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, 1881-10-26

..tlo niles 0f tic rDnto III 1tlinnls wllen tho
wlio!a rate for tho 500 miles from Oninh'l
to New fnrk II only 10 tcnts.
Tho whnlo route If ilcsu ruads governed
by his schedule of ratrs Is within tic Slate
or Illinois. Tic "fnnE' anll the "stlnrt"
hauIs ar bnt1 wltl,in th's State. As VIZ
ltnyo statrd. li0 Mliles wilt r1yer 50 to ~ per
ccnt Of nil tho huuls IN this 3tatc, md tho
nyerage will t1e loss than l'U miles. These
Commissioners lgslnru tho fnct tint there arn
no such s!,rcfal niul extraordinary terminal
charEcs Incurred IN startling aut Of Chiea1o
with Il long trnin, md dropping n rar or iw0
every twenty miles, NJ to c0utGa Tito coin!Hs.
HES to cxaet fnr transportation Of cDrtt In
Illinois ,learly twn ntnl 1, I,ntf times sls tlcll
per ion per ,lilu for sevellty-l1yc n,tlcs NJ
tho Commissioners allow for cssrrylng IN
miles. Ill tllcsu ron.cs llnye their whole run
Within thu State, al!ll tli0 Er,Wt llass Of shfp-
1nc,,ts fluid their destination III between flfty
MID l5H miles. Why Should tic Commission
rrs liayo ndttGd largely to tic ratcs within
tlics0 distances a,nt nslGnsattottsly reduced
them III distances over which but cnttl,rrh.
lively s1l,atl proportlnllof business Is stnne.'
Practically tllcsu Commissioners have In
crcasctt Tic rAtcs Ut transportation III right
tcntlis Oi tho business tlOle Utl these Illinois
roads dtd lnrgety reduced tlient oil Tie otl,er
two-lrnllls nf the business. These increased
GxAeli0Ms anil tolls. II should he remembered,
1re additions 10 tho rates liked til 18Th
We repent What We SAIL MDndny, tint this
rotteu BnaNl of Commissioners Iluya pull.
lisllctl as thu Inv ii ills Statu fraudulent
a!Nl sca1ulalo,ts schedule Of tolls 10 he cx-
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, 1881-10-26

WI: liiil, nfter Il careful examination Of The
family lsible record. tllat tho nuw Secretary
If the Treasury, cX-(;oy. Morgan, Is not NJ
old by year and so,ne months us VIC had
supposed. Still llo is past the Dayidian
period alloticll to man. liz Ii not quite II.
Instead Of &, rs previously stniea; but tho
old Governor Iias passed Into the sixth age
of life, doserlbel BY ote Shakespeare, who
says tho '.stxth ago shifts into tho lean md
slIppcrca pantaloon, with spectacle o,, nose
,lnd pouch OIL side; his youthful hose, we'll
sAyrl, worll TO wltle: full sllraul< his
shank, md lis big, manly voice, turning
again towards childish treble, pipes antl
whistles III Ills sou'll." That's Il photograph
u tho now Secretary of tho Treasury. Pity
II Is, but tits 50.
, 1881-10-26

Nor long ago ClllofJusttee Waite. III q
letter to a frlond, put townrl tho oplulon TINT
there arc lnoto law Schools ln this couutry ttall
arc tluaessary. Thoro is no doubt OF tho truth
OF this assertion. l!olng moro law schools than
Are necessary. thern Is consequently u surpns
Of !awyoru. Every Malo child who ,uanfcsts
disposition to nrg1!e and wFangle with Pill With
whom hu comes IN contact, aud expauda with
ycars into The powerful aetatcr OF n College lit.
erary aocloty, Ia beloved by his misguided
parents 10 POSSESS qualifications Whtrh pcoul.
iarly at him for tho legal profession. Thu
natural result Ut This policy has hccn 10 Hood
tho country with q h0rllo Of baAtant young Inea
who soouro Il psecarloua anl net altogether
crcditnblo suhslsteucC from tho petty litlHatton
lnto which tho molnUpra OF certain clussos are
continually being drawn. II the iawycrs 1t this
country wcro reduced In numbers one haif aud
III Rplf"tmPortance uile-tcuths llfe on tho
Western continent would 10 fully as agreeable
Us It Ia at prosont.
, 1881-10-26

AID. OuItLE!lToS responded too promptly
perhaps 10 tho general accusation TINT an at-
tempt was boiug Ha4o to got an appropriation
blu through tho Council by improper meaus.
Thoso who know AID. Cullerton do not llood to
bo Informed what hts rcoofd IL on all such quos-
tons. Ills character IL before tho public. It
It. lie couldn't II 10 would bo llalf 50 eloquent
"a Ats y1tss havo boon. Whon Aid. Cullustoia
makca personal matter Of such yaguu u!lu-
CATION us thas Of Aid. Everett, peoplo hesla to.
talk knl INQUIRE KnQxipg what All. Gp44lss,, !,
, 1881-10-26
LAKESIDE MUSINGS,

rcn,,,,1 ;uet hut, tovl,o1l lt-3fuu,,s
~. .'e,., ~.
nla nv" Eo"''uee.t e'''t '"''c'' ID "fe9Y
uslncel1ny 'le1''~-1o"a s"e''"t't'
WAntetl-SevcrAl competent fence repalt-
eiS' AppS"s "hco 20 'oah ohcr'n""' oo'o'
* cnblu dispatch says the FcnInns hayo
been very nctlrc VI late. Somebody lnllst hasa
seHt tho Fen!nns II barrel oil Hour.lnash.
Snyrn njt1Inn t1nf1.r3 wnrt1, oF Nav yo,,-
f,nntru, stnrk wns tInr,,, IN lin ,,m,tct I.,t
,vcrk. Mr., ynnhrr1I1t Il eyltt,ntlv ccttr,
rnn,l,, tn tntc lila family IN rim ,,nttt. t.comcrt.
>. ,,... .,,.,,,, ~.
.soMs nus usei' tsee!se't tsi'st ..'e @l,euc IT.
,,et -, an' t.o.ss 1o' -. !",s." nas avg
t, ro In sr1,, or trr shni,I,, In l,rr,,n ot cncc
,r,,.. r,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,o,,,,, .,,., :, .,.,,.r..
. 49, a.. .aa ,""'S -, " "~.'au7 ~
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INV f1o'1.s"" ,r,. va ,s'ruas' ~
''"s''s'' ."o 1'o' 80 80 - ', s'"'sa"'
eApte'' o"s ;" "Ho "e7' "n" s''A VI" :" asa''S'
,ltu0ur. md sbcohy. the lrjsh ,mtrIuts, Ia truy
a,nrmtru. Tl,rv nrn nlo,u In ,j'lrIs. uuut,lo l.,
s,,rnls tho Iunui,nun. nu,t bnve oujv sa5auD II
thnIr rn,uu,nuti.
!, t,,,,u.,, ,,,,, ,tu,,t.,,, t,,.,o,,,,,,,t ,,,
e'e"r' '"..F. a'a .s.t.,s.. ',,'. ~ ~
. ue's o"""" '..', "o.'' ,,I.',' w s.t.'
.l'n Chicago n,u1s put itfs linKcr by tho slac II
his ilnse and winkca. ntld thon llo enti: "Sot
much. slhry Ann. ] saw widow hntn' o7c',
n'>It 1t cost mo $i0,00. Sh1 sued INT for bscaee
Ut pru1nise. nllu proved II IN mt. NJ. Sir, stnd
tho widows hpuc III h1cl. Ss|t1az.
i ktpstnn ,n,urr snyY that "tlicre Is I,Oy 4
l.rrs,,,nuu ut Vain college whu ,,aAsc,l Tho CT.
otJntf,u,x twn,,v y,ors ,pf, 1n,} tI{f, mn rnrr
, 1881-10-26

Tho keepers of I4u.llow Street jail declare
tlat Iloss Tweod's ghost hannts tho corridors.
Queen isabella l,as Just bought tho chateau
Of suylEny-sns-OFge. u so.cnllcd historic msa.
s1,,tl bocauso It Is suil to hayo boon tho aboie"
AEnes sorul.
Tu7lftU Iufr describes tlle present Lot"
Mayar Of Loulol, nj" s"agooA.tonpcrosc creature,
who perfere she sec!aslo'. of Dslston lllso 10 n@
dnnEoss Ut Ireland"
Alr. Charles Darwin, tllo great Englsh
naturalist, hua Inherited n largo f0rtuno ffom
hla lato brother, Erasmus 4. Darln!u' "
nn'ounts to near!y Mlllton dollars.
Miss lIarrlctt IiosIuer Is Suid to llayo tasen
her first lcssot In drawing from tho ~. ~"
Nathnulol q. reabuiy, tho brother Of z,i11., IT,
beth Peabody.
Miss Katie thinner, Of Portland, Ore. ~
sued Mr. unu Mrs. ]. L. Champlnln fos s'eSs ~
damages for slanler, atIeginx thAt throuRa ~
taik 1f tho wilo her engagement to W m1s'''@
WAS brokch VI.
Sir Gilbert Edward Campbell, Bart, wa
brouaht up ut tho Mary'obono rolioo toast w
tho 9th tnst,, and sent to tho House OF ue's9>
tlont for bclnR Insaie and not undcrpropef wv.
troll, and threatening 10 con}1nlt su1clde " NV
Langhatn itotnl. lilo wrote to tho Atl!Iaco ~
snTancu Company, which had Issued polto! ~ ~
Ills lite, that unless loan WIS u,alo a!m " "
wuulil destroy hlnsplf aud Ills letter was hanoe.
to- tho anthnr!ties., 1Io declared th4t ne nsfs
Witeallt tneaas Ai!d resolved tu uao. 'a's nv"
ut ltones having Independent lncltls'
hlol,nInlned Tewilk, Klledlyo Of EgSpln
Gully III. hut ho looks o!l!er, aud IL rather pottu
for Ills nKc. Ito has regular feAturoa, aAu 10 s ~.
from Unlocking. 11!a l,ensIug IL 1Ignlae4 w.
lp IL shy. especially with strangers. He 'a.ss
ltxont arl well educated, aud koen opeel's,. o,.
tjp Is sju,plu In all his {nst1s, hateN Alt pa5au1
, 1881-10-26

THE simple anil beautiful policy which
certain nllyocntcs Of tho third Term lave
marked Oil for President Arthur will not
commend Itself 10 tito Judgment Of practical
politicians. As ontlinetl by t;el. tirnslt, tho
poltcy consists entirely in prescribing tue
acknowledged majority of tho Republican
party. Mr. l'laIne anil his friends. for cx-
ample, are to lc invited to walk the plank nt
their earliest convenience. THIS would be
revenge, from one po!nt Of view, but 1t would
not be politics. Alr. lllaslle went fnt0 the
National Republican Col,yeltion with :,s'
ynles, tllying solid delegations trntn Maine,
Town, California. New Hampshire. lth0de
lalasul, Nevada, Nebraska, delaware,
Oregon. Michigan tsavo ona yote), n
,najority If New Jersey, indiana, kansas,
West Vlrgsnia, nearly 4 third Of thu New
York delegation, atul II half Of Pennsylvania.
Ito had far nloru Republican Stats votes tlan
t;eiL t;ranl. lie has twice been the leading
candidate Of Republican States III tile MI
tIunaI Convention. lIns been Speaker nsut
Senator, anil Is to,l:ty one Ut tic most con.
spicuo,ls Republicans in public life. Tllo
attempt 10 prescribe such 4 1llll might tom
porari1y 10 revenge, but IL would not be goo.l
politics. Eyen as revenge II might prove to
ba slort.slgl,ted and Intellectual. l.lt tho
]ntatuutetl advocates Of tho tliir.l term arc
advising President Arthur not only to ostEa-
else Mr. D!alne athl Ills followers, Int Mr.,
Shcr...an md his followers, Mr. Ettnunls
uIll his followers, Mr.. Window and his fol-
lowers, Mr. Washhurne and those wAo
supported hin, III tho SnlEonnl Couyen-
tion--in short. q two.t'Ifrds majority
, 1881-10-26


IlIe victory Of tho American :-year-0ll colt
Foxhalt In the CatabrdgcshEre Btakea at Now
market yesterday Ia, from q sportBman's poiut
Of View, q more lnerltorlous performance even
than tho winning of tho EPSON Derby BY Iro-
Qu0is, atso Ill American representative. 10th
thosn horses nro Of tho sAtuo Ixc, ana tholr suc-
cesscs OH tho British turf this soasou hayo bce,l
simply phcnomennl, and demonstrate beyond a
auht thAt III tue matter OF breedlnR raoe- horses
this country lcnls tho world. When Parole wont
tu England, threo yoara ngo, and captured a
lRrK0 number OF important turf events fsou.
ilplls comprising tho beat horzeA that E,lropo
could produce. 1t was argued thus his case wus
I'LL Oxccpt0nal ono-that h1 was m animal sn-
rerfor 10 nny thAt this country hal aver pro-
.!uced 'Fbts year, i.uweyer. Mussrs. i.orlltarI
anl keene have, with IroQuols mud Foxhall,
showu tho lirItshers that thuso two Amer
lean colts can conquer with ca1a anything OF
their agG that .larG oppose them, aud that Fox
hull can als0 w0 races III which hprscs Of ull gcR
aro 1cru,ttos! 10 stnrt. Early In tho SEASON Fox
hnll wont 10 France md won tho Grand I'rIx DO
Paris, tho gruat FTeuch rce for year ol.ls, with
case, mud four daya previously the ncws had bccn
flashed All over tho world thAt Irotl1ota had wQA
tho Epson Derby. This would have beou glory
enough for ono year. but lroquois followed his
ncrby 8uccoss By Whining tho PrlNep OF Wnles
Stakes at Ascot. tho Newmarket nosby, and
Qnnlly tho great Ut. Lcgcr stakes, thus placing
to Ills credit thu Two lcatlug :tyaar-n!a ovents
OF tho season, and having beon defeated a
length only for tho Two Thousand GuInoas by
l'cEegrine, q colt who was boiiud him two weeks
lAtcr iu tho porpy,
Although tho Victories OF Foxha!l aro not ~
groat In nunlber as those Ut tsolaols. bis per-
formauces hayo boon ot character that stamp
blu. I'D fully tho o'lual, II INT tho superior, Ut
blr. Losllur.,'s colt. Aftor winning tho urand
rrIx do rurls ho did not start for sosue weeks,
al,d Select Htakos werc soou addict to hla list Of
victories. Next oaua tho leaasexi.ch, aaadl.
, 1881-10-26

IN tho sul,!ret If the tntllr n,ld has ~, 1,reec-
trnt In tho history nf tho tlen.ocrain platforms
%11S a ,o y Sao W. csS 1ccnr@;i ir n@s1 tor;
fttr rGvcntie nuly" was nrvcr bcfurn made III Il
National 1'rsnncratle Convention, and II l,,tr.
le8stliu IN etft,s1nn sense.
Mr.. Fuorltccs is rit[icnl0tlsly wrottR lit sny-
tnE that The declaration for turin for rtvc.
l.up only wns l,nycr before 1natc III a Na-
tionnl Democratic Convention" ltwns ,nn'lc
III tho 81. fn1,is Convention nf lsi,; far nlort,
tmphaticAlty tlnM III tho C1,,ennatl Couyct,-
tim nj 1850. VT put tho resolutions sftto lJy
stdc, tn slInw l,ow INADEQUATE Mr.. Eaurliccs'
examination uf "att tic Democratic rlut-
forms" Nittst l,slra t1cetl:
We,!cnhnl,un tho pres. 4 ,Mrllr for revenue
ent tarltr lErlel upon only.
neasly 4,0M articles aan
masterpiece ~ lnjus:.
i'ss; }a!ss p!sfease. !ssssta'''lk L L y.sla: eS:
= ,twin'ltit,g, INT year,
" rising reyrl1lIr, II
has Impoverished nlnny
!ns,tf'ss ! fsw' ats. to s''b'a;e W,.
house tnSatun shall Ir
"nlu {0r ftrt'lnc.
LII Isl, the party nominated Horace t:rco
icy, nj, ay0wct rrotcctionlst, for the l'resl-
lency. tn.l "roicgntctl tho tariH question
10 the Congressional districts. During tho
War lts platforms were silent on tllo sub.
ject OF declared In fAvnr uf M tariff For
tcyesIhe" wltll inel,lenlal protection. but hc-
fore the War It's History r. MI nnbrokcll
record IF opposition to tNr!lT ,slunopoly III
every form. llas sfr. Voorhees, forgotten
that .Ion, q. Calhoun Invented tho tioclrIne
of notification for llIa express plsrposa Of
avoiding I'LL oppressive tariff: lie will be
scarcely abln To find f1emocrat1n !asfarm
outside Of Pennsylvania for tho i:ts. l!tty
years in which tile subject ii mentioned Mt
all that docs not sleclar, III iayor OF ~
tariff for revenue only" Ills own Slate llas
been very emphatic OF, thu subject, md l.u
las bGen personRliy n, advanced Free
Trader. II Is characteristics II Yu1rhccs to
announce In ono breath Ills conversion and
his ll1lren&ttng tlevntIon to thu tarltf. 1t lie
has not changed his yicwa, Or his party
either. what is the occasion FOR MI this spcah.
lng, mil writing, and Maslrg I'll tile breast.
and these lI.',nlrnlt exprcsSfnsss nf pcnltenre
, 1881-10-26

ruE er1eAGo THlnt'SE hts established branch
oIccs for tho receipt nf subscriptions aud adVcstlsu.
Ments ms follows: ....... -..
NEW Ytlitk-ituam = Tribune building. f,r. MI
fAnnES, Manager. XXX.
t;I.AStiOW. scotland-Alan's American News
Aruncr. II NentGlI-st. ..-....
LtS!NlS. EHR.-Alurfican Exchange. tD Stfana.
uENNY +. .tiEEI.!u, Agent.
WASHINGTON. u. t.--tIlH Eirnat.
, 1881-10-26

WHAT Is l'cltoycsl to 1M trustworthy tufo,.
mnt!on from I'LL Tho wlne' producing tlc,,ar,.
ment+ ot Frnteu rttccs tho I,rosliset fur n.
present yrnr considerably hfuhur TINT ,7,, ,ss
yilA Df year nEo. tnst y,'tlr ~ III 81. her1I
Tres wrrc returned bItt IL Is uxpcctc. thu H..
tltlh yrnr lha sintnge will rrati r!!,txJ,tyl M
thnt It tl.Hy Eu us high lis ;aio.QUV. Ut.nli ,hs
pruyinccs. ilirnt,lt yields nos. tho estnto t'
i1x fur 4.lk'tku licGtoiItrcs. Tho Au.1o ,1,,n..
next with :','ssw. uni Charcntu iufGrIcurc .o,,
lows with l,Xt..,DEB,
, 1881-10-26

THE Chinese Court appears In Il u,eas1.,
IN Mve Abandoned tts old nt.tiu,, thai tho sedan
c1,alr wils II aul1Icicnty rapid Is,osto nr irn,tl
t'curs nj ltussins tne,slon ntd tho ticcusslty fv
transporting troops and storcs 10 vurtuns pnr,,
er tho ifnptrlal .,n,unIn hnyp brought about
chat,ge III Its policy.
, 1881-10-26
THE CONTINGENT MONEY GRAB,

Illo REPORT 1lade To lilo Senate W INC c0hl-
m'ttee atl'o''1'''' l" cSafl,l'o tlo tlSh,ifSc~
,n'nls ht t'le contingent cSic''sa ncre't''t nt
ltlo treasury nepaft'le''t sl'""s tl'at Tint de-
narti'leht Tits Hee'' ti'fcstclt Win n most
'aS'lflot!s crow'l or swlii'llefs, heatlctl ny
ohe l1tliey' ''"Ra'ly apho''i1t't ehs1o'l'Ril ol
Inc fo1ttt'geht moneys ny cN-seefctnfy ollef-
tisia aill summary fenlhsc'l ny SecfctarS
HtlH'o'll 'or tle very so"u reasoll t"ht t''ere
WIS ilh III" l'r s''cfl al' n'tlcc III tiae 'ofcrh-
,''ei't' al1a consequently tllo aforesaid P!tneS
l'att no business 10 EIalntlf pabllc moneys.
Sc!ertElc!rss' tito lnteflopcr litncy dill
AaiN'fo pl'ot'c MONEYS a''a !o hanale's tle'l
III most fe''lafkan!o manner. not even kccl'~
'n@ n''s po"Hs ~ snoW "'at Ktl'd or lo"
h'leh pfopef1S WINS III MS liossesslnil. l't''oy
la" Eeni''s 'or h'aS'hg lAo p1lhllo money
n.y. ~ HUI oh's scorhea acco1hts nnt
sp'tff'ea precautions ilo "as u fa'orit with
ttrslcsnle"' 1oF ho pplu WllRte'er was asKea
a''a was sa't'1emc!y 1n'lllcrelt wllotIler tllc
purchases were aeI''ercs!, apecni'ar!ts upon
.ae l'h't u pu3eF "h'eli "oull t'el1sht t'lo
hsa't oi a's Sel'er n'''l MAKE nm yeafh1 re"
.f'l' 'hs cosloln' ilhey's genius WIS stlcclal-
y nlaaileStetl III 1Ae alfect,ofl Of carpots
p1uacle ''o1seseeper opJcctS 10 iaSihs lof
carpet 'aofe tf's'1 oice' amt 9hef 'tsualiy
s.o"'s III ''e I'rlce' 1.'tnoy WIS only happy
"lletl nc eou'a I'ay tW'co lot ti'oh'' a''a "hell
oae VI lals l""c'lHla sellcis' NOSES ny 1''llle,
wis ''o.l"eu !" "'"he Eo.' &l'o osetehatRe.
l'''t 'H''"1 1lio ae'1so VI ilohor ol MS great
pIo'o'5pe' 'e lcenlnea na ac0n'sa'eflt amount
OIL III interior att1cie' i''lhoy>s eehlas ran
III a't SUITS VI o"u "'te"t'ons' n1'a one OK us
MANIFESTATIONS HnpEItttl III tHG {fnl1SltHtn-
, 1881-10-26

TnE Ntzctfc says TINT there Is "t1ot cooa
Htreet Or rnntl wlthr tho corporate limits NJ
Cincinnati" md nlsu nnts,,illces that tlo rat,
bling hsntses Rre Ill rt,nn!nR "wIIlp upc.i." A..
corsltng II this II Chieagour would rcel ut bon.
III Cincinnati.
, 1881-10-26

tnn's reputation flrr purity llns cen, thcy fro,.,
II II Krent pity lie ehtalli think II ncccssn,v,'
defend himself. Va ,lntst lfku to l,,yp ALL ~
lurtuM ory ont, tiarc,' when any buy IL ta,,,n-
Il question Ut NtltlIt!oH. division, md altcneo ~
tic Euttilrfl. -
, 1881-10-26
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
i'1S1'xACt1:.

IHittsd at ihf Pasf.f,irt nj thic,1a H.. a. Stcoai-
l1uts M4tteE.
For tho hHnent nr our patrons vim desire TT rent
sMslc rnIs,s " TilE 'fnHt'SE thrtab tlle btlt No
k,yeheruHlth t!l0 Transient tltu nf jusia9.:
. 49,. tnrtlpn ntnt UaHb<sth+ PR Cnrp.
Elaht, icH tweltH. md fnrtttsn n9" rHpcr rents,
Eislrtr. eighteen. ara twI'1tty p7vA lpcr..t cunts
Pwthy.t"n mid twFHty- -fGr liIH patFr..+..@ cents.
, 1881-10-26

AN Iowa lawyer If SONG years. practtcci,
,,ow serving rs lUCotnutlyo brennan on tic cal.
cngo. burlington, & Quincy itailroal und
physician Of twelve years practice Is acttuy d,
freight conductor on tho sumo road.
, 1881-10-26

A,toSt. tic s,nbonts recently built for thA
Chinese navy III English s,ipyar9ls, three Of
tl,osu knnw,l ts Tho " "alfnhcticnl Loa!s" bayt
arrived sRscly ut slnri4ha IN cilrgo uf Ens||,b
n'1icar.. They nru Tho fosu, The Nuplm. aud lhe
7 ~.
, 1881-10-26

THE extraordinary conversion Of Senntor
Voorhees,, Of ln.liana, to tho higlrtarlT faitl,
Is commonly understood to be MI early bid
for Presidential nomination. Whether 1t
luS thIs Mltcror motive or not 1t Is sufficient
~ llldtcrnus. It Is the formal abandonment
by Democratic leader oil behalf Or Ills
party of cherished aud fundamental article
0f purity belief. Mr.. Voorhees, als0un'iouhccs
his Willingness to throw over tho Democratic
tloctrine Of opposition to subsidies and H.
terlal improvements, which has, indeed,
long been barren fdcality; nlnf If lle Inns
my other louso articles of baggage abnmt
lin II, tic shape Of pulitlcal principles lie Is
willing tU sacrifice them. IT. Is clear tint
A[r. Voorhees, intci!ds to take tho Domo-
cratic lMriy Into nttton III 1851 stripped
nf all suprrllu0us garments. JiO Is. SO
To speak, throwing over pontonls tn tlle
Republican side OF the river 81 tint nil WHO
feel inclined may come oyer without wettlng
the koles uf tllnlr dainty feet. White lIepul-
!icans ,nay apprecIate the accommodating
spirit Of Mr.. VaorheeH nlu thalr associates,
they lnay bo Inclined to ask what 1n.lIlcu.
nents he has tn otirr tn them to Join the
Democratic party. Ills effort appears 10 be
to hellevo everything that the Republican
party believes, hit llot IL avow his opinions
fully until after tho election, I'lla Dcsi0.
cratic purity has bcerl II consistent. though
humble asltt INSCRIPTIONS, 'camlrt0llower of
tld Republican pArty for twenty-five years.
1t iolIowed II reluctantly iHto tic War a1ll
out Of IL; denounced a1nt then Justified
thu Emancipation Proclamation; Acclalctl
ths Wnr fallum anA toos credit
, 1881-10-26

I'11E TMnuSE Ii not MI advocate 1t ca.
crclyo tcotutaltsm. but 1t believes In temper.
ntlCe. mt Il makes IN exception i'll The ca.e u
County Commissioners.
, 1881-10-26

tnil tu lacute tl,e responsibility where It l,l,-
lo11gs, nor faiI to punish tho fraud aul rob-
bery properly anil promptly.
=
COST OF BUILDING TELEGRAPH LINES.
'ftlu managers Of the Union Ntuiua 'rele-
graph c0mpany-tho latest rival of tic Vest
crn l1nfon-nre disposed to lny great stress
upon tliD exposure 0f tho nlnCIl1lNlluns
whereby Tic Western Union people 1,n-
cartol tim secret construction Goiltrnet
whiclt the former corporation lnasic. Thu
fact seems tn be tlIat snule pHrs6n nr PERSONS
Interested III tle Western untotl1tnnuselnent
bribcl M empoy6 Of tic Mutun1 Union
Company to procure !. copy OF tho c0isslrlc-
ton contrnct. This may bH admitted to laye
been Il tllsrepntabso piece oC business, and
in that light, 1t simply shows to what extreme
measures corporations will rcsorl-llay,ng no
souls to sayu alut l,o lonorl0 gliartl-ln ortler
to gain an ,ltlyantngc. hut the terms OF this
construction contraet arc III ITO wise changed
by tho lnsttod which WIS employed to OBJ
tain copy thereof nlut to make 1t public.
The Mutual Ution pcople charge TINT tho
Western Union managers collspIrcl to pro-
eure this contract anil mnko It's terms known
in order 10 inture the business or tic now
company, impair lis credit, aud influence tho
Subscribers to tie stock to refusu payment on
their subscriptions All this lnny bc true,
but tho fnct remains Tint, II Tho contract
wcre fnir, its publication would not damage
tho new company nor Ilaye tlto effect on tic
subscribers which tho exposure WIS lntcntt-
cA to Iltye.
The nlnilner III which tho construction COLI
trnct has been llado public lnuy bu dis
missed rs Of 10 spocial CONCERN to thu public.
The terms of that contract constitute thu III
tercst OF tho whole aifatr. 1t uppcnrs that a
construction company, Under tho tlrlu ll,nlo
1T John &. MOORE IL Co. ian inside ring),
undertook to build 13000 miles OF telegraph
lines, ana wero Ia be paid therefor tie el,or-
,ious sum Of Sill ,000, ,00o-SA, ,50o. .000 i'll per
cent bonds aud SU, zoo, coo in stork. This p1y
Is Mt tl!t rate Of nearly 81 ,l0D mile, Which Is
nbout tho same, 1t Is said, rs tno capitaltza-
tton of Western Union after frequent proc
esses Of watering, nlul III least thrice rs
much Ms tho work Of construction ought 10
cost. II sucl hu tho fact. then 1t is manifest,
without further Investigation, TINT tho now
conlpa11y las practced gross deception upon
tho public, has obtAlnel subscriptions under
false prctenses, anlt procectlctl from tlle start
to defraud the subscribers TO tho stock. 1t
was represented tint tho how company lad
been orgaMizcll Tor tho purpose Uf a1l-
taguntzing u dangerous monopoly; lint
Its facilities would 10 provided ut tho
very lowest cost; tint 1t would thus bo
able to to tc'cgraphing Mt rites far below
ti,osu required tu pay dtyltlunds OIL the
syntnrni stock pt thn Western TTltnn: nnh