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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1887. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Entered at the Atlanta pontoffloe u tccond-clwa mail matter, November 11, 1*573. The Weekly Cons! Uni Ion •1.25 per annum, dabs of five, fl.00 each; clubs of ten, fl.00 each and* copy to getter-up of cluh, J. J. FLYNN, WK WANT YOU. Tim Constitution want* an agent at every foftoffle* In America. Agent* outfit fro* and good terms. If yon aranat laaclnb, wewan you to act a* agent at your offlaa. Writeni We want 10,000 agent*. Sample* and outfit free. ATLANTA, 0A„ AHQDBT 1887. THE WATERBURY WATCH The Waterbury Watch Company has withdrawn its trade from the newspapers. We have only a few on hand. We will furnish a watch with The Weekly one year for #3.25 We cannot supply orders for the Watch alone. This is your last chance, and it will soon be gone. Chang, of Addim WHEN ORDKOXXO A CHAVOR Of ADDRESS THE (uhscribm to a nswirn should oi»e THE ODD AS WELD AS THE EEW ADDRESS. 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Wa hove Already Alluded in these columns to Ilia remarkable speech delivered by Gen eral HI lea, of Mississippi, before tbo Inter state Fanners’ convention of this city, In deed, we have printed the speech Itself, and have thus been thn means of placing before the fanners of the south tlio common sense views of one of uur moat successful farmers. Combining the views of sn agriculturist who knows all about tbo situation at, Aha south, , . Qcncral Miles’s speech la worthy*)! the seri ous study of southern farmers. ’ 1 lie touches upon some very sofTpiu and severe subjects, and his comments throw a flood of light on tlio situation. He presents some facts that our farmers would do well to consider seriously; General Miles tells the farmers that It Is very convenient for them to tnoo all their Ills to a protective tariff. In this they only follow the cne given them by the small politicians and tho dema gogues who seelqto mislead. There ts nothing more convenient) (or in- ttance, than for the farmer who Is unmc eessful to trace all his troubles to tho pro tective tariff. Every llttlo cross-roads poll' tlelau—every little whipper-snapper, who wants to go to oongress, will convince him that but for the tariff lio would be rolling In wealth. General Mile* makes abort work of tills sort of poppy-cock. Uo tells the farmers that If they expect to succeed they most live quietly at home, wear level heads, and use keen, bright cyos in Uielr business. The tariff falls at heavily on merchants and bus iness num as on the farmer, and yet, be cause some whipper-snapper wants to secure their votes for congress, tho farmers are told that Hie tariff is ruining them. This is ono of tho moat convenient of arguments, and It lias been ding-donged Into the ears of thoso who till tho soil until g great many of them have come to believe that the tariff Is a tax levied on them by the crowned beads ot Europe. General Miles makes short work of this sort ot nonsense, lie shows that tins tariff paid «Y»ry year by tho (armors on llielr libg meat and mule flesh Is ten Uionsntul times more than the tax Imposed on tWein by the tariff. Compared wlththo taxes which the (armor Imposes ua himself by Ills extrava gance, the tariff tax Is but as a mote In the sunbeam. Since the war General Miles has paid a debt of two hundred thousand dollars, with ten per cent Interest. How did ho do this? By sluing down ami discussing tho tariff? Not at all, but by putting his shoulder tie tbo wheel; by economising; by adapting Ills business sense to hla farm operations; by taking snch advautago of circumstances and cvndltluus as any sensible man would do. When General Miles roincs to discuss Jie tariff, he puts In tome chunks of com mon sense that are likely to provo some what embarrassing to the pseudo-statesmen who go before the farmers hereafter with a lot ot gibberish in favor ot free trade. Gen eral Miles wants to kuow what the tariff Is on a Cincinnati hog, or on a Kentucky mule, or on western hay and corn, or on northern made fertilisers. These things are not put down in the tariff Hit, but the tax they Im pose on the farmer amounts to many thou sands mom than tho tariff tax. But the politicians never touch on these things. They know nothing of them. The tariff Is the thing. Nevertheless, we advise the farmers of the south to read tho address of General Miles. Common sense Is always whole some and refraabing. ' had called for a reasonable and Judicious revision of the tariff, preceded by tbe repeal or the modification of the excise laws, we have no doubt that the convention would have indorsed it almost unanimously. But the south Is entering upon a new in dustrial career; it is engaged In the work of developing resources that have lain dasmant for many years; It Is engaged In building up new townsand folding to old ones. Under all the circumstances it is no (wonder that the theories of froe-trade find little favor .here. Just at present the south, with its new enterprises and Its Infant Industries, esnnot afford to favor a free-trade experi ment that may prove fatal. In brief, if Brother \Tatlerson and Ills esteemed friends cannot stay with ns nnlrss we support thn free-trade Idea, we shall have to hid them sn affectionate adieu. Once more the newi comes that Henry M. Stanley, the explorer, Is dead. A few weeks ago there was a rumor of his death hut this rumor was so vague ilia! the news papers sad the public were justified In dis crediting It. But now the news reaches tho French foreign office from Zansibar to the effect tliat Stanley has been massacred by the na tives after having been deserted by his es cort. It is a sail ending of a very brilliant ca recr; but all endings are sad. And tlio re sult Is the same whether one perishes obscurity, or whether one gives up the ghost In the glare of notoriety. We push our adventnrea, great and small, too far; we tempt fate In all things, and dally fly the faae of Providence with oar empty and selfish designs. A turn of tho wheel, and wo find honor and fame; another turn and wo find oblivion; and in the end one is as Inqiortaiitaa the other. When tho devour ing years have swallowed ns, It Is nil one whether we have been obscure, notorious or famous. Perhaps without Intending it, Stanley has accomplished a great deal of good. lie found Livingstone, and he explored the heart of Africa, calling thn attention of the Christian world to the possibility of redeem ing and developing tho great continent. To do rids was to win distinction, and this was Stanley’s fortune. A Splendid Escort for tho Prosldont. President Cleveland will visit many places before he reaches Atlanta, and will see mill Ions of people, but nowhere will he fiud a more splendid escort, and nowhere will ho review a finer body of men, than when tbe Toting Men’s Lcaguo posses In review be fora him at the Piedmont Exposition, and escorts him to the train when he leaves. Ten thousand men in torchlight parade, marching under Illuminated arches, and amid general display and explosion of pyro technics, Is an inspiring sight Itself, but when tho president remembers that tlicse ranks will hold the best young men of this and adjoining elates, the young flower and chivalry of the south to to speak, the men who will largely fashion Its fortunes lor tho next twenty years, he can bat look forward to seeing them with Interest. This torch light parado will be tho feature of exposi tion week In Atlanta, and we hope to hove contingents from five hundred towns or counties In line, and under a captain of their own ehoosiiig, paying thylr respects to tbo first democratic prosldont that ever set foot on Georgia soil. A Freuds. outfits «-oo«Ju»fo». The Macon Telegraph of yesterday lias this apparently gratuitous Item: As Mr. Cleveland will visit the Alabamaatate Iklr the people of that state will meet him and exhibit Itu-lr resources In Montgomery. Then why ehouldn’t wo say “As Mr. Cleveland will visit tho Piedmont Exposi tion, tlio people of this stato will meet him and cxhltdt tliolr resources at Atlanta.’’ Isn’t that a fair conclusion to the promise laid down? The Telegraph In Its Insane auxloty to aide-wipe tho Piedmont Exposi tion, (nils to cover the Stato Fair, But wo do not press the conclusion. Tho people of Georgia ought to exhibit their resources and turn out rn-masso for both the Slate Fair and the Piedmont Exposition. llrolh.r Wot tenon Surprised. We desire to coll the attention of Broth er Waturaon to tbe fact that his celebrated free-trade movement, although It Is backed by a few prominent democrats and by the consolidated whisky ring, ts not making much headway In the eouth. During tbe session of Urn Interstate Farmer*’ conven tion, which has just closed Us labors In tills city, three several aUvmpta were made to commit the southern farmer* to Brother Weltenon’s scheme. The result Is signifi cant. Most of tbe resolutions advocating free-trade were wisely smothered In com' mlttee, but tbe last one offered just before adjournment, and Intended to practically commit the convention to free-trade, was teblod by a targe majority. No doubt this acUon of the esm- ventlon will be in the nature of a painful surprise to Brother Wattanon, bat It need not surprise anyone who is fa miliar with the situation In the south. If .the racdnUoi Which wusQsummarUj tabled General lUlee’Speech an Vanning. Tho epeech of General Miles, of Missis sippi, delivered casually from his place among tho privates, was tho notable speech of tho agricultural convention. It wae to the point, sruslblo and straightforward. General Miles Is a typical tlgure. lie is representative In the very best sense of all that was best In tho old-fashioned southern gentleman, lie la a model of the civilisa tion of that day, which our critics say was weak In Its trujnlng for adversity and for precise methods. And yet General Miles, handicapped at thn closa of the war by a debt of $200,000, bearing ten per cent Inter est, has paid every cent of thst with twenty crops, and ts today a rich man. The story of those twenty crops, bow they were pitched, how cultivated, how harvested and how- sold, would make a story worthy of letters of gold. Tho genoral process he gives in his speech, snd in words that every farmer should hcctl. It ts tlio old story—old as the hills, as true as truth—thst home- raised supplies make thn fanner rich—and that all cotton makes the farmer poor. If Thk CoxsriTi'Tiox did no more than coax this admirable gentleman from hit re tirement and produce this sensible speech, H earned Its right to hold the attention of the people for a woek Abolishing l’nvrrtjr. Henry George and I)r. McGlynn are wasting time and labor In their attempt to build up an anti-poverty society. Tbe met it, the American puople consti tute an anti-poverty society, and they have been running tho concern so satisfactorily that they are not likely to turn it over to cranks and self-appointed leader*. We have not entirely abolished poverty In till* country, and wc do not look for *uch a result. So long ai it I* poaalble for misfor tune* to occur, *o long a* men violate the lam of natnrel, social and political economy poverty will bo the penalty. Bnt th* condition of tbe manes today, when compared with their condition for tho thirty year* *uceeedtng the rtrolnUoo, •how* that we have practically abolished tho woixt effects of poverty. The laborers of the present generation are wall clothed, well fed, well housed, and they can be well educated if they will, and U la within th* ability of the poorest to own a home. U be cannot becomo a land owner In on* place, be can In another where land* are cheaper, and U he ie without money but la willing to work he can tUll ncur* government land for nothing. In the «U*r stale* lb* annual statistic* of the sayings banka point unerringly to (he condition of the working people who are the depositor* In these institution*. According to the latest report of the comptroller of the currency the savings banks deposits last year amounted to $1,141,630,578. This gives each depositor on an average $301.36, as there are 3,198,030 depositors. In the south there are but few savings hanks, but this is practically a section without paupers, and It Is only necessary lo call attention to a few facts and figures to show that we have anticipated Messrs. George snd McGlynn In the grest work of abolishing poverty. We get $400,000,000 annually for our cotton. There are 230,000 more artisans at work than were here In 1880, besides thousands who are just be ginning new enterprises. We manufac tured last year $213,000,000 worth of arti cles heretofore purchased from tho north and west. In tlx years we have built 173 cotton mills with 1,000,000 spindles. We am manufacturing our own fertilisers, and In seven years our iron output has Increased 450,000 tons. We have diversified our crops, and the value of each crop Increases every year. With such progress and such results It will be seen tliat we are traveling the qfti- paverty road with all tho speed that could reasonably be expected. Our methods may be different from those of Messrs. George snd McGlynn, but we are getting there, and, best of all, getting there honestly. conditions. They will not succeed. Be fore our working people would be Euro peanised, they would rise en maase, and in augurate a revolution. Fortunately there Is little danger of such a calamity. "The New whisky Insurrection. The Courier-Journal still labors under the delusion that there are democrats In this country foolish cnongh to be misled by Its wild shrieks In regard to “free whisky.” We do not suppose there is an intelligent person In either party who can be deceived by such arguments as onr Louisville con temporary employs In behalf of free trade and the whisky ring. To remove the federal tax on whisky Is not to make It “freo” In any sonse of tlw word. States in which the temperance sen tlment is In a condition of active and ag gresslve development, as In Georgia, would bo free to take tho whole whisky business in their hands anti deal with It as they might deem proper. As tho Courier-Journal well knows, the government tax on whisky has not operated to decrease the production. On tbe con trary, In tlio face of tho fact that the market and the distilleries are controlled by an as sociation of distillers, there has been over production to such an extent that the mem bers of the ring liavc gone to tlio expenso oil exporting their whisky in order to esenpoj the payment of taxes justly duo. The tax,| therefore, has not limited tho production/ nor has It lessened tlio quantity consumed.' The temperance people can have no sort of reason for opposing the repeal ot tlio whisky tax; on tho othor hand, they must know that whisky Is even freer now, with the government taxon It, than It would bo the states took chargo of the matter. The Constitution has no objection to the whisky tax as a tax, but, In common with an overwhelming majority of tho people of this couutry, It does object to the operations of the law under which tho tax Is collected. With tho character and results of these ope rations tho pooplo of this republic are only too familiar. Tho repeal of tho law would also do away with tho largo and active army of spies, Informers, agents, gangers, store keepers, deputy marshals and what not. Tho dispersion of this ImAicnae army would bo a great roliof to tho pcoplo, and result In considerable saving to tho government. But Editor Wnttcrson’s paper, with that fine sense of tho fitness of things which scome to characterise It, declares that the movement to repeal this obnoxious and an democratic law Is “Tho New Whisky Insur rection,” which “must and shall bo sup pressed.” Our contemporary alludes to tho old whisky insurrection and calls this tho now. We nro thankful for the allusion. In tbo days when men wore animated by the spirit of liberty, and their hearts were glow ing with patriotism, they did not hesitate to revolt against tho infamous and un-Ameri can excise law. Tills is the new whisky Insurrection, but is not a revolt against the government; it a movement directed against the whisky ring. If tho democrats In tho next congress fail to road tho signs of tho tlmos—if they fail to carry out tho wishes of the people by repealing these odious laws, there will be a revolt against tho democratic party. This much is oertain. The Ladjr and the Tiger. The inskle facts about Senator Riddle- beeger’s release Irom the Woodstock Jail by a mob are just beginning to come ont. The jailer was sick in bed, and his wife had to meet the mob. When the brave Ut ile woman fonnd that the rioters intended to break In, she requested Senator Rhldle- beiger to speak from the window to tbe crowd and ask them to disperse. “Let me out,” pleaded the senator in persuasive tone, “and I will go down and speak to them.” “Senator,” was the lady’s severe reply, ‘I supposed yon gave me credit for more sense than that. I cannot let you out. Speak to them from the window.” ‘Won’t you trust me?” asked the artful statesman. “No,” said the jailflfs wife, “yon, nor anyone else under the circumstances.” The excited desperadoes outside heard the altercation, and the swish of feminine garments. For a moment there was an ex pectant hnsb. Would tho lady come charging through the front door, or would tho senator make bis appearance ? In a moment all doubts were settled, convenient ladder was utilized In the back yard, and the faithless prisoner rapid ly descended, and placed himself In tho hands of his friends. Tho plucky defender of tho fortress was not prepared for aggressive measures, was two o’clock In tho morning, and she was la her night dpess. Under the clrcum stances, what conld she do but sknrry back to her room and Indulge In a hearty cry? It was hard for the lady to lose her men agerie, but she has come ont of the affair with flying colors. Mr. Streeter anil the Texas Delegation. The Hon. J. A. Hitmsey, of Williamson county, Texas, formerly a prominent mein- of the legislature of that state and pres ident of the Williamson County Fanner’s Alliance, and a leading man In tho best in terests of the stato, called on us yesterday to explain tho appoaranco of Mr. Strector un der the alleged auspices of the Texas dele gation. Mr. llumsoy said: “The Texas delegation knew nothing of Streeter’s purposes, but tome of the members have a personal ac quaintance with him. Tho Texas delegation heartily disapproves of any third party movement or anything looking that The Farmer's Alliance le not apolltt- organisation. Its constitution provides that It shall deal with neither politic* nor religion, and tho sentiment of the members indorse this constitutional prohibition. Mr. Streeter uses tbo Texas Farmers’ Alliance a tail to fly hit third party kite and against litis I protest ss a member of the Texas Alliance and a democrat. The third party movement means disorder and tnr- iuoil In the south, end the Texae delegation ts square against It.”' Mr. Oswald Wilson, organizer of F. A., for Use state of Florida, accompanied Mr. Burnsey and Indorsed all be said. A niownr Picture. Senator Frye, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, does not give a very cheerful account of life in the old world. In Scotland he found laborers working for s!xty-l*ro cents a day. In Venice he girts working (or from five to twelve cents a day. Female farm hands all over Europe earn twenty oente a day. The sen ator found women doing most of the field work. He saw twenty women at work in one field, with not a mau In sight. The contrast presented by the condition of American wage-earner* b most encour aging. In thb country every man with av enge health and rtnsifthkaa It in hi* power to accumulate a modest competency at lead. Tat, as Senator Frye remark*, wa have among m Individual* who are trying to htrodoto Fiiropron Htfud Natural On* at Chattanooaa. Tho people of Chattanooga arc wild over the discovery of natural gas, a few miles from that city. For days and weeks tho work of boring a well has progressed, and all sorts of rumors have been circulated as to the result. A few days ago tho Chattanooga Commercial created a sensation by positively declaring that tho well was yielding n good flow of gas. This was promptly denied by the Times, bnt It was strongly Intimated that the gas was there all the same, and would In dno time he turned loose. Last Monday was the day fixed for tho final test. Tho excitement in the city was Intense. Large parties of excursionists went to the well. Bets were froely offered, one man offering to wager $1,000 that a flow of gas had been struck. The work of un plugging the well progressed slowly, bnt finally, when all obstacles wero removed, tho gas gnshed forth. A match was applied and a lurid flamo darted up fifteen feet. Tho flame had to be extinguished to save the machinery, but the match was applied six times, and each tlmo tho flame leaped np from eight to fifteen feet, burning brightly for soveral minutes. It is now settled thst tho gas b there. The only question b concerning the quan tity. The owners of the well nro confident, but to satisfy all doubts they nro boring still deeper. So groat 1s the excitement that six wells have already boon located, and work will commence at once. Tho discovery of natural gas win be the making of Chattanooga. In Ohio and Pennsylvania it b coming Into general use. The New Orleans Tlmes-Demoerat says: "Of the value of this gas in manufactures, partis ularly in many manufactures of iron, we have already spoken. It hu almost revolutionised foul ness In Pittsburg and has been a gnat boon to that town. The search for this gas has bcoa almost uni formly auoccssful. Wherever It has been needed and been well bored for, It has beta brought to the surface. Thore has bcon no difficulty In getting tho gas throughout tho vast mineral region of Ohio and Pennsylranla, and as tho mineral district* of Ala* heme, Tennessee and Virginia Is but a contluation of that of Pennsylvania, there Is no reason to doubt thstgsswiir be found ss abundant around Chatta nooga and Birmingham ns around Pittsburg. Eton If the present fold does not prove to bo all that ts wanted, there Is no reason to notithlnk gaa will yet heffound ample for all pnrpiwss. It U quits certain Rom the character of the land, that natural gaa Is Imprisoned In the earth aonth of the Ohio as well as north of that stream, and that It will he utllliod sooner or later in the southern fkctorlea” As tho matter stands now, Chattanooga leads Birmingham, hut It Is altogether within the range of probabilities that the enterprising developers of tho latter city will go to work and prod* the bowels of the earth until they meet with similar good for tune. Atlanta has an Interest In -his discovery also. Tho flow ot natural gas in any con siderable quantity in Chattanooga will cause mains to ho laid between the two cities. In Ohio and Pennsylvania It has been found profitable to transport the gas for hundreds of miles, aqd it wUl be done here. It b a big thing. No more gas works, no more costly arttflcbl appliances—nothing to do but to top old Mother Earth and seenre all tho gas that we need for light, beat and fuel. by other judges throughout the stale. Onr dispatches yesterday contained a too brief synopsis of his remarks. Judge Boynton said that “the only way to stop the coward ly practice of carrying concealed weapons was by presentments by the grand juries, and correct and honest verdicts by the trav erse juries.” This is a practical solution of tho whole matter. Let those who arc selected to rep resent the people do tlielr duty In enforcing the laws that public sentiment has caused to be placed In the statute books. When this Is done we shall hear of fewer murders as tbe result of the loaded hip-pocket. Death Irom Anaesthetics. Much comment has been made on tho death of Mr. Dill, a very prominent citizen of Lewizbuig, Pa., which occurred a few days ago.' The patient was undergoing a comparatively slight operation at the hands ot Dr. Agncw, one ot (lie most distinguished surgeons in America. As Is usual in all such cases, an amesthetlc was administered: To the surprise of the surgeon his patient died during the operation. A brother of the unfortunate man was inclined at first to re flect upon the management of the case, and from oilier sources there came criticism. It Is now clearly established that no de gree of surgical skill could hare foreseen the complications which caused the fatal result from the use of ether. At the coroner’s In quest the examining physician, who is one of the most skillful pathologists in America, demonstrated that the cause of Mr. Dill’s death was wliat would be popularly described as apoplexy. The patient’s brain was in a condition which rendered it dangerous to give him ether, but it Is almost certain that the shock of the operation performed with out an anaesthetic would also nar$ keen fatal.. There is absolutely nothing in iM case which should weaken the popular faith in anaesthetics. A prominent Philadelphia physician says there is undoubtedly danger in taking ether, just as there is danger in riding In astrcct car,and probably about In the same proportion. The same cerebral ob struction which produces death during an msthcsla might occur In the performance of the most ordinary actions. Deaths from the use of anmstlictlcs are very rare, by for too rare to shake the well-established popu lar confidence in this method of treatment. It Is impossible to conceive how great a blessing to mankind has haon the Introduc tion of anaesthetics. An accident in one caso when ten thousand have been success fully and pamicmly treatoa will —t hai-a any weight with sensible people. It Is, per haps, a great deal safer to (pip ether than It Is to travel on a railroad.- doubtless doing some of the profotwdesj thinking of Ills life. Theoretically he had the right and the power to have Riddle-' bergor and the mob arrested. It would b«l proper to proceed against some of them as rioters,and against others for contempt, and,' it necessary, tho judge is authorised to call upon the entire state at large for assist- once. But it is not likely that anything will b« done. The citizens composing the mob had their own crude Ideas of justice. They, thought that the judge was In the wrong, that ho had displayed his contempt for tin? whole community, and they went to work to teach him a lesson. It will torn out all, right. Y/hcU the judge understands thafi the people of Woodstock propose to rentals in perpetual session for the correction of lri4 errors ho will proceed very cautiously, tit is a bad thing to have a court defied in thig' way, but matters will quiet down, and thri judge will wake np to the Met that hid power to punish for contempt Is In reality greatly restricted by pnblie opinion. THE PIEDMONT EXPOSITION. Th* Hip-Pocket. Wo print elsewhere a communication from Dr. U. H. Tucker on the subject of pistols. Dr. Tucker presents his views with his usual vigor of expression, and they are worth attention. It Is a question whether a severer law would deter Individuals from carrying concealed weapons, or whether It would operate to make the hip-pocket, with Its deadly pistol, an object of sympathy; bnt there can be no doubt that Dr. Tucker Is right when be say* that what we need to suppresa-the evil of pistol carrying la a more wholesome state o( pnblie opinion, and a more active boldness on tbe part of our court*. There can be no doubt that II the pnblie sentiment of the state remained in a state of active opposition to pistol carrying, we should have fewer violations of the law, and fewer killings. We believe that the pnblie sentiment of the state Is opposed to the practice, bnt thoso who are chosen for the purpose of representing that sentiment are derelict. They do not do their whole duty by tl-e people. The grand Jnriet hum and haw over tbo evidence of pistol carrying, the judges ere lenient in their charges, and the petit juries culpably careless in their ver dicts. There Is no doubt about pnblie sentiment; the great troabla Is that the Instruments eelwtod to represent that public sentiment very frequently, as in this matter of carry ing pfstots, misrepresent it. Judge J. S. Boynton, of tbe superior court, recently de livered a charge to tbe grand jnry of Rock dale county, which is worthy of emulation The Virginia Idea. The fact that the Now Orleans Flcayune calls for united action on the tariff question by congress impels the New York Herald to remark that it is a “strong point.” This Is very true, for It is Indeed a strong point. But Is it not the free-traders and tho whisky ring that have heretofore been jqjtrnmcntal In staving off unltod action? The Herald is right when it ssys that “the people demand an Immcdiato redaction of tho revenue.” The nerald Is perhaps nearer right than it intends to be. The pooplecer- talnly demand a reduction in tho revenue, bnt not in the direction of free-trade. They demand the repeal of the excise taxes, and when this is accomplished, tarlff’rednction for purposes of revenue will follow naturally and as a matter of course. If the surplus now flowing Into the treas ury is to bo reduced, It must be by tho re peal of tho Infamous Internal reve nue system. When this system has been abolished the tariff ‘ can then be reduced to something like a revenue basis with no Injury to American industries or to American laborers. What the Herald says about tho attitude of Mr. Randall it altogether wrong. Surely Mr. Bandall has as much right to stand up for a principle which he believes to be cor rcct as Mr. Morrison, and It Is to be borne mind that even tho followers of the latter acknowledge that hit meotoro was merely tho entering wedge to prepare tbe country for free-trade. Well, the test has been mado in various ways, and it baa been found that the country stands squarely on tho protection plank in tho democratic platform. Mr. Morrison was de feated, Mr. Carlisle cscapod by the skin of his teeth, and there 1ms been a significant collapse of the free-trade movement in Ken tucky, which has been considered to be its stronghold. AU these things ought to satisfy tho Her ald that the country la not running on Mr. Morrison’s lines. The Virginia Idea is the democratic idea. The Greatest Show Ever Seen la tlieSonth- The President and Bis Wife Will be Pres- ent—A Grand Military Pageant. The Piedmont exposition grows every day/ and it Is now assured that It will be tbe great est show ever seen in the south. The bttild. Ings cover seven acres, and every foot will be filled will. Interesting articles of exhibit. Volt will see every article of industrial or agricul tural products, and a great exposition. The sight seeing will bo tmeqnaled. Presi dent Cloveland and his wife will certainly bo here, and will spend two days end three nights in Atlanta: reaching hero October 17th. Thoy will bold receptions Constantly, so that every body can see them and get a chance to shake their bands. Think ot this I To see tho first democratic president ever seen in the south, and tbe most popular and beautiful mistress ot the white honso, only twenty-two years old and a picture of grace and beauty. Tho presi dent will make an address In tbo-expesitfon grounds on Tnesday, nnd will review the troops on Wednesday at 11 o’clock, and will review the torchlight procession Wednesday night, so that everybody will ace him and hear him. Tho military pageant will bs gorgeous. Over three hundred companies -have been In vited, and thousand! of soldiers will be in lino WlfVl II? InaS? 4 wanG, 1,naaa lusesAa fft|. The Cot too Market. A correspondent of the Galveston News bas an article on the line of an editorial, that recently appeared In The Constitu tion, relative to tho price of cotton. It was suggested In that article that the south, Instead of buying cotton futures should sell them, and that the bulk of tho crop should bo placed in tho hands of responsible factors for sale. The correspondent of the News sees the point In this suggestion and hastens to lay tt before the fanners of Texas. It Is entirely worthy of their considera tion. As matters now stand, tlio small towns undersell Uie larger ones, and In sell ing direct to the spinners, they bear the en tire crop. What the south needs Is coope ration In this matter, so that 1U only money crop may be sold at something like Its real market value. For several years the market baa been broken and paralyzed by the agents of spin ner* baying their •applies direct instead of through the factors. A Judge Overruled. Woodstock, Virginia, is a nice town. It Is full of law and order-loving people who will make any sacrifice In the interests of justice, even to tbe extent of raising Cain. Take a recent case. Judge Newman took It Into his head that Senator Rlddleberger was guilty of contempt of court. He fined the senator and sent him to jail for five days. In some communities this would hare ended the matter, but the people of Woodstock still hold to the frontier Idea that they are the sovereigns, and that a judge Is to be tolerated only when he is on thetr side. Oar dispatches give the out come of the affair. The people rose Is their snath, swept through the jail like a small cyclone and restored the senator to the con- stitnento who were lamenting hla disappear ance. What will the judge do about U? He is with ot least twenty brass bands. These troops will be reviewed by the president. The torch light procession will be grand. Ten thousand torches will be In line under tho auspices of the Young Mon’s Democratic! league of Atlanta, and all visitors will be fur nished torches and fireworks and requested to take port in tbe precession. Tho whole citjfi will be nominated with red fire and firework* will no discharged from all points along tha line. Triumphal arches will bo thrown across* the streets, nnd the scene will be ono never surpassed In beauty nnd brilliancy. Tlio fireworks themselves will be unoqmUcd.' r" -f the features will he id- r/liil „e NiagaraT long and fifty It*..,.. J'^SJ’midspnrkllngj in tho white light jJan, „„d tnmbles In the white foam. have ucuee dreamed of snob effects in the an ., those fireworks will give. Besides these there will be balloon ascensions, bicycle races, baseball matches, pigoon shooting, and all the snort* of great fairs. Ten thousand dollars have fidtffi offered in purees for racing and two hundred race bones will be hero to take part in the different races, both trotting and running. In short. It will be two wocks of nnaliowcd enjoyment and slght-ecolng. v It will be a liberal education to your children and yourselves, and it will ba your first and only chance of seeing tho demo cratic president and his wife. Abovo all It will be a cheap show. The rail road rates are tower than ever before. They are one cent a milo each way from your near est railroad station except on tho Central rail road Where tboy are three dollar* for the round trip from all point* above UO miles from At lanta, and one cent a mile on all points nenror. Tho directors of tbe exposition will themselves manage tbo restaurants at the grounds and wilt guarantee that there shall be no charge greater than fifty cents for breakfast or din- nor. In no way shall the people be robbed ox mistreated. The admission fee It fifty cent* which yon psy when yon get your ticket. It coat* yon twenty-five cents to goto tho gronnd* and bock, which you pay when yon bnyyour ticket. It your railroad Btatlonts a hundred mites from Atlanta, It will cost yon two dol lars to get you? ticket, fifty cent* for your ad mission ticket, and twenty-five cents for your transfer ticket, making two dollar* and seven- ty-flvo cents for nil. For any other distance from Atlanta just multiply the number of miles by two cents for tbe round trip, and add aeventy-five cents for vonr admission and transfer. Now do not fall to come to the exposition. I* is a great chance aud-ono that yon will not hero again. Besides seeing the exposition yon will seo Atlanta, the brightest city in the south, full of interesting sights. The iilnml- nation of Kennesaw mountain with butteries ot artillery firing on Its crest where tlio battW was fought, will be a sight long to be remem bered. This monntatn is twenty miles from Atlanta, and excursion trains will be ran to it for fifty cents for tbe round trip. The moun tain will be illuminated from top to bottom and three thousand rockets will be fired by electric match from Its crest. Do not fall to come to tbe Piedmont exposition. Make yoox plans at once. EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT. Arrnn the watermelon come* tbe oyster. Tbe deadly mr-rocxxT continues to get In its work. YYnxx Jay Gould heard that he was • grandfather he smiled. It was the first emit* that had spread over those stolid features In a long, long time, snd we hope that It went down as deep as die eoul of tbe money king. Kansas City Times: Perhaps the coroner’* jury at Cberewocth will bring in a verdict ot “death by tho hand ot God,” bat clearly in th* minds of the people it Is pretty well established that rotten culverts and railroad negligeno* mainly contributed to the disaster. A corrasneKAX-nucT from * Louisian* district died a few months ago. A special election wae ordered. The successful can didate who wae chosen has just died. In spit* of those two warning* there are • dozen men in tbe district ready to contest for these dead men's shoes at th* (Joining special election. Thanks to Bechet assy Lama*, 80,000,000 under this • porn t ions, but they will not be allowed to grab wliat does not belong to them. Goyebkok Gordons address to tbe people on the subject of tbe ceutcnnfal constitution*! convention has struck tho Philadelphia papers * very favorably. The Press says: In his ad^ dre&* to the people of Georgia in regard to tfcd . Georgia In regard t constitutional centennial and thst state’* rel** tions to it Governor Gordon speaks the lahj guage of a true patriot. He gives do niggsra or reluctant support to this great event in thid city, but sets forth in eloquent and fitting terms the nature of tho celebration and thn reasons why Georgia should bear an important part in ft. His address, which appears elsej which appears also* where, ought not only to Inspire the people ofi “ ' iselvesbk the comin$ Georgia to interest them. or* of some other states to concern t more then they have done with th* port whictf Haefr state* nreto take in this port historical I indistinct