Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1893 — Page 2

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The Princess of Wales. has tried on a gown bunt with crinoline, and says she likes IV The ice in Luke Superior is very thick and extends thirty miles from shore. The “old-fashioned winter” has got in effective work throughout all that region. Alcohol is manufactured in large quantities from sweet potatoes in the Azore islands, that being the only article from which it can be profitably manufactured in that region.

January, 1893, Jed all previous divisions of the calendar in the amount of loss by fire in the United States and Canada, $17,958,400 having gone up in smoke in that month. Il is claimed that the political troubles in Kansas have impaired the credit of the State to an alarming extent. Capitalists refuse to extend their favors in that direction and will ca'l in their investments, in that region as fast as possible. y ... + If you intend to make air European tour this spring, it will be well to engage staterooms for the return 1 trip in advance, as the indications point to a great rush of travel to our shores during the coming season on account of the cholera scare and the World’s Fail’,

A Gothamite has wagered some of his spare cash that he will go to sea for forty days in a dry goods box with a dog and a spirit lamp as a only source of company and comfort. There is no law to keep the man from such insane actions, but the law should be invoked in behalf of the dog. The new quarantine law gives the President the power to shut off all immigration when in his discretion he may deem such action necessary for the preservation of the public health. Steerage passengers in times of epidemic will be subject to a better system of inspection than has yet prevailed at our great ports of entry. Ten weeks to build a big hotel is *H Chicago wants with fixtures all in shape as well, May Ist the landlord grants audience to a waiting world; and leven hundred rooms, ’neath a banner wide unfurled will help aloug the booms. Steel malachite, so neat and bright will make the outer wall; fire-proof ’twill be as you may see if you’ve the wherewithal.

“Ohio” in the Japanese tongue signifies “good morning." A Buckeye traveling in that country recently, imagined that the fame of his State for the pnxTucti6n~of of-fice-holders had spread to that Flowery Kingdom, as the natives were continally speaking of it, and he could not find that they knew anything of any other State. Some slightly incompetent individuals sometimes succeed in attaining to very important positions, as is illustrated by the charge against a member of the Indiana Legislature, who is alleged to have excused himself for voting to strike out the enacting clause of a bill that he favored on the ground that jn “his judgment the enacting clause weakened the bill.”

It is known that no member of Cleveland’s first Cabinet will be a member of his second one, and some are unkind enough to say that none of the old Cabinet could be induced to accept a place in the second one, because of the dictatorial character of the “Man of Destiny." However, no one will imagine that the Cabinet positions have been a drug in the office seekers’ market. It is an established principle of Law that a driver who attempts to pass another on the same road does so at his peril. In case of accident he is responsible. This does not relieve the driver in front of the obligation to yield part of the road when

asked to do so, but if injury to the leading vehicle results from the attempt to pass, no matter where they may be, the rear driver will be held responsible by the law. Mme. de LessEfs, woman iike, rushes to the defense of her aged and stricken husband and scorns the imputations that, have been made and proven against him. This is as it should be. She has received nothing but tenderness and loving care from the famous man whom fate has treated so ?- well indeed that in his great trial he should her sVtanutW. But justice to the wives of tens of thousands of the peasantry and people of France, who have been reduced to penury by the great swindle that

De Lesseps permitted to be perpetrated in his name, demands alsojthe sympathy of the world, as well as Mme. de Lesseps, and it is not in the interest of the race; at large tiiat he should be permitted to escape some punishment, should he live a sufficient time for the execution of the sentence.

... It has long bcbn held by scientific investigators that the settlement of a country has a perceptible effect in relieving the intensity of winter’s cold. A case in point has been recently cited. Hudson’s Bay from 1826 to 1837. was closed to navigation on att average of 184 days in the year, but during the last ten years it has been closed on an average of but 172 days in a year. This change is attributed to the settlement of Canada, the great bulk of which has taken place in the past fifty years.

“Lay” judges, of whom there are six i« New Jersey, are appointed because of their practical common sense, and are not necessarily lawyers. Their province is to brush aside technicalities and administer substantial justice. If the systems of jurisprudence in vogue in other States were amended to, include “lay" judges, it would doubtless work a reform that is much to be desired.

Kansas legislators have had to pay their own expenses this winter. Not a dollar has escaped from the treasury on their account, and will not until some definite settlement of the existing dispute is arrived at. Many members are liable to lose their salaries. No appropriation bill has been passed, and if one is passed its legality will have to be tested in the courts before disbursements can be made on its account. 1

Mgji. Satolll, the Pope’s representative in this country, has decided that from this time all Catholic churches in the United States will be recognized officially as English churches. The English language being the language of the country and its institutions, he decides that the church must conform to it. This decision is an eminently proper o le, and is a mark of progress in the Roman hierarchy.

The health reformers with their abstract theories have gotten the nervous invalid into a condition that offers no relief, if he has been so unfortunate or foolish as to try to follow their bewildering advice. Vegetarians say we mustn’t eat meats, the sun ripeners warn us against potatoes and turnips, and another class of reformers raise their voices against grain and all its products, from flap-jacks to fritters. Humbugs all. Eat what you like that agrees with you, and be happy,

Legislation for the restriction or regulation of immigration does not seem probaHfe by the present Con gress. Many bills have been introduced but none hayg received attention. Apparently the subsidence of the cholera scare, helped, possibly, by the steamship lobby, has deadened the interest of legislators in the legislation proposed, and Paddy and Hans, Johnoffski and Perotti, can come to our shores as in the years gone by. - / Itis\tated that William Waldorf Astor, who now resides in London, will escort a party of lords and dukes, and possibly the Prince of Wales to the World’s Fair. The “nobs” will come in a steamer, specially chartered for their accommodation, and will be the guests of Mr. Astor while in this country, stopping while in New York at the Hotel Waldorf, now approaching completion. This building is being erected by Mr. Astor and is to surpass anything of the kind in the world. The state dining room is to be paneled in solid mahogany, and the balance of the house will be furbished regardless of expense, the bedstead in the state bedroom alone costing $3:500.

February 12 is a legal holiday in Illinois, being the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. The fame of the great liberator increases with the years,, and honors to his memory continue to form the theme for orators and poets of the highest order. Without ambition for glory or world-wide fame, he attained to both by qualities of head and heart that have always won success, added to the force of circumstances amid which he was placed. Without the. polish of scholarly attainments, he possessed the more valuable qualities of a profound comprehension of the human heart and an unshrinking purpose to do the right. In the list of American holidays the birthday of Abraham Lincoln should stand, a fixed and conspicuous anniversary.

INAUGURATED.

Mr. Harrison Steps Out and Mr; Cleveland- Steps in. INALGLIIAL CEREMONIES AT WASHINGTON Mr. Cleveland’s Second Inaugural Address. Prelluiinary Co.irteslss Between the Be. tliing and Incoming Executives Scenes and Incidents. —=—- President-elect Grover Cleveland, dds iamily and personal friends, arrived Th Washington by special train from Lakewood, N. J., -Thursday evening at 6:30. They were driven directly to the Arlington Hotel, where apartments had been reserved. Vice-President-elect Stevenson calkxLJluring the., evening and was cordially received. Hundreds of pcop(ecalled but few were received. At 10:20, Friday, Mr. Cleveland. accompanied by Private,

1. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. 2. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, Secretary of State. 3. JOHN G. CARLISLE, Secretary of the Treasury. 4. DANIEL S. LAMONT, Secretary of War. 5. HILARY A. HERBERT, Secretary of the Navy. 6. HOKE SMITH, Secretary of the Interior. 7. WILSON S. BISSELL, Postmaster-General. 8. RICHARD OLNEY, At-torney-General. 9. J. STERLING MORTON, Secretary of Agriculture.

Secretary Thurber, drove to the, White House to pay their respects to the PrcslieuLThe exchange of courtesies took place in the Blue. Room. Here Mr. Harri»on, with Lieut. Parker by his side, stood to receive him. The two Presidents greeted each other cordially. At the end of tight minutes Mr. Cleveland withdrew naving arranged that President Harrison should cat', at the Arlington at 12130. Promptly at 12:30 p. m.. President Harri»on. accompanied by Private Secretary Halford and Lieut. Parker, drove to the liotcl. Mr. Cleveland received his distinguished visitor at the entrance of his mlto of rooms. At President Harrison’s request the nurse brought into the reception room Baby Ruth, Mrs. Cleveland having in the meantime joined the party. At the mother’s request Mr. Harrison kissed the child. During the conversation the President Invited Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland to the private family dinner at the White House. The interview was an extremely pleasant one lasting fifteen minutes, at the end of which time the Presidential party withdrew. At 7:35 p. m. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, in the midst of an impromptu demonstration by the Kings county Democracy, took their carriage and were immediately driven to the White House, where they wore received by the President and Mrs McKee, and these four, with Mr. Robert McKee, were the only persons present at the dinner. At about ten o’clock Mr, and Mrs. Cleveland returned to their hotel, and, being wearied, shortly after retired. The weather at the capital during the day was disagreeable and wet The crowd in the city was larger than at any previous inauguration, and was variously estimated at from 200.00) to 300.000 transient guests, with every train pouring in additional thousands. During the afternoon the President took formal leave of the Cabinet, thanking them for their devotion and personal good will, and in a voice broken with emotion bade each of them good bye. Afterward the diplomatic corps called. At 3p.m. he bade adieu to Maj. Halford, who then left the White House to take the train for New York. The severance of the close relations that have existed between the tWo men for so many years was a severe trial to both.

Grover Cleveland. of Now York, thrice nominated for President, and twice elected, was. on Saturday, inducted into that high office for his second term. At least 40,000 men. with a large number of women, participated in the parade. The Governors of eleven States took part in the ceremonies. The order of proceeding was tho same as has been observed at former inaugurations. The only difference was In the size of the popular demonstration. Capitol Hill, as far as tho eye could reach, was an undulating sea of humanity. Tho weather was unfavorable, being cold and stormy. All the ceremonial calls and social amenities having been observed on Friday, nothing remained but to follow tho established programme. Every foot of standing room along tho route of tho procession was occupied. The main stand was erected immediately In front of tho White House, and had a seating capacity

of 1,100 persons. Private stands had been erected at every available point. The parade was larger and more imposing than atany previous inauguration. Gen-Martin McMahon, of New York, was grand marsh al. The escorting di vision was composed of artillery, cavalry and infantry from the regular army, and marines from the Washington navyyard. anck they formed in columns at 10:30 a. m. and accompanied the, presidential party, composed of President Harrison and Mr. Civeland, VicePresident Morton and Mr. Stevenson, the members of President Harrison’s cabinet, Maj. Gen. Schofield and the senior Admiral of the navy, from the White House to the Capitol, prior to the inauguation. The rest of the military parade assembled below the Capitol, and after the ceremonies followed the military escort division. Thon, with an intervening procession of of Grand Army and Union Veterans, came the civic organizations, under the marshalship of Col. Wm. Dickinson, in six divisions, numbering at least 20,000 men, and a large number of lady equestrians. The ceremonies at the Capitol were in the form prescribed by law, Chief Justice Fuller administering the oath of office to Messrs. Cleveland and Stevenson. At the conclusion of the formalities Mr. Cleveland spoke as follows: President Cleveland’s Address. My Fellow Citizens—ln obedience to the mandate of my countrymen, I am about to dedicate myself to their service under

the sanction of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the expression of confidence ana personal attachment which has called me to Chls service. Tam sure my gratftTfde can make no better return than the pledge I now give before God and these witnesses of unreserved and complete devotion to the interests and welfare of those who have honored me. I deem it fitting on this occasion, while indicating the opinions I hold concerning public questions of present importance, to briefly refer to the existence certain conditions and tendencies among our people

1. MRS. GROVER CLEVELAND. 2. MRS. JOHN G. CARLISLE. 3. MRS. DANIEL S. LAMONT. 4. MRS. HOKE SMITH. 5. MRS. ADLAI E. STEVENSON. 6. MRS. WILSON S. BISSELL. 7. MRS. HERBERT.

which seem to menace tho Integrity and usefulness of their government. While every American citizen must contemplate with the utmost pride and enthusiasm the growth and expansion of our country, tho . sufficiency of our institutions to stand ; against the rudest shocks of violence, the wonderful thrift and enterprise of our poo-: pie, and the demonstrated superiority of , our free government, it behooves us to watch for every symptom of an Insidious infirmity that threatens our na- 1 tional vigor. The strong man who, in thr contldence of sturdy health, courts tho sternest activities of life and rejoices in the hardihood of constant labor, may still I have lurking near his vitals the unheeded | disease that dooms him to a sudden collapse*. It cannot be doubted that ourstuixmdous achievements as a people and our country’s robust strength have given rise to a heedleasness of those laws governing our national health, which wo can no more evade than human life can «sca|te the laws of God and nature. THE CURRENCY QUESTION. Manifestly, nothing is more vital to our supremacy as a Nation and to the bennii-

cent purposes of our Government than a sound and stable currency. Its exposure to degradation should at once arouse to activity the most enlightened statesmanship’ the danger of depreciation in the purchasing power of the wages paid to toil should furnish the incentive to prompt ; and conservative precaution. In dealing [ with our present embarrassing situation , as related to this subject, we will be wise

VICE-PRESIDENT STEVENSON.

i f wn temper our confidence and faith in our National strength apd resources, with the frank confession that even these will not permit us to defy with impunity the inexorable laws of finance and trade. At the same time, in our efforts to adjust differences of opinion we should be free from intolerance or passion, and our judgments should be unmoved by alluring phrases and unvexed by selfish interests. I am confident that such an approach to the subject will result in prudent and effective remedial legislation. In the meantime, so far as the executive branch of the Government can intervene, none of the powers with which it is invested will be withheld, when their exercise is deemed necessary, to maintain our National credit and to avert financial disaster. THE DANGER OF PATERNALISM. Closely related to the exaggerated confidence in our country’s greatness, which tends to a disregard of the rules of National safety, another danger confronts us, not less serious. I refer to the prevalence of a popular disposition to expect from tne operation of the Government especial aud direct individual advantages. The verdict of our voters, which condemned the injustice of maintaining protection for protection’s sake, enjoins upon the people’s servants the duty of exposing and destroying the brood of kindred evils, which are the unwholesome progeny of paternalism. This is the bane of Republican institutions, and the constant peri 1 of our Government by the people. It degrades, to the purposes of wily craft, the plan of our fathers, established and bequeathed to us as an object of our love and veneration. It perverts the patriotic sentiment of our countrymen and tempts them to a pitiful calculation of the sordid gain to be derived from their Government’s maintainance. it undermines the self-reliance of our people and substitutes in its place dependence upon governmental favoritism. It stifles the spirit of true Americanism and stupefies every ennobling trait of American citizenship. The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned, and a better lesson taught, that while the people should patriotically and cheerfully support their government, its functions do not include the support of the people. - The acceptance of this principle leads to a refusal of tho bounties and subsidies which burden the labor and thrift of a portion of our citizens, to aid ill-advised or languishing enterprises, in which they have no concern. It leads also to a challenge of wild and reckless pension expenditure, which overleaps the bounds of grateful recognition of patriotic service, and prostitutes to vicious uses- the people’s prompt and generons impulse to aid those disabled in their country’s defense. EXTRAVAGANCE MUST BE CHECKED. Every thoughtful American must realize the importance of checking, at its beginning, any tendency In public and private station to regard frugality and economy as virtues which we may safely outgrow. The toleration of this idea results in the waste of the people’s money by their chosen servants, and encourages prodigality and cx-

travagancehi Mfoof ourcountrymen. Under our scheme of government tho waste of tho public money is a crime against the citizens, and tho contempt of our people for economy and frugality in their personal affairs deplorably saps tho strength and sturdiness of onr national character. It is a plain dictate of honesty and good government that public expenditures should be limited by public necessity, and that this should bo measured by the rules of strict economy: and that it l< equally clear that frugality among the people Is tho best guarantee of a contented and strong support of free institutions. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM ENDORSED. One more of the misappropriations of public funds Is avoided, when appointments to office, instead of being the rewards of partisan activity, are awarded to those whoso efficiency promises a fair retire of work for the compensation paid to them. To secure the filtit*w and competency of appointees to office, and tn remove front political action thedenioralixlng madnresfor spoils, .civil service reform has found a place In our public policy and laws, i The benefits already gained through this

instrnmentality, and the further usefulness it promises; entitle it to the hearty support and the encouragement “of ail who desire to see our public service well performed, or who hope for the elevation of political sentiment and the purification of political methods. AGAINST TRUSTS AND COMBINES. of kindred-enter psises and combinations of business interests, formed for the purpose of limiting production and fixing prices, is inconsistent with a fair field, which ought to be open to every independent activity. Legitimate strife in business should not be superseded by an enforced concession to the demands of combinations that have the power to destroy; nor should the people to be served lose the benefit of cheapness which usually results' from wholesome competition. These aggregagations and combinations frequently constitute conspiracies against the interesto of the people, and in all their phases they are unnatural and opposed to our Ameri-

can sense of fairness. To the extent that they can be reached and restrained by Federal power, the general Government should relieve our citizens from their interference and exactness. PROTECTION TO ALL CITIZENS. Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every citizen should be justly and in good faith conceded in all parts of the land. The enjoyment of the right follows the badge of citizenship wherever found-, andunimpaired by care or color, it appeals for recognition to American manliness and fairness. Our relations with the Indians located within our borders impose upon us responsibilities we cannot escape. Humanity and consistency require us to treat them with forbearance, and in our dealings with them to honespy and considerately regard their rights and interests. Every effort should be made to lead them through the paths of civilization and education-of self-supporting and independent citizenship. In tne meantime, as the nations wards, they shouln be promptly defended against the cupidity of designing men, and shielded from every influence or temptation that retards their advancement. ( THE DEMAND FOP, TARIFF REFORM. ' The people of the United States have decreed that on this day tho control of their Government in its legislative and executive branches, shall be given to apolitical party pledged in the most positive terms to the accomplishment of tariff reform. They have thus determined in favor of a more just and equitable system of federal taxatfon. The agents they have chosen to carry out their purposes are bound by their promises, not less than by the demand of their master, to devote thcmselves unrcmittingly to this service. While there should be no surrender of principle, our task must be undertaken wisely, and without vindictiveness. Our mission is not punishment, but the rectifications of wrongs. If, in lifting burdens from the daily life of our people, we reduce inordinate and unequal advantages, too long enjoyed, this is but a necessary Incident of our return to right and justice. If we exact from unwilling minds acqulesence in the theory of honest distribution of the fund of governmental beneficence, treasured up for all. we but insist upon a principle which underlies our free institutions.

When we tear aside the delusions and misconceptions which have blinded our countrymen to their condition, under vicious tariff laws, we but show them how far they have been led away from the paths of contentment and prosperity. When we proclaim that the necessity for revenue to support the Government furnishes the only justification for taxing the people, we announce a truth so plain that Its denial would seem to indicate thp oxJent to which judgement may be influenced by famill&rity with provisions of the taxing power, and when we seek to reinstate the self-confidence and business enterprise of our citizens by discrediting abject dependence upon governmental favor, we strive to stimulate those elements of American character which support the hope of American achievements. Anxiety for the redemption of the pledges my party made, and solicitude for the complete justification of the trust the people have reposed in us, constrain me to remind those with whom I am to co-oper-ate, that they can succeed in doing the work which has been especially sot before us only by the most sincere, harifibhious and disinterested effort. Even if insuperable obstacles and opposition prevent the consummation of our task.weshall hardly be excused; and if failure can bd traced to our fault or neglect, we maybe sure the people will hold us to a swift and exacting accountability.

THE riiESIDKNT’S PURPOSES. The oath I now take to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not only impressively defines the great responsibility I assume, but suggests obedience to constitutional demands as the rule by which my official conduct must be guided. I shall, to the best of my ability and within the sphere of my duty, preserve the constitution by loyally protecting every grant of federal power it contains, by defending all restraints when attacked by impatience and restlessness, and by enforcing its limitations and reservations In favor of States and the people. Fully impressed with the gravity of the duties that confront me, and mindful of my weakness, I should be appalled if it were my lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which await me. I am, however, saved from discouragement when I remember that I shall have the support and the counsel and co-operation of wise and patriotic men, who will stand at my side in Cabinet place, or will represent the people In their legislative halls. I find, also, much comfort in remembering that my countrymen are just and generous, and in the assurance that they will not condemn those who by sincere devotion to their service deserve their forbearance and approval. Above all T know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men, and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from ns now. if wo humII y and reverently seek His powerful aid.

A Strong Appeal.

One of our physicians recently received the following letter from a country physician(?): “Dear dock. I have a pashunt whos phisicol sines shows that the windpipe was ulcerated of, and his lung have dropped intoo his stmnick. He is unabel to swoller and I fear his stumick tube is gon. I huv giv hyn(i ovry tiling under heaven without effockt. his father is wealthy Orierable and influenshial. he is an active member of the M. E. chirsch and god nos I don’t want to loose hym. what shall I due. ans by return male, ypursin neede.” This sufferer’s portrait will most probably appear in the papers, with a testimonial regarding his miraculous cure. , w Lady Evu.w, wile into Lor i of London, was a housemaid at the Oaks Hotel, Sevenoaks, land, prior to her marriage. Sho stills retains much of her remarkable beauty. Frau Brunigrifer.dajghtcr of Herr Leiblcnc ht, the prominent German Socialist, has recently ehtored publie life as the champion of tho working women - of Breslau. Sho Is president of, their labor organization.