Pike County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 September 1884 — Page 1

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NEWS IN BRIEF Compiled from Various Sources. PEBSONAL AKD rOUnCU. Mrs. Harvey WAttbrsox, mother of Ihe Hob. Henry TV atterson, of Louisville, Ky., died on the loth at the age of seventy-two. -Hon. James G. Bum has decided to lake a Western trip. He will first goto Massachusetts and NewYork, however. Tbe Maryland Prohibitionists have determined to place a State ticket in the field and nominate candidates for Congress. The opening of the bicyole tournament at Sprinfield, Mass., on the 19th was^ attended by fire thousand people. President Shelve, of Amherst College, has declined tbe Prohibition nomination as candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. i Speaking of a recent newspaper dispatch announcingfhis intention to resign, Justice Bradtey, of the ignited States Supreme Court, says; “It is interesting news and the first 1 have heard of it.” The Prohibitionists of Colorado held I heir State Convention at Denver on the 17th, and 8t. John and Daniel were indorsed. The much purtnrbed Morosinis,of Yonkers, N. Y., have made up and the brothers and sisters of the coachman’s bride have ail kissed. The old man, however, has not succumbed, but that he will do so is thought a mere matter of time. Secretary Teller, has returned to "Washington and resumed Uis duties in the Interior Department. The message'of President Gonzales wasi read to the Mexican Congress, which, met* the evening of the 16th. There was a long civic and military procession and a display of fireworks. . Rev. Da. S. F. Smith, known to fame as; the author of the words of the National hymn “Amorica,” celebrated his golden wedding at New Center, Mass., the evening of the ICth. The death of Lieutenant Hubbard of the British war ship Zephyr, wounded when thg ship was fired on through mistake by thli Chinese at the Kin Pai forts, is announced. It is hinted in the German papers that within twelve months at least Herbert Bismarck will be appointed Embassador to London.

As General Gresham seems to hesitate about taking the Treasury portfolio, the belief is gaining ground in Washington on that Mr. Coon will succeed the late Judge Folger. I On the 17th Richard Howell, of Manchester, England, won the ten-mile race at; the bicycle tournament, Springfield, Mass. On the 17th the fou nder 6f the order of the Sisters of Msrcy, Rev* Mother Superior Mary Francis Xavier Walde, died at Manchester, N. H., in the seventy - fourth year of her age. At a meeting on the 17th the American Political Alliance nominated W. L. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania, for President, and Charles H. Waterman, of New York, for Vice-Presidont. It is the opinion of Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the Marine Hospital Service, that under existing quarantine conditions, which will be maintained indefinitely, all danger of yellow fever or cholera epidemic in this country has passed away. On the 18th Henry Jrving and Ellen Terry sailed for Montreal. The Secretary of the Interior, at the re quest of the President, has writton to Indian Commissioner Price urging him to reconsider his determination to resign his position. Mr. Price has decided to accede to the request, and will remain at his post in the Indian office. On the 17th R. A. Day, a prominent mining mar. and an ex-Alderman of Leadville, Col., while ascending theshaftof the Vanderbilt mine, in a bucket, fell a distance oflOO feet and was instantly killed. Having recovered from bis recent illness, John McCullough appeared at the Opera-house in Milwaukee on the 18 b. Stanley, the African explorer, delivered a lecture in London on the 18th upon the Congo country. The State Convention of the National Labor party in New Jersey was held at Newark on the 18th, and Butler was indorsed. Hon. W. L. Ellsworth, of Boston, has accepted the nomination for President from the American Political Alliance, and proposes to stump several Sta'es. Secretary Teller has rlftdered an important decision in reference to lands within the granted limits of the Northern Pacific Railroad released from reservation from the Indians. "Counsel for the Indianapolis Sentinel .filed a bill of discovery in the Blaine libel suit on the 18th. It is now claimed that all the paper stated was true, and that they want an order issued at once for the presence of the plaintiff before the court to answer the questions filed a few weeks since; and if that is not done they ask that further proceedings be perpetually stayed.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR DOS appointed Harry' Kislingbury, the eon of tbe late Lieuffihant Kislingbury, of the Greely party, to be a cadet-at-large at the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Ok the 18th Captain Simpson, the yellow fever patient, died at quarantine hospital, Galloupei Island, near Boston. The failure of the Columbia Valley Bank at Alkali, Ore., and the Spokane Bank, of Cheney, W. T., owned by J. F. Dun ford, is announced, and Danford has run away. The indignant depositors captured Cashier Ainsworth and threatened to lynch him if he did not bring Danford back. f General Wolselet is Dreparing to begin the ascent of the Nile October 15th. Grant and Blaine had a conference in New York on the 19th. Hon, Georgs H. Pendleton, of Ohio, is recovering from a severe siege of sickness. Chas. H. Waterman, of New York, accepts the nomination for Vice-President by tbe American Political Alliance, and will make an extended canvass, i It is reported that Prlddy, the Pittsburg, oarsman, is almost paralysed in the arms, and a rumor has been started that he was tampered with before his recent race with Norris, the Bostonian. Governor Crittenden of Missouri has appointed Mr. 8. D. Barlow, of the Iren Mountain Railway, agent of the State to make selections of and obtain patents for certain lands granted by Congress, July 28,1868. Thomas Hillhovbe, of New York, President of a Trust Company, la the latest name proposed as the successor to the late Judge Folger. Gresham has declined, and it la said Morton will not get the appointment. s On the 19th Minister Foster had a three hours’ conference with the XJoder Secretary of Foreign Affairs tndfXadrid, presumably upon the subject of the proposed commercial treaty between Spain and tbe 1 Status. SPATCH stating that Sir John Mac- ; was to be elevated to the peerage eived at Ottawa, Can., on the 19;li. Upon being congratulated, Sir John stated that the announcement was premature. He had no official information which would lead him to believe the report coir

mr. Bum has written a letter to Wm. Walter Phelps, telling him about his marriage. He says he was secretly married in Kentucky, when a mere youth, and that he was afterward married in Pennsylvania, as there was no record filed in Kentucky. He gives the data of the birth of his first child, and many other points concerning his domestic affairs. CRXKKS AND CASUAI.TIM. Oit the 17thla train on the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Road was thrown from the track near Farmer City, HI., and a number of people were severely injured. In one of the cars that rolled down the embankment was Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, but fortunately he received only a few slight bruises. Mr. Shoemaker of the Indianapolis Sentinel was among the injured. An old man named Atbert Bell was found suspended by the nedk from a mantelpiece n( bis home in Baltimore, Md., on the 17th. Being a cripple and goaded by poverty is supposed to have been the cause of the suicide. • On the 18th Richard A. Flynn, a twelveyear old boy of Worcester, Mass., shot and killed Eddie Sheridan,, same age, with a pistol. He did not know it was loaded. At Albany, N. Y., Peter Clark, a^ Marshal, went to the house of John A. HgATn to serve papers, on the 18th, w hen--Mrs. Hearn threw him over a railing, which caused his death. On the 18th the United States training ship Jamestown went ashore iin Gardiner’s Bay. Assistance was sent for, and the steamer Yantic, of the North Atlantic Squadron, was dispatched to aid her. Ojf the night of the 18th John Breen, of Keljngg, la., -was murdered at Lake Mills by biis traveling companion, whose name is not known. The murderer escaped on horseback. The murder was committed with a spade. The two men had been em ployed as laborers on a new railroad, and quarreled while en route for Minnesota, On the 19th Isaac Jacobson, who murdered George Bedell, his employer, was hanged at Chicago. Gid Henderson, a farmer near Hopkinsville, Ky., while feeding hogs on the 19ib, was assassinated. An unknown man deliberately laid his head on the railroad track at Newbern, Tenn., on the 19th, and allowed a train to cut it off.

It is claimed that detectives have discovered “Mollie Maguire” organizations in the coal and iron districts of Pennsylvania. A Hungarian miner was horribly murdered recently and hung up. The feeling against the Hungarians is intense. While crossing Cowee Mountain on the 10th, General Scales, the Democratic candidate for Governor of North Carolina, was thrown down a precipice by the upsetting of his buggy. The General caught in a tree, which saved his life, but the buggy was smashed to pieces and his horse killed. J’hk residence of John Bylow, East Toledo, O., was burned to the grodnd on the morning of the 19th. His daughter, aged four, was burned to death. The mother and babe made a narrow escape with their lives. The mother was slightly burned, and the babe severely. I The town of Milton, Ind.„ was almost totally destroyed by fire the night of the 18th. The Opera-house, drug-store, hotel, business houses, in fact, almost everything except the Wayno Agricultural Works were consumed. During a political demonstration'-at Utica, Ind., the night of the 18th, Melvin Swartz, unmarried, was shot and killed by a1 bystander named James Clark. Swartz was taking part in the parade. No canse is assigned for the murder. At Berlin, Wis., on the 19tb, sixteen frame residences and stores burned. An hour after the flames broke out the buildings were consumed. It was feared the whole town would burn. All the inhabitants were out lighting the file. Germany will send three iron-clads to Egyptian waters to act in concert with Austrian men-of-war to protect the interests of the two governments. At Warsaw on the 16th agrand Imperial banquet was given in honor of the meeting of the three Emperors. The arrest I* F. Walsh, of New York, is desired by his wife. She declares that he wrote a letter pretending he had committed suicide, and then eloped with a laundress employed in the Morosini family ‘at Yonkors, just after the coachman eloped with Miss Morosini. There were 613 new cases of cholera reported in Italy and 219 deaths during the twenty-four hours ended the evening of the 16th. According to Admiral Courbet’s estimate the Chinese were damaged $10,000,001 by the bombardment of Foo Chow. The Italian Consul at Baltimore has mysteriously disappeared, owing to financial troubles. On the 16th Mrs. General George W. Cullom, widow of General Halieck, died at Newport, R. I. OTSCEXXANEOUfl.

li. o. DitKHUTT, me nepuDJiican nominee of the First Assembly District of Pennsylvania and a member of the Governor’s stafr, died on the 10th at Wilkesbarre, Pa. On the 16th a monster mass meeting was held at Shanghai, China, commercial men of nearly all nations taking part. A settlement of the difficulties between France and China was demanded. On the 17th forest fires were burning fiercely near Port Huron, Mich. On the 17th the New York State Liquor Dealers’ Association -.met at Syracuse. They had a street parade. A marked decrease was reported Jn the number of fresh cases of cholera at Naples on the 17th, as well as deaths, although the mortality was still heavy. Thb Army of the Cumberland reunion commenced at Rochester, N, Y., on the 17tb. Qeneral Sheridan wan present, and held a reception. A force of two thousand French troops landed recently at Kapal and attacked and defeated the Chinese, srho retreated after heavy loss. Notice was posted on the 17th by the Cambria Iron Company at Johnstown, Pa., employing 6,000 men, reducing the wages from ten to twenty per cent, owing to the depression of trade. The Order of Cincinnatus at Cincinnati, held its second pageant on the night of the 17th, which attracted a large number of visitors to that city. The floats, twentyfive in number, represented scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. During the month of August the total value of domestic breadstulfs exported was $16,453,530; during the name month of 1883, $18,875,276. On the 17th two hundred. Iowa saloonkeepers held a meeting at Council Bluffs and organised an anti-Prohibition Association. Of 8,003 men usually employed when the mines are in operation In the Pennsylvania pools, according to estimate not more thnn 1,000 are now at vrork, owing to the strike. The strikers tmve a “tin-pan brigade,’’ which has been organised to serenade the non-union men. It is not a pleasant pastime for a Czar or Emperop to travel in Europe. The route over which the Emperors returned home from Warsaw was examined to guard against dynamite, sini all the employes of the line were required to swear allegtanoebefof* »m®4.

Thx Now York Journal of Commerce has reports from doth mills showing that owing to dullness ot trade the lessening of production will amount to 13,000,001) yards, or 2,000,000 suits of men’s dothing. For the fiscal year just dosed the total earning* of the Northern Pacific Road were $12,603,573. A num her ot leading Liverpool firms are thought to be in a shaky condition, owing to the low prices of cotton, corn, provisions and sugar. An application was made on the 18th for the appointment ot a receiver for the Rankers’ & Merchants’ Tdegraph Company. At Vladivostok, Russia, an American schooner was seised recently, for having contraband goods on board; and an English schooner was also seized for illegal hunting. -e_ A call has been issued by the Illinois State Board of Agriculture for a National vonvention of those interested in the breeding and management of the various classes of stock, to be held at Chicago , November 18, 1834. Great dissatisfaction is caused by the new education bill in Belgium. A multitude gathered in front of the royal palace on the 18th, hooted at the King and shouted “Vive la Repuhlique.” From a fugitive from Dongola it is learned that General Stewart had sacked and bnmed Berber. On the 18th a warrant was issued at the Treasury Department for $166,666 in favor Of the directors of the New Orleans Cotton Ex]>osition, it being the second installment under the law loaning the Exposition one million dollars. The first installment was $333,333. Tin deaths from cholera weiw reported on the 18th in the Department of the Pyrenees Orientales, and ten at Marseilles.

ufficials In the State Department say that the reported dispute about the Mexican boundary line can not lead to serious trouble. The stones marking the boundary ha ve been destroyed at some points and will be replaced, and the boundary reestablished without trouble or dispute. A dispatch from Pipis says La Jlepublique Francaise, which has been an out-and-out free trade organ ever since its foundation, has adopted protectionist views, and declares ' that the increasing supply of American food in the French market! is ruining the peasantry of France. The officers of the steamer Kansas, at Boston from Liverpool, reports that on September 14th, in latitude 47.37, longitude 40.39, she passed three large patches of floating ice, and on the same day, in latitude 4t.33, longitude 53.40, she passed two large icebergs about 100 feet high. On tile 19th the forest fires were reported spreading in Michigan. The United'Presbyterian Synod began its annual meeting in New York on tne 19th. Chin a is said to be again anxious to settle peaceably her little affair with France*. In the Blue Grass region olt Kentucky the breeders of fine cattle aire alarmed over plieuro-pneumonia. These were 283 deaths from cholera at Naples; and 437 fresh cases during the twenty-four hours ended the evening of the 19th. The Austrian Consul at Khartoum has not been heard of since last April. It is thought ho was killed. On the 19th Rindskoff Bros, ffc Co., clothing msrchants, New York, made an assignment. Liabilities reported at $90),000. The assets are in round numbers about $1,000,000. The Bureau of Agriculture sends'out a report in reference to “wheat in India,” and e ndeavors to show that that country has no advantages over America. The wives and sisters of the .striking miners around Coal Centre, Pa., have organized a “tin-pan brigade.” a nd propose to serenade the non-Union men every morning until they quit work. On the 19th a distinct earthquake shock was felt at Detroit and other points in Michigan; at Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and various other parts of Ohio, and also many parts of Indiana and Kentucky. In some towns buildings were almost shaken down, and the"greatest excitement followed. The Porte is said to have addressed a note to the powers protesting against England's action in regard to the Egyptian debts. For the seven days ended the 13th the failures throughout tho country numbered, for the United States, 195; Canada, 23; total, 318, as compared with a total of 229 Cor the preceding week. _ - , „ . ».-- V LATE NEWS ITEMS. Commissioner of Pensions Dudley has resigned to go into the banking business. John Lange, of Dubuq ue, Is., shot his wife through the head on the 20th, and ihen killed himself. Dr. Wolf, of Zurich, Austria, has discovered a comet. Bismarck is going to pay a visit to the Prince* of Wales.

Robbers gagged a widow named Galt at Heath, Muss,, oh the night of the 20th and obtained a large sum of inoney. The French have destroyed the Chinese police junks in Min River. Captain Jambs B. Eads arrived in Now York from Europe on the 21st Tils condition of affairs in the cholera* stricken regions of Europe continues to improve. F. E. Hates, the Republican nominee for Congress in the Fifth Massachusetts District, died on the 20th. Russia has concluded a treaty of commerce with Corea. The Anarchist murderer, Kammorer, was hinged at Vienna on the :10th. The 100-mile race at St. Louis, Mo., on the 21st, between C. 11. Anderson, champion long-distance rider, and three Broadway mule drivers, was won by the latter by nearly three miles. • Ten families were made homeless by a fire on the 21st, at Ashbury Park, N. J. During the fire a panic occurred at a Salvation Army meeting and many women were injured. The loss by the burning of the Grand Trunk: shops at London, Ontario, on the 21st, is placed pt half a million dollars.. Five hundred men are thrown out of work < Cleveland was visited by another fire 1 on the 21st in the same locality, but on a smaller el-ale than the conflagration ol two weeks previously. Circumstances connected with the fire lead to the belief that it was the work of incendiaries. By the explosion of a boiler Emerson & Calendar's mill at Vincennes, Ind., was destroyed on the 20tb, and one man was fatally injured. The Pope has granted $200,010 for the establishment of a hospital ait Rome. Mr. J. 1. Case wants to match Phallas against any stallion in the country, to trot in October, on the course that may be decided upon. In the Blaine-Sentinel libel suit at Indianaxilis attorneys for the plaintiff filed answers on the 20th to the in errogatories filed by defendant. Mr. Blaine says 8. L. Blalno and Sarah Stan wood were witnesses to his "secret marriage" in Ken tucky. A monster meeting in favor of the franchise bill was held at Dundee, Scotland, on

A QUAKING TIME. . ■ Portions at Indiana, Ohio and Michigan Shaken Up by an Earthquake Shock— Buddings Rocked, Dubes Shaken and People Badly Frightened, But So Serious Damage Bone. Countses, O., September 30. At9:40p.m. yesterday a shock ol earthquake was lelt In portions ol the city, the vibrations lasting over thirty seconds. At the Capital Uulverstty, the chandeliers swayed and the students left their rooms In great excitement. At the M. C. Liliey establishment, the employes jumped ont on the lonr-story building adjoining; gas fixtures swayed, and stock on shalves rattled and moved. It was also felt at the Ohio State University, shaking the windows and rattling the chandeliers. Canton, O., September 20. Shortly before three o’clock yesterday afternoon a slight earthquake or subterranean shock was felt in this city. The waUa of buildings in manufacturing establishments moved. A telegram from Middlebranch, eight miles north, says dishes were shakeu in cupboards. A telephone jnst received from Marshall says the shock waa felt plainly there. Auburn, Ind., September 30. A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at 2:15 p. m, yesterday, lasting tbout tpn seconds. Brick blocks were perceptibly rocked, and much excitement prevailed. No damage was sustained. The Bhook was felt along the line of the Postal Telegrapa from Ligonler to Wellington, Ohio. Chicago, let, September S\ Dispatches received here yesterday afternoon indicate that the earthquake shock was very generally felt throughout Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. At Cecil. Ohio, goods were thrown from shelves in stores, and people rushed irom th lr houses. At Defiance the Methodist Episcopal Central Conference was in session. The meeting adjourned suddenly. Lansing, Mich, September £0. ' About 3 p. m. yesterday a teruoon this city and vicinity was perceptibly shaken by an earthquake, causing the large capitol to tremble. No serious damage has been heard from.

Elkhart, Ind., September 30. This city was shaken up by an earth quake yesterday. Buildings were rocked to and fro by the violence of the shook. Muncie, Ind, September 30. & This city felt a strong earthquake at Is :30 yesterday afternoon. The shock was plainly distinguishable by a loud rumbling and vibrations shaking large buildings, breaking glass and moving furniture. People ran into the streets frightened. The shock lasted ten seconds and almost created a panic among the school children. Wabash, Ind., September at An earthquake shock, lasting about f ~e seconds, was felt throughout this section yesterday. Beyond shaking buildings and frightening people no injury was done, Reports from points within a radius of fifty miles indicate that the vibrations were general. East Saginaw, Mich,, September 20. Yesterday afternoon about 2:30 a slight earthquake was felt throughout the whole city. A trembling of stone and brick buildings was observed. Fort Wayne, Ind., September 19. A slight shock of earthquake was felt here at 3 p. m. yesterday, lasting but one minute. A TERRIBLE CRIME. Two Members ot the Nutt Family Dead From the Effects of Drinking Water From a Poisoned Well. TIniontown, Pa., September 19. Intense excitement has been caused here by the discovery of au atrocious attempt to take the lives of the Nutt family. The well from which the supply of water used in the Nutt household was drawn was poisoned by some unknown miscreant. Two of the young ladi s are already dead and other members of the family are ill. As far as can be ascertained there is no apparent reason for the deliberate crime, and all efforts made, thus far, to trace the person engaged in the horrible affair have proved a failure. The first intimation oi the coming horror was the announcement last evening of the sndden doath of Miss Annie Nutt, sister of Miss Lizzie Nutt (whose betrayal by N. L. Dukes was followed by the tragic death ot the youngrgirl’s father, and subsequently of Dnkes, who was slain by James Nutt) a girl of sixteen years. Up to Tuesday last she- had been ln*tbe enjoyment of her usual health. The following day she and all other- members of the family were taken-suddenly ill. In twenty-fonr hoars Annie was dead. The explanation given by the family was that she died from indigestion, caused by eating a large quantity of Unripe fruit. Yesterday morning, however, the horrible suspicion gained currency that the entire family had been poisoned, and that Miss Annie was the first victim. This was confirmed by an examination of the well, in which it was found p Ison had been thrown. Dr. John Fuller, the family physician, has advised the holding of a post-mortem, and, although Mrs. Nutt was at first nnwilliug she finally gave her consent. Last evening Miss Nettie Natt, another of the sisters, expired, and the news of her death was qnickly circulated through the town, intensifying public opinion over the horrifying revelation. The water iu the trull is being analyzed and all are ivaitiug the report of the physician.

Incendiaries at Work. Bkulisiontaine, O., September 19. Incendiaries tried to burn the town this morning. At one o’clock they fired Milton Steer’s stable, which was totally cousumed. At two o’clock they burned J. M. Nickerson & Co.’s lumber yard and planing mill, which proved a total loss, including the Bellefontalne carriage factory. At five o’clock they fired Bev. A. R. Howbert’s barn, which was consumed, with carriages and winter supplies. Three other stables were lighted, but extinguished. Six suspects have been arrested. No insurance. No Truth In the Story. Nsw York, September*. The statement that a conference ol Plymouth Church members has been held, and that Mr. Beecher had been, remonstrated with for his course In politics, Is found to have been inaccurate. A majority of the members, as is well kuown, are Republicans, and would naturally regret Mr. Beecher’s choice, but, as Assistant Pastor Halliday said yesterday: "There Is no trouble ln.the story, andi there is not likely to be. Each member, from Mr. Beecher down, is Independent, and can work and vote as h9 chooses without being called to account by any $Uiei member,”

THE MULLIGAN GHOST. like Banquo's Shade It Will Not Down. Fisher and Mulligan t nml.h • Batch of Letter.. Alleged to Be In Blaine** Finest Italian Hand—Appeals that Would Cause Stoues to Weep. Messrs. Warren Fisher and James Mulligan have furnished for publication the following, as appears from a Boston telegram of September 14: To tho Peoplo of the United States: Believing: that it is our duty to lay Before our fellow countrymen tho following documents which have neen in our possession., we have placed the originals for sate keeping in the hands of Messrs. Sohier A We’ch. counselors. of Boston, and herewith submit their contents without comment. The letters from Mr. Fisher are letter-press copies of the originals. The following are the principal portions of the letters referred to: “Augusta, Me.. Oct. 4. IS®.—My Dear Mr. Fisher: Find, inclosed $10,000 check in payment of A. & P. Cobum’s subscription I presume you will receive by same mail tho twenty tier cent, due on ail the subscriptions already forwarded to you. and also on the following: Philo Hersey. $0,000; A. W. Johnson, $3,000: It. C. Johnson. $3,000: Nahum P. Munroe, $3,000; C. B. Hazel tine, $5,000—all of Belfast. “This makes $133,000 in all I have disposed of. It Is doubtful if 1 dispose of any more, but I shall know by to-morrow; so there will be no delay to embarrass you in any way. No one will ever know from me that 1 have disposed of a single dollar in Maine: so there need be no embarrassment in talking with Mr. Caldwell. 1 don’t wish you to settte’that matter with Mr. Caldwell till you hear from me again. Please send receipt to A. & P. Cobum, Skowhegan, Me. Yours truly. “J. G. Blaine. “W. Fisher, Jr„ Esq." “Augusta. Me, 5th Oct., 1869.—$V>00.-My Dear Mr Fisher: 1 inclose you two thousand dollar check, balance of A. & P. Coburn's installment; two thousand dollars Is pay’t of Anson P. Morrill’s Installment: one thousand dollars in pny t of Lot M. Morrill's installment. Lot M. Morrill's subscription of $5,000 is additional to those already advised, making m all $100,000, There may possibly be $30,000 more, but $130,000 will be my limit. “I note what you say about the importance of my keeping all quiet here. 1 fully appreciate y r wisdom and y’r kindness, and shall eudeavor to do just as you desire in tho premises. The letter inclosing the Glebe by same mail with this can be read by you to Mr. Caldwell if you think it expedient- 1 have endeavored in writing it not to be indelicate. Yours, “J. G. Blaink. “W. F. Jr„ Esq.” The above two letters are In continuation of tho two letters of Oct. 4, 1869, which have been already published. “Augusta, Me, 18th Nov, 1889.—My Dear Mr. Fisher: It is quite evident to my mind that at the approaobing session of Congress there will bo an expansion ot the currency to the amount of tifty to seventy-five midions of dollars. The form it will take, 1 think, will be an addition to the National bank circulation West and South. “My object in writing is to ask in season if your friends would dosire to establish a bank at Little Book.

ltism as to who gets the banks in the several localities, and it will be in my power to ‘cast an anchor *o the windward’ in y’r behalf if you desire it. Please think over the matter, and confer with Mr. Caldwell, and let me know y’r desires as soon as you reach any conclusion. There is, of course, no special hurry; but I thought I would suggest the matter in order that you might ma ure your thoughts in good lime. Tours very truly, “J. G. Bunn. “Warren Fisher, Jr., Esq.” "Fortt-First Congress, U. S.—Horn or Representatives, Washington, D. C. Dec. 7,1870.—My Dear Mr. Fisher: You have received Mr. Boutweli's answer. 1 presume you will deem it necessary to come on here; ir so, let me know of it a day or two in advance. “I have written Mr. Caldwell about the bank; no trouble in securing a b’k of *503,000. .“Sec'y of War will not allow the use of the arsenal at I.ittle llock—says it is impossible. “Very hastily and truly, J. G. ii." “House of Hefresentativhb, Washington, D. C., Dec.9—My Dear Mr. Fisher: 1 wrote very hastily both to yourself and Mr. Caldwoll in regard to the bank. A further conference with the Comptroller of the Currency gives somo additional facts which are of Interest. and this letter is intended alike for yourself and Mr. Caldwell. Please show it to him. They are now allowing HO per cent, circulation on 10-40 bonds, instead of 80 and then 85 at different periods in the past. They give me the assurance that you shall have full *450.000 circulation on a bank of half a million capital. “If you desire I will confer with Senator Rice in regard to the forms, etc. It might be betteanow to let him take the lead. Yours very truly, J. G. Blaine. “W. Fisher, Jr„ Esq.-; “ Augusta, Me., 29 Dec., 1870.—My Dear Mr. Fisher: I am in hopes now that I sha'l secure *25.000, or nearly that. X find money very tight. I “ I have seen most of the parties to whom bonds are due. 1 do not have mir-h trouble about the January coupon of the iirst mortgage bonds, but they ot course growl someon six of the bonds. 1 would be glad to have the coupon. I promised them individually to make it right in the future. 1 did not in any way use the name of the company, nor commit yen to anything—only myself. “ On the land bonds 1 can not make them sec the equity of removing tho April coupon, and I promised to try ana adjust tnat matter with you after my return to Boston. They all . agree with one voice that no bond shall be exposed for sale. I wish you could give me the benefit of that fraction making 32 of the first mortgage bonds for the *31,500 dne, I use the extra *50j in adjusting the interest matter, and it fits in completely. I will make it ail right with you. “ Please meet me at Mr. Caldwell's private office on Saturday at 12:15 sharp. It is very important that X have everything completed that day. Yours, in g't haste.

“ Fortt-First Congress. House or Representatives, Washington, January 86, 1371—My Dear Mr. Fisher: I have this moment written to Mr. Caldwell, suggesting that, in case 1 can arrange a meeting in this city next week with Colonel Thomas A. Scott, to come on hero, I have some reason for believing that a very advantageous arrangement may be mado for taking say $300,000. Let me have an accurate and reliable statement of vour financial condition, and l ean do something, 1 feel very sanguine, with Thomas A. Scott. “I think you will not deem me unreasonable when T again and persistently urge that I ought to have good notes for the $25.00u, and that I ought also to have the $32,000 bonds which were made by yourself and Mr. Caldwoll-the express basis of the $25,000 loan. 1 do not believe your compady has a stronger or more equitable and legal claim than mine—while its personaLhardships to mo are bitter, and burning and humiliating to the last degree. Sincerely your friend. J. G. Blaine." “Forty-second Congress U. 8. House or Representatives, Washington, D. C., April 21,1871. My Dear Mr. Caldwell: On the 8ith inst. the second note of the loan 1 negotiated in December last falls due. The first, for $2,032 30-100, which foil due March L I was compelled to meet at the gravest possible inconvenience. I drew on Mr. Fisnor for the amount, but he declined to notice the draft. The note which falls due on the 29th inst is for $2,578 35-100. It seems extremely hard and unjust that 1 should be compelled to pay this money. It was no more my debt than the debt of President Grant or Queen Victoria, and I can not believe that you and Mr. Fisher intend to leave this burden on me. "If you do, it will crush me. 1 have no possible means wherewtth to meet those notes, and I beg of you and Mr. Fisher.eitheror both, to come to my relief. In a letter from Mr. Fisher, under date of Jauuary 24th, he writes me as follows: ‘In regard tothe $25,000 whloh you borrowed and loaned to Mr. Caldwell, or rather Mr. Pratt, as it was assumed by Mr. Pratt, because you received from him $50,000 land bonds for the amount Upon my visiting the office for the first time after you left the oity, Mr. Pratt said he and Mr. Farrington gave to you thoir Individual bonds, and they kept the money, and in order to obtain the money and get it out of Mr. Pratt’s hands I obtained $50,000 land bonds, and took what 1 supposed to be money: but it was not there. Fart of it had been misapplied to other matters; $15,000 of it 1 loaned to Mr. Caldwell; the balance went into a house at Little Rock without my knowledge or consent, and Pullman cars, eto-eto-' “Now. my dear sir, if this be a correct statement, may i not hope you will relieve me to tho extent of the $15,01)0? And Mr. Fisher will surely pay the other $10,000. “Asa wholly innooept third party, doing my beat to act as a sinocre and steadfast friend to both of you, I ought not to be left, exposed to financial ruin and personal humiliation. Sincerely Tours, J. G. Blaine. ' “Josiab Caldwell, Esq.” No. 1 Pemberton Square, Boston, April 5, 1871.—Dear Fisher: I enolose letter from Blaine. 1 forgot to speak to you aboutt hem when I saw you thisp. m. 1 hope you can help him. I would if it were in my power. Blaine is an important man for us to havo fall all right towards ui, and I only wish that I was so situated that I could help him. Yours very truly, J. Caldwell.” This letter inclosed Mr. Blaine’s letter to Caldwell of April 21.1871. “Augusta, Me., 14 June. 1871.—My Dear M r. Fisher: 1 tried vory hard yesterday and day before to see you. 1 am in a very painful and einparrassed situation growing out ol my connection with the Fort Smith enter-' prise. 1 have paid and caused to be paid into y’r treasury about $250,000, and the only result to mo is the most painful perplexity.

Now, I have a proposition to make to you. which I think Is most liberal and fair, going as lar as 1 possibly can go without ruining myself past all recovery. “ Now, If you will take up the $10 000of coupons, paytnir me the cash therefur, nnd give the the $45,000 or bonds, I will let all the remainder of our matter stand until you are ready to open correspondence on the subject yoursMf. ' 1 trust In consideration of our many years of friendship^ as well as in view of the peeul- ' relations 1 have held in this mat ter, you iar i will make an effort to do this. Tours truly. “J. G. Blaine. “ W. Fisher, Jr„ Esq.” "Boston, Sept. 33, 1871.—My Dear Blaine: It is the greatest importance that the parties owning the Interest in the $25,001, and invested by them in the Northern PaciBo Railroad, should receive what is due them: and unless something is done about it I shall be forced to turn the document over to them and let you settle directly with them. Mr. Caldwell tells me he has paid you his last note due you, and gave the $50,030 land bonds in addition. I should Judge it was for your interest to settle the matter at once. I remain. "Warken Fisher, Jn.” Mr. Blaine’s letter of October 1.1871. already published, is the answer to this letter. “Boston, October24,1871.—My Dear Blaine: Yesterday 1 received your favor of the 31st Inst, to which I repliod by telegram: “ 'Mr. C. has not been in this city for four weeks. He is now in St. Louis.' "In the meantime I can say nothing further than what I have heretofore told you—that Mr. Caldwell represented to me ihttt he had paid for your account, and for which he has your receipts, all but $2,500: of the $35,000 which you loaned, and for which you received ns collateral $50,000 of the Little Rock bonds, which you since sold, realising therefor $30,000, leaving you now in advance of funds, even if Mr. Caldwell had paid you nothing. "I have heretofore advised you that I bail been frequently importuned for the iBecuritics of the Northern PaciUc, and as a last resort 1 had to surrender your ohhgation for the honed: of the parties in interest, who now say that after so long delay they wiU not take the securities, but require you to rotund the money. 1 remain,

n Anncii* rionun, un. “Augusta, Me., Nov. a—My Dear Mr. Fish ert I write Mr. Caldwell this day earnest!} asking him to release me from the very presstag and painful embarrassment entailed upon me by raising the money I loaned to you and him last winter. There is still due to me $20,000 land bonds and the first mortgage bonds {32,000. 1 have already made oue proposition for settlement. I must hare the matter settled in some way. and at once. Sincerely yours, J. G. .Blaine. “W. Fisher, Jr., Esq.” Boston, Nov. 4, 1871.—My Dear Blaine; Tour letter of the 3d inst. received. 1 hope Mr. Caldwell will respond to your request promptly and satisfactorily. 1 can not Bay anything until I see Mr. Caldwell. I remain yours, etc., etc.. W Fisher, Jr.” “Augusta, Me., 8 Nov. 18T1.-My Dear Fish, er: lam pressed dally for the bonds. Let me assure you that It i were suffering in this raattet alone 1 wouln not bother you. But how can 1 do this with parties who have paid their money earnestly demanding of mo the consideration promised by me? 1 wilt sacrifice a great oeoi In get a settlement. 1 do not wish to seem importunate and troublesome, but if you know the agonies 1 have suffered in this matter during the past six months you would pity me, 1 am sure, and muke great effort to relieve me. Tours very sincerely, “J. G. Blaine. “Warren Fisher. Jr„ Esq.” “Boston, Nov. 10,1781.-My Dear Blaine: 1 am in receipt of your favor of the 8th tast., from which 1 am led to inferthat the contracts I made through you to your Eastern friends have not been fulfilled on my part, but such is not the fact, as 1 have delivered each and every one of them, all the securities in accordance with the contracts. Tou aro well aware of the condition of the road and that you have received your full proportion of the bonds. 1 think you can readily see that I can make no proposition furthor than as the road progresses, to deliver your bonds in accordance. 1 remain with kind regards, “Warren Fisher. Jr.” The following was in reply to Mr. Blaine's letter of April 13, 1372, already published: Boston, April 16, 1872.—My Dear Blaine: Tour favor of the 13th inst. reached mo this morning. 1 am surprised at its contents. 1 have loaned you at various times, when you were poor, very largo sums of money, and nevpr have you*paid me one dollar from vour own pocket, either principal or interest. I have paid sundry amounts to others to whom you were indebtod and these debts yon have allowed to stand unpaid like the notes which 1 hold. 1 have placed you In positions whereby you have received very large sums of money without one dollar of expebse to you. and you ought not to forget the uct on my part Of all the parties connected with the Little Kock & Fort Mnitii Kailmad, no one has beon so fortunate as yourself m obtaining money out of it. You obtained subscriptions from your friends in Maine for t he building of the Little Kock Fort. & Smith Railroad. Out of these subscriptions you obtaiued a large amount both of lionds and money free of cost to you. 1 have your own figures and know the amount Owing to your political position you were able to work off all your bonds at a very high price, and the fact is well known to others as well «B myself. Would your friends in Maine be satisfied if they knew the facts? Aro my associates satisfied to have you obtain $25,000 for Northern Paoittc Railroad and you not make the investment as per agreement? The course you have thought propepto take in regard to my request ts rather a poor one, taking vour relations with me, and 1 again ask you to consider it and grant it. You will find it much easier to pay by obtaining the credit, and I selected that course thiuking it to be the best, if you again decline, 1 shall be obliged to use the notes or sell them to outside purchasers. Necessity knows no law. “Whatever bonds still due to you will be delivered as the road progresses. The other portions of your letter 1 make no reply. Tou know the facts; it is sufficient that I know them, and it is useless to mention them at thiB time. Please auswer at once. I remain respectfully yours, '“Warren Fisher, Jr.” The reply to this letter is Mr. Blaine's letter of April 18, 1872, alfeady published. The exRression “obtaining the credit” in the above itter refers to a request by Mr. Fisher that Mr. Blaine would give him a letter of credit, to be drawn against by Mr. Fisher during a proposed European trip, Mr. Blaine being at the time indebted to Mr. Fisher for borrowed money, for which Mr. Fisher held Mr. Blaine’s demand promissory notes. The following is marked “confidential" t “Washington, D. C., 16 April, 1876.—My Dear Mr. Fisher: You can do me a very great favor, and 1 know it will give you pleasure to do so—just as I would do for you under similar oiroumstanccs. Certain persons and papers are trying to throw mud at mo to injure my candidacy before the Cincinnati Convention, and you may observe they aro trying it in connection with the Little Bock & Fort Smith matter. “ 1 want you to send me a letter such as the Inolosed draft. You will receive this to-mor-row iMonday) evening, and it will be a l avot 1 shall nevor forget if you will at once write me the letter and mail the same evening. The letter is strictly true, is honorable to you and to me, and will stop the mouths of slanderers at once. “.Regard this letter as strictly confidential. Do not show it to anyone. The draft is in the hands of my clerk, who Is as trustworthy as any one can be. If you can’t get the letter written In season for the nine o'clock mail to New York, please be sure to mail it duriug the night so that It will start first mail Tuesday morning: but if possible, 1 pray you to get it in the nine o'clock mail Monday evening. KiDd regards to Mrs. Fisher. Sincerely, J. G. B.” On the back of this letter was this indorsement: “Burn this letter. Not knowing your exact address 1 send this to the Parker House in order that it may (not) be subjected to any danger in the hand of a carrier, “j, G. B.” The following is the inclosura referred to in the preceding:

"Boston. April—, jsra. non. .lames u. Blaine, Washington, I>. C. Dear Sir:—1 observe that certain newspapers are making or rather insinuating the charge that yob own or had owned 9190,000 of Little Kook & Fort Smith Railroad bonds, and that you had in some way obtained them as a gratuity. "The enterprise ot building the Little Rook & Fort Smith Railroad was undertaken m 18 w by a company ot Boston gentlemen, ot woiom 1 was myself one. The bonds ot the road were put upon the market in this city on what was termed very advantageous terms to the purchaser. They were sold largely through myself. You became the purchaser of about 930,000 of the bonds on precisely the same terms that every other buyer received, paying tor them in installments running over a considerable period, just as others did. The transaction was a perfectly honest one, and there was no more secrecy in regard to it than if yotl had been buying flour or sugar. I am sure you never owned a bond of the road that you did not pay lor at the market rate. Indeed, I am sure that no one received the bonds on any other terms. When the road got into financial difficulties, and loss fell upon you, you still retained your bonds, and you held them olear through the reorganisation of the company in 1774, exobanging them for stook and bonds of the company. You acquired also some demands against the new company by reason of your having joined with others in raising some money when the company was in pressing need. For the recovery of that money prooeedings are now pending in the United Statos Circuit Court in Arkansas, to whioh you are openly a party of record. Coneealment of the investment and everything connected with it wouid hare been very easy had concealment been desirable, but your action in the whole matter was as open and as fair as the day. Very-sin-cerely yours, W. F., J«." These comprise. It is stated, all the letters, and their publication is expected to create considerable excitement in the political world. Their deuial will follow, of course, but it Is alleged that their authenticity can ha proven.

POLITICAL ITEMS. ~ —Common sense and honesty aro on the side of tho Democratic party. -Nast thinks that '‘Twenty Years on the Make" would be a good name for Blaine’s new book. —-—Isn’t it about time to get up some business men’s meetings in behalf of Blaine? Gariield had some. —-—Seven hundred colored voters of Baltimore have formed a Cleveland and Hendricks clnb. This is a plain fact without any coloring for effect. :-Biaine missed a great chance If he had been on board' the Tallapoosa it would have been better than a sunstroke or a libel suit—Chicago IlcraUJ. -“The laboring classes, should be protected in their efforts peacefully to ■ assert their rights, when endangered by aggregated capital.” — Orovcr Cievelaitd. -Among the eminent Republican statesmen of the present day Dorsey is about the only one who might confidently be relied upon to beat tho Blaine record. ——The Southern outrage mills seem to have no grist to grind this year. It is not toe iate to have one or two yet to sandwich between the “business men's meetings.’' -The heavy frost throughout New England last week may have been tho natural outgrowth pf the attitude of Senator Edmunds toward the candidacy of Mr. Blaine. m

-ihe fact that they could not find a muzzle to tit him seems tQ be the only plausible explanation why “Black Jack” is still permitted to mako speeches. — Utica Observer. --the executive committee of the New York Democratic State Committee are now corresponding with 120,000 Democrats iu that State. The organization is perfect. -The English papers are taking back all the good they ever said in favor of Grover Cleveland. They have found out that he once volunteered his legal services in behalf of the Fenian raiders. " ——It may bo possible to raise the United States Navy from the waters of Vineyard Sound, but it will be a far more difficult job to raise the “grand old party" after the first Tuesday of November. -Now that the Blaine organs have discovered that the noble Mulligan is still in the laud of the living, the public may prepare itself to hear him charged with having organised the dreadful Cobilen Club. -The Republican managers have succeeded in getting up a Southern outrage. It is growing late, and times are unpropitious, but we felt sure that one could he secured. It oomes from Louisiana this time. -The statement that Gen. Bragg, in the Chicago convention, said: “Lot the Irish go,” is a lie out of whole cloth. Gcu. Bragg did not make that remark nor did ho say anything like it. It is a Jim Blaine campaign lie. -Man-eating sharks have appeared in New Haven harbor. They were probably sent tnere by “Steve” Elkins to get away with the "free traders” who have do-erted the grand old party and declared foe Cleveland, Hendrick's and reform.—Boston Host. -“The Republican party’s great work is not done.”—(Governor Robie at Strong.)Right you are, Governor; but it will very soon bo done. There won’t bo even* one year more of' good stealing for the Republican party. It’s “great work" will be doue on March 4, 1885. —-Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, who is making Blaine speeches iu Maine, has not, it is said, worn an overcoat in twenty-five years. Unless all the indications are at a fault the 4th of November will be cold enough to induce him to envelop his venerable form in an old fashioned ulster, , Mahone’s Power Waning. . ° Senator Mahone’s dictatorial methods in Virginia polities threaten to bring about his speedy downfall. They have not only made it impossible to unite his Readiu3ter forces and the “Straightout” Republicans, but have produced a revolt in his own organization and arrayed aga'nst him some of the most prominent leaders of his party, including Governor Cameron, Senator- Riddleberger and Congressman-at-Large John S. Wise. With such a combination against him, with local disaffection throughout the State, and with the practical alienation of the National Republican Committee from his fortunes, nis days as a party dictator seem to be numbered. Genera! Mahono has been a political “boss" of tbe most pronounce* type, and only a peculiar condition of politics in his State and a discreditable alliance between him at the head of the National Administration have made his career of the last few yoars possible. Tbe spirit of repudiation m Virginia gave him his opportunity. On tbe question of readjusting the State debt so as to bring the principal and interest within the means of the State to pay without an increaso of taxes he formed a new party in 1879. It elected enough members of the Legislature to elect him Senator with the aid of a few Republican votes. At that time he professed to be a “good Democrat” in National politics, and in 1880 bis party supported Hancock with a separate electoral ticket. But his course put him in direct hostility to the regular Democratic organization in the

& OCIIJHUl UM UUURTO IU 6e determined solely* by his own political interests, anti the eijual division of the Senate, without h's Tote and with David Davis in the chair, gave him exceptional power. He used it to effect an alliance with the Republicans, one condition of which seemed to be the control of federal patronge in Virginia. In 1871 he succeeded iu producing a coalition of the Readjusters with the greater part of tho Republicans, and through that Cameron was elected Governor that year and John S. Wise Congressman ajrLarge the year following. The control of Federal patronage enabled him to strengthen h’s hold on the organization which now ruled the State, and he used it for all it was worth. He assumed to dictate the action of the Legislature and of all nominating bodies in the State. Latterly*ho has claimed tho right even to designate the Chairmen of local committees, and has brooked no dissent from his mandates. In return for the support which he had received from the Administration he undertook to carry the Virginia delegation t,c the Chicago. Convention pledged to support the renomination of President Arthur. Since that convention the intent disaffection produced by his automatic ways has developed until the Kepublicsimod Readjuster organ ition has been rent in twain. Governor Cameron and those who have joined him are likely to effect a anion of their faction with the remnant of Republic

ans who kept out of the coalition ol 1881, and General Mahone will be left) powerless. This gives .promise ot of “boss rule” in the State of Virginia. General Mahone has at no time shown any attachment to principle. Ha used the repudiation movement to promote his own personal power. He professed solicitude for the cause of education and the rights of colored citizens to effect the coalition which gave him control of the State Government. He used his peculiar position in the Senate to obtain control of Federal appointments in Virginia as a means of strengthening his hold a£ a political organizer. ' It is the chief disgrace of the present Administration at Washington that he was permitted to succeed in this. But his seitish policy and his dictatorial methods have at last produced their inevitable results. Others have their ambitions as well as he, and ? the people do not longqsubmit to the control of an antocratic'leader. Popular disaffection, the revolt of his former lieutenants, less ot sympathy outside of the State, and the lack of motive for further support from the Administration threaten to leave him stranded. There will probably be no course for him alter the coming election but to retire from politics and muse on tue vicissitudes of “boss” rule in a free Republic.—V. Y. Times. the time at least.

indictment or Blaine by ills Own Party. The Independent Republican Committee of Indiana hM issued the followiu" address “To.the Republican voters of Indiana: f jL “As the Independent Republican Committee of Indiana, *we offer our reasons for the course We are taking. The day is comparatively lato, but wo have' the advantage of the fnllosfc knowledge of the candidates and of tho things which go to make up their; fitness or uniitness for the office of President After tho lapso of . time, amt after all the discussion that has been had, wo see no reason for supporting Mr Blaine. The Republican .party is still Jin the grip of the Keifers, the Klkinses, Iho Dorseys and the Claytons,* who will bring it to ruin unles? their hold is loosened, and the election of Mr. Blaine gives ne^hope of such release. The closest investigation proves that after rn&ny years of publio life James G. Blaine has no important service to his country to point to and has no tangible result to show, except a large accumulation of wealth at the end of a line of concealed Speculations in property directly or indirectly connected with Congressional legislation. “The Mulligan letters are the Mulligan letters still. On their face they indicate shameless corruption in publio office on the part of Mr. Blaine. No other interpretation has been offered.' No Republican paper has made a manly attempt to meet these letters. On tha other nand, we have the cowardly spectacle of the leading Republican journals of Indiana standing mute in their presence, refusing to print them and dishonestly" deceiving their readers ffiy keeping the truth from them. We are loft but the conclusion that the Mtiliigan letters on their face tell the truth about Mr. Blaine, aud leave a stain upon his t^hcial life so deep and disgraceful tint no honest man can, under any circumstances, vote for him without unwarrantably violating his duty aa a citizen.5 “These lotters were well-known when he was nominated, and that he was nevertheless nominated is conclusivo proof that the present management of the Republican party is deaf to the call of common integrity. We’ therefore recommend all Who have the interests of the party at heart to abstain from voting for Mr. Blaine. “With equal confidence wo recommend all Republicans who regard good government as a thing to be desired to vote for Grover Cleveland. We say this after the fullest examination of his official life. He is chief officer of a State whose cities, prisons, asylums, publio works and other publio departments are on a great scale, and have been for years nests of jobbery and corruption; to perform properly the duties of Governor.of such a State requires a sound knowledge^ civil government and unlim'ted uprightness and firmness of character. In the exercise of this office Governor Cleveland has shown that he has qualifications of tho highest order as an executive officer. His papers relate to his work, add aro confined to the subject in hand; they aro explicit and full and unmistakable in meaning; they are free from deceptive discussion of extraneous mattters. His public acts show him to .be a genuine, efficient and thorough civil-service and municipal reformer, and he has been this relentlessly, at vast expense to his own party in,the way of destruction of official patronage iq,the State of New York. We cite the numorqus reform, acts which have hatPWB eni^Mbt bo-eipe-ratiou during passagttftWthis signature! afterwards; aisot*Ma appointment ofj the Civil Service Commission aud-hisi other appointments to office. ,,He ,be-| lieves that public offioe connects him) with the people in a business capacity; before it hinds him to his party in a| partisan capacity. He- has repeatedly shown that no amount of party pressure' can turn him from what he believes to: be the right course. He has yielded to; no popular clamor, but he has been' just to all interests and mindful of the true welfare of all conditions of people.! He is such a man as this country now roods for President.” ♦

Where Is the “Aggressive Campaign?” What has become of tlio “aggressivel campaign” which the Blaine organs! promised so fluently? Their candidate has been nominated nearly threo months, but we have yet to see' the iirsfc “aggressive.” movement. A select few of the organs with some clerical aid and the approval of the organs that, did not engage directly in the business have done something in the way of “olTensive” welfare—after the (Jhmese fashion; but there has been nothing aggressive. Instead thereof the organs have been busily on the defensive all the time. Tho only real discussion there has been by them of Blaine’s claims to popular, or even party support, has been in tho shape of elaborate attempts to explain his wretohed record. And the only campaign speoches that have been made in his behalf have been in the-samyvein. s Such a defensive, apologetie campaign the country has never before seen.! It is no wonder that the alleged “magnetism” fails to draw, and that Republicans by the score are everywhere abandoning the candidate presented to them by the party convention. Had the campaign been made ‘‘aggressive,” as promised, a good many of them , might have been kept within the party lines. Yet It is difficult to see what right they had to expect snch a campaign. A party can not make an aggressive campaign with a spotted can*