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6 "The constitution. tnEntcred at the Atlanta postoffico os second-class nil matter, November 11,1873. The Weekly Constitution 91.25 per annum. Cuba of five, 81.00 each; clubs of ten, 81.00 each Btd a copy to gettcr-up of club. We wa nt “you! The Constitution wanls an agent at every postoflh e in America. Agents outfit free and good terms. If you arc not in a club, we wan you to act ns agent nt your office. Write us. ATLANT \. G V. DECEMBER 27,1887. 'j. Some Suggestive Figures. Wc have frequently referred to the. phe nomenal growth of th® Wheki.y Consti tution. We now believe that it has the largest circulation of any weekly newspaper In the country, north or south. It has not had an edition of less than 100,000 for sev eral months, and it is increasing now at a greater rate than ever before. Here are the figures for the past week. They are taken from our cash-books and •object to the verification of any one who will come and see: On Munday, f'Mli 51,824 On Tue-day, 20th - «69 Ou Wednesday, 31st - B*4 On Thursday. «Sd 1.040 On Friday.’43d On Saturday, li4th 1,147 Total for the week 8.74100 These are yearly subscribers, cash in ad vance, The price of Tin; Weekly Con stitution is $1.25. In clubs of 100 and in larger clubs, (X) cents. We have no three months’ subscribers all are for one year. We have found that the subscribers average one dollar each. So that the $5,000 received hy mail this week means that 5,W0 persons have subscribed for one year to The Week ly Constitution. That is more yearly subscribers, in our opinion, than were re ceived by any newspaper during the week, north or south. This week Is not the largest week of the year. Next week will beat it. January February, March and April are our big sub, scription mouths. We shall show the public some enterprising figures before three months come ami go. The basis of our Comparison is to compare this week with the same week of last year. That week shows 3,821 subscribers. This week 5,966, a gain for the week of 2,142 subscribers. I.ast December gave us 13,137 weekly sub scribers. This December will go over 80,000. This immense circulation has been gained in competition with the best American newspapers. The New York World, the New York Sun, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Philadelphia Times, the Detroit Free Press, and the Courier-Journal print f,rc.at weeklies, and each is fighting for the ileld The Galveston News, the Times-Democrat •nd Picayune of New Orleans, the Nashville American, and the Charleston News and Courier are of late paying close attention to their weekly editions and pushing them vigorously. In the face of this competition The Constitution printed this week 120,000 copies, against 8,900 copies for the •ame week three years ago. If our com petitors have made similar progress, truly “the schoolmaster has been abroad in the land.” Here is a point. One year ago we sent 2,800 Weeki y Constitutions into north ern states. We now send over 10,000. Uy the time the presidential campaign is fairly under way we hope to be sending 50,000 Constitutions into the north every week. We take from the current Issue of the Weekly, some opinions which will show the estimation in which the paper is held, and give some idea of the extent, of its circula tion. This pogo might be filled with similar letters from every week's mail: Mr. Banks clniko, Mount Blanchard, Ohio: "1 saw a specimen copy ol I’ng Cuv-thttiox ami Jm so plen-,,1 with it that 1 subscribe for one year t la ant kt paper." Mr. W. Milner, Itecdy Kivcr, S. C.: "F.nelose I llml tire dollar 1..r club, 1 got these (tamos In life ni minute mt. r I asked the lirst per ton tosuliscitbe." 1 Mr. J. XV Jackson. Bonham, Texas: •‘Kudos' d liml ten dollars lor n club. I got up ttu- dub m a lew minute-', -how ne.- but one e..,.v <>, Tin i ox-tiii ti< s. Send iiuuplo and 1 will stud •lore." Mr. C. W. Andrews, Beaukiss, Texas: “1 received a sample ~ ol Tin: Cub-nri'TiON lasi Saturday, and in an bom got four sul-erit o < With the mine). Wear, nil delighted with tie •IdrtTi Tlox. W, w -I'y.'in grand sueee-s. ‘ Mr. Siil 11. Harris, Sardis, Miss.: M 1 am subscribing to eejit or ten pnpere, and Tur Cox Till nos is the bet that 1 et er saw, and is Worth more th,in dou' h> ih ■ price." Air. B. E. A. Williams, Bradford, Texas: "Tin l os-iin tiox is tn best p.p.r uow Ivina re . tn Texi.n Mi l i..r nil via- . .. Mrs. M. Barham, Muishallvillc, Miss.: "I have Colle, t.d en* it hi,, e.pis ironi Woman's Xtnildoiii to pay the -nb«. rtptton price of tl o pal er I scud yon three subscribers, and will du nil t cun lo extend your Ust h ie. ' Mr. W XI. Loyd. l ive Forks, N. C.: "1 eX|H‘CI to be a I lie sill.■ . r.ln r to I II K UeX-TlTi'. TION, as I think it is the be-l as wed as tlie cheapest paper I eier read. J. D. Hickson. Athens. Tennessee. "Enclo-ed t nd nine n .in - and money for same •a sulmcrlliera to tie Wei Kia os. i.iri.n t Cured tins etdi 111 an hour. I believe Unit If I bad ■onv wiper* lo distribute I could „ t y ou up aged •tub." Mrs. C. W Beck. Tallulah, Illinois: "I do not wart to i.c.ss number ~f vour valna Me i»pcr. XV. take half<lo , n other vie sin-s a d three dallies, and wc cons !, i tl dear oid i'i.vm, TVTios the best in the lot We I.hvv real it thrc< years and I gu mute that any one read ng It u: < yoai iv 11 not do without it.'' Wc have pn tty well made up our mind to print right hero in Atlanta the greatest American newspaper. At present our •ights arc fixed on 200,000 circulation. When that is attained we shall enlarge ou horizon and move to greater things. Utah Again. A determined effort will be made at the ! 1 tain admission into the union of states. I ndoubtedly the territory po;,- . many of the requisites of statehood. So far as the population is concerned there can no I objection. It is a i i mam nt settlement, ! with an organized government. But the! fatal ph, ;ue spot of Mormonism is thete, •nd it taints the entire body politic. From ’ first to last Mormonism has been array e l •gainst our government and our Institutions. Even as a territory, under the control of the ! federal government, Utah has given us no I •ml of trouble. We have been compelled to maintain standing armies there, and the Vnited States courts have found it difficult to assert and enforce their authority. So much for the past. As a state Utah Would be practically free and independent, j | It Is true that she has framed a constitution 1 prohibiting polygamy. This, however, is a mere bid for admission into the union. Once a state, Utah would throw her con ti tution to the winds and make another. Polygamy, if not actually legalized, would be tolerated, and the laws against, if any were suffered to remain on the statute book, would be inoperative. We have now waged an active fight against the Mormons for forty years, and at present wc are masters of the situation. But if we allow this territory to become a state all that we have gained will go for nothing. The federal government will be powerless to interfere, and its polygamous enemies will have it all their own way. These matters should be seriously consid ered before congress disposes of the Utah question. Shall we abandon the light against polygamy? This is the sum and substance of the question. Christinas In Two StHtes> Christmas in Georgia this year will be a joyous occasion. Peace and plenty sit by every hearthstone. There is no suffering from either hunger or cold, and a happier ami more contented people cannot be found i on the continent. But in Kansas we find the opposite of j this picture. The coldest blizzards of the i winter arc sweeping the bleak prairies. A coal famine has sat in, ami in a treeless : country the extent of such a calamity can- j not be estimated. I’cople are freezing to death. They are burning their furniture and portions of their houses. Numbers of delicate women and little children have already perished. Among these unfortunate people are some I who were lured from their pleasant homes in Georgia by the persuasive rhetoric of the Kansas immigration agents. In this hour of wretchedness and torture the old red hills of their native states must loom up before them as the gardou spots of the earth. After all, the best thing Georgians can do is to stay at home. Kansas may do for some people, but it won’t do for Georgians. Our land of perpetual surisldne cannot be matched anywhere on the continent. • ■ —— * 1 — The Great Belle Meade Farm. We print this week the letter al-out the great “Belle Meade Farm” which was crowded out. last week. Next week we will print a description of the farm of Major Campbell Brown, at Spring Hill, Tenn., ■ the best ami most promising Jersey farm in the world. r Plain and Simple Koad. inner in the country ought to take advantage of the offer of Tut; ( ONSTI- TtmiN and “The Southern Fann,” one year for $1.65. You know what Tnr. Constitution is, with its 624 pages a year, filled with news and gossip. “The Southern Farm” is just as good in its way, Mr. Grady being in control and Dr. Jones being the editor. Every farmer who sends $1.65 for these two papers will find the January issue of “The Southern Farm” alone rich payment for his whole outlay. That number w ill have fifty pages of practical information. Six pages will be Dr. Jones’s “Inquiry Box,” and one more given to his “Thoughts for the Month,” which discusses the depres sion in farms and farming. “A Model Farm in Georgia” is turned inside out in the history of Mr. George W. Smith’s farm, and what it has made. Five farmers tell precisely bow they made live bales of cotton to the acre, or twenty bales to five acres. Mr. Northern tells why butter pays better than cotton. Mr. Blackshear lias an illus trated article on “The LeConte Pair.” Mr. B. F. Browne elaborates his theory of coirt posting, which is the sensation of the day, and answers questions about it. There are articles on “Grapes and Wine Making,” by Mr. Felix Corpnt; “Cheese Making in Ohio,’ by Mr. A. L. Harris; “Carp and Carp Ponds,” by Dr. Cory; a full poultry department, a perfect treasury of good things for practical farmers. If you arc not • subscriber to The Con- STITt tion the wisest thing you can do is to send $1.65 and get both papers a year. If you are a subscriber you can send 75 cents and get “The Southern Farm.” If you are not ready to do this send 10 cents and get the January issue postpaid. These remittances should be made to “The Southern Farm.” You will get Tur. Constitution just as promply and as safely as by sending direct to the office, and your name will go in The Constiti iion’s present "box just the same. Address "The Southern Farm,” and you will agree that the one who has it and The Constitution for 1888 is fixed fora whole year, and ought to be happy and prosperous. The beauty of it is it only takes sl.t>s to do this! Send at mice. Good Advlco From Mr. I’owrtcrly, Mr. Powderly has recently been writing some very sensible letters to the Knights of Labor, and just before his late sickness pre pared the best of the number he lias yet written. In it ho deals with the question of child labor, and urges the working men to put their children to school instead of wear ing them out from their infancy in factories and workshops. “Fill the schoolhouses of today, and the poorhouscs of the future will be tcnantless ” says Mr. Powderly. Continuing, hesays: the loss ol tliv uiitioii m that uinkes up t* e iisi* 111 I til;., 11, t l.c li ■ 1 >i- ”1. <'. t- v e !■Hint *l’ <■ brilliant slaiesiunii thningli child labor <n i~t i-. esiima.ed <> i ibtviuh the tucOiri, -olt , v i,, i,. | Slat-’-, tince the fru’ti'ric* were *ll tn th- riot, to day thiy me ornwl ere. Examine lor y. iir If. and you w 11 see tluit child :<il» r! a, not I ecu abut' isbisl. ever, though the law itt'h fur It. A’.ii l the dust of the mill, » here t e l.mnmi tc> <v i-.nti ,t li I heard abut <? the ox.r ol tl.e in..< nip- y, with oo at iio.-ii.urtih’.g In their swTe's. you vhi m,.] hna •'.l ■ I-, tlimisainls mid tviisol liuni-mnl* . I link’ Ue an I go I*. Mi. Powderly Is right, and the -0,-ncr the j ]>i qle reet tnize It the quicker will be the I progress of the elevation of the masses to a common piano of prospciily. Education i v. ill do for tin in what nothing else will, and , | its benefits are certain. The drudgery of a , factory is not the proper surrounding for I ' childhood, at least not until opportunity has i ' been offi red for proper men' ll training. After that, then the factory, if m n ssai v, ! but a sound elementary education first. Ilog's I nt and t olton xe«l till. It is said that some of the lard refiners in 1 Chicago will shortly appear l efore congress ' with a petition, or a demand, that that body pass a law on the subject of adulterated i lard, similar to the foolish oleomargeriue ; law. The aim of these refiners is to prevent the THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TITS BAY. DECEMBER 27.1587., ■ sale and consumption of lard made wholly or in part of cotton seed oil. It is a faet—ami a fact on which the whole country ought to be congratulated—that the production of cotton seed oil lard has grown to bo tin im mense business. The so-called adulteration of hog’s fat with cotton seed oil has been going on for several years. It was discover ed some years ago, when a sharp Chicago dialer, who siqiposed that he had cornered the market, found the woods full of new lard, so to speak. The corner collapsed, but the dealer - feelings were severely hurt, as were the feelings of those who were his coparceners in crime, and since that time these honest people have done what they could to stop the alleged adulteration of hog's fat. As a matter of fact, this alleged adultera tion is in the interest of health and good living, and no attempt has ever been made to conceal the extent of it. Mr. Phil Ar mour has publicly stated on more than one occasion that he used every year one million five hundred thousand gallons of cotton seed oil in his lard refineries. This use of cotton 1 seed oil is not adulteration iu the strict sens. of that term. It is simply the addition of a j pun- and healthful vegetable product to the hog’s fat of commerce. ' There is nothing more delete'lows to i health than the common grades of hog’s fat. i In order to mo t the demand for this sub i stance it was necessary to “dry up” hogs I that had died on the cars in transit, and this practice may still l>e carried on for aught w< know. Certainly there is no gnar anii-. of pnri’y in the "pure” Log’s fat of commcin . It may be the product of a h<g that has died with cholera or some other I disease, and still be “pure’’ hog’s fat. Ceitiinly, if the public knows what is good for it. it w ill call for land “adulterated” with refined cotton seed oil. which is the purest article of food to be found. Fention Fxtravagrance. The most reckless piece of pension legis lation which has yet been proposed, is the bill ,f .-('...cor Manderson, who warns to pension net only all of the oid soldiers, but virtually all of their uncles, cousins and aunt.-, and aa.yl o.’y else who is in any way connected with them. The bill w.vs yr-pared by the pensions committee of the Grand Army of the Re yn’ .'. w:.., :i h..s dos its work in as thorough a manner as possible. It has simply asked that the earth be divided I among the members of the G. A. R-, and j w.'.nts the public to do as best it can on what is left. Parents, widows and minor children, of now or hi reafter, of any deceased soldier who served on the union side, are to be pensioned if they are dependent upon others, or upon manual labor for their sup port. It makes no difference whether the soldier was killed in war or w hether he dies twenty-five or fifty years after, from inju- i lies received in a railroad smash-up. a fight, a frolic, or from any other cause, his corps of relations will become public bene ficiaries by this bill. All honorably dis charged soldiers, incapable of manual labor, w ill be put on the invalid list at twelve dol lars per month, whether they were inca pacitated during the war or since, or may be in the future. Such a bill scarcely deserves serious con sideration. The Kansas City Times prop erly says of it: “This is pensioning run mad. The people of the United States, north and south, do not want to see a single soldier suffer who suffered for his country, neither do they want to create an outrageous debt for the benefit of men who may never have smelled powder.” • • —“ T ic Tobacco Tax. There is quite a discussion going on in some of the papers as to whether tobacco is a luxury or a necessity, and we observe quite a confusion of words and terms. It is generally conceded that luxuries ought to be taxed, bitt what are luxuries? It is, per- j, haps, useless to uTake this inquiry, for the matter can be turned and twisted indefin itely; but a luxury may be boldly described as something that the rich think they need for their comfort. And so It goes. One class regards the use of tobacco as a vice, another describes the weed as a luxury, and the poor people who are willing to pay their money for it, look upon it as a necessity. Now, who shall de cide the question? The luxurious in this country import their tobaccos and pay du ties on them; the poor man buys his tobacco here, and though he pays a tax on it, it is not a luxury. The tobacco tax falls chiefly on the poor, and the inon< y they pay lo the government is good money. The tax is an unnecessary tax, and the money that it takes out of the pockets of the poor is as good money as if it came out of the pockets of the rich. • —— A C’ia/y Cuuffrewnnau. Some states are to be pitied for ♦Le fee bleness of their representation in the nation al congress. It is sad to see a good state being publicly and continually paraded a, the home and constituency of some misera ble crank who is supposed to be its repre sentative, and whose idiotic methods reflect more discredit on his state than they work injury to himself. ■ Our sympathy goes o'. ‘, to Venn ;nt for the injustice she is being done by the wild ass of a senator who is credited to her—one William E. t handler, alias Bill (.’handler,of electoral fraud notoriety. llis public career has been one of corruption and partisan villiany, as a reward for which he was given a cabinet place under the man who stole the presidency by the scheming of Chandler and bls gang. He was commissioned to capture the Vote of Florida In ’76, and the method in which be accompli*hed this will forever render his name odious to the Ameri- | can ;. ople. Barty attachment w ill not cover" I .ill iufan.y, and the i xpo-ures made by ' < liandler * too), Sam McLin, on his death I j Ixsl. will b - remembered wl.<u the lepubli- | I i lion. Her . ■ de.! in stealing the electo- ral vote of Florida in 1870, for w hich he has I ' been r. wanhd, and now occupies, thanks ' to th" n pnblh an bosses, a eat in the United ( States > n..:e. IL: has just Introdue.d in ' I tl'..’ -ci.ate a . 11 which indicates that, not , Mtisth d with stealing a single state, he pro- ■ j po-cs to go into the business on a w hole sale scale. ll:.« bill provides for the regula tion of the cimgres.-ionnl and pivsidential i I elections in the state* of South Carolina. ; Florida. Louisiana and Mississippi, by hav- I ; ing them conducted by the president and the I I United Mates circuit judges, who are to | have complete control of all matters relat- I ing to them, even the registration of v<>ters. ' This simply shows what a fool this same j Chandler Is. It was the hope of the coun ' try that when Riddleb.rger’s term expired, the senate would be free from either idiots I or asses, but unfortunately Chandler turns up and promises to eclipse Riddlebcrger’s record. His bill is a monstrosity, but does 1 credit to his diseased and polluted brain. The New Orleans Times-Democrat about i sizes it, as follows: O.'course. Mr. C ir.l’cr bn 11 4 ai f pa-whis the t ill; it is iiiuoK t lonal. ms.iinl, and would be T.'.'.l'd veil u t '. li,'. ■. on i ie , i übla-.ui in belli lee :. - aa.l tt'.c I'.- '.elitcflhe | ci'iin:r_>. we have no ..'..'.i t'.'.al they wc-.i'.t act -osil- j . tya-lo endiaxi-X toivinrvt .’.vilens v. ( '..wesouth- I eru suite*, e: b <■ '.‘.v a: : c u.'aW.o : ’•••.! >e ' j t o'i:> 1 ' <v.- s , ft states. 1 »i»b *< *irn.op c- .' <• rxi».. , u>v . of a ivrtal.t ■ si "v s' tc.n.’.'.ei's F I. - »«•.•.■■ ws ci-os of ; W»ir.>:nio:x- '. '■ ' s - . > ■' r.s l/C was . .: a',-. 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In outlining its policy for the next cam paign, the republican party has clearly dc- I termined to make the alleged suppression of the colored vote in the south one of its leading issues. On Ibis the Times has a column editorial, which is an admirable pro duction. and should commend itself to the f.dr-minded voters of all parties. It says: Those Ft pub’ieaa l olitlciiuiswho still think there scapital for their party in keep’:'." up sectional ngi ,r. ii: and tiring the northern heart with southern . . . :-s are trying desperately to make an issue <f t e alleged suppression of the republican vote in southern states. The diltieulty which confronts t l.e-.'. lies in the fact that the northern people want no more sectional agitation, and ate entirely wil- ■ . :.g to ’.cave the elections in southern states to the control of the people of those states. Speaking of the outrages of the republi can carpet-baggers who overran the south after the war, and of the causes which prompted the necessity of counteracting the evils of their dastardly regime, in which they ran rough shod over the people by their control over the negro vote, the Tinies ' says: Unprepared to exercise intelligently or conscien tiously their newly acquired rights, the negroe. fell under the leadership of unscrunulous men and were arrayed against the people who had the largest interest in the good order mid good government of the reconstructed states. The result was incapacity, extravagance and fraud in public a flairs, and a bur lesque on popular government. The native south ern people, who felt that they had the right to con trol affairs in their own states, saw no salvation for their public or private interests except in overcom ing the power which was thrust upon them. The north soon admitted that federal interference to scs'ain state governments which rested on the ignorant negro vote and were managed mainly by greedy rnd unscrupulous adventurers, could not be maintained. Public opinion.withdrew a’l support, and nearly a dozen years ago the whole fabric went to pieces. As to the so-called suppression of the colored vote in the south at this time, the Times dismisses the question, as being an appeal to sectional passion, which cannot deceive the intelligent people of the north, saying: Outrage, violence and election fr.mds dimiv.ishe 1 in proportion as the necessity for them ceased. Tor the last two years little has been heard of them, but election returns show that m my votes are w ithheld from tile ballot box for one reason or another. Col ored voters may have become indifferent, after find ing tliat the ills which they were taught to expect efrom democratic ascendency did not befall them, and easily induced not to vote. More or less, also, they have begun to divide their votes between tlie parties. In not voting or in voting for democratic candidates, they arc probably influenced by no worse inducements than are used in northern states to sway the action of voters whose intelligence and honesty are not sufficient to guide their political action. Such words, from such a source, cannot fail to have effect with the people of the north, who have already rebuked the sec tional animosity which a few party bosses have sought to attribute to the republican party as a w hole. Mr. Blaine went to pieces on this rock, and if its present policy is pursued, the republican party will receive its ultimate defeat in clinging to it. Between Two Fires. The position of the republican party in New York is very much like that of the ass which died of starvation while hesitating between two stacks of hay, fearing to leave one long enough to save itself by going to the other. The leaders of the g. o. p. find themselves in tlie most embarrassing situa tion in which they have ever drifted, and being confronted with complications of a distressing character, are making the most strenuous endeavors to pull through safely and find themselves landed right side up. During the. session of the recent ?bpubli can convention in New York, another body of men were holding daily meetings at Syra cuse, and what the former hoped to do for the republican party, the latter was pro ceeding quietly to frustrate by thorough organization of their own forces. This was the anti-saloon republican convention, formed entirely from the republican party, with the object of forcing that party to make a square issue against the saloons. At its head was ex-Chief Justice Noah Davis, of the supreme court, an able leader and the commander of a large following among republicans and prohibitionists. i This element lias steadily increased in i strength until it finds itself iu a position to I demand recognition from the party which | it is inclined to support, or to seriously in [ jure it, In the event of a refusal to comply ; w ith its terms. Yet on the other hand over i 10(1,000 republican voters in the state will, ! ■ at a moment's notice, join the ucmocrats if ' i the republicans yield to the anti-saloon elo- 1 I ment of the party. These voters are mostly German, and those who can always I be counted on to be ou the opposite side ; from the prohibitionists. Thus the repub j liean party is faced with '.he certainty of a I tremendous loss, whatever it does. > There is uo doubt that the political probi- | bitionists are largely taken from the repub- 1 j Lean party. In New York, particularly, the I : republicans have been holding this vote to I I a greater extent than in other state*, by ' ! leading it to believe that that party w;>« iu i clines! to assist the prohibitionists iu < iirry- | ing out their purposes. But the prohtbb j tionlsts have determined that they will be | no longer deceived, and w ill now - force a ! concession to their terms or will bolt out- j right. Th re arc 50,000 straight prohibl- I tiouists iu New York, and there are 50,000 i S anti-saloon republicans who are ready to : join them if the republican bosses don’t j i put their party squarely against the saloons, j I As such a course would cost the latter party j ■ probably more than it would pay, it will [ hardly be adopted. The truth of the matter is that the com- I ing year w ill be a very fatal one to the re publican party. It cannot possibly carry ' New York, and without that state all is lost. V> e are ready to bid it an affectionate and an eternal farewell. Kissatio nail Others. About a year ago the newspapers were tilled with the sensational details of anex poxure involving the honor and the liberty of otic. William Kissane, a millionaire re siding in California. Some thirty years ago Kissane committed Cue eriine of forgery, lie was indicted, but the trial was delayed, and the papers «etv pigeon-holed. Kissane disappeared, l it finally turned up as a prosperous man, and the honored head of a happy family. \n old enemy who had kept an eye on Kis snne all the time now appeared and caused I - arrest, with the intention of having the >l.l indictment pressed. It was charged tl'..it the culprit was not only a forger, but’ tliat lie was also a thief and a murderer. The press took the matter up. Dr. Tal mage preached a sermon on the case. Ev erywhere there appeared to be a feeling tliat there was something wrong in digging up this man’s past, when for thirty years lie had been a good citizen, without a flaw in his conduct. Old Californians recalled the notorious case of Harry Meiggs. When he became involved in some disgraceful finan cial tangles, Meiggs ran away from San Francisco. He went to South America, where lie built railways, took a contract to put down a rebellion, and in various ways succeeded in accumulating an immense fortune. When his countrymen heard of his good fortune they relented, and all criminal proceedings against him were dis continued. The upshot xyas that Meiggs was permitted to return to his native land, where he was warmly received. The Meiggs affair doubtless influenced public opinion in the Kissane matter, and after a long period of suspense it is now an nounced that the indictments against the unfortunate man have been quashed, and he is no longer in danger of being mo lested. We do not feel disposed to object to this disposition of the matter. Kissane lias suffered, and if there is any truth in the crimes charged against him he will suffer for a long time to come. It is better to leave him to his conscience than it would be to depend upon the uncertain testimony of witnesses concerning the events of a gen eration ago. In the end justice will claim its own. Bernhardt and Bonaparte. The announcement of the approaching marriage of the son of Sarah Bernhardt to a princess, who is the great-granddaughter of Lucien Bonaparte, the prince of Canino, is an astonishing piece of news. Maurice Bernhardt is, of course, the son of a famous actress, but this is the begin ning and the end of his pedigree. He is a frivolous, dissipated youngster, with his mother’s earlier vices, but w ithout a spark of her talent. It may be that this young man’s princess is not a beauty or a genius, but her lineage makes her worthy of a royal lover, and it is a mystery tliat she should throw herself away upon a worthless fellow who came from the gutter, and is likely to return. The great-grandfather of this princess w as the best and brightest of the first Napoleon’s brothers. During the stirring times of the. directory he was a member of the French assembly. Later he was president of the Council of Five Hundred. He saved Napo leon’s life on the day when the council was dissolved by the entrance Os his brother at the head of a detachment of soldiers, and in various other ways lie proved himself a man of judgment and courage. Napoleon offered him a kingdom, but he refused to accept it. He became a senator and a prince, and after Waterloo advised his imperial brother to proclaim himself dictator and make one more effort to save the empire. During the last years of his life he resided in Italy, where his house was the resort of the most distinguished literary and scientific men of Europe. For the descendant of such a man to ally herself with Sarah Bernhardt’s son is what the French cdll a mesalliance. Bernhardt’s bride deserves to be pitied in advance. The social world will soon forget that she has the blood of the Bonapartes in her veins. — - A Republican Maneuver. The republicans have begun Hie campaign of ’BB by the organization of a national league, the purpose of which is to organize republican clubs all over the union, which shall be permanent institutions, having as their object the support of the republican party by complete and practical organiza tion. At an alleged national convention just held iu New' York, the Republican League was established. This convention was com posed ostensibly of republican clubs from all of the states, but an examination into the list of delegateswill show tliat a num ber of the southern states were not repre sented at all. As the republicans propose to make their next campaign on the sup pression of the negro vftte in the south, is it not a little queer that this assemblage of stalw arts did not have among them a single representative from several of the states which they pjopose to ndei iu? Ju Iboking over the extensive list of vice presid-nts ! and executive committeemen si'lceted, we I find that every stat: in the union was repre ! sented except a few of the south, In wliieh I the negro vote Is very large. Georgia, Mouth ■ ' Carolina, Florida and other southern stall j played no part in the proc cdlngs, an I It ' is recorded that one Alabama d.u I.■. • trie,« d in and undertook to n | r< his statu, 1 when upon be rm suminntily suppi I. , Now, why this auppn sdon ol tin uegro I l vote of the south by the gnat apt.,lb •> of ] “a free vote and a fair count?” If, a i the I republicans > la>m, the negro x<-lr 1* so an* i lons to assert itself with the rnpuliltcnn I party. It certainly »• nn that, this vol' i should have bc< n r< pri «<-ntcil. In cither 1 wa) that Hm matter Is < onslib ie<|, an an l stver is f'i’ind to the blatant of i the icpublli ims alwiui the negro vote. |f I tho bosses who are iu charge of this newly ( ! constructed machine purposely kept thS : colored man from taking part in the pro? I ceedings, then the hypocrisy of their whole i course is apparent. If, as is decidedly more i probable, they invited the colored repubj licans of the south to join them, and found > on assembling that the chairs allotted thenl : were unoccupied, then it is clear that tha i colored vote is tired of the lash of the whijS of republican bosses, and will have no more of it. Out of the large representation of repub licans present, from all parts of the union, but one colored man, Lynch of Mississippi’ made himself know’ll in the proceedings of the convention. Such an instance of oppression, or sup pression, or want of expression, or failure of impression, or depression, of the negro vote is not on record. Let the republican bosses explain therm selves. $550 IWfOR YOU. Our Christmas Box has proved so populas that xve will fill up a box for January, which we will call our “New Year’s Box.” ’ We put into it 8550 iu gold, which goes to our subscribers on February Ist. Our plan is simple. AVe furnish our sub scribers : 1 irst—The best and biggest and cheapest! family paper in America. Second—The only 12-page weekly—with best special writers— G 24 pages a year. M hen we do this our contract ends. But, appreciating the kindness of our readers, we choose to give them at the end of tiiis month $550 in gold as follows: One Present of 83r>0 !n Gola One I resent of 1<)0 in Oo]< | One Present of 50 in G(>ld Ten Present* of SIO Bach ICO Gold Ten Presents of Each 50 in Gohl Total Presents $550 Aou do not pay*a cent for this. Yon simply pay fur your paper, just as usual. AVe put your name in our “New Year’s Box,” and on February Ist the first name taken out —the box being shaken and the agent blindfolded —gets >-50 in gold, the next SIOO, and so on through the list. how note this well. Send in your own sub* scription and we will put your name in the box. Therefore, every other name you send in wc will put in your name again. If you send ten subscribers your name goes in ten times, and you have just this many more chances. A\ e want every man, woman or child who reads this to go to work at once for The Con stitution. Don’t delay a day in sending in names. The more you get in now the more you will get in later. Commence at once» You ought to have 100 names in by February Ist. Remember this. Some name will be taken at Laphazard from the box on February Ist, and that name gets $250 in gold. It may be yours. In any event you risk not a cent* Yon get the best and cheapest paper printed* and if you get the $250 or the $l(j0, or any of the other presents it is that much made. Now begin at once. Send in your nama and that of your friend, and then begin a regus lar canvas. The box will be thoroughly rolled and shaken, and the first name may bo taken from the bottom. ohances are better in this hex than in the “Christmas Box.” There were four month’s names in that box. There wiß be only one month’s names in the “New Year’s Box.” b;s paho[ mo'RK. AVe want 10,000 agents. AVe pay the best cash commissions of an, paper. This Constitution is the easiest pa> per to canvass for. Two good points. But sec the prizes we offer: To the agent sending- In the big gest list between now and Feb ruary Ist 8 50 in Gold The next best list 25 in Gold To the ten next best agents 810 each 100 in Guld To the twenty next best agents (So each 100 in Gold Total agents' prizes for Janna-ry, Si2* » Here are thirty-two agents who will gets prize of B's in gold up to 850. The big agents have exhausted their territory for the big Christmas prizes. It is the small agents wh< will take the January prizes. Here’s what you get: First—Your cash com. mission. .Second —Your name goes in oiu “New Year’s Box” once for every name you •send. Third —A little effort will get you on» of our agent’s prizes of SSO or less. Send immediately and get cur Handbook ami outfit. A\’e send you samples, posters, blanks, stationery, free. We want 25,(100 now subscribe.;, in January. Come in and help us and help yourself. EDITORIAL POSTSCRIPT. Mns. John A. Loo vn, the widow of the lati General Logan, is writing to the newspapers from Washington, and is furnishing some verj interesting letters. St. I’ai.'i. is one place where even the poos bail cold weather with delight. This is be< cause tho ico palaeo carnival crowds the citj with visitors, ami overybod; makes incney. The temveiiam e ruori.r.of California ob ject to Senator Stanford’s university, because they do no not want it built with money <le< rived from the stile of wine. The senator will perhaps be compelled to keep his millions in bis pocket. The total number of immigrants arriving in Canada from January 1 to November 34 was 138,162, compared w ith 309,492 for the same period last year. The total number ol passengers to tho Vnited States from Canada for eleven months of 1887 reaches 65,621, al compared with 48,587 for the same period lasi year. All of w hich goes to show that Canada is losing at both ends. The lir i legal hanging that lias occurred in lowa in twenty-two years, took place in that slate last week. During all this period man, men liavo been banged for all sorts of crimes, probably no less than 2<’o all told ;but they wcr* executed by mobs without so much as th* form of a legal trial, but tho sentiment of tha alate has 1. en so si rung ngainst capital punish ment that it Ims lien impo litic to hang tha pimlly nuinlii rof persons duly convicted of miuiler in tl.e first <li"..'.rce. A reaction in sen* 1 tim< nt bus taken ph. " ami lowa lias found ! licit it ib ; not pay i<> lx: too tiuider-hoared. When Gb-ls Should Look Out. i I ,o <i llu l I.lit' ilo C ,lira r. 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