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6 THE CONSTITUTION. Entered at the Atlanta j Mortice as second -cl a? s mail matter, NovemUr 11, i s 73. The Weekly Constitution 51.25 per annum. Clubs of five, SI.OO each; chibs of ten, SI.OO each and a copy to getter up of club. WK WANT YOH. The Constitution wants an agent at every poet office in America. Agents outfit free and good terms. If you are not in a club, we wan you to act as agent at your office. Write us. OUR “CHRISTMAS BOX’ OF PRESENTS. On January Ist wo will distribute SI,OOO among our subscribers. From September l.t to January Ist we put the name of every subscriber received in a box. Ou the latter date we shake up the box thoroughly. A holo is cut in it. One of our weekly agents, in the presence of three others- draws out a name. That name gets SfiOO, the box Is then shaken again, and mother name drawn. That name gets and soon through the Ji t. Now you oucht to subscribe for the paper without expecting to g t one of the presents. Pay for it, for itself, just as you have always done. Fr. m reading the paper y. u get your money's worth, and more for your money than any other paper gives you. lie satisfied with that. Then if you get the saoo, or the S2OO or even one of the $5 present.', take it with our best wishes and our Christinas greet ings! Os course we do not pretend that every sub scriber will get a present. Not one in every hundred will get one. Hut every subscriber will have an equal chance. Tho box will have the name of every subscriber sent in be fore January Ist and no other names. Three agents from different tate.s will shako the box and will draw out a name while tho others , hold it. You will have jm t exactly tho same : chance every other subscriber has. Some per sons will get every prize. It may just as well be you as any one else. W< do claim this. We furnish you the big gest ami l est paper that is jointed. We furnish it cheaper than any other paper. We give you besides an equal chance with every other sub acriber in >I,OOO in gold distributed as pre: nt«. No other paper does this. So, if you like our paju ras well n any other, take it, for besides the paper you Lave an interest in our "Clirist- Biai box,” wld. 'i no other paper gives you. I But if you du ti t Id; < m paper as well as come other paper, take that paper ami drop Curs, fur yet n yr t;; ‘one of our presents and th ny. 'i ■.. addle dissatisfied. Take the paper solely for the papers sake,and if you get n present, you will be just that much hap- i J>icr. • ATLANTA. G V . NOVEMBER. •, 1887. r - ■ .« 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 ■ 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. . » 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. • ' ■■ 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. ————— * ■— 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. Mr. Grady on "Prohibition in Atlanta.” In response to nnir.erons demands, the two speeches of Mr. Henry W. Grady on ‘ Prohi bition in Atlanta." have been published in pamphlet form of sixteen page.-:. 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