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THE CONSTITUTION.
Entered at the Atlanta r- • e as Bceond-cla .
mail matter, N'ovenPx 1. i .
The Weekly Constitution pcranntiri.
Cluba Os five, SI.OO < neb; • <;f t »
and a copy to gette r up of club.
wis \'
The Constitution want« an agent at every
post office in America. Agent*outfit Ireland
<oo(l terms. If yon arc not in a club, we wan
you to net ns agent at your otH< ?•. Write v•.
OUR “CHRISTMAS BOX’ OF
PRESENTS.
On January Ist we will <1! tribute
smonrmiri ■ ..-riP-i-s. From Kepi' ml > ■ in
Januarylstwcputtlionaineofc'.crysnb rib i
received In almx. On the lath r elute we shake
np the box thoron; lily, A Lob is <-ut in
Ono of our weekly ;:;;< ntfl, in the pr< ■ ■ of
three other , drawn out a name. Thai i--
ge,t‘ S’oO, the lira is then shaken soil ,
another name drawn. That name gets f-'.o,
and soon through the list.
Now you <ei . lit. Io sub ■ ribo for the pnpor I
without exp- tiier to ;.ot one of the j: - -i-l . I
I’ay f- i it, for it If. jn. t a.. you bav - r . ,
done. From i- ■fl ;:> - r you ;■ t yi-ur '
money's w - . im' for your i- -my ■
th.-in any olhei |mp- r , . yon. lie - ti- -ii ,
witli that. Tli'n if you; ••vt il.o .70,0 rti■- I
(E't’O'n ii:i < oft, ~j, . ; i: ■, taka it !
with our b >t v ; >h<.. .nut ~ar Ciii'islin- ~- i -t- |
in.-i!
Os cm- <■ do i t ; rel that < -er; i"-i-
fciibt.r v ■ ]r> ■ .1. Not :i i
hundred will i, ii■ -. I: .; iry r
vill have an - -I c! . ...re. Tire I, ■ ...
Lave the .’i.ni: -■ .- . rd . . int I.
for. ,1.i.,e ry 1 ' : d m- <•: . ’t l ,
li,fi ■*
and will dri.w r- .. j-- ii- v,!.-.- Ih--. <
hold it. Ye will I. ■- < . I!
dill!. i . ti. ■
Sons uin • -. i-i ■; . ■■ It may .iii .t ai I. .1 ]
1h y
Wi do -. '.lni th- i . V,T ’ 11 ■- it t'.c F -
gost and I i r ■■ . ■' . .. ■!. V,. ,*
It ch ■ r i ■ ■ 1 r . ;. i-. s
hoi Fire r-m.d.i ~. vi-h every < iL.t : I
Sl.ril -.r in 1 ■ lire -.I -r : .l-utrel :i p<
Koi I; . , ■ ; -. Eo, if yon I -.-■ -
p:.j r, .1! . -; . < !■ :, i. !. it, f ■
till’; rs ■. i !■ . : - t ;111, ■. '■( ■.
mtu. b-.-.-," whi'lt m> ~!, ;.• -I- givi; y- -.. :
But if yon do m t lii'-i O.ir I-lijier 11 a
aonie cd’i'-r j p-r, t..!>'•■ Unit pap-r and d ■ ’
cm . ■ I ; a If. -i -es i, r - • -.i
and IL n . i» ■ .ml bn di I - d. i■ i .
pap-.r (--.0.1y fir. tli' i.-ke,- ,d it;. t |
a pre. nt, you will 1.0 just that uiu- li L.u
pij r.
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ATLANT\. GA., NOV EMBER'.:?, 17.
A bout < ’<»:t«»n.
The New V\ rk EiHanei.il Chronicle ;•* * f
the opinion that its reni.tr!> s with >• ir.l
to I.lm itgrit-nltnra) bureau’s cstiniato of the
yield of cotton h,is been in some nu asurc
liiliitm! > Jooil, Our < <>nt :.i, . .ary
plains that it d**iw not. ini • i*l to j*r« p. r ■ a
detailed estimate of the crop hr lii;* : .;*, ;il |y
en : ;’d in that bu-iiic v.ithii o.'i .r ■-
Tb.o < hroTtlele rar < it iin the J.■
of sendin I out -pi. i:u|ii;ii*; tlie
first of Nori .r to >.:’ J.• ; < t > t
Cfunt inf'-nnatl**n to c'liie- it in ji;.l t , . of
til!' ll' ■ ill * 'll : ' I■:
The Chi ou'. le feels p.‘i l. ctly well tiA.iU’ecl,
tak.:i :it■ .: •. M report-, ;.•* a I is, tl ~ B. *
present crop v. ill lie in exci of Hie 1. it one;
and Ji't ii • imay Irin;.’, it to ij-ief, a i
the iiune r.-p.ris I,\. do.n, heretofore.
But tin * mii., is. to I* n.
Ju its weekly icwew * f the cotton move
ment, the < 1 i:oiiicle says that for the wok
ending 1 t FEi’iiy iieiiin;. the total 1
ceipt • have 1.1 i. I . :t,-.|i; bales, u III; i
801,lino bales I I week. 171 ba!, s th,
Jirelii l. ,v, 1, .1 ;,* f: Ib I. <l.l He W* J:S
•In **, nink hi ' : I ree* ipt.i
Ist oi Nepteml r, I -7, 2,o2*'*. 101 bale .
again.-t 2,1 .*7,t ; 'bah ~ for the ramc period
of I • . , . ini i ; -
her I. 1 > -7. of .1'17,510 bales.
The export: lor ike Weik r- eh a tot.il of '
5 77 b of which !02,0. .l v : ■ t
Great Bi 1: .in, I: ,773 to I’l . a and bl .' AS
tot!, ■ rest of the cent'licit.
The imports into continental ports have
been '. ‘.'.u I ’ll bales.
These figures Indicate tin increase in the
cotton in si Jit tee 'it of 1 » bah .
compared with the -. in. d.i. •of I. S 3, an
Increase of Mil*.b o bales ;* ■ compared v.’.ih
the correspoii.ihr; dab i f I- > ami an in
crease of 11'3,i'5i hubs aJ lonipar. 3 with
1881.
The old Interior sleeks have increased
durin , the we. k 1.17 lib * and are
bales more than at. the same period lust
year. Ihe r* . :,.ts at the • uno towns have
been 32.201 bales m, re than the same week
last year, nil I sima' September 1 the receipts
at al! the towns are 2<i1,171 bah s mote than
lor the - ime time in I q;.
The total receipts from th*' plantations
•luce Sep'cmb. r 1. ls<7, ar.- 2.l»ii. lps bides;
in 1880 they were 2,1.1(1.732 bid and in -
188ftthey were 2,155,7<’8 bales. Although
the receipts at th- outperts the past week
were 284,tsltt bah-, the actual movement
from the plantations was 322,388 bales, the
ibalanec going to increase th* st. kat the
interior towns, l ast year the receipts for '
the same Week were bale, and hr
1886 they were 299,7**1 bales.
The total sales for forward delivery for
the week are 891,21 1 bales. F.r imim li
•te delii. iy lie total sales f . t upthi, Week
i,t’U bales, including 100 tor e\| at. 1,51 I
or consumption, for speculation 'mid
'—•in transit. Os the above bales
Ware to arrive. !he increase in amount in i
•ightM compared with last yem . is bl I
tod bales, the increase aa compared w ith j
188.5 is WM.l.’.il bales, and the iuen use over
1884 is tmi.7..: balls.
The Ohronlile says that tb.e speculation
tn cotton for future dvlive.y at New Pork
has been calmer, although fairly active, fol
the w< k under review , mid priets have, de
cline.!, The movement of tl c crop has c.>n
tium d largo, the weather al th. south ’ <
good tor the s. a'on, and the reduce,l crop
estimates made public last we. k hav< . i
to be t. f ii.-de ias t. o low. i’he cl;< kto
ilieiidvam 1 re.ight out nmny -< Ib-rs to
rcnilte, but no one seemed inclined to ''sell
•bolt” ami remain so overnight. Each de
cline brought out buyers a. d a quick rally
follow.id. This was irjccially the ease on
•
Were reinforced by one from tialv. - on.
Thursday a house at New Orleans, of
•nine repute in cotton statistic*, put forth
•ii estimate making the crop nearly <»,«’•' wi,-
baius, and there wtu ivtus soiling under
THE WEEKLY CCNTTJTI TH K, ATLANTA, C'A., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22. 1887,
' : ■ ' from tl
: non!, under Mhich Wednt-• lay's a Ivanrc
; w.: ; tn- 10. t, ultimo h L'.v spool an 1
■ ?■,'■.m-he • r accounts bet', r. b’r'-l- y
i the ni.irket op. tied at a slnrp -b. .r’inc. but a
i denim.l to cover c .:i! r;; < , c..u r 1 a <jvi-!;
rerevery, and a fnrtlier advance on a report
j of a fresh short-crop estiniate. Cotton on
t t pot was quoti dl' - ■ lower on Tuesday.
| T'btiis.lay high were quoted l-16c
, dearer and low grades 1-10 to ic cheaper,
j Friday tl oi . : t was .quiet at 1 for
middling up! ;. !
Tin: ( 1., ■ i;..-! -’s weather reports by tele
graph b. t: ‘ rm' -r tie- i.c! ? i.- e
of I :• coi.-liiiou<. > . •
I and mark■ .it./ continue to make excellent
! progress.
a
I'osftntn and Tnter.
| The ci.hl sn.r, tliiii. .“aim 1 up- ■■ p ; ‘•Toir-
| day nigliL i.. a lemimle". it m tv. fi- t i ..d
i touch of winter we have had, :md it is not
lan unplen l . nt one. 'J' 1 '; icicle-; clin-Ccg to
I th-- fraincv.nrl: of lb- v.in-|i: il’p hmy
| ing and t-kurryiiig of th-: wi’.-! tiirie’.e’i llm
KX’wXrXHt 'A ' . e.bJ;
I Loli-lax i. It IS In Hi’Xil Al cJ.ii'T tlliii tl.'.it i
this that a few choice its. even in tl ■
| l.c rt of the city, b to f! mi. : limidy of |
j p-- me :-:.d tut - .
! ' • ■
j Persun ii.tvr :!<• ;. 1 . c'i' .-uh |
’ an! fat . • L nr,; i.-. . 1 tbe v.r? r (
i liCt’i'of has, bhh ai ■ ,i ■ ; ai- j
~; • . .
j toiarn. l:a- • .am may k f:ii v. In- I
; d:an itncr strike-, th. laml, InV 1 is no! i
I Tiy t<x4.hsonic. < '- 's an; very :
ity o I ••.vlien they have ken I a « I im- i
' ■ by a wh?.‘ fi'X't, but, to cx.tv out I
,1 , :
V-. - , •. i
Ci/lLirds arc very fiu--*, < -».-t laHy when i
tl, .i ’ .ft »< 4 .
t
■
)'. an. ; an! I;.; . • arc aniejy i
: - ■ ■ the y , i an 1
I- '■ -■! <'• ids <o.< oii.'iice-..that he never
i ■ ' i i m.- •■nonce- - ■ uir, no never
Rt'ai i< to hi.; lull flavor ami Ju'.-in ■ ■ until
iifi- r :: fi. The time h .- now ci mo, we
a,".: glad tos.iy, when the;.-who really np
pi.>-i.ipiivsuiu nod taler can tmvv the
full wmtil of their nr,mi'y. The po .urn is
in all bi i glory, a i l the la! r is sap ■■■. ■'t he
combination is superb, ft has no superior
in tlii.> >r any other land; an 1 it, is distinc
tive, for not. ry man lev. ; possutn, other
wise, there would not bo left i-trough logo
an me. I.
J mt. the cold spell is here and the possum
is her.-. L it. us, f .How citizens, forgetting
the pa.-.t ami !:mkb>;; forward to the future,
make the m-..;t of them.
I-:-;.r.i< ■ <1 ami la . <l.
The death oi Valentino Baker, a in.ijor
i.3 ami pasha in the Turkish arm. , ru-
> al's a : vandal which convulsed British so
cict v a few year:, iwo.
Baker was the pride of the British army,
lie va eavalry colonel, n social lion, the
bosom friend of the prince of Wales, and
the. pct of the ladies, in.au unlucky hour
(he gallant- colonel found himself alone in a
compart nent of a railway car with Aiiss
Diekimon, tlieprettiest blonde in England.
It is po able that he was a little boozy, or
perhap - I'..', w : -s, ; ~ :! with a saddi n dizzi
ness, or:, etiethmg of the sort. At- any rate
Mi sDa ’,in: - in a spasm of terror, burst
out of tl.e eomptutment, and stood on the.
fc.ot rail outside the ear .line’ll ; to the iron
; e 'lr.d until the passengers in the next coiu
i pirti .ml reached out and pulled her in. To
li r tv., i . i' the excited la !y stated that. Col
om 1 Biker hid made a comprehensive
: wrnop a! her ankh and she had escaped at
the risk of her life.
Tl:- I-i , ! i-h have periodical titsof virtue,
and wlienthoy heard Miss Dickinson’s story
they flew into a r.i .e. Baker’s denial went
for nothin.;. The efforts of the prince
of Wales to save him had no effect.
Tlie ui;iurliuiate officer was dis-ndsse'd
I rvin the army and driven into the Turkish
Baker's recent career lias been that of a
brilliant soldier, and a short time ;o an
effort was made to reinstate him in the
British army. But the queen was firm in
h r refusal. She said that she had never
condonevi sneh an o '-.' use as Baker’s, and
she never would. No there was nothing left
for the di raceil soldier, but the uncertain
hope of Albert Edward’s accession to the
throne.
It is e- :y to understand how deeply tb.e
exile was wounded by this humiliation. He
impatiently awaited, if not a vindication, at
1 est a gleam of royal favor. But he waited
in vain. Death overtook him in the shadow
of his dis trace, ami his family and friends
now n d . ■ the fatal consequences of the ad
ver.tttr in which he acted the part of a crimi
nal or a victim. It is a sad end forsodash
ing a sa’erenr.
< „
In It,
lt> ! rt Bonner’s action in retiring from
the New York l.eilger, leaving it in the
| l am’s of 1> ■ sons, e.i. ually revives public
■ interest in his earner.
i 1 mrer is one of the most remarkable
men in toe country. Forty years ago he
I was a poor printer. Ho saved a few huu
dred dollars and purchased the .Merchant's
1 > bu r, n weekly e<’.aiw'ivial pap. r. Making
a si Jit e’> nge in the mum' of this sheet,
he turms; .’ mi** a literary paper. As seen
as he whs-,d !c to afford it, ho commenced
; pavlne iL w contributors. Wheu he paid
or hioalivd *!, liars for a stoi y it was con
sj> r*.l al , thing, lie advertise 1 liberally
, and found it preTaWe. In the course of
time la- pro*- red so that he was a'-ie to pay
as high as;-. ',<X*P for a serial. He secured
a:: .*-k - from tl:.- gr ' - t writers in Amcri. a
ami in England. All the time he continued
advertising .he 1 edger, and on one oecasa n
he paid svoakM' for one advertisement.
At the end of forty hard years' work, at
the age of sixty-four, Benner retires fiim
active business with a fortune of several
million dollar*. IJe is-urrounded by al! the
j Juxuriea of life. (?n bis stable be Las the
! P'- ill Maud S., Dexter, the kin.; of the
. turf, tin- fainous P.arus, and the magnificent
I Edwin Forrest. In his stock farmat 1 . ■
i town ho I.is the finest .•mimals in the world.
, And this inirr.on-ie fortune was made out
< weekly Moiy p:-.p- r! It is enough to
bio a m.i!'-rof-!..ct ium's breatii away,
but the n< xt thin-' to a gold mine is a paper
fih-d with j cpid -r fiction. Bonner is not
' nly man who has grown rich in bis lii.e
of bi; i;,- ;. Aiosi sA. Dow, antih--r ;<-or
1 ii..;?r, t.lari-. 1 a wi ekly tail :-! the Wav ,ly
I Ji.'i;;az'nc, in Boston, and niu-lc !,.-■> r.-.l mil
lions out of it. The. Munro B.reh- rs, two
young farmers from Nova Scotia, re;.--hed
I v Yo- k some years ago witli.'ihno-i noth
i. -. '1 Ji'.y comment-- I ] ;:1 iisldng cheap
nov-1 . and -t-ory ; i. i, and soon b .u..-
mill! . ,wi t firn own and country;
*
inonc;. in li.-iion, tliaf. the people of this
coin-try are the gr- ..t -.-■ it s.ory readers in the
v.-il-l. All classes of our pcpulalion,
P ' n ' : ■ plr i' t , .
iid orers, women an-1 ciiiilre n, clamor for
■ - odstori -. '. y - : : - ch nlath
| hi-, urns, and tire 1.-:.-, a: y w-T ; p a:: I buy
I all til-: <•!.-an r. print: 1-1 fu.. i ir..-! . 'll.-
■ that most of the daily m...-.,;,a i .e ra <-.re r |
j io ■. : -me re -. u j :: ! : K;-e ; b-.- : -‘ - lor- s !
every lay in tire v. -1.. : ’ this v,i 1 !
I . < , o ... ft '' -■ ' '
|mo ; I -. .1 : '1 his i: tr btit I
O
\ ... f . . f . , ,
I b<-t i.-ct-n Dr. 'b y>.- n*; ! . : ..-i: D-i n '
I pn.p'Tß in. r'7ai;l lot-', 1 •'•’•ve (
i t wits in 1..- ' . t.lr-j S^rlnJ. »-
L m 'il’n fori! rE: q/.c'n- • rj who
died colunxns printed in 3 - - '
'llex, s-i -r that coir a-, ■■ i ; . 1, iap !
I,■ K: i ■ ,a. I. th ■ , :a, . ! - - ' ,■ aI !
growiu- i - or, r i.: tl ■ . ;h, ; dfi • --i j
est. in the matter, Ino - Iw'. our f.i-mws j
have 1.-e n implore th ccialilioii yreir !
by y-'-ir, and that they an still iiiip.oving. -
To say that tlmy are pr ;■> ■ : r every
day, is to say tl.it-I! a a: • ur.in!■ dig- tit
lout s who r.to t::;;* mlv :o.t :• of Io
favorable condition:-: by vd.iJi tl.-.y are sur
rounded.
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A Quest! u o t amatia.
A month ago the ?-ew York I'l’isu 'al
Chronicle was engaged in the. plear-mg t
of praising the accuracy of the crape. 1-
mnte.s of the iv rb-ub ~ 1I : .-I ~t n . ii
is engaged in critii'iz'ur codon j: m-es
put forth by the d< pai t: : nt.
Tlir, perhaps, is net '.al, for the estimates
of the cotton crop, as put forth by the ,1-
cultural department :.i Vva bmm-m, afl -,.
with the estimate of the Nev,- Orle-ms Cot
ton Worlil, which, dining the past tlnv.
years, has come to be recognised as an au
thority on cotton. Its * -tiirates have b: < n
v< riti'.'d in a icmarkable di-pree, varying
from actual results less than one-half of
one pur cent.
The Einnm ial Chronicle has found in the
Cotton Vi orld a rival, and it se mis to be
nocc. ary to combat a rival’s figures. The
Ch’o iiele is backed up by a number of
English buyers, but when the returns eome
in it will ba found that the government sys
tem of collecting statistics, combined with
that of the Cotton World, is well nigh per
fect.
Free Speech.
Tim fiery talk of Herr Most in New York,
the other day, has set the newspapers to dis
cussing tl.e matter of free speech.
The federal constitution says: “Congress
shall pass no law . . . abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press, or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble
and petition the government fora redress of
grievances.”
Livery state constitution has a provision
about to this effect: That any citizen may
freely speak, write and publish his senti
ments on all subjects, being responsible for
the abuse of that right.
Under the law such mon as Most have the
right to say what theyple -.se. After they have
hail their say, however, they can be prose
cuted if their utterances were, libelous, sedi
tious, treasonable or in other way criminal.
Our laws permit a citizen to go pretty far,
but no harm would result from any outburst
of speech if the authorities would do their
duty. The trouble is that Most is allowed
to make a harangue, ami then the newspa
pers publish it and wrangle over it for
months, thus encouraging the wretch to re
peat his performance. A prompt arrest, a
speedy trial and a term in prison would stop
these howling orators, and it may bo put
down ns a settled fact that nothing else ever
will.
The Nation'a Ci'iitvnary.
On the 30th of next April the United
States of America, as a government, will l*c
one humlred years old. for on that day, in
I'B9, Washington took his oath as president
ami the two houses of the national congress
begun the work of shaping legislation for
the infant republic.
The movement started in New York look
ing to a tit celebration of the natal day of i
the union, has already developed sullielently
to insure a glorious obsetvanee of the cen
tennial of the important event. As the m.i
clnnery of tin* government was stark I in
New York, it is proper that the celebration
| of the occasion should have its eenter at the i
i same place, though the event is one which ’
j should call forth the joyous participaticm et
i the whole country in appropriate rer.n ,
j brance and obsoivanee.
A t ill vv I be urged before the next eon
gte-<«. making April ddtli a natie-ial iu-Lday. '
and there s -ems to be no doubt a -e.i its
i passage ami approval by the public as wi ll
I ns the president, for deep in the hearts of
the p.'oplo Is a loving n verem-c for the
. heroic struggles which resulted in thccitid’-
lislnui nt of the government, ami a patriotic
gratitude for the grand results vs their wok.
The fourth of July is celebrated as the
day which gave birth to the 1 constitution;
! the Sdth of April should be similarly e*l>-
J served as ihr dav on which the government
i made by th at e-i:-tilution was c-'.ablished
■ and begun its marveli-us exist-nee as the
I most wonderful of the nations of the earth.
Tli-re has been some dis-ussion as to
| wh 'her April ibdi or ?.lar.'h 4th should be
- h-id as th': day of tire in-'.m iration of the
! union. V.’!:<n the states had ratified the
constitution, and the state el s and fed-
. oral c myressha 1 been chosen, it was decided
i that M.,r.-.h 4th shredd bf: the day of the
I form .1 . ■ •impl ion of pow.. iby the new gov
! crnim -d; cons.-piently, on the 4th of
; March, i',.-.i, tiie senators and representa
i • from t're -l-ven states whi-h had rati
| fie I the <- ire-iltitton, met in New* York,
I tl.'-.i th-- of ..overnment, to “commence
proc :c ling > und< r sal 1 constitution.” But
■ a <juo: ,-ai f i. i I. r ho ly was premnt, and
it vs no; u il April Sutil that formal or-
• yaiiizatim w.is aceumplislicdand the nation
'..■veu an i re.euilvc by the inauguration of
Washinplon • s president. Thus, it was on
April rej.h that proceedings were com
menced under the constitution, nearly two
! inoutiis later than the day first fixed. Then
I it w.is th. ; unit- -I Stales became a g- v
i rnmcnt and took its place among the na-
I tions; tl. n lid t'-.c seeds sown by the revo
| lu'i-iii d I-;-., ul unfold in their fulln ■.
I The io rl.e-.iili anniversary of the d.;y
■ should lire" a fitting recognition, for no
i j-' '■■pbi on h li.-tv--; more for which to be
■
ui i e i
' < m 1 ID, .1' L Hi.
Vhl If ’’ry Alan K;:s IMs Price.
Tn N\ w i: * : : biro a k-iJativc - idon
i nirdy <':.■• live TLh yevr it
i.,., ' , , .
. i .t co;; ■ d jn a:i
I - ’ .. pt and u * -.in \ ] r! .
; i ■ . !> * and ALiinc I’uilj and vas
I ri!.l s -cure control of ail tbc-
rii part of. the SUU-. TLc
■a- ( ■ <
i . i; •• B're.-.toa an 1 ■.
i Toe oh--;.h-• ; • . ‘j -Jon sent its in'o
; 1 ' . . ' '
. ■
I •J «" i>:i, J.. V; 1 y CO!ID .. Ii " x .> '
■ took side, and GV;? cJitor of a little in.-.;.;- •
i i'.in w' l-iiiv wis ire-id to com'-hin tlret in- |
' . ■’ .-.e. ivtd iii-mnmre of the >-,..-■ rew only i
! wio-mi' to !':a him for a few mouths, I
If ! jf ] !( i could have had an under- I
mdirg wi,'. a riwd re’i'er the two could j
have ire tired ■ ..< i ;h to live on a whole i
year. I .'-.. : y ii... ■. ;• of any prominence in
the state w; ,s n'ni.-ie I on one side or the
cv.vi.’ ,;. ie t xi.i vtiv Cl IB VUC
other, and many o; thcourts bad to ad
journ became all the lawyers were at Ccn
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•
riir tion progressed un’.il everybody knew
just, what v. a; up. The two railroads sheliod
out tbeir money until their bribes amounted
to hundreds cl’ thou, amis of dollars. The in
flux of lobby lets made the little town of Con
cord la a crowded city. Possibly
- few :e '’i of inlie;:took an horc.'t
stand in the contest, but they were hard to
ibid. At, length the bill prepared by the
corruiiiion: -Is in the interest of the Boston
M:-ii:e yawed both Thr- gover-
nor ve . ed ii, ami the Conc.jixl road secured
a par! lid victory, holding the key to the sit
uation.
Mi .i. interests us at this distance, is the
shame!’c.l fact that- such corrupt practices on
stu h a vast scale arc possible in any state in
this union. Wmit has occurred in New
Hampshire may occur elsewhere. When
corporations and capitalists find it necessary
to control legislation tlicy will be tempted to
buy votes. This corruption of the ballot,
this bribery of legislatures, is one of the
gr* atist dangers threatening our republic.
With the corruptionists on the one hand,
and the communists on the other, and a lot
of ei.mks ready .to join hands with either,
the outlook is anything but promising.
Republicans in the South.
The republican organs having discovered
that their party has no chance of carrying
New York in the presidential election, are
now pretending that a serious attempt will
be made to carry Virginia, North Carolina
ar. I Tennessee.
This is a more pretense, for the organs
know tl-.at to make a genuine republican
campaign in those states would be as fatal
as ii the party had made no campaign.
They know that their organization will be
led again by Mr. Blaine, and that the bloody
shirt will play even a more conspicuous
part than it did in the last campaign. The
republican party has nothing but the bloody
shirt to go upon, and it will refuse as here
tofore to make a campaign in the south, for
the reason that a solid south is necessary to
republican success in several northern states
that have not heretofore been considered as
doubtful.
Meanwhile, wc invite the republican ora
tors to come in our midst, so to speak, and
to give ns their celebrated arguments. They
will find not only respectful audiences, but
men to meet, them on the stump.
•
The Troubles in London.
Several days ago, when a turbulent mob
invaded Westminster Abbey, we expresed
fear that there woukl be further trouble,
and it seems that our apprehensions have
been realized.
The great demonstration in Trafalgar
square on Sunday is more significant than
any of the red flag parades in this country.
London is a little world In itself. It has a
population of about five million inhabitants.
It is practically England, just as Paris is
France. It is the core of the British em
■ p'.re, and any rottenness or poisonous virus
there will run through the entire kingdom
ami its dependencies.
The workingmen who mustered one hun
dred thousand strong in Trafalgar square
were not of the same class as the Chicago
j anarchists. They were net clamoring for i
' tl.e eontiseation ami division of property, i
They were asking for work, and the tread :
i that is the reward of honest labor. Tb.e I
, obji'ct of the meeting was not the overthrow
of the government; it was simply to dis
’ cuss the grievances of the laboring classes. !
1 Hie fact that these men held their meeting !
am! occupied the square for the greater part i
I c-f the day in spite of the lord mayor’s .
; ••oclamation ami the vigorous opposition of i
four thousand policemen and a large body
of disi'iplined soldiers showed the obstinate
temper and the doggo*] det* rininatien of the
crowd. When these men dispersed it was
, not because they were driven away, but be-
I cause they w ere willing to go with the
understanding that they were to hold an
other lie eting.
The men in the Trafalgar square assem
bly were not foreigners who were strangers
to the language and institutions of the
country. They were stur ly Englishmen,
and they felt that they had the right to be
there. Most of them knew the great char
| ter and the bill of rights by heart, and they
■ knew that the right-to peaceably assemble
' and petition for the redress of their griev- ■
ances could net be denied without retold- i
tloni.-ing the government.
AVhen the masses of Engh’ind indulge in
the demonstrations, how are the classes
going to deal with them? The situation is
serious, and the outlook is gloomy. Under
1.-.-r ff ■ trade policy England has r.-dneed j
her workingmen to a pauper-like condition,
and there must be a change in the policy of
the government or there will boa revolt, j
It may be too late for any device of state- -
craft to avert the threatened popular convul
sion, hut if the : l-.uinidrath n is 'vise it
. , ; : : people. A
conili't Let wren the poor and the rich, the i
I oppressed and Ute ruling classes, would be j
ar • titi-.n of the licrr-.-i.', cnm-rei in Pari.: !
and throughout Fiance dt-ri:igthe bloody
i ‘vol i' ll ■> of 1 “'.-2. Our p- i ; < ■in civlli
zaih nd ais not less.-u tin: dan..:r of sin-h j
m h avals. We are all savages'whcn we are I
1 -nb mderthe rer iof w and inju-
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an ■:: J.a:. ;: i . ilit-o i- uaicis arol;! oread I-: pita’,
c: ;•!>>,■. >■ a" I ’uii loye, }>’• duccr and con:urn*r,
|.-v.\ :iv r, sill;; c. ,m.I can: .-r, the free t! ink
er as . land .■ esand the prohibiti ini t,
t1.,: I i. -I v.-l. '' :a . .s tfiat sun.t.:y is : mid ly cml h::
l. J 5 t! at Samkiyis the S:.V :-.;h: in av.-erd,
i!:.‘ 3 p'i;. :-s uv r n. t’-.o’-.s :i‘*l ot'.er like
l ; u,- may s.. ..i, ti.r-o apparently t:i\i<l
. . .\. rov, n into i tics which are linrstlng
t' c v ibi n of lima,m society—and yet
m- *.’•:< oi m ue. - . peace rm! md’eunial har
m
Th ; i s the Jtv J ion clearly enough
without going into offensive particulars.
'J’licre is ..larger in the agitation and strife
attending some of these modern issues.
Narrow-mi;:' .1 .m ami int .hum:’ mmi
force tl; 'm . ’.ves to the front. To carry
their point they will do anything. When
m n a: e. hurried al-mg by a popular move
ment th -y form strange aliiium. <. The dij
tinctions of race and color are blotted out;
tiic zealot of law anu order winks at a little
anarchy on bis side, and tb.e apostle of re
form does not sei tiple to corrupt the ballot.
< oimsiiiy'-: Prospective Bmperor.
Elnee the true condition of the crown
prince of Germany has become, known, the
civilized world lias turned its attention to
the question of the successor to the throne
of the empire in the event of the early death
of the aged emperor, whose infirmities are
such as to leave but little hope that his life
will be spared much longer.
It is not at all improbable that before
another six months have passed, and may
be before the new’ year, the emperor and his
son shall have rclinguished in death., their
positions as the two highest in the heredi
tary line of Germany’s royal family. Next
conies Prince Frederick William, the son of
the crown prince, and Victoria, the eldest
daughter of the queen of Great Britain.
The boy—for he is but a little past his
twenty-first year—is a bright and promising
scion of his distinguished ancestry, and pos
sesses many characteristics which endear
him to the people of the. empire. The other
powers of Europe, however, do not look
upon the probability of his ascendancy of
the German throne, with lire degree of fa
vor which seems to prevail among the Ger
man people.
It is known that the young prin-s looks
upon his famous ancestor, Frederick the
Great, as the great hero and model of mod
ern European history, and nothing in the
life of the groat sovereign is looked upon
w ith more pride, than his conquests over the
allied forces of Itussia, Austria and France.
It is thought to be the hope of the young
prince to lead the German armies once more
through Europe and to bring back their
standard again covered witli the glory of
another Frederick.
The old emperor has said that never, in
his life, should a conflict come between him
and his close relative, the czar. The crown
prince, like his father, is peaceably inclined,
and, as emperor, he would have much pre
ferred to have seen his pi'ople engaged in
building up their industrial and educational
institutions than striving for territorial ag
grandizement.
Germany, unlike most of the European
powers, has not advanced in democratic
ideas sufficiently to allow its people the
constitutional right of absolutely checking
the warlike spirit of a young emperor with
a disposition to cause a wholesale slaughter
in hopes of winning fame for himself and
j increased prestige for his empire. It is by ’
i no means certain that the Germans, as a
. whole, would not like to indulge just such a i
: sentiment, and .bat the young prince would I
not b-ec-me nmre popular by advocating and
' leading in such a move.
The world looks with anxiety to the out- ’
, come of tlie situation.
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President Crevy.
■ Ihe complications i.iFrenchpoliticsgrow
more s . ions ev.-ry day. The president of
the republic has repealed his proposition to
resign under certain contingencies, and if
he is in earnest there are few obstacle* iu
his way.
However, there is this thing to be borne
in mind. There is uo movement against |
—~~ .. T7
Grevy. It is ail directed against his ras4
cally son-in-law, Wilson, who has taken''
advantage of his position to corruptly disc
pose of the president’s franks. |
The average French politician always!
p. ‘eii-’s to act the part of a Rofnan. Presi-
Gvy is like ids comrades. After be]
i him considered the matter a little it will!
’ o-’ tr to him that the sacrifice of a son-in-’
law will simply add to his importance and,
1- i’ver. He is an old man, but this tempta-;
I li i will doahtless overmaster him.
' The resignation of President Grevy would -.
: ire . e the republic in a bad fix. There are.
i -re; rble leaders, but they are at war with'
1 each other. Not one is fit to become the
in .-1 of the warring factions, and the dis-!
' c. : Lint elements do not need to be remind-’
1 cd of this fact. The probabilities all point!
' in the direction of the continuance of the'
: present administration.
EDITORIAL, POSTSCRIPT.
G r.- nc.r. Francis Train alludes to Clucagoj
as ' ‘CcckroachviUe.”
!' r Wo:, th manages to support a sixteen-
1 page illustrated paper called “The Colonel.
N.. J-IONAL srnsc'i:irTH.;N is to be
. lire iiciielic of the families of the dead Chi
| c-.' -re anarchists.
'J'-ii-: 1‘ ■ ill idea in Virginia defeated)
i i: Iren ■•. If iw much good did the Carlisle idea'
i do lire deire ci.itsof Ohio?
’I::. Mai-i ay is wearing a feather cloak ini
breasts < irds
i e-i l ai c, ..ml is said !;■ bo very gay indeed.•
I ; 1 . . V:■■.•:li-hia Tire: white horse averages
; <> ■ i;i c i ivon, tlie r<?’.l-licailed girl one in
, ' . j,-.t docs tills c_z‘»U;in the mys-
1 A ipx ji.-.s jusi. p’frli.died, < titled'
- ‘ X, ‘iit i i(.f; : i Jr.X'.” AVsiVv’O;
‘ ’ i ’ -i k;.r? is a E'l.giar-proof lock to
I !, r.-'>-> fre ,-lq V
■ - i ■■• r Mr DILI., of the i-;i-.-’.■’icani
Cl ■, I'-. n. :,ks that the pw- .i.knt'
j:■ . '■ i. of liis W.. liington pr . artyi
. Jos :ph undoubtedly smells a'
■’urn or Ariar-reiiit Fischer rea.’e a
qre - ’■ ,ik-alien ho said that ho f:-..<red
' .-■ . instead of anarchy. Few will be?
I -m lin <i iurrel with him, however, whenj
they tl nkabout it. Monarchy is a million!
time tier than anarchy.
IL re ,v ■n, ■ relitc-r, is now doing;
tchcn of a penitentiary. Rather!
i I bill ciretL-e Ar an edit -r, but he no doubt'
I prereis it to the cofiin. •
A co:.' voiiimi Tof the Clcvelrnd
‘ I ■ ■i. ; .'--.re.-n '.t Go ’ u tied to ; ■ -il'.al..
i I.im.-'Mii.’.:i-. , es in line every morning and
- ' -l; C l.: a Slil:;;:>! blew with a lash. 1
re i.-'-ii; iik an e.\ei. irom one of I-'ora4
I.ai ‘s speeches.
.lire::: :t H. Manley, postmaster of Au-'
gnsta, Maine, and Blaine’s most intimate ado!
v. -I i aii.'. m. liny T, cays of ‘.lie result of the
reeir \ rkul -. t.on: “The elo-clion in New
x.v>* .< • V X. J. *. , lit Ahtnv
York Bailees the reuomination oi’ pre. identj
Cleveland inevitable. The general result*’
] oves, in my judgment; that Air. Blaine can'
j. id the republican party to victory ini.. . and!
that a renomination will bo urged upon him.”;
Hon. John S. Barbour will probably not'
have, as easy a contest for the Virginia seaalor-*
: -:s> as his friends Sujiposcd. Among the oth
ers mentioned for the place are J. IbualalV
r, J Jin tie j*i<:, ■ : icruor Fitzhugh
r.- e. It will be remembered that when Ma
lone was overthrown in Bio elections two years
ago it was supposed that Barbour would lievo,
no oppe-itien for the scuatorship, but I ■.eiiels
was elected.
Jos Howard, in his excellent reports cf tlie
miarchi. ts’bangings to the New York S ,n>,
s ays of Governor Ogleby’s course during the
exciting times:
There : anniversa". feeling that Governor Oglesby*
is::*,’ competent to JI tlie bill. I have heard it in!
Hex I'. j-o* uv iJiinrs, in lawyers’ otilces, in a.inis
ters''.i. .at the dining tables of hotels, in the
eat' the barrooms, tlie theatres and on the streets!
of the city, that it was not only an outrage I -ward
the condemned themselves, I at that it was a most:
n elicituns exi.ll'iiion ol ti.niu’ly and almost row-'
ai- llee on the part of the governor, which was a dis-!
giace to the state, and which threatened possible;
disaster to the peace and comfort and well-being of’
this city, inii.iitely more tian any cf the threats'
which, until the meeting of May, 1886, were bom-;
I n tie i:i the extreme, of all the anarchists com-’
l*lncd. It is re tarded as a most extraordinary fca-i
ture of the case that the governor should not have;
signed the death warrant a week ago or ir.timateU
clearly his purpose of commutation of the sentence®
of some and the carrying out of the sentences of otli-'
ers. Adverse criticism is he .rd everywhere upon*’
his course.
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