastic support of hk nomination in his native state of Pennsylvania, aad the attitude of hk closest friends at home and in other state seem to indicate that the judgment of the World's correspondent who interviewed him three weeks ago was sound and that Mr. Klaine will stand. The disposition of the republican leaders ad mMagers to take up Mr. KUiaM aff4a with Hm eifi Imtt aa. wlU

slderatioas of policy whiew w hav,. dieated, k obviously due m (tart u 5 u magnetic character to pat u iuj of President llarrisoaV admhiku. tion of public and party affair. While Mr. Maine would be a forjnid. able candidate we be! lev that tH democrats could, if wke in their choke of a Uekwt, defeat him more deeUivel than they did in 18H.-X. Y. World. A PREPOSTEROUl SHOWING. The retWJeat Karprte eT feaehm tW

Gen. Kaum pretends to state bath the number of union soldiers who have die I during awl aiaee the end &t the war, and the number of these who M till living. He put the dead veterans at Loot,. S8 and the survivors at l.,7e?, male, ing a total of i.. 1 3, 35 iadivhluaU who bore arms ia the northern armies at some time during the four years between ISel and 1865. We have shown why it k probable that thk estimate, and eoniq neatly the estimate of surviving veteran, L g rowdy exaggerated. If S,3li,M.l iaea went to the front, as Gen. Kaum ah leges, then, on the bask of the ceusm figures of 1S0, it follows that jnt about one-half of the total male population of the north of the military am wore the blue and carried muskets. This is a preposterous supposition, at anybody with common sense will perceive at the first glance. The truth is that no official statistician, no unofficial student of military history, no person in or out of the war department, the navy department or the pension bureau, no human being aarwhere, knows the number of soldier who fought at one time or another ia the federal armies. The number of enlistments k known with some approximation to accuracy. In round numbers the enlistment and recnlktments were 2, See. 000. ltn thk total is far from signifying that 3,SvF. 030 different individuals went Into the army. It reckons as two soldiers vwy individual who enlkted ami nt-.v listed; as three soldiers every individual who enlisted ami reenlkted twice; as four soldiers every individual who enlisted first for thirty days, then for ninety, then for two years, ami then for the war, and so on. Hut no veteran is entitled, under any jh .ision act, to one pension as thirty- ' day soldier, ami to another on account of hk second enlistment for a longer period. The total strength of the union armies at each of the various stage of the war is also known. It reached the highest point in the spring of I", just before dkbandment, when there were nominally more thaa 1,0-W,') men in the service. The effective strength of the armies, however, was nearly a quarter of a million less. It k simply ridiculous for the pen' sioa commissioner to put forward such figures as those which he cover and excuse still further poHtka' enterprises ia the way of gov era mea tall bounty. i What to definitely mad known, ea the aatheilty of Kaum himself, k that now, tw six years after the elose ef the and thirty years after its begin Ing.'ti bureau k granting penmon claims the rate of 30,000 a year as man, new pensioners in a single year as ther were deaths in the anion armies from wounds In battle and all other can-?? during the entire war. . Y. Sun. FROM POLITICAL AUTHORITIES. Mr. Quay explains that he did not wkh to redgn under fire. He waited under fire until at last he was swept up and removed to the garbage heap. .St. Louis Republic. Secretary Foster puts Maj. MeKlnley's majority in Ohio at seventylive thousand. That estimate look almost as queer as a revised treasury debt statement. Albany Argue. A good crop year k always hailed with joy by the republican leaders fo. two spec'wl reasons: To harvest it diverts the attention of the people, and when harvested there ia that much more for the politicians to tax. N. Y. World. The biggest card Maj. McKbley can play in Ohio k to get some bona fide workingman whose wages have been increased by hk bill aad exhibit him throughout the state. He would indeed be a curiosity and prove a drawing attraction. Indianupoik Sentinel. Republican enthusiasm for Klainc may not, after all, mean a preshlential nomination. Every republican k lioflnd to show some gratitude for the small hole which Mr. Klaine fashioned for the party when it became necessary te crawl out of the high-tariff box. Loukvtlle Courier-Journal. The republican attempt to inforce the prohibitory law ia Iowa resulted in the worst tyranny. ISad as drunkenness k it is not aa bad aa the republicanism which breaks down hr ami looks under other people's beds xe find whether they are conforming to theories of morals which republican themselves modify with a private jug. St IxhiIs Republic While telling again the twice-toW tale of how Maine smashed hk hat becauee McKinley bade fair to amaeJt the republican patty it should not be forgotten that part of the secretary" hktorie utterances on that occasion wast "Pass thk bill and ia IWrt there will not be a man in all the party so brffgared aa to accept your nomination for the presidency." The indktatkms are. however, that the secretary of Mate has rrconsklered hk ofMnkMa. Chkto Times. The republican party must witness the retirement of Quay ami IHal" ley with deep regret It was Qusy with hk campaign fat hi ew York ' 186$ and Dudley with hk bloeks-of-Hre in Indiana that enabled It to elect Harrison, paaa the McKinley bill and ffire the country Tom Reed and a htitke-d-oUar eoagresa. Xo two men eve did more for a political party, aad, kprived of their services in dktribetin fat and manipnlaiing bloeks-of-a. the republicans would stand but P ehaaee In the eatapaifn noxt yer.ChlMaTs Herald.

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