Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1890 — Page 2

THE TAX ON LAND.

Shall It Be the Stifle Tax! The Democratic State Convention met in I ndiaoapolis, August 28, 1 ft9o, and declared in favor of umlormityof assessments, but promised nothing in definite terms. The Republican State Convention met September 10, 1890, and declared in favor of laws designed to oom pel personal as well as real property to bear its full share of the pub.ic burdens. This made a clear promise to give needed relief, and. it called for some sort of response from the Democratic party. t>o the Indianapolis Sentinel, the organ of the Indiana Democracy, on Sept. 14, 1800, had tills to say: ■ “For one thing’, those who read, and think, are becoming more strongly convinced every day that the taxation of personal property, everywhere and under all circumstances, is a fraud. It is a fraud because it never is, and, in the nature of things, it never can be. equally enforced, it is a fraud because it offers a premium on dishonesty, and puts honesty at a disadvantage? It is a fraud because it discriminates against the poor and those of moderate means, and in favor of the wealthy. ,The tax on personal property ought to be wholly repealed. * * ' * The prospect is that the system of private property in land will remain as it is, for some generations at least, but that all taxes, at least for State and local purposes (except such as may be derived from the sale of franchises) will in the near future, be laid upon land.” What do the owners of real estate in Indiana think of the idea of making real estate pay,all the taxes? (Shall the tax on personal property be -repealed? Shill all taxei be laid upon land? Does the land pay too little taxes now? If you are opposed to this Democratic plan of relieving personal property from all taxation, vote the Republican ticket. :

SOMEBODY HAS LIED.

The Indianapolis News of recent date, in a budget of misinformation concerning the operation of the tariff law, contained the following: • Charley Mordough, district passenger agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, is back from Chicago. He says that the leading stores of that city have increased the cost of their goods, and cites as an instance that Marshal Field & Co. adned 50 cents to the cost of heavy shoes, that are bought in large by workingmen. Shoes that sold s for $1 were marked up to $1.50.” This statement was sent to Messrs Field & Co., with a request that they state if it were true, and, if so, what provision in the tariff law caused the advance. They reply as follows: “Totbe E 'itorof ihe Indianapolis Journal: “Replying to yours of Oct, 11, containing newspaper clipping, we would say that some mistake has been made in quoting us as advancing the price on heavy shoes, as we have nothing in stock approaching the price mentioned. We would further say that we have not as yet, and shall not, advance prices this fall, and neither will we do so at all until compelled to. Field & Co.” No doubt nine-tenths of similar statements in free trade papers have as little foundation.

The Indiana Republican Platform

We heartily approve the action of Republicans in Congress in making generous provision for him who has borne the battle, and his Widow and his orphans. A wise liberality, far surpassing any similar action by other nations, gives to the defenders of the Union and those dependent upon them, at least one hundred and fifty millions of dollars annually. Of this vast, amount over fifteen millions will bft disbursed in the State of Tndiana each year, bringing needed relief to thousands of patriotic homes, and Stimulating business by largely increasing the volume of money circulating among our people. As against all Democratic promises and pretenses, we proudly recall the fact’that all important pension legislation has been placed on the statute books by Republicans; and against constant Democratic opposition they have steadily maintained a revenue system adequate to meet its demands. Nor has it been the habit of Republican Presidents to sneer at or veto laws adding to the comfort of those who maintained the integrity of the Union, and gave to the nation one flag of honor and authority. In justice to the Union soldiers and sailors, we urge the passage of the service pension bill.

Here are Two Views of the Matter.

“The blow aimed at British industry by the McKinley ta-iff bill is an entirely unprovoked act of unfriendliness, which must be recognized as Bueh,”—London Times. October 3. ••Why the Tariff Bill was Framed. As Major McKinley told his constitu* enls. the new tariff was not framed to please England or to promote her interests, but those of our own people. It is constructed in ultimate principle on exactly the lines of England’s treatment of us. She buys of us just what she must- and nothing more. She sells us all she can. W? mean to bdy of her what we must, and nothing more. We mean to make at home the tin-plate, the linens, the woolens, the cutlery, and the other articles we have taken frbm her by millions Of dollars’ worth, as the would do if she were in our place. And we mean to mind our own business in the matter of our legislation, and to ask her kind criticism only when we feel the need of it, which is net orten.”— Robjckt Ellis fItHOMFSOM. 1 |

THE DISABILITY LAW.

It'will not be long before this- pension measure, so resolutely resisted for a time, will be regarded as one of the most beneficent pieces of Congressional legislation in years. The public will. indeed, comp ts regret in Selfish way the rapid disappearance of the old soldiers, 5,476 of whom died last year, It will be found that the people made a good investment when they authorized Congress to pass that disbursing act known as the disability law. And the soldier, too, will admit, when the sense of disappointment is past, that the provision is a generous one, and quite adequate to his just needs. As for the Grand Army Itse.f. the reports submitted yesterday show it to be in belter condition than ever before, owingjto the large accessions to its ranks of ex-soldiers, who, for one or another reason, have held aloof from the organization these many years. The total enrolled membership is now 458,§33, by many the lowest it has ever been, though there is yet a considerable number of members who are not members. At best th ip great order, to which the country owes all that it now is. will ba.e utterly disappeared in twenty-five years. Present y the old. soldiers will pass away like the autumn leaves falling from stricken branches. Each year will mark an in-: crease in their death rate,, and the disbursements will annually diminish, and rapidly, after they Have reached their maximum. But suppose the old soldiers should continue in line as numerous as they now are for another quarter of a century, and we should go on paying the annual $150,000,000. the total amount expended at the end of that time would be but $2,750,000,030—and what is that compared -with what it would have cost us to maintain two governments on this continent, the one a slave oligarchy, the other a nation of freemen? Moreover, all that time the money will b& pouring into and out of the Treasury In [endless rotation to keep our finances healthful, and tending, as we believe, to decrease the unjpet accumula'ions of vast fortunes in the hands of the few. —Chicago lnter-Ocean (Bep.) Aargust 14, 1890. If you approve of the Republican policy of liberal pensions, vote for the Republican Legislative and Congressional. candidates.

NO VETOES OF PENSION BILL.

The attention of Indiana soldiers is called to the following extract from a speech by General Gutcheon, member of Congress from Michigan: “There is one thing that we have greatly missed in the present Con, gress, and that is our weekly list of Presidential vetoes of pension bills. The present chief executive evidently believes now, as he believed before his election, that it is no time to weigh the gratitude of the country for its soldiers with an apothecary’s scales. In the nine months since this Congress convened no veto of a pension bill, great or small, public or private, has come from the of Benjamin Harrison. In addition to the many hundreds of private pension bills which have become a law during this session, we have placed upon the statate book, as a monument of the fidelity of the Republican party to its promises, the act of June 27, under which not hundreds« but hbndreds of thousands of disabled soldiers and soldiers’ widows will receive the grateful bounty of the Nation. a -

HOW ABOUT PRICES.

The Democrats and free-traders having been claiming that the new tariff bill has increased the cost of clothing. A day or two ago the largest clothing firm in the State advertised that suits which sold five years ago at from $8 to sl6 have been selling this yearat^fram-ss—t-b"stO. and" that there will be no increase in price. The reason they give is as follows: There is a powerful agency con • stantly at work that regulates commerce. It touches every interest, be it great or be it small; it reaches every industry throughout the length and breadth of the land. It enters the cotton and the woolen mill, and its influence is felt at the forge and the furnace. It visits the palatial stores of the metropolis and leaves its impress upon the trading post upon the outskirts of civilization. So powerful is. it that jt takes gigantic monopoTyhy the throat and forces it to the common level of its class. It is called competion. and may be relied upon to always stand protector to the consumer as against extortion and a greed for gain. There is no advance in prices with us.

Workingmen Must Protect Themselves.

The first political speech which I delivered after more than a year’s absence in Europe was in this great city, last month. 1 then warned the laboring men of the United States that a protective tariff was their shield and bulwark; that they could break it down with votes, or they could sustain it with their votes. I repeat that admonition in the satpe great city, here and now. It the great army' of wageworkers in this country will not protect themselves, there is nh other power that can protect them. A century’s!' experience of tliej tariff should be tfheir warning and their guide. t is for you to say if a century’s ex* perience should be a light to your feet. It should teach you the great and use* fill lesson that if you do not maintain your own ground no one else will maintain it for you. The power is in your hands. It may be wielded for your destruction, or it may be wielded for your protection and for yonr safety, [Loud and >prolonged cheering, and waving of hats, Hags and canes.] - James G. Blaine.

BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.

• ‘The better to secure the savirfgs of l our people so largely investe 1 in build- 1 ing associations, we favor legislation requiring foreign associations and those organized In other States to make proper p oof of their solvency, furnish amp e security, and pay a reasonable 1 .cense fee for the privilege of doing business in the State.”—Re-. publican platform. | There is nothing in the Democratic platform on the subject. Why should not our Indiana building and loan associations be protected ? They represent the eavings 'of our people, and I have done a work df incalculable value in making comfortable and happy I homes. They are manasred prudent'y, and according to law. 'lhey pay taxes. They do not swindle any one. As much can not be said of all the associations of other Stales doing business in our State. They take the money out of our State. They compete with our associations. but pay no taxes. The Republican legislative candidates are pledged to the doctr ne of the Republican platform. Voteforthem.

The Sober Words of a Judge.

From the charge of Judge Cunulngham to the Grand Jury, directing them to discover and Indict the murderers of Ciaytoii. ■ (“There is no man with three ideas above an oyster who does not know that murder and assassination are the results, afid will continue to be the results, of the political methods that have been employed in this country to carry the last election, and the meanest man in the country is the professed ] oiitician who advocates or indorses such methods. You must stop ballot box stealing, force and fraud,or the title to your property will not ba worth the paper ft is wipt.en on, i-e----mocracyimeans that-the people sha 1 rule, and we are told it is undemocratic to denounce buldozery, ballot stealing and assassination. It this be true, then I am no Democrat. If apology for bulldozery, ballot stealing and as-" sassination constitute De nocracy.then may the angels and ministers of grace protect me from such Democracy.”

THE IRON CHANCELLOR KNEW.

From a Speech by Prince Bismarck. The success of the United States in material development is the most illustrious of mouern time. The American nation has not only successfully borne and suppres-ed the most gigantic and expensive war of all history, but immediately afterward disbanded its army, found work for all its soldiers and marines, paid off most of its debt, give labor and. homes to all the unemployed of Europe as fast as they could a: rive within the territory, and still by a system of taxation so direct as not to be perceived much le-s felt. Because it is my deliberate judgment that the prosperity of America ismaihly due to its system of protective laws, I urge that Germany has not reached that point where it is necess.iry to imitate the tariff system of the United States. ;

Echo of the Western “Tariff Revolt."

lowa Register. The fruits of the campaign of 1888, that retired Cleveland and a Democratic House— a House that subserved foreign interests and •importers’ interests and scorned the interests of the Western farmer —and elected Harrison with a Republican House that was pledged, instructed and charged to subserve American interests as a whole, are harvested. The long struggle is over, alien sentiment is defeated, patriotic purposes are served, and the great Republic has begun diversify! g all her industries, beginning new works, enlarging old plants, preparing for the greatest stride the Nation has -ever .experienced or the world has ever seen/ 5 The McKinley protective tariff bill i| a law.

DENOUNCED ?S ROBBERS.

Fike County Democrat. When Abraham Lincoln became President of t ;e United States the entire revenues of the Government were les* than $50,000,000. Now the people are taxed to raise nine times that amount; and yet this vast revenue is insufficient to quiet the appetites of the robbers, who pretend that ‘ their hunger is patriotism. The deposits of all the Savings Banks of New England in 1886 equalled $554,532,431. The deposits in the savings banks of New York in 1886 was $482,6*6.730. The deposits la the savings banks of Massachusetts for the year 1887 was $302,948,624, and the number of depositors was 944,778, or $320.67 for each depositor. The savings banks of nine States have in nineteen years increased their deposits $628,000,000. The English savings banks have in thirty-four years increased theirs $350,000,000. Our operatives deposit $7 to the English operative’s sl. These vast sums represent the savings of the men whose labor has been employed under the protective policy which gives, as experience has shown, the largest possible reward to labor.

WM. McKINLEY, JR.

A Few Truths Tellingly Put

Votes should not be counted, but weighed. I To be content with littleness is already a stride to ward gre The small writer gives, his r-aders what they wish, the great writer w.At they want. The mischief of opinions formed under Irritation is that men feel obliged to maintain them ever after the irritation Is gdne. Men are equally misunderstood, , from their speech as well as from their silence; but with this difference: Theh silence does hot represent X-?m; tueii speech misrepresents them. -Century.

INDIANAPOLIS LETTER.

I Indianapolis, Oct.—“ What do you think of the outlook?” was asked of Chairman Miehener. A a day or two ago. "It is good,” was the prompt reply, “for at this thne the Republicans have the whole matter in their own hands. They have but three things to do to secure a substantial victory. The first I is to study carefully how the ballots I are to be prepared, so as io prevent the making of mistakes or the throwing out of the ballot on the count, and i to instruct their neighbors how to do i the same thing. Second, carefully instruct such Democrats as they know I desire to vote all or part of our ticket i how the ballot should be prepared. The third is to see that a full vote is cast. I might add a fourth, that is see that a fair count Is Had after the ballots have been cast. We do not intend the Democrats shall perpetrate any frauds either In voting or counting if we can prevent it and if any are committed some Democrat will get into the penitentiary. The drift is all towards us. We may. and doubtless will lose a vote here and there, but such loss will he more than made up by the gains we will get from all parties. 1 believe we will gain from the Prohibitionists, the Greenbackers, the labbrpafty and from the Democrats. These gains will largely come from among the farmers, who have grown tired of Democratic extravagance and misrule. I believe that a large number of those who voted the Prohibition ticket two years ago will this year vote with us, in order that some relief may be experienced in the management of State affairs. They are beginning to feel that if they are ever to be relieved from the heavy burdens now being imposed on them it must be done through the Republican party, and they will vote with us rather than run any risk of Democratic success. Then I also believe we will gain very largely among the workingmen, for they are being convinced that the Republicans can and will do more for them than the Democrats. The old soldiers are more generally with us than ever before. All these things give us a great faith in our success this year Our reports from every section are of the most encouraging character.

‘‘l would also say, to correct an impression which has gone abroad, that voting under the new system is not such a difficult matter as a great many have been led to believe. The instructions issued by the two committees are very plain and easily understood, and jf the people will read them and fix them in their minds they will £ave no trouble in preparing their ballots. The Democrats realize that the drift is against them, and they do not conceal -their anxiety, '1 hetr desperate efforts to make the people believe that all articles of merchandise have advanced in price since the passage of the McKinley bill show how badly they are hurt by that measure. You can say that I feel confident if the Republicans get oiit to the polls as they ought to we will win the v ctory.” Chairman Michener is not alone in his confidence of success, but all those who gather here from the various! parts of the State slpeak in the same 1 confidential tone. The Democratic, leaders struck on what they thought was| a very shrewd scheme a few days ago. and with their usual precipitancy proceeded to set it to work. They thought if they could cause a general increase in the price of merchandise it would scare the farmers back to their fold, so they sent out circulars to all Merchants of Democratic proclivities asking them to mark an advance on all their goods, and when asked for the cause of the increase lay it to the ' McKinley bill. Unfortunate'y for the ■ .success of the scheme a very large • majority of the merchants in the State are Republican, and as they did , not mark up their “nfngTp rapidly eat into the t ade of their Democratic brethren who did. The Democratic dealers soon found out how they had taken a bite of the zrong cherry, and a sudden fall in prices was noticed at many of their stores. The facts are that the value of labor has been materially enhanced by bill ’n some parts of the country, and the advance in this particular will -oon be general, but there has been no J material advance in any of t|ie commodities of life, except grain and a few other farm products. Col. Dudley was in the city a day or two ago. and his presence gave the Democratic party the worst kind of a case of convulsions. He came to at- I tend the banquet of the Loyal Legion, and only remained about twenty-four | hours, but that was long enough to ' make the Democratic leaders wild. It might be said, however, that while here the Colonel asked about matters and things, and after hearing as to the organization of the party and the enthusiasm that existed he expressed it as his belief that the Republicans would win, and the Colonel! is a' mighty good guesser on all matters political. The Democrats have been terribly 1 agitated over the raise in the price of pearl buttons. As the average family in this State uses about sixty cents werth o| Buch buttons in a year, the increase in price will not distress them very much. One waggish farmer. 1 in talking on this branch of the sub«ject. suggested that the Democrats who coulffi not afford buttons could go back* to the good old way of using pegs to fasten their garments. This looks as if it was a Republican year all around. It is a good time to vote the Republican ticket and thus secure in State and county management economy and honesty, and in cational affairs increased pensions for the old -oldisrs, protection to American workingman, an extension of our foreign table that the people may find a market for their aurplps.and thereby

Increase the prosperity of the whole country. Vote the ticket, vote it straight, see that your neighbor also votes it. Vote the ticket with the eagle at the top of it.

INDIANA POLITICS.

The Freeman, the independent colored organ, haakes the following observe, ions on Indiana politics. “When we swung to the breeze The Freeman we had but one great idea In view; that idea was the elevation of the negro. For him* We live, and for him we wbuld be willing to otter up our life- Despised, spit upon and bedraggled. he is a fit subject for commiseration. To us it has always, appeared tha,t an independent political attitude, as a publication, would give us a broader field <Hn which to serve our people. In this respect we have nothing to regret, since the leading men of both races have endorsed our course. Our independence is mainly from the fact that it takes up the leading patties, scrutinlTbA them. selects the one which we think best subserves the interest of the negro, the State or the Nation. The ticket selected is supported without equivocation as far as practicable. Because of such an attitude some have felt disposed to denote inate The Freeman as a Democratic organ, which we positively assert is untrue. Neither is it a Republican organ os others have asserted. It is an independent, illustrated, National. negro newspaper reserving for itself the right of entering the political field in support of that party which we believe and know will best care for the negro race. These state- 1 ments ought to be clear, and we desire that the full force of them should be understood.

In the last issue we declared for the Republican State ticket in Indiana, and we shall continue to declare for it untill the polls are closed in November. Our reasons are obvious; first, the Democratic representatives of Indiana in Congress, repeatedly voted against the interest of the race, fighting stubbornly to abridge our rights as a people and to leave us entirely at the mercy of a prejudiced section. Second, the Democratic platform of Indiana endorses this animosity to the race by its emphatic endorsement of the tactics of the minority in Congress. The Democratic party of Indiana is without doubt in sympathy with the Democratic party of the Nation; the Democratic party of the Nation, through its representatives unceasingly labored to defeat the will of the people, and to the very last fought the admission of Langston and Miller to their lawful seats in the House of Representatives. For these reasons, and others, we declare that the Democratic ■St iteVickeFls undeserving of support, and that it would be race treachery for us to declare .otherwise. Then, reserving still our independence, we conclude by saying that the Republican ticket of Indiana should receive the unwavering support of every Indiana Negro.

Records are sometimes very inconvenient things to those who wish to float a false report, and very convenient to those who wish toestablish the truth. The following record of votes on various pens'ion bills is a sufficient answer to the claim that the Democratic party is the soldier’s friend: The Arrears of Pension Bill—Passed Jan. 19, 1890. D mocrats for the bill ..... ...... 48 Democrats against the bi 11........ 61 Republicans lor the bill 116 Republic,hs agsius the bill None Tbe Widows’ Pension Bill—Passed Feb. 2, 1886. (Increasing Widows' pension from J 8 to Jl2 per month.) Democrats for the bill ...„. u 80 Oemocratsag Inst the bi 11.....; 66 •Repu > leans for tbe bill-... 118 Republ.c ns against tbe bill -.None The amputation Bill—Passed Aug. 4,1886. Democrats for the bill ; 75 Democrats agrinst t e bill. ............. 61 Repu licans for the bill _ 91 Republicans against the The Widows’ Arrears Bill—(Giving arrears of pensions from the death of their husbands, to widows entitled to pensions. Passed the Senate by the following vote: Democrats for the bill 1 Demoera >■ again t the bill 20 Republicans for the bill 22 Republicans against the bill None The Disability Pension Bid in Fiftieth Congress Vo:e to pass over President Cleveland’s veto: Democrats for the bill ........ 37 Demo rats against the bi 11... 12> Republicans for the bill 13,8 Republicans against the bllL None Failed for lack of two-thirds major ity. The Disability Bill in she Fifty-first Congress—(Gives pension to all disab -d soldiers, and to dependent parents and children ) Democrats for the bill 28 Democrats against the bill 66 Republicans for the B bill 11; Republic nssgain. t the bill None Same bill in the Senate: Democrats for the bill 3 Dem-cratsag-iust the bill is Republicans for tbe bill 31 Republicans against the’bill None The Prisoners-of-war Bill—(Gives pensions for term of imprisonment to all who were prisoners of war for thirty days or more.) Democrats for the bill 24 Democrats uga ust the bill 78 Republicans for the bill 119 Republicans againt the bld None The Democrats voted three to one against the bill, and as itlacke 1 five votes for the necessary two-thirds, it was defeated. ___ ij "J • 1' Dan Voorhees is making the same old greenback speeches he made before Cleveland silenced him. The men who have watched his course will not be deceived by him again. If he was re-elected now he would be ento play the same old game over again. The best opportunity he had was when his party had the President and the lower house. The claim that the Senate was in the way won’t do. The Senate voted against permitting the National banks carrying out their purpose of contracting the currency while Cleveland was President, and voted foi* freelcoinage of silver since, whjch is good evidence that if the Democratic congress had passed either a free coinage law or some other currency measure for the relief of the people, it would have become a law. Indianapolis Leader-Greenback.

STAHR, BRO T HERS, STAMP. Stamp, brothers, stamp wi.h care;* bump in the center of the little t quart In front of “Republican Ticket,” wUje The Ameticau e«*te auars in the air. Eesure and place your eiaoiuriaht there. O. elae you may fall iau> a snare. Ana make a mistake that'll make you swear. Sump, brothers, s amp with Care; Stamp in the esnter of the little square Directly below the bi,d with wings, ’J hat stands for Liberty and things— 3 The bird that soars in upper air, And never roosts on the polecat comes and ’possums dare, otamp in the center of the little square, In front of ''.Republican Ticket,'* where The American eagle suars in the air; stamp, brothers, stamp with care.

NICODEMUS.

As Expressed in the Columns of th< State and in the Platform of the Party. Sentinel Editorial Jan. 6,1887. THE BUPREME COURT. Damn their cowardly souls. The members of the Sureme Court Of Indiana are afraid of their shadows. Yesterday Judge Elliott delivered the opinion of the court in the SmithRobertson lieutenant-govenorship case. There was no dissenting opinion, more's the pity. * * * If on;y one man had shown honesty enough and courage enough to have dissented, something of the august character of the court would have been saved; but it stands now a crying shame, [The Supreme Court at that time consisted of Judge Niblack, Zollars, Mitchell and Howk. Democrats, and Judga Elliott, Republican 1 ] , - I Democratic Platform. 1 Judges Coffee. Berkshire and Olds, Republican members of the Supreme Bench, deserve the contempt of the people of Indiana for their action in overturning the settled construction of the Constitution, reversing all legal precedents and contradicting their own rulings for the sake of a few petty offices and at the dictation of unscrupulous political tricksters. Sentinel Editorial, Feb. 9,1890. The men who were hanged and the men now in the Illinois penitentiary for the Haymarket crime were the victims of the most flagrant judicial outrage in the annals of this Republic. It was the mob spirit that convicted them. It was a jury of cowards and lickspittles that brought in the verdict. * * * The time will come when the trials of the Chicago Anarchists will be regarded by enlightened people the world over with the same feelings of horror and amazement with which we now review the trials of the Salem “witches.” . „ Sentinel Editorial, Sept. 14, 1890. The tax on personal pronerty ought to be wholly repealed. * * * The prospect is that the system of private property in the land will remain as it is, for some generations, at least, but that all taxes, at least for State and local purposes (except such as may be drived from the sale of franchises), will, in the near future, be laid upon land. *’«

Great energy was displayed by Secretary Rusk in handling Texas fevor, and in the imperative orders issued by him to railroad and transporation companies in regard to the cattle frank; regulations which though at first they seemed unduly rigid, have resulted in the general satisfaction oi cattle men, especially of the Northern cattle grower, who, for the first time in years, has enjoyed comparative immunity from the ravages of this disease. The energetic manner in which the almost impossible work of undertaking a survey and investigation of ■tire-artesian reference to the possible utilization over a large section of country in the Mississippi Valley extending from North Dakota to Texas in the short time allotted to the Secretary for the purpose by Congress, .sixty days, was successfully accomplished, thanks to the Secretary’s push, arid his own and th£ Assistant Secretary’s judgment in the selection of assistants; and one of the most comprehensive and valuable reports laid before Congress at the present session in relation to a subject involving the well being' and future prosperity of several millions of people has been the result. Investigation into the resources of the 300,000,000 acres of non-irrigable land has also been undertaken with a view to increasing their forest producing capacity. Experiments have been undertaken in conjunction with local experiment stations, with tbe native grasses, already growing in that region, the seed for which had to be collected by agents traveling hundreds of miles on foot over the prairies for that purpose. Investigations in to the possibility of improving and thus greatly extending the use of our native fruits and constant efforts tq secure new and tried varieties of different economic plants have been actively carried on.

Roaring Asses of the Grand Army.

New Orleans States (Dem.), The Grand Army of the Republics while in session in Boston passed re- i solution requesting Congress to pass a law prohibiting, under penalty of severe punishment, the treasuring or dL-play of Confederate flags. This is one thing that no'law of Congress can prevent, and the facA is recognized by everybody except the roaring asses of the Grand Army of pension grabbers. Such a law passed by Congress would cause every Southern man. woman and child to love and respect, Ifar more than they do now, the , ensign of the lost cause. The action of the Grand Army fanatic shows that the fool killer is not attending to his business.

DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT.

TEXAS FEVER HAD TO GO.