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THE WEEK LA TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. FRIDAY. JULY 18, 1884.
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
Dally and Weeklv.
The TSLEdhtiPH Mxssihgxb is pub
lished eqery day except Monday, and weekly
erery Friday.
b Daily A
The Dailydelivered by carrier! In the
City or mailed postage free U> subscribers at
f 1 per month, $2 50 for three monthi, $5 for alx
Mr. Steve Elkins, Mr. Blaine’s
trainer, is credited with the statement
that his man will not take the stump,
though lie will visit the several States
during the campaign.
Cleveland hasn’t been long in pub
lic life, but there doesn’t seem to lie
tcu 4T per jrejtrv and-no extra copy t
of Club bf live or ten. . . ♦ •■inmnlvint
Transient advertisements will be taken for lngly ttiumpuant.
The Tariff. Internal Revenue nnd Democ
racy.
The tariff and internal revenue planks
in the Democratic platform will prove
a disappointment to the people of the
entire country. The former will not
satisfy either protectionists or iree trad
ers. Neither expected, when the com
plexion of the committee on resolutions
was announced*, that anything more
than . a compromise could result
It isn’t easy to ex- from its labors. They had a right,
ne Daily at * l per square of ten line* or iea» plain this fact if lie bean ordinary
for the tint Insertion. and fifty cent* for each • *
for the first Insertion, and fifty cent*
subsequent Insertion; and for the Meekly at man.
fl per square for each insertion. Liberal
"feV^jomSSulcation. ,111 not berc-i “B».AjNK wagonce anedtoynd yet
''nrrpaponrience rontalnlni^mportAnt r.c««
n' .1 t-vu^Iomsof living to] ' “ 1 W
! people will mv. insinuatingly, that
„ __ j thev do not understand how he accu-
a^m«<K2«7SSiST ™ c,tc *» “ on *r” **?* u,e
Remittances should be nsdr by Fsf-rrs*..
Money Order or Registered Letter.
Agoiits .anted t?*v««y ocw.fcitv i« tbe
State, to whom liberal c«mf«ttro» mil be
paid. Postmasters are WTWlaU, retiuroted
to write lor tdrtna , .
All communications shonld bt' addressaa to
Answste }- i ,V/w. Kditor Blaine
was not an extensive ltond-holder.
Congressman Blaine is the rich mem
ber« the Blaine family. Ask Mulli-
p.r, ii it isn’t so.
Georgia will give the Ttemoorutir
ticket the regulation majority.
Till gnat, and the exchange fio
hu% opened the campaign in f.iroe.
T/tx Republicans are unnecessarily
troubled a toot Cleveland'* want of “a
record." A man who goes from the
sheriff's office to the mayor's office,
I from that office to the gubernatorial of-
S v of the greatest state in the Union,
It is feared that the Chicago liquor and who is getting ready to enter the
was too deadly ior oume of the hoys. Presidential otfice—and all within a
half dozen years, may be said to lie
The New York IW’.t.ur has beep, getting on pretty well in the way of "a
caught ‘‘re-dating" old papers arid ( record."
calling them »e*- j
; The New York Sun is of the opinion
itlrret that the accessions to Christianity in
It is a singularomission of /•’
not to have noticed the remarkable the East, through the labors of mis
sionaries, are more than counterbal
anced by the defections from Christian-
failure of B. F. Butler A Co. at Chi
cago.
Some people are at a great disadvan
tage in the m.iter. of testing, because
they never work, laid enough to become
genuinely Aired. » t V • > -
Misses Price and Hurst, the two
Georgia wonders who have such ab
normal power in the hands, ought to
be elected to the primary department
in some public school. They would
make a spanking team. ,
ity in the West, during the last genera
tion. This may be true, as a matter of
fact, but wo don't believe it. But ad
mitting it to be true, it is absurd to con
tend that the losses in the AVest are
the result of missionary effort in the
East.
Capt. Harry Jackson won the first
county—Henry—over his opponent,
Hon. X. J. Hammond, on Saturday.
Captain Jackson has entered into the
contest for Congressman of the Fifih
with a dash and energy that premises
warm work later on.
The Philadelphia Preit tries to eqn-
solo Republicans by slating that New
York has never given the country but
one Democratic President. If that
style df argument pleases the Press, it'
should remember that Maine has never
yet furnished a -President- for either
party. -
The New York Tribune is troubled
because Cleveland triumphed over his
opponents “by the outrageous unit
rule." This is very sad, indeed; but it
may mitigate the sorrow of the Tribune
to learn that the unit rule lias always
prevalieil in J?ew York Democratic con-
A-entions, and that it was voted for at
the Saratoga convention by “his oppo
nents,” In view of these two facts, it
is to bo hoped that the Blaino organ
will see the propriety of accepting the
situation.
however, to expect something in the
way of settlement of the important
principles involved in the tarifl'question.
Whether or not the duties on imported
products were too high, need not have
disturbed the deliberations of tho com
mittee or of tho convention. This is a
question upon which men may differ,
according to their judgment and in
formation. What the country desired
to know of tlie Democratic party was
whether or not it was in favor of rais
ing the revenues of the government
from duties on imports, and from this
source alone, and whether, after
deciding to raise the reve
nues in this way, it favored
their distribution,in such a manner as
to protect American capital and Ameri
can labor. If, in its platform, the par
ty had plainly, honestly and Unequivo
cally given assurance that it was in
favor of this policy, and had put in
nomination men whose public records
were consistent with this profession,
we flunk there would have been but little
doubt ' that it would have
numbered the doubtful States in its
victorious columns in November next.
This much might have been done with
out the sacrifice of any position or
principle that any man in public life
wonld openly profess before the peo
ple of the country. This much we
hoped for and hud a right to expect at
the hands of the national convention
In this we are disappointed. The
the Conyers U'eelli/ wishes to con
sider the true question now before the
people, let it reflect that the State s
railroad property, valued at $60,000,000,
can be at any moment sacrificed by an
error of the commission that has sole
jurisdiction over it, and that there is no
redress to be hail in th» courts of the
State nor of the United States. Our
contemporary may have such faith in
the commission as will lead it to be
lieve that neither in the present nor in
the hereafter can errors creep into its de
cisions. Unfortunately, however, this
peculiar faith cannot be impart.-d to the
capitalists from whom, with a restricted
commission, the State could derive
funds to pierce its unbroken forests and
develop its immense, but dormant in
terests. We know whereof we speak.
Democratic conventions, seem tc
lean towards old’bachelors. Buchan
an, elected in ; 183G,wyman old bache
lor. So was Tilden, olected in 1870,
and so in Cleveland, to be i elected in-
1884. Tlie Democrat don't seem to bo
able to elect married men to the presi
dency.
Political affairs pre fearfully mixed
in Massachusetts. There are Demo-
Mnrl as a Fertilizer.
In many of tlie counties of Georgia,
particularly in tlie cotton belt, marl is
found in large quantities. At one time
it was believed that this marl was of
value bb a fertilizer, and many experi
ments were made with it, without sat
isfactory results. In the mention made
of this marl in tlie census reports, i$ is
even stated positively that it is of no
value as a fertilizers.
Many persons, however, continue to
believe that nature provided this ma
terial lor a purpose, and that, tho re-
ration of lands which have lost
ir lime. In the hlufls of Alabama
rivers large quantities of marl are form-
and it is claimed^tlmt the gradual
dissolving and distribution of this marl
tho origin of much of the fertility ot
some of the bottom land
Mr. John S. Elliot, in the New Or
leans Timet-Democrat, has an interest-
letter upon the subject of Alabama
marls. From iV we clip as follows:
Their value ss a fertilizer has not elicited
any interest worthy of comment until within
iast few years. The experiments which
thei:
have obtained relative to their value were
convention not only failed to enunciateSmsde with the marl Just as It sras taken from
The remark of tlie Philadelphia Preit
that i: tho Democrats have nominated a
man without experience and record”
suggests the fact that tlie Republican
candidate's “experience, JW!.1 .record”
arc obstacles—probably fatal ones, to
tis election. Tho Press would like the
Democratic nomination much better if
Cleveland had more “experience” and
a bigger "record.” Mr. Blaine and
his friends are sharp enough to know
that a big, had record is much hauler
to defend than, no record at all.
ernts, Butler Democrats, Independents,
Independent,Republicans, Grecnback-
ers, ProhibitiqniatH, I.al>or Reformers,
anil Ben. Bntler. Just what will be the
outcome of atioh a Babel la beyond hu
man conjecture.
Writers and speaker* are not in the
habit oflosing anythlrig b£ htideratat.
ing their cases. The tendency Is to lose
by overt!ointcthe business, in the other
dircctioh.i Dispon-lcncy, On- tho oue
hand, and overgrown .enthusiasm, op
the otliej, are great bbstacics in the
way of 'cornel conclusions.
Blaine 'itnil tibgah'wiU'mkct sertue
local difficult!es in fhetr Virginia cam
paign. - jlhtbey indorso the position of
the Readjustees on the debt question,
they will antagonize tho.position, «>t, the
Republicans on that question. The
political diplomaoyJltatVan avoid qiqt
difficulty will be first-class in tlie mat
ter of citniilng.
Editor Dana is sometimes wise, and
nf nllicr times otherwise.. liC-WOOz
erwise when ho stepped down and out
and permitted Editor Pulitzer to go to
tlie front ot the Democratic procession
in New York. The party doesn’t seem
to he at all distressed by the fact that
the latter was wise while the former
was otherwise. Tlie 11’orM may not be
its big ns tlie Sun; but Democrats in
tend to stand on it and go aronnd witli
it, and to hold an umbrella lietivecn
them and the Sun—at least until the
torrid days of the campaign lie over.
TUtf nomination of Stephen Grover
Cleveland by the national Democratic
Th« Nominee.
convention at Chicago is announced in
this morning's telegrams., The choice
of the Vorttention’ ! wns' not the' real
choice of the South, as the ballots
show. Xur was Mr. Cleveland the fa
vorite of the Telegrami. We believed
and believe that a stronger man could
have been chosen outside of New York;
1^at Samuel J.Ran<lall 1 _4Hen;l j, {Thur
man, Stephen J. Field, and Thomas F.
Biyard all bad superior, qualifies-
J lions for Abe high office of President.
f ^ ^ makes but lit-j Were better lo^cd by the pcoplej
Ah a matter
tie difference
ernts vLisrlha Hnkat .with .nllm.in»ii> rnwXll trmfotiTmure tlflh to MrCTevv
or quiet satisfaction. The electoral vote .\Ve,bclieVe, further, that Ids
of the S$c£ lure, Tiq^aiu i^'.lion no^l^tiorv Is a .lefeat of best chs-
Ggor|ia Demo-j 4ul that to either the Deinotrttk part;
with wi till)-, i.i-i ii rnwXll tcn-ftitit mr.fS tlfatfmTrTdeve
this vital American doctrine, hut on the
contrary adopted a platform which
makes it plain to every school boy
that the party repudiates it. In the
absence of emphatic utterance upon
these points, its pledge to revise the
tariff “in a spirit of fairness” will
not assure the struggling inter
ests imperiled by Congressional agi
tation of tlie tariff question for
seven months past. Nor will the
fears of these be allayed by the
promise of “a spirit of fairness” from
those whose utterances upon this ques
tion, in the debate in the House on the
Morrison bill, evinced so much ot
ignorance and prejudice in reference to
all of our industrial interests.
If there was room to question the
purposes of the party in reference to
this issue, from any omissions that may
have occurred, all doubt is removed by
the resolution touching tlie internal
revenue system.
This the platform terms “direct taxa‘
tion,” and aingularly enough finds no
-words in which to condemn its longer
enforcement. The inference is rea
sonable and will be drawn from failure
condemn this iniquitous syi
tern, that tho party favors
its perpetuation. The statement that
it is a war tax is true, bnt its indorse
ment, by silence at least, when it should
have been openly condemned, will not
impress even tlie Northern people fa
vorably, because of onr implied pledge
to devote the income from this source
to payment ot tlie interest on the war
debt, or pensions to Federal soldiers.
'•iiis.ontliecontrary, will bo accepted
as evidence of tho party’s purpose to
perpetuate this system, and ot itself will
destroy the force of Its professions of
(tirpose to reform the administration
of government, and reduce Its abnormal
revenues. It is tantamount to an open
announcement of a policy to reduce
the revenues lui.cuttingdown the du
ties on
platfonuj it H.oiutalnVa sVatfini- of
rcct taxation..
We dflrfwii-ft^SS!
such'adjJiSid^s^
ge | i mail
mpreme mon^njiji nie^i
been|
Is; HrsfaftHe’ nbmlr.aur.n taken m m AU<){ the party he represent., liable
tho North, East and West? Different ^ rcnow and perpidoaty the clique
people takejdiffererit viewa of lb. situ- 7 ,™j nst which *o sureiisful a war*bas
ation. Jo! the writ«r, the Outlook t>ot . n n i ' ■ • '
hasn’t been so encouraging glnce- topf^^UltoVimination been made
war * T- r a, ' r - ihv th. Democratic convention. For
“It is stated that there areweventeen I thii reason, ami because of the ac-
Republican papers in Ohio printed hi kjttR’ied&Ml fact that he it an honeat
on; *> \ • i. ml i
k-hiskv ring, 'liat the iMtcur abouldfiive W>'
bee* tjigifrWynleiSSi
the p*^r*Af?;r>‘a'totr a / *—
Tin* position indicated abort,
ih which the party ' haaWorip'.ai
tlie aciieii of tlie Chicago ^Bvention.
The campaign tor th* ■
the Gcrmah language, and that every
ope of them has declared against Blaine
and Logan,” remarks the Waterbary
Americas. 'This may not indicate any
“enthusium" for-, th«: Democratic
ticket, hot St means votes for it—sail the
same. In the electoral collages vote,
count more than “enthmfasm 1
man,ngainst whoso public nod private
record no breath of auspicion has bceh
blown, will Mr. Cleveland
ccivo onr doll nnpporC With Ran
dall, Thurman, Bayard -, pr Field,
victory lor the party would have been
bed, with the same result In each case.
Oue man said he applied about thirty bushels
adensted on about one acre of corn with
out any perceptible good the first year, but
following season, and for a number of
years, there was a perceptible difiertnee lu
favor of the marl, even to the very row.
could cite other experiments, but the result
the same, there Is an Important fact
which is beginning to becomo known In ref
erence to the use of this marl as a fertilizer,
nud when properly understood, will extend
benefits over a large portion ot South
Alabama at well aa portions of Florida
and Mississippi. The fact Is this: That
cnrlionate of lime, soluble silica, peroxide of
iron and possibly other material constituent!
held in separate combination which require to
reduced so as to become soluble ami be
taken up as plant food. When tho marl Is ap
plied just as taken from the beds It requires a
long exposure to air, rain, heat, cold and the
ids of the earth to dissolve theso various
constituents End render them effectual as
stimulating plant food. In order to make this
marl a prompt and efficient fertilizer it should
ground fine, which could be done by pass
ing It through a pair of iron rollers, then add
per tou, say, 100 pound* of cottonseed meal, or
some other vegetable compound os good, and
alwMit the hali of 1 per cent, of phosphoric
add: then we will have one of the cheapest
and best fertilizes In the South, as compared
with any yet known.
One of the most Important considerations In
using the iasr^ Is that it will last for ten years,
and by adding «llttlo each year and utilizing
all tho available green crops by turning them
uuder will bring the lands of this section Into
the highest state of fertility.
It has been tha«* far shown that tho greatest
quantities exist la the bluffs of the Alabama
and Tomblgbco rivers, and that these varl
beds are of much value to the agricultural iu
torest of South Alabama, where wc find large
sections of poor piue lands.
We will now see what Professor Kugcne A.
Smith, the State geologist of Alabama, saya
the subject, on page fr-Dof his highly valuable
work entitled, "Geological Survey of Alabama
—Agricultural," recently published. Iu speak
lug of these marls, he says: "These marls will
some day come extensively into use. I have
no doubt that a part at least of the productive
ness of the solls.of Black’s Beni maybe traced
to their lnflucbce, while mauy of the rich,
limy or prairie spots scattered through Maren
go along the line of outcrop of the beds arc
very evidently produced by them ”
Tlie point in Mr. Elliott’s letter to
which we ileslro to call special attention,
is tho statement that “it takes long ex
posure to air, rain, heat ami the acids
of tlie earth to dissolve tho various
constituents” of marl and make it
plant food.
It would be of value to Georgians
if soiuo intelligent agriculturist would
lave apply Mr. Elliott's compost to an acre
poor land for'thrce successive years
id report tlie result. The possibility
01,' oi having near at hand an inexpensive
f means for restoring onr poor and worn
lands onght to attract attention. It is
too important to be overlooked.
“These facts,(taken from a careful
compilation published in the.lilnrlurr.
are rather impressive. The Republi
cans who expect to carry tho country
this year with a ticket against which
there has been a prompt revolt of un
precedented dimensions assume that
there is to be a complete reaction from
the vote of 1882.
“Thejnew apportionment, on which
tlie election will lie counted this year,
helps ,the Democrats, because it in
creases tho relative powerof tho South,
giving it 133 out of 401 in place of 138
out of 309.
The chances are that the contest will
bo a very close one, with a Democratic
majority to decide it if tlie election
sliould be thrown into" the House by
any means.”
Such is tho view taken by the Boston
Herald. The issue upon which the
Democracy goes into court is, shall the
Republican party be perpetuated? Tlie
indictment of that party liavo been
completed. It was fierce and just, It
was by far tho best feature of the late
convention, and must liavo been drawn
by aide counsel. The tariff question is
practically buried under a multitude of
words. Arraigned for a score of crimes,
the Republican party stands upon trial
for its life. •
Tlie main battle ground will be New
York State. But tlie|Repub!icans will
force the contest fiercely in New Jer
sey, Indiana and Connecticut in the
North, and Florida, North Carolina and
West Virginia in the South. In New
York the Democrats have tho doubt
ful assistance of Independent Republi
cans and the sure enmil^otj^many,
In Connecticntt they have 4*
ing populations to work npon, a class
unreliable nnd hard to lead. Indiana
four years ago was manipulated by Dor
sey witli an immense campaign fund.
In West Virginia there is a large popu
Intion, for the Union during the war,
and only Democrats by reason of the
race issue. In North Carolina local
differences hare also disturbed the
equilibrium, but under the leadership of
General A. M. Scales, tlie mOBt popular
man in tlie State, harmony can be re
stored and victory achieved. As Flor
ida is equally divided in lier Con
gressional representation, so is she
nearly equally divided aa between par
ties. The last election was carried by
only 330 majority for tlie Democrats,
since when both parties have been
badly split up in local issues.
This is tlie situation. If the Demo
crats hold to the- issue, there can be
small clianco for a reaction from tho
vote of 1882. A good fighting chance
yet remains.
lepopulate a lake or pond witli dyna
mite and affect the open streams to an
extent almost beyond belief. When a
charge of dynamite is placed under
water and exploded it is said thatevery
living thing in forty feet of it is killed
or rendered helpless. The fish near at
hand are so mutilated that they do not
rise, and others rise only to sink within
a few minutes. The-person who pur
sues this cruel method of sccnring fish,
kills five to where he secures one, kills
fish of all ages, size and description,
and in the spawning season destroys
tho eggs from which tlie next yield
sliould come
Tlie practice is a clear violation of tlie
laws of Georgia, and persons engaged
in it sliould be severely punished. Sec-
Tho-Ltiw and the People.
One cannot but admire the stern ad
hevence to duty, and tlie grand couram
ofW. J. Lucas, tho jailer of Owen-
boro, Ky., who recently gave up hii
life in defense of a prisoner entrusted
to his care. How fitting seems the
final comment upon his heroic death-
“He was a Virginian and & brave or!
Confederate soldier.’
WO
Lucas had in charge a negro accused
of an assault upon a white woman
Tlie moil surrounded but house at night
demanding tlie jail keys. His reply
was: “I nm an officer and intend to do
my duty or die.” The mob hesan fir-
ing, and Lucas from the porch ami hi*
sixteen-year-old aon from a window re-
turned tho fire. After the two had
t °n402o (a of the code recites that ”lt shot down three m , elJ —
shall be unlawful for any person to use fe „ morla „ wounded . 8tand -
dynamite or other explosive or destruc- Uet hnaband, with his empty pi 6to , i
live substance for the purpose of killing hand lds devotcd wife , tlU d ^ l J"
fish, and any pAson violating the pro- crowd and defended the keys,but wUh-
vistone Of tins seetlon shall be guilty of out avaU . The wretch in w,/ 09 c Jhrii
misdemeanor, and shall ho punished
as prescribed in section 4310 of this
code.” Tlie punishment named in sec
tion 4310 is a fine not to exceed $1,000,
imprisonment not to exceed six montliB,
or work on the chain-gang not to ex
ceed twelve months. Either or all of
these penalties may be inflicted.
“Tho Situation In Florida.”
The Ocala Banner copies our recent
article published under the above head
ing, and, while admitting the facta, is
not disposed to believe that any dan
gerous divisions in tlie Democracy
of that State non- exist. Says the
Banner:
tlie
I ill-
ticket must ot*. ncecs»ily"brfnpt>ti ;
defensive from the ltaet.dl attach ,wa
have indicated. Y.
, > Th« Situation.
Botlt partiea have selected candidates
and adopted platforms. Before the
struggle' begins in earnest it is best to
TM Rsal Qusstlon.
\'i ‘J, _ examine the field.
K* t.i ; 1 Him 1 lul (Li. ruin
Will the cum toed >Iacon Tzleorai-h p'.caie
enlighten the country prcii generally u to
the htr-lUilp* Impmcl upon the rmlroa,l> of
this State by the commlialon? Wore not the
assured. That ij^is DOW doubtful, is, jyteet charged by toe railroad* before we got
beyond dispute. While we - regret
The most marked feature of the Chi
cago convention was the able and elo
quent speech of Genftal Hooker, of
Munissippi, presenting the name of
Mr. Bayard. There waa nothing in
the oratorical display that approached
it. General Hooker is not only an or
ator but a man of conviction* and abil
ity, and it it impossible to understand
why the Democrats of hi*'State could
have eatuniUed to .his- a withdrawal
from Congress where' we nee.r men of
bis calibre and charm ttr.'
a- commtulon .sort luut, and were not lb.
b6jrtiiy tUt thirty baa again erred KtiSTl'SC:
“Brewer VAisA*'”,4yi .the -Hart
ford Cejiqaqf, “gavejfee young women
of America the that college.” - Not-so.
The pooble'o^GeoMi'glv^aie *otnin’
riot only of AmeHCa lmf of the world
their first college. ' Thp-\]’«J«yei>-b»-
male College, created-fid «1nM S,f tl, J
State of fi<-prgii,'4dti(its«fiby the Meth
odisti onferfinceiii ’ s-M .
remod-.-l • Tml-'inn- f. J^jaey!
is to-;.ir tl.A monument ' which
marks t** ] tlSCa combTetl recogni
tion of wonAn’scl«lk.SR5t the^Rm-
rant read op a little, “
at the supreme moment, we recognize
in the situation only an .urgent canse
for renewed and cantinoed effort. We
enter the fight cheerfully, and while
we do so under a leader who cannot
arouse our enthusiasm, we are consol
ed with the reflection that in him wn
can rnaLnokairte fey gimme.
The nominationof Mr. Hendricks for
Vice-President seems. to have, been,
achieved In the hour '-of repentidlce
which »lW»ys follows oxjjted action. P
fte‘E&cmtitedly^ adds i Character and
braihrto the Scket. That these ilesira-
bfpetenlsdbi shpoM'he edperit-'
biindintly-m tlieailcr-parl of, tbs ppair
biaetinn "Will, net,-we. fear, .increase
the i dignity -Of It* appearabce.-< (Min,
tlici mere fact’that Mr. Hendrick* Is
mint Strength to
rvtrvtoq
Yestebda 1
Mr. Blaini
Maine was
twcWGeirgiaL
S3 ,
l par with the'
Weekly.
Our contemporary assumes in the
questions asked that the TaLEORArn
occupies a Certain position, and calla
upon u. to defend it. That we decline
.to lie led off ip any auch way will not,
' yrc trust Ihs regarded aa an abandon
ment of onr true position,
The opinions held by this jour
nal and declared so often
to leave no room for, doubt e* to
here it really stand* is that the law
ought give tlie railroad* the right to be.
heard before the'commission upon any
mifestion affecting their interests, and
the right x>f appeal froln the decision*
of S*id commission whenever they have
reason to ireiQ-vW that they have lieeh
unfairly dealt with. What the pre^nt
i mission has <iime' and’What 'thtf
roeda previously did, does not afTfc
casein one way or another. 1 We
spprihqpjl Jbat th*.yoemmiMpm .ya*
giot organized to punish the railroads
tor alleged |in»of JluipasW nor
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In 1880 tlie popular rote was as fol
lows; Garfield, Republican, 4,454,410;
Hancock, Democrat, 4,444,932; Weaver,
Greenback, 308,678. Republican plu
rality over Democratic tote, 0,404.
“Among the close states that year,
California went Democratic by 78; Con
necticut went Republican by 2,050; In
diana went Republican by 0,042; Naw
Jersey went Democratic by 2,010; New
York went Republican by 21,033.
In 1882, these States all went Demo
cratic by the following pluralities:
California, 23,519; Connecticut, 4,101;
Indiana, 10,410; New Jersey, 2,113;
New York, 192,854. Kansas, Massa
chusetts and Michigan also went Dem
ocratic in 1882, and Michigan also went
Democratic on a smaller vote in 1883.
New York and Connecticut returned to
the Republican column (p 1*83, but
New Jersey remained Democratic.
“In the present House ot Represen
tatives, the Democrats have a majori
ty of seventy-three, and a majority in
^he delegations of twenty-two States,
while the Republicans have a majority
in tlie delegations of fifteen States, ami
OPCdelegation (thatof Florida) is equal
Ty diviil^t "
; t“In 1882, when this Congress wsa
elected, only eight State* gave Rcpnb-
majorities, and the 1 popular mt-
. Th. C.orsla Wonder.
The simple country girl from the
northern part of Georgia is still in New
York, giving nightly exhibitions of her
powers. Tho daily papers devote from
one half to ono and a half columns to
each performance and have reached no
conclusipn os to tlie nature of her mar-
cllous strength or skill. Uy some it is
called “odic” strength; by others
‘nervous,” “magnetic,” “hysterical,”
and by n few pure muscular strength.
Call it by any name, hut tho fact re
mains that tlie girl performed all the
feats advertised. Her latest success
was achieved over a crowd of athletes
in the presence of Roscoe Conkling and
other prominent citizens. She van
quished all the members ot the club,
in one instance reversing tier pro
gramme by putting to tho floor a chair
upheld by three strong men. < Inc ol
tlie dailies declared Miss Hurst a fraud
in one issue, but practically retracted
tlie charge in the next. All now agree
that she exercises an enormous strength
without apparent effort, nnd if there is
any deception site herself shares iu it,
That a trick could escape tho keenness
of a half hundred New York reporters
is not to bo believed. Tlie performances
take place upon an open, well lighted
stage, and in Borne instances persons
have held tho girl’s arms while she
overcame the united strength of three
or four men, without feeling muscular
action. She lias performed her feats
of slri-uxtli in New York witli her hands
npon top of the person’s who grasped
the object experimented with, and little
pressure was detected. Every oppor
tunity for detection ha. been affoMed,
witli the same results. All admit a
prodigious and easily exercised force of
some kind.
But there is anotliertliing which for
bids tin* idea of deception. Miss ll’irs’
is a simple, not over-intelligent country
girl, for the first time outside her homo
circle. Her parents are plain, religions,
church-going people of fine character,
the father being a deacon. That these
people should hatch np a plan for
making money and go into large cities,
before large audiences, to deceive the
cleverest people in the world, is incred
ible. The girl is simply by birth one
ot those human oddities which appear
before the public at long intervals.
Bat, whatever be her secret, one thing
Is assured; She is coining money faster
than any otherGeorgia woman who has
gone before the public.
The conservative and liberal element ol the
Northern and Western immigrants, through
whose assistance wc have been enabled to poll
a Democratic victory lu two previous State
elections, arc becoming more aud more dis
gusted with Uepublicau methods as attempted
to be cauducted in this 8tate, aud to-day are
very nearly as strongly allied to the Demo
cratic party as any unlive Democrat. All tho
recognition that this element asks Is that the
Democrats nominate pure men for ofllce.
This tho Democrats have done, and, as far as
onr information goes, the work.of the Pensa
cola convention gives as much satisfaction as
is possible where there were several candi
dates aud each candidate had anything
like a strong following. Mr. Pasco's ^ex
ample, nobly act forth In tho conven
tion, will be followed by his adherents in the
campaign aud at the polls. The nomination
of Gen. Perry has burled tho feud between
Gov. Bloxham and cx-Gov. Drew, so far as
that feud has any party bearings, and both
gentlemen and the friends of each express
themselves as highly pleased with the work of
the convention, so far, at least, as It relates to
Gen. Perry’s nomination. More than this,
many white Republicans who have always
heretofore been strongly attached to the Re
publican party and have given it a blind sup-
l>ortaru becoming alarmed at the attitude and
desire of the negroes to reap all the offices and
spoils, and Indicate a determination to vote
tho Democratic ticket this jt'ur, for the first
time. The negroes heretofore have done nine-
tenths of the voting and held one-tenth of the
offices. They new show a desire to reverse
these tactics. As soon ns the white leaders aro
thrown overboard, the Republican party In
Florida will fall to pieces. Indications point
that way now,and the Independent movement,
which is but a handful at best, will be lost In
the general crush.
The Tei.eorai-u’s article was based
upon the opinions of ono whom wo re
gard as the best informed of Florida
politicians,published in the same issue
with the articles to which tho Banner
refers. Our contemporary differs with
him chiefly as to tlie ptobablo effect of
tlie facts ho states. We trust that the
Banner is correct when it says the
Democratic party “enters the campaign
with victory assured.”
had bcon offered up a life so precious
was seized and hung.
Tho Courier-Journal lias stated the
case correctly whon it says that mob
law is not the root of public disorder.
Mob law is itself tho result of a
graver evil. Tlie courts, not only |„
Kentucky but in many other States,
seem to bo operated for the lienellt of
criminals rather tiian for the protection
of society. It is safe to say that when
any criminal, possessing money enough
to employ good Counsel, is brought be
fore tlie bar tlie chances stand eleven
in his favor to ono in favor of justice.
Tlie quality and character of juries, the
system of appeals and new trials, the
laxity of prosecuting officers all con
spire to defeat justice and free the
prisoner. These are tlie evils which
stimulate the innate sense of justice
the people abroad, awake impatient re
venge, and render mob law popular;
these, and tlie absolute necessity which
exists for self-protection.
It is probably true that in the South
three-fourths of the negroes who at
tempt assaults of a base character npon
white women suffer death, if arrested,
at tho hands ot a mob. It is not sur
prising when tho inefficiency of the lav
is considered. It seems natural to
many people, when the horror of the
deed is increased by the difference in
race and when the former relations of
the two races are remembered. When
such a criminal as that hung in Ken
tucky dies at the hands ol tho
mob doubtless, though lips most
necessarily condemn the deed,
tlie vast majority of people
secretly indorse it. However this may
be, it is nevertheless true that the coun
try which depends for justice upon a
mob is in a bad way, and Is bound at
intervals to record uiflortnnate trage
dies, tlie massacre of conscientious offi
cers, ns in tho case just cited. The
Telkoraph deplores mob law, but it
regrets more tlie seeming excuse lor
such violent demonstrations. If, how
ever, wo must have mob law, let the
people wreak their vengeance not upon
tlie brave, concientloni officers, wbola
the face of certain death and for the
defenae of a principle, stand to their
posts, bat upon those who bavin;
sworn to do their duty, for the sake of
money or from cowardice, let the guilty
escape and imperil society afresh.
Friday's III Luok.
Although witches aro no longer
burned at tho stake there are many
people who aro juat superstitious
enough to prefer to use simple precau
tions ngainst bad luck. The horse shoe
is the favorite shield against ill iuckand
appears to answer its purpose ns well
turned wrong side up ns when properly
adjusted. To tear something when
rabbit crosses your path, or make a
cross mark and spit in it are also favor*
ite methods of staving off the disaster
which the rabbit foretells.
But there has never been any de
fense from tho ill lack which is sore to
follow journeys began and acts achieved
upon Friday, hangman's day. All good
Democrats, therefore, who admit
tlie superstitions vein, rejoiced when
Mr. Blaine was nominated on Friday
and mourned when Mr. Cleveland
was likewise named Upon the same
day. The Telegraph, however, is
able to solve the doable sign and re
store confidence.
Friday is hangman’s day. When
Mr. Blaine climbed upon the platform
built by lit* party he necessarily occu
pied a very conspicuous and suggestive
position. But when the Democrats
built a platform alongside the other
and placed a man upon it and it was ob
served that the man who stood beside
Mr. Blaine was Sheriff Cleveland,
armed with tlie Gubernatorial author
ity, the meaning of the sign* onght to
have been legible to all.
osstroylna Fisk With Dynamite.
Sporting circles in the lake regions
olXew York are exercised over the as
sertion that certain parties have been
killing fish in large quantitiea in Lake
Erie with dynamite. Tho fact that
the shores of Niagara river were re
cently strewn with dead fish and that
persons living on the shores of the lake
have heard mysterious explosions aqi-
parently under water give strength to
the dynamite theory.
The killing of fish with dynamite
torpedoes or cartridge* in a barbarous
proceeding at beat. Th* prac
tice is carried on here
Georgia in a quiet way and
onght to meet tlie'condemnation of
every person interested in tho preaer-
fity tj>e Republican party was ration of our fresh water fish. In
tr ww,«W. or two teams any person can almost
To on Amlabl* Contamporr.
“The Xscon Teleosami will support Mr.
Cleveland, but not with enthusiasm. Mr.
Clerclaad. it seems, will havfan easy (Aa all
round."—Atlanta Constitution.
Tlie CoMtitulion it enthusiastically
in favor of Mr. Cleveland. It may be
sufficient answer to a journal that
pridea itself upon ita amiability, to lay
that any person displaying a nickel
and moving in the direction of a confec
tionery, can ulwaysdepend npon tlie en
thusiastic following of the Conititufion;
and that ita indoraement of Mr. Cleve
land, under the circumstance#, is not
apt to advance his chancel of “an easy
time.”
Tlie Teleobaph has stated ita posi
tion. Mr. Cleveland la not, in ita
opinion, the best, nor even a safe candi
date. He is, however, the regularly
chosen party candidate, an honest, up
right man. He will receive the delib
erate an<l conscientious rapport of this
jorunal.
Not the Genuine Breed.
John A. Logan and wife were up be
fore a New York Justice on Monday for
fighting. The gentleman claimed to be
a relative ot the Republican Vice-Pres
idential candidate. This is hi. story:
“Your Honor, 1 am a hard-worktm mss.
When I sot borne last night I askeil my nils
tor a dean shirt, but aha did not have ona lor
me and I rot mad. Bhe Bred a cup at ma and
I Bred It back. Then she throw a bona at me
amt I caught Hand throw It back at her. It
struck her on the noe. and she began to
scream. The officnr came lu and we were ar
rested. Your Honor, sha la drunk every day
In tha week. I don’t take bnt on. a day.”
There are several facts in the prison
er'. detenu which go far to disprove
his claim of relationship to John A. be
gan No. 1. For instance, it doe*
not seem likely that any one of the
great Logan tribe, of which Black John
is the acknowledged chief, should
b. admitting in public that be
hod called for a clean shirt at this
stage of thS campaign. John A. Lo
gan No. 2, had he really been a rel
ative of the great head of the family,
ought to have been willing to wave the
same old shirt when be got track borne.
The tact that he was not, to far re
move* him from concurrence In th*
l-oganesc system aatodeprivehimof any
public sympathy his kinship might de
mand. Bnt more. That Mr.Logan should
have chunked his wife with hainbones
and cups is altogether foreign to the
Black John variety. Had he been
of the pare Dreed ho woalil
have paused in tho door
way, and ahaking his raven locks
angrily exclaimed, “Now look hyar,
Hannah Maria! If yon don’t won't to
be knocked hades-weatern crooked,
until yon wouldn't know yonr mag
from the show hill ot a mug-wump or
the picture of a laripoop, you quit yer
durn foolishness, or I'll give yon a pot
w%'Iopin as would qnako Dan Ca-ur
Debbyzan blind with envy, ami make
of Zero who fiddled a tnne in a French
flat apamongthe nineties when London
was buntin’, turn over in bis Sophaca-
gas!"
Had Mr. John A. Logan, No.!, in-
treduced this sentence as part of th.
row, along with his claim of relations
ship, and omitted theaasertion con
cerning hi. one drink per ilay, the court
might have spared him the $10 which
he so reluctantly paid.
national
Fsaxkmx Piebce had no
reparation ” when the Democrats nom
inated him for the Presidency. Histo
ry repeat! itself.
The cholera is the biggest issue in
Europe jnat now. It orerabadows Bis*
Urafantiter «vefd»rtut i march, Ferry, Gladstone and their gov
mended by the best phyticUai. ! emmental policief s ”