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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH; TCESDAf, OCTOBER 16 1883.-TWELYE PAGES.
CAUGHT A TARTAR:
A Strong Letter from Ex-
Secretary Carl Scliurz.
WHY HE WILL SUPFORf CLEVELAND.
His Reply to ii Republican Who Begged
Him to Come Homo and Help the
Republican Party—Why He
Declines to Do So.
We make the following extracts from a
letter written by Mr. Carl richurz, who is
now In Europe, to the New York Evening
Post. It is intended as a reply to the
letter of a prominent republican who wrote
urging Mr. Schurz to come home because
he could do more than any other man “to
promote the interest of the republican
ticket.” Among other things Mr. Schurz
says:
“Concerning administrative reform, we
have seen enough of political life to know
that, as to their devotion to the spoils sys
tem, theie is no difference between the
working politicians in the Republican and
tlin-c in the I lemucratic party.
BLAINE REALLY THE CANDIDATE.
“Is it reasonable to expect that Mr.
Harrison, if elected, would oppose such a
‘clean sweep’ with greater courage and
firmness than was shown by Mr. Cleveland?
Mr. Harrison is, in point of personal char
acter, no doubt vastly preferable to Mr.
Blaine. But neither his profession nor his
antecedents stnmpB him as a man who
would resist die demands of the Influential
politicians of hispartv. The cause of civil
service reform would, therefore, have to
hope rather less from Mr. Harrison than
from Mr. Cleveland.
‘ But, if I rightly understand the atti
tude of the Republican party, it is really
Mr. Blaine, not Mr. Harrison, whom we
are invited to put into power. Mr. Blaine
is vociferously proclaimed, not only ns the
‘greatest statesman,’ as the ‘real leader of
the Republican party,’ but also as the ‘pre
mier,’ the 'head of the republican adminis
tration’that is to lie. What Mr. Harri
son’s administration shall be under Mr.
Blaine’s control seems to be taken for
granted, without any conspicuous dissent.
Mr. Harrison is so pointedly consigned to
the role of second man that his position
as a candidate appears grotesque in the ex
treme. It is an entirely new thing in our
constitutional History that one person is to
be elected President of the United States
for the very porpose of permitting the
presidential power to be wielded by anoth
er. Those woo acted with us in 1884 upon
sincere motives can hardly deem it safe or
creditable to the American people now to
invest with the power of ‘head of the ad
ministration’ the Bame man whom they re
pudiated four years ago, and whom this
year the prudent men of his party would
have feared to nominate under his own
name.
REPUBLICAN ill pucRiaV.
“I am not frightened by the republican
campaign cry that, if Mr. Cleveland be re
elected the industries of the country will
surely bo ruined and general distress fol
low. The tariff policy of the republican
party in 1884 was professedly not what it
IS now. It freely admitted that the tariff,
intended to meet the financial needs of the
war periods, was full of unjust aud offen
sive tcatur. s, and that it must be revised
sod reduced in its rates. One republican
platform titer another joined in this ad
mission.
“But now, when the democrats attempt
to do in a verv moderate way what the re
publicans had for years been promising to
do, we are told that unless this attempt bo
slopped the country will go to ruin. The
very men who constantly declaim
absut the ‘magnificent past’ of the republi
can party gives us to understand that if
the policy of tariff reduction advocated
during that 'magnificent past’ by republi
can platforms and statesmen had been car
ried out distress and misery would have
been the lot of the American people.
RECKLESS MONOPOLY AT TIIEIR HEAD.
“It was the custom of the Republican
party to pledge itself in its platforms that
the government should be administered
with strict economy. The platform of this
year omits this pledge and recommends a
liberal spending of the public money for
a variety of subjects. What this means is
easily understood.
“When I thus see the Republican party
sacrifice the professions and plcdgis of iis
better days • • • I am forced to the
conclusion that the Republican party has
fallen completely under the control of
selfish, grasping interests, in which the
spirit of monopoly is running mad.
“How in the world can anybody have
the face to say that the Mills bill would
destroy the protective system and thereby
the inilustries of the country?
“Enuilly astonishing is the argument
that, if the danger is not in the Mills bill
itself, it is in the ipirit animating it, in the
principles embodied in President Cleve
land's tarifl message. What arc those
principles? That ‘the necessaries of life
used and consumed by all the people, the
■duty on which adds to the cost of living in
every home, should be greatly cheapened,
and that ‘the duties on raw material used
in manufactures’ should be ‘radicaliy re
duced’ or abolished. Against the second
part of this proposition the republican
party makes its open war. According to
them, the free importation of raw material
is to destroy the protective system ana
«Stl> 11 , ... \'n m«n» **»1f-evI*
with it our fndustrfes. No more self-evi
dently fallacious assertion has evf r been
advanced.
America’s contracted market.
It is in a great measure owing to the
artificial enhancement of the price of the
raw material that ths product* *»« Amcr
ican manufacturers have not been more
successful in competing with those of other
nations in the markets of the world. 1
know from personal observation that Euro-
Man manufacturers who understand their
businesa look forward with grave appre
hension to the time when American in
dustry will be relieved of the clogs which
now hamper it and enter the markets ot
the world to compete with_ them, they
kuow well that the competition of Amer
ican ingenuity and energy, untrammelled
by artificial shackles, will l> eto them of all
competitions most formidable.
“When now these protected interests
•proclaim through the mouth of the re
publican patty that they are ready to sac
rifice almost anything and uo almost 7*
thing ‘rather thus surrender
come, either now or in the near future.
The question teally is, whether it shall
come iu the temperate and prudent shape
proposed in Mr. Cleveland’s message, tend
ing to strengthen rather than to endanger
the manufacturing industries, or in the
shape of an angry rea'ction a little later,
threatening such loss and confusion as is
incident to sudden, violent and sweeping
changes of system. The danger that, if
moderate tariff reform be rejected now,
such an angry reaction will follow is great
ly increased by the appearance in the
business world of the ^trusts.’ I notice
that the republicans greatly exert them
selves to create the impression that the
organization ef trusts has nothing to do
with the protective tariff But an intel
ligent people will not fail to see that the
two contrivances are designed to serve the
same object—to enhance the price of goods
by cutting off competition.
“In fact, the protective tarifl and the
trusts are children of the same parentage;
the trust is the younger brother of the
tarifl.
“The springing up of trusts has put
upon the tariff question a new face. The
trust is extortion undisguised. It bluntly
bids the people ‘stand and deliver.’ The
efforts to obscure the relationship between
truBt and protective tariff' will not succeed
long, if they succeed at all. No free and
spirited people will long endure such com
binations when their nature lias once been
understood. I am in favor of prudent and
temperate reform, and wish to avoid the
danger of abrupt, sweeping and possibly
destructive changes. I am, therefore, in
favor of the tarifl policy proposed by Mr.
Cleveland, and against that of the Repub
lican party. And, in my humble opinion,
the manufacturers as well as the laboring
men will best serve their own interests if
they act upon the same view of the Bubject.
THE ADMINISTRATION A NATIONAL GAIN.
“During Ira presidency the country has
been relieved of an impression sedulously
fostered by party spirit, and until within
three years sincerely entertained by many
good citizens, that one-half of the people
were disloyal and dangerous to the union,
and that the republic would go to destruc
tion if the government passed from the
hands ot one parlv to those of another.
This is a gain to the morals of our politi
cal life which cuDnot.be too highly appre
ciated. Moreover, President Cleveland
lias given the country an administration
of public affairs which, notwithstanding
its shortcomings, has, in many important
respects, by its ability, its fidelity to the
public interest and its wholesome con
servative spirit, deserved and in a high de
gree won the approval and confidence of
the people. And, finally, he lias by his
tariff message identified himself and his
candidacy with an economic policy which
bids fair to correct existing evils, to obvi
ate destructive disturbances, to enlarge the
remunerative activity, of industrial labor,
and to secure a steady development of the
genera] prosperity."
A Comical Free List.
From the Chicago Herald.
The Senate tarifl bill undoubtedly does
surrender some part of the protective sys
tem, but it surrenders no essential part,
and its enactment into a law would not
alarm the tariff-fattened trusts and pro
tected monopolies. It cuts the sugar tariff
iu two. and thereby deals a blow at the
sugar trust which may perhaps diminish
the output of “fat” from that source, hut
this is a sacrifice that could be made easier
than any other, for the sugar duty is
largely a revenue duty aud protects only a
comparatively small number of southern
democrats. The other trusts and protected
industries are practically untouched.
But, while the consumer will bo disap
pointed in the ViU in many respects, he will
turn to its free list with a feeling of min
gled gratitude and jov. First on the list
are acorns, raw, dried, or undried, the ad
mission of which free of duty will be
gracefully appreciated by the thousands of
people wlio now experience great difficulty
in obtaining acorns in either of these con-
dilious. Also oil the free list are books
printed exclusively in languages other than
English, which will allow the laboring
man to take home a French novel to his
wife, which, at the present price of French
novels, is an cxtravaganco beyond his
means. Foreign bulbs, too. arc on the
free list, and the wives of toilers immured
between the walls of great cities may
now adorn their windows with a tulip
or a hya ?inth at a trilling cost. There arc
few families among the poor who have not
been compelled to practice thecloeestecon
omy in their consumption of culm. That
also is exempt from duty, and instead of
having culm not oftener than once a fort
night, as is now the case, they may here
after at considerably lebs expense have it
at least once a week. With a tender con
sideration for the lovers of “greens” and
root beer, the Senate has included in the
free list raw, dried anil undried dandelion
roots. This will certainly prove another
inestimable blessing, tor, although the
dandelion is a member of our American
flora, it runs wild and U consequently hnrd
to procure. Human hair is another im
portant item on this beneficent list. There
u a growing tendency to baldness, and
hence an increased demand for wigs. ;IIair
is worn, too, by ladies in the form
of switches, waves and bang*. It was
a wise and generous thing to put it
on the free list. The opposition cackle
of American hens did not, it seems, deter
the Senate from coming to the relief of
the consumers of eggs, and eggs are ad
mitted free of duty. This is also a subject
for congratulation, and will relievo us from
the exactions of home hens, which lay
plenty of eggs when they are cheap, but
reduce their output when they are dear.
Rags are also on the free list They are
extensively worn by protected labor.
There are several other important
articles exempted from doty, like curling
stone handles, ramie, sisal grass, surm,
upiuiii and sasd, but •>- *•*"'» are the
principal ones, and the poor roan will read
the free list Jritb new hope and a lighter
heart.
NERVOUS BISMARCK.
Gerxuan-Amerlcans Think He Take* Fred
erick's Diary too Much to Heart.
From the New York llctaUI.
German opinion in New York was
greatly interested yesterday in the publica
tion in the Herald of the chief portion of
Emperor Frederick’s diary, whicli in the
Fatherland lias created so great a sensa
tion.
Though Dr. Geffkcn gave it to the world
in the original German some weeks ago,
the Herald has been the first paper to
bring it before the German American pub
lic, and the English version was most
greedily devoured by all who attentively
watcli the course of affairs in their native
land.
A Herald lepor er has obtained inter
views with some of the leading public-
spirited Germans in this city, none of
whom has hesitated to speak his mind
freely on ih^ subject and to praise the
promptiude and enterprise of the Herald
in the warmest terms.
Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer, editor and pro
prietor of the Staats Zeitung, was found in
the comfortable library of his house in
East Seventeenth street, engaged in digest
ing the contents of a pile of German ex
changes which lay upon the chair beside
him.
WHY 80 MUCH FUSS?
“The contents of Emperor Frederick’s usual solemn decorum of the proceedings,
diary,” he said, “are of much less impor- An attempt to reserve the bar for those end-
tauce than 1 at first supposed. I cannot
understand how it should have created so
great a sensation in Germany, nor why
Bismarck should have made such a great
futa about it. There are uo indications in
the. matter which theHeraldhas translated
which would lead me to think that the
original is a forgery. The diary contains
nothing which is improbable or impossi
ble, so faros I have observed. There may
be, of course, some little inaccuracies iu
this record of events as set down by the
late emperor, inaccuracies which would be
natural to any human being,but which are
entirely immaterial in a general estimate
of the work.
“In fact, as shown by the whole charac
ter of the work, it must necessarily have
come from the hand of Frederick. It re
flects throughout such views of men and
statecraft as were peculiar to his noble
and benevolent nature. He did not be
lieve in the purely materialistic and con
scienceless view of things that power
should go before right and that strength
was everything. In that respect Freder
ick, ss prince and emperor, never was in
harmony with Bismarck. But this fact
has never been a secret. The difference
between them dated back to the close of
the Franco-German war and even long be
fore it.”
INCONSISTENCY.
“Do you think the publication of Fred
erick’s iliary can have tho effect of lessen
ing the popular glory of Bismarck, or of
changing the historical estimate of his
greatness as a statesman ?”
“I do not. He is immensely strong in
the heroic sense with nearly every class of
Germans, not alone with the army and
those in official position. Of course, the
views expressed by the late emperor arc
not openly shared by any one of official
capacity. That ia to say, these views are
not voiced by anybody in a position to
speak authoritatively. The policy repre
sented by Frederick is without an organ,
personal or journalistic, in Germany.
What I can not understand at all is how
those who profess admiration mil reverence
for the characterof the late emperor should
still assist or favor the prosecution of Dr.
Geffkcn for having published this diary,
whicli redounds, if anything, to Fred
erick’s fame as a worthy and humane
FULLER, C. J.
THE CROP REPORT.
THE CEREMONY OF INSTITUTION.
The Senate Begin* It* Long; Talk on the
Tariff, Senators Allison ami Vance
Opening the Rebate for
Their Respective Sides.
Washington, Oct. 8.—Chief Justice Ful*
ler took the oath ot office and assumed the
active duties of his position to-day. An hour
before the time for the opening of the court
the narrow space allotted to the general
public in th6 court chamber was crowded by
men and women who wanted to witness the
ceremony of installation of a chief justice,
and at that time sore trials of the attaches
of the marshal’s office began. It was an
orderly, well mannered throng ;©f congress
men, attorneys and ladies which sought to
pack itself into a space far too small to con
tain it, and naught but crowding marred the
prince. Bismarck will not succeed by' lh 0 f office: “I, Melville Weston Fuller,
such methods in stamping out the sym
pathy and regard ior Frederick which aii
true Germans feel. He may silence those
feelings for the moment, but not longer.
“Certainly this publication does not bo
much detract from Bismarck as it shows
him forth in his true light, and it is easily
comprehensible that he may not like it.
He will no* he less regarded as a states
man, but the haze of glorification whicli
enveloped in a degree tne events of 1870
and 18il has by this means been dissi
pated, and by the rid of fresh light these
events may now he regarded in greater de
tail and with a clearer sense of the causes
whence they sprang and of the influences
which shaped anddirected them. Thediarv
reveals many human traits that before were
hidden. It shows above all tilings that the
German empire was not brought about as
tho direct result of a policy begun prior to
the war of 1870 and 1871 and earned out
to its termination; that the unification of
Germany was not attained as by a con
cocted impulse of princes and people, but
through difficulties which the vanity of
Bismarck, perhaps, would fain have con
cealed from the historian. In other words,
it was not this purnose ( as the German peo
ple are fond of believing, which inspired
the war, though the war was the great and
immediate factor of its accomplishment.
Bismarck did not know in advance, when
entering upon that struggle, that its.effect
would be so important and far-reaching.
NOT ilTIRnrUAN.
“Still, I cannot sec that Bismarck basso
much to complain of in the fact that the
world now knows the truth. Anv change
in public opinion that the publication of
tlie diary can produce must affect the fame
Cotton Condition Considerably Lorvered—
Corn Little Injured—Wheat Yield Poor.
The Chief Justices Takes His Washington, Oet to.—The October re-
Seat on tie Bendi. XitSTSSS
heavy rains of the latter patt of August were
continued during a larger part of last month,
causing the sprouting of seed in the bolls,
the rotting and shedding of top bolls and
foliage.
Bains and winds have interfered with
picking and discolored the fibre and reduced
the grade. Recently the weather has been
more iavorable and the quality iiaa some
what improved. Some correspondents re
port that the short staple crop is everywhere
late, and slight frosts threaten the destruc
tion of plant!. Yet, killing frosts are still in
the future, and the length of the season,
therefore, uncertain.
The average of reported condition is 78, a
decreaso from 83 in September. Louisiana
and South Carolina show the greatest reduc
tions and Texas, Florida and North Carolina
come next.
The state estimates arc as follows: Vir
ginia 80, North Carolina 81, South Carolina
15, Georgia 79, Florida 88, Alabama 82, Mis
sissippi 8 , Louisiana 70, Texas 7S, Arkansas
8.-, Tennestee 91 *
The caterpillar and boll worm have been
present in all except the north tier of states
and have wrought some damage, l’aris
green and London purple have been used
less effectively than usual, the heavy rains
washing off the poisonous mixtures.
CORN.
The condition of the corn crop has been
equaled only three times in ten years and is
exceeded materially only by that of 18*0,
when the condition was 98 and the subse
quent ascertained averate yield 28 bushels
by the census of 1880. The present average
of condition is 93 against 94.2 in September.
There has been some reduction by frosts in
northern New England, New York and Mich
igan. There has been no decline in the
northwest nnd the status of tho great corn
surplus states remains as un the first of Sep
tember. Bad weather in the soutii has had
a slight efiect in reducing the condition. The
indications favor u result ranging a little
from twenty-six bushels per ucre, making a
full average.
The district of commercial corn gives the
following nverages: Ohio, 99; Indiana, 98;
Illinois, 98; Iowa, 99; Missonri, 92; Kansas,
77; Nebraska, 97. The arerago of New
Jersey is 83, Pennsylvauls, 93; Vermont, 98;
Kentucky, 95; Tennessee, 88; Georgia, 89;
Texas, 94.
The condition of buckwheat has declined
heavily, from 93.7 last month to 79, mainly
from the effects of frosts. This grade is pro
duced only in the higher latitudes. In New
York the decline was from 93 to 70, in Penn
sylvania from 95 to 93, in Michigan from 86
to 77.
The average conditian of the potato crop
is about a decline of less than four points.
New i ork stands at 83 and Michigan at 83. a
decline of six and seven points respectively.
TnK WHEAT YIELD.
The returns relative to wheat are those of
the yield per acre by counties as consol-
idated. Tho general average for winter
wheat is twelve bushels per acre and for
spring wheat slightly over tea bashc!:. The
former .lias yielded better than was
early expected, tho latter much
worse. This is, of course, in measured
bushels. The quality is lunch below the
average, which will still further reduce the
supply, ns will be shown more exactly here-
niter from the testimony of inspectors and
of the states of considerable production are:
New York, 14.1; Pennsylvania, 13.7; Mary-
land, 14.3; Virginia, 8.7; Texas, 11.2; Tennes
see, 9.2; Kentucky, 11.2; Ohio, 11.2; Michi
gan, 14.5; Indiana, 11.3; Illinois, 13; Mis*
souri, 12.6; Kansas, 14.7; California, 12.7;
Oregon, 16.3. The spring wheat averages
are: Wisconsin, 11.8 bushels; Minnesota,
S.7; Igwj, 10.3: Nebraska, K'.S; Colorado,
17.5: Dakota, 9.2; Montana, 16.5; Washington
Territory, 18.5; Utah, 16.3. The spring wheat
of the New England states ranges horn 14 to
16 bushels.
SHORT WHEAT CROP.
Entire Northwest of
*«r Cent.
tied to admission was only partially success'
fuL
Among people of note who found place
in the room were Judge Alien Q. Thurman,
who was conducted to a seat within the space
reserved for the marshal, and who became
the conspicuous centre of attraction during
the half hour preceding fhe entry of the
chief justice; Mrs. Fuller, the wife of the
chief justice, with six daughters and one
son, for whom seats were reserved; Mrs.
Justice Harlam, Mrs. Senator Cockrell, At
torney-General Garland, Japanese Minister
Mutton, wife and secretary; Senators Davis,
Butler, 11 amp ton, Farwell, George, Mitchel,
Dolph and Spooner: and Congressmen
Brcckenridge, Wheeler, and Herbert, of
Omaha.
The chief justice arrived at # the
capitol at 11:30 ami proceeded to the private
office of court, where he took the oath of
allegiance in presence of the associate jus
tices, the oath being administered by the
senior member of the court, Associate Jus
tice Miller.
TIIB CEREMONY OP INSTALLATION.
At 12 o’clock the gavel of the crier fell,
aud at the announcement, “The honorable
associate justices of the supreme court of
the United States,” the seated portion of the
assemblage arose and remained standing in
respectful silence. Theassoci to justices in
their white robes of silk, headed by the mar
shal, entered in procession as usual. The
chief justice, also wearing his robe of office,
was escorted to the place at the clerk’s desk.
The associate justices bowed to thQ assem
blage and took their seats. They were only
six in number, justices Gray and Matthews
being absent.
The crier called “Oyez! oyezl oyez! All
persons having business before the honora
ble supreme court of the United States are
admonished to draw near and give their at
tention, for the court is now siiting.** After
a moment of silence, Justice Miller said:
“Gentlemen of the bar, I have the pleasure
to inform you that since the last meeting of
this court and its adjournment, a chief jus
tice, the honorable \V\ W. Fuller, 1ms been
appointed, continued by the Senate and has
received his commission, lie is here and
will read the commission.”
TUB OATH.
Clerk Me Kenny read the commission, after
which Judge Fuller arose, and holding a
bible iu one hand, read from manuscript the
:!c solemnly swear that I will admini-ter
justice without respect to persons ami do
equal right to the poor aud the rich; nnd
that I will faithfully nnd impartially dis
charge and perform all duties incumbent on
me as chief justice of the United States ac
cording to the best of niv ability and under
standing, agreeably to the constitution and
laws of the United States, so help me God!”
His voire was clear and his onunciatioa
firm and distinct at the beginning, but before
the end was reached a marked tremor was
manifest. •
The chief justice was then escorted behind
the bar ami to hi* official scat in the center.
Again the court aud assemblage arose, this
time without any other summons than a
wave of the hand by the clerk.
Justice Miller took the hand of the chief
justice, and, with a smile, addressed him
In a low voice: “I welcome you, sir, on be
half of this court, as one of its members and
its chief justice.” The chief justice bowed,
took his seat, and, when the assemblage was
again seated, he said: “I will say to mem
bers of the bar that, according to the well-
known U‘nge, the court will transact no
business to-uay, but applications for admis
sion to the bar will be entertained.”
NEW YRACT1TI ONERS.
Attorney-General Garland and several
senators and other members of the bar now
presented the names of applicants for ad*
mission, whom they vonened for
a* qualified under the rules of
the court, and the chief justice
directed each batch iu its turn to proceed to
the clerk’s desk and take the oath. About a
score of attorneys were thus admittecL Wh*
this brief ceremonial whs over, tffi* ebi.-f
justice announced that oil motions noted for
this irrorning would stand over until to
morrow. lie then said: “Inaccordance with
GOlt.n IN IN NEW YORK.
it which, in the career of RrMpm* power,
usually precedes the d & 7
reminds Vue somewhat of Tweed» famoa«
reply to li
to do about it?’
THE TWIN BOBBERS-
“The iin»»tif n is not whether
for* will or will cot com*. It
What are you going
tariff re
is sure to
Th. Tariff on Cotton Ties.
Pros, ,he Charleston News amt Courier.
About a year ago the CnaVtanooga
Times said: “Had the tariff on cotton
ties been placed high enough in the ro-
▼bed Act of 1883 to stimulate home pro
duction the planters would now be able to
get all they need at $1 a bundle, instead of
fl.lOa $1.15 paid for Knglishties, and they
would not be in any danger of a tie famine
like that troubling them in Savannah and
other cottcn country centers. It was
short-sighted stupidity to turn over the
production of this important adjunct ot
the cotton businea to foreign countries.
The attention of the Chattanooga Times
of tiie protective system,’ the proclamation ^ \fully directed to this past expres-
has a peculiarly irritating sound, there . { 0 .,; n i on taken in connection with
is something of the insolent recklessnces in * .. .. ....
the present highly satisfactory condition
of affairs brought about by the Cotton
Banting Trust, which etiar a tariff
“high enough to itimulate home pro
lion," in the barging busing*. Js the
Time* pleased with the companion,
w. uld it prefer to have tl.e country
“lloo ied” with cheap bagging?
the *ol
ll.ur. i
Virgin!
ley. N.
, f Frederick as much os his own. hecould
only complain, anyhow, that his character
nni talents are shown to be less than super
human.
“In my opinion, tho sensation which lias
been caused by the publication of these _ _
papers and the measures which Bismarck i day.
I has taken to prosecute the man who caused Uow |( „
it indicate a state of public feeling in
Germany and a condition of public affairs,
which are unwholesome and may proveotui-
nout of the future. I cannot comprehend
why so great an excitement couhl other
wise have resulted trout tin? act. The Ger
man public must at the present tuuiucui Us
abnormally sensitive. Of coarse it is pos
sible that purely political motives prompt
ed Bismarck in tne course he has taken.
He may have anticipated that his enemies
would make an undue use of Frederick’s
dairy; would, as we term it, make political
capital of it. The arrest of Dr. Geficken
was very likely intended to counteract any
attempt of this sort: certainly, howcvcr ; tt
betokens a littleness in Bismarck which
must displease his sincerest admirers, and
it is a course that such a man as he should
have been above.
Georgia'* National Committeeman.
From the Grlffln Sun.
Col. J. H. Estill, Georgia’s member ot
the national democratic executive commit
tee. left for New York to-day, and will
upend a week at the committee’s head
quarters. ,
Col. Es'.ill is in full accord with the. (v
party, and his counsels wil be worth a. i,
great deal at headquarters. He i- a g i"d ■ !'■
man and beloved by all who know : iui.
His papers, the bavannsli New. ai d Ms-
con 1 EI.M.IUI'H, are the bs-st in the -me.
racy are always with the peojde and reli
able’. All honor to our executive commit-
te.ni as.
memorial usage, the court will now ail
jouru in order to enable il. member- to j>.iy
their respects in a body to the President of
the United States.”
Tlie voice of the crier, that “This honor;!
ble
He Claims That the Outlook is Far More
Promising Than Pour Yenrs Ago.
Washington, Oct. 10.-*lSpeolnl.]—In a
speech in Representative Shaw's district in
Maryland yesterday, Senator Gorman said:
“I am aware that the enemy boa circulated
reporta that there ia doubt of the result
because of some local difficultiea in New
York; but I want to say to you that these
have existed in every presidential election
since the war. While I have not had the
opportunity of going into the details of the
campaign as I did in 1884, I have been on
the ground and looked oyer the field, and I
say today, and I stake my political reputa
tion upon tlie statement, that the party is 25
per cent, better off to-day ia New York than
it was this time four years ago.”
Asked afterwards for the grounds of bis
belief, be said: “In 1881 John Kelly
and his great Tammsoy organisation
were hostile to Sir. Cleveland nnd remained
so until just before the election. Senator
Grady not only did not work for Cleveland
hut he went over to tlie enemy, and Mr.
Bonrke t'oekran did not nuke a speech in
behalf of the democratic candidate. Their
action lost ns at least 35.000 votes among the
Irish. Even under these conditions the
presidential ticket had 45,000 majority In
New York City. The condition of aflai s to
day is different. Tammany is for Cleveland
to a man, although there may be a disagree
ment as to the majority. The county democ
racy ia for the President earnestly and
faithfully. There will be uo cutting the
><1 nnd All About It.
It wah Tuefcdav Feptember 11. lMt, always
Tuesday, the* 220th Grand Monthly J 1 ~
de court is now adjourned until to-morrow J^ 0 n"^dC^krau'Uis'enereeiJc'in
it 12 o dock,’ dosed the proceedings of the tfce ’ llign Ioday as was John It. Fellow -
in 1844. On <4et-18, in 1884, the business
Yuen’s parade consisted of 18,000 men en
rolled In companies of 100 each. Had the
weather been fine last Saturday, 23,000 men,
actually engaged in business nnd whose
names were known at headquarters, would
have partieijiated in the demonstration,
which was to have preceded the speeches of
a»cr«t«rv Fairchild and Renreseotative
Wilson. * There will be at least 250,000 or
260,000 votes east in New York :lty at the
next election. I predict that the democrats
will cast 25,000 more votes that they had
four years ago.”
Ians State Littery occurred under
management, ss usual, of Gens. G. T.
ar«l ot 1- uhlans, and Jilbal A. Early of
:. The prizes ranged from *100 to 8X0,-
I were, scattered everywhere. Dojrou
know In whnm unsl wh*H>T N». *7.422
it Firit Capital Prize of 9300,0G0* 11
i infractions; fold to Jacob Ships*
(. city: thereat went to Co*ta Rica, C.
a. i ne Second Capital P»lze of 1100, JJ0 went to
No. told n fraetfooalpartaat91 each,
went to M. A. Dauphin. Orleans, La.; one-
twentleth want to Hank of Uaycivllle. Mayen-
vtlle. Ky.: one to J.O. Roman, SL Jamea Parish,
La.: one to Ohio Valley National Rank Cincin
nati. O.: one to a depositor through Bute
National Itnnk, New Orleam, La.; one to IS. L.
of So. Rank of Ga.: Savannah. Oa.;
San Pr
imr'
T *
lifer, < hi* ivo
tloii Uoired aii I*- h»«; ssr» at
A. iHfuphin. New Or!*au» 1*
will *o over on Tuesday, N
bote of dale.
The Meautut Paragraph Yet.
From the New York Herald.
We have been looking through the polit
ical exchsng-s for the meanest paragraph
, in the campaign and find it in tho rej.ub-
\ liran newrpaper called the Press. It is a
gem in the way of complete, unrelieved
meanness:
“Are There no Union Soldier’s Widows?
—To the Editor of the Press: Mrs. Miller,
the daughter of rebel Gen. Van Dorn, is a
clerk in the ;>eneiun office at $i,4'J0. Rebel
Gen. Pickett’s ssife is also is clerk in the
, uk fourth capltisl prize I aame office at f1,200. Gen. Ida k and
«l*oaold in fractional i l\mtmaHer-GeiHral Dichinaon are making
*hn Wcinnfg, Jr.,> political spetrliv*.” •
Vu"!'"' .' i' . - I Is* cx'Hitry - l';i) ilit all-lit eighty
s .Ml idu lisiutf-l Atl. ta. . millions • near to eoldier-, and soldiers
."b-'.ro- ii - !?"’5“;‘ widows, and yet there is a republican mean
bY/Lo'iiT ‘fffirlnSnriaa- enough to grudge two widow- tne chance
ot earning thtirbr- aJ.
Ye-, up to date liiU is tile meanest c
psigti p»r,graph we have ,eeu in print
lejiosltor through Weils. Fargo & Co-
. CU1; one to Anglo-Cslifornlan
mum >an KrancUco, Cal.: two to John H.
How diil. CoinuiliiiB, O., through Commercial
Ndtloiiitl Hank ot Coluntm-. The third capital
priz-M.11.0.000 was drawn by Xq.44.6t'. also
tol.l In fra. initial imitaof twentieths at It each,
sent to M. A. Dauphin. KewOrleans,La.; onelo
fliarles T. silk, Oaleuvtlle, WK. through Bank
of imleavllle-. ono to First National Bank of
sulphur -primes, lex.; one to a depositor
throuirh i.-iDlsiiit NkiIoiisI Bank, New Orleans,
La <>m* to i-ra.-l -e-urmatt. New York: onelo
r:r-i National I Sink ofTUsnlu, Tex.; tbaoihar
. iAMetts #safsital ts.lvX f
A Falling Off 111 tli
Forty
From the 8L Paul Pioneer Press.
The thrasher lias been busy in the wheat
fields of the northwest for the pant lour or
five weeks. Tho store which it is pro
claiming to the world is a story of blight
and shortage. The wheat crop was left in
such condition by the heavy frost of Aug.
17 that it was impossible to place estimates
upon it which could be considered in any
way reliable. The crop we- sadly mottled
and cut up. Only the thrasher could
sptfik with certainty of the yield and its
condition, and since the thrasher began its
recital, it lias become more and more ap
parent that the previous general estimates,
although apparently conservative, had
been placed too high. Farmers who were
anticipating a yield of fifteen bushels to
the acre must be content with twelve;
those who hoped to eke out ten must be
content with eight, nnd so on down tlie
scale, until many who were hoping to get
at least two or three bushels for their
pains, must reconcile themselves, if they
can, to the inevitable fact that they will
get nothing*at all.
The market has fortunately come to the
rescue, and the high price of wheat will go
a long way toward ofisettingtho yield. The
market has already given heart and cour
age to thoussndsof farmers who had sunk
hack into a cave of gloom, and they have
come forth with straightened faces to gath
er in their diminished crops and profit bv
the great rise in prices. The situation is
not nearly as bad as it might be. The Pio
neer Press takes the earliest opportunity to
place before its readers in full aud detailed
form the actual results of the early thrash
ing, from over eighty counties in Minne-
sola and Dakota, covering practically . the
entire chief wheat raising country of the
northwest. The figures are based upon
and averaged from hundreds of circulars .*
received from country shipping points,
showing just what have been the results of
the thrashing and marketing. It is the
best information obtainable at tlie | resent
time. The net result of tho figuring shows
an average yield of under ten bushels per
acre for the thirty-seven Minnesota coun
ties tabulated, and of about ten bushels per
acre for Dakota, while as compared with
last year the yield in Minnesota is found
to be a little short of 40 per cent, less,
while in Dakota is just about 40 per cent,
less.
Little account has been taken of . the
southern Minnesota counties in this state
ment. The crop is more or less a failure
in most of these counting, as it lias been in
years past, and in» view of the fact that
farmers in that section are gradually turn
ing away from wheat raising and putting
other crops into their acreage, the wheat
crop of that section cannot cut a determin
ing figure in the general result. A decrease
of 40 per cent, then, as compared witli last
year's yield of nearly 100,000,000 bushels,
may be considered a very correct estimate
as applied to the entire wiieat yield of the
nurthwest for tlfiB season. There are pmny
well posted gentlemen who think that not
nne-lialf of last vear’s cron will he liar-
vested. Whether fater returns will confirm
their views remains to he seen. Tlie esti
mate here given is bused upon actual fig
ures, and is also in accordance with tho
opinions of conservative men. iiy an
aualysis of the table it appears that no
county in Minnesota can claim a larger
yield than fur iu-l year, while there are
only three out of.thirty-seven in which the
yield ia up to that of last year, in Dako
ta, out of 48 counties, 28 report a less
yield than last year, 14 a greater yield, and
ii a yield correiqionding with thill of the
season of 1885.
There was damage from one cause or an
ker !!1 ne*r!» ever- ■vrlinn. univ.twn nr
three counties reporting a perfect crop.
Fifteen out of the eighty-odd heard from
allow that the grain has turned out to be
of a very good quality, while in 25 coun
ties the quality ia fair. Moat of the Min
nesota grain will grade No. 2. and No ft
northern, and although tlie proportion of
No. 1 hard in both state ond territory will
he small, there will yet be some of that
desirable grade. The frost extended into
17 counties in Dakota and 10 in Minnerota,
leaving ruin in its path. There will be
leas than half a crop in these counties,
while the quality averages very poor.
Much of tho wheat will not come above
the No. 3 grade, while in some sections
half or more will be rejected. Hundreds
of acres will not be cut at all. Boat and
blight caused damage ia a good many
counties, hut a principal cause of crop
failure was a drought which closed down
over central and eastern Dakota aud cen
tral and western Minnesota.
Dry, hot winds artoi across tlie country,
doing more damage than up to the time ot
thrashing Imd been imagined. The effect
of the drought was to Icavo the kernels in
a shrunken condition, making the grain of
light weight. Otherwise tlie wiieat ares
turns out to be of a fair quality. The
damage by hail hta been exceptionally
light this year, only two or three counties
reporting serious damage from that cause.
Returns from about 26 counties in Iowa
show that wherever wheat raising was at
tempted in that state the results were about
the same on the average as in Minue-ota.
Reports concerning crops other than wheat
show a very satisfactory harvest. Oats,
with a largely increased acreage, will be a
heavier crop than last year. In some sec
tions they have been affected by rust and
Might and are light weight, hut in about
20 counties out of the 80 the crop turns
out better titan last year, in 2U others
smaller, while in the balance the average
)>er acre is about tlie snfiie. The crop has
flourished better in Dakota than in Minne
sota. In a few counties in the territories
the yield is about double that of 18-7.
Rye lias turned out fairly well, while
barley is about the came as last year. The
corn was killed by frost in the lied river
valley and northern Dakota, but in those
sections that crop cuts hut little figure. Alt
through the central and louthern stctioos
it has prospered finely, and tlie average
yield per acre will he considerably heavier
than last year, while the acreage is very
much larger.
Flax is a very good crop. The average
yield per acre is not, jierhap-. very much
lapoov ikstn in 1 List it. It
larger lhan in 1837, but it Las i«uffi ;e<l uo
daoitgeand the qiulity i> 6ne.
Root vegetables within the front belt
were ruined, but iu other sections have re-
tulted in a fine yield aluu.ft without ex
ception.
i he hay crop is exceptionally heavy in
all parta of the northwest.
Gallant Jae Wheeler.
From tfu Anshton Rot Bhut^
A correspondent of the New York World
refers to Gt*n. Joneph Wheeler k* the
“Sheridan of tin* south ” The late general
wr.o undoubtedly a gallant soldier and able
officer, and the correspondent evidently in
tended thin for a cdoipliuieDt, but con-
Tsidering the force* at the d».-j*v».-.ai ci (leo.
Wheeler, he accomplish**! even more
brilliant feaU during the war than Sheri
dan.