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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-01
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-01
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1881-06-01

editor of the Tribune gets over there il
will have Whitelaw.-Lowell Courier.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

In 1880 IL Is further noticed, as the state
Board remark, that in tabulating the mortality
among hogs, to one cause alone are attributed
all deaths, whether the hog dies from lack OF
water in dry time, from lung disease brought
on by excessive wet, from naturally feeble
constitution from exposure TO excessive cold,
or from any of the other possible causes too
numerous to mention. In fact. unless It dies
At III. hand of the butcher, hog cholera alone
IS blamed.
There is also, in this connection, "A grea,
deal of dclusion ia regard to triohlnG.is and
whether 1t really has any connection with the
disease known rs hog cholera or some other
disease Of the hog Besides the danger iron!
1t Is grossly exaggerated. Dr. Rauch, the sec
retsry of the Illinois State Board Of Health
states that here in Illinois, where probably
five times as much pork per capitr is eaten IA
in any country in Europe, there have been but
II deaths from trichiposis IN the past Il years
and no case of that disease is known ever 10
have occurred from eating pork that wa
cooked.
The latest reports from abroad render il i'm
probable that England, now that some discus
sion Of the subject has taken place among her
newspapers as well as in parliament, will fol
low the example of France in prohibiting the
importation of American pork, and 1t ~ posi-
bic that Germany and Italy may be dlssuaded
from movement IN that direction. Net the
matter is Of such Importance that our t'tate
Department at Washington should make no
delay IN opening communication with the
French government on TIE subject Since it
is 80 easily demonstrate that there is no jusi.
cation of the French decree on sanitary
grounds, adherence to it, utter such dcmonst-a
ton, could only be based on the ground of
hostile tariff protection IN the interest of
French farners; and if France puts it on shs.
ground Mr.. Blaine might suggest that France
IN return need not be surprised at a counter
decree from this side against the importation
of French wines and silks. Such a hint m5ght
as least, as q contemporary suggests, induce
Mons. Crapeau to get gu. his microscope
again and take another look at American pork
before finally deciding to have none ol 1t.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
WASHINGTON.

The senate has been manly occupied during
the week in u wrangle over the organization
of The committees and election of new of.
fiaers The republicans having y members
when all the vacancies are full, and the demo.
Gratis with Davis who agreed to vote with
them on the organization, - members, Ma,
hone was lett in doubt. The republicans APP
pear to have had secret understanding with
him and therefore fought off the organization
until the vacancies are filled, knowing that
then, with Malone, they could tie the demo
Gratis, giving the vice president the casting
vote in their favor. When at last Hill, by
walking into Malone, compelled him to show
his hand and his alleged bargain with the re.
publlcans stood revealed, Of course the demo
Gratis saw they were beaten and gave up the
contest; SO that now it is agreed that the com
mlttees will be organized to suit the republi
cans who will probably also elect a new set o:
senate officers.
The sale which Malone thus made of him
self so the republicans Is of course in the high
est degree dsgraceful. Before his election he
never pretended to be anything buta democrat
Nobody ever doubted or denied If he had an
nounced his intention to act with the republi
cans he never could have been sent to the sen
ate. 1t is a clear case Of bargain and sale the
consideration being disgracetul agreement OF
Garfield to give him control OF the Virginia
appointments How the proud old common.
wealth will relish the disgrace with which
such dcker with one of her representatives
must tarnsh her escutcheon remains be seen.
The Illinois ofiiceseeking horde at Wash
sngton are in fearful wrangle over the ques.
ton whether Long Jones shall be appointed
marshal for northern Illinois or whether Hill
drup shall be continued.
In the universal scramble for office going
on perhaps no individual case excites more
general laughter than the carnestness with
which ex.,ongressman Philip G. Hayes is
pushing his claims to be appointed minister
to Austria! Fo. something supremacy gro.
tesque contemplate 7. {, Hayes as the sue
ccssor of Motley, Jay, Muhenburgh, &c, in
first class foreign mission.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
TEMPERANCE.

The prohlbltlon temperance movement IN
the Illinois legislature received, tor a second
or third time this winter, Its quietus on Friday
Of last week, in the rejection, by a strong vote,
after whole days debate, Of the Chaffee reso-
luton to submit to n vote of the people con
stitutional amendment like that recently adopt,
cd in Kansas, prohibiting the manufacture,
sale and use of intoxicating liquors of any
sort IN this state.
There Is no doubt but the legislature acted
wisely IN the matter We believe nothing in
morals or ethics is more easy of demonstra-
ton than that prohibition does not prohibit.
lttails-in all cases and necessarily -because
1t is contrary to human nature. A man who
voluntarily takes a pledge to abstain from
drinking liquor, If he Is man OF honor and
not go far slave of appetite as to have lost
his moral responsibility, will keep it; but the
same man, If arbitrarily and unreasonably, as
he thinks, told he dare not touch liquor, will be
sure to do SO. 1t would be surrender Of his
manhood apd selfrcspect if he did not. And
this is exactly the idea of more than three
sumptuary legislation. 1t Is such adrect and
arbitrary interference with every mans purely
personal liberty that il is not in his nature qui.
city to submit to,t
A grea, deal more sensible than any effort
AT prohibition, il strikes us, would be some
measure in addition to our present excellent
"Reddck" law, like that proposed in the lees-
lature by Senator Bell of Peoria. His bill
proposes to make habltual drunkenness q dis
qualification for holding any office of honor,
profit or trust under the laws and ordinances
of any municipality Of this state, aud also,
that should any person acquire such habit
while holding such office, it should be sutli.
clent cause for removal on petition of any ten
electors on oath, TO the speaker Of the house
of representatives.
such law, it Is SAID, has been In force for
several years in Mississippi, and with all its
Yazooism, has worked like a charm. Under
tina; law" says the Peoria Democrat, there
was noticeable falling of In drunkenness
while under the prohbitory laws of Maine and
other states that adopted prohibitory measures
there has been an increase of drunkenness
The Mississippi law struck right at the root Of
the evil II didn't punish the men who wer,
educated TO be drunkards by dragging them
up before a magistrate or police court and fin
ing them, but il punished the charlottesville
politicians and place seekers who made then
drunkards."
Some measure OF this sort, 20 bring dram
drinking INTO dlsrepute--to put the drunkarc
under the ban Of decent society, and TO con
sign the man that made him such To disgrac,
may go far TO mitigate the evils OF intcnper
ance and ultimately To wipe them out, but i
Will never be done by force. Mot by nigh
not by power-but by my spirit, saith th'
| Lord"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
BUssINRSS CHANGES,

Several business changes, removals and i'm
pruvements are announced this week which.
hastily summarized are about as follows:
| On La Sale street IL new tirm-BOOTH a.
kENpALL, hardware. Mr.. Booth is from Pc
ru where for some years he has held a high
position IN the Plow Factory. Mr.. Kendall ID
our friend F. A., long W. II. Hull's right hano
man. These gentlemen have purchased the
stock Of Cowles * Penney, which, with the
large additions they are making, will put them
at the head Of perfect stock in all lines o.
hardware tin ware, &c. Mr.. Booth Is perfect
| " familiar with the business already, while
Mr.. Kendall will prove an apt learner. Both
gentlemen will be sure to find favor with the
public and We congratulate the street on Oh
tanning so good nelghbors.
| Closed doors at the old and familiar "Sticfel
corner" always so busy place, WILL we are
pleased to say, be no longer an eye sore TO the
publc--the doors having this week been
thrown open upon store bright with new
paint, and filing up rapidly with new goods.
The proprietor now is j. ELsINGER, an eastern
clothicr Of means and experience, who has
taken the corner, ard put the old people of the
corner in charge-M fitieiel as manager, ano
Sam. Drttenhoeter, Chas Skinner, &c, a..
clerks, &c. The house will be run as former.
ly and on a. popular a basis. The manager
informs us thar the stock will always be OF the
and offered ut the same liberal scale of prices,
The friends ofC. II. COwLEs will he pleased
to learn he has become member of the firm
of Manly, gordan d Co., noticed elsewhere.
Mr. Cowles will add strength 10 the house,
where 1t formerly worked SO industrlousls
for many years.
EeRBG's d FLCK have added an improve
ment Having taken the room above them, "a
new staircase has been built leading from the
ground to a room that in "a few days Will be
in excellent shape. This room they will de
vote to upholsterIng goods, curtains, &c, OF
which they have added o complete line. We
conrratdl atc them on their evident prosperity
and growth.
Gf3o. b. MITCHELL has removed his restau-
rant to Dckey's old stand--a splendid room
where George on and after today will feed the
public in his lnlmitable style.
G. W. HoNE Is fitting up Mitchcll's ole
stand for q grocery, which he will open about
the 1st of April.
The Times has removed to the building OF
poste the Z. q. and is on the ground floor
Mr.. kendlg has Joined Mr.. Nattinger in open.
ing n job printing Office in connection witt
the Times. OF course we hope you get ricL.
bovs,-as rich rs only Job printers can get!
+. \. EKlGGs has extended his store 20 fees.
south, giving him additional space long much
needed.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
THE PORK SCARE.

A few weeks ago rifle Of excitement was
caused among pork dealers by the announce
ment that the government of France had is
sued decree fOrbidding the further importa-
ton into that country of American pork on
account Of its infection by trichinT The ex-
element was not allayed by the subsequent
statement that Germany WAS about to follow
with similar regulation; but it attained the
dimensions of u panic when indications began
to appear that great Britain also might soon
be expected to follow with similar fulmlna-
ton against American pork.
Now some idea Of the importance OF this
matter especially 10 the western farmer, may
be formed from the fact that III 1880 this coun-
try exported 10 foreign countries, but chiefly TO
England and her possessions and to France
and Germany, l3O0,000O00 lbs. OF hog pro
ducts valued at not less not less than $780,.
100000. The loss Of this enormous trade
would seriously affect every commercial inter
est of the country and would be almost ruin.
Gus to the West.
Now what could have led Ia this hostile de
cree on :he part OF France and the still more
injurious DEGREES il threatened 10 evoke in Eng
land, Germany and IN fact all over Europe
| Inquiry seems to show that France was main
| ly moved by certain statements that had been
! published II Liverpool, on the strength OF
British Consul General Crump at philadel
phia 20 the effect that hog cholera. the parent
Of uichinosiS, was fearfully on the increase in
the West, and that IN Illinois alone over 200,
600 hogs had died of tina: disease IN 1885,
agains, $4,000 in 1879. ON application C
Consul Crump 1t is aScertaIncd that he cot hi,
information from Illinois, and when sifted
down still further, the authorship uf the "roor
back" is traced to Mr.. WariaCk, the British
consul AT Chicago who. though not fully All
uniting l; 10 reporter %, Ia" T,n,,, virtually
did 81 by maintaining that il truth is born,
out by statements If the Illinois Stale Board q
A agriculture.
| Yet there Is not the slightest foundation fo
the assertion. The annual reports Of tn
State Board al Agriculture give the figures o
death of hogs from cholera IN Illinois In 49,,
at iJ2 eos; in 49,; at 35s sii; in 1879 at 1s2
81, and IN 1880 at 2e,,2jg. The same report
also show a rapid decrease Of the perccntss
Of the mortality Of hogs Tor that cause, In
per centage in 1871 having lcen II sgsins,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
49,
ILLINOIS LEGISLATURES.

The big debate of the session occurred in
the house on Friday of last week over the
Chatfee resolution proposing "a constitution, Ii
quor prohibitory amendment Among the
prominent speakers in favor OF 1t were Chat
fee, Morris of lIaaden, Rumley of 1rO-
quols, Youngblood, &c, and against it Perrin
OF Peoria, Collins of Cook, Mann Of Nermil-
lion, and Vaughcy Of La Sale. OF the speech
of the last named the state Register says:
Mr. Vaughcy then took the floor and made
IN interesting and instructive speech. He was
opposed to the resolution teeth and toe nail,
and was not afraid to express his opinion upon
the subject or to record his vote. He did not
believe in beng hypocrlte. His speech was
well received and ELECTED considerable ap-
plause.
The resolution was lost by vote OF 10 for
to 81 against It, TOP being necessary to carry
ut. "A members had paired and - lodged by
being absent.
Actual work in the way of maturing and
passing bills during the week has been mea
ger. The senate on the l:h passed bill to
amend the Revised Statutes so that officers
NAV hereafter arrest without warrant for a
terminal otlense committed in their presence
Also bill to amend the law IN regard to the
administration of estates also IA bill providing
that foreign Wills may be proved in America
before L. 5. consul, VICE consul or secretary OF
legation; also bill that lands shall hereafter
be assessed every year; and adopted the reso
luton to adjourn from the 18th of April to the
l4th of next February.
! Next ia earnestness to the great temperance
| debate in the house was the debatei in the same
/ body on Thursday on Iinegars bill to chang,
the whole of the present system OF taxation II
Illinois and adopt the license system of Penn
sylvania. Very able speeches were made or
both sides, but on coming TO vote the house
sat down" on the project by vote of u
against 90.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

The renominatlon Of Stanley Matthews for
the supreme court bench, by President Gar
field after his virtual rejection by the senate
on Hayes appointment, shows lack of
shrewdness ii not of deccHcy. 1t is equal to
telling the senate they Numbered and mustn't
do So again. The objection to Stanley Mat
,hews is well stated by the Cincinnati CONNER
rial, a republican paper published at his own
home. in the following terms:
The ground OF opposition TO the confirmation
of Judge Matthews Is serious We refer to his
attitude as senator on the Pacific railroad
questions. 1t Is charged that IN the senate he
smoke as n lawyer advocating the claims of
the railroad (monopolIsi) against the people
AT large and that his nomination to he a judge
of the supreme court is u point in policy OF
packing the court for the roads and against
the country.
To which the Chicago Times responds:
That is the case in nutshell. and no
amount of special pleading can explain II
away or bcliitle it. Ii was adIsgracetul thing
on the part Of Hayes TO nominate such man
10 the supreme court, and does amount To an
attempt To pack the court in the interest of the
railroad monopolis,s.
And If his nomination by Hayes was dis
graceful" it's doubly so by Garfield, after the
nomination by Hayes had been virtually "sa,
down upon" 10y the senate and nothing Ia:
occurred To explain away or soften the seriou.
charges under which Matthews rests.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
THE HAYORALTY.

Our anticipstions have not been entirely re
allzed that Alderman Phelps would be allowed
to make the run for mayor without opposition
for spinkling opposition he's appeared in TIT
candidacy OF John d. Young, who is brough
out by the saloon keepers Another candidate
had been talked about tor a few days by TIT
temperance people, on the ground that MIR
Phelps is too moderate on that question; bu
as no respectable man could be prevailed upor
to run, we will probably have a repetition o
the spectacle OF year ago when the extreme
temperance zealots voted for a saloon kcepel
against Mayor Nicholson.
| As the case now stands-leaving PERSONAL
ties out Of the question, for we hove not wore
TO utter against Mr.. Young on persona
grounds,-the issue squarely presented t
this city be elected by and IN the interests OF
the people, or by and IN the interests of the
saloon keepers? If the saloon keepers are
ready to force upon the people Of O..awasuch
a fight we hope the people will not be back
ward to accept the gauge. We say nothing to
impugn the saloon keepers of Ottawa as q
body of men on the score of responsibility
Doubtless on that score they will rank as high
as the saloon keepers of any other city. But
they should bear in mind that their calling is
regarded even by the the most lenent rs hard
y above the grade OF a necessary evil and We
respectfully submit can they dBord to chal
lenge popular contest on the question whe
Their an evil" shall be kept within suitable
bounds and restraints or whether its enlarge
ment and supreme dominance shall be the rule
In this community?
As to Mr. Phelps, so far as his personal
preferences and habits are concerned, u strict,
ly temperate, nay even total abstinence man,
he has, as a member of the city council, been
willing 10 abide by the temperance law OF the
state as in force and grant licenses at rcasona-
bic rates. If he supported higher rates than
those usually established, he has at least made
no iactious opposition when the rates were
agreed upon; nor will he when elected mayor,
attempt any such opposition when shorn of
the power he had IN that regard ~ an alder
man. For on the question Of license CT no H.
censc, or lower or higher licenses, the liquor
sellers ougtt to have sense enough to see that
the mayor can neither help or hurt them ifthe
councilm.n differ with HIM on the question.
If the saloon men were shrewd they would
have made a quiet fight to gain councllmen,
but now they have made this open and indie
cent challenge Of battle royal against the
whole body OF the people no doubt they have
aroused a feeling that will go largely towards
determining the character of the new city
council as well as mayor. Anyhow they have
made the fight, and we hope there will be no
backwardness on the part of the people to
meet il in proper spirit.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

Gods will has been done" piously ejacu
lated the Russian official in his telegraphIc
announcement 70 the world of the Cars
assassination. If God was in league with the
murderers and they were but the executors OF
His will how does the Russian government
arraignlng the higher power" that controlled
their actions? Somehow this doctrine of a
free human Will and experimenting provi.
dence who moves IN a mysterious way His
wonders TO perform" are constantly coming
into sharp collision in this way
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19
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Postmaster General James no doubt imag-
med he WAS paying graceful compliment to
his political foster father Roscoe Conklng,
when IL his speech TO hand OF serenaders at
Washington the other evening he SAID If 1t had
not been for Senator COnklings efforts New
YORK would not have cast its vote for Garfield
AID there would have been no republican
president now TO rejoice over. OF course Post
II, lster General James kHew better, and that
the man who saved Garfield was John Kelly.
Kelly, Who bolied the Robinson nomination in
1879, set himself up for governor. and gave
his whole vast political machinery Of the state
70 Governor Cornell and the republicans. Had
IL not been for the inselence, intolerance, and
bigotry of John Kelly. General Hancock
would be president Today.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

Last Saturday an agent Of the Quincy Coal
Company stopped at Colchester, on the Burl'
ington & Quincy railroad, with $4,000 with
which 10 pay the miners of the company a,
temporarily in charge Of David Howell, the
station agent, as he had often done before,
while he went TO NOTIFY the men. When, three
hours later, he returned, Howell had disap-
peared with the money, and has not SINCE been
heard from
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-03-19

A few years ago young man named Rob
insoD from Michigan, went 10 Colorado and
for few dollars bought" "A hole in the ground"
which, by dln' Of hard work, he developed IN.
ID a silver mine. Last fall, after having been
elected Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, the
young man died, leaying his mine 10 his moth.
er, Mrs Marry. orbes, Of Planesyille, Mich,
igan On tho LIST inst the mother sold said
hole IN the ground 10 Wilson Waddingham,
Of New York, for one million OF dollars