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EDITORIAL COMMENT.
Sullivan says De w 11 u t tight any
more.
Kilhaiii says he v%ii 1 uy Sullivan
a*ain.
Who uhi It siou inx. tnu tr to
win ihe world's championship as a
j r ze fighter?
The Grand Army of tlie Repub
lic and Ihe Young Men's Cliristain
Association are having a heated
contest for the Nashville yostoflice.
Another dam broke at Johns
town, 7th inst.,in which lives were
lost, houses and railroads washed
away. But this time it was Johns
town, N. Y.
E, 11. Williams of Boston, has
.jumped that city for forgery. He
had attached some of the capitalsts
of the city to diflerent drafts on
banks in Maine and New Hamp
shire and Vermont, to the amount
0f575,U00 or *SO.OOO.
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The majority of the state press
issued no paper last week To show
their love for their country and the
pride of its independence, the 4th
was celebrated. The. press boys
are independent; they inspect and
honor the high calling of their pro
fession, The world respects the
press and most calls for its assist
ance in all ages of inlightenment.
The county treasurer ot Marshall
county. 111., is short $21,500. He
was tried before an investigating
committee twice, and can give no
information that will lead to the
cause of the deficiency in the coun
ty's funds. A bad case for the coun
ty, She will have to bag her way
ward son, in whom she put her
monied trust and hold the bag.
The 9th inst., a row took place in
Macon between the whites and
negroes, which came near being se
rious. The trouble grew out of a re
port that the whites had carried a ne
. re to the swamp to lynch him. Then
eaire the report that about seventy-five
negroes bad caught a white man ill
jetaliatioa and had taken him to the
swamp to lynch him. Whereupon tey
etal squads of police, armed with
Winch*sters, proceeded to the swamp.
Before reaching there a crowd of about
seventy five negroes, on their return
met them. The police succeeded in ar
jesting thirty.five of them, the others
getting away. As to the hanging of
Ihe white man, they denied it and no
trace of his body could be tonnd.
The Hail road.
That the railroads of the country
are fleecing the people in their
enormous charges on freights, fares,
etc., as well as the trusts, remains
only to be seen:
The companies, say, give in their
stock at $28,000 per mile for taxa
lion, and are allowed S percent,
dividend, this would give them an
income ot $2,240 per mile, and
force them to reduce rates of trans
portation. or run the remainder of
the year free after the S per cent,
per annum dividend was declared,
hut they “out-do” this and work a
diiferent scheme by monopolizing
the legislature and congress. They
pay a state tax on $28,000 per
mile and assess the people with
$56,000. Just twice the amount,
and instead ol making them pay S
percent., which would be $2,240
per mile, they force them to pay
It! per cent, or $4,480 per mile. Is
it not an imposition on tii<* people,
and does it not alfect all alike?
Who is to blame for it. the com
niissioners, the legislature or con
g ess? The Journal is not prepar
ed to say, bul it it had power of in
vestigation, it would commence at
the bottom.
Just think ot the many miles of
railroad in the state, that are beat
ing the slate out of a tax for iiie
public good, to say nothing of the
state having to pay a tax on one
half tho properly, and then force
its pe >ple to pay it back by a bur
den some taxon public buildings,
etc.? Does it not m ike the voter
feel like he would like to see some
other men in the representative
halls of his country, and why not
be interested in who he sends? In
this, he need not go out of his par
ty bounds to find them. All he
needs do, is to “send the right man
to the right place.” There are men
in the democratic party bearing its
colors and standing by its princi
ples, who are acquainted with the
people's interests, and who will not
be sold .nor bought up by monopo
lies fora paltry sum. The Journal
says hunt them up.
The Farmers I ,Alliance.
These are some of them, at least
what the Journal believes to consti
tute the principles of the alliance;
Ist. They do not propose to in
terfere with the merchant or any
other class of commercial interests,
more than to knock out the middle
man. Let the merchant buy his
goods direct from the consumer of
the rav material—do away with
the drummer and branch houses.
All other classes of business follow
suit. In other words allow them
8 per cent, on every dollar invest
ed.
2nd. Do away with jute bagging
and use cotton, because it will
bring in a better return to the far
mer. In his using it depends his
success in breaking down future
trusts of a more serious nature It
will bring the staple of his product
to demand a higher price,
3rd. Why they exclude all but
the farming class from their organ
ization, they claim to be non-polit
ical—“Nnow Nothings. 51 They are
going to (as assistant state lecturer
J. 11, Turner said in his speech (sth,
inst., at this place) make ‘-intelli
gent voters out of democrats and
republicans and watch the nomi
nee,” Right here, it would seem,
is one of tiie grandest mistakes in
backing the organization and lo
lay a solid foundation. There is
no possible chance lor a third-par
tycontrolling this country in any
thing. St. John ot Kansas, made
! one of the strongest fights in Know
nothing and Third partyism in his
battle lor the presidency on the
Prohibition ticket in lr;: I. lie poll
ed a good vote in Kansas (and if
| we mistake not) curiicd the state;
| but he failed to “combine the
South, west and northwest, 1 ’ as Col.
Turner says tire alliance are going
! to do (and leaves the it ference) for
: the purpose of firming a party of
their own shape and make.
vVhal have politics to do with cut
ting a figure in their organization?
Were they to elect a third party it
c m nut ii terefere with private cor
p >ration?s, no more ihauitcau now
set a price on .jute bagging. Blit
il can endorse pooling by sen din?,
dangerous nun to office, and these
are the class that make up th
third party. They are ready to ride
to office on a rail, and the farmer
should watch them as lie does the
lriena that is trying to break down
his church.
These are of the class of polili
ci ins put up for sale in the legisla
ture anil congression halls They
go representing no interest with a
firm hold.
The Sn.livaii Knlraio Battle.
Tho Sullivan Kdlrain Prizo Fight
Cairio rff Monday th* Bth, at Rieb
bnrg, Miss., 92 miles tram Meridan,
Miss., and 103 miles from New Or
leans N< twiths'anding Gov. Lowry’s
precaution and protestations that tbe
•‘fight should not take place en Mis
sissippi soil,’’ the pogilisis from the
siemirigly virtuous nor:h, did ccme
south ana out-do the little governor and
his troops, hr fighting tho waged hat
tie for $lO 000 in the “piney woods’’
of Mississippi. The ring in which
they fought was 24 feet. Seventy five
rounds were fought, John L. Suilivar,
‘ the pride ot Boston,” won. He
did not knock Killrain ouR bat ho
had to be picked up and carried to his
corner bleeding out of the ears and
mouth.
In the first round Sullivan was
thrown to the ground. After this it
was turn about. But it may be said
Ivillraiu was whipped in the third
lound from a telling blow on the left
side, close to tbe heart. Duung tbe
fight he showed no signs of defeat,
but it was evident be was whipped.
The next blow was in the nmtith —
splitting one of his lips. Bnt nex> the
blow came from lvillrain dealing Sul
livan a teru'lde blow on the side of
die head and splilting his ear—draw
ing tirsL bleed, and causing the giant
<o ieel and s'agger. But he came to
time and deait liillrain a terrible blow
mi tbe side, laying him to the ground.
This was about the scene throughout
the three hour* battle.
Xiliraia’s wounds were serious; it
is said Ins side pie-ented the appear
ance of a skinner! beef.
Suliixan’s wounds were not consid
ered seiious, though his eyes were
blood-i-hot and swollen.
This is the third battle Sallivan.has
won and be wears tbe champion’s
belt; this has two stars on it, and now
another will be added.
The waythe pugilists were dressed;
Sullivan wore green pan e, white
and rpikt-d shoes, and tbe
American flag encircled bis waist—
bearing the two stars of bis former
yictories; While Ksllrain wore black
pants, blue stock ngs and spiked slices
and a belt eoitothiug similar to Sulli
van’s.
Thus the pugilists fought for each
others’gore stripped to the hik am;l
tha thousands of roughs, and cut
throats that assembled to disgrace t! e
tall and lonely pines ot the uiiesisdp
pi tar-lieei section, with their profane
and vulgar epiihesa. Hero was a time
when the hoot black that had cent hia
knees on Ilia pavement, that morning
and polished the shoes of the capitalist
and millionaire, sat en the same sear
with them and cursed; but hia money
was as good as theiru when it came to
paying slt! tor a seat. This is tbe
way Quote Snip’s checks p .n out you
know, and this baa more to do with
tbe lieedom of America than sny other
part ot the gov,*inment. If Use eai>
halast didn’t want to sit by the honor
ry boot-black, he should not have
gone into his range.
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