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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Chicago.

NhACaEos
Special 10 tho Gasetie.
CHICAGO, sept, 2.-Besidcs being duh, the
grain market could not hold its own, and
priceswere lower all around. Spectators
had nobody to trade with except thcmselvcs
as there were no orders In from the outside.
No trading 10 pork futures
Lard futures dun and unchanged.
Meats lower
Cattle @irly active under moderate 10.
ceipts ANA prices steady.
sheer dun and lower.
CucAeo, Sept -Fioun-Quict and un.
changed
WIiKIr -IuactI re; opened a aha 70 higher,
but soon receV ed, and closed akobA under yes.
terdny september 7ak9t. closed 1p9g; Oeio-
Der SA Az, closed VI; November Nsk@SS's,
closed ~ (; No. . red sl1y, No. rcd u :
CORN In falr domand and easier, closed \.
m6 nndor yesterday; cash SIS ~ oloeed
5lsa62S September 5lss962ls, closed 81;
October lf96l}s, closed SOS November tb,'
90, closed iS..
PROVISIONS.
PoRK-DemRnd dc ollnod 6dll0 cash i0i
81 september i2hepl az; october W;
buLK MEArs-ln iair domand: shoulder,
= -, short nib 10 10, short clear no so.
hivs srOCK.
Drovers journal reports
Hoes Receipts S5ob; 6Oa675
CATrl y Reeoipts $500 export grade,
8 aoa6 ~ good 20 choice ehinplng Sieo0 el
| ooamon 20 medium 4 Ht85SS grass Texani
B 1904 IS; Wyoming 5oaS ~ Montana
| sMEEr-Reeelpts 1870: common 10 medium
Lyon 40 lambs per head V1NS o.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

BAR IRON, 81 20 Norway, SOL No, " "a
sheet lront 40, Nc y & sheet iron, 6kc.g
galvanized sheet iron, pAlOlto No. V Y nods.
lie; No. \ do, lSo; NxeS rOotnn In. sic 10
plo 90; itxgo aud idxis pat do 81 TSebS 10.
Turner's wire, 80 per cent on, unnera stock
torty Per cent on cook Htoves yith ware,
$40 hOtp2o 90; do, with trimminga sit 6Qcp60Ol
WOOD WORK. Wagon axlea, pOc. obel 90.
tongues. e0cDel "; Hingletrccn 81 IS, holsters,
apc.; spokes "a l5eas %, felloaa, IL SSepa rs
Doubletrccs, ~ 1904 90; neck Jokes, 81 600
2b0i plow beans, bo>laSca pillow handler "a u
S2oQ; handles, 81 SbaSa so
NAILS. - 20 kcg, basic iOd.--Rrrden horee
shoe, per keg, Is 40, Perkins do, % 10; walk
or do, s. SOL Burden mule, a. so, NorthweA.
ern horse shoe MALTA, No. 4, 500, No, Q, No., No.
Z, Nc, No. ], llc., No. & No, lakes" do, No.
40, No. q 70, No. 81 ac, No, /, Slc., No. s.
No. No, 7, lec., No. 3, lSc.
ssoces % H IL SensScS. q q SSsi % A BOYS.
REFltluERAToRH,--N Gilman, si7D,
No, 2, DO. sisbo, No. do, ssS No. do, go;
CELLANEoua-Traos chains, an per
pair, tgelc,; piow singlotroca, per dor, ~
! pillow douhletroen, por dozen BOO, stock
beln, NJ per cent. on door locks, 81 nav 90
| wood ncrnwa, % and 10 per cont. on, LIP cast
/ door butts, &c and 10 per cont on; cut and
timed lacks, ~ por cent. on CONES mlllh, vi
I per cont on; blind hingeH, 10 and 10 PER cent.
ont carriage holta, Hh and 10 per cent on !
pillow bolts, rs Per cent, on, piece tin ware,
/ 20 per cent on; deep stamped ware % per
/ cent, on; shallow stamped ware, ~ pef cont
ont iApanned ware, 20 per cent Oh.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
coTroN mAKKErs.

oorroE KpoEIPra AT ALL UNITED STATES
PoRra.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

WooI.-Bright light, nno ana medium, "
months, lef N; heavy nno, " monthA 1li1H
buck wool solo, low grade medium, ioUb.
Mexican, ih0it.
HIDES No. heavy Mint, dry I9n, No.
2honvy mint, dry, n n go: No / lirht dlpt, .
% 10 No. 2, light ilint, y n Sci bulls and
heavy, damaged y N \; calf skins and badly
damaged y D iwhci greoni sailed sound, q b
7t butchers, green, "a n hisc.
pELrnfrs- Deer skins, Rb ibdhlE ante one
skins, v n l1mlpc goat skins, each, lOe1is.
sheep poltH, according TO amount Of wool,
80 up, ahnarlngs, according 10 amount OF
wool. colo. Mexican sheep pola, aGOlOo.
Mexican sheep potts, Improved, Il@l2nt AeX
lean sheep HhearlinEa, &c,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

eusine 8 OF banking. Now, therefore. l.
henry W. cannon, comptroller OF the Cur,
teuryi 40 hereby certify that "The state
National Bsnk OF Fort Worth" In the city
OF Fort Worth. IN the county OF Tarrant and
"a, OF Texas, Is authorized 10 commence the
s s,1. ness ol banking - provlued In section
hity-one hundred and siNt, nine on tbe re-
Nlsed statutes of the United states
IN testimony whereof witness my hand
and sealoi oiioethis 18th day OF July, 1854
II W.cANNuN,
Comptroller or the Currency.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
rev Orleans.
"

NAV ORLKANs. sept, 2--FLouR-num aud
nominal; high grades 90 90 90
Consequent and weak; mixed TX; vel.
low ~.
oArs---western, duh; prime a. choice 80;
Texas, dun, quoted At IS.
Cons MEAL. Quiet at27A.
HAY quiet aud scarce; prime 10; choice IL.
HoBK--tluiet and scarce,
LARD-Firm tlorce runued, ). key, ~.
BAC0N--ln fair domR d; shoulders 7Ae long
clear lAs. clear rib ltiG
HAMs-SugRr-cured lower, vt itkGlb.
WHISKY steady; Western rcctincd ! 0o@
20,
BAhIEY--Highcr and firm.
ColFEE--hio osrgoes common TO prime
7Aailh,
SUGAR-Duli; common, 3ai]& fair 10
fully fair 4l-ial -; prime asa; yellow
clarified l tab b-s graduated 500 ~
MoLAssEs-Dull; common 20; refining
2o0lU.
BULK MKATp-ln mir demand, but NJ
lower rates. shoulders, packed, w long clear
aud clear rib 10 10.
RICE In good demand; ordinary 10 choice
/ 4hD5ls.
| BRAN--Hlgher and scarce at 75
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Potstoes-Irgh, now, per buHhel zoe
sack, - onions per bDl, g25b. Turnipa
y Dbl, 81 o. Beams. II. med. bbla. &C.; large
lima, SIC: ANAL Juttor, l1<f15o. Pickles,
baif bbi. mad. Ss00. half bbl.. small. rs ~
Cheese. half cream, la<e.; null cream, 10
peanuia. l9el2ho y der, hab.bbL, " 20
iabbaRo, 20.
,PouLTh1 Hens, s2z5 q 800 pr doEsn,
Wang spring chickens, 81 Tbae y; Turteyf.
eoVeeio bs Geese. 1857 % %; Dncks, " W.
Edls-PsT dozen, I2Nise.
FTdah country butter, choice, " % &C.;
Dreamer y l5szS7lfc.; old butter, sSlcc.. .Oiso-
margarine. no.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

rrN unLnAUs. sept q .-,-
Sales SO.
low ordinary ss.is Ordinary O. GOOD
ordinar 40 "a. low Middling Ia OLE: Md
FAN " 10: Fair " i.le
kg.u'cs closed steady, s 10 10 points lower
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
LOCAL M,RKErs.

Total sales 100.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Per gall 81 'oae 90 WHIT. ne. IN esses.
n Ooa,l0 90
CHAMrAerr--G, II. Munnua q 90, Extra
Lfyi So OooS %; heidmck, Ia basket, 81 no
2 90 krue, in baeket, * O0DS0 %. Domestic
drv. MUTE, s,I Sol
Ase-stecA Ale, per dos. 81 oO@a 70, Portsr.
Dor dos. e OlGg ~
noTrhED RNRn-.Iyonp'a ounrta. eiq 90. pta.
Nl 81 huoWoincu quarts ei2 90 pintn esS %.
krlhngar beer, quartz, fl3 oOi plhta BIS 50,
bchlhs Milwaukee,, quartz Si2 %. pintn SIS 10;
u. Cnueen a SONS ohNmpaeue beor, qunrin
hilSO.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
Liquors.

WHsKY-Reclined u lGUl5o, - per proof
sour maAh, one year old, u 30 two yearn old
UDGz - three yoafe old ~ 5OG1 10 f%ncJ
extra old whisky 9ife6,
WIEns-f1aFet. oaso,ls5 UDl0oo. a. peIquAl
iiy; OatAwba. per gallon, glgi W Port u -
100 Sherry per gal, 81 A95 "; ha1eifa
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
New York.

LIVE STOCK.
NEw York, sept. .. BETv -ttOCeipta
Go. all cons gned; dressed beef about steady
at COOS W for Texas and Colorado sides;
\ OOol0 30 foT native sides.
SHEEr-Reoeipts 1000; slow: sales closed
with better feeling for extremes; 3 1898 ~
for sheep; 7bdG 90 for lambs.
PRODUCE,
NEW YoRV, Sept . -fLoun--nun.
WHEAT--Spot grRdes-'-Ninter oreDcd q
TO ~ lower but CLOSED with the decline re-
covered. Winter options opened weak;
10 lower laier, but stronger, and IN led
!. to9z closing frin. No. ? red, 500 W: No.
fed, 10 1909 IN No. rcd, September, tIlEb
glls closing eOik; october, slAa1 y, closing
W iE November, a57. 6tHi b-s, closing So.
CoHN-- spot grades scarce aud ligher, up-
lions opened lito IL lower later, nut nd.
yanced Y 10 ~. ciosng strong, tngradod,
GhfG7 1: No. 3, e5GG5 10 No. ., September,
Gli.sCt6s3., closing at % ~; October, ~ a.
~ SIS closing at u o., November, 5NkgoJri,
closing " 10,
CortEE- SPOT iair, Rio quiet but steady
options Il liet but steady.
"a Is, $500 bags.
Rio M, -
OCTOBER '''.'''s'.s.'' lfa1 on
November. s..,.'' 'rt...s..'s. tl9h bl
DeCrinu Der ,s.'ss'tsss.ss in hl
SUGAH. -EhsiCr Trinidad ~. iniI 20 good re-
nning 4 8.lGgi 1910. refined qulot. mold A
G7-iOaGN; confectionery G'+ powdered ~
aG1s; gTanulatCd, 500
RICf-- toady with moderate demand.
TALON quiet; 1.lbntIE,
u apI.NiGNs --Steady az 81.
PoRR---Actiye and iirm Ai 10 ~.
BEEF- quiet.
cur MEATS Nominal
LARD Heavy att hHI H3N.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
FARM ron sALr.

A GOOD PRAIRIE FARM OF Us ACRES
"a in high state OF cultivation with TWEEN.
ty-nve acres good Numbered land. Coot
buildings barns and outhouses. For further
worth or call at his residence seven miles
northe ~ OF the city.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS.

A GAZETTE MAN. BY INVITATION,
IA lunehed with Mr q. u. Laneri at his
10y restaurant and luncn stand. lOi tront
Street, yesterday, aud from the treatment
.eeelved and elegant fare spread before him
~, ~ truly recommend this place and accom-
LtqIlANons as being par eAcellenc. 10 any.
ssLles ana liquors dispensed at the bar can
~ ~ % exeelled In ths state. Let the hungry
~ lhirsty remember this place, and for q
not DO better.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
AhoIlshing the Corporation.

Special TO the Galehe'
Bolton, TEX, Sept. "a petition
was filed with the county judge to-day
praying that an election be ordered
upon the question of abolishing the
city corporation There is too much
tax they say. 1t Is believed they will
be overwhelmingly defeated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
live stooh market,

sEaAtern 1oKRs and southern Texas Hioch
the above quotations.
The above prices are for herds OF 1000 head
and upward, delivered on tho tIAila. and for
such cattle M those raised In the counties
embraced In the following teTritoryi WoEt
OF the Texas Central Railway north of y line
drawn east aud west with Waco, and east OF
n line drawn north and south with Hard Gno
south OF Red Rive.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

lREAsURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF
= Comptroller OF the Currency--WaEhinf
W. July ~, ISL Whereas, by satiFfactor
Whence preeented 10 the undersigned, II hR
~ made 70 appear that ~ he Etat0 kaInna
unn Fort Worth IN the CITY Of For
rrotin, in the county Of Tarraut ana state OF
eEF.ahsi has CONF piled with all the provisions
, !. we revised statutes of the United States.
'@lor shsli ~ authorized 20 commence ale
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

wheat. onoios go, medium, 6jA67H
infefioy. 3Sss4jc,oRis. 2lebI2Ife barley, % 20
rye. d1e: eorD. 2je3i9' hay, loose 40 ths
sazOl g. Oo~e % per ton bale hBy, u O02
. Oli bran, 6Dc. poF loy chops, u 00Sl Z
per ~.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS
LAW CARDS.

ID ALL a MOZART, ATTORNEYS at LAW.
ID ONCE over First National Bank, corner
Houston and Second streets.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Burnitars,

Eurnitnre-Bo adHtsads, Imitation weln ~
wood seat, y doE, % 7b97 % cane and rattan
seat u O069 20; cane scat, dining el2 u0ab2O 70,
Chllds and rockers, y 00aa12 %, large rock lKl
iSg MirrofB, arch tops, y dos, 81 DOdsIa %.
Tables round, e200eb8b0; iall leaf, ~ 50ab 50
safes, each, Is 259T %: BureauH, " bD8DDJ
whsh stands, o. LOB % bed eprinkf.n u 1897
raby fargtARea eaa0A2n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Special TO the Gazette.
kANsAs CRY, SEPT. e-Tho pfovision
market was dun. ye, prices were nrm. HMo-
ers were arm n their views and buyers
held ont
Texas cattle an IN liberal supply, anal
about steady.
sheep dun.
PRODUCE.
hANsA CRY, sept a. WHEAT ca
cash; bi October 0is b November.
oRN Al bid cash: ~ bid september; Sii
Did October ~ bid November
OAts--22i bid.
LIVE STOCK.
lave stock Indicator repOita,
CArrLH- Receipts, 1890. native steers oi
i2M 20 1870 pounds 6Ols6 ~ 40 qS 10 iiOC
pounds, SHE'S ~ stockors and feeders s tNta
i5 grass Texas steers e1St o.
Hoes Receipts, 4sO, ossbH a.
good.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

NAV YORK. Sept. Mooney Ia2, closed Of
fered Il prime mercantile paper. 63SR6t,,
sterling exchange n. n. steady, 81 Slsight
4 IS; produce exports for the week $685.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
LAND AGENT.

DETER q. RUOKER 3 co.. BELToN
Il Texas, Land and General Agents. SOLE
proprietora OF the Abstract OF He'll County
Records. We do general land business, In.
Guiding surveying and conveyancins.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
Drug. aud Paints.


Bark. Cinnamon p n i2 Peruvian, 2612B
Bont, lse. fli.oarbOna OF soda, Engiifi
b. CoppornA, Baf. Ciuchinodla, pe' oE 800
9. H., por il iO@iS. chalk, lump, per NJ a a.
Calomel, y. 4 W., 1b@s0; Engish, por 10 lot
tie inelpdodI, el % hloral Hydrnis. perlb
o. VOL ~. Chloroiorm, per ID bottle idclud-
od, u o. Composition powder, per 10 III:
Dovers, per ~ u n, Epsoin salts, per 10 go
". qua opium, per 70 - 10; Gum cam
3 Is. on, 'asto machine, sOe310 oil. Cpstof.
per gallon, y GS@i 10, oil, latd, winter.
0eee5. Alum. . 40, ircecnption Walls by
case 90 Por cent on broken, %
qen S ow az 'iEses h SsS
Extracts. ~ por cont on. r. b. Fluid E1.
tracia, p per cent. OF. Essential oils. ~.
Louis lisl,
Strictly pure white lead, % 70. Spirits tlr.
Tng sn.nAAH. WILLIAMS ooLoRs.
ivory drop black, ~ per ID $50 Englih
coach black ~ por 10 leei lamp black, ~, Q;
black paint, IA, DC; .lrussiap blue, ~, ~ 4.
II, ne; raw Turkey nmber, ~. ~. burnt ruT-
key gm9he,T ~ q: raw Italian SIENNA IL. &c;
hn5nt Italian sisnns ~ ge; Hanhyhe brown.
D, o., IL. l2c American germiilion, NJ, 3Jc: IN
dian rcd, y, " hlnetta req, -, o., NY, ~.
Yellow ochfe, IN, o.. i7)Es, 2ia. %.
PREPARED oRAfNfNu coLOHq.
BARK oak, lDc, Ash, lgoi Back walnut, ITO.
DfsfEMPEn ooIoHa
ly0ry drop black, 70. raw Turkey nm6,r,
25e; burnt Turkey umber, 20; raw it,liaD
! dyke brown, &c.
Prices 81 above made on q basis Of IN Z.
eng ~ sans A1 esg a sna p
! Price In 3 10 cans; balance In and ID cans
! assorted, Price In 0 10 canni 10 lees; i25f and
y ID tin pals, nc ioss, and kegs e per ~
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
ALI SORTS.

IF YOU HAVE LOST THE KEY TO YOUR
i trunk OF valise, a. y. Anderson, 9Q8 Hous.
ton street, can supply you with now one
and VIII guarantee n 1T. Locks, hinges,
clasps and iastenings, single or TO match,
always an hand.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
HEAP COLUMN.

,,.r,snts under this head Will be in.
tr'i'-','hs rate OF fivo cents line, each
Ii'd - .ven words 70 the line. No Rdver.
lra'' ,sssrted Tor less than Is cents. Psr-
.S',n' , .-horn we have no running account
", IN advance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
Anmunitian

PoWdsr--BlRsti Is. :. % ANA. y ,,
u %, Rife, Y 125< bB..9l15; klfs, = ~ De, y
Shot-2 sack ru'' shot " ~.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
HOTELS.

EALLS CITY HoGSE--I. M. PREsLER,
class; accommodations second TO none in
North Texas. seventh street, near depot,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
CITS HOTEL, SHREVEPORT, LA; A. J..
~ Reynolds, proprietor. This well known
house Is centrally located: cool and comfort
able rooms; good table and attendance. ON.
~ MOTEL In tho city with sample-rooms.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
wANTED-nnscE1l.ANBous.

urANTED-To RENT, A PLACE Butt.
w able for a dairy, short distance IRON
lgn. address. stating locality and price
Ell, GaZette office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

Every smoker should try Little
Joker.n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

ny ANTED-To EXCHANGE a SMALL
w place In >edalia, Mo-, !or-!ots, cash or
arm land adjacent 90 this city. Inquire az
Winfrey's gun store, bl2 II 'uston street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

NEW 2HK, Sept. p CorroS -spoi closed
i uief. i-lb lower.
kaleu 20 halea
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

NOR sALE-CoUNTERS, SHELVING
~ and Showcases nearly new, AZ hRli-
pnee: Murphy DaInmann, iOo Houston
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-03

{ CARPETS BY sAAPLE-HAVIEG MADE
" arrangements with "A prominent New
s9fk wholesale house, / nov respectfully
soiicit orders for furnishing hotels, hoard ng
nolfe5 and private residences with all gfades
= carptu g, window shades and draperies.
Aeg. Hastwig, corner Throckmorton and
Fourth street,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-01
II He Were Only a Candidate.

Considering that Mr.. Blaine is pos
itiveiy not candidate, the success of
his friends in getting a promise from
HIM that, in case he is not nominated
at Chicago, he will cordially support
the party candidate, is case of great
cruelty. 1t drags him from his literary
retirement to make promises which. if
he is not candidate, are absolutely
meaningless.
Another wrong that is being done
him is ransacking the country for mi
mute details of his early life, his religious
ira Ming and ecclesiastical connections
What have all these things to do with a
man who is not a candidate? They
have actually raked up an old lady who
remembers him as the boy Jim" He
was so shy that he would not enter q
parlor if any one were there His pas
sion was reading and he never was
without book. When she first saw
him he was so overcome with bashful-
ness that he walked backward stum-
bling against a flight OF steps, fell over
and scattered his armful of books in
every direction. She does not want to
say that he was hOmely, slovenly, sim
pie. gawky, awkward, careless of his
appearance. So she says he was just
at the age when boys can not be made
to look nice" Later on he was las
well dressed as any of the young men,
and was beginning to give promise of
developing into the fine-looking gentle
man he is now"
OF course when a man is a candidate
he must expect this vivisection. That
is one of the peculiar pleasures of 3
political campaign" 1t is akin to the
en- oyment of the Romans when the
gladiators slit each other up W tn their
swords. or were dissected piecemeal by
the wild beasts in the arena But when
man is not a candidate this sport is
mean. brutal, cowardly. If Mr.. Blaine,
instead of claiming the sweet pleasures
and rewards of literary life. hankered
for the Presidency and was setting up
the pins Tor Chicago, it would be
fair and legitimate thing TO call his at.
tentiOn tn his qualifications for the office
even in the '.big boy'' stage; his studi-
Gus retirement; his awkwardness; his
unpromising manners and department
which developed Unto the fne-looking
gentleman he row IS"
Imagine the torture this public ex-
hbit.on OF his youthful defects must in
fict upon his sensitive nature. Happily
he can turn from it and find in his his
tory solsce for it alL-petrO1 Free
Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-01
Unpleasant RecollectiOns.

Some one has gone to the trouble to
unearth John A. Logan as a red
mouthed prO-slayery politician before
the war. Since that epoch he has been
such rampant Republican that it
would be dificult to pc suade any ex-
cept those with long memories to be-
lieve that this prominent SIalwart was
once a truculent advocate of slavery.
Pains have also been gone to by some
remembrancer of forgotten political facts
to show that the distlngu shed Illinois
statesman once regarded the enforce
ment of the Fugitive Slave law as one
of the highest constitutional duties of
the citizen. Tn sounds strangely,
coming from the misty past, to be sad
of one whose present extreme partisan
ism o,lght TO have been preceded by
unquestion BILE Republican orthodoxy.
The relentless deliver into the politics
of the past also evhumes the astonish-
ing fact hat the Illinois leaders at one
time sternly demanded the exclusion of
colored people from that State by legis-
lative enactment. This development
is in such striking contrast to the
horror he experiences at the bare
thought of Outrages upon the color d
population. that it is hard to believe
that such an opposite sentiment to that
which he now entertains could have ex-
listed in the same bosom.
A Republican paper commenting
upon these unpleasant "reminiscences,
attempts to extenuate his oifense
against early Republicanism before it
had grown TO be the winning side. II
says that they furnish no reason for
Republicans to oppose him for the
Presidency in 1884. The party, it is
true, is not in the habit of being par
tcular about the antecedents of its
leaders. Most of them were drawn to
it By the attraction of the spoils- some
having grown TO be millionaires with
no other visible m ans OF support than
offices with moderate salaries If the
Republican voter is going to be nice in
his discrimination he viii have some
difficulty in selecting a candidate ex-
empt from such oh, ections- Harris
burg Pa. Ratrsot. -
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-01
Reduce the Taxes.

The present Democratic lower house
Of Congress was elected on the distinct
and emphatic promise of the Demo-
cratic party that if the people entrusted
it with power all unnecessary taxes
should be abolished. The Kei er-Ro e.
son Republican Congress had demon
strated by its lavish and wasteful ap-
preparations that the people were
greatly on er-taxed merely that the I'M
necessary revenues wruug from them
might be recklessly squandered or ap-
piled to corrupt uses. In order that an
end mi ht be prt to all this, the people
changed the political comp EXON OF the
popular branch of Congress and gave
the control of it to the Democrats.
Thus far the appropriations have been
carefully guarded and it Is quite evil
dent that the public moneys will not be
wa ted by the present Congress. But a
hundred millions of dollars ne idle in
the Treasury and the tax-gatherers are
daily collecting revenues which at the
end of the next fiscal year will swell the
surplus to double the present sum. The
moneys they gather, whether through
the custom-house or the internal rev.
enue, are taken from the aggregate
wealth of the country. The Fede al
taxes, in whatever guise they ere levied.
are paid by the general mass of the
people. The industry and wealth-pro-
ducing energies OF the people therefore
sustain burden as cruel as it is un-
necessary. 1t mat tiers not that appro-
priations are cut down when the taxes
Enonon,iool
and administration are desirable, but
they are utterly inc iectual for the relief
of the public from the crushing effect of
Tax laws which draw from the people
more than sufficient revenues to meet
the most lavish expenditures of the most
prodigal government.
+ Congress must therefore reduce the
taxes. The democratic ma ority a the
lower House must fulfill its pledge.
What is demanded is a redu ton or re b.
peal of the taxes which bear most Sc
vereiy on the great working class the
farmer, the mechanic, the laboriDg
man, the producer of wealth, whatever
his calling. And this demand must be
respected by Congress if the Lemo-
cratic party is to have living show at
the approaching Presidential election.
A reduction of the revenues to sum
which will satisfy the actual require
ments of the Government economically
adm nistered, is an memorable necessity
OF the country as well as of the Demo
cratic party. Let not the representa-
tives of the people leave 10 the future
what they can &C omplish now. Let
there be no next-year reformers among
the Democrats in Congress. Political
fakirs of that character should belong
exclusively to the Republican party
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