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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1882-10-25

is TO keep up u constant correspon-
dence with the home managers, to act
as secretaries for members of Con-
gress, and to become proficient in the
art of running the machine. They
instruct the Custom House officers,
the postmasters and their deputies,
the internal revenue collectors, in
spectors, and detectives, the land Off
GERS the United States marshals and
their, deputies and the host of agents
all over the Union as TO the "views
and policy of the Administration" so
that upon given signal the whole
force moves with precision upon any
chosen point of attack.
These Republican mercenaries are
allowed thirty days leave Of absence
every year, with full pay, and without
any authority Of law. They draw Il
years salary for eleven months at
tendance, and the so-callcd working
time is about six hours daily, while
the actual working time is less than
three hours by general average. At
election time ten days leave, with
pay, is allowed to all the officials at
Washington; they are required to go
home ut their own expense and to
vote the machine ticket. Any de-
fault, except for sufficient reason,
which is TO be made known to the
chiefs of the State associations, whose
active vigilance is always a recon-
mendation for favor, is regarded as u
good cause for removal and is so re-
ported Deducting Sundays and hol-
idays and including this permitted
absenteeism, the loss Of time in the
so-called working hours Of each of
these mercenary soldiers is about two
thirds of a year, though each receives
pay for three hundred and siXty-fve
days. They know that members Of
Congress receive $4,000 for about ten
months work and they think the OK
ample is worthy Of imitation. The
President, the Cabinet, the heads of
bureaus, and the chiefs of divisions
all desert their posts for months every
year, and demand full pay for every
hour rs if present on duty.
At the present time, the First Comp
troller of the Treasury, the final au-
thority on all disputed claims and ac-
counts, is stumplng Ohio for the ma
cline ticket. His assistant is sick,
and an outsider has beer appointed
from the Presidents fishing camp on
Canadian frontier to do the neglected
business as best he may.
This is the way the Government
machine is run. Suppose millions are
stolen; is not the Treasury full to
overlooking?
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Our Nominee for Senator.

At the Democratic Senatorial Con.
vcntion held at Alpena on Thursday
of last week, Mr. Seth L. Carpenter
Of Alpena, received the nomination
for Senator for this, the Twenty-Ninth
Senatorial District. Mr.. Carpenter
is lawyer by profession and gentle
man of marked ability. He is for
chile speaker, enjoys lucrative prac
tice, and is withal a clear headed bus
ness man who will look closely after
the interests of the district if elected
He will not only receive the solid
Democratic vote of the District, but
also the votes of Republicans who are
in favor Of putting the best man into
office.-Cheboygan Democrat.
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Tariff Items.

In 1881, the value of cotton goods
imported into this country was $685.
085,117, on which the people who
used cotton goods paid a tax of &c.
825,115. The Republican party pro-
pose to continue this tax, and those
who vote for the Republicans endorse
the tax.
The tax on earthen or stone ware
is 40 per cent. In 1881 the value of
such goods imported was $4,413,369,
and the tax paid thereon was 81 1885,
34S. To keep up this tax all that is
necessary is to keep the Republicans
in power.
The tax on glass is from 81 to 100
per cent. Glass is an article of ne
cessity, and during the year 1881, the
value of the imports was $5,S62,270,
and the tax paid was SO, 296,54l. To
continue this burdensome tax all that
is necessary is to keep the Rcpubli-
cans in power.
Iron and steel arc also in common
use, and are necessities of life. The
tax ranges from % per cent. to 76 per
cent. In 1881 the value of iron and
steel imports was s18, 463, $3.50, and the
tax paid thereon was s9,347 ,43S the
average tax being 50.62 per cent.
The Republican party propose to keep
up this tax.
The tax paid on leather in 1881, by
the people, was 1887 ,034-the aver
age tax paid being 44.65 per cent.
This is another burdensome tax that
the Republican party exults in, and
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Our Candidate for Congress.

The Detroit Evening News gives
brief sketches of n number of the
congressional candidates, and has this
sketch of the Democratic candidate
for congress in this district:
ANDREW Crosby Maxwell was born
Of Scotch parents, at Pompey Hill,
Onondago county, N. Y, July II,
1880. His elder brother, Samuel. is
a judge of the supreme court of Ne
braska. Andrew attended school in
Pompcy Hill until 1914, when he
came to White Lake, Oakland county,
Mich. He worked on his fathers
farm and other farms until 1913 or
1919, when he entered Oberlin college,
teaching school and farming during
vacations. In 1852 he entered the
law Office Of o. ID. Richardson, Ponti-
nc. Mr.. Maxwell settled in Lapeer
in 1852, and was made n lawyer in
1854. As Democrat he was elected
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The Republican press of this city
is trying to make some political CAPT
tai out of the showing that the County
Treasurer, by his last report, shows
that there is now on hand some s., 900.
This would seem to strike the average
taxpayers mind that there had been
more money raised by taxation than
was necessary to meet the expenses of
the county for the past year. This
$4,000 came from the taxes levied up
on the property of this county, and
has been paid by the taxpayers. Who
does this $4,000 overplus benefit? Not
a single citizen except the Treasurer,
who has the use of the overplus.
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How the Government is Run.

From the New York Sun.
The patronage and the power of
the Government are openly used to
keep the Republican party in office.
This is the primary object of the Ad-
ministration, and it has been the main
object Of all its predecessors since the
second election of Mr. Lincoln. The
worst methods, however, came in
Grantism in 1869, and laid the foun-
dation Of the detestable and distruc-
tive system which has been in oper-
alton since that time.
The appointments to Office, the as
sessments upon the employees, the
distribution of contracts, the favors
of the Treasury, the honorable dis
tinctions of the civil service, the pro-
motions in the army and navy, and
everything else within the control Of
the executive department are all APP
proprated for the party, and in the
interest of the dispensing power. In
other words, the Government is con.
verted into n great machine for con-
tinuing the supremacy Of the Re-
publican party as against all corners.
When ordinary methods fail to secure
majority, fraud is unhcstatingly en-
ploycd, as it was in 1876 to steal the
Presidency.
The Republican leaders knew well
that if Mr.. Tildcn entered the White
House the robberics and the rascal
tiles by which many of them had been
enriched would be exposed. They
determined on revolution if necessary,
and devised the Great Fraud, with
force behind it, and threats of civil
war in case of resistance. The Navy
Department was set on fire three times
within few weeks. 1t has been shown
before the Senate investigation COM
mitee that whole pages of the great
ledgers of the Treasury were cut out,
that enormous balances were forced,
and that there were erasures and al
terations on the books, involving mil
lions of dollars.
These acts, and others Of like
character, are so many confessions of
criminality. They bear witness to
corruption and the crimes of the party
which has debauched the whole public
service, plundered the Treasury of
untold millions, and established an
oligarchy of oflice-holders, who, with
a standing army of more than a hun
bred thousand drilled subordinates,
enter States, bulldoze primaries, pur-
chase delegates to State and local con-
ventions, forge proxies, and dictate
the nomination of candidates wearing
the Administration collar.
The departments at Washington
are the headquarters of State associ-
ations of politicians appointed to
clcrkships by Senators and Represen-
tatives. There are nine or ten thou
sand strong, and their chief business
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Conversational.
Legislative Ticket.

For Member of Congress Tenth district,
ANDREW G. MAXWELL, of Bay.
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A. c. Maxwell, our candidate for
congress, while in the State legislature,
was the originator of the household
settlers act, the war bounty bill, the
swamp land aid for State roads and
many other bills that have been of
material benefit to the country, and
more especially the settlers who went
into the wilds of the State to work
themselves out home, What has
his opponent done for the benefit of
any one other than himself? We re-
member one thing that he did do as
member of the tax commission. He
got section in the new law which
provides that every person, who,
through sickness or i'll luck, cannot
raise enough to pay his taxes, that
the property shall revert from him
forever.-Caro Jeffersonian.
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prosecuting attorney of Lapecr county
in 1854, resigning a year later. In
1857 he removed to Bay City, where
he continues the practice of law and
the management of his large farm.
He was a Representative in the Leg.
islature in 1865 and n member of the
judiciary committee. The household
settlers act, the war bounty bill, the
swamp land aid for State roads law
and other bills were his work. Mr.
Maxwell has also been prominent in
securing improvements to the Saginaw
river and the highways of Bay county
He has been a Supervisor of Bay
county for several terms.
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ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
JVeelqe Io Oct. %, 1882.
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
State Ticket.

For Governor,
JOSIAH w. BEGoLE, of Flint
Fp Lieutenant Governor,
EUGENE PRINGLE, of Jackson.
For Secretary Of State,
WILLIAM sHAKEsPEARE, of Kalamazoo
For State Treasurer,
LUCIEN s. CONAN, OF Bay.
For Auditor General,
JAMES BLAIR, of Kent.
For Commissioner of State Land Office,
JOHN T. VAN DE VANTER, Of st. Joseph
For Attorney General,
TIMOTHY Il. TARSNEY, Of Saginaw.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction,
DAVID PARSONS, of Wayne.
For Member of State Board of Education,
CLARK b. HALL of Barry.
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County Ticket.

For Sheriff,
JAMES T.. DENTON,
For County Clerk,
MICHAEL O'BRIEN.
For County Treasurer,
HENRY r. MORSE.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
ALEXANDER II. MCDONALD.
For Circuit Court Commissioner,
CHARLES D'AlGLE.
For County Surveyor,
WILLIAM MIRRE.
For Coroners, -
ARTHUR WILKINSON,
JOHN G.. CHISHOLM.
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large eight page weekly is published here, and IL Is
about Florida We have Bell Telephone line in success
ing on ST. Johns river and railroad from our landing
with lans grant Of $50 per mile. The Palatka
pass through DeLand and will be completed at least as
landing on the arrival OF the up mail boat daily Sundays
der by telephone, at other times.
For the information of invalids will add that
tiyatng oranges u business but afording excellent
lowing
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Is. *. of f..

For Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Diarrh0a,
Dysentcry, Cramps and Pains in the Stom-
ach, there is nothing equals Bcebc's King
of Pain. Price only 25 cents. Sold by
all druggists. 5i0y1.
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For State Senator, Twenty-Ninth District,
SETH l.. CARPENTER.
For Representative- Alpona District.
GEORGE j. ROBINSON.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
BRANCHING OUT.

Our old friend Mr.. J. w. Potter, an ex-
perienced practical printer, who was our
foreman some years ago, has made money
in publishing the Freeport Daily and
Weekly Bulletin in this city. We rejoice
in it. Mr.. Potter is deserving of his sue
cess; he has earned it by the careful man
agement of his business. Now, like thai
successful printer, Mr.. John w. Forney,
he is branching out, and has ''two news
papers, both daily" Mr.. Potter having
purchased the Daily ARGUS at Rock Island
Illinois. With his two sons both expert
enced as practical printers and editorial
writers, Mr.. Potter viii have no difficulty
in managing both his fine newspaper prop
critics. Rock Island is live place, lar
ger field for a daily and weekly newspaper
than Freeport and as Mr.. Potter never
publishes anything but live and interest
ing paper he will make business success
of his newspaper property in Rock Island,
and furnish that part of the state the best
democratic paper it ever had. We con-
graduate Mr. Potter and the people of
Rock Island, and while wishing confusion
to the politics that Mr.. Potter processes
and so ably champions, we sincerely wish
him every financial success in conducting
his two splendid newspaper establishments.
The above complimentary paragraph is
from the Freeport Ill.) Republican, edited
by Gen Smith D. Atkins, but while our
kind friend wishes us financial success"
he hopes that confusion" and all that fol
lows IN its train may attend our politics.
Now, General, we are astonished at you
Our politics is our only redeeming feature.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
Nervous Twitehing.

Americans are nervous people, ana
With this fact recognized, they should
watch their children with peculiar care,
especially during their school-days.
Or. S. Weir Mitchell. in work on
nervous diseases, refers to an affection
common to children and not uncommon
in adults. TO which he has given the name
Habit Chorea."
1t consists of frequent spasmodic ac-
ton of some muscle Of the face or body
which causes a twi;ching of the eyelid,
drawing of the mouth one way or an
other, twisting OF the head, elevation of
one shoulder, etc, etc. There is large
variety of such movements which tend
to make the subject an object of curios-
ity and of laughter. Il is we'll called a
chorca habit, because it IS something of
the nature of st. Fitus' dance (ckcret.),
and occurs generally innervoUs ornaniYa-
tons, aud when because of general ill
health the nervous system becomes de-
bilitated and proportionately irritable.
In the Medical and Surgical Reporter
physician relates his experience with
few such cases, and concludes that in
many of them the fault may be over
come merely BY calling upon the indi-
vidual to exercise his will-power to pre-
vent the movements. In this the friends
and relatives can be of service in fire.
quently reminding him to be on his guard
and control himself.
The longer the habit is permitted to
go on the more difficulty there will be
in overcoming it, especially in children.
When it is evident that the movements
can be controlled by the exercise Of the
will, it is important to urge them to
check themselves early, and if there is
any reason to believe that the general
health is impaired. this should also re-
ceive due attention. - Foote's Health
M07sthIg
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
AN UNFIT APPOINTMENT.
New York Star.

The appointment of Mr.. W. W. Aston
of this city, to succeed the late George p
Marsh as minister to Rome is eminently
one not fit to be made. Mr., Marsh was a
superior man in every respect. He had
large outfit of talents TO begin with, and
was well educated. He became an accom-
plished scholar and was distinguished
author before he was sent to Italy by the
lamented Lincoln in 1861. He had served
three terms in Congress, and was elected
for the fourth, when he was appointed
minister to Turkey, and all his service at
Constantinople increased his distinction
His lectures on the English language and
literature at Columbia College gave pow
erful impulse to studies which had pre-
viously been sadly neglected; in fact he
called the attention of educational institu-
tons and students back from classic and
foreign languages to the exhaustless re-
sources of the English tongue and the lit
eratuTe written in it. At the time of his
death, after nearly ten years of service in
Italy, he was the best known and most
distinguished representative of the United
States in Europe-the one man abroad who
gave dignity and character to the diplo-
matte service of the United States.
1t is almost an insult to the memory of
such minister to appoint person like
Astor to succeed him. Astor is member
of very rich family. If he has character,
culture, brains, anything but unbounded
cheek, he has been remarkably successful
in concealing them. A few years ago he
got elected to the assembly where he per-
formed the role of amateur quite well,
making one or two maidenly speeches,
which the republican papers published and
pulled as matter of course. The next
year he got himself elected to the senate,
where he spent himself in lobbying
through an outrageous bill to get the Forty
second street reservoir removed, to the
damage of more than half of the property
holders and people of the city, for the ben
because the reservoir was there, and want
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10

men and touched it off. Attn a.
smoke cleared away they went in IN que
how much rock had been loosened UL see
what do you think? There before f tbei
eyes they saw the richest BODY of sill n
ore which has ever been seen since ut
world begun. At that time bpndroIe
of thousands of dollars met the oa1 te ~
the delighted owners of the richest tin VI
of ore. Well, young fellow" continnaI
Mr.. Knowles, ''that mine was the COL
brated Robert E. Lee, which has MOI.
everybody rich who has had anytbinTto
do with it since Jimmy Dexter sold i
Millions of dollars have been turned ON,
of it, and it is the greatest silver min
in the world" The reporter asked tbo
miner how Dexter took the misfortnno'
Well" he replied. ''they say Dexte,
would cry for a long time after whenpT
er he would hear the name of the MIN
mentioned, but don't know how tbo
is. He got hold of other mining prone
ty with the money received, and is no.,
a rich man, living in Denver in fns
style He has the reputation of hayinc
the most elegantly furnished house II
Denver, and it surely is a beautiful
place"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
STRATTON.
From the Danville Leader.

FROM the DdnVliic LeQUcJ
Stratton, the republican nominee for
state superintendent who pretended to
have bled and suffered dismemberment on
the fields of war, but was baby when the
war broke out, petty, worming politician
who knows no more of the educational
wants of the state than a pig does of para
disc, stranger to all the great teachers of
the commonwealth, with nothing on earth
in common with them, now has got the
Germans down on him with a vengence.
The Nashville Journal says: THE
nomination of Mr.. Stratton is peculiarly
gratifying to this county" AS Mr.. Stratton
is straight out prohibitionist, his nomina-
ton must be Gerry gratifying to the people
of this county, a majority of whom will
take pleasure in voting against him
NasltU6tle Democrat.
His prohibitionist principles, if he has
any, are not against him as an educator
But he is none of that He has never been
identified with educational movements.
He is totally unknown throughout the
state, and by the usual methods employed
has wormed himself into a nomination
Teachers everywhere are making their senti
ments felt on the subject, and we are glad
of it. This Office, of all Others should be
one of fitness. It should not be in the
game of spoils, where political gamesters
indiscriminately play for the lust of office
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
Story of a Silver Mine.

An old Colorado miner says: while
[ was yet ct Leadville man came up
there from Denver named DeXter-Jim
Dexter they called him-and he was
full of life and hope and had some mon
ey. Dexter looked about for a while
and finally bought claim on Carbonate
Hill, which had at that time not been
prospected very well. He paid, think,
about SIS, 900 for it and set to work put
ting in machinery and sinking the shaft,
which was already down some hundred
feet or more. He worked away on the
mine, people laughing at him good
deal, but he never once lost heart. The
mine had not shown up single thing
in the way of mineral, and the Shaft had
been sunk by that time several hundred
feet. Dexter did not know what to do.
He had now spent nearly all the money
he had and nothing was coming in.
One day in the early part of the year
1879 party came to him and asked him
what he would take for his mine. Dex-
ter told him, and a bargain was made
between them. The price paid was, I
think, $50, 900, some $1,000 more than
Dexter had spent on it altogether. He
was mighty glad to get the $50, 900, and
thought himself well out of a bad bar
gain. He rushed out onto Carbonate
Hill and ordered the miners to drop
their tools and quit work. This was
about o'clock in the afternoon. He
said: Boys. have sold this id hole,
and don't want you to work another
minute in it for me. ] viii pay you off
right now, and you can quit. Well,
the miners had just finished drill and
were going to place blast and uncover
some rocks. and they asked to be al
lowed to finish it before they quit work
No. said Dexter, come out; / don't
want you to work any more; there's
nothing in the id old hole The
men reluctantly quit and departed.
Dexter got his money and was happy.
Well, the mine had been bought by
stock company, and in short time they !
began work on it. Now, young man,
what am going to tell you is the sol
emn TRUTH said the miner. Those
fellows went up there To that mine and
laid a fuse TO tbs blast left by Dexter's
szs* So - sA& ~4F5E So - ss,ssfAszss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-08-10
ILLINOIS PRoHIBIrI0NIsTs.

BLooMNeToS, Aug 9.-The prohibition
convention adopted the following plat
form:
First. The adoption of~the amendment
to the constitution of the state Illinois
prohibiting the manufacture and sale OF
alcoholic beverage in the state
Second. Where the people have peti-
toned the legislature to submit an amend
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic
beverages, we are in favor of its submls-
sion, and
Whereas, the people have also petitioned
the legislature to submit an amendme nj
enfranchising the women, we are there
fore in favor of its submission.
That we favor all proper legislation in
the interests of common schools. Yet, as
men who love their country and who favor
free ballot and fair count, for these
reasons we ask that all lovers of our free
institutions to diregard old party lines and
unite with the prohibition party, which
not only aff1rms the governmental princi-
plies herein enumerated, but which are
ready to engage in the most important
contest of the day-the overthrown of the
liquor tarffic platform. And,
Whereas, The manufacture and sale of
Intoxicating liquors as beverage are a
sin against God and a crime and a curse to
man, which no human enactment nor usage
can make right and that Christianity, hui
mainly and patriotism demand its prohibi-
ton, therefore we are decidedly opposed
to applying the fund raised from the liquor
traffic for school purposes, thereby giving
such traffic degree of responsibility to
which it is not entitled.
The following was adopted, which was
offered by Mr.. Monroe, of Chicago:
That we require of all candidates for
legislative offices pledge not to go into
caucus with either of the two old parties.
The entire evening was occupied in dis
cussing the platform, and making nomina-
lions for officers and delegates to the Chi
cago convention, Aug. 23d and Gath, of
whom there are several hundred The fol-
lowing nominations were made by accla
nation; Treasurer, Judge j. j. Irwin, of
Madison; state superintendent of public
instruction, Professor Andrews, of Gales
burg Afrer appointing twenty-five men,
bers of the state central committee, the
convention adjourned sine de.