New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-03-28
GOTHAM GOSSIP.

New YORK March "a, 1888.
VIEWS ON THE TARIFF. The CUES.
TON TO BECOME THE WAR Cry
OF l884.-UNTERRIF1ED SALMl
MoRsE.-THE SUMMER EXODUS
TO EUROPE.
Since the adjournment Of Con.
gress, the city has fairly swarmed
with legislators from all sections of
the country, and in order to get a
comprehensive idea Of the present
feeling about the new tariff, as also
to ascertain what effect it would
have on the political future of the
two parties. [ called on and had
conversations with great many of
them. The general impression
seemed that tariff legislation or tar
if tinkering, as some of them ex-
pressed it should now be left severe
II alone, as the interests Of the
country's business demanded that
the game Of battle-dore and shut.
tle-cock between hope and fear
should be stopped. One Senator
said we ought to let things severely
alone now for at least three years,
in order to see how the changes
which have been made would work.
A leading Western Republican
Congressman however whose fore
sight and breadth of view have fire.
quently been noticed, considered
the matter differently however.
"The fact is" said he, ''that the
tariff question will decide the Presi-
Dental campaign Of 1884. So far
the question has just been played
with. The Democrats sprung 1t on
us in a demogogic manner. Never.
theless legislators nor the people at
large have had the time to study up
the matter, nor even to give it a fair
consideration
Now that something has been
done, and that the whole subject has
been agitated, the people as well
as their representatives will be post
ed, and you will see what a grave
question the tariff question will be-
come in six onths. It is my firm
opinion that the Democrats as usual
will make mess of it, and that the
Republican party will sail into pos
session again with a common sense
tariff flag floating at the mast
head. This matter is a grave one.
1t concerns tie heads, hearts and
stomachs Of the nation, and in
treating it one must neve, lose
sight of that fact.
Salml Morse is unterrified. He
was discharged on tho complaint
that he had given public perform
ance without having secured q H.
cense. Now he says he will pro
duce his ''service" in his ''chnrch"
without a license. He declares it
all outrage that he should be com.
PEELED to obtain a license when Dr..
Ta|mage, Brother Barnes and other
sensationalists are free to do as they
please. ''But don't you see," he
exclaimed excitedly in manner
that was Intended humorous how
ever, chow heaven visits those who
have prosecuted me! There Ex-
Mayor Grace falls from his carriage,
William E. Dodge dies Suddenly
what next9 lam going to produce
the Passion, and all the cant in the
world shall not stop me-.
There is every indication that the
summer exodus to Europe will be
very large, fully as heavy as last year
and that was enormous, The Gun
rad, White Star, Inman and other
favorite lines have been doing adj.
vance booking for weeks past.
Most Of the berths are engaged for
May and June, and so far as the
steamers are concerned
such AS the Arizona, the Gala, the
Germanic, etc. | do not think that
they have a stateroom unengaged
for those two months. It strikes
me, that something ought to be
done to provide proper
means Of escape in case Of any kind
OF accident. am assured by reo.
pie in position to know, at all
events that not one Trans Atlantic
steamer carries a sufficient number
Of life boats to accommodate the en-
tire crew and the enormous number
of passengers usually carried, 81 ould
it be necessary for them to leave
the vessel simultaneously. Of course
sailors are always capable of rig.
ging up something in case Of emer.
gency, but it is not comforting to
know that at critical moment
ones life may have to be trusted to
a makeshift.
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