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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1390.
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THE TELEORAPII. Macon. Oa.
Bull another candidate for the speak
ership has been suggested, The Kansas
City Journal, which is exceedingly tore
from the effects of the election, lias this:
11 Fof speaker of the next House, the
most effective kicker of them oil, the
man with the brainiest foot in congress,
the Hon# C. Buckley Kilgore, of Texts,
by George, sir!”
Birchall, the English adventurer
who was hanged in Canada on Friday,
expressed his hearty dislike of newspaper
reporters. As the reporters were instru
mental in the capture and conviction of
Birchall his aversion to them is quite
natural The newspaper reporter is one
of the most efficient of detectives, and id
never loved by criminals.
TH* officers of the Stanley expedition
went from civilized lands, but a few
months in Africa were apparently
enough to dovelop in them traits of
cruelty and selfishness of tohich the
blackest negro on the continent would
probably have been asbamod. There
was never better evidonce that ci’/iliza-
tion Is a very thin veneer indeed.
The 3Iaesachuse'.ts democrats have
faith in young leadets. They have just
elected Mr. Hassell governor, who is
only 33, and Mr. Nathan Matthews, the
democratic nominee for mayor of Boston,
who is certain of success, is only 34.
Mr. Sherman Hoar, who was elected to
congress as a democrat in the district
where resides his uncle, Senator Hoar, is
only 281 Within the last few years
thousands of young men have come to
the Democratic party in Massachusetts
Whose fathers were and are republicans
and some of them give promise of su
perb ssrvico to the party.
The election of Judge Miller to fill the
tinexplred term ns judgo of the Macon
circuit on which he )>cgan under guber
natorial appointment nearly a year ago,
and bis elsction to tho full term, which
trill begin on the Jan. 1, gratifies the peo
ple of this circuit Ho has shown him
self to bo an excellent judgo in every re
spect, and there is every reason to be
lieve that so long at he remains on tho
bonch tho business of tho court will be
thoroughly nnd promptly attended to.
Tiie Telegraph congratulates Judge
Miller pn his unanimous election and the
circuit on securing such a judicial officer
r LortifnERiMi tho fsciihai grapo cul
ture has proved profitable in many parts
of the United States it is a surpr.se to
fiud by tho census reports that there
■•to in the entire country only 400,COO
sores under vine culture end only 800,000
bearing. California has 150,000 acres of
grapes and this leaves the rest of the
country with only 230,000 acres. Seven-
eighths of the grapo product of Cali
fornia ore put into wine and the quality
of California wine is constantly improv
ing. Nearly 40,000,000 gallons of wine
krill be put up iu the Uniteu Stab • this
year. The supply of domestic wine 1*
probably ample, tut many more gra|>et
could be sold than ars now offered. It is
strango that tho vineyard interests In
Georgia are not larger. Wherever grape
culture list been attempted intelligently
in central and northern parts of this
state it lias boon profitable. Dozens of
varieties of excellent grapes are brought
to perfection in this state every year and
there Is always a ready market for them
at prices that pay well Let us have
more of them. __
A few years ago all the Georgia state
house officers were appointed by ths gov
ernor. The constitution of 1878 prov.ded
for the election of tho attorney-general,
the secretary of state, tlfo comptroller
general and the state treasurer. The last
legislature placed the otfice of commis
sioner of agriculture on the same foot
ing. The appointment of the state school
commissioner is still left to tho governor,
but Mr. Boifeuillct, of Bibb, has intro
duced a bill to make this office aho the
subject of popular choice. Jt is probable
that such a method of choosing the school
Commissioner would be more generally
utiifactory than appointment by the
*ernor. There is certainly as much
ion for submitting the choice of this
_xer to a popular vote as there is in
saving the people to elect the governor’s
legal adviser. The tendency for sever* I
years post bos been toward the popular
election of all the heads of the state de
partments, and the state school commis
sioner will probably be placed in the
tame category as the others.
The Alliance-
and Ene* that demand was made at the co6t of
t power in the nation. It was made against
For a good long time the courses run f. . , . 4 . ~ ... ..
i .» A.i . .I , , ' the protest of the Constitution, which
£. to oootlnoe, butc»„
now pronounco to trippingly the sbibbo-
the Southern Allianco Farmer have
been so nearly parallel and
close together as to suggest tho
possibility that those keen-nosed hunter*
for place and power ran in n leash. It is
not surprising, therefore, that both
should now be doing their best to per
suade Alliancemen who are members of
tlto legislature, that what Georgia needs
government from behind closed doors,
id that it is their duty to givo her that
kind of government.
Yesterday the Telegraph reprinted
from tho Alliance Farmer a remarkably
article, written by a pen abler and more
audacious than Copt. Harry Brown’s—
presumably that of his associate editor,
Col Livingston.
We have no doubt that the people of
Georgia generally read that article with
pleasure, while Alliancemen must have
felt no little indignation. To the
people generaJjjr jt afforded pleasure, as
the bed evidence yet given that the vile
attempt to supplant the legislature by
the caucus of a secret society, superin*
tended by the officers of that society,
many of them not even citizens of the
state, had failed—and failed through
the patriotic courage of Alliancemen.
They saw as much rcaion for gratitude
in the cause of the failure os in tho failure
its If. In self-respecting Alliancemen it
must have excited indignation, because
it was the meanest attack which could
be made on their representatives iu the
legislature and a gross misrepresentation
of the situation in Atlanta,
Colonel Livingston begins by saying,
in effect, that in the hotels, lobbies and
restaurants of Atlanta the enemies of the
Allianco have soduced many Alliance-
men from their allegiance. In another
place he says some of the work wus done
in "private clubs.” Tho meaning of all
this is, that Alliancemen who aro rep*
resentatives have sold themselves for
liquor and food in hotels, restaurants
and clubs during tho short week they
havo been in Atlanta, and now stand
ready, m the service of the “money
power and sharks," to destroy tho or*
tier to which they nro indebted
for their places in tho legislature. It
means that or nothing. Col. Livingston
expressly states that "professed friend*
of the Allianco attend its gatherings and
raise these dissensions for the purpose of
preventing harmony and unity." At
the chief causo of his complaint is that
he and othor Alliancouen who are not
members of the legislature aro excluded
from these gatherings or caucuses, which
are entirely mado up of Alliance legis
lators, there can be no mistaking his
meaning. He means that Alliance mem.
bers of tho legislature havo in one week
become tho slaves of the infiusncea
they were elected to fight.
If these insinuations are insults to
Alliancemea individually, and they aro,
lint shall bo said of Cob Livingston*
instructions to Alliances to send delegu*
tiens to Atlanta to take care of their
representatives? Is our legislation to be
done by caucus, and the caucus sur*
rounded by crowds of outsiders to pro*
vent it swerving in the least degree from
the course marked out by CoL Living*
ston? That is more than intuit. The
proposition Is an outrage on the legiala-
ture and on the people.
This article makes plainer than before
that CoL Livingston does not regard the
legislators who are Alliancemen as rep
resentatives of tho people of Georgia,
but as subordinate tneralera of tho order
of which he is the head, and therefore
i-uhject to his rule. Ho complains bit*
teriy that he and other officers are ex*
eluded, along with all other outsiders,
from a caucui of legislators, ssying th -y
'•are best post d in regird to its [the
Alliance's] needs and its opportunities'—
as if the bu*inose of the legislature were
to work for tho Alliance instead of for
the people of Georgia.
lfight at this point lies the real issue
between CoL Livingston and the AUL
anesmen he is trying to bulldoze. They
regard themselves ns legislators bound
to serve ail the people; be regards them
Aillaneenion, wuo happen to be legis
lators, but who are nevertheless bound
to submit to tho same, influences that
control the aecrtt meetings of the order
They cannot believe that it is right for
interlopers from Maryland to Texas to
be given a share—a largo share—in
shaping the legislation of Georgia.
CoL Livingston is greatly mistaken
loth, “Livingston.” Perhaps Some Alli
ance members of tho legislature can yet
remember the knifing campaign against
Cleveland that excited the r indignation
in these days. If so. they cau compare
it with the campaign of the same char
acter which is just ending, of which
another noble democrat is the victim.
"Bewaro of j'our enemies who come in
the guise of friende—they intend to de
ceive you for the purpose of ruinivg you;
if you listen to them this resu.t will
follnw—H* certain a* day follow* night.”
The words aro the Constitution’s, but the
rjllib County's School*,
The last report of the board cf educa*
tion is of a character to gratify every
citizen of Bibb county. Our system of
public schools is thown to be well organ
ized, progressive, and in the control of
hopeful and earnest men and women.
The people havo the light to expect, from
the work now being doue and from the
spirit manifested by officers and teachers,
that the system will continuo to grow in
strength and efficiency as the demands
upon it increase.
The report of Superintendent Settlor
shows that during the last school year
5,419 children were enroiledin the f rty-
fivo schools of the county, and that tho
average daily attendance was 8,479: hat
advice is good, and the Telegraph only
sog^eHs tint true friends do not adviw
Alliunccmin to do anything whica will
divide the white people of the South into
antsj. oai»ti j class©.; uny thing which will
divido nnd weaken the Democratic party,
wlio.o tnuiuiofiog demand for justice to
the farmers has just shaken
the country: anything which
will revolutionize our sato system
and make ours a government of secrecy:
anything which will put corrupt dema
gogues iu power In place of the honest
men who have heretofore ruled us; or,
lastly, anything that will dishonor the
best traditions of the Hate by display
ing ingratitude for magnificent public
service.
It ia largely tiue that the issue is one
of measures, and not of men ; but when
the question of whether Gordon is to be
senator or Livingston unquestioned boss
of Georgia Is involved, it is inevitable
that mcii shall bo considered.
Tlie question for Alliancemen to decido
is whether their order will be ruined or
strengthened by wrongdoing on its part.
five c
’ school houses were built dur-
A \ob!e Example.
Seldom in tho history of this country
lias a private citizen receir.il ft mure itn- «™“ "T"
m*M.ivn the. t h»t «l,l,h ... I «''«• thin*, .tumid 1>. true. Ia otter
coantics, where the term varies from
ing the year; that reirly all the
country districts are now provided
with comfortable buildings, and
that, generally, the year has
been on© of progress and improvement
“Of the work done in the school* by the
teachers,” the superintendent remarks,
“/ am 6ure f may say ft is (he best wo
have ever had,”
The total sum expended by the board
for tho maintenance of this admirable
system of schools, including the cost of
new buildings nnd improvements was
$31,121.24, as shown by the report .of tho
finance committee, and a small balance
remains on hand (to commence the now
year. Tho cost per pupil, therefore, was
$1.01 per month—certainly a very low
rate when the character of the schools is
considered.
In his address the presidont of the
board, Mr. R. A. Nisbet, very pardon
ably boasts that bibb county has the
best system, the host school and the best
teachers in the staL, and when he says
in tho next aontence that oure
is the only county in which
the people of every district hate the ad
vantages of a nine-months’ school term
every year he gives good reason why
pressive tribute than that which was
paid to Allen G. Thurman on the recent
occasion of his 77th birthday. And wo
may add that no iionor ever bestowed on
a private citizen was ever more richly
deserved. Tho grand demonstration and
the splendid banquet at Columbus list
Thursday and Thursday night were ex
pressions of the popular rsgtrd for a
man whoso public and private life have
been without reproach. Judge Thur
man is a great lawyer; ho has been a
great political leader. He has served
ith the highest distinction in both
houses of congress. Several times lie
was the choico of n large element of his
party as its candlduto for President and
in tiie last national campaign was its
nominee for Vice-President His share
of political honors has been large and
his influence upon his state, hi* country
and his party very marked. But the
{eople of the United States, without re
gard to political bias, honor tiiis grand
moro for what ho is than for
what he has done. Th v see in him the
highest type of the American citizen.
As a man, as a citizen, in his domestic
relations, in his association with his
neighbors, as political leader, os states
man—in evsry relation which he has
sustained during a long and eventful
life be has been above reproach. A
cleaner name is not to be found on the
list of the illustrious men who have fig
ured In our politics, nor a gentler and
more loveable nature, a bigger heart, a
more absolute devotee to the truth as ho
saw it.
The best legacy Judgo Thurman will
leave to bis family is his good name, and
the beet service ho has douo bis country
Is the building up and preservation of a
character as conspicuous for its pure mo
tives and lofty aims as for the intell ct-
ual force which has won for him fame in
the forum and at the bar. When we
consider the life and character of this
man as President Cleveland said in bis
speech at the "Old Roman” banquet
It Is given u« to contemplate the Maksut states
tnaashl,-. the most unyielding and disinterest* 1
devotion to the inter- at* • f lbn people, and the
most valuable achievements In the cause of our
country's are fare, all of which have been stimu
lated and accomplished through the indue., c* ami
Impulse of in* unpervrrted. sturdy American
Ism. We rejoice <** lb” example afforded uj this
occasion of genuine Amertca'i uitlsousbip, re
vealed to us as a safe and infallible interpreter
of duty In all the em««rgenvl*s of a Ion« au i hon
orable public carter, and as an unfailing guide
to usefulness and fame.
three to six munths, it cannot be expects 1
tiiat the system of organization, the
schools or the teachers will couipiro
with those of Bibb. The whole school
teaching business must in them bec-p.sunl,
intermittent, unsatisfactory, wbile with
us it affords a good living to tboso em
ployed in it, engages their pride and
claims their best efforts.
Wo are inclined to think that in the
experience nt Bibb county tiie legislature
may find a true indication of the course
legisiatiou on the school question should
take. Ours is n county system,
built up under a local law ap
plying to Bibb county alone. There
are no city schools—that is, schools con
trolled an i paid for by the city alone—
and though it may Le true that tho city
bears a somewhat larger proportion of
the cost than w< uld fall upon her under
a diffoient arrangement the actual re
sults have beta entirely satisfactory.
There ia nothing with which Macon, aa
well aa Bibb county, is better satisfied
than her public tchools. Tho same plan
applied in other counties might have
»qually useful results.
Very appropriately, tho printed report
of the board is prefaced by a brief sketoh
of the life of Judge John O. Gresjinm,
accompanied ov n portrait nnd a nca-iy
•ngiawd picture of the high school build-
log to which Judge Gresham s tamo has
been given. The cause of public educa
tion in Bibb county has had no such de
voted and aelf-aicrUlclng friend as Judgo
Gresham.
Tlis Lrw** Delay.
Mr. Walter B. Hilt of the Macon bar
has done as much, probably, as any
other man to call th* attention of the
if hiTtbink the issue ia’iiipV whether j cou ?‘?_ ??? \° T V.‘° t U J5?!
Gordon »Wl be dieted or defeated. The
Dodd, Mead & Co. have begun the
publication of a series of volumes to be
called “The Makers of America " The
. tint volume to appear is tba "Life of
2c.:era! Oglethorpe,” by Henry Bruce,
and It will be of special Interest to Geor
gians^ Mr. Bruco not only follows tbe
current of Oglethorpe's life, but presents
a vivid picture of the conditions in Eng
land which led to the foundation of the
colony of Georgia. Oglethorp? obtained
a grant for a colony that was to exist for
the benefit of tho oppressed and himself
brought over 700 liberated debtors, who
became the nucleus of the new aettle*
menu Oglethorpe spent fourteen years
in ardent labor for tbe colony, and by
reason of his ability, his statesmanship
and tact, the colon its were brought into
hearty and intelligent co-operation, aen-
■ible plans of government were laid and
put into operation, and tho good will of
the surrounding Indiana was secured.
Mr. Bruce’s book chows Gen. Oglethorpe
to have been not only a benevolent man.
^but one of a very high order of ability.
is a valuable contribution to tho his-
^^wical iccorde of Georgia,
real question ia whether our democratic
methods of government shall bo over
thrown and other methods substituted.
Tbe Atlanta Constitution backs up Col.
Livingston bravely. In a double-leaded
editorial article it warns Alliancemen in
the iegUlatare that CoL Livingston'*
plan is the only one by which they can
succeed, and that, if they an’agonize it,
they should never he given office again,
being evidently permeated thoroughly
witn CoL Livingston's idea that it ia the
business of the Georgia legislature to
legislate for the AllUncu, ".stand
to|;*Uw/’ it tells Alliance legisla
tors; "take help from any source
that U friendly, but beware of your
enemies who come in the guise of friends
—they intend to deceive you for the pur-
paw of ruining you." To enablo Alii-
ancemcn to distinguish truo friends
from euemies who seem to be friends the
Constitution would probably suggest as a
•tqidytUih the word "Livingston."
But though by that test tho Telegraph
may be pronounced an Ephraimite, it
yet ventures upon a few remarks which
may be construed as advice, though not
necessarily so, It agrees with the Con
stitution that the farmers have a griev
ance and a great one. It acknowledges
that the farmers in Georgia "have stood
by tbe Democratic party in season and
out of season, and suffered the greatest
amount of discrimination for over
twenty years, while the government
was pouring out bounthe by the million
to banks, manufacturers and
elaases**—with the approval
tbe Constitution, which was using all iu
influence to convince the Bouth that lu
only chance of greatness lay in robbing
the farmer through the tariff. But the
Telegraph denies that "no voice for
their relief came.” Tbe voice of the
great Democratic party demanded that
the robbery of tho farmers cease, and
need for the relief of the Unite! Ktales
supreme court. His address on the
The Law’s Delay" delivered before the
A Scarcity of I'ree Pane*,
A correspondent writing from Atlanta
states that the number of members of
IfRiuutare who spent Sunday at (ha
capital was greater than is usual during
the sessions of ths legUluturo. Tbe cor
respondent explain* this phenomenon by
saying that none of tiie railroads had is
sued passes to the member* of the present
legislature. Previous legulatnrcs for a
nuinlicr i f years past have Uen lioerally
supplied with j a*»es on all the railroads
in the state. That is, all tbe member* who
would accept passes h»v« had litem. The
fuel ihat they have not Uen forth oming
yit may be Uuo to the early date in the
session. Wo have no doubt that they
will be offered from many rat roads in
tho state, if not from ali ol them, before
the session proceeds much further.
If this legislature is Uko its predeoea-
rors for the pit twenty-live years, the
proffered pas es will be accepted by the
great majority of iu tnemUru, and re
fused ouly by a few wiio hold to the idea
th'it a legl lator should pay his railroad
far* out of the literal mileage which
the state givci him for that pm pose, and
American Bar Association lust summer
( under no circumstances should place him-
was considered by that body such a com
plete and admirable exposition of this
subject that the association appointed
Mr. Hill on the committee to urge con
gress to grant the relief which tho court
neidsao badly. Mr. Hill's address be
fore tbe judicitry committee of tbe
House in the discharge of this duty was
highly complimented by ail who heard U.
In a recent article in tiie Atlantic
Monthly for November, Mr. Hill has this
to say in reference to the plan for tbo
establishment of intermediate appellate
courts:
The key to tbs whole situatioa is Id the dis
tinction Rirtadjr mads twiuesu (--dcral sad LUA-
fnlvrsl r*v t, ami the application of that dis
tinction to legudati m. Hi nor torn* cases mind
Lo withdrawn from th* »|ipeil*to Juris- lotion or
the supreme court, and since congnss baa tbe
power to subtract whst it will, every considera
tion of lititess and pr- p lotjr sURResia that tuows
casea wbM» involve f«*Jt?r-l qiw*tiooa should be
retained, whue tnose tn which juradwtioa tscon
ferred solely by the cttlieasbip of parti**, ami
»to«e which, although arising under federal
law*, involve p irrly qu- atlor* of municipal law,
should be diverted to some other appellate
tribunal. F-r caves of the latter <la*s the an-
Rlpn p Istetnbnns
than any < Iber f-4 rul oppellate court. On-
grrss will Lave done its full - a y toward all such
cases, and will have satisfied tu b t > - apirit and
and the I-Her of tbe constitution, when It si-ilt
provided for Kyem an ml f tate rrviewti
tnbi ail deserving the confident'* f suitor* *n3
jsgthein ibe prot etion of the federal JikUcIrI
local h-jtti
The friende of tiie supreme court relief
bill intend to do their best to pass
U at the next session of congress,
but the time will be so limited that
tiiis important reform may bo delaye l
until the first session of the fifty-second
congress. It is clear that a.inr thing must
be don* to expedite ths final hearing of
causctin th# fedaral courts, and there is
no good reason why congress may not
attend this to important matter before
the ith of next March*
seif under obligations to tbo railroads,
concerning whose rights and privileges
there is souie measure proposod at every
seeaiou of the legislature.
It seems to tbo Tkleqrafu that tho
position taken by the small minority is
the only one consistent with the dignity
and independence of a member of the
legislature. The grand jury of Muscogss
county recently ia its general present
ments referred to this abuse and recom
mended that the representatives from
that county refuse railroad passes. Ths
intelligsnt sentiment of ths people of ths
state is undoubtedly fixed against th*
practice of leg viators in accepting rail
road passes. There have been frequent
protests against it but they appear to have
produced little effect The present leg
islature owes it to itself and tbe state to
cut loose from bad precedents in this
treatment of th* pass question. The
body will earn the raped of the stats
and ths right to Le remembered if it will
only establish its reputation as a legi.In
ters without a railroad pus
The Chattahoochee Valley Expoelt
was the scene last TursJay of one of tbe
most brutal and disgraceful affairs in the
criminal annals of Georgia. The attack
of three men armed with revolvers and
daggers on one man in the midst of
thousands of people, fully half of whom
were women and children, and ths rust
led* of pistol shots which easued was an
outrage which must have tired the blood
of every decent citizen in the great
crowd that witnessed the barbardns ex
hibition. Men who bring about such
encounters and imperil ths lives of in
nocent persons in tbs offort to gratify
their own thirst for blood ars savages of
the wont me.
.1 Great Dork.
At last the obstruction which has shut
th* upper T.nncssoe river from deep
water navigation has been removed, and
Cliattanoo/a, given to boasting many
things that amount to little, has now
roal cause to vaunt herself.
Mors than fifiy years ago the work
of opening tbe river at Mussel Shoals
was begun. It has be:m continued al
most constantly ever »ince, though tho
government appropriations have occa
sionally been cut off, and the work has
consequently suffered. The shoals are
thirty-six milt s long, and it was a tre
mendous undertaking to blast out thtir
granito floor so ns to make a navigable
clmnncL But such a work was demanded
undir the ill oral theory of internal im
provements which the government long
ago adopted. The money expended on this
gigantic schea.e is well inre-ted. From
it the country will receive an appreciable
return tooner than from most of tho ap
propriations that have been made for
river improvements. Over $3,000,000 has
already been used ia the work at Muscle
Shoaliv and it may require a million more
ta comp'ete the great scheme of
cutting* safe pa?sago fur steamboats
through this long rocky shelf. Tiie way.
however, is already open and stoauil oats
may ply between the Gulf of Mexico and
Chuttanoogo. The depth of the channel
cut through Mussel Shoals is five feet, and
there are ek ven locks. Naturally Chat
tanooga and Knoxville expect tli;.t tiffs
direct communication with deep water
will entitle them under the interatate
commerce act to lower railroad freight
rate* The interstate commissi' n has
been in both cities during the past week
and lias been duly stuffed with argu
ments :n favor of the c aims of both for
lower rales. Some concession to these
cities will undoubtedly bo granted by tho
commisffon, and Loth of them will feel
tiie effect of the opening of Mussel Shoals
in a very cecided way upon their manu
factures and general commerce.
Some of our republican exchanges
deny that their party is any weaker than
it used to be. "There nre more republi
cans than over,” they explain, "hut they
did not go to the polls.” This explana
tion is of n nature to satisfy democrats.
The republican who does not go to the
polls is not generally a very dangerous
anitnaL But why did they refuso to go
to tho polls? is a question wh ch must
bother the rrpublican leaders just a
little.
The New York Trees speaks of the
Thurman banquet ns "the beginning of
the Cleveland boom." Our contemporary
is mistakon. The Cleveland booui i egun
when the people of tho United States
earned what un able, brave and truo tnun
he wai; it haa been going on ever since,
and will have its most signal triumph on
the 4tli of March, 1893, whtn Grover
Cleveland will le sworn in as tho
•uccwBor of Benjamin Harrison, ths
midget President ot the Unitod States.
The Baltimore Suo eats Governor
Northou's inaugural was an admirable
document, This is a true estimate of
that stats paper. It fitted the situation
admirably. ____
(.rot rr Mrvrlnnd.
From a Spec h Uj AUcs G ‘Tburmxn.
The i f tin* Uni e l 8 ateslove a
brave man, »nd CTevelaud is a brave
They !o*» en honest man, and
God knows be is an hono.t man, Th^y
iv.r&iDtin of good, so.iiid judgment,
and 1 do not know any man of sounder
judgment than his. They love a man
who »t*nd- up for the people, who >tands
up for princ pie and docs not icar to
take the conscmuencrs, and such a man
is Ur» verCievelai.tl.
From l bo Nashville American.
Tho one pr*-ei*d..tni figure in Ameri
can politics to-day is Grover Llevel md,
tho democratic ex-Trcshleir. Whut
will 1 * his future, whether the pe pie
will call him again to take tho he! a and
administer the uffairs of state or allow
him to icmaiu in houorablo and demo
cratic r tiriment. ia full cat s action and
rnjovment of tho wond rful blessings
th it huv« followed the iriu » ph of his
ids is, ars alike uncertain. The fact re-
in .ins, however, that ho occupies th6
vantage ground of ixipularity for Irocl
and progressive statesmanship ia tho
hesr s of the people.
Nearly four ye«ri ago, when at the
I rad ol the goifri-tmt.t. with continued
power in Ilia easy grasp, lit delio* ra'ely,
against the advice of tirno serving politi
cians and other advisors, sacrificed him
self in the Intelest of the peupiu of his
country, lie placed am tion behind
him an I looked patiiotisru and duty
■quart 1/ In tLo face, lie scorned selfish
c-s m il dt-spi-cd power »t the cost of
principle. Bis ccLhrated tariff reform
measures felt like a thu merbutt upon
the coun ry and cost him tho pro i-
Uency. It a t tho p.uple to thinking,
however, and placed within the soil
the seeds of the crop which has just
been so abundantly harve ted. T wo
yoirs a.’o he waa defeated, and the
democratic House of congiess which had
taken up tbs cudgel of taiiff reform and
iu iipstgovc-rnm nt, was al.-o bent n by
tiie rn*-mics whan be had sruua d.
Now, from hit law office in New Y f ork
city, he can look out with mo.-t serene
satisfaction upon the imJor. euient which
ihe people of all lecilons of tbe country
have so enthuvUsUcaliy given him nud
the cause ho so aggresem ly champion©.?.
Such grtat military geniuses of th*
world, surrounded by th« pomp and
panoply of camp and deeds of personal
valor, are not such heroes as he who, in
times of peace, succeeds in wmtiog a
great nation from political destruction.
OR ?! ON BY
Waldorf Is
I’l.liNOML,
Eflio Shannon, the pretty little ingenue
Jlre. ! °^ the Lyceum Theater 10 New York,
has been married to Henry Guy Carleton,
William
Accoutitlnu by HU Coo!
WmUn^tor li^ure m Thip-aintW. In
a l.vv .uic which l.ns Ju t vin b.*ua in V™* p,m09ru "“ aaJ
the bupreme court, in which one of th* other work*
principal defendants is William Wald -rf Olive Thorno Miller has completed
Astor. Tho enso is a complicated one, two new books, on subjects in tho
and ia said by tho attorneys having it in treatment of which she is happ<est one
charge to be kimply a friendly suit, on outdoor studiea of birds; the other,
brought to secure tno appointment of a studies of pet animals in the house,
successor to the lato John Jac >b As or aa Queen Natalio of Scrvia intends to pur-
ttustee to a not inconsidtrub e portion of ciiase a large property in tho Crimea,
the Astor wealth bo onging to a branch Le..r Yalta, and to build a summer reai-
of the family of which William As.or ia dr-nce tuero for King Alexander, whose
tbe head. health is greatly impaired, aud to whom
Tho title of the action is William Astor the physicians rtcomuitnd tho salubrious
and Carolina \V, Astor, his wife, against climate of that region.
William W. Astor and Charles F. South* Wil iam Wakh rf Astor’s decision to
tnayed, as ex- cutors of the wife of John build his new cotel has brought out a
Jacob Astor, H. len Roo*eveit, wile of now st or y. It ia said to have be*n
James Rooftevelt; Charlotte Augusta prompted* bv lira. W, W. Astor—the
Drayton, wife of J. Coleman Dr yton; Airs. Astor—out of revonce on Mrs. Will-
Caroline S-h-rmerhorn Wilson, wife of iam Astor for the latter’s pretension to
U < 1.. .. *0.1 .. . Van/vk i.tnp .If. ,1... .f tl . . .. r
S. Or.ue Wilson ; John Jacob Astor. Jr., tho titlo of Mrs. Astor,
M„ry Van Alim. 3*wn Uu™» | M.., r ic fowl,..*. SaraV. At, .on,
st.uatil van Allen. wy( a mornim; paper’i.-wall known to
Alien ami baraiiStewaitl’VnnAUoij. ui , [..j.-l )3 - wen Known to
lira. Koosevelt, Mr-. Drayton, are. « H Americans wtl „ T i B it Paris." lie 1. also
an; -! 0 '' 1 ' J ““ ‘. ^ well known to thuuitmls ot American!
tho children of the plaintiffs, and tho wh0 BeriT visited Pari., but who
Van Al ens, all of whom era U1 st him hero in bar rooms, cafe.and
minors, are the r grandchildren. They theatrical lobblea
are made arfendunie only as a legal for- , , „
maltty.as they are heirs lo the trial . P°W'». the Tiollnist,
fund which forme the hurls ottheeuit, » '’T, suit at
nnd whl li fund is now in the poeeese.on “*• **“« ehe p.ld for »n old “Duif-
ot VVillintn Waldorf Aetor and Sir. f- 1 f, m, ' r " n, f n, \ . Sho h""!*. »he
Sonthmuyit. The suit is toe mpel th aa that it .e one of a kind turnad out
two gentlemen to render an accounting, the car oad in Southern Prance cape-
end also includes a petition to the court ““Uy for. the pa. pose of deceiving huvors,
for the appointment of a new trustee. ® nd “*«* market valua is scout t« a
The plaintiffs suggest that John Jacob . dozen,
A*tor, Jr., their son, bo named as this Douglass Green of tho old firm of
trustee. Green & Bateman, Wall street operator*.
The origin of the trust fund In dispute i» in Paris "on his uppers.” Americans
dates back nearly furty years. On Sept, wlio havo met him describe him aa being
19, 1853, William Astor and his wife, , both "seedy an 1 needy,” Mrs. Snell-
wlJowasth'D Caroline Webster Slier* McCrea, with ahorn he went through a
nicrhorn, entered into an ante-nuptial marriage cercniouy near Fortrrss Monro/,
contract. Each was the possessor of a *Uh »ugh he had a lawful wife in New
kirge fortune, and they knew th*t their ! York, has remained with him and they
individual fortunes would bolarg Ty aug« i aro living together in France. But her
uienteil at auine iututo perioJ. The con-! niagnifievnt fortune of $800,000 haa vau-
tract waa in tho form of an agreement, I ishud. until nho has only a small income
whereby each relinquished all rights to on which 10 live.
the p rsonal or real it tate of the other. | Constantino Ponottazvnko, a Siberian
Tiie trust fund in qu<v<tion was brought exile, having a strong desire to see hi*
into existence by W.ll am Backhouse wife and children in bt. Petersburg,
Astor, the father of William Astor, and j absented himself from hie place of ©xii«*
in tiffs fund the prospective husband and ‘ ami mad© his way on foot from Tobolsk
wifu ogr/cd to take equal ?harts. | to the capital of tue empire, a distance? ot
It consisted of the property at the more than 2,0O() miles. His d©siro sati-
aouthweit corner of Filth avenue nnd lied he presented iffiusolf to tbe authori-
Thirty-fourth rtreet, extending fifty fe©t lies. In view of tho palliating circum*
on thu tiventtqund 100 feet on th© s do stances the judge roduevd his punitdiment
, besides these bonds: $44,500 in
New York city bonds, payable in 1838;
$55.01:0 in New York city bonds, payable
in 1370; $9,705 in su.te bonds, payable in
1801, nnd $2,000 more, payable in 1863;
$40,000 in United States be nds, payab o
in 1807; SI.3.0 in Ohioststebonds, duo in
1850, and $24,900 of tlrt> same bonds, due
in 1875, in all amounting to $184,555.
The nntl nuptial contract provided that
these i onds were to be trnnferred to
James Gallatin and John Jacob Astor,
Jr., (the title of the lato Mr. Astor at
that lime), as trustees, to l eho’d by them
for lh-i benefit of the husband and wife.
Tho iuteiosi Sii lu bo pniu tO luviii
jointly during their lift tlmo, and as ho
securities mn'ii ed they were to be rein
vested. If William Astor di?first, the
agreement continued, the widow was to
receive tho interest of $75,100 during hor
widowhood, and if he died first he was
to get all of the interest during his life
time. Whin t oth were dead the fund
was to go to their heirs aUolutely. In
©tent of thtir death without children, a
vubtlriatiAoy f»r wlmili there wi»r<on««d
to j rovide, all tho pr perty was to go
back to tho estate of William Backhouse
Astor.
Their marriage occurred shortly after
this agreement was signed. Both of the
trust! ci cunscntsil to act and tbe iuter-
Ci. »«• paid regularly, and as tho bends
matured the Money waa reinvested in
other directions
In May, 1878,JamesGallntin died. John
Jacob continued to act as sole surviving
trust©© until his d«ath on FeU 22, of the
present year. Tho ilis o»©ry was then
made that the deed provided no way to
ap oint another trustee.
William Wsl orf Astor and Charles F.
Fru hmajd became the executors of the
will of John Jacpb Astor, and as such
executors as-umod the control of the
trun fuod of which he had been the cus
todian.
At the present time, Will'am Astor
says in his c mol tint, hois nig orance
as*to the condition of the fund. The lust
« atement he had ns to its condition, he
says, wus on D cemlier t, 1887. The
fund then amounted to $227,778.72,
showing a no* gam to the pnncipa of
72. At tli.-it tints the fund run.
to only seven days’ confinement in prison,
after tho expiration of which ho will bo
seut back to the place of bis exile.
SIIRKOS.
$43,2.‘3.72. , At that time the fund
listed of New Y’ork city bonds of th*
par value of $227,000, payable i » 1907,
nnd in cash. Everything was
satisfactory until the death of the sur
viving trustee 1 , lie says; but uow ha
think-an a coun ing sh uld Le made by
John Jacob Astor'* executors.
The graudrhi dren < t the plaintiff*,
who are techn callv defei'dnnt*. ar© the
children of Junx a Van Allen « f N. trperk
A motion was made by Lord, Day & t
lord, rpre-en ing tbe pLintitfs, betore
Justice B©ach vest rday for the service
ot the summons upon them by publica
tion, The motion was granted, and
Judge Beach signed an ordir to that ef
fect.
Tho diffe encee regtrding eocial prec/^
dene* kn wn toexi t bet wee-i Mrs Win,
A*tor and Mrs, Wm. Wffdorf Astor aa
t<> wh ch of them is entitled to tiie dis
tinction of being socially known a*
"Mr* Astor" was said yvaterffay to have
aleobitely nothing io do with tii© suit.
There are no unfrivudLnusa between th*
©onicst&nt*. it was dec!-red, the tult
being simply a legal requirement in con-
stqmnce of John Jacob Aster’s death.
Prosperous Prance,
One can hardly help contrasting th*
marked difference between iho condition
of (Urmany »nff t ie condition of Franc*
at the prisent time. In spit* of the die -
astrous war which temporarily humb.ed
her. and in spite of tho enormous tribute
Drop If. which she was comp lied to jay to Ger-
From tbe Rostoe (Hob*. many. Franc* is nuw * ne of tht wealth-
Tits next House of Refirfsentatives test an i most prosperous of nation*
will contain 244 dem cr ts and only Ber arm© is numerically stroirer than
eigbty-einht republican*. Tiff is a dem- that of Germany, and il.e nice* active
ocraticmaj rity of 158—tlie largest any vigiLmce is di pl.ycd In keeping the
party ev»r had since the foundation of nrmy nnd die country on a war faffing,
the government. In the faco of this Oa the other hand, Germany is hard up
crushing c. ndemcation fran tbe coun- for money and her army is a grievous
»rr th© Rnurt on republican i r**sa iiaa hur.len and stmln nnn* h.r muhIm.
nerve to urg© congress at the prepent set- J O rmituy di es not wa ff war and'ahe i*
* ion toago right on and pa* the force fe;.r U' that it will come. France is d*.
bill as if nothing had happened. If what j term mod lost there shall b© :i war. tut
is left of the Republican party wishes to sh* it not going into It until the i*
Never atroko a boy’s beard when It is
down.—Now Orhans Picayune.
Every time the Lord makee a woman
he changrs the pattern.—Bot:on Cour er.
The boy who expects to be a great man
must try to b© a man fitsL—Texas bifi-
ing*.
Die road to political preferment is not
always laid on parly tits.— Inuianapoli*
JournaL
Nothing is half so rough oa a man as a
two days’ beard, unle s it is hi* new win
ter underclothing.—Elmira Gazette.
Tii© cucumber is not consonsnt with
tinglo blessedness; it has a tendency to
doul lo a mao.—New Orleans Picayune.
"Is Doliorah ro ated to Charley Uender
son?" * Yes; she is bia sister by a refusal
of mirriage.”—New York Sun.
"Don** U» shy," §ffu tli« paitifial craw-
fielu "I can’t help it.” was the reply,
am naturally backward."—Washington
Post.
The higher classes are invariably the
lore cissies, wails the hire’ ciastoi nr*
natursliy the lower cicsseft— Boston
Traveller.
Old Lawyer—"Have yets any ss!»!
I*en»li g thi* term?" Young Attorney—
“No; but 1 have an overcoat hung uj
for $2V’—lndianap:diB J urnaL
What It Was: Mrs. Do Flat-"What
is that horrid sojcII?" Mr. Do Flat “1
judgo from the»r- or that 1* on© of tho«e
or Juries* oil stoves."—New York Weekly.
Thcr • is no moro pleasing sights tbnou
burly, whi kcr.U mau hold u;: a tiny
little lielpicM baby in his nrms—until the
baby begius to cry.—bomorvide Journal.
Cnica.o Mother (to n*w*v wedded
daughter): And ie George t-ndur, dear?
Brule of n Mouth: Aimust so t rider as
pace's crlobratei canned corued beer.—
Chicago H.ndd.
It is a cold day for the huiband, when
re urning I onto at 9 a. tn., he finds his
wif© waiting f< r him with a lecture.—
Boston Traveller.
"1 o you distrust fat men, captain?”
"Well, no," returned the old seadog; “noi
exactly, but 1 always givo them a wide
berth."— Harper’s Bazar.
"My wife is getting to bo too extrava
gant," growled Bmlgera "Here she hat
gi ns and spent £3 lor a nuw bonne*
when she knew I had accepted an invi-
tatiou to go driving with Pudg©rs nd i
would cost me nt least JL5."—Newcastle
Chronicle,
by tee Lu tluur tlraacvr aprlua*,
liit-y tliur cake und umlr vrnisoo,
And th©y talked uf n no/ teinjr»~
Of iiock*. of ikorg and forrijn U.nds,
or Mranr* RDM waad* ria« Uvw,
And by aud by, la w ft*r toura.
Tlu?/ spoka of Utelr tiomes and vlvoi
'1 married the Lady o' Logaa line,"
ta do ©.with lolly air
“There m ua ta a’ lUe Nc. _
A hmiv with a better xhare
• Ut« North countree
Of iroldaad «wr an*l bill amt lock.
And I'm r.iatr thaa w«rl content.'*
1*ream of a woman aa bright as dijr,**
or a noble Care and head.
Of e> re that are aa ttira aa Ileavto,
Or ftowruig nuhbrown hi i -.
That is my «-{/«, au<l. tluKiali net rich.
Oh • th* is trca.il ttn fair ’
Ob! sbvU woadrtut fair.
Th© thinl one said:, “1 have a wife,
Khe is netth-r rich our fair;
Fkabav nut gold, nor gear, nor land,
Nts* a wraith < f nut-brown hair;
Rut. oh. ale torn ms! and bar love
11m ktood ttrjuoh avrry test,
beauty and gold are pood, m friends,
But we know that love ie bnt"
They filled their cups la the spring again.
And (It©/ said rigtff heartily:
‘ Here’s to the lortnr, faithful wife,
_ One thought jn each^tnaa’s breast:
rwe L v e'iTthe^wt " “ WW *
—Phrenological Jouraal.
™ - --i- — Aliy, now I cannot get enough to
commit suicide, it Lad better bred such | morally confide .t of paving off the old eat," says one ladv who formerly had m
edvlc* sco e with lompuuud interest, apietite. but took Hood's Sar aparilla.
The latest investigations by the United States and Canadian Govern
ments show the Royal Baking Powder superior to all others in leavening
strength.
Statements by other manufactur e to tii' 1 contraiy havo been declared
by the government authorities falsifications of the official reports.
bakiku pownwi.
Practices
He
Preaches
(This is 1890.)
Dr. Mott, late U. S. Gov-
Chemist, says: “Owing te
the purity, strength, effective,
ness, and constancy nf c ,.
sition of Cleveland’s Superio
Baking- Powder, I j !Jr{
adopted the same for use
in my home.” July aj, i
TO THE AFFLICTED,
" The Bloo-i and the Sionach it the L 7<-fV j
derangement of either u productive .
of disrate."
dr. iciasra’s
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It out a rlvnl In the whole range of mtterU
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M never tails tocure rheumatism,neuralgia,
M paralysie. Intomnln, dyrp-psla, indten-
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Hon. II. W. Orndy aaya: ** It I* the CU
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Rev. Bam. P. Jonea aa/s: “I wish rvtry
sufTcring wife bad access to that medt
Rev. J. B. Hawthorne says: “It ku
brought certain and radical cum to hun
dreds lu Georgia and oUur States.”
Mrs. Ella R.TVnuent, Editor Trnaentt
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Dr. Jas. Young, the great tempmn«(
lecturer, says: “Oh! that every sfllctri
man and woman could get this grand ran-
edy."
Ths-.
d aouud Ua praise.
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I f you are suffering with disease aad Wfl |
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certificates of wonderful cures, w.
For sato by King* Royal Genartow
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