Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Page 4

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National Ticket.

For President, BENJAMIN HARRISON, —I of Indiana.—-——U-f *■> *i\. For Vico President, LEVI P. MORION, —of New York.

IT IS TOO LATE , MR. CLEVELAND.

‘We liq\( entered upon So Crusade Tor Free Trade.”— Front the Jh letter o f aceept(nice, given ouiTteatig 100 day* dJTer hi* nominethm. - Well, Mr. President, if what you say is tun*, what shall we do vfith tho following testimony 7 of your friends? “We are entering upon a most fearful presidential contest, the most important since that of 1860. Mr. Cleveland, by his message, lor which I mo3t sincerely honor him, has challe qged the protected industriea_of the country to a light of ixterminatidn.”—Senator VtkH. _ ' - ..-' ■ The Democratic Party is a FreeTrade party, or it is nothing. The Democratic Party will make a FreeTrade tight in 1884. If it loses, it will OtAke another ia 1888. The conflict between Free-Trade and Protection is irrepressible aud must be fought out to the bitter end.” - Henry Watterson. “I desire Free Trade and k will not help to perfect any law that stands in the way of Free Trade.*'—Roger Q. Mills.

“All trade should b,e its free as possible.”— Speakev Carlisle. • Mi. Cleveland has burned his ships; he stands before the country as the champion of Free-Trade against Protection. If he is re-elected, Protection wifi have received its death blow.”— JJenry George. 4 “I am a free trader. The Mills bill is a step in that direction. The only fault is that the step is not long enough. We will carry on an aggressive campaign. All our efforts will be directed to convince the voters that the Bill itself is not Free Trade. We’ve got to do this or be defeated.”-Congressman Breckenridge. of Arkansas. “If this Bill means anything it means a long step toward Free-Trade, because it has pvt many of our leading productions on tho free list.”—Congressman Campbell (Dem i, Ohio., * Add to the free list as many articles as possible. Reduce duties upon every dutiable article to the lowest point possible.”—Secretary Fairchild. “It would be a glorious consummation of this debate could we only have gentlemen on the other side join in this invo- • cation to paper and to type and to the hearts of honost m?n, to clear the way for British Cobden Free-Trade ”—S. S. Cox. “I am for Grover Cleveland, because lam a Free-Trader. We propose to elect Grover Cleveland, because at last he has elevate 1 the Democratic standard against the robber and fraud, Protection”—Henry George. which President Cleveland urges are those which Cobden used to employ 45 years ago. and which any free trader could employ now.”—London Timos. “For American party purposes, the President feels compelled to character ize the attempt to brand him as a Free Trader, as a deception of his ene flict now in progress is a conflict between Free-Trade and Protection, and » nothing less.”— Daily News, July 6. “President Cleveland’s message to Congress will not fail to attract the attention which it deserves. It marks the beginning of. a serious movement in the direction of Free trade. * * * The doctrines of Free-Trade have been preached to the Americans in vain hitherto. We seem at length about to witness a new departure- —Manchester Examiner and Times. “The message must be taken to prove that the President and the democratic leaders have finally decided that they have nothing to gain by keeping measures with the Protectionists. They have from whatever motive resolved to adopt a Free-Trade policy.”—Saturday Review. ' (Li. ~

“It would hardly Jbe possible to put the Free-Trade case more clearly or more strongly, and yet such is the force of the words that President Cleveland shrinks from Jbe use of the term Free Trade- in fact, he declares that those who taunt him with being a Free-Trad-er are wrong. " —LonddnsTimes, July 6.

The Republican county ticket is one of the best that has ever been presented for the suffrages of the voters of Jasper .county. There is not a weak place in it or a doubt of the high character and qualifications of the men who compose it. ■<' The “cheaper clotting” demanded by the Clevelandites is that which is worn by people who are not satisfied with American manufactures, and for whom ithe American ten or twenty dollar suit or overcoat are not good enough. American goods of these qualities are sold cheaper than foreign goods of similar grades, but the dudes and plutocrats of the Cleve-1 fond party don't want to pay taxes'

tyto th.j National treasury for their foreign finery. fiance they demand free wool, knpyving that free wool will soon be followed by free woolen goodjf with lower prices to th6m and higher prices to the American people.

» recent reunion of the 87th K«gin*e&t, Pennsylvania Volunteers, at York, Pa., they sent warm greetings to Gen. R. H. Milroy, formerly of this place, now a resident of Washington Territory. The Olympia, W. T., Partisan says: “General Milroy gave tha best part of his life to the service of his country, leaving his health and strength upon the battle field. Under a Republican administration the right of the battle-scarred, health-wrecked veteran was recognized, and he was cared for by having the position of Indian agent given him. Upon tho advent of the present administration he was singled out for sacrifice, and was removed early, to;mdke room fiist, for a sympathizer with thp effort to destroy the Union, and later on tor one who was actively engaged in thn-afniggle to overthrow the government.”

An administration that would remove au old Union soldier like Gen. Milroy to make room for an ex-rebel, ought not to receive the vote of a single old soldier in Indiana and will not receive the vote of one in whom love of country is a stronger sentiment than party prejudice or hope of personal gain.

DEMOCRACY'S LAST RESORT.

The information is sent out on reliable authority that the Democrats are preparing to resort during the closing weeks of the campaign to methods of falsehoods, fraud and forgery in the most unblemishing and unscrupulous manner. The information comes from reliable democratic sources, and may be depended upon as true, so far as democratic intentions go. The tide of political drift has been steadily away from the Democratic party. Each week of the campaign has witnessed new accessions to the Republican ranks, and corresponding gloom and depression at Democratic headquarters. Grown desperate by the prospect of defeat, the Democratic managers are preparing to employ the most infamous methods that cau be devised. They will wait until the campaign is nearly over, so late thst thßy ean hojre that their despicable plans cannot be exposed, and then will rely upon foul means to secure what they cannot hope to get by fair ones. It is intimated that forgerwhich the Morey letter of 1880 will seem a trivial affair. Itshould not be forgotten that the chairman of the Democratic National Committee is the same man who, as chairman in 1880, boldly proposed to buy the electoral vote of Oregon. It should not be forgotten that the author of the Morey letter was a democrat, hired by Democratic money. It should not be forgotten that the Democratic is the only party that ever has attempted to carry elections by fraud and violence, and then boasted of the fact It should not be forgot-

ten that having had a taste of the delights of power, the democrats are more fierce for its continuance than they were for its possession four years ago. And remembering these things, it behooves all good citizens to be on their guard from now till election against any desperate measures which the Democrats may undertake. Republican speakers and Republican papers should warn their hearers and readers to be prepared for a flood of Democratic forgeries and falsehoods in the closing week of the campaign. The fact that democratic sensations and pretended discoveries are held back till then, should be in itself evidence of their falseness. The people know by this time the issue between the parties. Any attempt to spring startling sensation of a personal nature near the dose of the camlpaign; should "be promptly so, pounced as forgeries and falsehoods. Such roorbachs we hare

reason to believe are being held back for that purpose. Let the people therefore be on their gaard. If prepared for tench displays of democratic desperation, they will not be deceived. The prospects are very bright for Republican success. Let eyery Republican speaker warn the people against the desperate schemes of the opposition, and by being forewarned they will be forearmed.

The Specious Plea for Raw Materials.

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While their organs and orators are repeating the President’s later assurance that he and his followers are not engaged in a crusade of free trade, it still not do to overlook the tactics by which -they assail the- policy... or protection. These, like their arguments, will be found to emanate from the Cobden Club, whose patron saint advised that in assailing the protective policy some one point supposed be the most vulnerable should be singled out, as, when this was gained, further conquest would be easier. Following the advise of Mr. Cobden, the President and bis assistants have selected as the point for that attack what tliey designate, but omit to define, as thd “raw materials of manufactures,” and by argument, special pleading, misrepresentation, and evasion appeal for recruits to the ranks of the tariff reformers. The more conservative of them profess willingness to concede a moiety of protection to maufactures, provided the materials used therein are put on the free list. The significance of this concession becomes the more apparent when the attempt is made to determine what shall be.denomiated raw materials in the two most important industries—wool and iron. Where shall the raw material line be drawn in either of these industries? The farmer grows the wool. His raw material is naked land, id tilling which he must call to his aid the finished products of a long list of manufactures—machinery, wrgons, harness, tools—and after feeding the crops raised, by aid of these he turns out wool as his finished product. This ia turn is the raw material of the cloth manufacturer, whose finished product becomes the raw material of the merchant tailor.. So with iron, beginning at the ore ucti, xtrrtt lUitO Will g~~vwT tJ U g±± Irtreprocess of digging, transportation, smelting, rolling, refining, and into the thousand products of advanced iron and steel manufactures. The finished product of each in turn becomes the raw material for a more advanced manufacture by the other, aud by reason of such fact falls under the ban of the revenue reformer. No further illustration is needed to diseiover the tactics of the free trade promoters. Their demand for “free raw material” once conceded, that convenient phrase will be used to swell, the free list into dimensions beside which the Mills bill will appear diminutive. This plea for free raw materials is no more candid than other tactics of«-free trade emissaries. Their Mreal object is the complete overthrow of the policy o£ Protection to Home Industries and opening our markets to unrestricted com-

petition, and this the more candid of them have frequently admitted. The markets of the United States belong to our own people; and no change should be allowed in our tariff laws which will in any wise impair the advantages guaranteed to American citizens over alien competitors. This is both patriotism and sound business policy, “At Billy Owen’s Wheatfield meeting our Republican friends enjoyed a little row.”—Democratic Sentinel. Of course they enjoyed it, as none of them got hurt. How about those domineering and drunken fellowsjwho got thmnped ? That lady (?) who pulled the whiskers of another democrat, and that big mouthed democrat who neddled the lie that she pulled a Republican j— * Ijouisanna methods will not win in Jasper county,

THE DOLLAR-A-DAY LIE.

ORIGIN, HISTORY AND REFUTATION OF THE SCANDALOUS FALSEHOOD. Invented nod Circulated toy Gpuld and Other Democrats to Defeat Gen. Harrison—A. Complete Refutation. We piihTlsli BeTqw an abstract of a circular prepared by tire Indiana State Rep blican state committee which presents the origin, history arid refutation ' df Ihe~UCflhdatoiis falsehoods which Jiave been invented and circulated by the Democratic press of the mighty interesting reading, and' we commend it to all readers, especially workingmen. HOW THE QOLLAE:A-DAY UK STARTED. Very soon aftef the nomination of Gen. Harrisjon at Chicago, it was reposed that he bad said “a dollar a day was enough for any workingman. This was soon followed with other alleged statements such as “I would force you to work by the bayonet,” “I would shoot you down, like iloga.” The time apd place that these statements were made were not (riven/and. "with the 'exception of one, Edwin F. Gould, known as an unreliable, half crazy agitator, no one could be found willing to father them. But in the absence’ of any true story which could work injury to the Republican candidate for president, the Democratic press, following the lead of The Indianapolis Sentinel, quickly caught up the “dollar-a-day” lie and published it broadcast throughout the country.

A LARGE REWARD OFFERED. For the purpose of Speedily and thoroughly refuting the falsehoods, the friends of Gen. Harrison used every effort to ascertain who invented the lies and when and where the alleged statements were made. To this end The Indianapolis Journal offered a reward of SI,OOO to anybody who would produce the proof that Gen. Harrison ever said “a dollar a day was enough for any workingman,” and SI,OOO more to anv one pro ving that he said “if he (Harrison) was in power he would put meq to work at the point of the bayonet, and if that would not do he would shoot, them down like dogs.”

A TOW STATEMENTS BUT NO AFFIDAVITS. But this generous reward brought no particulars or proof until the 29th day of August—more than, two months after Gen. Harrison’s nomination—wiien Leon F. Bailey, of Indianapolis, a Democratic ward-worker and associate of .Sim Coy, uo»- in the penitentiary for tally-sheet forgeries, imide a speech in the course of which he claimed that the “dollar-a-day,” “bayonet,” apd other alleged statements were made during the railroad strike of 1877 at a conference between the striking emp loves and a citizens’ committee of which Gen. Harrison was a member. Mr. Bailey did not claim that he was present an’d'heard these statements, but read from the written statements of several persons who claimed to be present and to nave heard Gen. Harrison. These statements varied in phraseology and many of them did not fully support the assertions of Bailey. 7 Thereupon The Indianapolis Journal, continuing its offer of a reward, called upon J!r. Bailey..do nut his.statements in the form of atJid»*»>:. This lie entirely failed to do.

A SINGUJ? AFFIDAVIT PRODUCED. A month later, Sept. 26th, The ludianapofis Sentinel published a letter, signed by Edwin F. Gould, which contained an affidavit of one John G. Schwartz, which set out that in July, 1877, be was in the employ of the C., C., 0. & I. (Bee Line) railroad; that lie was present at the conference and heard Gen. Harrison say “that the men (strikers) ought toreturn to their work; that the railroads could not afford to pay higher wages; that the wages were enough: and that one dollar a day was enough for any workingman; that —he himself could live on that amount.” TIIE LIES ENLARGED. About the time Schwarts affidavit was published, itwasdisccovered that the Local Assembly 263, „ Knights of Labor, at Canisteo, N. Y., had issued a circular containing a letter, also by Edday” and “bayonet” lies were not only reiterated, but additional falsehoods added, to the effect that Gen. Harrison had stated that “workingmen only ate two meals a day and a cold Ivinch at noon;” that “their families seldom ate awarm dinner;” that the food of a work ingman was usually very coarse;” that “sowbelly was the meat usually purchased;” that “were I governor of Indiana or sheriff of Marion county, I would force you back to work if I bad to wade in blood up to the tips of my fingers.” A DENIAL UNNECESSARY. From what lias been said, it will be observed that the “dollar-a-day” and other lies are based upon the statements, of. only one pi rson who had the courage or audacity to put his assertions into an affidavit. • When it is remembered that 200 or 300 persons were present at the conference when it is alleged -that these statements were made; that Bailey and Gould, the only persons assuming to publish them, were not present at that ebnference; that it took Bailey two montlis to find less than a dozen persons who could be induced to make unsworq statements, which only partially corroborated his charges; and that three months elapsed before a single man could be found to make oath to them, it would seem entirely unnecessary to publish a denial of such silly, ridiculous falsehoods. THE PLAIN TRUTH. But in obedience to numerous requests, and for the purpose of showing how wicked and malicious are the means employed by the managers of the Democratic party who have thus eihployed such men as Leon F. Bailey and Edwin F. Gould, affidavits have been prepared of which we give the substance. WHAT HARRISON DID SAY. Dr. Patrick H. Jameson is one of the best known physicians in Indianapolis. It was he who, during the strike of 1877, suggested the formation of a citizens’ committee. He did bo in the interest of striking railroad, employes as well as of law and order. He was present at all meetings, heard that aU Gen. Harrison Baid, and makes the foUowing sworn statement: - State of Indiana, Marion County, 88.: Patrick H. Jameson, being, duly sworn, on liis oath says; I am a resident of Indianapolis and have practiced medicine in the said city for tne past forty years. — During the railroad strike of 1877 a committee of cltiseifc was appointed, of which l was a member, few the purpose of cogfofing with the grievance con*'

JASPERITE.

mittee of the strikers. Gen. Pprrispu was a mehiber of that couubjrittep and in full atyord with its purpose qf conciliation. I was present and took part at all the meetings l«etween the committee and Strikers. The strikpra claimed that their wages wore not only too low, but that the time given was' insufficient. In this matter every member of the comjpittee present, including Gen. Harrison, fully agreed with the strikers. Gen. Harrison was one of the first meij to break the silence after the strikers' had presented their grievances, He said to them in -substance*. —————; — : —'*“ * “Gentlemen—Your statfqient convinces me that you are reviving less than you should; vour wages 'are not % Qnly low but your time is shorf;, and we as a committee, when we meet your «®nployess, will do what we can to have your wages advanced and see that you have longer time given you.” >•’, I heard all that Gen. Harrison said. I sat very near to him, and there were in the room rtt the time, as nearly as I can calculate, between 200 and 300 persons. Gen. Harrisort did not say to any man present, nor did he say of the strikers as a bpdv that they were law-breakere or that $1 a day whs enough for any workingman, or that he would force them to workwitk the bayonet, nor did he say, “Were I governor of Indiana or sheriff of Djarion county I would force you back to work if I had to wade through blood to the tips of my fingers,” nor that “I would snoot you down like dogs,” nor did he use any word or expression that could be construed to mean any such thing. He talked very kindly, and wished that justice might he done to all. P. H. Jameson.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of October, 1888. [Seal.] Robert B. Keith, Notary public in and for said county. two veterans heard from. Gen. R. S. Foster and Gen. F. Kuepler, well-known to every citizen of Indiana as distinguished soldiers in the war of the rebellion, have since the war been prominently identified with the interests of tl\e . state. These gentlemen heard Gen. Harrison’s remarks and make a sworn statement corroborating Dr. Jameson, GEN. HARRISON IN FAVQR OF HIGHER Wages. , /

The sheriff of Monroe county and the one charged with keeping t]ie peace during the great railroad strike of 1877 was Mr.. John T. Pressley. Fpr fourteen years prior to his election as sheriff, in 1876, he had been a fireman and an engineer on the Cleveland, Columbus, jpincinnati & Indianapolis railroad. He was also a prominent member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. His interests and sympathies were largely with the strikers, many of whom were his personal friends. iHis duties as sheriff called him also* into close relations with the governor, mayor and citizens’ committee. He is thus qualified to speak as a friend of the strikers and as an associate of the officers of the law and the representative of the people of Indianapolis. He also corroborates Dr. Jameson and adds;

“During the strike Gen.. Harrison frequently advised with me as sheriff, “stating over and over again that tht), “business bf railroad men was hazardous and hard, and that he was anxious “not only to have all differences adjusted, but that the men should he “amply paid, and hoped they might “receive a speedy advance in their “wages, In my opinion the Strikers “were indebted more to Gen. Harrison “than to any other man for the prompt “and amicable adjustment of their differences with their employers. - John T. Pressley. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of October, 1888. [Seal.] Robert B. Keith, •. Notary public in and for said county. WHAT REPRESENTATIVE STRIKERS SAY. Then follow several sworn statements made by strikers who represented their -hr.et.hran-on- the committee of grievances. They were present at the conference and testify that Bailey and Gould and the Democratic press are circulating falsehoods. These also corroborate Dr. Jameson’s statement in every respect. OTHER PERSONS PRESENT also make their affidavits, but as all of them are of similar import, we do notr give place to them. In reply to that portion of the Gould letter which treats of the part taken in tho strike by GEN. HARRISON’S COMPANY, twentv-one members of the company, all of them prominent in professional and business pursuits in Indianapolis, join in an affidavit of which the following is an abstract: ~~ ~v~~~—^—----State of Indiana, Marion County, ss.: “That we were members of a militia com pan}’ commanded by Gen. Harrison; that Gen. Harrison did not ’organize the company,’ ‘arm them with the latest improved Springfield rifles’ or any othey character of arms ‘and drill and train them in their duty,’ as stated in said Gould letter: that he did not ‘start with the company.down to the depot without authority, threatening to start the trains «lo running by force:' that the governor did not ‘Load him off, drive him back, or threaten if he did not behave he would take his guns away from him:' that the mayor did not ‘stand by and say he would not allow such work as Harrison advocated while he was mayor;’- that Harrison did not ‘turn to his men and say we'll shoot the dogs anyhow; hanging is too good for them.' as stated in said Gould letter; that an/ and all statements made in said Gould letter respecting the company Gen. Harrison commanded and the remarks of Gen. Harririson when with his company are maliciously false in every particular. GOULD S LETTER REPUDIATED BY KNIGHTS

OF labor. As stated above, Edwin F. Gould addressed a letter to local assembly, No. 263 Knights of Labor. Canisteo, N. Y. He used tne seal of district assembly 106. Knights of Labor, and signed the letter as recording secretary of the same. On the morning after the letter Was published in The Indianapolis News (Oct. 6), Hon. James A. Wildman and Mr. Charles P. Watson make oath to the fact that they called together upon Will- ] iam Kleinsmith, master workman of district assembly No. 106, who then and there repudiated the Gould letter, stating that he had never seen a copy of said letter; that it had never been laid before the assembly; that the seal was used without authority, and that at the first meeting of the" assembly, on the third Fridav evening in October, he should bring the matter up for action. GOULD DENIES THE LIE HIMSELF, Buriy In August last, before Gould had gone into the pay and employ of the Democratic committee, he stated In the hearing of half a doaen gentlemen that he “cudn t beliveUvu. Harrison eVei

“wifi ‘sl a day was enough for amp, “ workingman/ for nobodjr. but a fool “would make such a statement, and “Gen. Harrison was no fool,” Six affidavits by as inafty reputable citizens of Indianapolis prove tins. The circular adds that prany more affidavits were prepared, but those published seqmed to be all that were needed. Such a showing ought forevqp to end these lies. - >' ''

THE INSANE HOSPITAL SCANDAL

More about the Political Corruption of the Democratic Management -Diseased Meats and Wormy Butter- The Highest Prices Paid for the Poorest Goods. Last week we published the address of Dr. W. B. Fletcher respecting the corruption in the Indiana insane asylum. But in order that the people of the state may fully appreciate the infamy of the present management of the hospital for the insane they must understand the character of the managers. Dr. Thomas H. Harrison, president of the board, was appointed as A DIRTY WORKER IN POLITICS for the express purpose of running the hospital as a political machine, and because of his known unscuprulousness in matters of that kind. He had no interest in the insane as a class, no acquaintance with the management of other institutions of like character, and no qualifications whatever for the position. He was not even a respectable politician. He was made president of the board of managers partly as a reward for dirty work already done, and partly to secure further services of the same kind. He is simply a dirty worker in politics and an active partner of the Sullivan-Coy ring. The other members of the board are B. H. Burrell and Philip M. Gapen. Burrell is a negative man, and has not figured much beyond approving the general policy of the board. Gapen has cooperated actively with Dr. Harrison in prostituting the institution, except when absent from the state. DRAWING HIS SALARY WHEN ABSENT. In 1885-86 he spent a year in Arkansas, running a saw-mill, but regularly drawing his salary of $50 a month as a member of the board, without attending a single meeting. For some time past he has been John E. Sullivan's business manager, drawing pay from him and from the hospital at the same time, and also looking after Sullivan’s contracts with the hospital. The board maintained close relations with Simeon Coy until he was sent to the penitentiary, and still maintains close relations with Coy’s successors in the ring management, of which Sullivan is the head.

Under this management the Indiana hospital for the insane has for several years past been a CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION and a breeding ground for the most outrageous abuses and inhuman practices The institution, instead of being a noble state charity, dedicated solely to the welfare and comfort of the insane has been made a house of refuge for political workers, and a source of profit and plunder to the Harrison-Sullivan ring. The welfare and comfort of the insane have been a secondary consideration. To put money into the pockets of favored contractors the insane have been fed on DISEASED MEATS AND WORMY BUTTER. Thousands of pounds of oleomargarine have been furnished the inmates as creamery butter and paid for as such. They have been deprived of their trained keepers and nurses and subjected to rough and unkind treatment by inexperienced persons, appointed through political influence alone. Within four years 648 changes were made in the hospital force. Many of the persons thus appointed were ignorant, brutal and utterly devoid of sympathy for the insane. Patients have been kicked, whipped, knocked down and stamped on, and maltreated in various ways. The insane, sent here from all parts of the state, and for whose care and treatment the institution is supported by the people, have been treated as if their interests stood in the way of those of the corrupt ring controlling it.

HIGHEST PRICES FOR POOREST GOODS. Year after year they have awarded contracts to John E, Sullivan by which. "as Dr. Fletcher says, they “pay the highest prices for the poorest goods.” Sullivan’s contracts under the present management aggregate several hundred thousand dollars, and out of the profits lie has contributed largely to the Marion county corruption fund, to the defense of the Coy gang and other ring projects. His . hold on the hospital board is complete. He has them under his* thumh. At his request they have, in violation of law, loaned him money out of the hospital contingent fund. Dr., Harrison remarking at the time that “the boys are pretty hard pressed now.” This was when Sullivan had been putting up money freely for the defense of Coy and other indicted members-of the ring. It is impossible to exaggerate the extent of the rascality, corruption and cruelty that have been going on in the hospital for years past, There js but one remedy, j Turn the ras als out.

Taxes and the Surplus. The fact of a Treasury surplus, the amount of which is variously stated, has directed public attention to a consideration of the methods by which a,national income may best be reduced to the level of wise and necessary expenditure. This condition has been seized upon by those who are hostile to protective customs duties as fin advantageous base of attack upon OiXr tariff laws. They hare magnified .andMurMd. they affect to deprecate, seemingly for the purpose of exaggerating the evils, in order to reconcile the people to the extreme remedy they propose. A proper reduction of the revenues does not necessitate, and should not suggest, the abandonment or impairment of the protective system. — General Harrison’s Letter of Acceptance.

Dr. George W. Hewitt, of Madison, Ind., who has for many years been a ~ prominent Democrat, announces that he will hereafter vote the Republican ticket. In an interview the doctor says that he is disgusted with the presidents pension vetoes, and does not propose to indorse them by aiding his re-election. Mr. Hewitt wa3 a Union soldier, haying enlisted in 1861 in the Sixth Indiana regiment. - In the great house of H. B. Claflin & Co., in New York there is a total vote of a little less than 450. Of these 331 have signed their names on the roll book of the Republican clnb. Of the 331 fifty* seven voted for Cleveland, three for St John, and one for Butler, in 1884. Dr. McKinnie, of Rockford, 111., a prominent Greenbacker, and at several elections their candidate for congress, is this year doing good work for the Republican candidates.