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TIIE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; THFSDAY MOBNIKG, NOVEMBER 15, 1887.-TWELVE:PAGFg,
THE TELEGRAPH.
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The Jefferson Duels Memorial Fund.
Elsewhere in thii issue appears a state*
meat put forth by certain gentlemen rep*
resenting the citizjna of Maeon, touching
the memorial fond being raised for Hon.
Jefferson Diris, late the Freeident of the
Confederste States. We reepeotfolly invite
the attention of all Georgians to it, snd re
quest that the papers of this Btate publish
it, with such comments ss may be deemed
proper.
Tbs TaLzcsars has already sononneed
this movement editorially, and endorsed it
as strongly ss lay within its power. Little
more may be added or
is neeessaty. The plain bnsi.
nesa-Uke statement of the oommittee
covers the matter thoroughly.
The people of Georgia love Jefferson Davis
as a man and as the representative of a
great principle for which they gave their
blood and treaiure. They were bnt recent
ly det'ghted to testify to this here in the
olty of Macon; they will be delighted again
so to testify in a more substantial manner.
Let every*man, woman and obild in Georgia
join in tbi* movement, and make the testi
monial a golden one indeed.
One of the Fruits of Protection.
The Teliobaph has several times called
•Mention to tbe organiz'd efforts of
■monopolies to gain control of si! the great
manufacturing interests in this country
tinder the gnise of so oalled “trusts.”
These ^trusts" are schemes to deptlve the
peoplo of the benefits of oompetition. Snub
a perversion of legitimate bnalneea 1 princi
ples would not be possible under a fair
tariff system. It thrive! and fattens the
purse of monopoly nndor the oppressive
tariff which we now endnre. Tht “trust'
scheme is thus fully exposed by the New
Fork Times:
“A •Trust’ )■ the final and perfeot flower
of the policy of protection. The. process
of growth is about as follows:
<■1. Under the plea of establishing ns 1
industries and affording work for akiiled la
bor, a tax is put upon imported wares.
“2. Epoonragod by the privilege of sell
ing dear goods in a protected market, infant
industries are born.
“I.-The Industries grow so numerous
that the market is overstocked, and oompe
tition lowers prices and thero la no longer
•ny considerable profit.
“4. Then the infanta band together to
restrict production, raise prices and oreste
monopolies. These are Trusts.’ They
are conspiracies to rob consumers, which
could not be successful if the tariff duties,
which prevent foreign oompetition, shonld
be repealed.
“The 'Flour-Big Trust’ is protected by a
36 per cent, duty; sni the ‘Blato and Siata-
Penoil Trust* by s 20 par cent duty. Thnt,
through the tariff, the people of this oonn-
trj themselves era made silent and suffer
ing partners in a eoheme for fobbing them-
selves."
Congress will soon meet. It can have no
higher duty then to so reform tbe tariff
that the present “trust" system will bo bro
ken np. It would be ridicnlons if it did
not wear the grim humor of grinning op
pression.
Tbe Labor Tarty.
Oue of tbe moet surprising things about
the recent New York election vrss the Rmtll-
ness of the labor vote. One of the great
dangers to Democratic success in tbat state
was supposed to lie in the strength of the
labor tickets. It was thought tbat the two
brooches of the lsbor movement would
oarry off enough voters who were formerly
Demoeralsto insure Bepublicin suocess.
The Repnblican press and politicians en
couraged toe defection as one of tbe most
efficient methods of defeating the Damoo-
racy. The election has passed and the
Democrats have triumphed. Naw York
has proved tbat it is a reliable Democratic
stats. Oar gains were not in the city
where local issnes always affect general
political alliances, bnt in the rnral dis
tricts and the smaller cities. It is a per-
manet gain that we have made.
The Labor Party baa exposed its weak-
nees in New York city, where Henry
George received G8.000 votes for mayor,
and where he confidently counted on 70,000
for secretary of state be received barely
belt that number. The falling off of tbe
estimated labor vote in the Btate was in even
greater proportion. The election is
a premonitory symptom of the collapse
of the Lsbor party. It demonstrates that a
new and separate party cannot hope to
achieve any praotical good for the working
olasscs while it may imperil the success of
the great politic .1 party whioh Is mure in
sympathy with the masses of the people
than its rival. Tbe labor vote is oomlng
back to the Democrats. In New York
there is every reason why tho working
men shonld be true to tbe Democratic par
ty. Guv. Hill’s sdmluistrstisn has stood
by the working man in every way it possi
bly eonld. Opposition to importation of
contract pauper labor was one
of the Governor's first decla
rations of policy. . It has been
followed by praotical reforms in tbe inter
est of tbe laboring olasses. Governor Hill
has proposed snd supported legislation
which now proteots the ehildren of the la
boring classes from employment in un
healthy occupations. He supported with
all his might the “tenement honse bill,”
whioh will give better and healthier homes
to the working olasses. Tho administra
tion of President Cleveland has proved s
National policy on a line with tbe Btate pol-
ioy of Governor Hill. In every exec
utive department reforms have been made
whioh will innre to the benefit
not of monopolies, bnt of the people st
large. President Cleveland's Guildford
Miller letter showed that the rights of the
hnmbUst citiz.n will be held as sacred by
this administration ss the rights of the moat
powerful corporation. *
The tariff policy of President Cleveland,
and of the Democratic party, favors a re
daction of tbe taxes on the necessaries of
life and gives its first thonght to the wel
fare of the people rather than to tho pro
vision of bounties for mannfaotnrers. The
•emocratio party will secure to the labor-
ing man every right and privilege he eonld
get, even it the labor partyjihonld triumph.
The Democratic party is of tbe people and
for the people. We believe that the people
will keep it Id power.
its result into un asanrsuoe of Democratic
vietory next year. We beliere tUs is the
view whioh is taken by the most intelli
gent of our party leaders. It is interesting
to know that omside observers, whose opin
ions ars not colored by party prejudices,
arrive st a similar oondnelon. The follow-
icg is the inference which tbe New York
Herald draws from tbe events of list Tues
day :
The elections are a complete triumph (or the ad-
mlnletraUon. Tbe victory Is along the whole line.
The naUonal, BUM and municipal administration*
wen alike on trial, and tbe verdict se regards Free-
Ident Cleveland, Oovernor Hill and Mayor
Hewitt le, “Well done, good and faithful servant.."
We cannot over eeUmata the significance ot the
verdiot In Its streets npon national polities. The
Herald has maintained with amphaals tbs con-
▼lotion that tha prosperity of the conntry depended
npon the malntalnaooe ot the DemocraUo party In
power. Whatever the (anlti of the Dsnoorets
In the put - the stupidity and eaprloe shown in
dealing with the war and la laauet—they have tally
won back public oonQd.nca. Whether
this is owing to the conservative
policy of Cleveland, or the national tnetlnct to ba
honest, we do not know. Hot it Is a (Set—and tha
New York election oondrme It—that the Democratic
party Is to-dsy. to use a aportlog phrase, the fa
vorite. We think It should no continue, and we
read tha result* ot yesterday's election u the lndl-
cation ot aneb a resolve on the pert ot the people.
We do not view tble result with utlefect! on be
cause we care anything (or the Democratic party.
We realize that It bu done very much tor the conn-
try, that It le the party of peace and represents
naupnal prosperity New York la udslltd to main
tain It in power, and u Naw York spoke yesterday,
the naUon, -unless the DemocfaUo leaden wute
their heritage, will apeak In the coming Freaiden :
tlal campaign. «
Interesting Interviews.
In onr apic al Washington correspond
ence will be found some very interesting
Interview* with Senator Edmunds, Benstor
Gnllom, snd Jndge Holman. Some of the
most important pnblio questions of the
day are discussed by man who have a large
influence in shaping national legislation.
Mr. Carpenter's letter is very interesting.
r
Living
Drat! and Alive.
Tbe Jackson Speech. 1
The Cbieago Auarchute. !
'Anaiaa" and “Jndas Is- [
oariot."
The Tariff Reform. j
The Postal Telegraph, I
The Bonthern Riilroad f '
Boom. J
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
To make a long story abort—sand It to the editor
ot a newspaper.—Burlington Free Press.
Took long stops, my child." said Solomon Isaacs
■yon von't rear ood yonr shoe* nearly so qvlck.”—
Detroit Fra# Press.
Frtsod—I uy, Fritz, whst srs yon trying to And
In that nswspspart Osy Lothario—1 want to us If
my engagement with soy society bells Is annonne
ed.—Tsiai Blftlsgs.
Lady (who had a sick has bend)—Don't yon think,
doctor, that yon ought to bleed my husband? Doc
tor|ebsentmlndedly)-No, madam, not until ha
gala well—Epoch.
had a representative on the rotted rereads yes-
terdsy when It tell eighteen tut! Into the creek.
We slweye get then with both feet, -oil City Der
rick.
The Hotel Mell Is responsible for the statement
thet “a certain up town haul dork never attends a
funeral because his habitual emits la so Hied that
ha couldn't look sorry It he tried."-Yonkers
How le This'.'
Mexico has protectionists as well at the
United Btate*. When it was proposed to
revise and reduce the Mexican tariff these
gentlemen railed a howl. They predicted
that a redaction ot duties would paral)re
all home indnstriee and work general havoe
In Mexico. President Diaz had too mneh
aende to be deceived by inch staff, and too
Cinch conrage to be intimidated by tbe
threats of Mexican monopolists.
The tariff was tensed. A general redac
tion of duties went Into effeot on the first
of last July. What has been the recall?
Yet only bee tbe lower tariff failed to in-
j nre domestic Indnstriee, bnt It has ittmnla-
ted them aa the so-called protection of the
former tariff never did. Tneoommerce of
Mexico baa felt a new impnlse. Capital is
flowing in and mannfaetorles
•re being established in local-
ities that never knew them before.
The general prosperity of the country has
been enhanced, and the future of the re-
pnblio never named so bright an H does
4*. day. We leave our protectionist friends
to Craw the moral- However, it needs no
nswing. It stands ent fer itself. It is too
prominent to be oovered np by any quan
tity of proteotion “eheetunta.”
Tha Gospel of Pasco.
Only a fow yean ago tho good peoplo
who constituted tbe petes party of the
world were few in number and weak in in
fluence. They were almost universally re
garded aa benevolent Entoplans, who were
wasting their time and wbut little money
they eoutribnted to their roseate scheme.
A ohange baa ocoomd. Into the philoso
phy of national arbitration there has been
infused a strong element ot praotloal com
mon tense. War does not pay in these
days. Evtry nation in Europe Is now com
pi lied (o mainlsin a great standing army at
a oost of many millions ot dollars a year.
The manhood ot every conntry In Europe
la trained to the arts of war more highly
than to the aria of pesos. There is an in
calculable diversion of energy, o stagnation
of capacity in time ot pesos, or a frightful
waste of life and property in time of war.
If a system can be devised wbiob will ac
complish tha same results as the war sys
tem it U bound to be adopted by all intelli
gent nations. Borne ot the gravost inter
national quarrels ot the past twenty-five
years have been settled by arbitration.
Had tho old theories of settling
national differences been in foroe
the United Btatee and England
would have been precipitated into a war on
account ot the “Alabama” quarrel. The
matter was arbitrated to the eatiifaotion of
both nations and without compromising
the honor of either. Thi imbroglio over
Cyprus ten years later threatened a general
European war which was averted by arbi
tration. Rccrntly a number of EogUsh
gentlemen have visited this eoontry in
order to advance the arbitration
and if possible to lay the
foundations of a permanent “entente
cordiale" between the United Btatee
and England. President Cleveland received
the peace ambaaaadon in tbe spirit in which
they came and their visit msy du good. It
ii difficult to imagine any eomplieatlon
which would involve onr country in a for
eign war and then is every reason to be
lieve that wa will never be cursed by an'
other civil war. Gen. Phil Sheridan, though
he is not an orator, made a speech at the re-
cent centennial of tba constitution of onr
eoontry, which contained more practical
philosophy end real significance than all
tha other oratories) eff aaions ot the occasion
combined. Gen. Sheridan (aid ho did not
think we would have much more war in
the world. We are inclined to believe that
Gen. Bbtridsnia right We hope he is.
Why. Bobby," said his mother, very mnch
shocked, "where In tha world did yon hear that
eapreaoion?" "I heard pa aaj It whan ha was patt
ing up lbs stove this morning," tiptalasd Hobby,
—Nsw York Ban.
Wits-Thsre ware two beta tint Hiked, one (or
010 and one (or 010. Hatband—Which did you
Busily dacida npon? Wife-Tha eighteen-dollar
one. I'm a UtUa auporetlilona about tho nnmbar
thirteen—Now York Ban.
Modutytas miller of hAblt. If lovely woman
would expand a portion of her sense ot decorum
upon her powdered eionldors and let tbe ankle
take can of Unit eho wonld have modestly more
neatly balanced—Omaha Herald.
“Thiels scold, oold world,"sighed a yonog
man as he stopped aimlessly In (rant ot a Detroit
slothing itore the other day. “Dot vos so, motn
friend," replied the proprietor, who was itatid.ng
In tha doorway, “bat nlatera vas cheep aa dirt!"—
Detroit Free Press.
Benstor Yoorheea, at Indiana, ha* jo In ad the
Democratic stamp speakers in New York state.
Minneapolis has an expart woman datactlva In
tha person ot Notlle King, who is only twenty years
Tbe World die* hard. It nays that Fal
low* election was a protest, after all. Well,
lFoBbwa can aland tL
*1*1 mrr-g- of the American peoplo to
dynamiters, as expressed by tho late quad
ruple axaeuttoi, i»—don’t.
Its Full Blgnlfleancw.
Senator Voorbeaa was one of thoao whs
called on the President and congratulated
him on tha result of tha New York election.
Tha Senator said be believed it meant tha
ooutinnasee of the Democratic party
power tor twenty-five years. The morning
Honor tho pumpkin vtnsl
Long may lu umlrll* twine
Over the landl
HI Meed be those who wear
Oriap hay tea I In their hair—
(Horton* band!
—Mlnnanpolla Tribune.
PERSONAL POINTS.
Bret Harts has written a new story, whith Is to
appear Bret In French under the Utla "Una Pave de
Bole Bongs."
Charles A. Dana was ana ot the principal epeeki
at the opening ot Uto Gaelic Society'* free reading
roosts is Not York.
Whlla the President le sure red with a IT dr • ot
■tat* Mrs. Qevelsnd taken long drive* In the conn-
try, sometimes with her mother, sometimes alone.
The Duke of Richmond objects to parting with
tba annual Income ot 005,001 which ho receives
inheritor ot tho pension bellowed npon hie lata-
mono enceitreee, tha Dockets of 1'crlamonth, by
Cherlee 11.
Joseph Fuller, a teaman In tba Cnltad Btatee
navy, residing at New^nryport, ltaia. bat bean el-
lowed a pension for total bltndaoM from Oetobar
07. IKS. The Bret payment ot 0IMM5 baa already
John Habbarton, who bae written many storii
bettor than "Ha'an’a Bablaa," bnt who
known aa tho creator ot "Badge" end “Toddy,
la a ana old piece jnil outside ot New Booh.
eUe, New York.
Joe Hart, ot Wyoming Territory, enjoys the dis
tinction or tuvlngta the courts ot hie Ufe on the
trot tier killed over one hondred hoe-lie Indiana,
■lenghtofvd ten thonannl antelope and about Uve
thousand buffalo.
George w. Cable, the novelist, has been called
Ul Dr. Meredith's place at tha heal at the Un on
Bible class ot the Temple, Boston, at a salary ot
010,(Xu per annum. That It pays to ba truly (ood.
—Memphis AppeaL
Tha Prince i ( Wales hta the crellt ot mahlag ev
ery effirt to Ingratiate Situs, l! Into tbs favor ot hta
LaUAlt AND bPAHlCS.
Tho Secretary Goes for the Land Commis
sioner.
Washington f pedal to bt. Louis Republican.
Tho letter ot becreUry Lemur to Laud
Commissioner Sparks practically demand
ing hie resignation oame this evening to tbe
Washington people mneh like a thunder
bolt from a clear sky. The action taken by
the Secretary baa been a great surprise to
those who are more or less cognizant of the
existing disegreement between him aud
Gen. Sparks. The divergence of views be
tween the two officials has, ot oonrse, been
more or less known to the general pnblio
by reason cf tbe foot that it has been exist
ing for a period almost coincident with the
term of tbe present Demooralio administra
tion. There have been frequent oo-
casions npon which tbe disagreement
of the Secretary and hia sub-
ordinate offloial has been marked in regard
tbe legal questions ariiing out of land
coses. While this baa been tbe ouse, there
has, however, at no time been snything in
the least approximating a personal disagree
ment between tbe two gentlemen. Their
relations have been entirely amicable and
etch has a*, all times spoken in the kindest
and most friendly terms of the other. This
has been notably tbe case in spite of the
feot that numerous decisions of tbe laud
oommisaioner have been overruled by the
Secretary. It has oontinued also, so far aa
even the intimate fritnda of Secretary
Lunar and Commissioner Sparks ore awage,
np to the present moment.
TBE PARTICULAR CASE
which elicited the sharp letter transmitted
by Secretary Lamar to General Sparks is
not one of recent occnrrence in its c ,lmi-
nation, the intention of General Spaiks to
ask for a review of the Secretary's decision
in the matter and a reversal of hia action
having been commnnioated to Mr. Lamar
sorno two weeks or more ego. It ia stated
by friends of General Sparks that tbe letter
whioh was finally forwarded to Secretary
Lunar on Batarday, was first written
about two weeks ago The fact that it had
been written and the general tone of its
contents were aa stated then communicated
to Mr. Lamar, bnt at his earnest request,
several times repeated. General Sparks de
layed forwarding tbe letter in a formal way.
He sajs it ia understood that Mr. Lamar
asked him to wait and not be in a burry
about the matter. In th« meantime he
called several friends in for advice and
cinnsei in the matter, and finally on yes
terday concluded that it waa inadvis
able to delay longer in forward
ing hia communication. Both because
of the faot that tbe Secretary has known for
at least two weeks tbat Commissioner
Sparks wenid send him such a letter, pre
senting reasons why he thought the Secre
tary's decisions shonld be reconsidered, and
because of the fact tbat tbe letter to the
Secretary was oouohcd in dignified end
respectful terms, without any passages tbat
eonld be properly regarded a< personally of
fensive, the action of the Seoretary follow
ing its receipt has been an intense surprise
to tbe f lends of Geooral Sparks, as well as
to that Rentleman himself. Hia friends say
hat it is more than strange Secretary
hamar did not convey some intimation to
Commissioner Spark* as to the feeling with
which he wonld r etire what they call an
entirely reepcc'.fnl remonxtranoe against
what waa deemed an incirrrot view of tbe
law involved. Tho tone of personal prior-
ence which proved** Hr Limar's ietre-r is
i WHO WILL SUCCEED LAMAR?
SMALL CHANCE THAT VILAS WILL
ACCENT TUB OFFICE,
A New Man Will Probably Take tho Ilead
of the Interior Department—What
Mr. Vilas lias Dou® for tho
Foreign Alall Service.
— maintains the dipnitl „,' 1K ho -
even as an amaUn* .iT ;’ 01 fl>» h
never tarns his infernal P ma t cM rlphe, •
suspecting stranger, and rewl° n *
even a friend w,thorn
— ^ - ^ Choffd
CONOR ATUL A TioNS~I}j 0 RD E 1
The Derrick is the only newspaper In town tb|A csptctally unexpected, and tbe friends of
Otberal Sparks eSy that they nre at a loss to
make any explanation for that feature cf
the letter.
OEXEBAL SPARKS
har been oonflued to bis rooms in tbe Eb-
bill Honse for tbe past two days, and wai
unable tbta evening to see any viaitois, ex
oept one or two close personal friends. No
slatement, therefore, was to be obtained
from l.irn indicating hta intention* in re
spect to the cnur-o ho wonld now pnrsns
in the matter. The letter of Seoretary La
mar is of each a ehaiaoter that it is appar
ently iuonmbent npon the Freeident to
dismiss Cumuleatontr Spaiks nnless that
gentleman tenders his resignation. Whoth
or O neral Sparks will await the action of
the Preeideni or anticipate it by forwarding
his redgnalioa nobody knows. It is be
lieve) to be correot to aiy that he has not
even given tbe elfghtest intimation to hie
most intimate pe eonal friends einootbe
receipt of the Uttar aa to hie conree, and it
iemintban proh.ble that the aotion of
Secretary Lunar haa been ao eaddtn and
unexpected that he does not know bis own
mind yet.
Although, si stated, the letter of Secreta
ry Lamar baa been a great snrpriae to eve-
rybody, it has been kno.ri within a limited
circle, tor some time past that the disagree
ments existing between the seoretary and
oommisaioner were manifeatly onlminatii g.
Oue or two mutant friends or both gentle
men have been, daring tbe past fortnight,
endeavoring to arrange a basis of friendly
understanding whioh wonld avoid just such
a complete clash between them if it wei
poe- tble to find such a basis. The mover
saliona which these frlenda have had with
both parti- s had not even elicited anything
to prenare them for the a imtloiml event
of to-day. Jnat what it means is not yet
understood, bat it is sa posed t<
be in part a result of tbe reneral plan in-
volved in the approaching cabinet changes.
Tbe idea advanoed tbat the President and
hta advisers have concluded tbat l< will not
do any longer to permit tbe interior depart
ment to be oondnetad by officiale sharply
divided npon important questions of policy,
is supposed to indioate test Oen. Vitae is to
go into tha interior department oommittee
to a eontinnince of the policy heretofore
outlined by S crotary Lunar, with which
General Sptrke hes not been in agreement
This being tho esse, it was thonght best
that the dia*grtem*nt sbcnld be
aETTLBD AT ONCE,
rather tbanhav it curie) into the new ad
ministration of the department. This
conree wonld provent Gen. Vitas from tak
log hold of the department hampered by so
sail-.at a conflict with a subordinate. To
avoid this 8-oretary Limvr has been urged
to bring to a foons snd oonelnsion the disa
greement which had began and continued
ao long without reaching a definite conclu
sion under his own administration. This,
however, is only anrmiae, and no actual
facta are known to justify its being present
ed as anything more than a plausible the
ory. S line cf the friends ot Oen. Sparks,
feaiiog jnat inch a culmination cf tbe disa
greement between him and Seoretary La
mar, have daring the pant weak
been trying to arrange for a more agreeable
wty for him to retire. With this view he
hss been suggested for appointment as
minister to Mexico, and tbe propriety of
that appointment is known to have been
under consideration f t several days in
v*ry high circles. There is no knowledge,
how* v*r, that tha matter haa been eao-
vaased by the oonsent, or even with the
knowledge of Oen. Sparks himself. As to
tbe outcome cf (he whole matter, frieode of
Secretary Lamar uy at a la's hour to-night
royal mamma, sad like the gallant EaaltoktaUtbat
**|*** “ h,r d **J lr * u,tt h * u tnm *** j that there c mnot be any donbt about Oen.
•bade, of b. parental win,. | gp.** retiring. They'are confident that
LlHung ebaag, the Viceroy of caiaf, le six'set, tba President will oxll for . resignation if
tall. ** yean old, well-built, gray and swarthy; hta „ u QQt TO | onUr Uy tendered eh >rtly. This
eyes are dark aud piercing and hie teeth dark ant u apo 0 tQ ot u definitely understood and
umi. WUm raevlvtvjt AaMrtcaa g«Mte b« wan *lre«dy decided opoo to tU intents and par
a gny Aitrakhia •artoat wtlk loc*. flowing «1mvm
ua a uriag Ut
wilt the button o7hie«k.a top aid.j v^toMKbSZS^ ajd^^^tadt
after tha election IheTxLEoaarm interpreted (aether sticking rat behlad.
[■fecul coaaxaroxDixt'X TOTCLzaiui-nj
Wahhinoiox, November 9.—It ie report
ed that Postmaster-Oeneral Vilas has been
offered the Interior Department portfolio,
and I get the gtoiy from a eonroe that
seems above question. It is likely enough
to be line, for it is known tbat Col. Vilas
is a favorite of the President, us Mr. L i-
mar is, who ie oalled to the Supreme Court.
But I cannot believe that his transfer will
really take place.
In tha first place he haa made a phenom
enal record at tbe Postoffi ie Department—
there is no denyiog that. Ood. Vilas may
be ranked with Montgomery Blair and
Crosawell, among the ablest Postmaster-
General* tbe country hag had for forty
yearn.
Cmgswell wag a poor judge of men and
was oongtantly bln .tlrnug in hie appoint
ments, bnt be initiated and carried forward
some notable improvements. Blair did
still better for be bud an intuitive insight
into men, as well aa a Urge grasp of meas
ures. It was under his administration
that the money order gyatom waa intro
duced.
Vilas hag studied hard and bag bcoome
acquainted with all t .e working details of
the establishment. For this ho was peca-
lisrly well equipped as he has bad executive
experience, ana undcretmds bookkeeping
so well that he oin go into a bank and aucor-
taio its condition as quickly and as accurate
ly as an expert ex imtuer.
At the top of the bydra-iieaueu Iu‘o*io*
Department, Vilas would be as bewildered
Lam ir has been. It is a plaoe where
neither brains nor industry will o innt. It
is a congeiiisof incongruous bnrewns—land.
Indians, pen-iocs, patent!—a pot pourri of
varied meddlesomeness, a sort of clean and
respectable slop-bucket for executive fr g-
menis.
General BLck doesn’t want the bnrden
this medley, for he is doing business and
making hay ’ hand over hand at the pen
sion office; aud I shall not believe tbat Gen
eral Vilas wants it till I bear that he has
accepted.
Vilas is by ns moans a fignre-bead. Hs
ban well-defined ambitions in tbs post-
offiae. One of these is to organize some
uniform method of paying for railroad ser
vice, and the other is to straighten ont the
clerk hire question and establish a rale to
govern it Ruth of those imp jrtant matters
are now helter skelter, settled according to
no system, but merely by oapnoa, guess
work and favor.
A NEW MAN rnODABLE.
My notion ie tbat Vilas and Black want
to stay exactly where they are, and that tbe
President wilt fill the vaoxuoy whioh Lt-
mar’s elevation to the Supreme benoli makes
by ealliug tha Assistant Seoretary to “come
np higher."
Tne soeeeisor to Mr. L tmar ia still under
mask. I.ta deeply and widely felt that
he ought to be some new man, brought in
from some doubtful or, at least, oonteatable
State, like Indiana or Illinois, for that would
enable the President to help his party and
himself wilbout disturbing tho established
order.
Neither General Vilas nor Oenoral Btaok
oan afford to take tbel Uriorportfolio, and
if either of them dots take it, it will be vir
tually by the President's command.
Oeneral V ia*, by the way, has abundant
cease for self*congratulation in the snocess
ot bia measures f >r the ocean mail. It wld
be remembered what a tremendous and
uotay protest there waa two years ago whun
be refnsad to subsidize particular lints of
steamms and persisted in the plan of send
ing the coeanio mail* by the tirai and f lat
est ships going. A very hurricane was
aronnd nia ears tor a time, and it wa* de
clared tbat tbs postal system wa* crippled
and even paralyzed.
The answer came to the Po*tma»‘.er-Qen-
eral on Saturday in tbe shape of a letter
which certainly may be aaid to be a settler.
It is signed by Drexel, Morgan A Co., Win
slow, Lanier A Go., Ruin* Hatch, Brown
Brothers, August Belmont, Moore A Schley
and two or three huudred of the wesUhimt
and l (latest bankers, merohanta and im
porters of Naw York oily, Dunking the
Post in i»tar.Genor*l for the excellence of
the international service he ha* established,
(sailing him tbat it is the most satis
factory they have over known, and asking
him to try and indnee o her nations to
adopt tbe plan that the United Hiatts no*
follows. This expression is signed by men
representing nearly a thousand million dot-
lira. Tbe request for the reform of for
eigners has been turned over to Mr. Bayard
who, in tarn, will shortly take measures t<
bring it to the notice cl the pistal author
nits of Europe with tha suggestion that
they conform. Oeut rsl Vilas's method is
simply to send the mail by any vessel going
first, without reference to nationality.
SENATOR CCCKBEhL's WORK
Cockrell, the tall Senator from Missouri,
haa gone into bnsineaa as the preserver ol
tbe war master-rolls. Ins wooping around
the War Department tbs other day he came
open the rooms where are stored tho maa-
tar-rolls of all the regiments and battalions
in our civil war, and he was astounded to
find that they were so badly worn oat that
they were drsppmg to pieces. Not less
than six rolls on an average of tvery Union
company in the war are stored here—not
far, I suppose, from a million rolls in ail.
They are in constant requisition by Oen.
Black's clerks, who are searching for faota
on whioh to decide a petition claim; and
they have been so constantly bandied that
they are dropping apart where they have
been folded, and in part already nndeel-
pbenble. They are in a worse condition
than tbe original rolls of the Revolution,
and threaten to disappear altogether.
In this extremity Senator Cockrell has
suggested that tongh and transparent tissue
paper be pasted over all Die rolls, for the
purpose of protecting them without obscur
ing tbe text Oen. Dram has approved tbe
measure, and tbe great work haa already
begun. It will take months to accomplish
it. and perhaps years, for the clerks of tha
War Department are notoriously the slow
and least efficient of any in the service.
DlHTINOUIflHBD DUCK HHOOTER*
A party of ttvs bu gone over to Havre de
Gntce, at tba uoQlb of tho HutujaeLaDDt,
duekshooting. A.aural Portercimeback
the news that Oan.
McOook bad bagged thirty, five and Senator
Kvnta eixty-tso u tha result of the list
day a work. Th* ttauator from West
Virginia, fay Um way, is recogniz-d
as the best shot In tbs Senate
hu got horns with every variety
gams that America produces, including
dser, antelope and bear. As • sportsman
he carries two aorta of weapons, a shotgun
and a camera for instantaneous photo
graph*. This tact ha uses on bis ekotlon-
eenag loan, and U is said that he bu
such sacesu in tnroiug a dirty squalling
J*"* * a V* ■ Mnilin* and beautiful cherub,
that he invariably bags .the whole vote
The President and th. u,, nIt of I
™ ... Gone. ' 1
y^affsssisisr i
of congratulation on the Mm, of “ s h , ‘»|
tlon in New York State , l . ha J
of Indiana, who wu on. ,^ 00, l
Calient, threw 1 H ®. tiles
callers,
. *“'** one of the -a J
threw overboard tha l wt :*'*]
his oppoaition to the Preti lent* I i
san civil servioe theories, and nt ,!„nv.“'i
declared in the PrendeutUl antafi. 1
afterward at hta dub, thm t'H
W“" glorious aud meant the .1
idennv nf the n.„. * °°htll
ascend
R ewe.-sure lu-ant tne cm
ancy of the Democracy for v
me next twenty-five or fifty veil, u 1
ed that it.aljo me-.ut the nsLu uu ’, ?,*]
nation, of Graver Cleveland and l?
Tha Q innlne C- w
U.HIUUH ot v»rc*vor uieteund » n d Vi1
election. The Senator fr um ra
closely followed l,„ x-u. o "dhosl
has __
sition
and
ate.
that
-~—j followed by both ft,Veto,/
Missouri—Cookrell and Vest. SwtuttaJ
he. heretofore been on-spoken tn hi .7
in to tne President's civil service
ones or twice on the fl jn r of tLl
lut .retalon placed himself on
...-t Huhj ct with ch«raoteristio fore*
tnotaiyenees. N.xt oame Senator c l
Florida, who also has been eomewhul
phatio in condemnation of the "cinf
vios foolishness,” bnt not mors .Vl
Senator Pagh, of Alabama, *ho -J
at the same time and joined ini
oongratutattons and in tbe ex ore-nil
the belief that the President's re'nonil
re-election were now sore. R. 0 rJ
e Craio, of Texas, who has beta it]
M* State on the anti-local option t|
who aspires to be ehairmsn of the!
mittee on 1 bur in tbe next Hons.
only prominent oalier from tbe M
Representatives side. The Preside]
oeived all hi* visitors with bis acomtl
self possession and tact, and none of 1
reaetved any indication from him ofl
change in his views or in tho line of '
to whioh most of his ciugratnlatoryi
d heretofore been hostile.
tbe
and
stive
had]
COL. 1NGKRSOLL B'.LUOKKEa
Be Contradicts Air. Choate and Taixl
Personal Encounter.
New York Special to Philadelphia Pren.
Gol. Robert O. Iugersoll came ini
Supreme Court this morning prim]
battle. Joseph Cnoato touched hinf
and if Jufge Bartlett hain’t uied hdl
the battle might have taken plane.I
Colonel appeared as connsel f ir a’
Dyvtt, assignee of John C. Eio, L
suit against Seym onr, Biker i Cal
latter was represented by Mr Choate,
ment in the oue had not prooeeded v
when Mr. Choate rose to read a deeiai]
tbe Gene, al Term. Colonel Ingerscll t
opponent was not reading the d*L
properly. Mr. Choate said there v]
need of using snob rowdy langusge. T
eral hot words passed between the tvl
yers, when Ool. Ingersoll shouted: f
"Mr. Choate, if you waut a per.onu
oonoter with me yon oan have it." 1
Judge Barrett here oalled the gentl
dawn. The snit charges Seymour, B j
Co., stook brokers, with wrongfolly
pr.ating $400,000 of Eoo’s monei.
the ex-bank president left suddeal]
Canada he speoatated through S-jl
Baker A Co., and the plaintiff claiasl
tha firm traded in $2,500,000 worthofj
for their ollcnt between January 1 am
16, 1884.
The market went against Eno,
laid them $100,000 whieh ropr *-ot<
os.es and their commissions. Mr.
now claims that Seymour, Baker t Cq
not bay or sell stocks at all, bat i
acted like a backet shop, and tbat I
fore, a. no work wu perform id, they!
no right to charge for oommiisionAj
monr, Baker A Co. dany all the cold
tbe complaint Colonel IngrtsoU
Judge Barrett to grant an order real
the defendants to submit their baell
examination inoourt, the dedupa *j
served.
SELLS’S RED LETTER CIRC
An Unprecedented Assemblage at I
Fearleee, Arenio Mere.
0.11a Brother* will present eomt tur.l
no/el, amazing airobetlc end aerial arlslal
on the ccoealou of their approaching vUit-V
November lath.
Htlrk end Zino, known ea "Ihehamxas
will execute eoal-stlrring leap*, *omer»
dives, on ea elaborate arrangement ol i
trapeze riggfog; the (JUIette troop* o( blejdl
travene slender wire* on their two wh*el*l]
at a dizzy height; tea lour Beynoad -
only lady acrobat* la the proIe*eloa, will 1
e*toandiog(oete,ataCnu(i; Muter Re.'"
wlzzard-Uko “human #r," will pronn
head downward.: Zilo, the hunun preje
be fired from a huge cannon end wain .
space, M ilo Dum .nd, tbe latest end r“
knropeaagjrmntc sensation, will Until!*
with her uerrelons menwavree on era!
nl the epez ot tbe taut; Joele Aahton will
audience with her display or grace snd i
the firing ringe, and twenty worldemuMttf
will compete m a grand InteiaeUontl do«w“
■null leaping touraameet-
Tbe ebon eartei of tele will he n(P
with El Mebdl'a company of Arabi-n »*
acrobtu, Prince Slieako ■ Boyel tedde «
clrcgs, end Alexander McGregors troupe -i
ethic I re end broedewoerd combatant*.
Tho Three Rocker*.
Three rockore together, n rockin' *low,
on tbooeol plezz*r, eliln errowi
Where ere the tola*. »«r wen, to Xnoe?
No answer comae, but the wind elst* lu¥ -
The old hoses It grey with weather u'RJJ
lha well-curb it u*o«ay an* gre*A witt •J* 1
Winders Mttlaan ®ndU«irhjru»4-
Kobody her® but ibt chain rock ilov*
11 Alai very Ion* fine® all In «r row
Thro® slaters mu rockin' to an fro,
Knittln.* countin' from he®l to U«e
Thro® slater* mu rockin' to an fro*
Ktjitlln,' countin' from hs®l to It®.
>v«uhis* the bar wbf»• »“• t#4 r ‘
They watched an' they welted d.jriiw 1 *
Not e single ship eriled Inter the hey.
'•Joe’s long s cornin'," than
"Whilts must be flk»®rc®," an Ihsj* 11
And
And..
•Whan
while they watched. Meady
Sksjss,,
wilt Joe oom*r an' lk®T m
Then .
Movsd
A year mare p*»®d, *7JT*
8*1 waulin' two idl® rock®ra blow.
I her eras er day wheneo*=P*?
• soil tn the wind by the *l***r peir.
nnre pawed, end Merer >“'•
to#. <41. r,w<kari blow.
Three rockere together. e rocklDg *^«.
Not a tool in their piece to m*k» »*•
Folks era dead. It yet wu» to tao«.
An* the lonesome eoe le roclln J "; omf
—W. II. Winslow in Youth • oo-r
They
m who ooc-* Uk# Dr. *0 Qe® a-
PeU®u” wlU f
Index'd .
dnigiUU.
Ke" will M«r cjnunt £ • ^
-rtic. They nre ‘ViuofT
opera,Ion. Smeller then o*^
—* in glass vltls* rirw*
A Lonely Widow.
New York World. ,, ,«t*el
Tho as we o( the myri**; ^ th*
probably seat to the riche*. * v ,
women In the United $to»et wtag* “
(act that she to eboutcou>e*£™„ „ ,u
deuce a! Greet Barrington- wnuo.
coat SS.~v.oei WtthoM. herej^„
tng halt
KelelytoT^^Sirw
weald that a
^t amount to » nn K «,.
g half that amount, u an
thle conn try to liutltt contmeo^
Oil*
>• *• ' •
>k OHIett, of thto city $”•«-
ot one "l peri of '•' * ,y *n
received i P*^ir j M«rwp‘*
Freak
holler