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Manager.
The reponsof Mr. Randall's condition
are encouraging, and the country hopes
that he may soon he well again.
Judge Branham has withdnwn from
the Congressional race in the Seventh dis
trict. The renonmotion of Congressman
Clements seems to be assured.
The extra session of the New York Leg
islature cost $3,400. That is a very small
price to pay for an honest set of men to
manage the building of the new $25,000,-
000 aqueduct.
Boys who want to attend the Georgia
School of Technology should begin to
“brush up.” Competilive examinations
will be had ineverv county of the Slate on
the 1st of September. .
The Atlanta Capitol rejoices in the
nomination of lion. W. A. Huff and says:
He is a good legislator, cool-headed, active
and jut-spoken, and Bibb county could not find
a better man iu all her borders.
Ben HarrNon is about broken down
already and he lias not yet written his let
ter of acceptance. The mere contempla
tion of the task he has undertaken is
enough to floor Benjamin.
A New York regiment has just cele
brated the battle of Bull Him on the field
where the struggle took place. 4Ve Amer
icans have curious notions about what we
ought to celebrate.
We hope that the people of Georgia
may have an opportunity to hear Mr.
Carlisle before the campaign is over. He
is in great demand but he must find time
to come to Georgia.
This has been a hard year for General
“ 1 -'r Alter spendiug $150,000 in a vain
... ..,pt U> corner the market at the Chi-
cigo convention, he has been struck heavily
for the campaign expenses of his successful
rival The sura mentioned Is $100,000.
Owen G. Lovejoy, the son of Owen
Lovejoy, one of the founders of the Ke-
publican party, is a Democratic candidate
for Congress. Mr. Lovejoy was a Repub
lican until that party declared that free
-whisky is letter than cheap clothing.
The Philadelphia News speaks of John
C. Calhoun as the “arch-rebel of South
Carolina.” We would like to know how
far back in the history of the country
these newspaper indictments for treason
run. Jefferson himself was something of
a Mate’s rights man. Was he also a rebel?
It is reported from Michigan that the
Democrats have more than a fair chance
to carry the State in the coming election,
and that a great deposit of rich gold-bear
ing quartz hat been discovered. Provi
dence seems to think nothing is too good
for Michigan, and just showers his favors.
Gold, silver, copper, iron and coal, all
in paying quantity, and the last two of
excellent quality, have been found in
Lower California. It may occur to Amer
icans alter awhile that here is an oppor
tunity for another nice peninsular State,
which would just balance Florida on the
other aide of the continent.
The Republicans say that we can sell
onr manufacture* in foreign markets only
by reducing the wages of the people who
make them to the European pauper level.
Nevertheless about $750,000,000 of Ameri
can products are sent to foreign markets
every year. Are they the products of pau
per labor?
The old Libby prison at Richmond will
not be carried to Chicago. The specula-
an nitre thought liter could make
money out of the scheme have come to
the conclusion that even in a Presidential
year it would not pay. They are perhaps
disappointed that this U not a bloody
shirt campaign.
The Mills biH, a* it passed the House,
makes a reduction on dutiable goods of
$30,832,791. It adds lo the free list arti
cles which now yield a revenue of $19,758,-
845, making a total tariff reduction of
$50,591,036. Under the existing tariff the
average rate on dntiable imports is 47.10
per cent. The average, rate on the same
goods under the Mill* bill is 42.49 per
cent And yet the Republican organs have
the audacity to refer to this as “free trade.”
The reunion of the Survivors’ Associ
ation of the Third Georgia regiment will
be held in Madison on the 8th and 9th of
August under the empires of the Home
Guards, company D and the Confederate
veterans of Morgan county. On the 8th
there will be a meeting of the association
and the next day will be given up to a pa-
raite, «i-eerin-« :.ml a banquet. There will
he a good attendance of the survivors of
tb* gailar.t Third ami the reunion will te
. most enjoyable evict.
The Emperor** Mission.
It is now said by European correspon
dents that the principal object of Emperor
William’s visits to his brother monarch?,
the first being paid to the Czar, is to bring
about a general disarmament of Europe.
This is not in accord with the estimate
generally placed upon ,the young
Emperor’s character, which is that lie is
anything but a hater of war; but the esti
mate may be uojust, as the public, and
especially newspaper correspondents, know
very little about him.
If the correspondents are right this time,
however, the Emperor is engaged in a great
work, the successful accomplishment of
which will give more glory to his reign
than a dozen victorious wars. Europe has
become an armed camp, cursed with many
of the most onerous conditions of
actual war, and in a time of peace
the financial burdens of the people
are yearly becoming heavier. They
must crush after awhile, if some relief for
the situation is not found. The obvi
ous and civilized method of relief is to
quit keeping so many millions of soldiers
in idleness, to eat up the substance of the
people while their own productive power
is lost But international fear and jeal
ousy and the lust of conquest have not only
prevented a movement in that direction,
but have caused the evil to rapidly in
crease.
No man is so well placed to do the work
of disarmament as the Emperor, but it
may well be feared that it is beyond even
his powers. Germany has little to gain by
war and her preparationg are purely de
fensive Austria and Italy, loaded with
debt, witli no definite ambitions, might
also welcome disarmament. With Russia
and France the case is different. They
owe the largest debts in the world, but
each has a great ambition, which can only
be gratifud by successful war. For a hun
dred and fifty years Russian armies have
at intervals marched toward the
Bosphorus. It is a national
conviction that Kussia can never take her
proper place in the world nor reach her
full development until she holds Constan
tinople and the stfaits. To disarm would
be to abandon indefinitely a career fol
lowed for a long time at tnormous cost and
when the glorious end looks nearer than
ever before.
It is from France, however, that most
opposition is expected. To disarm would
mean the definite abandonment of all hope
of regaining Alsace-Lorraine, and the po
litical party which favored it wonld con
demn itself to defeat. French public opin
ion does not yet admit that the conquered
provinces are an integral part of the Ger
man Empire. (
Witli Russia and France against him,
the Emperor’s labors for a peaceful disarm
ament will lie in vain. It will be a curious
income of his efforts if Europe she!! di
vide and fight for the conditions of perma
nent peace.
commodities is an advance In civilizationthem to Mr. McKinley he would do ao. probable that no other county in Georgia I
thewmo'narrow?despotic iplr?* which Xnted > C ° 1<luitt neTer rCCeived SUch » relative increase, though
castles upon the Rhino to plunder peaceful invitation. | the absolute growth in several of the
He declined to act on a suggestion that larger counties will he greater. When all
he should beg Mr. McKinley to come to the returns are in, it will be found that
Georgia and make a Republican campaign t j, e past year has added millions to the
wealth of Georgia. It is gratifying to
know that the present low rate of State
taxation may he continued, if, indeed, it
may not be reduced still further.
commerce: every obstruction to commerce Isa
tax upon consumption; every facility to a free
exchange cheapens commodities, increases
trade and production, and promotes civiliza
tion. Nothing is worse than sectionalism
within a nation, and nothing la better for the
peace of nations thin unrestricted freedom of
commerce and intercourse with each other.
It is true that this language is used in
a report dealing with the international
monetary standard, but the terms employed
are intended to be general in application.
The most fanatical free trader could not
express more radical views. They are
very far in advance of those now main
tained by any political party in the Uuited
States.
Mr. Sherman is not alone in the pre
dicament in which he finds him
self of denying the truth
of former utterances or refusing to follow
his party to the limit of extreme protec
tion demanded by its platform—that the
revenue be made less by obstructing trade
to a greater degree than now, a policy
which he once denounced as “born of the
spirit which planted castles *on the Rhine
to plunder peaceful commerce.” On the
contrary, among his fellow Senators, who
are naturally men whose political careers
have extended over a long period, are
many who arc hardly less committed
to a liberal tariff policy than
is Mr. Sherman. The Phila
delphia Record has been looking tip the
history of Republican Senators on this
subject, and succeeds in showing that a
very large proportion of them have within
a comparatively short time declared in fa
vor of a more or less severe cut of the tar
iff, among them Senators Dawes, Allison,
Hale and Plumb.
These gentlemen will now have to deal
with the moderate measure of tariff reform
sent them by the House. It may be safely
said that every one of them will vote
against it. They have yielded the convic
tions which they held when Republican
politicians were at liberty to form individ
ual opinions on this subject, and have fol
lowed their party as it became more and
more the servant of the money power [of
the East.
The Republican organs all over the
country are howling at Senator Colquitt.
No higher compliment could be paid to
the Senator’s Democracy. We hope the
organs will keep up the racket until they
are tired of it.
Georue Alfred Townsend (“Gath”)
is to write the campaign biography of
Levi F. Morton. His peculiar fitness for
the work will lie recognized. There is no
man who can make an interesting story
out of poorer materials than “Gath,” as
he has a tortile power of invention and no
regard for aenracy.
Two Estimates of a Public Man.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York, is a man
of convictions and positive^force; conse
quently he has Ann friends and bitter op
ponents. A representative of each of these
classes is tobe found in thelarge and diver*
sified editorial corps of the Atlanta Con.
stitution. The Ifewitl and the anti-Hewitt
editor have both succeeded in geiting iu
their work in fine style, as the following
parallel column will show:
From the Atlanta Con-
o.i«
20.00
0.02*4
la a Predicutncnt.
The New York Press, which is about
the ablest of the newspapers which are up
holding the present high tariff system, is
not always fair in its arguments. In a
recent issue it has a labored article to
prove that the tariff does not tax con
sumers nor enhance the cost of commodi
ties, but, on the contrary, decreases cost,
and prints the following table:
lsso. 1881.
Reduo
Low Protect- tlon.
tariff. lve tariff. Per ct.
Common sheetings, per
yard 99.0SH * 0.07 29
Cotton prints, per yard 0.09)4
Pig iron, per ton 2-t.iaJ
Ketiued Iron, per pound 0.U1
Fancy caaslmeres, per
yard. — 0.6.7
Common woolena, |er
yard J.50
Crockery, per crate Cfi.50
Even if the truth of these statistics be
admitted, the predicament in which the
Press has placed itself remains the same.
If *he tariff does not increase prices, then
it is useless os protection and should be
regulsted only by the government’s need
of revenue; if it does increase prices, it is a
ax on consumers. If the Press believes
its own statement, that most, if not all, the
necessaries of life are as cheap in this
country as in Eurojie, it is impossible to
see why it should demand that 47 per cent,
of protection should be continued. When
American goods are as cheap as foreign,
protection is necessary.
As far as the reduction of prices shown
by the tabic is concerned, it is only re
markable as showing at what a rapid rate
human industry and invention are reduc
ing the amount of labor which a man must
expend to get his bread and clothing.
Protection had nothing to do with the de
crease of prices shown, except to make the
rate of decrease leu. Where there has
been no high tariff the decrease has been
more rapid. The Pres* might have shown
that the cost of freight between New York
and foreign porta, and of various other
things which the tariff does not affect,
ha* decreased eren more than that of any
article it mentions.
From the Atlanta Con
stitution ot July 23rd
lion.- AOraliem 8
.-limit! U the most in
dependent and fearless
ot American officials,
ami bla open, frank idently
course as mayor of the be Is the
veal city of New York ' I
s in striking contrast
with the policy which
usually governs most
nubile men In the per
Jormanrc of their offi
cial ilmks.
Throughout bla a>l
ministration Ma or
Hewitt has acted from
conviction, and instead
of pandering to semi
d allowiui
stitution of May 26th.
It Is a question
whether Mr. ILwitt is
a genuine crank or a
veritable king. Ho ev
idently believes that
be Is the supreme dic
tator of the people of
New York.
s 4
It is a mystery to its
that the people of New
York can elect a man so
brutal, so selfish anil so
narrow-minded to be
their mayor.
incut ami allowing
himself to he controlled
by motives ot person*!
consideration, he ha-
been guided hy a lofty
sense of public duty,
which, though subject
ing him to the criticism
of a few. entitles him,
more than ever, to the
respect of the public.
From the Atlanta Con
stitution ot May 28th.
Mayor Hewitt may not
be much of a politician
of the latter day type,
but he is a genuine
American and au hon
est offlcla 1 ; anil if bis
example were followed
by tnoro of our public should
men, w* would have a '
heslth cr state of public
From the Atlanta Con
stitution of JulyZlrd.
Ten mayors like Hew
itt would bring chaos
In this country. In
feet, Hewitt end bis
dyspepsia own the
united States. The
sanitary commission
should give him
shower bath. A great
many people used to lie
disinfected.
How They Have Changed.
The Telegraph has more than once
quoted from speeches tod reports of Sena
tor Hherman to show that within compara
tively recent yean that eminent statesman
was anything bnt tb* stiff protection i t he
is now. The Teleorani his done this
because Mr. Sherman is recognised U the-
leading financial authority of hit party
In 1868 he said:
Every ad Vasco toward * f.-ss exebsage of
affairs.
Here are two opinions of Mr. Hewitt,
one or the other of which is calculsted to
please almost anybody. The readers of
the Constitution have the privilege of
taking their choice. There are few papers
which offer such a variety of opinions on
all subjects.
Governor Amen, of Massachusetts, who
was made seriously ill by the many swell
dinners which his official position com
pelled him to eat, has recovered sufficient
ly to be carried to his country home. It
■s thought that the beans were not always
thoroughly cooked.
The Facts la the Case.
There has been much silly talk in some
newspajiers in this Stale and elsewhere
about the alleged refusal of Senator Col
quitt and Congressman Stewart to deliver
to Congressman McKinley an invitation
from the management of the Piedmont
Chautauqua. Most of the statements in
reference to this matter have been gross
perversions of the facts.
No invitation was ever sent to Senator
Colquitt to be delivered to Mr. McKinley.
Senator Colquitt did receive a letter sug
gesting that it would be a blight idea to
have Mr. McKinley rpeak at the Piedmont
Chautauqua about a week after Mr. Car
lisle, and asking him to urge Mr. McKin
ley to come to Georgia for that purpose.
Senator Colquitt did not sympathise with
the movement to bring Mr. McKinley to
Georgia to make a pie* for the Repub
lican platform, and he declined to urge
im to come or to be a party to his invi
tation. At the same time
Senator Colquitt informed the man
agers of the Chautauqua that if they
di-sired him to deliver an inritstioa from
speech.
This is the whole case, and its very state
ment makes the talk about “proscription”
and “presumption” which certain bilious
journals in this State have been indulging
in appear in its true character. It is bosh
of the sickliest 'Sort.
The Democrats and Ureenbackers of
Michigan have fused. Together they had
a majority in the last State election.
There is no imaginable reason why there
should be a Greenback party at this stage
of ptoceedings, unless it. be to help the
Democrats to success, and we hope the
relic in Michigan will attend strictly to
business on election day.
The Persintetit Chinese*
The Chinese are hard to keep ont. The
present treaty is about as closely drawn as
it well could be, but it is not sufficient to
keep the unwelcome Mongolians lor trying
to sneak into the land of the free. The
United States consul at Victoria reports
that there has recently been a great influx
of Chinese into British Columbia. During
the months V>f May and June 2,854 of them
are provided with return certificates issued
by United States customs officers by means
of which they hope to gain entrance into
this country. A large proportion of these
certificates are fraudulent. •
Under the treaty a Chinaman must prove
his identity when he presents a certificate
that he has been in the United States be
fore. But it (is almost impossible to dis
tinguish one Chinaman from another, and
the transfer of certificates will continue
some extent in spite of all
possible vigilance. Evidence of
identity will often be manu
factured for the occasion. Still the
new treaty is a much surer safeguard,
against Chinese intrusion than that which
preceded it, thanks to the administration
of President Cleveland.
Toe clamor against the Chinese in Aus
tralia has caused the enactment of very
stringent anti-Chinese laws by the colonial
arliament. A pill tax of $509 is im
posed on every Chinese immigrant. No
ship is permitted to bring into an Aas-
triaan port more than one Chinaman to
every two hundred tons burden^ The ein
ployment of Chinese in the mines .is for
bidden and- no more naturalization papers
will be i-sued to Chinamen. The civilized
world is fast closing its doors on the Celes
tials, and they will have to cultivste the
1?s.'riotic instinct and try to be happy at
tfjme. '
Am r.nii'AX workmen are protected against
the pauper laborers of Europe by the.tariff.
When the iaiter cuius to this country and
settle in Penneylvania, they are protected
against American workmen-hy the rifles of
Pinkerton detectives.
Mr* Calvin S. Brice*
The selection of Mr. Calvin S. Brice, of
Ohio, as cha'rman of the executive com
mittee of the National Democratic com
mittee was an exercise of sound judge
ment.
Mr. Brice iaa thorough Democrat and
is in perfect aocoril with the- pronounced
policy of the party. Under his direction
the campaien of the Democracy will be
admirably conducted. His success in the
accumulation and management of large
private and personal interests prove that
lie has the sound business sense which is
essential to the proper management of a
great political campaign. The appoint
ment of Mr. Brice should be especially
gratifying to the Democrats of the South.
His chief aim for the past eight years has
been the development of Southern re
sources and the bnlk of his large fortune is
invested in Southern railroads. To his
sagacity and skill the completion of the
road from Macon to Rome, via Atlanta,
and the establishment of the great East
Tennessee system are largely due. Mr
Brice has accepted the chairmanship of the
Democratic executive committee at the
cost of his own private business. lie will
not be an honorary officer. Whatever he
At the meeting of the Slate Agrecul-
tural Society next month, a secretary will
be elected. Mr. Robert A. Nisbet, of Bibb
county, is a candidate fur the position.
His election will give to the society a
faithful and efficient officer Mr. Nisbet
is a practical farmer. For several years
he has been one of the vice-presidents of
the State Agricultural Society. lie was
general superintendent of the last S ate
fair, and rendered very valuable service in
that capacity. Of Mr. Nisbet’s qualifica
tions and merits there is no question what
ever.
Georgia School of Technology.
The first session of the Georgia School
of Technology will open on the first *of
October. The law requires competitive
examinations of applicants for scholarship
in each county of the State.
President Ilopkins has addressed a cir
cular to every county school commissioner
in the State requesting that Saturday,
Sept. 1st be appointed as the time for each
examination, or some day as near that date
as possible.
'The examinations will be in writing and
such provisions as may be necess»i_. to
secure fairness and completeness will be
left to the discretion of the commissioners.
It is important that ample notice of the
time and place of the examination be
given in every county so that all who
desire to apply may have an opportunity
to do so. The prospects for the school
grow brighter constantly. It will start off
with a fine corps of teachers, excellent
material equipment and a large number of
students.
The Original I'lntt -rm of Senator ltrmvn
anil the Organs.
For a long period the people of Georgia were
assiduously mtsedueated. The monopolists and
tlielr organs seemed to hare things oil their own
way, aud diligent were they In tlielr evil teach
ings. Falso views were Inculcated, not only of
so-called •'protection," but of various other
Democratic doctrines, bv oue-Mded statements,
by disguising truth and exaltiug error; aud
especially by preaching Rcpubllearlsin (in its
most odious phase—monopoly) In the houored
name of Democracy.
When, however, the question of tariff reform
was actually argued, quick and powerful was
the reaction.) |The Constitution, so far fromjde.
Ilvering Georgia to the i'hiiisunoa, couid not
deliver even Fulton county, nor the Chronicle,
Richmond. As for 8unctor Drown, ho received
.roin the county conventions the charity of
[heir alienee. In the State convention, an Im
prudent friend ventured to break the silence
aud meutlon his name: It was received with a.
a storm of hisses. Georgia righted herself right
gal'antly.
The people quietly but resolutely returned
to the truth, aud repudiated both the mislead-
lugs and mlsleadcrs. The results throughout
the country will be as they have been in Geor
gia—the triumph of the truth.
Let us study the respective policies, as repre
sented iu the respective platforms—the Demo-
crntlc-thc Republican -aud the extraordinary
platiorm of 8cnator Drown aud the organs,
which may properly he classed as the ultra-
Republican or purely monopoly platform.
The leading feature of the Democratic plat
form Is tariff reform, or the reduction of tuxes
ou necessaries.
The Republican platform makes a special
point of keeping the tariff uureformed, and re
ducing the taxes ou whisky rather than touch
the sacred tariff.
The ultra Republican platform (of .Senator
Drown aud his organs) is fur worse. Its pruetleul
effect is not only to block reform but to-reverse
It—to Increase greutly the war tariff ou necessa
ries aud fasten It with fresh rivets upon the op
pressed people. Its abuses are strengthened aud
made permanent.
To understand it liettcr let it be observed that
the surplus being about t66O.OOU.OJ0 per unnum,
the Mills bill projioses to reduce taxation by
about 974,000,000—relying upon economy to
make918,000,000less revenue suffice. Of this
reduction 9->l,(MMM) come from the tariff aud
9-21,000,000 from tobacco. A compromise to se
cure the pajssge of the best measure of relief
practicable.
The Republicans on their part propose to take
nothing from the tariff or necessaries, and are
not specially anxious to take any off.Join tobac
co ami whisky, but prefer all from tobacco, be-
for • any from necessaries, aud if It must needs
be, all from whisky, beforeany from necessaries.
This looks very cxtreme-itself—but wait.
7 he ultra Republican proposition is to abolish
ail taxuson whisky and tobacco, say 9118,(00,OCO.
does be docs with his might, and every
Democratic move in the great campaign As the Hills bill, reducing the revenue 978,000,-
will be under his direct advice andsupir- «k», left barely enough for an eojuJmieal sup
vision. He is yet a young man, not hsv
ing reached hia forty-third Lirthday. His
fine natural ability, his large experience
in political affaire, and his great energy
make him just the man for the important
Im now occupies.
In the recent vote on the wool tariff in
Congress the representatives of eight
States, in which are owned an average of
1,250,000sheep spiece, voted: For free
wool, 75; for the present tax, 13. The
representatives of live Elates, which
average less than 350,000 sheep,\voted:
For free wool, 10; for the tax, 38. The
demand for taxation does not seem to
have come from the wool growers.
Increase In Georgia Property.
Those who assert that the people of
Georgia are growing poorer will find
nothing in the returns of taxable property
this year to sustain their melancholy view
of the situation. The reports of taxable
property for the present year which have,
been made lo the Comptroller-General
■how a most gratifying increase in materi
al wealth in every part of the Elate. In
some of the counties the increase 'is re
markable, as in Glynn for instance. The
returns from that county this year are
$3,940,570, an increase of $722,552 over the
valuation of last year. This is a growth
of ovtr 19 per cent, in the taxable prop
erty of the county in one year. It i*
port ol xnverument, the redaction by tils,mo m 0
would leave a deficit ol 910,001.niff. How would
this be supplied ?
Nut, of course, by a return to the Internal rev
enue system Just abolished, tmr by direct taxa
tion—that Is not proposed. The deficit would
need to be supplied by nn inere.-m of the w«r
tjsritfsm mvNHtterUs In thn nvlout of ff|<iit Adfi)
This Is the sly and Intended result.
With tills cooM-queiiiv le.-forc us we begin :o
sec the true lu-vitrdncu of the monopoly plat
lorm ill Heuator Brown ami the organs, viz: An
lilt tease or permanent fixture of the w«r turlff.
Hut it take*considerable study to understand
u 1 Iu rottenness. The Republican parly (ex
treme and getting worse as It Is) Is content to
remove tie lax on whisky, but only condition
ally and If It must be done-the ultra Republic
ans uncoiulltionsly; the moderates only niter
trial-the ultras, liefore trial. The moderates
propose partial refiesl-Senator Brown ami the
organs, total;'the moderates propose future re
peal—Brown and the organs. Immediate.
Thus we see how fsr Senator Brown and the
organs surpass mere common Republicanism.
They make haste where the Republicans tarry
and consider. And their goal |« far beyond
what the Republicans venture even to atm at.
We are now In condition to compare the three
platforms:
Democratic | Republican | CHra-Krpub'n.
utahns
Cleveland aud I Harrison and I Brown end the
Thurman. | Morion. | organs,
rouev.
Tariff Raform.- No Reform.
Cheap Nccesea- Dearer
rises
sarlct. Cheap
whisky, con
ditional.
Even this comparison fails to reveal the f„i,
opposition of the monopoly platform i
Hie Democrats. For In this as Is usual with
Senator Brown's work, there, f, mwh
underground t'uau appears above It
The President’s manly message, with It, ,i m .
pie and honest policy, .be practical solution «
the whole problem, electrified the whole coum
try. It fairly stunned toe monopolists p 0P
four weeks they stood silent and astounded
Then they conferred with the enemies of Dcm'
ocracy and agreed upon a policy. A combined
attack was made on the whole Democratic line
The organs opened on toe administration - her,;
In Georgia Seuutor Ilrq^n followed it up w,th
his long and artful argument for cheap whisk,-
and then by a seen d long aud artful argumenl
sgilnst cheap goods.
“ a , ,loe P 1»M scheme
to block reform. Every effort
was exhausted; but the whole scheme
failed Ignoralnlously and recoiled on its an
thors. The people were wiser than the scheme™
had thought.
But suppose the plot bad succeeded* Reform
would have been reversed, aud all'the evils and
abuses which drove the Republicans from pow
cr. iutensitted aud fastened with redoubled
chains upon the people for another generation
The consequences grow upon us with reflec;
tiou. We caunot take time to developc them
all, but we will sa* that 991000,000 added to tar
iff taxes would probab y have added tl O 000 ooo
to the tribute paid by toe people to monopoly.
Tills was the precise prize for which monopoly
mode the desperate struggle.
But the failure was utter. The Greek horse
brought into the Democratic camp failed togive
us over to our enemies. The arguments "then
used arc now good Republican campaign ll'cra-
ture. The opposition of Senator Brown and the
organs to Democracy on living issues was f«r
more violent, however, than that of the Repub
licans, though artfully concealed. For a time
many good incu and true were led astray by
false confidence anil Democratic professions.
But they rallied splendidly. Once deeeired
they will be slow again to hear the voice o-
stratigcrs. "Ho, ye Democrats! draw near into
the * epublfcati camp and worship the golden
calf of monopoly.” Not so. They will judge
now not by the mere uniform, but by the pol
icy pursued! not by profession, but by eon
duct.
These are real questlous; they come home to
our business and bosoms. Had Senator Brown
and the organs carried .their point (aud they
Spared no pains) Cleveland would not have
been nominated; cheap whisky aud dear good,
would have been the order of the day-yes, and
of the next twenty years—and too whole reform
movement been indefinitely blocked,
The present attitude of the monopolistic or
gans is full of suspicion. With no ill will, we
have n profound lack of confidence. Democracy
is not a badge, but a coavlction: it cannot be
put on aud off like a cockade. What we want i
somebody to watch for us, Out somebody tor u
to watch. Samuel Barnett,
Washington, Ga., July 2:1,1888.
Cotton Statement.
From tiie Cmuuiule'a cuitou article of
July 27, the following facts are gathered
relative to the movement of the crop of the
past week.
Fpr the week ending this evening, July
27, tiie total receipts have readied 8,033
bales, against 10,062 hales last week,
7,026 bales tiie previous week, and 6,410
bales three weeks since, making the total
receipts since the 1st of September, 1887,
5,488,037^ bales against 5,204,679 hales for
tiie samo-period of 1880, showing .in
increase since September 1, 1837, of
284,258 kales.
The receipts of all the Interior towns
for this week have l>ecn 3,782 bales. Last
year the receipts of the same week were
1,207 bales.
Tiie old interior stocks have decreased
during tiie week 3,'>86, nnd are to-night
5,113 bales more than ab the same period
Inst year. Tiie receipts at the same towns
have been 2,037 bales more than the same
week last year, and since September 1 the
receipts at all the towns are 110,204 halts
more titan for the same time in 1886-7.
Among the interior towns the receipts at
Macon for tiie week have been 12 bales.
Last year tiie receipts for the week were
—• bales. This shows an increase for the
week of 12 hales.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September 1, 1887, are 5,493,270
bales; in 1886-7 were 5,184,556 bales; in
1885-6 were 6,340,448 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports the
past week were 8,033 bales, tiie actual
movement from plantations was only 4,726
hales, the balance being taken from the
stocks at the interior towns. Last year
tiie receipts from the plantations for the
same week were 1,330 hales and for 1886
they were 1,876 bales.
The imports in continental ports this
week have been 18,000 bales.
These figure* indicate a decrease in the
cotton in sight to-night of 315,282 bales, u
compared with tiie same date of 1887, a
crease of 230,283 bales as compared «>tk
the 'Xtrre.-qHmdiug date of 1886, and a de
crease of 278,735 bales as compared will*
1885.
The Chronicle has the following to “7
of tiie market lluctustions for the week
under review-
The stK-i-nlatlirtk in cotton for future delivery
st Ihta market has been tttful and uasettiw *“
tune for the week under review, with
regularity In the course of prices. On Monilsj
there was fresh manipulation of Augustopti""*’
but continued favorable weather for the grow
ing crop aud the report that eotton D to
brought from Liverpool to deliver on Augu*
contracts caused, on Tuesday, a gene.aldecll" 1 -
On Wednesday the next crop advanced, *
active dealings in September options, on the
duced stocks in Southern pert* snd the he
that the new c op will come forward
On Thursday there was renewed buoyancy
fn prices for thf* crop, and some Improve" 1
In the next. This morning notices for ileHo-G
on August contracts were iu order, * n ” .
came out to the extent Nil nearly 60,009
causing* weak opening: bnt t* these
were mostly stopped, there was * quick
of ten points for A ugttat, but the next
showed ouly slight Improvement, snd the
market relapsed into dullness, though the •
was very shady. Cotton on the spot me
a small demand for homo consumption- ,
Monday the sales made public for the
week, and not before reported, were J.w
for export and SOI for home consumption- j
day there was a good spinning demau-L
I l middling
(heap whisky
uncondition
ally.
910,000,000.
Nous off.
Or as compared with tb* Mills hill:
Mills bill- 19HOOO.CCO left19>l.000,000 left
IH.oro.ooo off. • on. I or put on.
quotations were advanced He., middling
lands closing st 10 13-lCc.
London, July 29.—A fearful
caused much destruction in sj 1 ’ j
France: many fishermen have l-e-n It" • ,
The link.- ..f (;r«.-iont’s yacht he* lou“ J
off Ouettville.