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THE INDEPENDENTS Blaine Denounced as a Corrupt and Scheming Politician. They Agree 1o Use Every Effort to Defeat Him. rrorpfilinrunr tliof'oaTfiitlon-Thi' Pl»«. form nu<l Esrriillte Committee. New York, July 22.—Tho Independents, opposed to Blaine and Logan, met in this city to-day. Among the more prominent faces noticeable were George William Curtis and Carl Schurz. The latter was the center of an interested, animated group. Clarence Bowen, of the Independent, and others of the seceding members of the Brooklyn Young Republi can Club, were present. The Secretaries made up the lists of those who were to be present, which showed Massachusetts more numerously represented than any other State except New York. The appearance of George William Cur tis on the platform evoked cheers of ap plause. Mr. Curtis called the conference tt> order near noon, and welcomed the dele gates. He read the call for the conference, and when he reached that portion which related to Republicans “who will not vote for Blaine and Logan” he was interrupted by hearty applause. Charles S. Codinan was elected President. Colonel Codinan made a neat and appro priate address, and when he concluded Mr. Schurz moved that a committee be ap pointed to act on resolutions and address. Carried. Horace E. Deming, of Brooklyn, said lie believed that this conference should leave Behind it some mark that would show it Attended to do some fighting during this ..iipaign. He moved that a committee.be appointed to report a plan of permanent organization. Carried, and the committee was appointed, with Doming as Chairman. The committee retired for consultation, and Colonel Theodore Lyman, of Brookline, Mass., made an address. He bad no objection to parties. It was dangerous to be an Independent for several reasons. There was even the risk of being called a crank, but we can only go so far with a party. When party oversteps the bounds of decency it’s oirr duty to leave it. When party fails to fulfill its mission it will die, We want an honorable and able man for President, and I believe Governor Cleveland is such a man. Speeches were made by Thomas R. Bacon, of Connecticut, and Colonel Higginson, of Massachusetts. As the Committee on Resolut ions was not ready to report a recess of an hour was taken. When the conference reassembled, the Secretary made a statement in regard to letters received by the New York Com mittee from citizens in various States from Mnine to California. Mr. Qtiimby, of New Jersey, said that to save the Republican party, Blaine must be beaten, and that for every Democrat iu New Jersey who would vote for Blaine, there were five Republicans who would vote for Cleveland. F. Claflin, of Illinois, said there was a very strong Cleveland element among the Republicans in the West. President Beelye, of Amherst, said he was not pre pared io join the Democrats, but was in favor of having a separate candidate. He also made a plea for temperance principles. The Committee on Permanent Organiza tion recommended lhat a National Commit tee should be appointed, and tho chair ap- the following: From New York— HCnrl Schurz, Thpodore Bacon, John H. Charles B. Miller, K. P. Bower, P. Folsom, Ethan Allen T>oty, tteorgn Walton Greene and Horace E. Deming. From Massachusetts —Win. H. Forbes, Joseph Tucker, Joseph H. Walter, Samuel Hoar, Phineas Pearse, George V. Leverett, nnd Winslow Warren. From Connecticut—B. E. Baldwin, O. P. Armstrong and 11. W. Farnam. 5 From New Jersey—D«ni«l Drake .Smith, Simeon Huntington and W. G. Peckham. From Ponnsylvania—F. B. Reeves, Stew art Wood and Joseph Parish. Chairman Codraan, and Claflin of Illinois, were added to the committee. Carl Schurz, in behalf of the Committee on Resolutions, said there was no intention ito make a platform for a new party, but oply to appeal for the Government. George William Curtis read an address which is as follows: INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN PLATFORM. The paramount issue of the Presidential (election of this year is moral rather than po litical. It concerns the National honor and character and honesty of the administration rather than general policies of government, upon which the platforms of the two parties do not essentially differ. No position taken by one platform is seriously traversal by the other, both evidently contemplate a general agreement of public opinion upon subjects which have been long in controversy and indi cate an unwillingness to declare upon the other, and the cardinal questions, the views of which in the present condition of opinion might seriously disturb the parties within themselves. Parties, indeed, now cohere ■mainly by habit and tradition; and since the great issues which have divided them have been largely settled, the most vital politi cal activity has been the endeavor of good citizens in both parties to adjust, them to living issues and to make them effective agencies of political progress and re form. The indispensable necessity of this course has long been apparent, for in time of profound peace at home and abroad the most threatening National peril is insidious politi ical corruption, mercenary and demoralizing spirit, and a tendency, the result of which is ■what is well described by Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, “Ths shameless doctrine that the true way by which power should he gained jn the Republic is to bribe people with offices created for their service ami the true end for which it should he used, when gained, is pro motion of selfish ambition and the gratifica tion of personal revenge.” Hut tills doctrine naturally lias produced results which are still more alarming. Corrupt spirit and tendency have so rapidly developed that they seek po litical power not only to gratify ambition and revenge, but to promote private gain. | They deride appeals to public conscience, defend the soiled reputations of public men by bold assertion that all public men are equally guilty, declare that success in obtaiiv ing eminent position disposes of every impu tation* and suspicion of wrong-doing and despising all practical measures to reform the system of official patronage which fosters dishonest politics, makes a great party nomi nally responsible for prolonged and monstrous fraud, and proclaims that it is the duty of every citizen who for great and benifleent ends has habitually supported the party, to regard the successor the party at the elections without regard to the character, nt' those whom it selects as its executive agents, to he a supreme national necessity. A tendency more fatal to public welfare can not be conceived, and when by public in difference or misunderstanding this corrupt spirit is able to demand that the country shall approve it by according to it the highest honor in its gift, every patriotic citizen must perceive that no duty could be more pressing, vital and imperative than that of baffling and defeating the demand If the Republican Convention had presented a candidate whose character and career were the pledge of resolute contest with tendencies that we have described: if they had foretold a stern dealing with political corruption and the vigorous correction of vast abuses which long and undisturbed tenure of power by* any party is sure to breed; if the success of the candidate had promised infiexible honesty of administration, purification of Government, elevation of party standard, every Republi can voter would have gladly supported the nomination. But these are precisely the anticipations which the nom ination forbids. It offers a can didate who is an unfit leader.sbown by his own words and his acknowledged gets, which are of official record, to be unworthy of respect and confidence, who has traded upon his of ficial trust for bis pecuniary gain, a represen tative ot men, methods and conduct which public conscience condemns, and which illus trate the very evils that honest men would re form. Sucn a nomination does not promise, in its executive chair, inflexible official integ rity, cool and wise judgment, a sole regard for public welfare, and an unshrinking determi nation to promote reform in the civil service, and ceaselessly to pursue and punish public robbers of every kind and degree. Independent voters have generally support ed Republican nominations, as more surely promising reform than those of the Demo cratic party. Independents, however, can not support a nomination which is the culmina tion of a tendency that they would correct. Republicans can not hope that under such leadership as we have mentioned the abuses of the past can be corrected or the party re formed. We are proud of the great record nnd services of the Republican pArty, but not with our consent or connivance shall tho record he disgraced. Every party must be eminently renewed by the intelligent inde pendence of its own members, or it will sink from an agency to seek good government into romorsless despotism. The Republican party first sprang from moral sentiment. It was the party of political morality and of personal liberty. It appealed directly to the conscience of citizen. But like all parties, it was apolitical agency, not to be worshiped, but to be carefully held to the spirit and purposes on which and for Which it was organized. “I do not know,” said Mr. Seward, thirty years ago, when be left tho Whig party to join the Republican— “l do nrtt know that it will always or even long preserve Its courage, its moderation, and its consistency. If it shall do so it will secure and save the country. 1 f it. too, shall become unfaithful, ns all preceding parties have done, it will, without sorrow or regret on my part, perish, as they are perishing, and will give place to another and truer and better one.’ 1 This reasoning must not be forgotten. It is with a profound conviction of its wisdom that Republicans faithful to their party, but holding, with great Republican fathers, dial political morality and purity of administra tion arc more precious than party, are now constrained to oppose the Republican Presi dential nomination in the interest of what they believe to be pure Republicanism of public welfare, and of the honor of the Amer ican name. The Republican nomination has for a time superseded all other issues by raising the question of official honesty. This question can not be avoided except upon the plea that the official character of the candidate need not bo considered, and that in order to secure a party President members of the party ought to vote for any candidate who has been regu larly nominated. This is a plea beyond which party madness can not go. Acquiescence in it, would require surrender of self-respect of every voter. There could be no candidate so unfit that this plea would not lose his support,, and Republican success justi fied by argument which defies the public con science, would be the overthrow of the vital principle of the party, and show that the spirit and character which created its great traditions are rapidly perishing. Upon prac tical questions ol tariff and finance, and other questions upon which botli parties are divided within themselves, vve are also divided in opinion. We shall vote, therefore, in choice of Representatives and other officers accord ing to our individual opinions of their politi cal views and their personal character. Di vided on other questions, we are united in the conviction that the foundation of office and honor should be pure, and that the highest office in the coun try should he tilled by a man of absolutely unsuspected integrity. As Ihere is no dis tinctive issue upon the public policy pre sented for the consideration of the country, the character of the condldate becomes of the highest importance to all citizens who do not hold that the party’s victory should be se cured at any cost. While the Republican nomination presents a party whom we can not support, the Democratic party presents one whose name is the synonym of political courage and honesty and administrative re form. He has discharged every official trust witli the solo regard to public welfare, and with just disregard of more partisan or personal advantage, which, wilh applause and confidence, both the parties have raised him from the chief executive administration of a great city to that of a great, State. His unreserved, intelligent and sincere support of reform in civil service has firmly established that reform in ths State and cities of New York, and his personal convictions, proved by his official acts more decisive tlurn any possible platform declarations, are guarantee that in its spirit and its letter the reform would be enforced in National administration. His high sense of duty, his absolute and unchallenged official integrity, his inflexible courage in resisting party pressure and pub lic outcry, his great experience in details of administration, and his commanding executive ability and independence, are precisely the qualities which the po * aw*? monopoly on one hand and demagogue com munism on the other, and at home and abroad, without mcnanoe or fear, to protect every right of American citizens, and to respect every right of friendly States by making poli tical morality and private honesty the basis of constitutional administration. He is a Democrat who is happily free from all associa tion with fierce party differences of the slavery conte-t, ana whose financial views are in harmony with those of the best men in both parties, and coming into public prominences at a time when official purity, courage and character are of chief importance, pre sents the qualities and promise which independent voters desire and which the great body of Republicans, be lieving those qualities to bo absolutely indis pensable in the administration of tne Govern ment at, this time do not find in the candidate of their own party. Such independent voters do not propose to ally themselves inextrica bly with any party. Such Republicans do not propose to abandon the Republican party, nor to merge themselves in any other party; but they do propose to aid in defeating the Republican nomination, which, not for rea sons of expediency only,but fop iiigh moral and patriotic considerations with due regard for the Republican name and for the Ameri can character, was unfit to be made. They desire not to evade the proper responsibility of American cit izens by declining to vote, and they desire also to make their votes as effeclive as possible for tionest and pure and wise admin istration. How can such voters, who, at this election can not conscientiously support the Republican candidate, promote objects which they desire to accomplish more surely than supporting the candididate who repre sents the qualities, spirit and purpose which they all agree in believing to be of controling importance in this election. No citizen can l-igntfully avoid tho issue or refuse to cast his vote. Tne ballot, is a trust; every voter is a trustee for good government, bound to an swer to his private conscience for his public acts. This conference, therefore, assuming that Republican and Independent voters who for any reason can not sustain the Republican nomination, desire to take a course which, under the necessary conditions and constitu tional methods of Presidential election, will most readily and surely secure the result at which they aim, respectfully recommend to all such citizens to support the Electors who will vote for Grover Cleveland, in order most effectually to enforce their conviction that nothing could more deeply stain the Ameri can name and prove more disastrous to pub lic welfare than deliberate indifference of the people of the United States to increasing pub lic corruption, and to want of official integ rity in the highest trusts of the Government Mr. Curtis during the reading was fre qre itly interrupted by applaus", and when lie had finished tHe resoliftions were adopted without a dissenting voice. Mr. Williams, of Massachusetts, in a few re marks criticised the action of Governor Long, of Massachusetts, and Theodore Roosevelt, of New York in indorsing Blaine after having denounced him in the convention, and he denounced rule of the convention which compelled delegates to stand by the choice of ttie partv^ Mr. William Everett, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution naming Cleveland and Hendricks as nominees of vhe conference. Laid on the table, and soon after the con ference adjourned on motion of Lyman, of Massachusetts. After adjournment the Conference Na tional Committee went into session, and discussed a plan for permanent organiza tion, but no definite action was taken, and the matter was referred to a sub-commit tee, consisting of Messrs. Deming and Miller, of New York, and Pearce, of Massa chusetts, to report a plan. It was also de cided to have an executive committee of ten, who shail have power to increase their number. They will be appointed in a day or two. Reports from general committees in various States were received, and it was thought that the most efficient work could be done in New York. New Jer sey. Connecticut and Massachusetts, and strong efforts will be made to carry those States where the State Committees are to lie organized, as also in Pennsylvania. The sentiment expressed shows that tbe majority of the members are in favor of conducting the campaign in an independent manner, with perhaps an occasional con ference with the Democrats to avoid pos sible collision. A Sketch of Grover Cleveland. The present Governor of the State of New York, and the Democratic nominee for Presi dent of tne tJniiea States, comes from a New England stock. His great-grandfather, Aaron Cleveland, was born in 1744, a*. ci« of the Haadams that dot the Connecticut River just above iia mouth. Ho was a man of great lit erary talents, and his inclinations led him in to the idinistry. His charges were in Ver mont and Connecticut, where he died in 1815. One of Ids sons was “Father Cleveland,” the city missionary of. Boston, who died in 1872 at the age bf one hundred years, A daughter married I>r. Samuel H. Coxe, whose son, Dr. A. C. ( oxe, is the Episcopal Bishop Of W estern Now York. The second son, Will am, was the grandfather of Grover Cleveland. A son of William, earned Richard, was the father of tho present Governor of New York. Richard Cleveland was born at Norwich, Connecticut, in 1804 and graduated at Yale College in 1824. Many of his classmates still survive. After teaching frihooi and studying theology at Prince on lie was ordained a Presbyterian min ster in 18D. His first charge was at Windham, ■•'omiecticut. In PtiP he married a daughter of Abner Ne ill, of Baltimore. Then he had charge of churches in Portsmouth, Virginia, and. Caldwell. New Yo k. alter which he wont to Fayettevi'le, near Syracuse, New York. Thence lie want to Holland Patent, near Utica, New York, where ho died in 1853. fl u wife aiei at the same p ace in 1882, aged seventy-eight, a few months before tne dis inguisbed triumph of her son Grover at the polls in November of the same year. She had nine children, the fifth of wnoin—Stephen Grover—was born at Caldwell, N. Y., March ,Bth, 1837. Ho was name I for his fa’ tier’s pie ieccssor in tho ; astoratc, hut dropped tlie “Stephen” because everybody called him “Grover.” When his father died Grover was fifteen years old. In the course of a few months he became the assistant ot his brother who had charge of a b ind asylum Then, in 1855, ho sot out for the West in company with one of his young friends who a so wished to grow up with the country. Both of the young men were attracted by the city ol Cleveland-on account ol the name. But friends in Buffalo persuaded the young men to stop in that city and Grover » leveland entered the law office of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers as a student. A liberal salary was soon allowed him because he earned it—and, In 1853, lie was admitted to the bar. He still remained with the firm which had acted as his preceptors. For three years ho held the position of Assistant Dis irict-Atiorney of Erie County (Buffalo). N. V. Ho was then nominated by the Democrats, in 1805, for District-Attorney, but lie was def'ext ed. His first law partnership wis with tfle late 1,. V. Vanderpooi. This continued till August. 1880. Since that date be has belonged to the following firms, all in the City of Buf falo: Laning. Cleveland & Foisom; Bass, Cleveland & Bissell; Cleveland & Bissell, and Cleveland, bissell & bicard. The latter firm continued to the time of his election as Gov ernor of New Vork. In 1870 Mr. Cleveland was elected Sheriff of Erie County by a large majority. Eleven ears later he was tne Dem ocratic candidate for Mayor of the City of Buffalo and was elected by a decisive majori ty. His administration was so satisfactory and his course s> fa r and unpartisan that better tilings we e expected for him. Th re foe, when the Demoe. atic St ite Convention met at Syracuse in September, 1882, all eyes were turned toward him as one of the leading candidates for Governor. He was elected by 102,854 votes over Charles J. Folger. tho Re publican nominee, and took possession of the offi e January 1. 18 Governor Clove and’s thorough legal train ing has served him well in the Executive chair. It is some years since a thorough law yer-Mr. Tilden—last held the office. His practice has been to scan all the bills sent to him and not to seek the advice of lawyers, as eortin Governors have done. He makes thor ough work of this inspection, and his vetoes carry conviction with thorn. There could be no other outcome after his application of a strictly legal analysis to the mass of miscel laneous legislation that reaches him. In spite of the amendment to the Stale Constitution forbidding special leg slation, many bills of that sort have entered his - hamber < nly to be killed. The same care and painstaking were observable when more general interests were at stake. Last year be vetoed the Five cent (E evated Railway Faro bill in Justice to the Corporations, a though h ‘ knew ii was an un popular thing to do. Then he vetoed a gen eral Street Railroad bill because the rights of the people were so 100 ei.y guarde i. Ilis veto of the Buffalo Fire Department bitl was against the intcro ts of certain party man f liers in his home city; but he vetoed it for hat very reason ami because it was not in the interest of the people at large. The same care oi the public led him to veto a Hill which -~ - - ---- in y i, i' toe present restrictions aiui allowed the trusts*-* <W —,,» in vest in wild cat securities. His veto of the i’rison Commission bill was because he thought it ought to report sooner than next. January. He has steadily put his fo-. ton all measures to exempt from taxation. His dis approval of two or three of tho New York Re form bills was because they were so ioosoly drawn. Tiie remainder of these oills had been already signed. A lew specimens of Grover Cleveland's ve toes will show how tersely and yet how fairly he disposes of the various matters that come before him: Authorizing New York City to contribute $50,000 for the Bartholdi Statue fund. 'Jr.* .in stitution al. To amend the charter of the City or Albany. “The present charter of the Ci*y of Albany provides for the designation by tire Common Council of ihree official papers, which shall publish all ordinances and other matters re quired by law to lie published. Ttie amend ment proposfl^by this bill provides that if amongthe official papersthus designated, one of Die ijuiitical parties shall not lie represent ed "them oinmon Council may designate a fourth official paper, in order that suen party may be represented. 1 should like to approve a bill providing for one official paper for the City of Albany. If two are deemed neces sary, it should, perhaps, to provided that they Shall be papers representing the views of each of the great parties: Put any bill per mitting the designation of four official papers in the City of Albany appears to mo to be en tirely unnecessary and a useless expendi ture.” £ Relative to the Cohoes watt* supply. “Af ter a very full hearing, a little more than a year ago, I approved chapter 429 of th*laws of 1883. One of the principal argument used for its passage was that, the water Unwished by the Cohoes Water Company wai impure. That laiv contemplated the furnishing of a hew supply of water, etc. Nothing has been done under that law, and it is now proposed (to repeal all of it that permits new works to fie erected and authorizes putting down new ipipes, which will enforce the continuation of file present supply. This purports to be a bill to amend the law of 1883, but there a-o two sections of it which am nl that law In terms. The rest is an independent act. and confusion is sure to arise, I think between the provisions of the two acts. I think if the scheme of the act of Lssy to be abandoned it should bo repealed and another law sub stituted, or the sections of the old act should be amended in such a way that the existing liaw would be clear." Notably' do tho vetoes of Governor Cleve land show that they have been dictated by #?ound common sense. But a brief glance at his positive acts will show that he has also been of service to the State of New York iu .signing bills. By this it should not be under stood that to veto bills B merely a negative service, for it is usually a service of the most positive kind when a Governor stops the enactment of bad laws that have been passed by the Legislature and that have come to him for approval. Among the chief measures that have been signed by Governor Cleveland are two or three that have changed the order of things that prevailed hitherto by placing the completion of the n :vv Capitol on a sound business basis and by maintain ng. the com pleted portion upon correct and economical princip.es. Various bills of great interest to the several localities in the stale have also been approved. The bill requiring telegraph and other wires to be placed underground in tne cities of New York and Brooklyn has be come a iaw, as has also a bill guarding the in terests of the people while making less com plicated the machinery for organizing street railways in cities. The official life of Governor Cleveland is very monotonous and very irksome. He is at his desk from early in the morning till late at nirht, and his hours of rest are few when the Legislature is in session. His callers are many and they are not always considerate of his time. Yet he never loses his temper. He is truly democratic and he is very readily a;>- proached. An hour is taken from his desk for lunch, and rather more than one for his dinner. Governor Cleveland resides in the Executive Mansion which has been occupied by all the Governors, from Tilden down. He keeps no horses, his preferences being to walk. In per son he is large and heavy. His face is full Without showing the extreme fullness that pvery corpulent person has. In fact tho ex pression of his lace is of an unusually pleas ant nature.— Detroit Free Frees. Blaine and Logan should at once enter into an agreement to stick by each other. It would look bad if one or the other of them should join the stampede to Cleveland. POLITICAL POINTS. the Republican party plenty of rope it will hang itself. Ben Butler « reported to be “tired out.” Well, the country is a tri fle fatigued, too. ——“ Rlaino is everything,” says tho Milwaukee Wisconsin t “that Cleveland is. not.” So glad. Blaine and Logan will both take the stump. They sec tho nc essity of somebody supporting the ticket. An early spring pea has been named after Governor Cleveland. The pea is secure from a November frost, any way. —Rochester Herald. i President Arthur speaks very dis paragingly of Republican prospects. While on this subject we may say that Mr. Arthur is likely to vote for Blaine and Logan, but it is no sure thing that, he will. —Cincinnati Enquin r. The aggressive Mr. Blaine is not kicking for an aggressive campaign. He prefers to dodge under the hedge, but he will be obliged to come out and face the music all the same. He will please accept this as a notification. The repugnance some Republican editors display toward Grover Cleve land because he was once a Sheriff sug gests that their ac piaintance with .Sher iffs lias not always been of the hail-fel low-well-met sort. Cincinnati En quirer. Kelly can make his bargain with Blaine as soon as iie pleases, lie is like the truant husband who, on being reproached by his wife for coming home so late at night, replied that ho had no other place to go. —Ehiladelphia Times. We are told that Steve Elkins and Mahone had a conference yesterday which “[closed with the assurauce by Mahone that he would support the Blaine and Logan ticket.” This being the case, the Democratic party will no doubt throw up its hands and quit right here.— Exchange. Now that Cleveland has been nominated Mr. Blaine had better imitate Davy Crockett’s coon and come down. If lie is looking for a more promising field for his eilorts let him form a partnership with Capt. Coslentenus, or one witn Miss Hurst to supply the pub lic with magnetism to order.— Buffalo Couri r. The Democratic Presidential ticket has one great advantage over the Republican in not having any tail to be wagge 1 by factious opposition. No blush of shame can legitimately find a lodgment on the cheek of any man at the mention of Cleveland’s and Hen dricks’ names. There is no tlavor of railroad lobby or stolen Indian lands about them. — Richmond ( Va. ) Slate. The Democrats have offered to the country a clean and capable man. Ho is the candidate preferred almost unanimously by those who bolted the nomination of Mr.* Blaine. He appeals directly to the common sense ot the people, and his record is assurance that he will give them if he is elected a safe and able administration. It is our hope and belief that the people appreciating these things, wili elect him by a de cisive and unmistakable majority.—At lanta Cons'.Uu ion. - iiwu.irtoKs' response to Secretary Chandler’s sensitive attempt to defend his administration ot the Na val Department is indeed a crusher; but he might have crushed the Secretary Hatter still had he descended to the lat ter’s level. It would have been a per fectly fair retort to his twaddle about “any attempt to make polit‘cal capital” to ask what he was doing in attempting to show that Democrats were responsi ble for his retention of incompetent men in the department. - Detroit Free Press. The Blaine organs in the same breath declare that Blaine is the hearty, enthusiastic choice of his party and point, in proof of .t, to his votes in the Chicago Convention. But Cleveland, they say, ik not the choice of his party ami his name is received by it in glum and sulky silenee. On the first ballot Blaine had *282 vo’es, and was nomi nated on the seventh by 522 votes. Cleveland on the tirst ballot received 31)2 votes and was nominated on the second ballot by (183 votes. Wh ch one was the choice of his parly?— Detroit Free Ficss. As to “Accident.” The Republican party has so woefully avoided nominating distinguished men, and been so pain, ully careful to select inexperienced and unrenowned mem bers, that its outcry against Cleveland as an “accident” and a “nonenity” is peculiarly absurd. To listen, to' this outcry no one would imagine that in 18n6 it passed over such tyros and un knowns as John P. Hale, Cideon Welles, C base, Giddings, Sumner, Seward, and nominated the experienced statesman, John C. Fremont, who had served three weeks in the Senate. in 1860 it again overlooked school boys like Chase, Seward, Collamer, Cameron, Wade, and nominated the well-tried and celebrated Lincoln, who had served without distinction one term in the House of Representatives. In 1868 it failed to see such green horns and abecedarians as Wade, Sum ner, Fessenden, Wilson, Colfax, ( hand ler, Cameron, Butler, but nominated Grant, who had when nominated lived 5 in Washington as General of the Army about two years. In 1876 it was apparently unaware of the existence of such \ oung pupils as Blaine, Morton, ( handler, Boutwell, Morgan, and nominated the sage and well-seasoned Ha.es, who had won a world-wide fame as Governor of Ohio and member of the Congressional Library Committee. As a matter of fact, with the excep tion of the nomination of Lincoln and Grant, for a second term, and of (tar field and Blaine for a first one, the Re publican party has always fished out some unknown or inexperienced man as its candi ate for the Presidency. Two only out of the six who have been nom inated have had any title to the nomin ation on the score of known and proved qualifications. The talk of the Blaine organs about Cleveland’s being a “ton enity”anl an “accident” is wholly absurd and ridiculous. Had their party been in u need by su h talk onlv one out o‘ their five I'yfcsideal* would ever have been elected to the Presidency.— Detroit Free Press. “Mn. Brooks, near Albanyj was hope lessly afflicted with Cancer. It through his nose into Ins mouth and throat. The time of his death was onl s\* daat°h of a very short time. He prayed for death, his suffering was so great. K b. S. uis had a wonderful effect on him. His lm provement is so great that we all feel sure of his being perfectly cured m time. VV. H. Gilbert, Albany, Ga. Kefping a record of the precise number of eggs laid by each particular hon is the lay-test freak. _ Prominent Rutter Makers. . There is no dissent from the decision of candid and capable dairymell, that the lm proved Bui ter Color of Wells, lUciia. t s & Co., Burlington, \t., is the best in the world. Such men as A. W. Cheover, of Massachusetts, E. D. Mason, Vermont, Francis A. Hoffman, Wisconsin, use it, and recommend it as superior to all others. A counter irritant —(he woman who goes shopping, yet buys nothing.— Boston Globei No lady of refinement likes to resort to superficial devices to supply a becoming semblance of hor former beauty. It is health alone that lights thd countenance and brings back fresh tints to the faded cheek. If anything on earth will do this, it is Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkharn’s Vegetable Compound, which lias already brought health to multitudes with whom all Other means had! failed. Advertise and adversity begin alike, but they end very differently. — Chicago Inter Ocean. “ Rough on Corns.” 15c. Askforit. Com plete cure,hard or soft conns,warts,bunions. Kind words are like bald heads; they never dye.— Chicago Journal. “ Mother Swan’s Worm Syrup,” for fev erishness, worms,constipation,tasteless. 25c A sound reasoner- —The inventor of tho telephone. — Philadelphia Call. Glenn’s Sulphur Soap Remedies all complexional blemishes, SO repulsive to charming features. A rousing demonstration —Getting a growing boy out of bed.— Boston Post. Skinny Men. “Wells’Health Renewer” re stores health and vigor, euros Dyspepsia,sl -- - • 1 A grave mistake—Burying a live man. —Baltimore Every Saturday. “ Buebu-paiba.” Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidney and Urinary Diseases, ill. An able see man—The astronomor. — Marathon Independent. “Rough on Coughs,” 15c., at, Druggists. Com plete cure Coughs, Hoarseness, Sore Throat. Public speakers and singers use Piso’s Cure for hoarseness and weak lungs. < IgfMSfoPtf' THE GREAT tmm reMEII s CURES . Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica mMmmvf n«B«in r»f, lOOTJUdIC, Sore Throat, SweillncM, Sprafnr., Bruises, Kurus, Senlds, Front Jsl.es, And All Other BODILY PATHS and A CITES. Sold by Druggists amt Dealers everywhere. Fifty Cent* o. bottle. Directions in 11 Ban gnu arcs. THIS ( UARLEa A. TOGELGR CO., (Successorsto a. vogeler &co. ) Baltimore,Bld..U.S. A. f* ikVik‘E* ra 14 hay-fever 2 AS. of catarrh Ilavlng r >cculiar eymp toms - 11 18 attended by ” n ,nflame<l condl tlon ol the lining mem- HTftri! brane of the nostrils, » tear-ducts and throat, Z W £ affecting the lungs. An c rji* acrid mucus is secret s’ cd > *discharge is ac companled with a ta® hurniug sensation. There are severe r spasms of sneezing. frequent attacks of 'VfC'SB headache, watery and inflamed eyes. yc, Ely’s Cream Holm J i s a remedy based upon IT \f £2“ a correct diagnosis of h-tim v Eh this disease and can l>e . . , depended upon. 50cts. at druggists; 60cts. by mail. Sample bottlo by mail 10c. Ely linos., Druggists, Owegu, N. Y. If II w ACURK ALL, but as a tonic and health rrnewer, and for Blood and Skin Diseases, and troubles de pendent on Impure or impoverished blood. Swift’s Specific is without a rival. * * My baby six moni hs old broke out with sonic kind of skin humor, and after being treated five months by •iny family physician, was given up to die. The drug gist recommended Swift’s Specific, and the result was as gratifying as it was miraculous. My child soon got well, all traces of the disease is gom*, and he is as fat a PiS.” J. J. KIRKLAND, Mindcn, Rusk County, Texas. Our Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free to applicants. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga. N. Y. Office, 159 W. 23d St., between Stb and 7th Aves.; Philadelphia Office, 1205 Ch-rnut St. ■Tumors, Tlopr*, ruTulu srd Skin Diseases, without the use of knife or Loss of Blood, and little pa n. For INFORMATION, CIRCULARS AND RKFKKKN< F.S, addrCSS F. L. PONI), Aurora, J&ane Co., HI. Tints psrxa-w TRUSS Has a Pad different from alloth ers. is cup shape, with Self-Ad r justing Rail in center, adapts it /¥=rv m wifi.) all positions of the body, warn TRUSS xy while the call in the cun presses viyr back the intestines just ps a nor on does with the finger. With light pressure the Hernia is.held securely day and night, and a radical cure certain. Jtiaeasv, durable and cheap. Sent by nuiil. Circulars free. ECCLESTON TRUSS CO., 09 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. RtS V/HtSE ALL ELSE FAILS, Kj .Gough Syrup. Tastes good. PU in time. Sold by druggists. uH inii PC| ,i Aiakesis’ 7 MS ■ 12. on infallible, cure lor I*lle». Hfi? Ls gj HIM m Price ,151 from druggists, or S 3 « K fa « A sent prepaidby mall. Samples 13 B $L_ i- free. Ad. "A Y Alt ESI Si,” *» » loss 032 Makers, Box *lll. New York Rl SIMC} BHIIS E£ 1 L» RK W ■ Goarnn, by J. C. Kldp ith. LL. IK. Its 3mo 33 1 Lthe eminent, historian. Send GO u,,, .1, ct ?' fur eomplete Agents' Outfit.. EX l ’ b ' r } alterms to Ancnte JONESBKOI. A CO., Publishers, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis. A MONTH u.nd board tor .'5 lire Young Men or Jo ad its in each county, tf* take order* 5S BLAINE AND LOS*^ Address I*. ZILGLER &, CO., Philadelphi 'isiw FREE P OPIUM HAB BE. J. C. HOFFMAN. JEFFEEiON, WXBCONE A Great Problem. .~Toke all tho Kidney and Liver Medicines , —Take all the Blood purifiers, Take aW the Rheumatic remedies, Take all the Dyspepsia and indigestion cures, Take all the Ague, Fever, and biUiotis specifics, Take all the Brain and Nerve force revivers, —Take all the Great health restorers. —ln short, take all tho best qualities of all these, and the —best .Qualities of ail iiic best, medicines in tho world, and you will find that Hop —liiders have the best curative qualities and noWrs of all —concentrated -In them, a rA that they will cure when any or all of these, singly or —combined —Fail. A thorough trial will give positive proof of this. Hardened Liver. Five years ago 1 broke down with kidney and liver complaint and rheumatism. Sinco then I have been unable to beabowt at alt. My liver became hard like woodu my limbs were puffed up and filled witlu All the best physicians agreed that noth ing could cure me. I resolved to try Hop Bitters; I have used seven bottles; the ■)airi ness has all gone from my liver, the swell ing from my limbs, and it has ivorkcd a miracle in my case; otherwise I would have been now in my grave. J. W. Morev, Buffalo, Oct. 1, 1881. Poverty and Suffering. «*I was dragged down with debt, poverty* p.nd suffering for years, caused by a sick family and large bills for doctoring. “I was completely discouraged, until one year ago, by the advice of my pastor, 1 com menced using Hop Bitters, and In (me month we were all well, and none of us have seen a sick day since, and 1 want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with llop Bitters for less than one doctor’s visit will cost I know it”—A Workingman. {3?~None genuine without a bunch of green- Hops on the whit e label. Shun all the vile, poi sonous stuff with “Hop ' or “Hops” in their 1 name. A CURE FOR GRAVEL, A Common and Painful Complain Statement You May Confide In. It seems to have been reserved for Dr. David Kenne dy, of llondout, N. Y., to accomplish, through preparation widely known as KENNEDY’S FA*- YOHIfE REMEDY, what others have failed fo» compass. The subjoined letter will be found of vital interest to sufferers from gravel and to the general 9 Albany, March 20,1884. Dr. D. Kennedy. Jlondmit , N. Y.: Dkar Sir: Let me tell you frankly that 1 have nev er been partial to proprietary medicines, as I believe the majority of them to be nothing better than meth ods of obtaining money from people whom suffering makes ready to catch at any hope of relief. They.art? mean cheats and delusions. But your FA VOKIT K REMEDY 1 know by happy experience to he a to tally different thing. 1 had been a sufferer from grnv el for years, and had resorted to many eminent phy sicians for relief, hut no permanent good came of U About three years ago your FAVORITE It EJfF/ IIY was recommended to me. I can you the rt> suit in a sentence: I tried it and it cured mo com pletely. I am confident it saved my life. \uu can us« lUU ICtter if yUU tlllUk bt ' St - Is ATM An' ACKLEY. Captain Naihan AckL-y wa« for a lonß time cm, nerted with the Canal Appraiser’s office 111 Albany lie Is well known uud writes for no purpose but to dc good to others. n medicine tor all diseases of the blood, liver, kidneys anil digestive organs, KF.SSEBVS FA - VOKITE KEM uny has fairly won its high repu tation. Write, If desirable, to Dr. David Kennedy, llondout, N. Y. IHnT IE1 KSDNEY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, | CONSTIPATION, PILES,! AND BLOOD DISEASES.! ■—— T3MI ■— II ■ ■— II ■ a——B R I PHYSICIANS ENDORSE IT HEARTILY, [ I “Kidney-Wort is the most successful remedy H I ever used.** Dr. P. C. Ballou, Monktou,Vt. ■ “Kidney-Wort is always reliable.“ Dr. R. N. Clark, «o. Hero, Vt. “Kidney-Wort has cured my wife after two years B suffering.’* Dr. C. M. Summerlin, Gun Hill, Ga. B IN THOUSANDS OF CASES it has cured where all elso had failed. It is mild, ■ but efficient, CERTAIN IN ITS ACTION, but 8 harinleso in all oases. the Illood and Strengthens and | Iflves New Life to all tho important organs of | the body. The natural action of tho Kidneys is | restored. Tho Liver is cloanaed of all disease, P and. tho Bowels move freely and healthfully. | In this way tho worst diseases aro eradicated E from tho system. 2 | PRICE, SI.OO LIQUID OR DRY, SOLD BY DRUGUIBTB. f Dry can be sent by mail. I WELLS, RICHARDSON «fc CO.Burlington Vt. [ PAPILLON COUGH CURE. TESTIMONIALS. Mfb. W. K. Ridley, No. 3048 Kills avenue, Chicago, 111., says: “We have used Paplllon Cough Cure for all kinds of coughs in our families. We have never known a case of whooping cough that the syrup failed to cure. We recommend It to every one and wish ev ery family had a bottle of it on hand.” Mrs. Mary E. 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