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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, TUESDAY, JULY
1802.
3ailg ILCMJS
A. H. BELO A CO., Publishes*'
h
Office of Publication, Nun. 2108 utd 2110 Me-
chanic Street, (ialvoston.
Entered at the Postofllco it Galveston as second
class matter.
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 18®.
ACCOMMODATING TO THE PUBLIC.
It is vol generally known, but " fort nevcrthe'
Test, that were it unt for Till; Nuws special train
optraliug between Galveston ttiul Houston, de-
) arliny at 8,4.1 a, in,, mail matter for point* on
III'- Tixtis and JVcw Orleans railway and eastern
point*,forthe Houston awl Texan Central rail-
>'in/, the Galveston, Hare sl.urg anil Son Antonio
i ajIiray anil /or the ihniston h'ast and If 'cut 'Texan
V'tit "'a[i, ha well a,< pawnqerii/or the name routes,
iioulil of,necessity fail to eonneet at Houston, ex-
eept by leaving on the night trains.
The morning International anil (ireat Xorthern
Houston train ih.e.i not arrive ai destination until
10.40 a, rn,, anil the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Vti
tuorninfl Irani is scheduled to arrive. in Houston
at 0.40 a. in. Tims tin■ Houston and Texas Central
■northbound, leaving Houston at8a.m., tlic Gal-
veston, llarrisburg and San Antonio west-
bound at 7.02 a. in,, the 'Texas and New
Orleans eastbound at W a, in,, and the
Houston East and West Texas at 8,00 r. in., de-
pari prior to the arrival of the regular trains
tram Galveston, and connection fan unit/ bo made
therewith by utilizing T u i: News special which
arrives at the Grand Central depot in Houston at
[>.8.1 it, in.
Therefore, due to the enterprise of The Sews,
via il matter for points on the lines enumerated,
deposited in the Galveston postofflai after 7M p.
in,, in lUitjintched by The Nnv.'s special and
reaches destination twelve hours earlier thunwerQ
this train not in operation, Further more, pas-
sengers wishing logo to lJeaumont, Orange. Hemp-
stead, Xavasota, Iiryan, Eagle. Lake, Columbus,
or other points contiguous to Galveston on the
railways specified, by utilizing Tin-; Newsspecial
can hanuict their biiyiiicss and return home the
same day, otherwise they wouhl necessarily O'J
absent from home u niglit and a day.
While the etato campaign is nearing its
crisis reporters and correspondents of The
News at various scenes of the contest must
unavoidably move in an atmosphere charged
to nn intense degree with elements of conta-
gious excitement. It is hardly in human na-
ture that they should not lie sympathet-
ically affected and more or less biased
in one or another direction by such
influence, hence the situation eminently
and specially demands that they diligently
consult from day to day their regular instruc-
tions from The News, to this general effect:
Send only the news. Leave the paper you
represent to comment as it sees fit. Take care
that your matter is not in form or m sub-
stance colored by any sort of prejudice,
partiality or bias. In short, report with in-
exorable diligence from nn all-round news-
gatherer's standpoint, without animosity or
friendship, fear or favor, and with tha solo
purpose cf successfully contributing to
a gTeat and useful and always reli-
able volume of circulating intelligence.
If you havo inadvertently disregarded
the tenor of these rules and injunctions hereto-
fore, please take spoeial pains to observe them
hereafter. If you inject opinions into reports
of facts you may expect to see only the facts
printed. The News wants the news regard-
less of its effect upon one candidate or
another and wants it uncolored by any sym-
pathy with the political attitude or editorial
""cOUreeof the paper. The News.docs not care to
know the political preferences of its reporters
Bnd correspondents and their reports should bo
so made that the reader will not know or be in-
duced to inquire whether they are democrats,
republicans, mugwumps, prohibitionists or
third party adherents. In reporting political
events be careful to do exact justice to both
sides. In reporting speeches be sure to ex-
press tlu speaker's exact idea. If you attempt
to quote his words bo suro to quote accurately.
Remember that The News depends upon its
reporters and correspondents for the news,
and upon their work it is measured as a faith-
ful and impartial newspaper. The foregoing
is intended to apply to all persons acting in a
reportorial capacity for Tue News, whether
attached to the home offieo or resident repre-
sentatives in towns and villages.
THE NEWS' TRAVELING AGENTS.
The following are the traveling representa-
tives of The GALVESion News and The Dal-
las News, who are authorized to solicit and
receipt for subscriptions and advertisements
for either publication; 15. P. Boyle, T. B.
Baldwin, Richard Ennis. Marchant Little, J.
A. Sloan, C. H. Cox, \V. W. Norvell and Walter
Woods. A. H. Bei.o <& Co.
Galveston, Tex., .Tune 18, 1892.
In order to thwart the efforts of the demo-
crats to carry Illinois, President Harrison
recommended the appointment as chairman
of the national republican committee W. J.
Campbell of that state, whom he (the presi-
dent) refused some years ago to appoint col-
lector of customs at Chicago because he was
"a professional lobbyist and unfit for the posi-
tion." This movement of our saintly chief
magistrate indicates that there is some dirty
work to be done, and that he knows how to
have it attended to.
TWO OPPOSITION PARTIES AND Til K
PEOPLE.
The completed organisation of the people's
party with tlcketjnd platform for a presiden-
tial campaign presents the anomalous specta-
cle of two opposition parties which aim at the
overthrow of a party dominance in national
affairs which has practically boon without in-
terruption and almost without mitigation for
the past thirty years. Of course this state-
ment leaves out of account the prohibition
party, as it is evident that this amiable and
respectable body of inconsequent enthusiasts
will not figure as a material factor one way
or another in the presidential contest. The
people's party professedly grow out
of acute dissatisfaction with both
the old parties. Its founders and leaders be-
gan by denouncing the republican party for
instituting u system of class legislation which
built up a vast fabric of financial and indus-
trial monopoly and plutocratic tyranny, and
they onded by denouncing the democratic
party for general incapacity to defeat this
policy and even for some degree of complicity
with its growth and continuance. It is needless
here to discuss the merits of theso charges.
The significant facts for notice are theso:
About ton days ago the democratic party took
tho field with a formal arraignment of the
republican party and aubinittod a spocilio
programme of proposed reforms, and now the
people's party take the field with an implied
though not loss emphatic arraignment of tho
republican party and submits a specific pro-
gramme of proposed reforms. There are
points in which tho respective programmes
concur nnd there nro points in which
they do not concur. Above all it
is noteworthy that however the people's party
and the democratic party may differ in
specific proposals, as reform parties they havo
ono vital interest in common. They are com-
monly and equally interested in the dislodge-
uient, from power of tho republican party as a
fatal impediment to reform. To completely
break the ascendoncy nf that party indis-
pensable to any successful headway in reform
for either. This is a condition precedent to
which both of them are absolutely shut up.
Then, being essentially opposition parties
as against tho republican party, it would
seem virtually suicidal, so to speak, for them
to fatally antagonize each other in states or
districts wliero the common ouemy presuma-
bly outnumbers each, but is presumably out-
numbered by both. The historic party of
sectional bigotry and of class legislation and
rapacity could not want a bettor strategic ad-
vantage than the opportunity to profit by di-
vision of its adversaries which such antag-
onisms would offer. As far as the presi-
dential problem is concerned, demo-
crats, in states which would otherwise
bo carried by the republicans, could woil
afford to give way to tho third party for the
sake of defeating to that extent the common
enemy. All presidential electors thus lost by
tho republican party would be that much gain
for the general opposition. To multiply such
gains to a given point would leave neither of
the opposition parties with an electoral ma-
jority, it is true, but on tho other hand it
would leave the republican party also without
such a majority and insure tho election of a
president by tho house of representatives with
its overwhelming majority of members and of
states. Tho result would be mora especially
a victory for tho democratic party, but for the
other party in opposition it would also havo its
measure of victory in the signal defeat of the
common enemy and in the removal from the
highest fortress of power of a party regime
which has been the author and persistent up-
holder of all manner of abuse and tho impla-
cable obstacle to all manner of reform. There
can be no question that the common opposi-
tion of the people's party and tho democratic
party to the republican party signifies that in
general sentiment a vast majority of the peo-
ple are opposed to the continuance of repub-
lican domination in office and in policy. For
this majority to fail by division and distrac-
tion to effect the discontinuance of this domi-
nation would look iike a confession of their
hopeless incapacity to secure in practice the
realities of a representative government of tho
people, by the people and for the people.
SNAP SHOTS.
The law is not vindicated in the conviction
and execution of a dog. The power of the law
is shown in the punishment of the strong.
The Forum has recently published a learned
article on "What Will the Coming Man Eat?"
Let him put up his tip and innko his own
order. We can afford to leave alone the bill
of fare of the coming man if we can just suc-
ceed in saving our own bacon.
Phesidbut Habhison approves the force
bill, which means to make the south republi-
can by machinery.
Theke is nothing like a good manager to
put one forward. One can not do it himself,
and the people do not pick up and put forward
anybody any more.
These can not be an even and symmetrical
development in Texas while the uneven and
unsymmetrical policy of the present adminis-
tration is on the state.
Ma. Cleveland's high character is suro to
make some converts. If it does not drive
away from him some membors of his own
party he will win.
Texas has an abundance of agricultural
products and with a wise administration Texas
would have at home a remunerative market
for all of them.
After all, what can man bo expected to
know about primary causes or ultimate effects?
A man never eujoys voting very much un-
less he imagines he is getting even with some-
body.
Life is too valuable for you to speud it de-
fending yourself.
The summer girl's bathing dress is a very
poor excuse, but it comcs high.
Ignorance is a cloud without a silver lining.
It is all right to attend to your own busi-
ness, but it is not patriotic to construe this to
mean merely your own personal interests.
Friends who fall out occasional ly and fight
get much closer to each other than those who
do not. _
Tho hon-peokod husband is a piece of bric-
a-brac on the what-not.
Nature puts all other philosophers to the
blush and puts the razor-back hog where tho
pine trees are close and tall because lie is high
and thin.
Wisdom is sometimes slow, but never dull.
To collect heavy bills at a fashionable hotel
the clerk should bo as scornful and stylish as
possible.
THE STATE PRESS.
What the Papers Throughout the State Are
Talking About.
The Roekport New Era repeats the state-
ment that Frank J. Frandulig, a fanner living
near Roekport, on the gulf coast, is the father
of a large family, even for that healthy region;
Frandolig was born in Vienna seventy-two
years ago and married in that city when 10
years of age to a girl of 14 years. Tho
couple came to Texas fifty-four years ago.
By this wife he has had sixteen children, five
of whom and his wife as well were killed by
Indians. Later Mr. Frandolig married a girl
16 years of age, with whom he is still living
and by whom he has had seventeen children,
making thirty-three in all, twenty-seven of
whom are still alive. He has eigttty-four
grandchildren and fourteen great grand-
children.
Rov. W. Harms, colored, addresses what ho
calls a word through the Jewett Messenger to
the colored republicans of Leon county. He
Bays:
If there ever was a time when we should
stick together now is that time. Let us call
our men together in convention and nominate
our men and try our strength. We aro 1(XK)
strong in Leon county. Oklahoma elected
ono of our Texas men in a month after he left
Texas. The highest number of votes puts a
man in office, so let us toto fair; if the negro
don't get through no party is to blame. Come,
boys, make a pull for the republican party. It
is much better than the democratic or third
party.
Or the lily whites?
Rain come wet me, sun coine dry me;
(to 'way. white man, don't come nigh me.
Tho Austin Statesman says;
How touched Tom Bean wouid be if he
could look back now and see how many heirs
ho hail that lie didn't know anything about
when ho was ulivit,
A rich innii even wlion nlive does not know
a tittle of those who claim kinship with him.
The Urowmvood Bulletin prints the an-
nouncements of party candidatesj a good
thing for the printer, and then ungratefully
remarks:
The number of candidates turned looso on
the farming community this year is sufficient
to keep ovary farm ill I he country in grass, if
the people only stop to listen to tho sweot
voice of the soliciting candidate.
The Bulletin says:
The Menardviilc Record is a thing of tho
past and Brother Hunter has sought pasture#
green. Ho expects to begin a paper at Mason
soon and the Bulletin hopes he has found in
that place "a long felt want" for a paper of
the kind tluit lie knows just how to run.
The veteran, Charley Hanson, of tho Gon-
zales Alliance and Signal wants tho third
party to stand on its own foundation like a
tub:
"No Fusion 1" is the word all along the lino
from Maine to Mexico and from tho Atlantic
to the 1 'uciflc. Wo havo got a good state
ticket and if the people are true to themselves
we can elect it. Lot every man do his best,
If the democratic platform expresses one
sitiglo definite proposition for the reliof
of people we would like for some tho
smart Aleck to point it out. Tho
democratic platform is as long as a
clothes lino and as ambiguous as Paddy's met-
aphysics. It is a conglomeration of words
that can bo construed to express anything or
nothing just as you please.
The Segum Enterprise remarks:
Texas still goes on with the utmost tranquility
cutting her own throat. Every train leaving her
borders for the north and east carries money
for tho payment of railroad bonds and gen-
eral indebtedness, which never returns.
Texas still smilingly raises as good horses and
mules as there are in the world, and yet buys
the former in Kentucky and the latter in Mis-
souri. Slio still sells her cotton at U and 8
cents and buys it back at -0. She sells wool
at 18 and 20 cents and buys it back at 50. She
soils broom corn by the ton and buys it buck
in brooms. Iron is hero in abundance, and
prime forosts untouched in their virginity,
but still Texas spends $12,000,000 annually in
machinery and implements of every kind.
The Edna Progress says:
Mr. William Whitley,onopf our prosperous
farmers of N'avidnd, shippw vseven balos of
cotton last Wednesday to Galraston, which ho
had been holding for the past two years for
better prices. Ho still has eleven baios of
last year's crop on hand If you want good
government, whether state or county, do not
select tho official timber from the list of busi-
ness failures, but seloet men who boar honest
reports with reputations for financial ability.
Ho that is not economical with private money
is liable to be extravagant with public funds.
All, there's the rub. Men of financial abil-
ity and good business habits seldom want
offices. The fact that tho first act passed by
the legislature is always one making an ap-
propriation for the pay of the members, in-
dicates the proportion of forehanded business
men elected to that body.
The New Braunfels Herald, with laudable
love of the country weokly papers, of which it
is one, claims that they havo more inlluonca
than city dailies, but says:
Wo write this not to detract from the useful-
ness of the daily papers, for they are equally
useful with the weeklies, but they fill an en-
tirely different sphere of usefulness. Take for
example Tub Galveston-Dallas News, ask
anyone in the state of Texas which isthe great-
est newspaper in the state and ninoty-nmo out
of every hundred will without hesitation answer
The Galveston News. Then ask them;
"Well, what about its political influence?"
and nine-tenths of them will reply: "Why, it
has none;" and still this same News outsells
all the other papers in the state, and makes,
perhaps, more money than all the other
papers in the state combined. This shows
what a power it is in its sphere. Every weekly
paper in Texas realizes that it is bound to
have The News on its exchnngo list, and
it gets, no matter how small or obscure the
weekly is, all ttiey have to do is to write The
News and ask them to exchange and they got
it soven times a week. The poople are per-
sonally acquainted with their local editors and
have confluence in tlifcm, and when these edi-
tors assert a thing to be a fact their readers
believe it, as they have a right to do. Those
who vend the daily papers read them to get
the news; when they read an editorial they do
not know who wrote it, as the editors of the
dailies nro strangers except to those in their
own city, and there being generally a corps of
six, eight or ten editors on each paper tho
reader is seldom certain as to who is the
author of an editorial in a oig daily; but in
the little weekly he knows it was written by
his friend, tho editor, for there Is but the ono
man in the sanctum.
There is where the "wo" eomos in. The city
papers do not attempt to control their readers
by personal influence. Facts and fair deduc-
tions are considered bettor. Informal jour-
nalism and not egoism is tho rule with the
best, "I am Sir Oracle" does not count.
THE TIGER IS SENSIBLE
TAMMANY WILL TAKE THE
COURSE AND WIN.
WISE
Afraid He Wouldn't Pass.
Chicago Evening Post,
He was a man well along in middle age,
and was willing to be insured. Tho agent
prepared his "application" and turned him
over to the searching scrunity of the accom-
plished medical examiner.
"I might a3 well tell you, doctor, right to
begin with, that ours lias been a family of fa-
talities and sudden deaths," said the appli-
cant.
Tho examiner looked serious as bo replied:
"Well, you seom to be in excellent physical
condition. What did your father die of?"
"Heart disease."
"That's bad. How old was he?"
"S)2."
"U'm! And your mother?"
"She's gone too. Killed at a railroad cross-
ing."
"And her age?"
"Mother was a little over 79."
"Do you know the age and cause of both
of your grandfather's deaths?" continued tho
examiner.
"Yes, indeed. Father's father died just a
week after his 90th birthday. They said he
used too much tobacco. Mother's father was
only 88. Falling downstairs finished him."
"And your grandmothers?"
"One of 'em had consumption at 86, and
died of it in no time. The other was nipped
by sunstroke at 84. Oh. they all went quick."
The examiner did not seem so grave as ho
asked: "Have you any brothers or sisters?"
"One sister and two brothers," was the an-
swer. "John went out into the mining coun-
try when he was 72; got into trouble there;
called a drunken man n liar and was shot.
Henry was drowned at 89 trying to help save
twfyoung fellows thatcouldn'tswim. Sister's
alive. She's awfully careiess: ate a lot of
green stuff the day of hor golden wedding,
then danced in the evening with all tho old
fellows out on the lawn, even after it was
raining; took her two days to get over it.
She'll go in a hurry like all tho rest some of
these times."
"Well," said tho medical gentleman, smil-
ins, "I think I'll chance you, and don't be-
lieve your application will be 'turned down'
at the homo office. Only you must look out
for yourself. Be careful about catching hard
colds after you are 80 years old."
He Was Right.
Kato Fiold's Washington.
Younger brother: Nellie, if you had lived
in the days of Ananias and Sapphira you
would have been dead long ago.
Nellie (indignant): I am sure, Bobby, I
never told what wasn't true in my life. How
can you be so unkind? _
Younger brother: Why, they lived about
1800 years ago. You wouldn't have huug on
as long ns this, would you?
An Irish editor being unable to obtain a
sufficiency of news for his daily paper made
the following extraordinary announcement:
"Owing to an unusual pressure of matter we
are to-day obliged to leave several columns
blank."
Harrison'o Foes Are Implaoable, and His
Ohanoe of Suooess Will Ba Af-
fected by Them.
Washington, July 4.—[Special.)— At tho
first flush of tho campaign all things look
rosy for tho democrats. In spite of tho fact that
thero wero large and influential elements in
in tho party which declared that. I ho nomina-
tion of Cleveland would bo a mistake, that
nomination is now looked upon by many of
his opponents as porhaps tho best that could
have been made. Tins conclusion is arrived
at either from one or two reasons: First, be-
causo such a hoarty support has
been shown him among the peo-
ple, or because tho outing-crow bsui-
ness lias arrived. I attribute tho change of
opinion among thoso who thought his uoini-
natiou would be unfortunate to tho fact that
the mass of tho democratic party is for him.
To chango under such circumstances is not
to be criticised as a collar-wearing
change. Honest democrats, as honest repub-
licans, yield to tho wish of the majority of
their party, and fool none tho worst and suffer
nothing in public estimation by tho change.
Of course it ia yet too early to make any
prophecies as to what will be tho outcomo of
tho race between Mr. Harrison nnd Mr. Clove-
land. It would be an uttor impossibility for
the situation to remain throughout the cam-
paign as placid as it now is. There will bo a
thousand and one campaign Btories started to
affect the one side or (he other, and not until
the last day, or anyhow until a later date Mian
this, would any man bo justified in saying
which will be the victor. I have soon many
newspaper articles lately winch havo declared
that each party has
PCI UP its best man,
that tho issues aro clourly joined and that we
ought to have a campaign of decency, a thing
most unusual in American politics. This is
true. We ought to have a clean campaign, by
which I mean oue in which personalities will
not be the chief topic of editorials und
speeches. But inasmuch as 1 have known of
such a campaign I very much doubt if tho
hope expressed above will be realized. When
Mr. Cleveland ran tho first timo all that could
bo said against him was said; all that could be
said against Harrison was said. The personal
und public characters of both are before the
country and it does look as if their private
affairs at least would lie lot alone bocauso of
no earthly interest to anyone. If this should
be the easo their public records und tho issues
alone ought to engross tho attention of tho
people.
Mr. Cleveland has a rocord in one particu-
lar which is not at all pleasant to many dem-
ocrats, Tliut rocord is that he did not "turn
the rascals out" fast enough and clean enough.
Ho was a now hand iii national politics when
he was elected. He came to Washington im-
pressed with the idea that the spoils idea was
eating at the very heart of the republic. He
was willing to do what he considered a reason-
able democrat and a patriotic citizen should
do in the way of rewarding those who elected
him, but at the same time lie determined,to
show the world that his chief aim und end iu
iifo was not to become president for the spoils
which that official distributed. He believed
that fitness and worth should bo considered in
making appointments nnd that it, was not
proper to clean out all the offices just because
gonio outsiders wanted to till them. And
here is
whkiib he offended tammany.
It desirou the Now; York postofiieo for it-
self. It wanted the oolleetorship of Now Y'ork
for tho county democracy. This is tho state-
ment of a Tammany man to me, who added
that his society had promises from Mr. Cleve-
land that he would givo what was wanted.
Thero was disappointment, and from that
moment Tammany loaders have fought him,
It is the common thing to punch tho tiger.
It is an animal that hardly knows any oilier
treatment. Tannnnny came near going to
the dogs when the Tweed ring was exposed.
The tiger could hardly Wag its tail, but it
lived. Then when Hewitt was oleciod mayor
it again went down and became so poor that
it could hardly pay for its election tickets.
After that it became stronger, and had learned
two lessons—one that any corrup-
tion in tho order was dangorous to
its life, tho other that defeat
amounted to nearly the same thing. So when
Mr. Cleveland turned his back on it by refus-
ing to give it power and strength in New York
in the shape ot the immense patronage of the
postotfiee, it was in the nature of a defeat.
So came its animosity. In other sections of
tho country there wore men who were disap-
pointed in their desires to obtain office.
Those are the men, too, who complain of him
nnd say to win a victory with him is ubout
the same as a victory won by the republicans.
Now, let us Beo the position the spoilsmen
are in. I mean no reflection in applying the
term, because it is not in tho least sense, ac-
cording to my view, opprobrious.
tammany feaks defeat.
Tammany wants control of tho offices in
New York. If Harrison is elected thero will
be no meat for the tiger. That is positive;
and, moreover, if he carries Now York Tam-
many will receive the credit for it. Already
the party has reprimanded Tammany, or at
least told it that it cared nothing for it, when
Mr. Cleveland was made the nominee. I do
not think the reprimand was done in a vicious
way, because there wa3 an undercurrent of
sympathy for that organization at Chicago
when tho nomination was made. Indeed, I
heard one good democrat say: "I wish it
would so happen at some time that the party
might be able to tako up Tammany's choice
and elect him. These fellows are such good
fighters, and they have muoh to com-
plain of." Tammany understands that, though
a great element in the party has sympathy for
it, thero is growing in the party an impatience
which may evolve into a massacre of the soci-
ety some day. If Cleveland should bo elected
and New York go republican, a thing not all
unreasonable now, there would tie a rival or-
ganization to Tammany in New York city.
The old order would have no patronage. The
voters would flock to thoso who had the flesh
pots. And to put it in the best light for Tam-
many possible it might finaily kill off its rival
as it lias done other rivals before. But in do-
ing it there would be worlds of trouble and
almost bankruptcy in doing it. What is tho
natural course for such an order to pursue in a
case of this kindVSimply to stay with the party,
trust to chances to bo rewarded by a demo-
cratic victor, and, anyhow keep out rival orga-
nizations and Tammany will pursue the wise
course. No one need fear about this. I was
talking to a captain in the Tammany society.
They have captains and other officers whose
duties aro to look after voters in certain dis-
tricts. He said: "When I was in Chicago I
went to see Mr. Whitney. What are you do-
ing hero Tom? he inquired. I am here as a
chief bluffer, I replied. He laughed, for he
know what it meant." In this short and sim-
ple statement I think I see the w hole cour®
of Tammany. It was offended with Cleveland
because of
his idea of distributing SPOILS.
The Tammany poople went in to fight him
and did so with all their power. But their
cries that lie could not carry New York, was
in my opinion, a pure and clean "bluff."
Look at the way Bourke Cockran yielded at
the last moment. He said: "Mr. Chairman,
in behalf of New York its delegation pledges
iibaolc.te submission," And this, too, after
one of tho urn intent oratorical efforts from
him thut has over been delivered in a political
convention, it mount, "we are inthe wagon."
Now, on the other side, Mr. Harrison lias a
like clement against him an element that hu
tailed to please in distributing ollloes. At
Minneapolis (hey fought him till tho very last
moment. Clurkson, Quay, Mahone—all wero
in the light, cutting right und loft, Ho won
its ('Icvoland did, but there was not ono of tho
tttjH-Uari ison men who mado any surrender,
In fact, nt the meeting of the national com-
mittee at Washington a low days ago, the tires
broke out afresh. Harrison is a man of
courage! lie can not be whipped into any-
thing. Hehas individuality to an enormous
extent and this is generally tho basis for
courage. He did not want Claikson on tho
committee. He,said so. Forthwith Woicott,
the spokesman for tho anti-Harrison people,
wanted to know if it was the intention of tho
.Harrison men to not only force his opponents
in the republican party to his feet, but to sub-
mit to a kick in the face when tliey did tho
(list slavish act? it was a strange thing that
these enemies of the ropublican candidate
should have desired to take charge of Ids cam-
paign. Harrison bent them. They went
away. They may carry smiles upon their
faces, They have frowns iu their hearts. I
do not guess ut this. I tako it not from com-
mon report. I know it of my own knowledge.
Without discussing tho issues, or I should
more prooerly say the ono issue, tho tariff, at
this moment of tiio campaign for its first
noise is already being made, Mr. Cleveland is
in far better shape with the spoilsmen of his
party than is Harrison. The former lias ene-
mies, but they aro not as implacable as Harri-
son's. The Tamuiany poople can carry New
Y orl; for Cleveland. They havo inducements
to make thorn do it. The Quay people havo
nothing to expect from Harrison. They con-
trol their states and the election of Harrison
can not hurt them. His defoat would put
them in tho saddle again, as tho men who
elected him iu 18148, but who turned him out
as worthless, and honoe his defeat.
A PLUVIOUS PREDICTION
Colon 1 Western of Texas Promises a
Twonty-ono Days' Deluge.
Chicago Intor Ocean.
Twenty-one rainy days in July. That is tho
decree. That is the exact number of days that
tho heavens will put in weeping, copious del-
uges and shedding humidity in large, it-grain
globules.
Chicago will have to stand it. There is no
escaping; there Is no repining. It will do no
go'od to objector register a strong plowshoo
kick; bettor to face tho music of the patter-
ing raindrops with a stout heart and a raised
umbrella. '
It is going to rain, and twenty-one days.
Such is the docision, Jupiter Pluvius is re-
moving his establishment to a larger store-
room, and must dispose of his leftover spring
Btoek of showers in child's sizes; and his del-
uges for the just und unjust he must get off his
hands. Why Chicago should bo chosen to bo
so drenched and bedraggled by l'iuvius & Co.'s
large invoice of misfit downpours nobody but
Pluvius and W. II. Western of No. 3848Cottage
Grove avenue knows.
W. H. Western is a robust, portly Texan,
who came down on tho city at the time of the
democratic convention, and what he does not
know about weather is not worth knowing.
Colonel Western—for as such he is among his
countrymen—can tell tho age of a deluge with-
out looking at its teeth, and ns for detecting a
cyclone with t he spavin, lie can do it with his
eyes closed. His knowledge uf meteorological
phenomena makes a common wcuthor bureau
man turn a light watered silk Nile green with
envy. Storms that have slipped by tho ane-
mometer undetected, dodged the hygrometer
with a wild triumphant snort, and disarmed
the barometer m the first round, have fallen ut
Colonel Western's foot ns submissive as a May
zephyr in a bed of pansies.
It is Colonel Western who says that it will
rain twenty-one days in July, and offers to
stake $5000 on his decision.
Colonel Western has no fixed residence in
the city, but he can usually be found at No.
(1848 Cottage (irovo avenue, whore he has the
roll of bills which are throbbing with a de-
sire to be wagered that Chicago is to be wet to
tho skin twenty-one days out of July's allow-
ance of thirty-one.
A stranger could detect at sight that Colonel
Western is a man that means what he says,
mid anybody who believes that on eleven days
iu the present month there will be no precipi-
tation, and desires to defend the opinion, will
find Colonol Western ready to plank down his
$50U0 point blank.
Friday was the 1st day of July, and the qual-
ity and quantity of sunshine was not strained,
whereupon his friends joked tho coionel ex-
ceedingly on his prognostication.
The colonel looked at the sky askance, and
reaching down into his pocket as if for a rain-
bow, but which proved to bo a match, he iiglit-
ed his cigar and made nuswer:
"The bowels of tho clouds havo been upset
and the atmosphere is in a bad wny. I live
down in Texas, gentlemen, and I have seon
them upset. You see Dryenforth and tboso
rainmakers havo been firing into the sky so
much that they have entirely disordered tho
atmospheric system, and we can look for rain,
twenty-one days of it this month, and I think
it will continue to pour down until the middle
of August, although that is a little bit too far
away tb tell certainly.
"You see," continued the colonol, diving
into a side pocket as if for a nimbus cloud,
but which cams out a handkerchief, "you see
you can't monkey with the atmosphere with-
out serious results any more than you can
monkey with anything else."
"Look here, colonel," said one man, "how
does it come that the atmosphere was dis-
turbed away down in Texas and tho rain comes
away up here iu Chicago?"
"You don't think it will rain twenty-one
days up here this month, oh?" asked tho col-
onel.
"I didn't say that," answered the ques-
tioner.
"Well, if you don't believe it, put up your
$5000. Money talks."
The money was not put up.
Colouel Western has evidently got a private
tip from old Jupiter Pluvius over a wire that
does not run into Uncle Jerry Rusk's office.
He only gives Chicago ten days of bright,clear
weather of uninterrupted sunshine. Unless
some courageous soul goes down, covers Col-
onel Western's money and prptects Chicago
from trie attacks of Texans who come hero
and claim to be on more intimate terms with
the climate than the oldest inhabitant, the
lives of many people will be clouded for thir-
ty-one days.
In the Texan's view of it the firecrackers in
Chicago will havo to bo waterproof, suburban
chickens will grow wob feet, and before the
month of July ia over it will be a common
sight on tho South side to see a raft of men
sail out and rescue the street sprinkler.
Strength of Limpets.
Parson's Weokly.
Some interesting experiments havo lately
been made in England for the purposo of dis-
covering the amount of force exerted by the
limpet iu holding to a rock. The limpets wore
not chosen specimens, but just taken at ran-
dom, and this is how the experiment was con-
ducted: Tho shell was bored und a delicate
spring balance was attached to the creature as
it lay on tho rock. By means of this tho strain
was gradually increased until the limpet caino
away.
Twenty experiments gave the following
average results: The average shell was 1.07
square inches, and the pressure supported was
22.5 pounds per square inch. To detach the
animal a force equal to 54.3 pounds per square
inch of tho surfaco adhering to the rock was
needed. The greatest adhesive force noted
was 71.1 pounds per square inch of foot sur-
face, and tho least was 37.1 per square inch.
The Oldest New Yorker.
New York Sun.
In all probability the oldest New Yorker is
Eri Gray, formerly of Roxbury, and now liv-
ing at the age of 109 years on the county poor
farm in Delhi, He eats as hearty a meal as
anybody. He says he was born in Connecticut
in 1783, and once worked for Jay Gould's
father on his farm near Roxbury more than
sixty years ago.
SCENES OF HI0T AND CONFUSION AT
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
Governor Tillman Rebuked oil the Platform
by a Minister for Profanity—Knives
and Pistols,
Tho old Palmetto state is having a hot gub-
ernatorial contest, which lays ovor the Texas
contest for oxciteineut and reportorial oppor-
tunities, At a recent mooting at Floronco, S.
C,, confusion and disorder roigned supreme.
The following extracts from tho Nows mid
Courier's account of the meeting will liitorost
tho general reader:
Tho Florence meeting deserves Hie palm for
confusion and disorder. The previous moet-
inus hardly compare and the most radical
lovers of the sensational had cause for delight.
Of. profane words and harsh assertions tliero
was free and unlimited coinage, and '.lie place
of mooting was for a tune really converted
inlo u scone of battle. As for tho governor ho
dutluguislied himself. It is understood that
his temperature was too high for tho ther-
mometer to register. The meeting was held
in Coit street, near the centre of the town.
Six hundred people wero present. No ladies
wero visible und the darkies were absent.
Nearly two-thirds of those present were con-
servatives, but the Tillman delegation wliiio
little was yet. very loud. A commodious staud
had boon civeted and tho meeting opened fa-
vorably, but intruders were allowed to clam-
ber ovor the stand and County Chairman Mc-
Call expended little energy in trying to main-
tain order.
The first, serious disturbance was caused by
the appearance of a large banner live feet
square, bearing upon its canvas an artistically
executed scone from tho Kitigstree meeting,
representing Governor Tillman with fright-
ened expression on his countenanco tmd a
largo patch on the seat of his trousers, fleeing
from Colonel Youniuus, who was hurling after
him eloquent expressions concerning the $3
poll tax, tho tax extension, the $27 profit per
cow sold to the asylum, phosphate revenue
minus $150,000, state bonds depreciated from
It»> to 94. The banner bore in large letters:
"The Great Barnboozlor running away from
our Youmanry. Compliments of Timmons-
ville." Messrs. William MoB.-ydo of Carters-
vilio and Lester of Tinnjaonsville bore it safely
to tho rear of the stand.
A moment intervened, und tho Tillman
forces began to clamor for tho banner's re-
moval. The Tillman executive committee
briefly conferred. "Tako that thing off the
stand," cried Committeeman Met.'own.
Chairman McCall shook his hickory cano
and fiercely shouted: "We will make them
tako it down, by God; if they want blood we
will give it to them! 1 am ready to dio right
hero I"'
MeBryde maintained his hold upon the ban-
ner, und, without stirring from his position,
retorted: "I am the man that brought it here,
and propose to keep it here. Take it down if
you can!"
Bedlam followed. The stand was partially
overrun and numerous pistols were gotten in
readiness for sprvico. The situation looked
extremely squally. At this juncture the iiory
Youmans arose and quelled tho tumult. Ho
approached Mr. MeBryde nnd requested him
to remove the banner. My name appears
uoon it, Baid ho, and I ask you to remove it.
Mr. Murphy seconded his request. Tho ban-
ner was then removed and planted in front
of tho stand, where it remained during tho
meeting.
Just after Governor Tillman began his re-
marks MeBryde and a Tillman adherent, Davo
Lee. became engaged in a political contro-
versy. Leo cursed MoBryde, and the latter
expressed his ability to whip Loe. Sam Loe,
a brother of Dave, nt this juncture uttered a
mighty onth. and, leaping from tho stand,
made towards MeBryde, shouting: —
you, you won't whip my brother." Three more
Lees, father and two sons, ru»hed to the scene,
and physical violence was only averted after
strenuous efforts on the part of the officers
and several cool-bended citizens.
Meanwhile a party of Tillman mon hail
seized tho TimmonsviUe banner and spirited
it to a neighboring corn patch. MeBryde nnd
his forces prompt ly forced, however, and re-
capturing the offensive emblem, bore it in
triumph back to its,former position, nono the
worse except for a dent made in the effort to
destroy it.
But GovornorTillmau furnished the climax.
His address was bitter throughout and oue of
the most severe that ho has yet delivered. He
referred to tho charges that the conservative
candidates have been bringing against him
and asserted that they wero but tho old
charges of Eaule revived. "But, said he, Earle
was inoro honorable, moro truthful and more
trustworthy than thoso ineu who now oppose
1110."
Colonel Youmans arose quickly, and point-
ing his fiugor at tho governor, inquired:
"Governor Tillman, do you menu to say that
Colonel Earle is moro honorable than I am?"
Governor Tillman, savagely and without
turning his head: "Yes, sir,"
Colonel Youmans: ' Do you mean that? I
will sae you about it."
Everybody arose to their feet and the great-
est excitement prevailed. Governor Tillman
proceeded to explain that the campaign meet-
ings were not conducted on so high and honor-
able a plane.
Colonel Youmans: "Doyou mean to qualify
what you said?"
Governor Tillman, fiercely: "Not a dammed
bit, sir."
Colonol Youmans, coolly: "Very well; I will
soo about it."
Governor Tillman, after a pause: "I will
apologize to the audienco for using nn expres-
sion which well expressed my meaning."
The Rev. S. M. Richardson advanced toward
the governor and pausiug said: "Governor
Tillmau, do you believe in a God?"
Governor Tillman: "I do und trust him."
Mr. Richardson: "Then you should apolo-
gize for your expression."
Governor Tillman: "I have already apolo-
gized."
Mr. Richardson: "I wish to rebuke before
this audience any such langtiage. It shall not
go unrebuked."
The governor turned to other topicB and the
excitement gradually decreased until affairs
assumed their normal aspect.
Lieutenant Governor Gary began his re-
marks without applause. He likened tho fight
of tho conservatives to that made by the
ancient patricians, who sought to ruin Rome
when they could no longer rule it, and do-
clared that the conservatives would in August
be compelled to flee as did thoso same pa-
tricians. The introduction of the Timmons-
viUe banner at this juncture caused a tempor-
ary suspension of tho argument.
Tho speaker, resuming his remarks, de-
fended the administration in regard to taxa-
tion and the Coosaw ease. A citizen in the
crowd intimated that one of tho lieutenant
governor's assertions was false. The chair-
man, with a very red face and belligerent
aspect, jumped up and excitedly exclaimed:
"That must be stopped. Wo don't want any-
body insulted hero to-day and we won't have
it."
Mr. Gary to citizen: "Do you want to
speak' If you want to see me I will meet
you after the speaking."
Chairman McCall, shaking his ponderous
walking cano: "Thero are plenty more of us
here that will meet you if you want to try it."
[Feeble appltuse.]
Abyssinian Fashions.
Frederic Villiers iu the July Century.
The fashions of the women's headgear are
various, and do not differ from tho mode of
the men. The hair is worn short and curly,
or in thin plaits taken from tho forehead back
over the cranium in corduroy fashion to the
nape of the neck, where it narrows and is fixed
up „in a knot. Young girls will shave their
scalps close, leaving a halo of fringe, perhaps
terminating in loose streamers behind. This
fashion is indeed very pretty, especially when
framing handsome faces, which are by no
means uncommon in Abyssinia. Drapery
thrown about their well shaped figures—worn
when their gowns are in rags—makes them ab-
solutely stntiiosquo, and these damsels would
bo attractive but for the nasal as well as the
optical knowledge of tlioir uncleniiliness.
An Ethiopian will toll you without a blush
that ho is necessarily washed at birth, cleans
himself on his marriage marn, mid hopes to
bo washed after death; that once every year
ho dips himself in tho river on tho festival of
St. John tho Baptist,and regularly every morn-
ing he wets the end of Ins toga with tho moist-
ure from his mouth and freshens up his eyes.
Whenever he feols his hide harsh and uncom-
fortable ho anointu himsoif with mutton fat.
Of a morning ono may see the jeuncsso doro of
a town stalking with body oreet,and with about
a pound of butter stuck ou their heads, gradu-
ally melting under tho increasing power of the
bun, Tho mon .may look a slmae cleaner oc-
casionally, caused not by any net of their own,
but through the accident of being for hours in
a rainstorm, which at this season occurs daily;
but even then the odor of rancid mutton fat
impregnates the atmosphere wherever they
muy be.
C0HHENT COMMENT.
Tt now begins to look as if the reforence of
tho anti-option bill to tho senate judiciary
committee had settled its fate. The friends
of the measure wore, naturally eager, when
the bill camo before the senate, to hand it
over to the agricultural committee. That it
wouid stnndflre under scrutiny of the trained
lawyers on the judiciary committee, especially
when dissectod by two such exports as Mr.
Carter and Mr. Garland, few of thoso familiar
with its provisions believed. When the com-
mittee met their report ou the bill was again
laid over, and it is now reported that tho
only alternative to its burial lies in framing
substitute that will prevent such speculation
as injurious to producers mid "obnoxious to
public morality," while at the same time
doing no injury to legitimate business inter-
ests. But there is not the least reason to sup-
poso that human ingenuity is equal to such a
task. Every intelligent man knows, to begin
with, that speculation injurious to producers
can not be stamped out without destroying ut
the same inomant speculation in tho pro-
ducer's favor. Mr. Hatch's fantastic idea of
eliminating all sellers of "grain options,"
while leaving the buyers in unimpaired ac-
tivity, represents all thatcan be said to that
purpose. The plea of public morality lias a
moro intelligible sound; but the legislator
who can distinguish the dealer in "futures"
who is supplying tho needs ot his regular busi-
ness, from the dealer who is buying ro selling
merely fora speculative profit, must be gifted
Wil li more than human insight. The boards
of trade do their duty—Mr. Hatch to the con-
trary notwithstanding'—in requiring thatevery
"future" contract bo fulfilled by actual deliv-
ery of the commodity. If congress wishes to
go further it must begin by setting up a com-
mercial inquisition, a inediajval expedient, by
tho way, of which Mr. Hatch's own bill is n
worthy imitator. [New York Evening Post.
In selecting John W. Foster to suecctsi
.James G. Blaine at the head of tho state de-
partment President Harrison has made an ad-
mirable choice, better, Indeed, wlion viewed
from a sensible business standpoint than
would have boon secured had Dr. Dopew ac-
cepted his call to that past. Mr. Foster is
probably the best,, trained diplomat in tho
United Slates, and he has been the moving
spirit for years in all the important negotia-
tions conducted by our state department with
other governments. He was for some years
our minister to Mexico and afterwards to
Russia, and since the beginning of tho Harri-
son administration he has represented tho
state department in establishing reciprocity
treaties with foreign nations. His achieve-
ment in formulating the Hpnnish-Aniericnn
treaty will be remembered, he had much to do
with framing tho reciprocity treaties with tho
South American republics, mid of late ho has
boon giving his attention to the American sido
of the Behriug sea arbitration. This is one of
thoso cases whore tho man who hns done tho
work is to have tho recognition that he has
earned. [Spriugfioid Republican.
It is true that Gonoral Stevenson, the candi-
date of this year for vice president, comes
like his predecessor, Thurmau, from a repub-
lican state, the electoral vote of which has al-
ways, in national contests, been cast for the
candidate of tho republican party: while Hen-
dricks hailed from the doubtful state of Indi-
ana,which seams to many superficial observers
not stimulated by the enthusiasm of the occa-
sion to bo as needful to democratic success hs
Now York itsolf. But waiving that point, Ste-
venson Is a democrat, and he stands on two
great issues of democracy: The force bill
must stay dead and the holdovers mtist go!
His nomination will add strength nud stabil-
ity to the ticket, north and south. Tho re-
cital of his achievements will rekindio the
war cries, ou plain and in valley, and will
bring all democrats to appreciate tho grave
menace which impends above and beyond
them, and which they can ut once and for all
time crush under the foot of scornful cencure
only by the defeat of Benjamin Harrison nnd
those republican candidates for congress who,
like bun, are committed to a revival of force
bill legislation. [New Y'ork Sun.
Tho Philadelphia Times—which is Colonel
A. K. McClure, a close friebd of Mr. Harrity—
says that the chairman of the democratic
national committee has been tendered to
both William C. Whitney of New York and
W. F. Harrity of Pennsylvania. Tho latter
is a member of tho committee, but Mr. Whit-
ney is not. Both men arc reluctant to take
uj> tho great burden of work which the lead-
ership of the committee involves nnd each
has desired tho appointment of tho other. It
is now probable, however, that Mr. Whitney
will accept the chairmanship if Mr. Harrity
consents to take the chairmanship of tho ex-
ecutive committee that is charged with the
details of tho contest. This the Pennsyl-
vania!! is likely to do. Colonel McClure con-
cludes: "There would bo eminent fitness in
Whitney and Harrity leading the great
Cleveland battle of 1892. Both are excep-
tionally equipped for tho task and with them
in charge the friends of Mr. Cleveland would
have abiding faith in the manliness, skill and
vigor of the campaign management."
Republican papers are rejoicing because
Mr. Frederic P. Olcott of New York, an al-
leged democrat, has declared for Harrison;
but they say nothing about Messrs. George
Cohen, Henry Kuntz and Charles Coleman,
wholosale merchants of Sah Francisco, all old
republicans, huving declared for Cleveland.
Each of those gentlemen says he knows ascore
of other republicans who are disgusted with
MeKinleyistn and Harrisonism. Mr. Olcott,
by the way, is a chronic bolter. Ho bolted iu
1SS4 to Blaine and Logan and again in 1888 to
Hnrrison and Morton, so that his bolt now to
Harrison and Reid is nothing more than might
have been expected. The Brooklyn Eagle
says of this new republican "convert": "Be-
tween presidential elections ho fignres 'as a
democrat.' Every four years, however, he
figures 'as a democrat who can not, neverthe-
less, support Cleveland,' etc. The role ia
moldy by this time, but the constant fresh-
ness of the man makes up for it." [Savannah
News.
Truly, the democratic situation is growing
decidedly intricate. First, the mugwumps
are informed that they must gulp down the
Tammany nominee for mayor without so
much as a grimace, and next, that they must
take a man like Murphy for United States
senator. And all this as tho price of the anti-
Cleveland faction's support of the democratic
candidate for the presidency. This is the time
when Tammany and the Hill following in the
state get even with the radical Cleveland men
for past insults. And what a dose it is that
they aro preparing! [Philadelphia Inquirer.
For the second time during the season we
learn that storms have iujured the fruit pros.
pectB in England. The ways of the American
fruit grower are catching. [New York Com-
mercial Advertiser.
A Remedy for Chills and Fever.
From Maryland comes a strange remedy
for chills and fever. Take tho skin from the
inside of an eggshell, go to a young persim-
mon tree three days in succession and tie A
knot in the skin each day.
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