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About The Farmers journal. (Homer, Ga.) 1888-1889 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1889)
Jxo. Bakton, - - - Editor. Niue prisoners escaped from tlia Glynn county jail 12th, inst., and are still at large. It, is thought tire limied. States vrill have Ilia finest navy in the world. So much fr America, Vien. Alger of Michigan, says he has received no appointment, and does not expect a place in Harris son’s cabinet. There may yet be some chance for Mahons. Harrison says his cab inet shall be represented by a “Confederate general,” Is Ma hone the man? Jackson, Miss., has again went wet, after two years of prohibition. The whiskey men carried the coun ty by 3,GSO. it was thought at this wri ing the dry ticket is deeply snowed under. It was an Ohio man who set/ire to his store, cut his throat and laid himself down among kegs of pow derin the burning building, yetis in a fair way to recover, although the bilding was shattered. The joint committee of the Pres byterian churches, North and South, at their recent meeting in New York, reached no definite con clusion upon the subject of union It is said another meeting will be held in Atlanta in April. Sens. Edmunds and Sherman are fighting against BUine. They are urging the president to keep him out of his cabinet, They think if Blaine is given a place, he will stock the cards on Harrison and run the administration to suit him self. It turns out that some of the slan ders of the campaign concerning the private life of the president were circulated by the Woman’s Industrial League, with money fur nished by the Republican National Committee. Nobody is surprised at the part which Quay and Dud ley’s committee took in this dis graceful business, and it looks as if when women once go into politics, it is not long before they are but lit tle batter than the men,—[Ex. Secretary Fairchild recently sent to the senate the report of his spe cial treasury agnt delegated to in vesgitate the sugar frauds in the Customs and Appraisers’ offices of New ''fork and Chiladelphia. The loss to the National revenue, by Close frauds, amounted, between ,<one 1.1883, and June 1, 18S5, to C-1,045,309. A list of officials rep ie>< iked for summary removal; and officicals, it may be re marked, are some ot the very re p J dican rascals whose removal ine democrats deman led nearly four years ago. Washington, Feb. B.—ln talk ing with Congressman Dingley of Maine, about the policy of the new dm in ist ration yesterday, Mr. Blaine expressed himself in favor cf the annexation of Cuba, He has two reasons for this, the first, be cause Cuba is the hot bed ot the yellow fever, and he believed if it was the property of tbe United Mutes we would discover some means of stamping out the curse, and thereby benefit tho gulf and south Aflantic states. His second reason is because it will settle the sugar question. Mr. Blaine furth er said he would advise tho pur chase of Cuba when the new ad ministration gets info power. Washington, Feb. 12.—There will be no tariiflegislation thisses sion. Mr. Mills is my authoaity. He says thasfariff bill will be re ported back to the house, but he dees not expect any agreement between the two houses this ses sion. He says th© democratic ma jority in the house being small and there being such a division and dis cord in the ranks, he can not hope for an agreement. “However,” he said, “I am a party man through and through, and will agree to whatever the par ty decidss upon. We shall prob ably call a caucus very soon and submit the whole matter to it for decision, lam opposed to taking out the internal revenue features of tli© bill and passing them sep arately and exclusively; as 6ome have advocated. My position is first to reduce the cost of the nec essaries of life, and then attend, to tobacco and fruit brandies. If we repeal the tobacco tax first, then we throw aside the wheel-horse which is to assist us in reducing the cost of the necessaries of life. I fear we shall do nothing this ses sion.” Indianapolis, Feb. 10.—United States marshals to-day arrested Fremant and Ward Hildebrand and B. Emerick and John Deal of Carroll county, upon indictments charging them with the crime of having fooled their old grandfath er out of hia vote last election day. George Beyers, the grandfather, is 85 years old, and has voted for six ty-one years in Carroll county without ever missing a presiden tial election. Ho is an uncom promising democrat, but his four grand sons are republicans. Last election da}'- they voted early, promising to take their old grand father to the polls in the wagon af ter dinner. In the afternoon they did take the old man into the wag on, but instead of driving him to (he polls they started off in the di rection opposite. He protested, but they told him it was all right and that they were only giving him a little nde before he voted. After awhile the old man began to pro test again, and even tried to climb out of the wagon, but they held him in and promised that he should not lose his vote. Finally fhey did drive around to the poll ing place, but it was feo late, and Grandfather Beyers had lost his vote for president for the first time since he was 21 years old. The old fellow's anger lasted well and when the grand jury met he went before it and entered com plaint against hia grandsons for having kept a vote away from the polls. Blaine is growing uneasy with fear '.bat he may yet get left /or a place in Harrison's Cabiiut, What a wender it would be. Wakhioglun Letter. [From the Journal's Oerrespendent.J Soeretary Bayard is a patient man, bat he can’t stand He allowed biraxclf to ba misrepresented and criticised by the newspapers about this Samoan affair a long time, bnt he has turned on the sensation mongers by taking the public into liisj confi dence and showing just how small a foundation thc.o really was upon which to build a great war sonijation. He shows that Germany hai violat ed no treaty with the United states; that no American property hs* been destroyed nor the rights of any Ameri can citizen iuterferred with; that Ger many has given tho United states ab solutely no cause for war, and that by express agreements with Germany and England this country is prevented from attempting to maintain a protce torate over the Islands. In faot, Mr. Bayard’s statements make it very plaiu/bat be has upheld tho honor of the country in this matter, and now be lias turned it over to congress to decide whether wo shall inaugurate a new policy in relation to this insig nificant little group of islands in the Suuth Paeilic Ocean. Tho absurd ru mor that Mr. Bayard and Secretary Whitney has fallen oat over this ques tion, bad no foandation whatever. The administration is harmonious. The senate have decided that to re port Mr. Springer’s “Otanibue bill’’ witb ameadmeuis shutting out New Mexico, and providing for immediate admission of North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington. It is not believed that the democrats of the house will ever agree to any measure that dees not admit New Mexico, so that there is no probability ot any leg Elation on this .vabjest at this session. W. W. Dudley wants Harrison to appoiat him Commissioner of patents, but it has been suggested that it might be well for him to wait and hear tbs be verdict concerning certain charges against him before ho applies far an office. The democratic senators held a cau cus this week to determine whether it ii possible to get the republicans to agree to take some actioa upon the large number—over 400, of nominations mow pending before the senate. Nothing is expected to come of it, as the republicans seem determined to “hang up” these nominations until Harrison comes in. The senate tariff bill has been referr ed to the treasury department for a re port as to what effect it would have on tb© rsvenue of the government. Mr. McMillan of tb© House Ways and Means Committee, thinks that the tariff portion cf the bill would result in an increase of the revenues instead of a reduction. If Harrisoc'a administration is to be controlled by republicans of the Billy Chandler type, there ate rrcubions times ahead tor the Sonth. Chandler is one of those republican taints who is always suffering with that very disease, “nigger” on the brain. He •san not talk fire minutes on the floor oi the serate or elsewhere without drugging in tho negro. Ho has rath er overdone himself by an interview this week, ia which ha takes occasion to virtually advise the negro to aria himself and fight. Such men as Chan dler bavo been responsible for every drop of blood that has been shed in die South since, the war, and the r-..ub10 has only just begun if th y are to be allowed to rule the nest ad ministration. Fortunately Harrison ntinself i a conservative man at*d not likely to tako advice from seek faua.-i es au Billy Chandler. Gunnels, Power & Cos., > —JIARMONX - GROVE, DEALERS IN ? Plantation Supplies. 3o.\a,cWj (Vcoib, Q.W& QjWiW©, We Keep in stock aiull"supply of good and fresh goods. 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