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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, SJL TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
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Robinson Crusoe, Iranhoe,
Pilgrim???s Progress, heat of the Mohicans,
Arabian Nights, Ollrer Twist,
Children of the Abbey, Scottish Chiefs,
Swiss Family Robinson.
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tbera
THE HEW Chileans EXPOSITION. I because it 1* claimed by some that the brief-
The people of Georgia and the couth iniy I er report did not do full justice to all con
es well make up their minds to attend the earned. The resignations of Dr. 1 Boggs and
World???s industrial and cotton centennial ex- I Professor Hemphill do not take effect until
position tobeopened in New Orleans next I July 1,18S5, and the three professorships
Tnesday. While this exhibition will not be will not be filled until Hie meeting of the
as typical nor ss Important in some respects I board about the Aral day of February. The
???s the Atlanta expositon, It will be large and | action of the board had been fully dtecount-
For 70 Cents, Post-Paid,
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ure. Got op a club ol 5 or 10 among your
more complete. Its purpose Is more elabo
rate than was that of the Atlanta show, and
its display will oover a much larger Held. In
deed, the New Orleaos exposition will be a
larger affair than the centennial and It will
not be so clumsily managed as was that vast
experiment
Ho far as its aims and resources are con
cerned, the New Orleans cotton centennial la
inferior to no undertaking o( the kind ever
attempted. Ite chief fralnna are both na
tional and international. The federal gov
ernment has appropriated $1,300,000 toward
lie expenses, the state of Louisiana has ap
propriated $100,000, and the city of New Or
leans $500,000. Moreover, nearly every state
in the nnion, with the ooriotts exception of
Georgia, has made some appropriation fn the
direction of sustaining an exhibit of Its re
ed in the resolution Itself, and there was.
therefore, no additional surprise, excitement
or indignation.
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HENRY WATTBRSON'S ON RAND ALL.
Since the election Is over, and the feather-
???ourcee, and whit legislative penuriousness I headed Mr. Watterson has lost the power, so
has failed to do for Georgia will I *?? tor Immediate mischief, we have
be in some eori made up by tbecontribatlons I not studied the columns of his paper with
of individuals and corporate interests that I the critical care that formerly moved us. We
are animated by a reasonable degree of state I tom, however, from the New York Tribune,
pride. New England proposes to make a I which appears to reproduce the suggestion
noteworthy exhibit, and her productions | some unction, that Mr. Watterson has
will be eren more largely displayed than
they were in Atlanta. In short, all sections
t>f our common country are to meet at New
Orleans In generous competition, and the re
sult will he an astonishing one in many res
pects.
said
Georgia's heart warms
an cntbusUatln writer: -???Let u
jUMtahand she will sooocait ao.Jdo republican
It will hardly do to any that this is the
moat ridiculous paragraph Mr. Watterson
Tho main oshibltlon building Is tho largest hM <* er written, for he hoslon< ago com
alrnctureof the kind ever built, and tho dls- the superlative of absurdity and
play of the material resources and mtnufoot- I ra,n P f '^ many nilios this side of it. But har
ming products of the United States, Mexico, to *?????? standard of comparisons, we cm find
enlral and Houlh A merlon, will bo the largest I n0 other that will do tho subject justice,
ever made. The exhibit of thellnited Slates I "'?? ,haI1 <?? n <en??? ourselves thsrefore with
reproducing tbo following editorial from the
New York World
The Son gives Samncl J. Itanilall credit lor
York Mr. Cleveland tronld have been beaten!
Tho Run sari: "I t la not too much to say that if
Hamuel J. Ramtall hud not como Into the htataifc
nenon and worked and Hpcken with ftUltb pd
l/o; the ejection of the democratic candidate,]
even Jlurchrrd himself could have saved iiim.
put esteemed contemporary has always been iui I
admirer, of Mr. llaudsll. We oro pleased to sec
government Kielf will be noteworthy. As
one of fiie minor side-shows of this great ex
hibition, the Great Kaztcm Is to be Anchored
near the grounds where she will beutili/.edas
a hotel for the accommodation of Yisltori, so
that those who attend may hate the opportu-
nlty of seeing the largest vessel in the world
nttacbed as a sort of pendant to the largest
exposition ever held in this country. ,,,, _
The show will be a big thing for New Or- m3 1 JP
lire, uctun a null ol & or iv atnanir your l ?? ?? I ???J'd aid lu tho electlou of tho democratic candl-
welfbbors and eaoh one of you order ?? dfaor. * ans ??? bu Jv th * k cU F cannot monopolize the for who* defeat the Sun labored to vigors
tut book and Jond to each utbor. 1 benefits. pic whole south will havoa share in Mr. HandaJJV presence In Now Tork was vert
Uifte, and for that reason we should be glad beneficial. It did more, thuu anythin* else to
IDE COLD WINTER DAYS ARE COMM
And these lxxtki will bo perpetual cheer fin
J our house. We want to put them in the
omes of 10,000 persons beforo Christmas.
If you can only bur oneba>k we recommend
Robinson Crusoe. It you bay two, add Pil*
J ???im's Progress. If three, add Children of the
bber. Jr four, add Scottish Chiefs. If five,
add Swiss Family Robiuaon, or Last of th??
Mohicans.
Orders! jrsr-s a* our edition la limited and
tha dciuauu ???Vila w great* Aildree*
THE CONSTITUTION.
Note tbla???If you aro in Atlanta or hare a
friend here who con tako tho books at our of-
Ice, we will take
UO OK NTH KACH
r,Topic appropriately represented SSJSWJM
exposition by largo crowds. Tho ol iy/ if"!*rdlzed democratlotaccen.
o|irnlngol the exposition will mark a new
era in the industrial history of the nut!, and
southwest, and it. importance cannot be too
strenuously Insisted on.
OUR WATERDURY WATCH.
The Watcrbury watch we .ffer to our readers la
a miracle ol cheapness and cvcollcucc,
Tho lowest prieo at which tile watch can bo
bought anywhere, la $1.00. For CJ u> we will send
the watch, post-paid, and Tun \Yuki.y Coxemu-
tiox one year. Tor (3.05 wo will send tha watch
In a ..tin-lined com-, bright, strong nickel-
??? ??? id pretty chain and Tun Waiter ono year.
<h year???, experience only .Ironglhen. our
conviction aa to the value ol Ui. Watcrlmry watch.
uc-oniy phalanx. After starting a thirl-
??? agitation at Washington they sank
into ta-liiiifirancc. Tliey made no tlgnro In
Itho campslgit snd did nothing nli.lover
towards electing Mr. Cleveland. Tno voices of
Morrison, Hurd, Wnttonou, Carltilo and tho rest
were unheard In tho fighting states ol New York,
states where the contest lay, and Mr. Randall did
good aertloe In applying the antidote.
Here ia direct testimony from very high
sources. The .Sun says llatiy, that except for
Mr, liondall???swork and speeohej Mr, Cleve
land could not possibly have carried Now
SiiibMbTtowS I Y " k - Tit. World a.ys that l t Mr. ltand.ll
tho rtaoh of every one, It Is atihstantlally ami | had not counteracted fit New York, New Jcr-
ted in the approaching conference will ap
prox Imate closely to fifteen millions. ???
The Methodist bodies of the United States,
which will not be represented la the centen
nial conference, but all of whom, with two
exceptions, are ofi'-sboots, immediately or re
motely, from the tree planted on our soil a
hundred years ago, are the following: Meth
odist l???rotestant church, which has 135,051
members; United Brethren, 159,517 mem
bers; Evangelical Association, 110,75$!
American Wesleyan church, 31,590; Congre
gational Methodists, 30,000; Free Methodist
church, 13,710; Union American Metho-
diat church, 3,500, These swell the grand
total of American Methodists, according to
the latest statistics, to over four millions,
and, on the basis previously mentioned,
would moke the Methodist population of the
country not much less than sixteen millions
and a half.
The conference will be a deliberative, not
a legislative body. It is made up of picked
men from all the churches participating, and
the greatest care baa been taken In the selec
tion of essayists. Questions of gorernmen
are not to be considered, but doctrines are to
have a place in the discussions, which is an
other proof that the Methodist families are
agreed upon the fundamentals of their faith,
though they differ widely In regard to moth
od* and farms.
Eennv your rubicnption promptly, to at not to
miu a ropy.
Pi ?? UtA ItAf.lil ??a al WA IttA tuiaiawa _t,|.t. I * ??? ??? *??1 lury UHL, IV 1-1 IHUSilllHUUiy SUa I ,,u * vuuii wirn-nu 111 lisq lUlh, *Hlt
lalVcenta. Whe*orjVr*J by mail uuroTtargo ??ro??K??7 being a. reliable a time-keeper soy and Connecticut the mischief doneb;
ATLANTA OA., DECEMBER H, I Mi.'
In hfs old age General Grant fs growing
luodrsL lie hat just written a letter,^declin
ing to accept a propoied jK-nslon- This ia a
great change from the time when oven spot
ted pups were gratefully accepted by tha
gentleman front Galena.
START YOU A LIBRARY.
Notblua Isioilclishtfiil lua horns as a library
Nothing ??o rnu.h tKvpe.li. refinement unnd Intel
ligence. Good hook, have ..veil a. mtny lioy.
from vlciotu ways aa tcliooia have ever done.
Every father and overy mother should provldo
liirlr home with a library.
Wcoficraibrapand good way into which lo
begin o library. Tbcfbooks ottered In Tits Co.k-titc-
ttox library (er co cent, each ovor our counter, or
70 ceutapoalpald,aro standard and clando books.
7 Ite ten hooka coaling $0 over our eountat or 17 by
post, will Bike n library ol never ending pit
and eulertalnncnb Huy one ot then hook, and
atari you a library^ You will never reirtlltl
Nsjt.Ton Uxvxnu may yat become an Im
portant feature In tho administration ol
a. more expensive watches, and to the average maa
who ha. soy work to do, i safer watch to catry
about with him.
No man who carries a Watcrbury watch la ever
killed and robbed for It. If ft to foal II no bo re
placed at little coal II It Is broken It cvjt be to-
paltcd tor Hula or nothing. It 1. not >o easily
daniigtd so aro others. At tho Kin It Is worth all
others; In tlto homo, lu tho Quid, anywhere, tho
Waterbury h the last time-piece to tlto.
G. V. Wlbon, Loyd I*. O., lupldcs parldi, La.
writes: "Tho watch came promptly to had;
slatted Itaclt and baa been running welt eroralnee,
I ant pleased with it and think it juit ss good as
those that cost (TV
F. 8. Early, l???u.tmcatrr, Maos, N. 0., writes
"Watch canto lo baud safely and in good order, ft
Steps perfect time, runnlug exactly with a Very
lino clock ol mine. Aa a time-keeper it is Just as
good at a tie watch. It la all that! could aik. 1
Remember that for $3.85 ws will land yon the
watch and chain and Tits Wxxkiy Cosaimmox
for ons year. Thua you get the watch and chain
for U M. Here la an inducement such aa no other
paper has ever offend. Rond your order. in
pnunijtly. aa Ihtaexlraonllamry offer II only made
PROFESSOR WOODROW'S CA*B,
The full report of tha action taken last
ITealdent Cleveland. His appointment aa Thursday by the board ot dlnolort of tha
secretary of state would meet with general
approval among tboso who dealro an honest
and prudsnt administration ot national
affklrs.
Tho Cotiaiitution???. Work In tbo North.
The editorials of the Oomvrrrcviox on the situ
Uni of s few flaunel-mouihed republican editors, I'revolutionUcd; fora few months ago tho
Columbia theological seminary, dees not give
tha case a new aspect. The issue that was
made before the synods of Georgia, Alabama,
South Georgia and Florida, again came up,
and the diaciplea of orthodoxy wera again
victorious The board of director! baa been
have been copied widely by falemludod Journal-
In tha north. Such papers aa the Notion llamlj,
Hptlnitleld Republican. Philadelphia Times, Chi
cago Timm, Ft. Louis Globe Democrat, have cop-
fid them and In the main ludoiscd them.
From private Individuals In the north wo aro
oveiwhelmed with Ictlcit ol approval. One on
ear disk now, dated Ibrrs Haute, Indiana, read.:
"tl??y a black republican ray how much ha la de
lighted with your editorial! 'An Appeal to Fair-
Minded Journalists' and 'Now to Bualnass 1
teachings of Dr. Woodrow wera approved by
nlno members and opposed by four; now
ntno voted against him and only four in his
favor???all South Carolinians.
The board aakrd Hr. Woodrow to resign,
because the synods controlling the lnstitu
lion had disapproved, "nith greater or less
clearness" the leaching of evolution, andbe-
cauaa tha learned professor bad publicly an
."g,,.' HfZnVra ol that ao>, otrradlmi dTI hceonUnucdtob. . profes-
tuaha^a. A a. all . . . . I Mr. lit VOUlll itiPh "ll llfftWllW Ipna" til*
makama a democrat. II will certainly mats ms
much leas a parllasn." Another taller (rum Win-
tcralt, Iowa, toys: "Although a republtesn, 1
thank yon aa an Amerleso cltiicn (or your edito
rial headed -Aa Appeal lo Journalists. ??? It hat
lorn the (calm from my eye* and Irani tbs cyaa ol
all 1 have read It to.???
We could fill a column with simitar expressions.
The Inith la mighty and It will pravall:
sor. ha would taach "as probably trua??? the
oypolhcsis of evolution. l>r. Woodrow de
clined to natgn, because ho considers Ills
teachings, so far as they arc expositions ol
tho sacred Her! plans, accord perfectly In sv-
ery particular with tba teachings ot tha ???con
fession ol faith and catechisms," and, so tar
aa Ifcty trials to natural science, do not on
any point contradict the Scriptures as tnterp
rated In the standards of the church. In-
Tnt activity reported in milling clrclce in
Augusta promises well for the revival of I .teed of a resignation, he therefore filed a
trade in the south. The price ol goods has demand tor a lull trial to teat hia alleged
advanced to inch llgunt thatlbe mills aro [ iacompatance and unfaithfulness.
Then came,the thunderbolt. He was sum-
marially removed from Ids profeswrahip un
der a provision ot the constitution of tho
atmlnary. which author!,ea the board of di
rectors to remove from office any professor
???who shall he found unfaithful in hit trust
or incomiwtsnt lo the discharge of hit du-
ties." Inasmuch, they toy with great for
mality, "at the Rev. Dr. James Woodrow,
now justified In running to their full rapac
ity. A ready oil* has been found for the
stc^t on hand.
DON???T ATOP YOUR PAPER.
The crops In cm tain aectlona aro shaft and many
taiBvnnUl think of economising tor tha coming
yrae.
A rood weekly paper b lb*cheaps.t thine that
locate to a fanner's boms, touch a paper asTUI
Oonmvtaai el$MihsrIabmts)b tbs cheapest
raw,taper la the world. It fa a luxury, a comfort, I Ikrklne profceeor, has declined to appear
asrauaity. fm weekly Jtalt oarrtaa Ua am of before the board of directors to show causa
lb. bury woridte thatanMr???stamUy. itamucs why he should not be ramovod tromhlapro-
beta, the pccfraea ol the world, pa???ttla and bust I , hearing In person ba-
???eea Theda) itat U arrive, is a bright day in I '<w??throe of the syttoda and through hia
tha weak. frienda and advocates before the fourth ay-
ItcoaBlcBthan two coots a week. Every time nod; and inasmuch as these synods have
rim has laid wUl pay lor the alirady condemned bia views and taachingv
w" 1 ray for | on the.nbjratof evolution; and Inasmuch
It. U It the cheapest thlas yon .
furatL'rrg down espetuea tar the y??ar, don???t cut
off Tns OonattiCTton. It wtn he aaore than ever
???eceHaiy te you during the last winter aveulngn
flMBPww??
???A In bis reply to the commlttaw sppoiaieJ to
wait upon him. Dr. Woodrow dactare??? hit
unwillingness to tender his rosignation;
therefore, resolved: That be be, and hereby
Is, removed Crota hit profaraorahlp."
Wt present the leading points In the rase,
Mr, Watterson, thorn slates would eortaiiff
have been lost. When Jir. Randall by hia
statesmanship was luokioi; victory
posaiblo 1ft tiir-o fighting states, with n-bst
Indignation and despair would democrats
everywhere have heard that Mr. Watterson
and Jir. Morrison were on their way to lift
up their voices In the states without which
victory would have been impossible.
As for Georgia giving 80,090 republican
plurality, she will never come as neardolngit,
???s New York would have done, had Mr. Ran
dall sulked in hia tent in republican Pennsyl
vania, and Mr. Watterson bad takon his
pines In wavering New York,
' Order one of TOE COSSTITVTIOS Library
booh. Only 70 ceuta. See notire time here.
THE METHODIST CENTENNIAL,
Tha oentennlal conference of tha Metho
dist church began lu session nt Baltimore
yesterday. A hundred years ago tho church
bad only 15,000 mcinban; it was weak In
numbers, weaker still in wealth and In learn
ing ; but U had then the acme unquencha
ble real and enthusiasm and loaning to tho
common people that has characterised it
ever since; and tha conference uow In sea-
???ton represents t,000,000 communicants, and
more ministers, by 10,000, than the church
bad members one hundred years before.
The growth of the church has bssn one of
the marvels ot the centnry, Methodism in
17M was literally a church without a shep
herd. It had no bead, no bishop, John
Wesley bad breathed Into It some of hia own
burning zeal, but still It was without organl-
caUen. Tho aands of bis own life wan fast
running out; be bad asked the English
church to consecrate a bishop to go to Amer
ica and been refused, and he straight
way rut through the difficulties by ordain
ing Dr. Coke bishop for America. Dr, Coke
immediately came to tho country, and eoon
ordained Francis Asbnry a bi,hop???the tint
of the great line of Methodist bishops that
have since that time exercised authority in
every nook and corner of the land. It ia not
probable that Wesley and Whitfield and Coke
and Atbury foresaw the full effects of their
action. U is certain that no cue would have
been considered sane one hundred years ago,
who predicted that Methodism would grow
in one short century to one of the mightiest
influences in tha lend.
The conference now in session at Balti
more amply shows Out they bullded
heller than thay knew. The itx hundred
delegates represent a mighty following. The
table shows the bodies which will be repre
sented snd indicates also their numeric)!
strength:
Methodist Episcopal- ???_l,;je.5A!
Method!*! Eplicopal, South...... toJLUU
African Methodist Episcopal xujm
It: mill ve li-thodl-l.. 3,71-1
lulcpcndtat Methods,!. 3,000
Home ot these figures, it should bo said,
though the latest obtainable, are two or three
years old, and hence the aggregate of Metho
dists who will be represented tn the confer
ence will be considerably in excess of what
the table indicates. It should be remem
bered, too, that the footings represent the
bona fide commnnieanta of the different
churches, not the attendants at Methodist
pieces of worship. Allowing three adher
ents for each member, which iso vary rea
sonable estimate, it will that be sran that
the actual Methodist cooxfituency repreaen-
THB BANKRUPTCY BILL.
The bankrupt bill before the bouse of rep-
mentahvei Is the bill that was passed by the
senate last winter. It bad previously been
known as the Lowell bill, taking its name
from its chief framer, a Massachusetts man.
Under Its provisions a bankrupt or bis credi
tors can institute proceedings in every con-
grerslonal district instead of going to the seat
of the United Ftales district court, which was
necessary under the old law, and was In
msny cases a great bardahip. Tho commis
sioner of bankruptcy, beforo whom the pro
ccedlngs may be begun, boa nil tho powers of
a master in chancery. Hia compensation is
fixed at $3,900 a year, but may be Increased
by order of the court not to exceed $5,009.
There Is fo be n supervisor for every state,
Whoso business it Is to inspect tho commis
sioners??? offices and to instruct the clerks,
trustees, and othec persons engaged in ad
ministering the taw; his compensation is also
limited to $3,000 a year. The fees provided
are $50 for the application, ono per cent of
the full amount realized on the assota, and
one-half of one per cent on any composition
of indebtedness. As all these fees arc paid
into court to be transferred lo Uie United
States treasury, ibey offer the oillcera no In
ducement lor partiality or delay. Speedy
liquidation ia also facilitated by giving the
"ailed states circuit court final jurisdiction
of oil questions ot law. The exemptions are
confined to the necessary family wearing ap
parel and such property as is exempt from
attachment under United states and state
laws.
I lidoiiblediy tho pending bill la a great
Improvement over the old law, which was
simply an act to benefit lawyers and officials
st the expen-e of creditor!. No great were
th?? abuses under the old taw that a man able
to poy seventy-five cents on tho dollar could
compromite for tweuty-flvo or thirty-three
cenls, because It was known tho ring of re
ceivers and other court officials would not
let mare than a small percentage et the as
sets slip through their fingers. Tho public
finally got tired of the grand swindle, and
tho law was repealed, leaving so obnoxious a
taste behind that the peoplo have not yet
brought themselves up to a clear and em
phatic demand for another law.
Fair play wouldglve a man who had been
unfortunate in business another opportualty
to win a competence; and if a wholly just
and simple measure could be devised no
doubt It would receive tbo sanction of all
fair-minded men, no mettor whether thay
llvo in Massacliuieltaor Texas. But It should
be clear that the act la as simple and just and
economical as tho bniiness of tho country
adults of, beforo It la made law. It shoal 1
secure the best possible results for both cred
itor and debtor, and it should show no favor
to tbo professional or official class. The ob
ject of such a law ia not fees or delay, or
emoluments of any kind. In tho old law
the true object of a bankrupt law was whol
ly loat eight ot in the eagerneai to enlarge the
official class and to fill the pockets ot the
lawyers who handled bankruptcy rajas.
Tba law now beforo the bouse ahould be
carefully icrutlnlzed before passage. The
country outside of the eastern cities la not
vociferonaly demanding Its pa
the face of the bill it
acetus to render it easy to torn
plain debt and plain assets into tn Intricate
and long-winded judicial proceeding; for it
gives any party a right to carry a given case
to tbo circuit court of tho United .States.
Fortunately no appeal Is allowed to tho
United States supreme court. It may b* the
very beat bill that can be devised; but the
home should not pass it until all unnerasaary
Intricacies are thrown out of It, until provis
ions are inserted bringing tbe cost of proceed
ings to tbo lowest possible point, and it ia
made clear that both creditor and debtor
would fore better than they now do under
state laws. Tho paoplo ot Georgia want no
repetition of the natalities of the old taw,
and really no new law unless it ia the very
embodiment of justice and simplicity
and economy in the adjustment ot assets sad
liabilities.
A BAD LAW FOR THE NORTH.
The 1???biladeIphiA Times ia ot tho opinion
that there will be no difficulty In eecnriog
tbe repeal of tha taw under the operations
of which partisan United States marshals are
authorized to station a sufficient number of
deputies at the polls to practically bulldoze
and intimidate peaceable voters. The south
knows all about this taw. In tba heyday
and bnrlybnriy period of reconstruction,
the marshals were the matters of tbe situa
tion. Thty appointed their deputies by tear
ar.d by hundreds, and Imagined they bad
things in ??? swirg until, finally, somebody
gave them the wink and they manage J to
subside. A wink ia as good as a nod, even to
a blind hone, and the republicans who mar
shaled around through tbe south at that time,
ware anything else but blind.
Until qnile recently the northern people
hare never had a taste ot tbe operations of
tbe detectable law under which tbe deputy
marshals operate. VYken It was though! that
there was some doubt as to tha
republicans carrying Ohio at ths
October election, lot Wright, United
States marshal for the southern district of
Ohio, moved by a spirit of partisanship,
opened up a correspondence with his supe
riors, asking permission to employ deputy
marshals in Cincinnati, lie nude no con
cealment ol his purpose to employ these
deputies for partisan purposes, and, under
these circumstances, it was natural that he
should be encouraged in such s desire.
Bewss given permission to appoint six
hundred deputies In tbe comparatively small
city ot Cincinnati, and having secured tbls,
he proceeded to appoint seventeen hundred
deputies and a targe number of supervisors,
at a coat to tho government of $30,000. These
appointments were purely partisan lu their
character. The democrats had no choice or
selection in the matter. The result was a
considerable rumpus at the polls in Clncin
nail. The deputies appointed by Lot Wright
were, almost without exception, ruffians-of
the lowest grade. Some of them were ne
groes from Kentucky, and from all accounts,
the Kentucky negroes were the most xespec-
table of the entire gang.
These deputies were armed with bull-dog
pistols, and they went about from polling-
place to polling-place, Intimidating voters,
snd, in some inetanoes, shooting them down.
There was no way to restrain these marshals.
They wero operating under a law that had
been patMd for partisan purposes; and that
was Intended to prevent southern whites
from exercising their righta at the polls. At
once a great outcry was made. It was dis
covered that a law which would do well
enough In the south would not work across
tbe line. Decent republicans protested
against its operations, and now the whole
matter Is to be made the subject of a con
gressional investigation.
Meantime, tho Philadelphia Times is
moved to remark that ???a law which, what
ever its original purpose, can be thus used
ought not to bo retained upon the statute
books for any longer time than is necessary
for introducing and passing a bill for repeal
ing it.??? Undoubtedly the Times be
lieves in the patriotism of the demo
cratic mojority. The obnoxious Jaw has
been in operation for several years, but
its repeal Is never seriously discussed by our
norlhern exchanges until its operations are
felt by a northern community. Well, there
is some solace in the fact that its repeal has
nt lastbeen called for. Bui the Times should
bear in mind that republican precedent is a
very nice thing for tbo democrats, and if
they proceed upon tho theory that what is
ranee for the goose la sauce for the gander,
they will presently discover that some of the
laws enacted by the republicans for partisan
purposes can ho readily made to fit demo
cratic exigencies.
We aro not disposed to be obstinate, how
ever, and we should be glad to see ail repub
lican legislation of a purely partisan char
acter promptly repealed.
will reach and cover all sections, Tho wel
fare of every part ol the republic and of all
daises will bo the prime object ol a demo
cratic administration, and these Intentions
will bear fruit In spite of the fact that tbe
eenate now stands in the way of the most
practical reforms that the democrats desire
to undertake.
When the Philadelphia Press suggests that
six months of a democratic administration
will cause a political reaction he knows smj
we know that he Is engaged in the manufac
ture of moonshine, for it Is not likely that
the people will flout honesty and economy
in the management of their a flairs.
lint a sort of Christmas feeling comes over
us us we write. We enjoy the moonshine,
and we have a good deal of fun out of tbe
moonshiners. We ask nothing better than,
that Santa Claus shall stuff the llsg of our
union in onr stockings.
TELEGRAPH BREVITIES.
(Hu tbe municipal election m Boston yest.-rdsy
resulted in favor of tbo democrats.
Edwin Packard and Alexander Forman, were
expelled from Klnxs county. N. Y., republican
sciiersi committee last irigbt, for disloyalty to
Blaine and Logan.
In s trial In Oregon, for (he murder of an In
dian, Judge Peachy decided tbat tho state courts
bare no jurisdiction over Indian reservation*.
W. II. Vanderbilt, through bis counsel, hoi filed
. j tbe county clerk's ofllco In New York, Judg
ment recovered by him against General u. H.
Grunt lor JI5r.li;.
will be thrown out c
HE IS NOT AMBITIOUS.
Dr. Armstrong Says Be Doss not Dastre
to be Assistant Bishop of Alabama,
The Atlanta correspondent of the Augusts
Evening News has this item:
In June last (be congregation ot SI. Philip's
church secured for rector tbe learned amt elo
quent Dr. Armstrong, then of Richmond, since
bis advent here Dr. Armstrong lias proven himself
nn able, cloquentaaO devoted preacher and pas
tor and endeared himself to the entire perish.
He lies revivified the spiriinsl affairs of
his dock and mnde his church one of
the most eagerly sought on Sundays of all In
tbo city. Bt. Philip's people aro, therefore, con
siderably put out over the report that Dr. Arm
strong!* to be called to Alabama to become as-
tif'strt btahop to the venerable snd venerated
flisbopWtimer. White alt agree that Dr. Arm
strong will moko an earnest and fidth'iil proxy
for the aged prelate, yet the peoplo here aro loth
lo loiebfm.snd the great Inlluonco forgo-d that
be Is exerting In this community. As yet it Is
not known what view. Dr. Armstrong irinucif
tulciisln. upon the subject.
Friday a Coxsrtn-Tiox men showed tho
paragraph to Mr. Armstrong and asked him
If there was any truth in it. Dr. Armstrong
replied:
??????1 am exceedingly sorry that any lueh ru
mor has been started. I know no foundation
for it in any way. I do not know that the
diocese of Alabama has the most remote
thought of electing any assistant bishop, go
for as I am concerned, 1 am entirely nappy
in my present reistiras both with my people
and my bishop. 1 bsvo never been eonscioas
of the slightest aspiration toward tho opisoo-
pstc, yet 1 npnreciato very highly tho kind
expressions of tbs writer of the srticio to tho
Augusta Evening News."
MOONSHINE.
it ia generally conceded that there is noth
ing more insubstantial than moonshine. It
is a big thing, possibly, to tho spoony poets,
or lo the boys and girls who swing on the
front gates; but in other respects it isuot
much of en affair. To the lover ol nature, It
destroys the individuality of night; it takes
tlto color out of the flowers, and extracts the
quality of romance from tha mocking-bird's
song.
Comparisons are generally feeble and some
times odious, but tbero arc few reflecting men
wbo will not agree with us that tbe esteemed
organa that are still engaged in running
Brother Blaine for the presidency nre giving
lltclr readers moonshine by the yard. Now,
there fa no more unprofitable business than
this wholesale manufacture of moonshine.
There are plenty of seriously practical ques-
Ilona tbat the disappointed Blaine organs
might disenss. For instance, there lathe
queeiion of revenue reform which has no sort
of connection with the free trade folly of tho
doctrinaires. Thon there Is the question of
the material program of the country,
which present! innumerable phases,
rath of which ought to be inviting
to the journalist in love with hie business.
But theso things are not attractive to the
reeling politicians that edit the Blaine or
gans. These distinguished men are endeav
oring to find some recomjiense???eome com
pensation???in the defeat of their candidate by
the inauguration of a howling match. Ia
this remarkable chorus, it is not difficult to
delect tbe shrill treble of tbe New York Trib
une, tbe sour sapsand of the Philadelphia
Press, and tbe deep brigandish boss of tbe
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. It te a vety
queer noise, but we presume it will subside
after awhile. In the very nature of things
tbcie esteemed editors will be compelled to
step ont after a glass of beer, and then the
country will have a few moment???i repose.
Home of onr northern contemporaries hare
interpreted recent editorials printed in these
columns as in some sort a protest against
fbe bowling chorus; but such aa
interpretation does injustice to our
intentions. Our protests have been aimed
at tbe telegraphic and eptatotery lies that
wero sent out from the south immediately
after the election. So for ss the howling
chorus is concerned, wo should be lea, or
more, tbtn human If we failed to thoroughly
enjoy the spectacle. Ve know thatjthe noise
proceeds from the bowels of discomfort, so to
(peek, end the agony it represents te far from
dlspltesing. It is the first time we have bad
an opportunity of seeing the editorial polilt-
isns floundering about and gnashing their
teeth over a national defeat, and we most be
permitted to enjoy the sight tn onr own way
and somewhat leisurely.
There is no reason why the moonshine
factory should not be allowed to grind ont its
Insubstantial products without let or hin
drance. When Editor Halstead speaks of
organizing tbe republican party for a cam
paign of opposition, we know it te moon
shine be te giving ua The republican party
bat so fatnre save In tbe imaginations of tbe
smell-beer politicians. It te without purpose,
end has been held together for yean solely
by the desire for plunder. The republican
party te dead, and ite equipment te now
ready to be transferred to soma other party
that shall meet the approval of the leading
corruptionists.
When the New York Tribsue intimites
that all progress, all thrift, all Industry and
all prosperity will come to en end in this
country under a democratic administration,
its traders know that Editor Reid te admin
istering remarkably laige doses ot moon
shine. The progress and prosperity that will
attend the management of pnbHe affaire by
a democratic president will be tbe moat sub
stantial the country has yet enjoyed, for it tayoarc
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