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Ati.anta, April 1, 1SU4.
The absorbing work for this month is
the preparation for and planting of the
cotton crop. This work is doubly im¬
portant becautoof the skill and judg¬
ment involved and becaus* now o ■
must come to the final decision as’(
what part of our lands shall lie Uevot' I
to this crop, lt is well for the faruioi
to 1 1 nans* putts-* and and carefull} ( irefullv n ponuei r mi or oui over th til s a
important subject in id! its 1,earing'.
To aid such reflection, and to suggest
sev sov.i„. r i ,,o,nts points, which wait a lie he niigut mii/hf ntmm oti-u
wise overlook, I have prepared an nr
tide for ‘The Southern Cultivator” for
Anri 1 next of which I iJk. reue-it here iv
that it may be. if possible. w .1,
circulated, and thus reach many who
might otherwise give these points little
tllou it lit
it has been cXnimvnU^um^i ronelnp-velv s’ own that
out Ido tlm
iu other conn nits that is in Asia
Africa. South America and Mexico, the
TTnim-l States fr- bslws 71 iv»r cent of
the cotton of co nm-re- In oil r
words, the world is dopraident on the
r lulit-rn ton‘which fnruu rs ini- thr^e-iourthd of
the cot it uses and watch can
not be produced elsewhere. From this
simple statement it will bo seen wbnt a
power we hold among the nations of tho
world, j? nd what a lover to lift ourselves
and our section into prosperity. But
Without home supplies of iood and tor
age, we lose the immense advantage
which tills monopoly gives us. Abund
ant home raised provisions must bo the
fulcrum on which our lever rests.
VVlien our cotton crop is made w-e can
neither eat it nor wear it until it passes
iuto other hands, and if our necessities
in these points are suen that w-e are
obliged to part with it we are dealer compelled
to take whatever price the offer”,
Hence the crowding of the cotton crop
to market as soon as it is gathered,
though the price ba below the cost of
production, wir.h and only though tho receipts new year
finds ns the paper to
show for our 12 inon hs’ labor. If a
man has plenty of The home supplies h.» can
afford to wait. world is obliged to
havo enforced his cotton. During the civil war
the suspension of cotton yro
(.notion caused the price to reach the
fabulous figure of *,8o per pound.
Tim koad to isdepexmsnce.
Knowing these facts, if the farmers
generallv are fortified with ample they'can pro
Visions for family and stock,
quietly await a It remunerative will pr.ee for
meir cotton. not do for a man
here and there to adopt this policy-it
must be universal, amt when our barns
and cribs and smokehouses aro lull, wo
till afford to look calmly on while the
dealer endeavors to secure our cotton
for less than ,t cost us to produce it. Is
not tnis the situation in a nutshell?
Does it not comprehend reduction of
the acreage, lessoning the cost f pro
( ; o:;ti(”i, the prosperity of onr agn
culture, the veiy existenco ot our suite
ati-s boay ‘ ret: e; as What a_heaitny portion ot tne
i t.iiuc. made more powerful up
peal can be to tbo interest, the
ciammm sense the patnouem of our
sou lie-rri tunnels. -
r '.-is with them. UuiiKe tne a„u
cuhunsts of many other countries, there
18,10 po ' Vl1 ' ,lllc ' h cau <haat0 t “ L '‘ r
course. They lunst decide whether they
will still fort ler risk the bondage o. a
pvoDiibie, large cotton crop and possible, nay
(lent, or less cotton, ample
provisions These “thoughts” and certain independence.
are suggested and
emphasized by the fact tiiat tile final de
cis.on must now be readied, as to what
portion of our crops shall be planted in
cotton.
In deciding this question let ns re¬
member that it is not the number of
bales, but the profit iu these bales Which
most nearly keep concerns onr welfare. Bet
us also iu mind that with the same
labor we can, by judicious selection of
and manuring, nearly double the
yield, picking while and ginning, all other expenses, except
remain about, the
same. Remember, too, that the better
toe land, the xiiore manure it will bear,
hence it follows, that we can, in a meas¬
ure, eubst.t m fertilization for labor.
We call manure good land with less
risk, and by mploying, as far as pos¬
sible, improved and laoor-savnig imple¬
ments ot tiiat most uncertain factor in
the farm problem. Again, let it be re¬
peated, don't waste labor and manure
on dead poor land. Where there is so
much to choose from we can concen¬
trate both uii the best spots. Leave the
rest, either to bo reclaimed by judicious
treatment, oi by kindly mother nature,
It is indeed a ruinous system, which
spends largo cams to make an expensive
crop, and then uses this to buy others
that cau just as easily be raised at home,
and paying for thorn much more than
ney would cost us if produced on our
jivn farms.
The raising of corn, oats, hogs, inules,
horses and t\ ,vs belongs to the duties of
the southern farm, and with onr soil
iud climate c -ti be accomplished just as
asily, and at as little cost, as in sections
of tiie northwest, where each year there
luis been a steady flow of money from
the south to purchase these supplies.
Bet us. rather, appropriate the amount
cf capital which w-e have thus been ex¬
pending to The building up these industries
at home. man who has no back
debts hanging over him, and raises his
own stock and provisions, is indeed an
aiAicrat—“lord of all he surveys”—su¬
premely indifferent to money panics,
and independent of tho fluctuations of
the market..
In selecting the cotton land, leave all
bottom or low, damp land for the corn.
Again 1-t me call attention to tile fact
that, in onr climate, the tendency is to
too much stalk and foliage. Bottom
lands encourage this tendency; tne bolls
open later, do not develop well, and the
general results are unsatisfactory.
the Time for planting
must be decided by several different cir¬
cular, fancec;—elevation above the sea
level, character of the land, exposure,
etc. But Ink* Middle Georgia as the
tinsia, wiior • killin' ft- i..u rarely occur
later than f ic middle of April, and al¬
lowing ;>!)• 10 dsj’s to i wo weeks for
lh > see:i to come up, W« consider irom
the tenth t . dm fi.teenth of April as per
hnp. the la*- t.me-wrii r in the sonth
eru. later i t the northern portion of the
state. If tin weather and other condi¬
tions encourage the plant (o grow off
rapidly ami scratch up a long ’‘shank.”
the first working can be accomplished full
mnib more this rapidly condition, and success good p!..u - ’.
To promote a
is to mix a highly ammoniated fertilizer
with the seed in the drill, about 50
pounds to of the the acre. advantages gained by
Some
early planting nn l pushing the crop for¬
ward are: the early matured cotton, as
a rule, fruits better; in the more south¬
ern portions of the state a part, at least,
of the bolls mature before the caterpil
Jar can destroy them; the dreaded
drouth of July and August can work
loss injury: in the more northern por¬
tions of the state the major part of the
crop escapes the early frosts.
iio most serious objection to late
planting is that dry weather o.ten we.l, piv
vents a perfect “stand. It is
however not to ‘ put all the eggs in one
' )a8Ket ' Where it is possible, o.her later, two
plantings, one early, the
^ . rho farmer an •ul lditioual ^ chance
* wuoie ™ crop 'via 1 uoc oe
press.ng for . work at the same t.mo.
plamino'. „
If a man has been able to put out tne
manure and list on it, two furrows now
will put the bed in condition lor plant
*»«• [f thn continued bad weather lias
80 delayed work that nothing has been
done in the cotton hmd, there is now no
time to lose,ever, moment must Lo made
to count.
F( >ur *«"OWS thrown on the opening
furrow will, in the absence of tiio better
method, answer for the present, and tlio
small middle left can be plowed out af
tor the cotton is planted. Or. list on
the opting furrow planter. and complete the
bed just ahead of tho
A dood plan is to put a part, say 100
pounds of fertilizer In with the seed,
ai ' Ai the rest can be put in the siding
furrows; or, if a larger quantity is ap
P* le «> can be broadcast be. ore t.-.e
plows, between the rows. But tins ef
should be done early enough for its
t0 °J}. tae r P! m tlma *°
influence the fruiung. It is . now_ gen
orally conceded tnat the best use ot ter
tutors is by broadcasting as mnea as
J 5 1 * 0 < r a:i 1 ‘ a 811 ia “ fiuan
. J 1:1 , 1 We soon reach tne
•
, ... line, when , put fertilizers
uauger we in
‘•he urdi, lor it we use a large amount
here, unless we have rains just at the
tuna and m the quantity that we wish,
our crops are inevitably ruined. In
vielv of tne continued drawback o.
hoavy rains, I would suggest that, on
light lands where nothing has been <-oue
towards couon preparation, one migat
open on the old furrow, pm, in a little
f> rt*hzoi with the seed, and tne rest can
h 11 *- 1-1 418 a “ 0V(3 - I’ 1 pursuing tins
plan remember that, even it heavy ap
^"iS^ vn V a ' limoa “» uas Ml* BU 1 ^ 0etn XS' exuausts i,
only part of the phospaate _ romains, and
fwtiLang for the present season we
“j
‘^(^d ; s o-re-itlv debiven several il-vs mav
^ bv soaW to^mont the smA mt l t hev
t adv raimmsta‘ices Thev mav
rolled or not the’ as die
t d‘e * ‘ -j trround Tt“™is^ be d' v nla -t
and nsedln knock off rolling' S- 1“ «
a no is the not ruk
vp„h 'Sm srrade acid nhosDh-ite P P as Ji> it xt iuiures IU J mc8
Select lar^e s”ed well more‘food metu-ed seed the
p,,.,,,,,. ^ the Readier the ior the
” ju stages of growth, tor
, d } liltl8 8 jjeU is a store of
t i le threo'ne«e.«arv eleinmts, nitrogen,
, - , i , t h
h 0 xa of wh at it finds m the soil. If tho
Beo d have been well ginned, rolling is
"^Snl . u , n l mtirra- m-ir-biiio ia
by-in ordinary
larm hand. 1 prefer one without the
covering attachment. In the hands of
the owner or of a careful laborer, it is
very desirable, but otherwise, too risky,
I have syttii reDe-ited careless? crds of sqvgthI
yards, iott by a shiftless hand,
ana of course, undiscovered until the
end of C troubhf aSd^tom*“iftigh
priced seed aro use 1, rolling is advisable,
Z effSf. 0 MoSiautewhave^whc” 1
in front of the seed dropper, but I think
one t olio wing and pressing the seed into
the soil is even more desirable, this la
especially the case where the beds have
not had time to become firm The open
leg furrow should be broad and fiat,
rather than deep, and the seed covered
about one inch.
The double foot for covering is per
baps best, as leaving a little ridge over
the seed, which, is less apt to break after
a rain than a Hat surface, and leaves the
land in condition for the use of the har
row just as the cotton is growing up.
This harrowing is almost equal to a
working—-it kills any grass which may
have sprouted, does not materially injure
the cotton, breaks any crust which may
have formed, and puts the land in beau
tiful condition for the subsequent heav
in- business of cultivation. After the
planting of the crop comes the
FIRST PLOWING OF CORN,
but before wo begin this, it is important
to replant and thin out, where neces
sary. If the planting has been carefully
done and good seed used, there should
not be much replanting. Soaking the
seed in water for 34 hours will cause
quicker germination. The stalks should
be thinned, 1 aving one to every* three
feet. If the ground is soft and mellow
and the crop was planted in
the water furrow- the sweep will
do beautiful work; it will throw
just enough dirt to the young plants
and leave the roots undisturbed. If the
land is rough or badly prepayed, or has
become packed by the heavy deep rains, it
will be necessary to run two fur¬
rows, one on each side, close to the
plants. While no amount of subsequent
cultivation can entirely atone for care¬
less or-insufficient preparation, we must
conduct the cultivation in such a man¬
ner as to remedy the defect as far as
possible. A"ter tho corn attains any
size, the little feeding roots will
be found within four inches of the
Bnrface, and it has been repeatedly
demonstrated that these roots will ex¬
tend over a circle, the diameter o<
which is 13 feet. It is important then,
that any deeji jjlowing should be done in
the first stages of the crop, before there
is danger of cutting tnese roots, and now
is the time to do it, later tin
plowing must bo shallow, if \v«
would get any adequate return
in well formed full ears of grain.
On rough close land an mentioned, (loop, and plow oat
the beds an 1 as soon as
the plants lnve attained sufficient nine.
Aa a rule, if the around is clean, early, noth¬
ing is gained by plowing corn too
and cure should bo exorcised in not
throwing, too much dirt to the young
plants, raid by all means do not practice
the old mistaken method of “luling up
tbo corn.” If the plowing is properly
conducted the hoe can be entirely dis¬
carded in tbo cultivation of the corn
crop. Corn, unlike cotton, is a rapidly
maturing crop. We have just so much
time, and that not any too long to do
the nece.-sary cultivation—which should
bo frequent and thorough—not more
than two weeks being allowed to inter¬
vene between each working. When the
cultivator can be used it greatly facili¬
tates the work and can bo so managed
that two trips to, each corn row and one
in a four foot cotton row will be sulii
ciont.
FC :! A()I! CROPS.
Cattail millet is an excellent crop for
early use and very easy of growth.
planted on rich or well manured land,
^ ma t uroa rapidly, and while not so mi
tritious as sorghum, is valuable because
lt com08 eaijily anil quk . k i y .
can also be planted for syrup or feed. If
for 10r svrnn s>i up u it is is advisable advisable to to select s ■ ■ t a a late late
var ftf. »r^o or red top,
that the work of gathering, . grinding
etc etc., nlttV may uo not t conflict comuot with wun other ouier tiress- press
mg_ work of the busy season. If for
leea, the early amber northern grown
seed are best. This will come on in
July mid mixed with some dry teed is
excellent for mules lt is much relished
by all stock, which will readily eat
stem, leaves and seed, and it will give
the hogs a flue start. It is hardy, does
not require very rich land, though it
should not be planted on the poorest ns
u withstands drought m a remarkable
degree, is considered almost a certain
crop. The .vaporators have improved
tho yrup so markedly that it lias be
come quite a i addition to our farm sup
plies and m my farm laborers prefer golden it
to the b.xt quality o. rehued
drip-sorgbum.
mita) maize, kaffir and forage corn
(Jan all bo j planted on tbo three same plan.
qn ia j { 8) ay 0 g tiio rows or four
feet apart and drop from four to six
g r3 i n8 to tho foot. Or they can be
drilled and afterwards chopped out.
jj a fiq r corn, if planted early, will rna
|m . e O110 cro p 0 j gram, and develop an
0 t|j el . f rom the shorts that spring out at
tile j 0 j n t s Milo maize matures only
j. rom eflr i y plantings, and therefore
B j lou jj ( )0 sown as S00 n as practicable,
y v 'j,eu properly managed, furnishes a
most nutritious and excellent quality of
j 00 ,p CO mes next to oats in value,
should be cut just after it has passed
the bloom and cured well. The latter
part of April or first of May is the
j )ro „ el . tj Ina to sow. The land should
^ we jj prepared. Sow too or three
pecks per acre, harrow or brush iu and
then roll,
POTATOES.
thtemonth! For early potatoes Int tne'main sot out a few slips
crop should bo
, - j May j because tho
K plantings n make or no une more potatoes
should ^ thoroughly prepared and
worked fine. Barnyard manure has been
found best suited to potatoes; but if
commercial fertilizers are used select
that on which phosphoric acid and pot
ash P^omiuate. Though some
era still prefer the hills in the various
experiments'with potatoes, flat oultnrs
has I* 0 ® 11 tound scarcely most profitable. A
farmer can have too many po
tatoes, for if he does not care to dig and
bank them all, he has only to turn the
the H° gS crop, 5n< but thoroughly Wi \ 1 , not work '! nly over « ath tho “
land - The number of bushels which
can bo raised o.i an aero has scarcely
yet been tested, but I know a man who
has just sold 800 bushels, the product of
four acres, at *1.00 a bushel and
says coLiderably tho untavoraole seasons last ^ year
cut olf the yield.
Ho plants no cotton, and every year
his , , potatoes command the top of the
market, dlioy are carefully selected
and handled, beantuuliy preservol, and
vvitnoiTi< spdek or ulsiiiisli. j\h u ^gii
oral thing the great drawback to keep
jug this crop through the winter is care
S moUiodT of o“ing 0 ^ 51 ^
* n S’ Most tanners can make potatoes,
order!^' y ^ ^ ^ “
good
op.ou.nd peas.
April is perhaps the best month in
which to point tne ground paa crop. As
a rule land which will produce well m
potatoes will also bring ground peas.
They require, however, a calcanous soil
to produce lacking best results. bushels If this condi
tion is apply 50 of lime
or 150 bushels of marl w-ith whatever
fertilizer is used. The Spanish variety
is very productive and easily handled,
can be planted after wheat or oats, and
as late as July. All these foraga
crops aa well as potatoes and ground
peas will add that much to tho
bacon and lard productive power of the
south. Our southern farmers should
appropriate the privilege of raising food
for our section to themselves, and not
allow one pound of either to ba bought
outside our own boundaries. On the
question ot
SELECTING SEED
there has been a too general indifference.
To keep up this solution each farmer
should himself pick out the best bolls
from tha most desirable stalks
of cotton, and tho largest, heaviest
ears, from the most prolific, and
best developed stalks of corn. This will
make the beginning for a seed patch,
from which again only the best should
be saved. If each year this is scrupu¬
lously attended to, though we plant not
an additional acre of land nor add one
dollar to our fertilizer bills, w-e will see
the yield gradually mount higher and
higher. This involves no increase of
our investment for land, labor, mules,
or fertilizers; it only helps ns to use
these to the best advantage, and re¬
quires in the the beginning pe~haps the first
cost of best seed as a start, and af¬
ter that only careful aud skillful selec¬
tion.
Until our summer food crops come on
we should see that onr
HOGS
have our most careful attention. Every
Georgia farmer must rejoice over the
increase in our meat product last year
and take encouragement from tho fact
that a part of that product was sold to
Chicago. Cold storage right hero in our
midst will furnish tho market, if the
farmers will only raise the hogs. They
will find no trouble in disposing of their
surplus at remunerative prices.
R. T. Nesbitt.
SiPBUTO TIME IS H 8 B B
wnr-,-'
This sonson dawns upon ns in better shape than ever before to serve the Dost inteiost of out cus
to mo rs. Whv? Because our stock is larger md more complete than any stock of goods in
this section of the State. Our long experience in the mercantile business enables us to buy
such goods and at such prices as will best suit the requirements ol the trade and the times_
SHOES- shiftily to
Oar civstomevs Unow thab our stock of shots &.re always up the
h ighesi star (lard. li e now havo a a QvGCLtevassovtinoiit tluui ever•
OLOTHi m y
Our slock of clothing ?s not surpassed by that of any
concern in this part of the State.
Old men, young men, btg rr.cn and little mnrii'ssuits hi great vari¬
ety
Trunks and Valises all sizes and qualities at greatly reduced prices.
Domestics of all descriptions, qualities and prices.
Ladies Summer Dress Goods. Lawns, Muslins and Dimity Cords
Ladies’ and Boy's Shirt Waist. A full stock aj Gent’s and Boy’s XcgKgec Shirts.
Linen Collars and Cuffs to suit exerygody.
We large stock of Drugs and Patent ID TV Medicines'. I JO'S-...... Fine Cigars add Tob iccoC
carry a
CROCKERY, 1 IN and GLASS WEAR in THE GREATEST VAR!' IVY nt BIG BARGAINS.
OUR STOCK OF HARDWARE INCLUDES EVRYTHING THE FaRAER CAN ASK FOR.
O-FLOOEFLIElti.
We buy heavy Groceries in large quantities Salt by the car
load and other tilings in proportion.
his Whole Page of The News Would uot affoid space enough to name half our Bargain?.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 189-1.
SPEAKER CR ISP DECLINE *
There is scarcely ' a true Georgian "
who, , when , n Governor Northen » r -
pointed Sveaker C«i»|» ♦•-> fill the
vaoaiicv ^ in 1 the United u ' States Sen
ate caused oy the death of Senator
Colqiiitt. did not most enthusiast!
cal ly espress their utmost satiflflC
t-ion. And strange, but true it is,
that speaker Crisp . b declinatu _ .. re in .
turn, is universal! v regarded as an
unprecedented sacrifice of self and
0 f persona! ambitions. How many
met. are there who would have fur
gotten their people and their inter
ef :t and too quickly have seized the
opportunity? , „
tfa it i 3 easier to sav, how many
•
would , , not nave done it;
SENATOR WALSH.
Lost Monday Gov. Northen tele¬
graphed Hon. Patrick Walsh, ot Au¬
gusta, his appointment to the Uni¬
ted States Senate.
To say that this appointment
falls somewhat short of Governor
N irthen’s first appointment, is de
oidely a mild way of putting it.
Mr. Walsh is one of the ablest
journalist in our state, a man who
is distlnguishep lor his usefulness
to bis state and nation, but as far
and as wide as he is known, the
people know of his convictions up¬
on the tariff question
Somewhere in the great book it
says something lik i this : “If the
righ tous are scarcely saved, where
shall the sinner appear” If men
who have a lways been for tariff re¬
form can seaicelv do the work,
where will the protectionist appear?
It is a great disappointment to
t.he people of wire grass Georgia
that Hon. 0. A. Bacon did not get
the appointment. He is a man of
distinguished a> ility who stands
tare Vo fare with the great evils
and issues of the day.
South Caniinn’s war is about
over arid Governor Tillman is still
on top.
GREAT GI5I8P.
From our regula r Correspondent.
Washington, April 2.—Speaker
Crisp has always hern a popular
man with democrats, in and out of
Congress, at Washington, but bis
popularity is today one hundred
per cent greater than it ever was
before. His refusal of a seat in the
Senate whin nil his personal incli
rmioiiA west- for taking it, because
it was clearly more beneficial to the
di mocratic party for him to remain
Spenser of the House durirg the re
tnainder ol this Congress, was cf it¬
self enough to account for much of
the increase in his popularity, but
it was another event—the greatest
triumph of the Speaker’s congress¬
ional career- that capped the cli¬
max and made every democrat in
Washington ready to throw his hat
•n the air and give t hr'to cheers ev
ery time tne name‘Cnep” is called.
He bumbled ex-speaker Reed, as
'hat , . leut-lalive . , bulley
was never
before humbled on the floor ot the
, house, iney have had
many par
liamentary contests, in which the
speaker got the best of the ex Czar,
but never until this time has the
speaker succeeded in completely
humbling Seed — so completely that
he eat, after having s been made to
do so by the speaker, like . a whipped
cur. If »he Georgia ° democrats nre
ot e the . seme mind . as the democrats
hereabouts Mr. Crisp will ce:tainiy
be a senator after the 4th of iiex^
Mioch, and they are talking at this
end of the line of something higher
yet for him in the future.
Senator VorheesIn opening the
tariff dtbate in t! eranate made lit¬
tle use oi his extraordinary cratri
cal power. He just gave a plain
straightforward business talk, large
ly in thf. nature of an explanation
of the changes made in the bill by
the senate committee of which he is
chairman, and laying special stiess
ui on the urgent necessity (if speedy
action. According to the present
programme, vsry few set speeches
will he made t.y the other demo¬
cratic members of the Finance com¬
mittee, and no attempt to limit the
debate will be made until the le
publicans have been given ample
opportunity to state their object
tions to the bill.
I am glad to 1 e able to statp pos¬
itively that there is absolutely no
truth in the published statement
that democrats who «re dissatisfied
with Presinnnt Cleveland's veto of
the Bland bill intend to vote for a
free coinage amend merit, to the tar¬
iff bill. Not a single democratic
senator who favors silver will say
that he is iu favor of euch an
auieudmeiU, ana Mr. Bland, wfl
certainly has the right to speak
the silv.-r democrats in the hoi^B tlflf
if any man Jins—he hns been
leader, both in this and in a
her of previous Congresses—cd^H outnB:
acterized the idea as “an
and a crime” that would do no goo?B
and would, if carried out, result i A
the certain defeat of both tariff re«
form and free coinage. r
Mr. B and will, as soon as the
house can get and beep adenaocra'*
ic quorum long enough to dispose
of the report of the election com¬
mittee in the contested case of
O’Neil vs. Joy, of Mo,, which has
been hanging for more than a week
for lack of a voting quorum, move
that his coinage bill be passed over
the president's veto. It cannot
un'bss the republicans who
against the hill shoul 1 refuse
vote, and even then it could
pass, as there are a number of
crats who voted for the bill
it was passed who will not vote to
pass it over the president’s veto.
There is little doubt that a free
coinage bill will soon be reported
to the house from the coinage com¬
mittee, of which Mr. Bland is chair¬
man, but there is much doubt of
its being passed.
Well, the long wait is over. A
democratic Public Printer is to suc¬
ceed Mr. Frank W Palm r, the re
publican w ho has held the office
since May 1889. The lucky man
is Mr. Thos. E. Benedict, of New
York, who held the office from Sep.
188ti, until Palmer’s appointment.
While there ;>>, of course, some per¬
sonal disappointment among demo¬
crat; wh . were close friends of oth
e:' c;n eid Ue» for 'he appointment,
there is general democratic rejoic¬
ing that the position which controls
the appiintment of nearly three
thousand employees. Mr. Benedict
is not only a good democrat, but,
as proven by his record when in
control of the office, he is a good
public printer. There will probably
not he, one single objection raised
in the senate to the confirmation of
his nomination.
Secretary Cailisle haa become so
accustomed to being lied about and
misrepresented in republican news
papers that he would not know
wnat to u ake of any opportunity
for the manufacture ofa fresh hatch
ot stories being lost bv the writers
fur these papers He knew before
he went over lo New York fora day
or two of change and recreation
that his visit would be made the
baitis (or a lot of more or less redic
ulous stories, and he was not disap¬
pointed by the result.
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