Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 34, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 August 1892 — Page 6

KMMHT-S Of THE TEMPLE

Mm WMt 0mtv-K4MtK f th KIM Hmm M Wmm-Him, Mm ah MeCMCtb- M m JKam jwmA fcM-Wi t)MVft, Auk, IS. Boston will entertain the triennial knights templar eon ekve in IMS. This wh settled yesterday afternoon, when lUndon got W veWe and Cincinnati Tf. Tbenrhtha Wan m interesting o from the start, bet m these dispatches have indicated Dm Hub city haa been in the lead all along-. While Louisville promised for awhile to play an important part and poibly knock the persimmons, her olaims were gracefully withdrawn to allow Uie fight to be waged between the two cities which came early and bad earnestly pressed their claims. This with the election of grand enaampiHeHt efHeors were Uie important features of the meeting yesterday, Th rrami encampment went into session promptly at :JH and at once proeeeded to the election of officers for the next three years, lion. Hugh MeCurdy, of Corunnn, Mich., was, as anticipated, elected grand toaster of the Knight Templar of the United States, and acknowledged the honor in a neat Mr. McCurJy was deputy grand master, and according to tho customary rule the other three highest oftiaers of the grand encampment were moved tip. W. L. Thomas, of Danville, Ky., was elected deputy grand master; Reubn H. Lloyd, of San Francisco, grand generali.siRK, and II. Jl.Tj Stoddard, of llryan, Tex., the grand captain general. Outside of the grand comniandery session the day was given tip to social affair. Social circles of the knights widened 'and multiplied all day, and emerged, extending in waves of festivity all over the citj, flowing through the thoroughfares in the form of marching delegations of knights and ladles, and breaking with a roar of music and applause at tire wideopen portals of the various commandery headquarters. The city was given tip to holiday pageant and gatherings, and sightseeing and social intercourse. The knights of all the states of the union met in Denver and fraternized as the representatives of the separate parties of one grand institution of our great nation. Groups of knights stood oh the corners, at the different head quarters and in the hotal corridors making Hew acquaintances, renewing old and becoming through the talk of mutual friends very intimate. Groups of elegantly dressed ladies loaded with bags, cards and pamphlets were to be seen o every hand, talking and holding social conversation without regard to time, place or circumstances. Conventional social limits were torn away, and the ladies as well as their knightly escorts accepted the whole of Deaver as a grand reception room. In front of the headquarters of" the most prominent commanderies the ! scene was most bewildering, as the long line of delegations came and went on the heels of one another. About the five points on Kroadway, atthe Ilrown Palace hotel the scene was most confusing. Here were grouped some of the biggest delegations, commanderies from St. Louis, Chicago, the Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas City, Detroit, the grand commanderies of Ken- I tucky, .Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, ami in fact half the states of the union, within a block or two of each other. The visiting parties came so thick and fast about the Ilrown hotel, that they stood in long rows waiting to be admitted to the quarters of their prospectire hosts, and the bands waited for. their turn to come to serenade. All the commanderies are keeping open how, entertaining royally Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska and California, all had immense crowds. Hands were parading the streets con tlHtially and all were enjoying the day to the utmost. Many of the outside delegations made trips to the mountains, but there was a big throng of visitors left. Thousands of expectant people thronged the streets along the line ol march to witness the grand parade of the gallant Bremen of Denver. They were well rewarded, because the exhibition was a most creditable one. The boys all looked their bosk Their uniforms were of neat blue with silver buttons, showing a world of hard work is the polishing line. The different apparatus also shone resplendent, and the harness on the horses was black as ebony. The steeds themselves had been polished up until their silken skins woo a gloss not equaled by anything hirsHte In the city. IlltunlftatlHK CotHfMiHlFft Connotldatril. Torosto, Out, Aug. 18. The convention of the Edison illuminating companies concluded Its Kssion here yeslrday. The Edison and Thompson Houston companies, hitherto rivals, have been consolidated, and arrangements made that the consolidation shall be applied to all cities in which the companies are working. The following were chosen officers for the ensuing year: President, J. J. Hogrs, of New York; vice-president, Frederick Nichols, of Toronto; secretary, V. J, .Icnks, of New York; treasurer, Wilson Howell, of Orange, N, J.; executive committee C. W. Gilbert, Detroit; C. L. Kdgur, of Itoston; B. It. Weeks, of Kansas City; W. D. Marks, of Philadelphia, and Samuel Instill, of Chicago. Will Have HoMiui:l Their llusy Aieot wllhlH a Week. PrrraBUKdii, Pa,, Aug. 18. Within week the ira.i mills in this vicinity will have resumed their busy aspect Preparations to start up were begun yesterday, Painter's west mill will be the first, starting up to-day in full. The eastern iron wale has been signed by fewer of the firms this year than ever before. This scale holds good east of the Allegheny mountains, and puddling is Imeed on $t less than the western s&vle. and the power of the Amalga M ited association lias been praotloally Woken in the east

OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS,

rarww. MtX lnUrtlnl. Uw mmrttti Ammh-iMwc m the PiwmmmI MwrvHUtNi f Asrttlant tertry ttt thm THXMarjr U, T. KfMilHwg. WANixaTOW, Aug. 14. 0. T. Spauldlag , assistant secretary of the treasury, has returned from a trip to Europe, where he spent five weeks investigating the compliance by steamship compsuie with the law in regard to Uie transportation of emigrants from foreign countries to the. United States. In addition to returning with increased health, Mr. SpauhHng brings back with him a store of information touching im migiatkm matter obtained by personal observation. During his absence Mr. Spauhiing visited Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam, London and Liverpool, at all of which ports he made personal visits to the emigration depots and observed the caution used by the various steamship transportation companies in the handling of emigrants. He found as a rule little to criticise in the present system as now in force by the steamship companies. These transportation companies, Mr. Spauhiing said, have a wholesome dread of the law, and seemed to be anxious to comply with all the requirements and exactions imposed by the United States through its officials. Not only this, but from prudential reasons, selfish to themselves, these transportation companies did not want to bring infected or pauper emigrants to the United States, in the former ease for the reason that it would breed sickness on shipboard and in the latter instance because such pauper emigrants would have to be returned at their own expense. At Hamburg, which Mr. Spaulding said was perhaps the port where the largest number of emigrants coining to the United States were shipped, the transportation companies had built a large and commodious building, run by the companies and at which the emigrants, previous to their emlmrkiition were lodged. There the emigrants weio examined by medical officers of the company with a view of ascertaining if any of the emigrants had an infectious disease. This examination was very thorough. All emigrants had here, also, prior to their departure, thoroughlv to cleanse themselves in the bath roomsof the building and while they were in the bath their clothes were taken out and thoroughly fumigated and aired. In addition to this as the emigrants boarded the ship they had to undergo a further" inspection by two medical officers, approved by the United States consul and in the presence of the United States vice consul. The same state of affairs practically exists at Amsterdam, Antwerp and Liv erpool. Mr. Spaulding, on his return trip, visited the steerage of the Spree, which had on lward about fortv pas sengers. He found that they had am ple quarters, fresh air and good food well cooked. His observation in this direction extended no further than the Spree, and he could not say whether the same conditions existed on all steamers transporting emigrants. His impression and lwlief, from what he heard from United States , officials abroad, was that the Ilepublic steam ship lines provided proper ac.,.ommotlu tions for the emigrants. FRUITS IN MISSOURI. Tim Apple Crop Aljntt a Total Failure 1'enrhr Never Aiij- Scarcer, anil Cmpi-H AhtimtsHt with I'mtpneU Fair for tiood 1'rlces. JKFKEKfo.v Citv. Mo., Aug. 13. In a report to Levi Chubbtiek, .secretary of the Missouri state board of agriculture, L. A. Goodman, secretary of the state horticultural society, says that in his experience of twenty-five year he has never before seen such a complete failure of fruit in Missouri, and that, too, where the orchards have hud the very best of attention. The cold, electrical storms of May blighted and scorched the trees badly and the fruit entirely. In in the northwest, and in fact nearly all along the north line of the state, there will Iks not more than apples enough for home consumption. Some counties in the eastern part will have a good crop of Genitons, some orchards being full, but they arc not general. The Geniton will pay better this year, perhaps, than all other varieties. Along the western bonier of the state the crop is almost an entire failure, while in the central counties some orchards are full of fruit, and each locality must be" scoured for what there is. In the southern portion of the state young orchards,from seven to ten years old, will yield a crop of good fruit, but as orchards of that age are limited so will the fruit be. . Apples will lie scare in every apple locality in the United States, and great care of all fruit will pay, for good prices are sure. JJnyers are now seeking purchase, ami everyone can readily sell what he may have. The very bestcare and cultivation should lie given thoso trees most Injured that they may recover quickly. Peaches were never scarcer. Only in special localities of south Missouri nre there any amount, and prices will be good. Grapes are plenty and prospects flno for a good crop and good prices, things which rarely go together. Discouragement need not follow one failure in our fruit, and care to keep the trees thriving will give them a greater capacity for next year. Couldn't miml tin- Krportrr. Wavkjwha, Wis., Aug. IS. Thursday night, at the Fountain house, A. P. names, treasurer of the Chicago opera house, was married to Miss Catherine ' Hand, daughter of Mrs. Minnie Hand, of the same city, who was present at the ceremony, Arrangements for the wedding were made here on a telegraphic order. The groom was in hopes to keep the news of his wedding out of the netvsjmpers. and showed considerable surprise when he was asked by a reporter for some of the particulars as to his stay here, Mr. and Mrs. Darnel will remain hwre a few davs.

THE TAOK TRUST.

4 WW U Amirlimn, Mt tat ( rwftgwrn The Iron Age of July 14, UK, said that trusts "almost nnlveraally advaaee prices whenever the business is sfneieatly consolidated to warrant suolt a eourse," This is somewhat at varl anee with the teaching of Uie NewYork Tribune and other high tarlJ papers that feel called upon to defeat! the legitimate offspring of "protection," but that it is true I evident from a consultation of the files of the Iroa Age in regard to prices of iron and steel goods in and out of trusts. Those out of trusts show a general and steady decline. Those in trusts show no de eliae in prices, unless the trusts are losing their grip on Uie market, but ordinarily show great advances In prices, while the trust is secure and supreme. The prices of axes, cartridges, shot, lead, steel rails, cutlery, etc, will illustrate this point, but the advance in the prices of tucks noted in the last Iron Age, July 21, will make it pertinent to consider the subject of tacks in this connection. About 1S81 a groat taek trust was formed, called the "Central Tack Co.", with headquarters at Doston. All, or nearly all tacks made in the United States are made in New Bnglnml There wore then about forty-five manufacturers mostly smaller one. They were all included in the trust, which closed many of them. Prices were advanced greatly and the trust made, big profits for two or three years despite the fact that it paid considerable sums to the new factories rapidly called into existence by the high prices, to keep them idle. After four or five years there were eighty or ninety manufactories and, the trust could not siibsidiz: them all "and had to go to the wall. Prices took a headlong tumble of about 50 per cent, and for several years tho process of evolution was at work in this industry, closing up all factories that could not stand the severe competition, or annexing them to lstrger and more favorably situated concerns, so that by ! 1SD0 there were a comparatively few manufacturers doing the bulk of the business- Dut among these few wore several of thoso who otlleeretl the Central Tack Co., and who had ever since been dreaming of again making- those old profits. Five of these manufacturers Dunbar, Hobart & Co., of Whitman, Mass.; Loring .t Parks, of Plymouth, Mass.; the American Tack Co., of Fairhaven, Mass., and the Alliert Field and the Taunton Tack Cos., both of Taunton, Mass. got together in 1S0 and formed the "Atlas Tack corporation," with headquarters at Hoston and warehouses in other large cities. These are all large manufacturers and are said to make three-fourths of our total product, which is estimated as being worth over fcJ.OOO.QOO per year. Dy closing up some of their offices, and by advancing prices, which a reduced output enabled them to do, they soon began again to reap big profits. Besides previous ones, two important advances have been made since September, ISfll, as is shown by the following sample discount, the price list remaining the same: All the follow iug papered, dosuned and Ms.: Steel carpet tucks, Brif tat September, lftl, ) per emt. and i": June. t-i 1 i-r oen u- arnl tj JulySH. 1-eJ, MS' per cent, awt 3J. UphoUlerers' ticks, S. S Sep comber, 1831,8) per eent ami 3J; June. 134. 71 per etat. aud July , 18., 7t per cent, and 3.1 American cut tscks September, 18'1. Si per wnt. aatl 15; June, IS95S, SJ r cent, anil 15-. JulySJ. 18. ao percent, and 25, Gimp anil lace tucks September, 1SJI, M per cent, and '-). June, 1352, 1 July 9t. 1JS, W percent, anil Thus tacks listed at $1 sold for 15 cents in September. tSSM, and sell for 33 cents at present. The advance on carpet tacks then has b.-en M percent, inside of one year. It is noticeable that outside manufacturers keep pace, in the matter of advances, with trust prices, showing that there is some secret connection not understood by the public and consumer. Another , remarkable fact is that wholesale dealers make no objection to these increases, but, on the contrary, they consider it a "healthy sign." as it enables them to get their hand deeper into the consumer's pocket. As one of them puts It: "Wo add the same per cent to the first cost of .the goods and if tacks cost us 'A instead of IX cents a package, we make just twice as much profit, because a family uses 30 or 30 cents' worth of tacks a year and will buy just as many, no matter what the price.'' As is usual with trusts, a tariff of from 33 to 45 per cent is back of this one to prevent the consumer from importing foreign made tacks or from reimporting American tacks sold for ex port at 20 per cent loss than to the domestic consumer the recent price of two dozen papers of tinned iron tacks, weighing 'J4 ounces per paper, was fift5 to the American and 3.30 to the foreign consumer. The beauties of our 'protectivc" system surpass all understanding now that we arc beginning to appreciate Melvi nicy ism. CARNEGIE STEEL COMPANY, A Mammoth Tarlfl"rrtiMt -Kenpoimlhle For HoHMttteatt KlutH. Tho reduction of wages at Homestead, Pa., and the present trouble there is tho result of a mammoth com bination of capital to extort money from the consumer and to exploit labor. Single handed the steel mills in and near Pittsburgh were not able to cope with tho Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. They could and did make reductions in wages la some of the mills, but they dare not attempt to take the life of the Amalgamated association. The frequency of the reductions since April 1 last is evidence that the mills around Pittsburgh that now compose the Carnegie Steel Co. were already working in harmony on the labor question and planning to strike the death blow to the Amalgamated association. Here are some of the reductions reported: April 7, 182 Two hundred blacksmiths in the axle department of Carnegie's Twenty-ninth street mill In Pittsburgh struck on Saturday against a 10 per cent reduction in wages. April 10, ISti-Pii'ty of the best paid workmen at the Edgar Thompson steel

works of Andrew Carnegie, at Hrsddoek,

Pa. , were discharged this weeK. April 10, lH-The Keystone iron mill, of Pittsburgh, Pa,, employing m nmh, shut down a week g to-day for an Indefinite period. April 10, !. Tlie axle-hammer roes in IHtUiburgh, P., nre on a strike at Iret-ent agalnH a rwluetion In wages amounting from 7 to per eent Ike wages of the blacksmiths at this mill (lidgar Thompson steel works) were at the suwe time reduced from HtSO to fa.75 a day and their "helpers" from fi.SQ to tl.tt. May 1, la -There has been a reduction in the wages of 1W employe of Andrew Carnegie at his Lower Union mills in Pittsburgh. Seventy-five blacksmiths accepted the out of about ! per eent without murmur, but seventy-five hammer men struck. The strike was over in a few days, as it is a hard thing to get work when a man is blacklisted because he went on a strike. On June S, lSi, the Iron Age announced the formation of a new concern to be known us thy Carnegie Steel Co., Limited, the consolidation tc become operative on July 1, next "The new organiaatlon will own and operate the following plants: Kdgar Thomson steel works and blast fumr.cesat Hessemer, Pa., and Allegheny Hesseiner steel works at Duqltesne, Va.,botli now controlled by Carnegie liros. fc Co., Limited; tho Upper and Lower Union mills and Lucy furnaces at Pittsburgh; the Homestead steel works, at Homestead, Pa., and the Heaver Falls mills, at Heaver rails, l'a., nil now controlled by Carnegie, Phipps Sr, Co., Limited, and also tho plant of the Keystone Uridge Co, at Pittsburgh, which has always been a Carnegie interest." As often happens, the same journal that records a new combine announces a forthcoming reduction of wages. Editorially in the same number of the Iron Age a warning1 is given to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Sfeel Workers, who will meet next week, that they must propose to accept n wage scale "which will show a mute '.'al reduction over the ,u that expires the last day of this month." This iron Age knew the meaning if what was occurring. It knew that the new trust had designs on the life of the association, and it continued to discuss in June the "precarious labor situation." It knew that Henry W. Olliver and tho other big iron and steel men who practically made the iron and steel schedule of the McKinley hill and who announced later that they were well suited with the new tariff schedule, must have had a purpose in reducing voluntarily the duty on steel billets, though they were careful to leave it above the prohibitory point This purpose began to be manifest when the consolidation of these great companies, representing aliout -iO,0l)i),O30 In steel properties, was followed by the fortification of the Homestead works, where steel billets are produced largely and where the Amalgamated Association t of Iron and Steel Workers is strongest Tho shabby treatment of this association's officers at the conferences held previous to July 1, and the promptness with which Pinkerton "watchmen" appeared at Homestead with arms, ammunition and provisions, makes it reasonably certain that eversl nee the making of the McKinley bill schedule, these manufacturers have been deliberately planning the present dastardly raid on honest labor. The intention being to make the reduction heavy enough to compel a strike which would offer an excuse for refusing to treat in any way with organized labor, and then to continue on the aggressive until their former employes would forswear their union and return to beg for their former places not alrcriuy filled by imported and non-union ltibjr. Kouted in this stronghold it would be cany to follow up the association in tho other mills of the company, or trust, and soon there would lie no Amalgamated asso- , eiutlon and no organirattiou of ln1or to offer resistance to wage reductions. The election of Henry Clay Prick as "'chairman" of this trust, the man who had had greater success than tiny other man in protected Pennsylvania in "handling" labor, and who. us Rev. IMcIllynr, of Homestead, said a few days ago, was the one man In Pennsylvania most hated by laborers, is significant as is also the disappearance from Homestead of those two great friends of labor, Messrs. Carnegie and Phipps. In short this trust, like hundreds of others, is a conspiracy to "cow" the workingmcn and to defraud the consumer. A Screw !.o-a Mumnwtinre. The Carnegie Steel Co. authorities say that if all the men in all their mills strike it will be an easy matter to get men to fill their places. ..'crimps this is so but what a reflection on McKlnley's measure which was to provide work for all at high wages! There must be a screw lotse somewhere when 15,000 or 20,01)0 men in the highly protected iron industry aru so anxious tc get work that they will underbid other iron workers But perhaps It Is due to dull times which have caused the weekly production of pig iron to decline over 4,000 tons sin co Juno 1, and of course McKinley cannot be held responsible for everything. On one side put tho alleged tariff benefit to you. On the other side put tho extra cost of home articles of necessitythis year it amounts to nearly 00 per cent, of first cost Draw a balance, and tariff cost will stvamn tariff twn. - L - -- - " 1 tit Against tho tariff cost in every lamiiy mere is not the smallest per cent of benefit from au increase in wages. Tho whole scheme is a fraud. LalMjr is Imposed upon every day of th year by the republican politicians. There are no compensating benefits in a tariff which, in one mill, makes Carnegies and men who have to fight fof their homesteads. Toledo Ilea While protectionists are tearing down workingmen's wages in Pennsylvania tllUVtirn tllritWlK form mm- mm ti - r ------- j - - "I' tho price of binder twine to the farmers in Iowa. The farmers up there make vigorous protest against the advance of two cents a pound on twltie. Have they no grntitudu1? Are they not blonsed r with a high protective tax on seed wheutVHt. Louis Republic, July IWl I

UNCOED tY M'KINLEY.

XU MtH Trlr' HMl rrsvM t Me a tirtttt HnmWn. It U, if thoe who parsed H and bralMd it as the perfection of human wisdom tell the truth. They intended it to hierf w pHw, )' wow that It has had the contrary effect. Tlw reason for the change of tone is not obscure. The remarkable revolt agaittfct McKinley prices whJeh occurred at the November election, im, opened the eyes Of the high taxers, ami lh. began at once to hedge. Sines the we have not heard so mueh ofethe dlr misfortunes that result from too gre:: regard for cheapness. The republican have such short mem ories when they are anxious to forge that It may le necessary to recall wnn of the expressions which indicated tin purpose for which the McKinley Id! wasenacted. 1 - eunnot lw forgotten t'lut' Can Harrison, while a candidate fo the presidency four years ago, took occasion to deprecate the depraved tastf for cheap clothing which he attributed to the democrats, remarking that u cheap coat Implied a cheap man Inside the coat. Maj. McKinley, in hi speeches before the election of K-iW), stated that cheapness is a badge of pov erty. Henry Cabot Lodge, the republican "fcchoiar In politics," laid down the profound principle that cheapness is un-American. These casual observations sufficiently indicate the trend of opinion among republicans prior to November, 1SM). Hut we are not confined to mere casual expressions to indicate the purpose of the bill. When Maj. McKinley reported it he patented also a report

THEIR TIME HAS COME AGAIN. The protected menopoliste have get te have some more fat fried ot of them." Puck.

to accompany it. In this report he uses such expressions as these: "We have not ben so much concerned about the irlcs of the f.rticlcs we comtuae we J llUftlOH." The committee will admit that free twle or revenue duties would temporarily tUmlttlsh the cost ot iiroilucts consumed by the people, but ft would only be because the foreign product at a lower idce would force down ue buttie prxlt or dtarUce italtopctber." "Chcupffr products from abroad te tlte American lonsuKM-rs twntw cheaper U!or ut boo and lower reward to tH Jow.-s'lo producer with no pcnrtent 1x wilt to the mmhuwr." "That country J the k't procmw where kiw price,- nnu low wages prt van. "Wiiir I'lHiimltN'if hk uit mi"ht hv the TWOpocillKlltttltfi tq further cut ilewn prices at! the expense of our own prosperity, but to provWe with certainty snralnst that tncrea-tlnft competition from other rountrlis whrw ror.dltiots our ptople nre unwilling to adopt W haw not believed that our peot)! alrt dy .ufferin(t from low prlcra. ran or will be iatfitl with leftUlatlon that will result 1 lower prices. 'o country ever fuflereti when prices were fairly return eratlvc In every Meld of llor. anil it ha lccn Ibe puriKifie of the committee to hi wlju.it duller uin cowi:wUtt foreign prouiiets ae to save our people from ruinous coupetitkMi from abrwwt" Tlie extracts present the views of the ways and means committee clearly cnoiKfh. The committee did not llicve that the American people wuhl be satisfied with legislation that would make prices lower. They, therefore, reported a bill which would uot make I hem lower. Hut now they say that these assertions about tho bill were falsehoods. While we are about it we will make this clear also. The republican platform says distinctly: "Wc assert that thfl prices of manufactured poods of general consumption hare boon reduced under the operation of the tariff act of 1W0." What the ways and means committee of 18W) said the bill would not do the rcpublica n platform of 182 says it has done. The law was praised In 180 because it would not cheapen, and Is praised in 1892 because it has cheapened. It is heralded as a magnificent success liecausc It has accomplished what it was intended to prevent. This is the measure of republican statesmanship. The report of the senate finance committee, not yet accessible, is of tho same trcncral tenor, if we may judge by the advance notices that have lxn , Bent out. I'riccs, thej say. arc cheaper, j and wc arc left to infer that the McKinley bill made them so. The republican ortfHns draw this inference if the committee do not Comment on this report will be in order when, it is received, but the republican papers are making- their comments in advance oa an ex parte statement of what it shows. All their comments arc directed to allow that It has done what it was said before lt passiijrc it would not do, and which the American people would not approve. According- to Its friends and advocates. ihrefore, the McKinley bill is a dl..ntnut failure, the spell-binders arc frauds the fut-friers are confidence men and the manufacturers that furni.'died the. ' fat" have been buncoed. Louisville Courier-Journal. A SHATTERED SPOOK. Worn-Out I'rctrHte of the SprmHhrtft KepubltrftHii. It is an old tramc of the remtblieaH organs to protend that the democratic party is for free trade. Tliey think that they can thus scare some people into voting for- candidates whofn theydo not otherwise want lo support. lint tlie rcpnblicat irty dbreovered la IMH thai the vmm. A mi work auv

tontfer. The people a4 1omm4 a hoe of repreeentotiiNM. by t. repMhlkum majority of l.rm.. The republic party, UkrMdw. hi now.r, )H tHe to k-p up the at-, of food, rloO and bedding uialrriak by maintaining the high protvti, tariff. It ahto propwMS to eonUm r raluee revenues by keepta mb prehtbitory duties. )t Intt-ud Ui mel tle defiekmey for whk-h it k rrqitiiiNibhi hj (he cmdhMi of a new natanud debt The democrntie party fca niim mitlwr policy. It proposes to r, ,tM srilf tax and thereby to mmi oveunes for the purpose of meetfag the nurntims charges wHtt xbich thm iillhH iloliar congress he 1 nh-uti he country. This, in brief, is what repeblMMiai aal .heir fcecret allies call "free trade," bet She ieople are no longer Mard by this familiar and badly battered eaMpaigH .pook.-N. Y, World. UNBLUSHING RASCALITY. rht Wjr thft MtHl4taHM A4mUU4r4t4B Conduct Civil swrvli Kwfwrw. No party ever had a f nlhsr opporte-

J nity to redeem its pledges thaa tkf republicans had during the two years when they controlled both Jmmum-s ol cougrens as well as the exeeetive. Their power was complete "and unobstructed, their responsibility alisolnt. Whnt the outcome has been we know. On tho credit side of the account appears a strict oheervaaee of the civil service law as far as it reached, the Introduction of the system into the navy yards by Secretary Tracy, a few ssJl extensions of the scope of the law hi other branches of the service, and the appointment of an excellent civil service oomhj.kH. It what k we find on the other ide of the account? A fiat refusal, in spite of tlw urgent recommendation of the civil service comjniv.ion, to extend the system to the census bureau and to a lerjfcr number of the pot offices and revennc iet" to which it certainly was applicable; the protection, by members of the administration, of employe who he violated the 'statute aaiaei political assessment; the fall nre to repeal aay ' law "at variance with the object of existiiiL reform leri-l:tio;" a planar ,iisrt.ar( 0f ..ln. spirit and purpose of the reform" in executive appoilitcts and removals; and, finally, the most unblushing- employment of per.ons in the public seivke, in Timnin: caucuses aad local conventions to procure the election of deh'jrate. to the national convention favorable to the nowinatim of I'reshient Harrpon for a wcoad term, and in eontrolHr.jr. the national convention itM-4 " -Harper's. Weekly. OPINIONS AND POINTERS. Harrison's campaign h wholly i the hands of federal officeholders with Harrison himself to bo th-ew.-St. LoH Hepnblic. Democrats are tndinjr np for the unkn. Attacking the intejfrUr f separate -states is an assault apt the nation. Kansas City TSree. When the liarrhwen repnhlieane find a way to win withet New York and Indiana, tley will hcjrin calenlations to see how they en iret alone without Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Kansas. St 1-onis RcpHblk. Harrison thinks that he can carry New York wlthoet the afcslaance of Piatt and Miller, The absurdity of your Uncle benjamin's confidence appears in tlie fact that he eoekt not carry the state if I'lattaadMilkranhcd in an effort to help himu Detroit Free Stevenson hi a ftgrarg that pret visibly in the pnWk cyp. His New York visit scored for awn a palpable hit He tnlks witk fiuency and think with vigor. Oemtvcit.e ltpcs fK-the electoral vole of Illinois rise confidently the better Stevenson lweoines popularly known. Kansas City Ties. f.ov. McKinky claims that hie tariff bill has broeght nbiMit a decline of 3.4 er cent in the cost of th necessaries of life. He also clai that ender his bill the average rate f dety was reduced to percent. Then tariff whictkm does redncc the cot ef necessaries, after all. Why not have more of it? St Paul Globe. The repnldican press has hern unwise in denying that hipk-tarhf teachings lironxht alit the Ihnnestefd horrors. The CHfe is too plain. If republican writers had admittcii the truth, and 4dc A that "this thing eenrred only hcc in awhile," they would hnve mnde a better defen--LeMisville Coariershral. Harrison atMl Piatt have ehwped hands across the bloody chnMn. Ihd HarriMMi had to eonc to Tow's term. M,- lltt hoi 1-Hn informed hr the president's sjecial mejwaifcr that J can begin ranning the mechine on M own terms and that the dnwistrat:on will not shove any bars Vetwa the !.-- uu.liiu hi Ui MMdkaMRH " "ire WTO . ,,. III MMMl How ilo IJepew ana nw-cn t the situation? Trev Ohrrer