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THE CONSTITUTION.
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ATLANTA. G V . NOVEMBER. •, 1887.
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Consolation In Estimates.
Os all the American newspapers, com
mend u« to t.' riulruL Iphia l’i < as the
one w h.'h can .nd nr’.e solid comfort out
of less t< al smo th in any other journal
of its ca; ab in t! • • ■ entry.
Unlike most of its republican contempo- i
rarics, the Press was not attack I by the i
blind staggers as the result of .the recent
elections. It has been amusing lo watch ,
many of them flounder and blink at the
democratic triumph and try to explain it j
•way by attributing the republican defeat j
to numerous causes which had nothing
whatever to do with the matter.
But the Press has s’ood as steady as a
light house in a storm and accepts the situa
tion with Job-like p.t'ience. Indeed, it
g<»-s further than that and makes itself be
lieve that the result of the recent elections
means a national republican victory in
188>.
Our hopeful, and at the same time inter« st
ing and ablccont'>mi>orary, concedes that the
demo raticandidate will carry the solid
tenth, Including I>■ law arc. Os course this
is a generous concession, but when the i
Press follows it with the assertion that New
Jersey, New York, Connecticut and In
diana, are doubtful states, it takes away the
charm of liberality from its first concession
•nd leaves room for suspicion that, in con
ceding the solid south, it but threw out a
decoy duck to attract the appearance of
generosity to its otln r propositions.
Those states that went republican in .
1881 will do so in 1888, says the Press in ■
it. estimate, forgettimr tl it < kiornia has '
aince then elected a democratic legislature
•nd a governor of the same faith; that [
llhodc Island h;.- chosen a democratic gov- i
ernor, and that Oregon is wavering in the I
balance. Even Ma- achu-"tts has of late
been taken from tho iron column of the re
publican ranks and is now classed ns
“doubtful," while Minnesota and Michigan
•re not less doubtful.
Os com e, it is ridiculous to cLi-sNcw
York doubtful, for Cleveland will carry it
world without end against anybody. Like- I
wisoNew Jersey, Ind ana and Connecticut, '
have more it : in now to go democratic
than they di I when they voted for Cleve
land, and neither of tl;,-" stales w ill change
its vote. On ,on and California will go
democratic next year, and even Massa- i
chusetts will In all probability sustain :
Cleveland for another ti rm.
Hut the Press can amuse itself with its
estimates for nearly a year, ami we are
glad to see that it hits determined to be i
happy during that time.
Practical I’euiulo I'.lumtl.n.
Z number of southern t.itcs have, of late
years, organized agricultural and mechani
cal institutions for the practical education i
of tho b< iy«, and a few years ago the excel
lent general assembly of Georgia followed
out the idea to a successful conclusion, and ‘
made ample provision for the organization
of a technological s<houl, where the voting
men ot the state will bo trained in tho vari
ous me h inlcal arts that go towards making
up the different trades of the w rid.
This is well. In fact, it should have
been done years ago; but though tho bh
Ing com. s l ite, it is not too late* and we
predict excellent jv»u!t-. f.-,-. m tho s hoot
' ■I I ■ a) . isen ly n
f»- practical edu
Cation for the rls. 'j is nu-il was made
Cons; ms by teison of the fact that j ;l <
two y< an I-,. It had o ...... . I •
nob. .. a-■ houl for the practical training ei
oui beyv It ••'•msd.ili ult to understand
Low om . ■ ...c.L'ij e, dd reconcile their
Vot. aganst t! •f< ina! svstem w;'.!i their
vote hi favor of the male K*tcnr life how
ever. is too short t.» < u» fath«»in the mo
lives of a Georgia J. -'cor. \Ve know
that they absoiii'. ly n fuse .1 to do am thing
for the girls.
The duty and vbli k av*m rcsUug upon
TIIE M EEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, NOY EMBER 29. 1887.
■ those excellent people engaged in instruct
i ing our girls is made doubly onerous by the
i refusal of the last general assembly to do
what every one wanted it to do. Upon
them rests the duly of training in the prac
tical arts tho girls under their control, ofln
| struct i.ng them in cooking, sewing, butter
I making, dress making, nursing, and, in
I fact, every occupation that society has de
creed it is v. oinan's province either to do
or superintend. Our very excellent schools
heretofore have consumed some very valtl
i able time in giving our daughters a smatter
ing of French tli.it is spoken everywhere
save in Paris, in learning them to thump
, the piano to the great detriment of the
pc i. .. of mind of the neighborhood, in
! short, in "iv ing them w hat their yearly an
nouncements are pleased to denominate
feminine accomplishments.
I We make no objection to a girl receiving
every polite grace and accomplishment that
it is in the power of man or woman to be
stow, but we seriously and earnestly pro-
I test against the consumption of that time
i devoted to education in learning “accom
plishments" to the exclusion of everything
Every woman should understand those !
practical ails that belong exclusively to her
sphere. It is not because that some day she
may be compelled by misfortune to do those
things with her own hand, but because no
woman is fit for the high duties of wife
dom and motherhood who has not some
knowledge of these matters. If she can
cook, can sew, churn and perform creditably
other household and domestic duties, she is
just so much better equipped for the re
ulminei.a she will in
time be called to occupy. There is no use
in arguing this matter, the truth of tiie bus
iness is axiomatic, and is patent to every
one. There is only one thing that ought,
to be mentioned, and that is that tho, wom
an or girl who thinks it is contrary to good
form or bem ath respe- table raising to learn
these, matters is not very apt to contribute
to anyone's happiness, and in the end is
sure to become a discontented, unhappy
creature.
In this agr. of work, when civilization
has changed the position of our sexes, and
mad" wmk the prerogative of woman as well
as man, it is the duty of tlwse who have in
charge tiie education of our girls to equip
them for life's work. And proper instruc
tion in these practical matters will be
worth, in the end, more to her than all her
French and music, no matter how good her
accent, or how delicate her touch.
The Han ami I he I.ancl.
We have no doubt that the Boston Ad
vertiser exaggerates the condition of agri
culture in New England, just as Dr. Mayo
exaggerates that of the south. Our con
temporary declares that away from the
cities and large towns may be found the
traces of farms once yielding a support to
their owners, but now abandoned.
It says, moreover, that each year tiie soil
Las be< n grow ing poorer and poorer until,
at length, nothing can be raised to profit,
an I that fanners have been driven from
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of the soil. This it seems to us, is saying
very little for the tbriflof the New England
farm. rs. If their soil is unproductive, why
do tie y not turn in and make it productive',’
In "lie county in Georgia that we happen
to know si nietbing about—and we may as
w. 41 .-ay that it is tiie county of I’utuatn -
lands that were worn out forty years ago
have be n brought into cultivation and are
now more productive than ever. Some
of these worn-out lands will pro luce a bale
of co’ton to the acre, and this is doing very
w.-ll indeed with unproductive soil.
Win n Sidney Lanier wrote that “there is
more in the man Ilian there is in tiie land,’’
he told the whole story of agricultural de
velopment.
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llerman.v's Great Sorrow.
All Europe and America are extending to
day sympathy to Germany and its royal fam
ily in this, tiie great hour of its trouble.
The condition of the crown prince excites
the gravest alarm. The multitude of doc
tors who have been in consultation about
his condition arc agreed now that his affec
tion is cancerous ami that, too, of a kind that
is incurable. The knife might temporarily
prolong his life, but even that
is extremely problematical. The only
certain thing bei'oro them is that death, and
that, too, of the most horrible kind, is staring
him in the face. At best, a year is all that,
the crown prince can hope to live, and nu
ll si constant watching, the most careful
mu ng, and the best attention arc given
him, his days cannot perhaps be prolonged
that far.
Tiie crown prince is a man of most excel
lent character and reputation, and is greatly
beloved by the German people. Between
fifty and sixty years of age. he has all the
solidity and constrvatisiu that belongs to
that . e, and give every promise of worthi
ly filing tho duties of the great position ho
would succeed lo on the death of his father,
Emperor William. The great old kaiser,
past his 90th birthday, w ill, in all probabili
ty, outlive liis son, but the succession to the
throne will not fail <ven in that event, for
tho crown prince has a son, whose attain
ments and qualifications lit him for the
throne. In fact, should the kaiser, the
crown prim e, and the latter's oldest son all
diii within the week, there is a little great
gram! child of Emperor William that could
ascend the throne, and retain directly in the
male line the throne to the family. Germa
ny is in no dan ■ r about tiie succession, and
tliatisnotwh.it is distressing the father
land.
line of the sad incidents connected with
the crown prince's condition, is the great
disappointment his untimely death will iu
. diet upon the hopes and ambitions of his
wife. Having marrieil the oldest daughter
es Engl.imi's queen, Princess Victoria, she
has naturally L uke I forward to the day,
when, hi the C":i:-e of natural events, she
jwo ikl bee ine empress of Germany, Iler
h.'j' s are likely to be blasted, tor hi i chance
' of n-sutuing that proud title, daily grows
‘ le. s and less; but like the good woman she
i«, her ambitions have all given way to her
ansi us s'licittide about her husb.md's cun-
U1 ili'li.
Human sympathy can not stop or stay
the inevitable, but it can, and often don,
make the cross ea-ier to curry, and in this
sore and s.ad hour, it mast be inexpressibly
sweet to Germany s royal In i'- to know that
the go si j eop:, of every CUristZtn laud, are
praying fur his recovery.
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1 iI»R.
The p 4 oplc ot UJs great republic will üb
; serve today as one of feasting uml joyful
i thanks for tire ble- ings which have been
• vouchsafed them duirng the past year by a
kind Providence.
All over this broad land of ours, from the
rude cot of the humblest to the mansion of
the rich, the revelry of the festive board
will bury the shadows of many a home and
the warmth of the cheerful fireside will dis
pel the troubles and annoyances which be
set the busy world cf restless activity. For
getting the petty trifles of the day and dis
carding tho anxieties attendant upon the
duties of tiie counting room, the office, the
workshop, or other branches of more hum
ble industry, many a soul will tolay turn
homeward in delightful anticipation of the
cheerful pleasures of the fireside circle,
augmented probably by friendly attach
ment or kindred ties. From the tables of
the poor as well as the rich will be diffused
the softening aroma of ‘.he Thanksgiving,
turkey, the mellowing influence of which
will find its way into the hardest heart
around the festive spread.
So let all be at peace today; let Atlanta
join hands around a common board and for
getting the dissensions of the day let her
pull together at a common cause; let her
laugh away the ephemeral discord of the
campaign and sing the song of Atlanta
united; let her lay aside the slates of esti
mated majorities and prepare for tiie peace
ful harmony which will inspire her jieople
once more.
This week over, and Atlanta will forget
that she has been divided; so from every
household in her limits let's sow today the
seed of harmony and drink—in water or
w ine—the old-time toast to Atlanta and her
prosperity.
All’s well that ends well, and in the lan
guage of the great American philosopher,
our ancient and esteemed friend, Dana of
the Sun,
"We will be happy yet, you bet.”
Another Chapter in a Famous Case. .
The decision of the supreme court of
Mississippi admitting Eubanks to bail and
holding Hamilton in jail until his trial, re
calls one of the most deplorable tragedies of
tiie year.
In the month of May Roderick Dhu Gam
brell was editing a prohibition paper at
Jackson. During the wet and dry campaign
Gambrell made a number of publications se
riously reflecting upon the character of Col
onel J. S. Hamilton, a prominent politician
on the anti side. One night the two men
met, and after exchanging several shots
Gambrell fell d?ad, while Hamilton es
caped with one or two painful wounds. The
prohibitionists took the position that Ham
ilton and Eubanks had waylaid the editor
and assassinated him. Public meetings were
held, and strong efforts were made to influ
ence public sentiment. The trial of the de
fendants was postponed until a more conve
nient season, and the court below refused to
allow them to be bailed.
After a careful review’ of all the facts in
the case, the supreme court has decided
that Hamilton is not entitled to bail, but
that Eubanks may be allowed that privi
lege. In delivering the decision the court
stated that it was not satisfied as to the
number of persons who participated in the
murder of Gambrell, but it was satisfied
that Hamilton was the assailant. One of
tiie judges dissented from this opinion and
expressed a doubt of Hamilton’s guilt.
Altogether, the action of the court was
about as favorable to Hamilton, as he had
any right to expect. His alleged accom
plice was allowed to give bail, and one
member of the court placed himself on rec
ord as entertaining a reasonable doubt of
the chief defendant's guilt. This will have
the effect of dividing public sentiment, and
when the case conies before a jury it is to
be hoped that an earnest effort will be made
to get at the truth and carry out the ends of
justice.
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Destructive Forest I ires.
The smoky haze covering this entire re
gion during the past few days is easily ex
plained. X
For a week or so the country around
Memphis, comprising an area of hundreds
of miles in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missis
sippi and Alabama, has been visited by
raging forest fires of tremendous magnitude.
It is said that in Memphis at mid-day the
streets are darker than those of London in
tin- densest November fog. Navigation on
the Mississippi is suspended for a distance
of GSO miles, the steamboats finding it im
possible to proceed through the clouds of
smoke.
Tho consequences of these immense fires
are disastrous enough, but if they should
sweep through a section containing numer
ous oil anil gas wells, it. is probable, that
they would leave complete desolation in
their track.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to suggest
any reliable safeguard. The northwest has
been scourged by these vast conflagrations
for generations, audit seems that they can
not be avoided. The day is coming, how
ever, when there will be so little timber in
the country that there will not be much ma
terial for a forest fire to feed upon.
Where Jt should 15c.
The I’resbyterinn synod of Georgia, the
highest body of that denomination in the
state, is in session at Rome.
One of the important questions before the
synod is the advisability of establishing in
Georgia, a female college, or a synodical
school, where the daughters of Presbyterians
in Georgia, Florida and the gulf states can
receive a high education. Our slate is
blessed with several female denominational
colleges that maintain a high degree of ex
cellence, and do great and good work; the
Methodists, the Baptists, the Catholics, the
Episcopalians have each schools tor the
higher education of our women, that are in
part er in whole under the control of their
respective religious bodies. Tiie Presbyti r
; ian church is too influential and i veliigent
| a denomination to bo behind in this work,
; and tho synod could not do better wprk than
' to decide upon the location and the organi
zation of a female school somewhere in the
; Now, there Isone very important question
jto be deci,led uj>on in the very beginning of
| this matter, and upon tiie wise and careful
determination of the problem, much de
pends. XYhere shall this school be located ?
If it is plaeixl at Athens. Macon or Rome it
j will, in the beginning, be overshadowed by
, the spires and turrets es ether deuomina
| tienal schools that have been in successful
I operation for years. People w ill judge of
its excellence and advantages by a compari
son with its neighbors, a" ! no matter how
i well everything way be arranged, it is not
to be expected that at the very start the new
foundation will attain unto every excellence
and advantage of its older competitors.
For thia reason the location of the school ;
should, not be placed where in its infancy it
would, periiaps, be crippled.
Again, the school will be more tenderly
nurtured and better patronized in that city
where the denomination is the strongest.
Atlanta contains more Presbyterian churches
ami has more Presbyterian citizens than any
other Georgia city, and in addition is one of
the best locations«for a school that could
possibly be selected. Here if would receive
a local support that alone w ould make it a
success, and here the facilities afforded by
railroads would put it in immediate and con
venient connection with all parts of the
south.
Our Presbyterian friends have not decided
yet the matter of organizing such a school,
but the feeling seems to be drifting that
way; if it is determined that the denomina
tion needs such an institution, we respect
fully place in nomination for the location
thereof, the name and advantages offered by
Atlanta, and do so without disparagement
to the excellent opportunities that other
places may perhaps be able to offer.
Atlanta's New Line lo Selina.
In his valuable work, “The Common
wealth of Georgia,” Commissioner J. T.
Henderson says: “Georgia has, by general
consent, acquired the title of the empire
state of the south.” Again he says: “As
Atlanta is a gate city, so is Georgia a largely
gate state. The Atlantic and gulf slopes
both are hers. * * * * Georgia is emi
nently, and in almost every respect, a variety
state. Varied a as to the country, people
and productions, as to soil and climate, as to
the people who inhabit it, white and black,
as to industries and institutions, as to fruits
and vegetables, farms, garden and orchard
products, and resources, agricultur.il, min
eral and manufacturing.”
To all this it may be added that Atlanta,
w ith her 70,000 people, is not only the gate
city, but the empire and variety city of the
south. She is the largest and w ealthiest of
all her competing sisters. She has, and is
entitled by her situation and other advan
tages, to a wider range and a greater variety
of trade and manufacturing industries than
any city of the south. Within her borders
there centers a greater amount and a greater
variety of the interests of Georgia than can
be found in any other city, and while she
has yet no voice or vote in the vast amount
of transportation to, from and through her
limits, it would be a singular thing to say
that there are none of her capitalists who
are willing to take an active part in the
construction of tiie proposed Atlanta and
Selma railroad, a road w hich will give At
lanta not only a voice and vote in her trans
portation business, but will add millions to
her wealth, and increase the profitable em
ployment sought by thousands of her citi
zens.
Farmers West and Sontli.
There is a lesson for southern farmers in
the fact that tiie farmers of the west belong,
financially speaking, to the loan institutions
of New England. The insurance compa
nies of Hartford, Connecticut, have a vast
amount, of capital invested in western land
mortgages. Two or three companies in
that city have seventy millions of dollars
loam'd on that class of securities. The av
erage is about the same throughout New
England.
For instance, Mr. Edward Atkinson, who
has a long head for round figures, sent in
quiries to some of the largest loan compa
nies in Boston, and discovered that these
concerns have written 290,000 mortgages on
western farms, 81,000 of which are now
outstanding, and that the total amount
loaned has been one hundred and eighty
millions of dollars, of which seventy-six
millions is outstanding;
This seems to be a very bad showing, but
is it so really? The agricultural resources
of tlie west have been marvelously devel
oped, and lands have rapidly increased in
value. The loans during the past few years
have cost the farmers only from 0J- to 7 per
cent interest, without commission. This is
much better than the credit system under
which southern farmers have been operat
ing. Under this system, the farmers of
Georgia have been and are now paying a
rate of interest equal to 150 per cent.
This is enough to ciush them, but they
manage to scuffle along somehow.
An Absurd Argument.
The proposition that the government as
sume control of tiie telegraph system of
tiie country by operating a system of postal
telegraph, is being generally discussed by the
press and commented upon by prominent
men. It meets with the hearty indorsement of
the public mind, as expressed in the columns
of tiie press, and with but few exceptions the
newspapers of the country are united in the
opinion that the present system is by no
means in keeping with the spirit of our in
stitutions nor the demand of the public for
cheap facilities for postal intercourse.
There is no reason w hatever why an
American citizen should be compelled to
pay a rate of five times as much as an Eng
lishman would, in’theirrespective countries,
for the transmission of similar messages by
telegraph. It is a burning outrage that our
government should sit serenely by and see
the great masses of its people paying extor
tionate demands for tiie use of public con
veniences which should be under govern
ment supervision or direction, and, tiie free
use of which in other countries is placed
within the means of the whole people.
A poor man in Atlanta has to pay fifty cents
to -end a short message to New Yo. k. Five
' cents would carry the same message between
■ any two points in England. If in the past
I experience of governments which h ive con
i trol of the telegraph service, it w s found
j that the system was unwise, inexpedient or
■ impolitic, there would be strong reason why
! the United States should not try a similar
; experiment. But tho exact converse has
I been the result in every instance where pub
: lie control is exercised over the telegraph.
I consequently there is every reason why our
government should take advantage of the
I great benefits derived therefrom.
Tiie New York Star is very much ag’ta
i ted over the idea, and denounces It as “gov
, eniment interference.” The Star thinks
■ that "the country will not stand the monop
' oly job which proposes to sell a corporate
; white elephant to the government at an ex-
' travagant price. Nor will it tolerate the
idea of diverting all individual enterprise
I to the hands of the general government.”
It is for the very purpose of getting rid of
i the iron yoke of a "monopoly job" that the
government should control the telegraph, ■
just as it docs the mails. If it is wrong to !
do the former, it is equally unjust in the in- ;
stance of the latter. Suppose our mail ser
vice was in the hands of a single gigantic
corporation and that postage rates were ten
times what they now are, would the Star
think that it would be oppressive to divert
this individual enterprise into the hands of
the general government.
But. our esteemed contemporary seems to
think that the idea is lo take by force, and
without adequate compensation, ‘lie ma
chinery of the present telegraph corpora
tions, and turn it over to the government, or
that if paid for, adequate compensation
would mean outrageous jobbery. It goes on
to ask “liow the United States is to start its
telegraph without either buying out the mo
nopolies it talks about, or compensating
them for their property in franchises and ap
pliances which government competition
would render valueless.”
In the first place, there is no necessity
whatever of buying out the present monop
oly, if it does not want to sell, and if it does
want to sell and asks an exhorbitant price
there is no reason why it should be given.
The government is well able to establish a
thorough system of its own, irrespective of
existing systems. In the second place, if
the government established such a system,
there would be no cause.to compensate any
body for franchises and appliances rendered
valueless. Each system could stand on its
own bottom, and no corporation would be
deprived of any franchise or privilege that
it now has. It would be a question of the
survival of the fittest, or by proper manage
ment there would be room for both?
The main idea is to give the people of the
country the benefit of low telegraph rates,
it makes no difference how it is done. If
the present telegraph systems will not do it,
then the government must interfere.
The Tax on Tobacco.
It is said that some of the tobacco manu
facturers are opposed to the repeal of the
tax on tobacco on the ground that such re
peal will do away with that portion of the
law which prescribes tiie size of tiie pack
age and render useless certain costly ma
chinery now required to comply w ith the
law.
The manufacturers say, moreover, that,
the repeal will throw some men out of em
ployment.
But the point of the whole matter is that
the repeal of the tax will break up what is
now practically a monopoly by enabling
manufacturers with small capital to go into
the business, and by giving poor men an op
portunity to compete witii the great manu
facturers.
There are several good reasons why the
tax should be repealed, and not a single
plausible argument in favor of its retention.
In the first place, the tax falls on the poor
er classes. It is all very well for the re
formers and cranks to say that tobacco is a
luxury that can be dispensed with. As a
matter of fact, it is a necessity.
In the second place, if tobacco were a
luxury, it isone that is enjoyed by the poor,
and the tax that goes to the government,
which doesn’t need it, is just as good money
as if tobacco were a necessity.
In the third place, the tax on tobacco is a
tax on an agricultural product—a product
that is just as important to those who make
a business of growing it as cotton is to the
southern planter, or as wheat is to the wes
tern fanner.
In the fourth place, the law under which
the tax is collected, operates to embarrass
small growers who live away from the cen
tral markets. To put it briefly’, the tax is
embarrassing and unnecessary, and there
fore bad.
A Republican Camj aign in the South.
The republican organs, as our readers
have noted, are renewing their threats ami
their promises to the effect that their party
will take a hand in the next national cam
paign in the south.
Such talk is silly in the extreme. Mr.
Murat Halstead, the editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, has just printed an ar
ticle in the Forum, in which he goes over
the old ground in regard to the suppression
of the colored vote in the south. He prints
tables, and he gives figures from the census,
and, altogether, he makes quite a desperate
showing for southern bulldozing. But the
queer thing about it all is that Mr. Halstead
proves not only that the bulldozing southern
democrats have suppressed the negro vote,
but that, in an ecstasy of fury, they have
suppressed the democratic vote also.
Tliis seems to be a very sad state of
tilings, and Mr. Halstead appcirs to be jus
tified in entitling his charming statistical es
say “The Nullitiers of the Constitution.”
i When southern democrats become so furi
ous that they suppress their own votes with
as much regularity as they do those of the
' negroes, they are indeed nullifiers of the
constitution.
But what is to be done about it? If the
southern bulldozers, as Mr. Halstead's ta
bles show, bulldoze themselves, as well as
the colored voters, they are a very impartial
set of bundozers indeed. When men nulli
fy themselves as well as their neighbors,
there is not much to be said on either side.
Democratic Revenue Reform.
Colonel A. K. McClure, of the Philadel
phia Times, who is in Washington, has been
ut some pains to. present the democratic tar
iff situation correctly to his readers.
The situation, as he presents it, will
cause considerable of a flutter among the
professional free-traders, but there can be
i no doubt that if there is to be any genuine
, harmony among the democrats in Congress,
■ there must be seme compromise.
In the first place, Colonel McClure sny>
1 that wb.it is commonly called the Oak View
I tariff conference, at which it was supposed
• that the president, Mr. Carlisle and Con
gressman Scott, of Pennsylvania, had deci
ded on a tariff reduction policy for tho ad
ministration, was never held. There was a
, conference, but it was not a tariff confer
ence, and the tariff was only discu- ai in i
dentaiiy as other matters were discu-vd.
In tho second place, CoLmel M.CI 'ie
I says there never has been a con: ere:: • i/u
| the president by Carlisle or any other dem
j ocrats with a view of deciding on a revenue
measure to be presented to the house, an 1
i that there has never been an attempt by
either the administration or Speaker Car
lisle to settle even a basis ot tariff revision,
much less tariff details.
In the third place, Colonel McClure rays
that Mr. Carlisle will be elected speaker by
' the united democratic vote, and that it is
i no secret that he does not propose to at-
tempt to enforce any particular tariff policy
upon tire party by the special recognition or
tho special rejection of prominent men be
cause of their views on the tariff.
Col on eh McClure says, moreover, that
Sir. Carlisle has never contemplated the'
proposition to degrade Mr. Randall oriihy
of his friends because of their well-known
views on the tariff. To this the editor of
the Times adds the interesting information'
that there will be no attempt to frame a tar
iff bill or a bill reducing internal taxation'
until there can be the fullest and frankest
conference of democrats of all shades of con
viction on.the subject of revenue reduction.
In other words the conservative demo-i
crats will endeavor to present a scheme of'
revenue reform that will commend itself!
even to the republican senate. This is thal
true democratic policy. No other policy
will succeed. It is a policy that would nat
urally suggest itself to even the dullest. 1
democrat who is anxious for the success of
his party.
o
EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT.
Tom Platt, of New York, is still me-too.
A French republican appears to be across
between a cannibal and a rattan cane.
Reno says that General Custar was a cow
ard. This statement shows that Reno is some
thing worse than that.
It is understood that Murat Halstead pro
poses to organize an expedition to hunt for
secessionists in the south.
51 ns. Cleveland is making her own bon
nets this year, as well as some winter night
caps for the president. J
If the democrats want to win next year
they should lose no time in repealing the in
ternal revenue taxes.
Don M. Dickkvson is said to bc-Hte slickest
politician in Michigan. Well, Mr. Cleveland
needs a slick politician in his cabinet.
Other actresses marry right along, but
the gay little Lotta refuses to be handicapped.
She is forty-nine years old, rich and red
headed.
Our contemporaries from Maine to Texas,
are taking a deep interest in our prohibition
campaign. The outsiders see lots of fun in it.
Colonel Styles, formerly well known in
Georgia journalism, lias sold out the Meridian,
Texas, Citizen to his son-in-law, Mr. James
U. Vincent.
The New York Tribune said some weeks
ago: “As goes New York in 1887, so the coun
try will go in 1888.” We think tiie Tribune is
right about this.
Ax Ohio republican says that Blaine is
not a retired quantity. No; but if he runs
again, he will be a very tired quantity after the
campaign is over.
It is said that the late Miss Cleopatra, of
Egypt, was a very small woman. Perhaps
this is the reason so many tall gentlemen
thought she was nice.
The Panama canal has already killed 40,-
000 laborers. More than that number of sol
diers will bo killed before the fate of the en
terprise is finally settled.
Nina Van Zandt would do well to quit her
foolishness and buckle down to a good square
thanksgiving dinner. Sire has eaten nothing
since the death of Spies.
In China they have what they call a “devil
festival” every year. We need just such a hol
iday here. We have all the material neces
sary for a big demonstration.
Uncle Barnum says his show will bo more
attractive than ever. He will pr. 1 ably have
an honest Ohio republican politician on ex
hibition.
The Cihcaco News thinks the fanners of
the west are passing under a yokc. Well, why
not? There are a good many republican steers
among them.
Some fellow has started a story about the
discovery of a rattlesnake 120 feet long, in the
Imlinn territory. Tiie Georgia correspondents
will now give up in despair.
It is be hoped that the interstate commerce
Commission will C '.il with the Standard Oil
company from the point of view of the peo
ple.
I‘tddi EBi:ncn:R i nys that he proposes here
after to be guided by patriotism? Thr: means,
of course, that be will vote with the demo
crats in the senate.
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