Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 11 May 1894 — Page 3

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DON'T. j)oa 1 n Inch ru!o to measure- yoi.r lifo; Ttr horizon, the jwaliH In the sky, frc ui at liatul U't your living bo planned 1'v a u' which nucu nojecu supply. ivt t wear yourself out In sin Iwioblo strifu; fli rt- are objects worth whllu touchiovc, Aul i! "J" lie within reach or tho humblest ami noch A ki;1 tho world will receive. jv a t raze at a topper Ith look so interns Its iriprcss Is Mtamjicil on your tnhitt: 'T a -i miser was led by a penny who said: I nut for eh cent llmt vim I! ml r,ii' uiti' or thu dollars, you'll havo enough Ufa To Kof'p yoti Irom poverty's door: Knjiy what you" vo got without cum tint: your lot im t r" in n rut t:ilo a maln-traveleü road U"irn miioolh bv the manv win ii:iki: ir -ou travel In tracks" you wlU follow tho That oi'uht to bo turned out to grass. Ii m itt rs but little what sort ol a load Yon carry or whither It oes; If V"'a journey nrlsht the burden Is Jisht A ml yi-'i tiro ready ror friends or for foes. -William S. Lord, In Chicago Record. TWO GOOD TURNS. XX Xl.1Y. !,. HAWYU't. R. HALCOM rose early Unit morning, und he hurried off to tho city as soon as lie had swallowed some breakfast. That was not his way, and Mrs. li a 1 co in wondered; but, being a good -s wife, she ask;d no questions. Before she had fully accommodated herself to the novel event, the ma n-of-all-work gave her another surprise, presenting a telegram which tt't forth that bis sister was 111 and jiciV. d him. Of course Mrs. llaleom let nun go. It did not occur to her that the double departure left her and tr.e children unprotected, and if it hud f.hc would have smiled at tins idea of danger. She did not know that there was a burglar in town. Mr. Halcom did know. As ho came up from tho train the evening before, 3ns neighbor Jones had .stopped him to whisper that the Ilartshorno house had Wen entered and judiciously ransacked. The Hartshornes were in Europe. The care-taker had been sojourning in that other foreign land, a drunkard's paradise, but as soon as he came out of it lie discovered the robbery and hastened to ask Jones' advice. Jones, who had a nervous mother-in-law. suggested that the matter be kept as quiet as possible; and he wanted to know if Mr. Balcom "You did just right," Mr. Balcom interrupted, when the story had gone thus far. 'These country constables would frighten every woman into hysterics, but they wouldn't catch a burglar oncu in a thousand times. Professional, is lie?" "So I suppose. lie seems to have pone into the house and through it us though he Knew hi business." "I'll back my burglar-alarm against him:" Mr. Balcom chuckled, confidently. "How about lien Ezra?" tho neighbor csked. "No fear of him. You see. my stable 1s as well protected as my house," Mr. Halcom explained. "Fact is, I'd sooner lose half there is in the house than that horse. Little off his feed, the poor fellow is. I had a veterinary out yesterday to look at him, and I can't drive iim for a wcelc. 1 guess I" "I suppose we ought to do something," Mr. Jones ventured to hint. He know that if allowed to go on Mr. lialcom would talk about his horse until the burgJnr and the listener died a natural death. "Oh, of course wo must trip the fellow before he goes any further. Tell you what: 1 know a privute detective who was on the Boston force for years long enough to get acquainted with very rascal in the country. I'll bring him home with me to-morrow to look over the ground It would be tetter to lay him a hundred than have tho thing get out and bedevil the women." "Yes, indeed!" said Mr. Jones, fervently. bo it was decided. And after the neighbors had exchanged the usual rcniarus on the dryness of the season and the need of rain, Mr. Ilsileom sauntered homeward, utilm in that contentment which a managing man has a right to feel. He kissed his wife and children and then he went out and caressed his Tiorse. With tho burglar's accomplishments in mind ho looked carefully to the locks and the alarms. They weru Perfect and in order, lie went to bed "In peace. That night, however, lie had n horrid dream. It seemed that Ben Ezra was stolen; thnt ho had expended his fortune in seeking the horse; that finally, when "no had sunk to a beggar outcast, he found the wreck of lien Ezra haulhig a garbage cart! The dream so brought upon Mr. Unicorn that he awoke In a cold perspiration. Ho JuMumI to the stable and proved it only 'dream. Hut it might ho a warning! 'That superstitious fancy lingered with hn through the hours of dusk ami dawn, and tho early glare of an August Mn did not dispel it It hurried him t-i the city, as has been told. hooking ut it in the light of his new ,:o ledge, Mr. lialcom could sco many reasons why Maple Park should attract a burglar. Its isolated and tinJf warded location is one; the smullness arid fc'.eoplness of tho town that it nug.-s is another. Seckonkct has nly two constables and one hand flro jf no-though to be sure, it has four "lurches and tho aristocratic rc.i"fnts cut themselves oil from all these JJcshlngs by building on tho further JWo of Greenlenf's hill. As Maple ""k holds aloof from Scckonket, M

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v. . , "CV1' "way irom Maple lark; and Mr. Bnlcom wondured, tho longer he thought of it, Uiat .some frowsy Napoleon did not organize his uriny of tramps und obliterate Maple park, suru that thu deed would never come, lo light until a wandering peddler passed that way! Mrs. lialcom was not itnuginaUve, and no Mich terrors over op'prosWi her. If she had formulated her rule of life site might have said that unpleasant tilings were best lut alone, to be dis posed of in n bunch at thu day of judgmerit. She was young enough to enjoy her money, and old onoinrh to nn. predate her health; and since her daughters had not reached a marriageable age, neither her health nor iier money boomed in danger. Of course she should havo been, as she was, a happy woman. Shu spent her day as uio ivuiy nuppy must-in small activities that amuso one and make one feel useful but not fatigued. So accustomed was she to a routine of quiet, thut vtnen tue coolr appeared excitedly before her she was slow to realize that this particular day might prove an ex ception. "The stable's afire. Miss Balcom!" tho cook proclaimed. "Is it?" the mistress absently an swered. "Tell Henry to put it out, please. Oh! I remember; I allowed Henry to visit his sister." She closed her writing desk and stood consider ing. "Can't you throw some water on it?" she asked, presently. "It's the roof. I s'nose It cautrht with a spark from one o' them pesky inginos bcin's 'a everything's dry as turner. Ain't nothin' to git scairt about, 'cause the wind's uwaj from the house, what little the" is. Hut the boss is in the stable, you recollee'." "Oh, my!" Moved beyoud her wont. Mrs. lialcom swept electrically through the kitchen and out of the back door. "Oh. my!" she repeated as she came in sight of tho blaze, "Hen Ezra will be burned, won't he? What will Mr. Halcorn say? What can wo do?" "IV know," was the depressing an swer. "I sent Jane to the corner a tor tho firemen: but the land knows how long it will take to git 'cm here." "Ilen Ezra must come out!" Mrs. Halcoin asserted; but there was an accent of despair in the words, determined as the sentiment was. "Ctin't break that door down! 'n' that air pnytent lock on Mr. llalcom's got the key with him." .Mrs. Halcom stared straight before her like one fascinated into helplessnes. J he servant s conscience would not let her rest until she had kicked the door and thrown herself against it. It did not even tremble. She mopped her flushed face with her apron and, shaking her head mournfully, drew back beyond tho heat of the flames that were laying bare the rafters. "Hen Ezra must come out!" Mrs. Halcorn said again. Tho horse's agonized whinny had broken the spell that was upon her. Her eyes filled at the sound, and sho ran forward aimlessly and glanced desperately about her. "Man! You man!" she cried, all at once, "tome nere ana get our oorsel" Though the stranger had seemed to spring from the ground, he showed no alacrity about coming further. Ho took time to survey the landscape be fore he climbed the fence. He looked past the women, not at them, as though he feared a possible somewhat behind And when he had advanced to where they stood, though he abruptly took the manner of haste and impatience, his shiny eyes still seemed to cover every point of the horizon. "Now, then,' hedemauded, "where a your a.x?" "In the stable, I suppose," was Mrs. llalcom's dejected reply. "N' it's a pay tent lock!" tho cook chimed in, tragically. "Hey?" The stranger started and stared at them suspiciously, but the wretchedness in their faces appeared to reassure him. He turned again to scan tho hill road. Then he ran up to the door. Huh! That thing!" tho women heard him say, contemptuously. Through the wavoless atmosphere of the August noon the smoke floated lazily off and left the vision unobsctired, and the spiteful snap of flame "WIIEllEB YOUlt AX?" overruled every other noise. The women looked and listened with an intentness thnt would have been painful had it long endured. From tho bag he carried the stranger took a glittering something which ho applied to the lock. Instantaneously, nlmost, the door swung open. Stripping off his blouse, the man passed through, and when ho reappeared tho horse, safely blinded, uninjured, was with him. Mrs. Haleotn fluttered nfter as he led the trembling brute to a safer place. Events had shaken her accustomed calm. For once in her life she could not meet tho occasion with graceful words. "Oh, I don't know how to thank you!" sho fullered, at length. "Mr. lialcom values Hen Ezra so! I'm sure ho'll why, here he comes! Oh, James!" sho cried, as her husband hatless, contlcss and visibly p'Tsplring took the fence at a bound ttnu dashed up to the group. "Oh, .lames! If It hadn't, been for this this honest workingman, Hen Ezra would have been burned!" Mr. llalcom's eye was on his favorite, but his hand went into his pocket and brought out a roil of bill.

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sourly. " ' "Not-enough!" Mr. Balcom found breath to add: "Call to-morrow my olUce give you as much again'." Tho thought of another duty occurred to him at tho same Instant and it made hlni face toward the road. "All right, Parker!" hu called. "No hurry." "All right" The man who had just come into view moderated his pace. After the first keen, comprehensive glance in tho direction of the others. he conspicuously ignored them, and looking at the stablo delayed his approach. Mr. lialcom returned to tho fondling of Hen Ezra. The horse's rescuer had been standing at tho corner of the house. No one saw him Blip around it. "Sound ns a dollar, Parker!" Mr. Halcom said a moment later. There was a suspicion of tears in his voice, and ho blew his nose energetically before ho trusted himself to speak again. "Thanks to this worthy man. Why, whore is he?" Mr. Parker smiled serenely to himself as he bent to lift Hen Ezra's leg; but he said nothing. "Guess he must 'a' been in a hurry," tho cook put in; "he went off 'n' left his satchel. I s'poso I better lay it away, hadn't I, 'fore these 'ere firemen go to trampin' round?" She offered the stranger's bag to Mr. lialcom, but Mr. Parker took it from his unresisting hand and coolly pulled it open. Then, while the hand engine men yelled and fell over each other preparatory to deluging the neighborhood, he drew Mr. Halcom to one side and bade him look in. "For," said he, "you won't often see a neater set o' burglar's tools than this is!" Mr. Halcom seemed less horrified than ho should have been; but it was evident that he was puzzled. lie looked from the bag to Parker and back again, like one who wishes but half fears to speak. "Well," he suggested, at length, "he isn't anxious to hung around Maple Park any more, is he?" "I guess not!" the detective made proud rejoinder. "Ho knows me knew me's quick 's I knew him!" "Yes well you see " Mr. Halcom buttonholed Parker, in his turn, and ' T V ' BACK UIM LOOK IN. led him still further from the crowd. "Of course I'm responsible I pay all the bills," he went on, with disjointed earnestness. "I you don't you un derstand. I haven't anj thing more for you to do here? Why, hang it all, man. he saved Hen Ezra!" "Oh, 1 know how you feel," the de tective answered. Ho spoko as though he really did. "I like a good hoss myself. See? There's a train back to town in 'bout twenty minutes, ain'r 1110'?" Leslie's Weekly. THE CZARINA. .She Is a Mont Devotod IVlfo an CfcsrmIrk Woman si Welt One likes to read how the czarina constantly accompanies her husband in his rides and drives. Not only does it indicate wifely devotion, but it proves an intrepidity too often denied as an attribute to woman. It is said that she thinks her presence is a defense from nihilists. Certainly sho knows that a shot aimed at him might reach her; that a bomb under the carriage would not be discriminating. Yet she hopes that her presence may prevent tho bomb-throwing, and she equally hopes that tho bullet may reach her, if o it be thut she saves his life. Hut one of the pleasantest things to read about her is the motherly devotion to tho moral welfare of her chil dren. In this she is an example to all mothers. She allows no governess, but employs teachers, who, coming for a few hours u day, and thoso days not consecutive, have not time to make a lasting impression on the moral nature of her children, as would ono employed constant!. She is very small, and the contrast between her figure and that of the czar, who is almost gigantic, is very remarkable. Her oldest boy is like her in size a fact that somewhat troubles tho Russian people, accustomed to great, size in rulers. Hut his mother's training has developed in him a strong, resolute character, conscientious and studious and capable of standing by a conviction. Philadelphia Times. At tho Itarracka. The colonel, on hU tour of inspection, unexpectedly entered the drillroom, where ho came upon a couple of soldicrs, ono of whom was reading a let ter aloud while the other was listening. and nt the samo time stopping up the ears of the reader. "What are you doing there?" the puz zled officer inquired of the latter. "You sec, colonel, I am rending to Pitou, who can't read himself, a letter from his sweetheart" "And you, PitouT "Please, colonel, I am stopping up lioqtiillon's ears with both hands, be cause l don't min ms reading my sweetheart's letter, but I don't want him to know what she writes." La Familie. Hunter "Well, farmer, you told us your place was a good place for hunting. Now we have tramped it for three hours and found no game." Fanner "Just so. I calculate as general thing, tho Jess game there is, the more hunting you have; so I doa'f mo what you are kicking about"

FASHION LETTER. rw Tallor.Mad Skirt-Groat Variety In llratlod tut Coats-ltlouMi ai l'opalar a Kvrr. ISpeclal Now York Correspondency New tailor-made costumes of tho aa. apn ihow gored or short circular skirts, less flaring from tho knee down than they have been, and, with tho natty open couts en suite, present an unusual nmount of unique and novel effects in their composition. These models at the tailors' and modistes' seem to havo distributed themselves with wonderful equality considering tho partisanship generally shown by women in matters of dress. Thoso who have already tired of tho popular styles just mentioned, the Etons, princess. Russian and other long and short coats with gored or circle skirts, aro electing for tile draped models with pointed bodico above, or tho Greek princess dress opening on tho left side over a moire or other handsome underskirt, the upper portion of thu dress arranged with nil tho bretelles, cape-collars, revers, huge mutton leg sleeves, aud other accessories made use of on

less classic gowns. There Is, however, a wide choice of pre vai 1 in g modes, with just as many becoming and stylish models for the slender and hale, as for the short and stout woman, aud for the old as well as tho young. The round waist is just as much in voguo ns the basqucd bodi'c o w h i c h. however, for thoso who like it best is no more fashionable than the pointed corsage, with or without pannier or draperies below. Tailor men and women aflirm that the shortened walking coat and the basqued bodice or pannier effects ut the side, though coexistent, will not amalgamate, and that tho wearer of tho first must hold to that and discard the other, or adopt tho basque bodice, etc, and take to the Eton or other abbreviated coat Hut coats in turn aro largely rivaled by a host of chic and charming capes, pelerines and similar light wraps, which, under their new warm weather guise, are called visltcs. The styles and effect nro endless, and in many cases indescribable. No two seem alike, all aro flaring in effect about tho shoulders, and must of them are elaborately trimmed. Moire, corded bilk, satin, plain and fancy, and rich fabrics ma tching gowns for dress uses, are tho material s chosen for the majority of these vis ites with accessories o f elegant lace, jet, spangled galloons and iridescen t bead arabesques o n applique. Then for midsummer are brought to view some F r e n c b dreams of artistic manipulation in luce black, white and butter colored. These luce capes show considerable variety also, as in their simpler forms they are designed as a dainty finish to a pretty silk or sheer wool church costume. Other models are so elaborately and elegantly finished as to make them suitable only for full dress occusions. In not a few instances tho visites, partisol and bonnet or hat are of laco of one beautiful design in different widths, and in a. Hroadway house are exhibited two entire reception costumes en suite, consisting of a laco dress, visite, princess bonnet and parasol, one of black Spanish guipure with costly Jet trimmings, the other of cream colored Venetian point, mado up over cream moire. Among the prtty toilets for afternoon wear next season, are glace silks, foulards nnd fancy taffetas in old chintz and Pompadour patterns, made up over inexpensive silks and batistes. The ribbon t r i turnings and sash on these dninty dresses match the chintz or summer bro cade. The designs and exqnislto color ings of theso materials successfully rival the mora expensive sllkon 1 1 s s ues. The hot silks, of which there are tempting and lovely v a r i e tics, make up( very handsomely with plain surahs w h ich show one shado of tho changeable silk, dotted with silk of tho other tint The muslins, organdies, batistes, French lawns nnd other sheer nnd beautiful cottons, occupy a littlo world by themselves, and laco by tho league is used as a garnituro with a change only for fascinating French embroideries and Insertions. Laco insertion is almost as much In use us ribbon velvet for trimming purposes, for borderings, bands and edgings, and in widths from one to three inches. The crate still continues for blouses and blouse effects, and every shape and style Is populär, as well as every law of foods, Kit Ilnvtuu

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j PREACHING VS. PRACTICING.

topahllran Rant nn ihm Changing Krall turnt oi th Country. Republican journals nro taking upon themselves the gratuitous duty of informing tho democratic majority in congress that it should abandon its effort to reform the tariff, pass the appropriation bills and go home. The reason given for this advice is that the sentiment of the couatry has changed, as evidenced by the protests that havo been made against tariff legislation, and the admitted fact that democratic political prospects next November are not exactly rose-colored. Of course, our republican friends havo not the least notion that their advice will bo taken. Hut it may not be out of place to remind thoso self-appointed advisers that tho course they are recommending, even assuming that the advice is given in good faith and for tho best interests of tho ountry, is ono which political parties aro not at all likely to follow. No bettor illustration of this could bo found than the comparatively ,receut experience of tho republican party. In 18b3 a republican victory was won upon a largo scale by pledges given in the west that an honest revision of tho tariff would be made by tho republicans if they were given tho power to act It was recognized by tho republicans in all of the states of the Mississippi valley that thero was a growing demand for a change from the old high tax principles of the war tariff that tho people wanted tariff reform. But it was said and this was said on the stump in 1SS8 in scores of western congressional districts that tariff revision should be made, not by tho enemies, but by the friends, of protection. Duties aro undoubtedly too high, and the taxes imposed in consequence of thcra too onerous, but it is well that tho protection system should be gradually changed by thoso who have for years past supported it, and that it should not be suddenly destroyed by those who have always opposed it It was upon these grounds that the republican victory was won. Evidence can bo obtained that quite a number of western republican congressmen went to attend tho first session of the Fifty-first congress with thu belief thnt tho tariff was to be revised by cutting the duties down, and who found, to their surprise and disgust, after the session had opened, that the combination of republican congressional leaders, under Messrs. Reed and McKinley, were determined that this course should 6nould not be taken, nnd that, instead of lowering tho barrier of protection, the height of that barrier was to be increased. One of tho leading western congressmen, a republican of national reputation, said in the summer of 1890: "Our party is betraying its trust and, under the whip of party discipline, I shall be compelled to vote for a measure which is almost a complete repudiation of the pledges I mado to my constituents, and that my western associates made their constituents at tho time they were elected. We supposed, and they supposed, that the tariff was to be revised downward, and not upward, but we hare now discovered our mistake; our people are already incensed against us; and yet there is nothing to do but follow the bidding of those who are recognized as tho party leaders in and out of congress, and who have definitely committed themselves to this line of policy." This, we say, was a personal statement made by a man holding an exceptional position, and ono who paid the penalty that he knew awaited him by a defeat in the fall of 1890. There was, it is true, no financial panic to complicate the situation, but throughout the country thero were protests raised against the enactment of the McKinley bill. Tho republicans in tho west and northwest denounced the measure as a betrayal of trust, and it was predicted as inevitable that tho party that was responsible for this legislation would be overwhelmingly defeated in the November election. Tho handwriting on the wall was not in mystical characters. On the contrary, it was easy ef interpretation to anyone who was not blinded by interest or preconceived ideas. The leading protectionists, it is true, did not admit at tho time the McKinley bill was under discussion, and at tho time it was enacted, that tho country was soon to repudiate them aud their measure; but the fact was evident to everyono else. When they asserted that the election of 1S90, which rebultcd in such an ovcrwholming defeat for them, was duo to a misunderstanding of the benefits of the protective tariff, it needed only tho second defeat in after two years of experience with McKinlcylsm, to make it evident that thu judgment of these gentlemen as political prophets was not in the least to be depended upon; that they predicted what they desired to see brought about without tho least regard to obvious facta. N ow tho proper course for the republican majority in congress in tho spring and summer of 1S90, when it found that the sentiments of the people wcro averse to MeKinleyism, was cither to have abandoned all effort to revise the tariff or to havo taken up revision upon the principle of lowering duties. But they did not do anything of this kind. Boston Herald. Not Mack ta It. The Rhode Island election, in the light of the official returns, is more a triumph of tho gerrymander thnn a political victory. What gave it the appearance of an overwhelming democratic defeat was tho fact that there were iO'J republicans elected to the legislature against eight democrats. There wcro just ß 1,000 votes cast a littlo less than double tho vote of Jackson county for president Of these tho republicans got 20,003 in round figures, about 2,000 more than half. According to this tho republicans get u member of the legislature for each 200 votes and thu democrats one for each 2,875 votes. Rhode Island has been a hidvbound republican state ever since tho beginning of the war. On one or two occasions the majority has been less than this year, but very rarely. If it were not for tho palpably unfair apportionment the victory would hava bees a defeat Kansas CUr Tlaea

REED'S STATESMANSHIP.

The Great lime I'ropoirri to the Cnantry bjr thf JU-Car. Republicans think that Mr. Reed la rendering a great service to tho country in exposing tho partisan character of Speaker Crisp's rulings as well as tha absenteeism of the democrats. The less Mr. Reed has to say about partisan rulings tho better. No speaker was ever more deliberately and ostentatiously unfair than Mr. Reed. It has happened that he has been repeatedly shut off in his attempts at filibustering by following precedents which ho himself established. As to the absenteeism' of democratic members, it is wholly inexcusable, nnd there can be no objection to having attention called to it Of course, absenteeism is not confined to democrats, but tho latter, I'eing responsible for legislation, have stronger reasons for being in attendance than the members of the opposition. Nevertheless, it is only just, while ex-Speaker Reed is calling attention to democratic neglect of duty, that the attention of the country should be called to what Mr. Reed is doing. He is obstructing tho business of tho house. He is refusing and instructing his followers to refuse to attend to the business for which they wcro elected to congress. He is violating tho rules of the house. While present at the dally sessions he is pretending to be, absent, a line of conduct which ho has repeatedly characterized as wholly indefensible. For what purpose is Mr. Reed doing this? To prevent the passage of some revolutionary measure? To protect the people from some invasion of their rights by an arrogant and unscrupulous majority? Not at alL Such emergencies havo occasionally arises in congress, and havo been deemed jua tification for a resort to every sort oi obstruction that the rules put in the power of the minority. It is know that some of tho worst measures eve introduced into congress have been de feated in that way, and the sober see ond thought of the country has approved both tho means and tho end. Hut Mr. Reed is not engaged in any work of this sort "What Mr. Reed is trying to do is te force tho houso to adopt his patent device for securing quorums whether a majority of the members vote or not of counting members present, but refusing to vote, and occasionally counting members that are not present The country got along for a hundred years without any such rule, but Mr. Reed wishes to demonstrate that it cannot now go on for a single session without it It requires no demonstration to prove that, if a majority of the members will not do their duty, business cannot bo douo under any system of rules. Hut Mr. Reed is desirous of ob taining from tho democrats a vindication of his autocratic methods, and he professes to think this important enough to justify him in obstructing public business. While he is focusing public attention upon democratic absenteeism, he is also giving the country the measure of his conception of statesmanship. No chaage la the rules can virtdleat the conduct of Mr. Reed whea he oeeapied the chair. He and hte frieada are fond of referring to a decision of the supreme court that the house eould make rules authorizing the speaker to count a quorum. They call this a vindication. As usual, they suppress the real point at issue. Mr. Reed counted a quorum before any rule was made authorizing him to do so. He put under his feet ruthlessly tho precedents of hundred years before they had beea rendered inapplicable by a change ia the rules. It Is this act that no change of rules can ever justify. It is understood that Mr. Reed h a candidate for the presidency. It is, no doubt, grateful to his feelings to have his action as speaker kept prominently beforo tho country. It is pleasant for hm to have the business of congress at a standstill awaiting the vindication of the rule which he cruatcd and enforced before the house adopted it Besides, he must enjoy the spectacle of seeing the friends and supporters of his rivals for the republican nomination cheerfully doing his bidding while he seeks to make himself tho great issue and to demonstrate that business cannot be done without his consent Nevertheless, it remains to be seen whether this course will impress the country as a demonstration of the surpassing statesmanship of Mr. Reed. The great issue which he proposes to tho country ia whether it is proper to obstruct public business in order to vindicate the action of a member whom the country's bad luck elevated to the speakership four or five years ago. This ia the tremendous issuo that the nomination of Mr. Reed would present to the country. Louisville Courier-Journal COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. Thomas B. Reed's rules still constitute a putrid reminiscence. Bottom Herald. Gov. McKinley has not fully decided whom ho will allow to run for vice president when he heads the ticket What's tho matter with John 8blno Smith? Detroit Free Press, Napoleon McKinley Is booming along on a wave of temporary and fictitious popularity, but ho will corao down with a bump long beforo ho attains the throne. Chicago Herald. Republican editors who were thrown into convulsions by the Van Alcn Incident seo nothing wrong in Gcorgo Pea body Wotinore's purchase of a Rhode Island senatorship. N. Y. World Chauncey Depcw's utterance that because tho democrats have not freed tho country from all the His visited upon it by republican misrule, tho people will fly to theg. a p. for relief, is tho kind of talk that would bo suggestive of imbecility in almost any other man. Detroit Free Press. It is eminently fitting that the robber baron and the tramp fraternity should unite in sending delegations to Washington to represent thcmsolves as living petitions to congress. Tho same Erotective system that bu'lt up the arona also multiplied the traaa paLouisville CoatierJoaraai