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THE AMERICUS WEEKLY T1MES-REC0K DER: FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1891., THE TIMES-RECORDER. Dally and Weekly. The Ameiucus Recorder Established The Americus Timm Established 1890. Consolidated, AntiL, 1891. SUBSCRIPTION : Dailv.One Veai:, is Daily, Onk Month, Weekly,One Ykau, • - 1 Wekklv, Six Months, For advertising rates address Basoom Mvrick, Editor and .Manager, THE TIMES PUBLISHING COMPANY, Americus, Ga. Americus, Ga., July 3, 1891. The financial seesaw: high cool, low prosperity, low cool, high prosperity. No manufacturing industries can live with coal over $2.20 per ton. Americus is paying $4.CO. What are we going to do about it? • Ex-Senatou Inoai.i.s is to deliver th Fourth of July oration at an alliance mass meeting, and there will be hay seed in his hair. The railroads haul a car load of cotton ■500 miles for $50; yet they charge $00 to 75 to haul a car of coal 250 miles. Where is tin: equity in such tariff rates? Commissioner Router of the census "bureau denies the report that he intends to resign his position, llut he would hardly deny that he wishes he had never accepted it. The Washington Post tells the Atlanta Constitution that if it must have for its ■presidential candidate a man to match Its views on finance, the best thing that it can do is to come out at once for J'cffer. No interior city has grown up, or ever will, apart from manufacturing indus- j tries. Cheap fuel is essential to their prosperity. Americus is paying $1 50 to $2 60 per ton for coal; more than she can pay and prosper. The future of Americus depends upon the growth of hor manufacturing enter prises. Atlanta nover did anything in that line until she got low freights ($1.00 to $1.25 per ton) on coal. Does Ainori- purpose to bo throttled ? It is stated that .Senator Gorman, of Maryland, will take a hand in the Ohio campaign, and his assistance assures the success of the Democratic party and the re-election of Governor Gray. As a campaign manager Senator Gorman has no superior. Last year the rate on^joal from Btr- mingham to Americus was $1.00 to $1.85 per ton; this year, those rates have been nearly doubled. This means the ruin of manufacturing enterprises in Southwest Georgia. Do our people purpose to submit to it ? What say the Iron Works, the Furni ture Factory, the S., A. & M. railroad, the Ice Factory and numerous smaller consumers, to paying $1.00 per ton for coal within a day’s run of Americus, and paying the railroads $2 50 to $3.50 per ton to bring it here? Birmingham 1m crowing over the Incrois ed freight on coal. It claim* that the freight on * ton or coal from Birmingham to Atlanta will buy It outright In the former city.—Constitution* That’s nothlng;the freight on a ton of coal from Birmingham to Amoricus will buy three tons of coal in Birmingham. Mbs. Jen ness Milleu, the inaugura- tor and)advocate of the divided skirt Las come to grief. Her establishment is New York is in the hands of the Sheriff, which isovidence that there arc not yet enough women In this country who favor weariug breeches to support an estab lishment for their manufac|pie. • Mu. Pat Calhoun made a most pow erful argument before the Legislative Committeo to prove that the consolida tion of railroad lines meant reduction of operating expenses, and the lowering of freights. His arguments prevented hos tile railroad legislation, and inside a year, his Terminal lines double the rates on coal. Will Mr. Calhoun, please rise and explain the raise? The courts have decided that the gov- # CMiment has collected more duties on hat trimmings than the law provided for, consequently there are some five million dollars of duties that will have to be re funded to the importers. The consumers paid the excess of duties lnit not one red cent of the money refunded will find its \fay back into their pockets. This shows how the tariff hem-firs tin* people. publicans o misdeeds published a nU U< Some of the Pemisyiva aro opening their eyes to of Senator Quay, and liav letter charging him with the defeat of the Republican party in the last guber natorial campaign, and touches him up in ad ilie charges made against him last ye?r. When they get through with Mr. qtaay they should pay their respects to Mr. Wdnamakcr,,ai.d give him a imiud nth. Y THE OHIO CAMPAIGN. The political campaign that is about to open in Ohio promises to bo almost as interesting as the memorable can vass of Illinois by Lincoln and Douglass. That was fought on the slavery issue, and was regarded as having a more im portant bearing on national than on stale politics. In Ohio the contest will be over a national issue, namely, tariff for protection vs. tariff for revenue, the respective champions being the republi can and democratic nominees for Gov ernor. Even within the state the national bearings of the election are likely to bo of leading interest. Both the republican candidate and the pros pective democratic candidate have planted themselves squarely on the tar iff issue and propose to fight it out on that line. Governor Campbell accepts in advance of his nomination, the gaunt let thrown down by Major McKinley, according to the following statement of his reported in the New York Times: I b -lieve that I triiall b-i re elec el; I am as sanqulm of that a< a man can be of any event which Is to oc*nr five months In the future and whf di is subject to many 1 liter- .ver.ii grlianijes in the curreut of affairs.* I base my predictions purely upon the general dissatisfaction with tin* federal administra tion and with toe financial and commercial condition of the country; but more especial ly upon ihe direct llj{ht we wp| n> «ke upon Major McKin’cy as the author end exponent oftlie so-called McKinley bill. \Vh le the silver question, the state administration, and other matters will he talked ol at the outset of :he campaign upm. th« stump, yet Ireforetim speaking campaign is two weeks o'd allot tier matt rs will pr-bahly ho lost s ght of save an J exc ept ibat Major McKin ley i< the prophet of higher tail (fa- d the au thor of the hill which b ars his name. Upon this ih the is me we will ga»u In every county in th * st ite, with the possible exc ptlon of a few counties where the larger cities are situated. The rural population of Ohio is Just waking up to the enormities of the Mc Kinley theory of protection, and 1 am sure wo shall make large gains in all of the farm ing counties. The weakness of the Democrats in the larger cities, which is admitted by Gov. Campbell, is accountable for on two grounds. The cities where manufacto ries abound are the beneficiaries of pro tection. And in Cincinnati there is a strong faction of the Democrats, repre senting a corrupt ring which Campbell broko up, that is bitterly opposed to him and that may be relied upon to work against him. As to candidates, the re publicans have some advantage, because there is no opposition to their candidate on personal grounds. Yet the cause of the opposition to Campbell ip Cincinnati may add to his strength in the rural dis tricts. It was predicted that the third party or farmers’alliance would play an im portant part in the Ohio election, but ac cording to present indications the farm ers will be left free to vote as they choose. .Scarcely more than cute in eight of Ohio’s voters belongs to the al liance, and the organization could not be brought to unite on either candidate. As Campbell is strongest among the farmers, it is well that they have put a candidate of their own In the litdd. Tito Ohio campaign borrows extra im portance from its important bearing on the presidential nomination. Neither Democrats nor Republicans are fully sat isfied with the candidates they now have in the field. Either of the contestants for the governorship of Ohio would be an eligiblo candidate for president, and whichever provfcs successful will bo very sure of a nomination by his party for the first or second place on its ticket. The political fate of Cleveland and Hill, and of Harrison and Blaino aro closely interwoven with Ohio politics, which will be watched with keen interest all over the Union. A .JOURNAL’S MISSION. Some people, who have very crude ideas of journalism, as well as f an ex ceedingly small modicum of brains, seem to imagine that a newspaper is re sponsible for the sentiments expressed or implied in the news it publishes, or for tfie editorial sentiments of other papers which are reproduced purely as a matter of information to the public. Such publications may or may not represent the views of the journal which reproduces them; and the sole proper criterion is what the paper itself says editorially. A good newspaper publishes every thing—both sides of all questions of public interest—merely as news; then in its editorial columns it takes position on one side or the other; and must he judged accordingly. The special occasion for this state ment of a fact which ©very intelligent man should know', arises from the editor of The Times-Recobder being taken to task recently by a strong anti-Cleveland man for trying, as he expressed it, “to rain Cleveland dow'ti the throats of the people.” The Times-Recobder favors the cx- President only as the strongest and most available man, and the choice of the De mocracy. If he isn’t that, The Times- Recoburb favors some body else who is. With the exception of the Constitu- HILL OR CLEVELAND? All along the lines there is suddenly, as if by arranged plan, a movement against the nomination of ex President Cleveland in 1892. It i i too general and too significant to be overlooked, and it seems indeed as if it was done by pre arrangement. The news from New' York is that Hill is’a candidate for the nomination and that he means to get it. It is known positively that he is in the light. Ilis friends are at work and now they do not hesitate to claim that their man holds under his control New* York. New Jer sey and Indiana, and that those states will send Hill delegates if Hill so elects. It cannot he stated with any certainty yet, whether the Southern Alliancemen are goiu * to take up Governor Hill; but this much seems sure, that they are going against Ex-President Cleveland, if the whispered rumors emanating from certain prominent Alliancemen in Geor gia are significant of the drift of senti ment in the order at large. This much may he regarded as certain the Alliancemen will go solidly just as their leaders may lead off; and unless there is a systematic effort being by Al liance leaders'to keep the public in the dark as to their true intentions, enough has cropped out to indicate that when the national convention assembles, it w'ill be anti-Cleveland by just the raa- tion, every Democratic paper on The ‘ jorlty that Alliancemen can make it. EXIT BACCARAT. Gordon-C’umming having been duly disgraced and the priucc of Wales duly whitewashed, British justice is satisfied and the baccarat scandal takes its place with all other nine-day wonders. But while it lasted what a panorama it was! A Scottish laird with a rent- roll of a quarter of a million convicted of a five-dollar swindle; a parvenu fam ily entertaining the heir apparent and watching one of the royal circle to sec that he did not cheat his prince; the ptince himself unpacking his own pri vate g lining outfit and anting croupier Irdf dozen other dignitaries conspiring to joncyai a dime and a dishonor; a spiteful sultana binding the whole affair in the courts—and such a tribunal! My Lord the Chi eC-Justice as soft as velvet to the future head of the church and ob sequious jurymen who scarcely dared breathe in the presence of the blood royal. It was a fine show while it Listen. Times-JIecobdkb exchange list from Boston to New Orleans, seems to believe that Mr. Cleveland is the coming man. If the press of the country don’t repre sent correctly the sentiment of the peo ple, how shall it be ascertained ? When, therefore The Times-Recok- ernor Hill might probably carry New York, though this is doubtful, but even if he should, his election would be impossible, unless the solid Alliance vote of the Western as well as the South ern States should rally to him and over come the deficiency ol the non-alliance deb publishes news extracts and politi- states, which would go Republican. cal comments from its contemporaries which seem to advocate Mr. Cleveland, it does not follow that ho is being “rammed down the throats of the peo ple” by Tiie Times-Recobder; if any “ramming” is being done, the people themselves are doing it. . The Times-Recobder has published eulogies and compliments from Demo cratic papers upon the most noted Amorican of the day, James G.Blaine. Is Mr. Blaine being “rammed down the throats of the people” by The Times* Recorder? With the exception of a few men who don’t want to hear but one side of a question, and that side their own, the readers of The Timks-Recordeb want all the news, and upon so interesting a question as to who shall be the next President, this paper proposes to pub lish tjic essence of all nows and comment beat ing upon the candtdacy.of all men of- both parties. It will then editorially advocate tlie nomination of the best and most available man who is acceptable to a majority of the Democracy. At present the Democrats are at vari ance on the silver question, the tariff question, the sub-treasury bill question, the civil sorvlce question, and numerous others. No man that can bo named will please all factions; but for the safety and peace of the country, wo must se lect the man to whom the smallest min ority objects and elect him if we can. Successful politics aro nothing at last, but successful compromises, and there aro very few who will not have to yield some part in their political creed in tho interests of unity and harmony in tho ranks of tho great army in which they aro fighting for good government and the prosperity of the Republic. If the Western Alliancemen should go off into % third party and not help out the solid South on the Democratic nomi nee, the election would be thrown into the House, which being overwhelmingly Democratic, would elect the President, and he would undoubtedly be Grover Cleveland, as the majority of the Demo crats of the next House are known to be Cleveland men. SAM JONES ON “THE C ENTUItY.** Sam Sones was in Kansas City last week, and a reporter of tho Kansas City Star managed to way!ay him and get a very interesting interview 11cose and original divine. Among things Mr. Jones said, in answer to the question: “What do you think of F. Hopkinson SmlMt’s recent story that ap peared in the Century, ‘Colonel Carter, of Cartersville’? ” THE LOTTERY CONTEST IN LOUISIANA Though the vote which is to finally decide the fate of the Louisiana lottery is not to he taken in that state uutil next April, tho campaign has already begun there, and an indication of the bitterness of tho contest is found in the fact that party lines are already disregarded, and they will bo entirely lost sight of as the campaign progresses The voters will range themselves in “lottery” or “anti lottery” factious, and no scheme of bribery or corruption will be left untried by the unscrupulous managers of the gigantic monopoly which has for years disgraced Louisiana, to perpetuate itself. It is estimated that a corruption fuud of not loss than a million dollars will be used by the desperate lottery people, who are fighting for their lives, and the virtue of the better classes of tho voters of the state will bo tested as never before. The contest will be watched with anxiety outside the limits of tho state, where popular sentiment against this gigantic evil has become thoroughly aroused. Congressman Yoder, who is one of the clearest-headed Democrats in Ohio, says that despite the statements of the Republican leaders to tho contrary, Mc Kinley Is as good as defeated right now, and that the Republicans are beginning to realize that they made a mistake in nominating him for his high tax views, because the farmers have studied his tariff hill aud aro opposed to it, for the THE STREET RAILWAY The suggestions contained in yester day’s Times-Recobder relative to the street railway, met with almost univer sal approval, with the exception of a few whose opposition is the best evi dence of the merits of the scheme pro posed; and who have “axes to grii^” on other lines About the only material objection made to The Times-Recobder'8 out line was the too high valuation placed upon the property for purposes of an option, and as a basis for interest charges, the figures $30,003 being re garded by many of our best posted meu as double the actual value of the line. Their estimate is based upon tho sell ing value of the 35 pound rails, which have recently been sold in large quanti ties by the S., A. & M railroad at $1,- 500 per mile; and the cost of the trolley wire, say $500 per mile; which in the aggregate falls several thousand dollar short of $15,000., Indeed several gentlemen favor the removal of the line altogether, so that Americus can take a clean start upon an honest, square basis that don’t have the smell of humbug and jobbery about it. Gentlemen expressed their belief that the line can be duplicated new for $15,- (XX), and that the present outfit is high priced at $10,000 In view of the weight of these opin ions, The Times-Recobder believes that the estimate of $1,500 as interest on the $30,000 valuation should be reduced one-lialf, so that the interest charge should be put $750. The estimate of $30 per day for ex penses is considered by well informed gentlemen as rather high also, and a re duction of $3 to $5 per day might safely he made in this estimate of running ex penses. Out of the agitation of this question some good will surely result, and The Times-Recoiideu urges our business men to give it thought, and give their thought expression. IMPROVED FINANCE. The financial condition of the leading European banks is so much improved since this time last year as to encourage tho belief that a very easy money mar ket may prevail over there aud be re fiected on this side of the Atlantic. The Bank of England has .$32,000,000 more of specie in its vaults on tho 18th of June, 1891. than on the 19th of June, 1890; the Bank of France had $2,000,000 more of specie of both kinds, although the amount of silver was practically the same; the Imperial Bank of Ger many had $10,00i),000 more of both kinds, although it showed a falling off in silver of no less than $23,000,000; and the three banks taken together had $44,000,000 more of a metallic reserve than they had in the corresponding week of 1890. The Bank of England in particular makes a good showing for the year. Its reserve has advanced in tho twelve months from $07,352,170 to $97,172,980—au increase of almost $30,000,000. It was also a very wholesome indica tion that tho Bank of England several weeks ago reduced tho rate of discount from 4 to 3 per cent. The depression caused by the Argen tine troubles and tho consequent em barrassment of Baring Bros, sooms to have entirely passed away. The Bank of England is usually the barometer of the financial world and its improved condition augurs better times generally. It h hilt* that t; itury, whl » script Ion li K-P ‘»’d’« Hi. has In smith. Th .Ion t unfit bu >teJ It* |.Hq four years to talking I l have revolted to .*i ta'ks against my pen. r have tu tin A number of lumber mills in the state have shut down recently,, and in all v from the°be!- rcason t,iat while it is pretended by the | probability more will shut down within i. Among other Uwptiblicaiw that the hill accomplished the next few weeks. Most of the mills an incieaso in tho price of wool, the fact j that have shut down are the smaller of the matter is that wool sells for three j mills on the Georgia Southern & Florida cents a pound less than it did before the I railroad, which are remote from Savan- new tariff act was passed by Congress, nah and also from the Savannah, Florida The farmers also think that if it is a Lfc Western railway, the great lumber good thing to remove the duty on sugar, I system. The yellow pine industry has l* j it would he a still better thing to remove j Ihhmi particularly affected by the dis- t j it on a great many other necessaries ol I tressed financial condition of South p | life. T';e Democrats a/e determined to | America. For several years South q [make an earnest and thorough campaign | America lias taken about 200,000,(XX) feet CONTESTED ELECTION CASES Remembering how large a portion <* the time of the fifty first congress consumed in wrangles over contest!! seats, and how much its decisions ^ tributed to the inflaming of sectif animosity, it is gratifying to know there will be but very few such cases l* fore the next congress, perhaps more than one-fourth as many as * er before the last. Some eighteen twenty contests were made in the 1* congress, the majority of the contestant being republicans. If there were republican majority in congress probable that a far greater number seats would be contested. There evidently no such desire among d ei J cratie candidates to seize upon offices defiance of the expressed will of maj jr j ties. Testimony in but five contested case* has thus far been sent to the clerk ol the house Thomas S. Grovey, d enu erat, of the 20th Pennsylvania district contests the seat to which a republicai claims to have been elected by a majori- ty of 520. Another Pennsylvania erat, Alexander It. Craig, of the 24; district, will try titles with Ids 0 pp> nent, who claims P23 majority. Of the three other contestants one is New York republican, H. T. Noyes the 28th district, and two are southern negroes. Miller, of the troublesome South Carolina district, claims a seat cause of alleged irregularities in printing of ballots. McDuffie, of 4th Alabama district, claims that he had a majority, although the returns show that the democratic candidate received 4,000 more votes. The republican vote was divided between a black and white candidate and both were defeated. Probably none of the cases will give the country any serious concern. A STATEMAN’S VIEW. Senator Carlile is always sensible when lie talks.. He iff a wise and very strongman—a statesman. In a recent interview he said no one could predict now who would be the democratic nominee for the presidency. lie the hand of Hill at work, aud says A greut drill v ill d* pend upon the action of New York. Her delegation will of course, be very potent in the convention, and II cornea instructed for a New York t delegates trom other status will cither take him or go outside of the state for a canli- date. Tuere are many who think that the party has gone t > New York fonts c date ofien enough, but the vote of that lias always been n*-cessa r y to elect the inee, and may continue to be necessary here- aftir. He does not believe that the third par ty will have much controlling influence next year. Its success, if anywhere, must be in the republican northwest. He does not think Mr. Cleveland’s silver letter will necessarily injure his pta pects. It made him friends and he lost friends by it. Mr. Carlisle does not fail o spy that in his opinion it would exceedingly bad policy to permit the silver question to become tho paramount one in tho campaign of 1*92. It Is question upon which there are honest differences of opinion in the party, while there are other questions of equal ot greater importance upon which we are thoroughly united.” We take these to be timely and wise utterances. The third party may possibly of more consequence than the able Kentuckian row thinks. But he surely wise and prudent when he depre cates the folly of making the light in 1892 upon the “free silver coinage” in the face of widespread divlson in the democratic party on that subject. ] and to Mcy^ill ..i ewrycr«.ss.ri.ad : and to l»?t t Iu* funnels km.i j thought about it when ho j would not open a muiket ; battel ot flour or a bushel < »f lie Ward Brooklyn < irk Sun ou iff religio A nitoYZF. statue Beecher was nnveilc. Wednesday,, and the N incntmg upon the uhs< organizations on the occasion says: ‘•Why was tins ? If he was a man worthy of the honor of a public statue, why were not the great religious organ izations of tho country n ; «>e * Plom jijiose the iniquity of timMcKi it ew ry cross-roads in tin* star , u hat Iff.tit said that for a si tig >f p n k. i tin if lttmb It is not t Hill a> Alabama is not mo anxi the Atluula Constitution heard about j reuently. Its canvass of about half the j Alabama newspaper men at the meeting o; tho I’ress Association in Anniston, After a laborious search through all the politicians of the state of Virginia, the Richmond Dispatch mattaged to find only thirteen who are opposed f.) the re- nomination of Cleveland for {'resident, and they are all probably followers of developed tho fact that twenty-one were j John S. Barbour, for Cleveland, three for Gray, two for disgruntled becau Carlisle and two for Hill. Tho New 11«» conduct the for Yoik governor ha*, therefore, about j Cleveland to seven pet cent, of the Alabama editors j Cleveland’s oppon itt hia favor, while Cleveland has seven* jeclious to hint on ty-liyo. per cent. A' tbama can be safely ‘ P*ound if the truth counted for CSeveland next je-ir, if tho ' Nv^s. The will of Gen. Albert I'ike, the l»t« grand commander of the Scottish Hit® Masons, southern jurisdiction, ha* been filed for probate, and is stated to bo as follows: lie leaves all his personal property to tho order, and directs that if any of his children attempts to break the *vill they shall forfeit all that is de- vised to themselves. The fee. to which ho was entitled In tho famous Choctaw award he leaves [to his two sons ant daughter, and all his real estate in kansas to his son, Y’von I*iko. H* moneys in the treasury of the Lnit annum. During last year it States, arising from the sale umi*?r p np-liftieili of that amount, cess of ccmflsciiUon of liU .v * - Little Rock, ho wills to the i nw ui4i«> s financial allairs are in a .states, “that it may have an honest title condition, aud there is no money thereto, and no longer hold them as tn proceeds of plundering under the J or J of law; and also the indebtedness ot United States to mo for four hor by me iu the military service United States iu Mexico.” to buy with. The worst of it is that there does not appear to be any prospect of improvement The lumber which has been taken by South America is now thrown upon the not them market, caus ing a glut, tit the market, and cfonse- q'lently a weak demand and low prices. —Savannah News. who is one of those so he was not allowed titer administration of suit himself. All of j Oil's 1.IISB Ili. il real ole same : of pretty inm'li il AI l 1 1110 pros lulu llio pi Ik tlicro is anything in a name * Paul ought to be a very moral town, itappoars that the prevailing senli" 11 Dkmoi n.vric newspapers which are anioug the citizons favors theatrical P‘ waning war on Cleveland ag.inst 11111, or \ r » rm »ncc» on Sunday. A eoinmiUre^ Hill against Cleveland, arc doing the 1 1 “ lics 1,M bcca t, '- v,u " l ° party seiious injury. Hath of these gen*! P r,, l ,, l etrtrs of theaters to cease 1>.« t lemon are g .,,,1 demon,-at* and either of j "» ««•» «'»* ll " t witll0ut •“f' ’ L then, would m ike a „! president take a very large committeo to col I of trying to create a wrangle tie- j ,!lem « ,f the :>IT " r uf tllclr way ' the inline,lute friends and sup-j Puksipent Hawkins of the S; "‘* 3 1 ill these two leading deni .crats, | „ lll( Americus * Montgomery rail**?' d democratic new spaper-s should j lnCi ,. s ,|,,t the July, po*'" Inste !>"' o' date the de , III. .entation, ai id tho Merc flits Tiu*tiu*l iL.-i in > tv/uU M ii m ieiV I’d V b*7. Y«*ll* i *n.;'r in \\ riev adlEl jistc:vd in ihnl city. j should fi.tvj been i j encouragement. r; lin'd, Y.nk, Wlfirmu jsticuts, c>st of • hby aifi ]’ievident | , j,f| v ‘ h | ; ,j it • trouble.-. r, and all i