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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-12-25
NUMBER 46.
ITALIAN SLAVERY.

The Padrone system as Practiced In New
York and Other Parts Of the Country
An Outrage ON American Civilizations
strong Rcpressive and Corrective Meas
ures Needed 70 stamp II Out
NEw YoRK, December Is.
Regarding the Italian padrones here,
Signor Moreno, who has been trying TO
destroy the system, said; "This padrone
system is an outrage on American ctviliza-
tion and on humanity. Children are
brought here under the plea Of teaching
them mechanical trades, and adults Of
both sexes are induced to mortgage their
little properties in farm or vineyard lands
IN Italy, for quadruple the amount OF
their passage money, anG 70 enter into
Contracts WITH rAnKoNEs
TO work from one to six years under the
promise that at the end of the contract,
and when the money advanced had been
repaid, they Will be given farms in various
parts of the United States. The children
and adults, when once here enter into
life Of slavery worse than that of the
southern negro before emancipation.
Something ought to he done 70 suppress
this traffic and stamp out this slavery.
While the Moreno bill of STA was pend
ing ! found good man III Blaine, who
was the Speaker, and he gave me import
ant assistance. | am almost alone in
fighting this great evil nowp The two
Italian Padroni, Michaclle and Giuseppe
Marone, cousins, whose liquor stores are
II No. 81 and GG Mulberry street, and
who were arrested on Monday on com.
plaint Of Angelo Artcmo and Pietro Cas-
tellano and Eincenzo Esposito, charging
them with forcing the complainants at the
POINT OF TIE DAGGER
70 sign Acknowledgements of debts which
they did not owe, were ariaigncd III jeff
erson Market Court. GompIainants failed
70 appear but they were traced to the
Italian Consulute and brought to court,
when they explained that the reason Of
their non-lttendance.w was thai the defend
ants had threatened to kill them ii they
went to court. Defendants were admit
ted to bail ID the sum oi 5000 each, to an
sWer at special session, and complainants
having no homes were committed to the
house Of detention 10 await the trial.
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g Iharles Bradaagh i new trial
h9hf. y MUM, one of tho b1ndsmen for
me Ladner Bros, Philadelphia, the bank.
ers Recently failed, has disappeared.
TIE Bishop Of Meath Ills Dean hoop
elected Archbishop 81 Dublin, Vice Arch
bishop Trench, resigned.
ALPhoNsE MlcHEArX, WHO killed Mat
line Sager az Baltimore, Md., and then
Etlled himself, was bnried iii the same
grave with his victim
HENRY STANLEY has written another in
tefesting letter. II reference to what the
Berlin Conference should DO CONCERNING
the Congo country.
ON the 18th Rev. Robert Jones, pastor Of
q Baptist Church At ithaca, II. III, was Ill.
rested ana taken to Auburn, on j charge
VI Illegal voting at tha recent election.
The town Is ia fernent III consequences.
II i claimed that be is not naturaliaed
citizen.
GENERAL SHERIDAN having been select
ed as Marshal of the day FOR tie cere-
monies attending the dedication of tie
Washington Monument, has issued gen-
eral order announcing us his chief III stair
Breyet Bricadier-Gengral Albert Ortiwav.
stt ttat AttNta1 AAtlAlT N1llIilt ~ IA.
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heht.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has approved tha
JOINT resolution relating n the ceremonies
incident ~ the Washington Monument cell
e3fatlen.
Il, y. LYMAN, Second Assistant Post
Muster General, viii resign lNs ollice III
ahert time 70 accept position with the
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SOUTHERN GLEANlNeS.

caI ba haa for twenty-tiye cents.
All of tra4 4coft6n facfni.ias "a ralnn,s,,e
Ga,i nre running full time except one. The
plaid mills are fun of orders and tile bust.
ness outlook IL bright,
AT Thompsons Station, Tenn, few
days ago, two yaung clerks, w. j.. Russell
and u m, Morris had 4 triHing uuarrel,
when without warming the latter fired
two shots into Russell, who died ia ten
minutes,
MI, !. NJ. Hin, one of Tie most prorainont
men Of Memphis. Tenn, was stopped on
tue street i few evenings since and robbed
of $50. The theit was committed IN three
young men.
man named Watson. confined III the
new stone iail iii Denison. Il, II. charged
with horse-stealma. ana Aeho wns chained
Hi Ills ceA pscaned Il fev NIGHTS 400 by
iirst lresklug through lock, then dig
cling through brick partition anl thence
renewing Some H iaGs f10a thg chimney
ana climbing on KS MI rtoa, from whence
+ his iGt himself to tl4e lrguad lA- Il rope
made ol blanlets
RaI Ffestan up ti1i Within short time
Depuly Sheriff aa.. Dalias Comfy. Tax.
sold 4 hoss Ill balla L faw dn5s ago.
4 Subsequently, Mr. Idf6 CJla sWore ont d
warrant eitar ins Preston Wien horse
stealing aad recovered tha animal from
/ th purchaser Pttssan ne1 Tic country.
A Shoemaker aS Wythayille Ya., few
/ daNs ago Waata Iflalent-elect Cleveland,
asking tar ais ulaosara foe 4 pair of boots
4 lar artbs#inalt.7,sa.iop. C;aye.i,nr f,l4vaIand
\ fel.l#d isi 4 polsa note, enclosing a TWEEN
ty-dafiar bitl for tho boots The shoemaker
i Istufn-l tha inoaay, hnt the Governor i'll
] stslol an pa5ia anal saat the money back,
Y ualins he would we;ll the boots III inau-
4 suta;ian ,uy
Iba rrxas stats Eclectic 5faaieal Assa-
eiation nlot III pail3s. Il NM ,is3s n,ro ,yifb
Il IIS members present. nad adonte1 resaln-
\ tious protesting a.p.nst Is4islati5n dfs-
\ crinlinatiDe HI farar oe anv oao sebo5l of
medicine, aad agmaoana representation
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-12-25

Fhe Padrone system as Practiccd In New
York and Other Parts Of the Country
An Outrage on American Civilizations
strong RcprcSsive aud Corrective Meas
ures Needed 10 Stamp Il Out.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
BUsTNESs US pOJTTTCs


The following from the Chicago
Current written just on the eve of cleo
ton Is still pertinent, though there will
be very little attention paid to 1t:
The country Will be right here after
election, and the business authorities,
upon whom, more than the overgrOWn
civil service, the welfare of the land de-
ponds, should not abandon affairs for
months at time simply because some
young men are carrying greasy torches
and some itinerant doctors of politics
are lecturing at 80 much per night. The
plague is upon the people and no single
man can keep himself clean
from its contagion. Come
around after election, is the universal
cry when necessary business arrange
ments are proposed, at makes no diff
ference how 1t goes-I don't care-but
come around alter electIon?' That man
utacturer or merchant has just laid down
three great daily papers, the organs of
three groups OF politicians, and each
paper has assured him that the country
is lost unless Its side wins. It used to
be that the south would or would not
get justice unless the vote went so and
so; now it is "the business Of the coun-
try" which will stop unless either
Blaine, or Cleveland, or Butler or Lock
wood shall be elected. The bust
ness of these Unites States will stop
only when the business men stop
1t. The politicians are drones. They
are but tax on the people at best. An
unnecessary and unrighteOus degree of
attention Is paid to their chickering's. Let
the men who do the hard, grinding work
of the worldwide toll and sweat all
day and plan by nIght-form an anti,
polIticalnonsense league in 1888, and
have done with this system which ruins
the business of one out of every -four
years. The practical way to get about
this would be to force the big parties &c
hold their conventions in October We
are now encouraging ollgarchy.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
Ynriona R.t,n.a...

N2w York Nov. S.-The SuR saws
Oae of the most remarkable tea,ures OF
tins exeeedingly close and exciting cleo
ten has been the wide discrepancy be.
tween the various Compilations Of thare
sult il New York state, offered 10 the
public from different sOuIces. Not only
nave both sides claimed q plurality for
tneir candidate, but their estimates have
been as much &c 10000 apart, although
II was apparent on Wednesday morning
tnas the result must be very close. The
relurns collected by the Sun from
every county In the state have from the
nrst indicated . small plurality for
Cleveland and when this has been cut
down, as corrected figures have reached
as II seems low 70 have reached 9 point
where comparatively lit change e
llkeiY to be made by further revision,
while the associated press returns from
the election districts appear 70 vary
considerable from the figures we OBJ
tanned, ana TO give some countenance
10 the claim OF the Republican national
committee that blaine has carried the
state by very small plurality, vet We
have so far been unable 70 discover anv
reason Tor expecting any material change
IN the result as shown BY cur yery care.
fully collected returns which give Cleve-
land plurality 1905 IN the state. The
Times computes the plural.
~ for Cleveland at 1881
The Herald places Cleveland's plural.
ity a. 1906. The World says Cleveland's
probable plurality In the state is 1924
A Tribune extra says: Estimates as 10
the result in this state continue fiuctu-
ating IN such way g to chow that the
margin 10 50 narrow that the Official
count Is indispensable to determine the
result.
ALBANY, Nov. s-The Republican
National committee has issued the fol-
lowing address: Blaine carries New
York state and we intend to hold II.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
THE RRPUBLIoAN ATTyTvDE

THE REPUBLICAN, ATTITUDE.
The prssldentiai contest Is no nearer
an absolute decision to-day than t..hae
been before. As indicated yesterday
there can be no assurances Of absolute
success to either party until the result IL
determined by the Official count OF the
vote in New York which takes place
next Tuesday. Meanwhile there is moth
ing p be done but to watch and TO wait.
That the American people against all
the pressure Of partisan bitterness, can
in . contest so close and attended with
such exciting uncertainty. await quietly
the result and acquiesce as quietly
in the decision Whea honestly made,
viii be most convincing proof 70 the
world Of the stability of our Republi-
can instituti ems. Asin 1876 this is an
hour of trying emergency.
Our governmental machinery and the
temper Of the American people are sab
jected to the severest test. The assur-
ance that that test Wsll be endured is
found In the prevailing and manitestly
earnest desire expressed that an honest
count Of the vote be had, ana that the
presidency be accorded to the man Of
whichever party who Is rIRhtfully elect
ed. The American people will not
countensDce or permit any fraud or
tampeTing with returns that will
defeat the unfsttersd expression of the
VIII OF the people as registered by their
vote.
This is the attitude assumed by the
Republican leaders; this Is the demand
which they make in the emergency-a
demand justIhabls under any circum-
stancns, but rendered an absolutely nee
essary one IN the light Of the history of
the Democracy, and its methods In the
solid south. That the rights of the
people will not be subverted must be
depended upon. If fair and full vote
discloses that the state of New York has
been carried for Mr.. Blame, the Repub-
lican leaders will see tnat It is SO de-
clared ; if for Mr.. Cleveland, they will &C.
quiesce in the result. No other position
will be taken, and we have faith that the
conservative elements of both parties,
Democratic as well as Republican,
Will unite in its approval.
Meanwhile both parties are claiming
the state, the Democrats with an aggres-
sive show OF rejoicing, the Republicans
more sensibly and quietly but with not
less confidence. Neither party has any
preponderance of probability in its
favor, AMI until the final count
declares otherwise, as 1t mayor may not
do, there is no reason for Republicans to
recede from their claims. Until then, a
resumption of the regular occupations of
business, with q claim, dispassiOnate
awaiting for results ought to be the at
tltude assumed by every good citizen.
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Blaine on the s,tn.t,on-

AUGUsTA, Me-, Nov. THE latest i'd
vices received here from New York are
TO the effect that the Republican com.
mittee. state and national, after careful
examination Of the whole ground, are
Satisfied that the state has gone tor
Blaine and Logan. They say that q cor.
rect count will show q small Republican
plurality, and that they have fakeu steps
TO establish the fact. Mr.. Blaine's resi-
deRce was crowded all day, many prom
Inent citizens from distant parts of the
state arriving. Interest in the result In
New York Is growing deeper every hour,
This afternoon Blaine talked freely
about the situation. He said to a dis.
tIngulshed citizen OF Maine: 81 feel
entirely confident that the honest vote
OF New York, without change or man.
ipulation. Will show a plurality for the
Republican electors of not less than
800 votes. do not speak idly, but
from the most accurate facts, carefully
furnished me from the most accurate
sources. MIR. Blaine added that the
dispatch from Daniel Manning, pub
ltshed yesterday, contained the most
arrogant and offensive threat to control
the election returns in the interest of
the Democratic ticket ever made
IN any northern state, and equal
led the worst bulldOzIng
proclamations ever Issued in the south
He thought its effect would be TO disat-
feet the law abiding citizens OF New
York, who cannot affofd to have their
state reduced to the level of the lawIess.
ness prevailing in South Carolina and
Mississippi. The gentlemen asked Mr.
Blaine if he felt much disappointment
over the possible prospect Of losing the
presidency by such means. Mr.. Blaine
answered: do not feel so In any per
sonal sense, but profoundly SO on &C.
count of the vast national interests de-
pending on the result. l feel great
pride that no imputation of fraud has
ever been seriously uttered against the
members of the Republican party in any
state or district. ] do not believe the
American people Will accept a fraudu.
lent result. The Republicans have car
ried the northern States by more than
800. 900 majority, and they do not pro.
pose to have the leading state taken from
them by fraud.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13

NEW YORK, Nov. S-Ths Commercial
Advertiser this afternoon says: 1t seems
generally agreed to-day by Law abiding
citizens, that the omcial vote
must be awaited before the quee.
tim Of who has carried New
York, can be settled. There was no
disposition on the part Of Republicans
to deny the claims advanced by Demo
crats. The Republicans position was
thus stated: The largest vote ever cast
in New York has been polIed- Il ex-
ceeds 800, coo. Out Of this immense
number of ballots deposited in thousands
Of boxea IN sixty counties of the state,
It Is co1lended that plurality of less
than 1900 votes has been given. Mr..
Blaine's friends do not claim an excess
Of tina: figure, nor do Mr.. Cleveland's.
plurality ?" Thus far unofficial figures
have failed TO demonstrate IT. Both
sides have insisted that the
other was beaten, and the great
body Of the people viii have
none of such decisions. The question
will go 70 the body that has been legally
constituted tor just such purpose. and
happily that body n one in which every
fair and reasonable man has the pro-
foundest confidence. This II the eitu-
alton te-tay and it is ono that viii be
rnaintsieed until the question ie settled
In an official manner and 80 ths8 Go OBJ
lection can be made by any man who
has the welfare Of his country ct heart.
Up 20 O'Clock today there has been no
chaugs II the vote Of tie stale as report
ed In the morning papers- It then stood
with Cleyeland's plurality s46c-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
LAROR A NE0ESsTTY

Journal of Agriculture: Man is so
constituted that ne cannot be content in
idleness. He is placed in q working
world, and he is a working creature.
Many try to evade this plain law of ex-
istence and in their efforts to do so IN
jure their fellow men and bring ruin,
early decay and death upon themselves.
The laborer frequently repines and MUIR
murs at his hard lot, but let him for a
time Join the horde of ldlers and drones
that cumber the earth and he will soon
find no real bliss in rest
The history of the world concluslyely
proves that at all times, in ali places,
and under all conditions, true manhood
has never been attained except through
physical and mental labor. Contrast
the civilization of tropical and temper
ate climates, where in the one we find
the savage or semi-barbarous, who work
but little, and that, spasmodicaily in
the other is found the highest type of
civilization, the natural and accompany
ing result of continuous labor
A-O-S NAS --oOSCo o4O 4O0A0 " 10
laboriDg men, many of whom
labor more assiduously with the
brain than others do with the hand
Examples are found In all the profess
sions from the minister in his study, the
attorney in his Office, the banker at his
desk, the editor in his ssnctum and the
teacher IL the school.room.
Let no one sit down then and grumble
or fret over his work, because it is work,
and envy the rich seemingly having
nothing to do. Many of our wealthiest
men are those who have labored and do
still labor the hardest; yet there are
many very rich men in America to-day,
who live upon the inherited produce OF
other peoples work and do nothing spe-
cial themselves, who are far more de-
serving of pity than envy. They have
not acquired the grand heritage of noble
manhood-that of an incentive to labor
They have NO inspiration from the digni.
~ OF honest toll, but sit down and
waste their lives away, either liv
ing on their inherited riches, or degrad.
ing their hours in sensual pleasures and
pain-killing excitement. All such de-
serve pity, certainly not envy, and have
they any mission TO perform for the ben
eft of the world it seems to be that o.
serving as q beacon light to warn otheri
from their improbable course of life.
The necessity of labor, as a means o
| pleasure Is apparent to all who work IL
moderation; its use supplies q wan
found nowhere else. Its abuse alone il
hurtful, when too long and unremitting
ly pursued it fails to benefit; but wheI
regularly and intelligently followed, l
brings blessings to its votaries. and de
velops the mental and physical power
of man. It also is the moving and con
trolling power that elevates and advance
society IN arts and sciences. II Is trul,
g necessity for mans full development
and greatest enjoyment.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
PUBLIC INTEGRTTY.

Journal Of Agriculture: Il is an old
and true saying, that at is easier 10 ind,
than correct abuses" The sruthfnlness
of this Is apparens to any one who will
read the current history Of our public
men and their acts Of the past thirty
years. The days of large subsidies and
land grants. the Credit MObiIier expos
uEe. the long array Of names OF promi-
nent men in positions Of honor and trust
that have betrayed confidence reposed,
should cause the sober-minded and re-
necting people Of the United States TO
arouse themselves. to the necessity of
raising public integrity upon . higher
plane In public esteem.
The remedy most readily applied to
reach this end il with the people. They
must insist and bring to bear the strong
influence Of the masses. for placing
only men of unimpeachabls honesty in
positions Of trust, whether these places
be the most honorable and elevated IN
the gift Of the people or those Of small
and subordinate capacity. The watch
word, too long held in sbeyance, should
be Honesty and faithfulness TO the
'front.'" A return TO the ld-fashioned
principle Of undertaking honesty IL the
crying need o. the hour. A necessity
for q more practical and clearer Justine
ton of right and wrong is absolutely
essential before the country can be re-
lIeved Of the incubus that pressges de-
struction.
The standard OF integrity. has IN the
trade centers, at the bank. In Legislative
halls, In commercial marts, ct the coun-
ter, and-must we say 1t. even among the
producing classes, become too low.
Our people often wink at, If they do
not acquiesce in little crookedness. e.
peciallY If IN its development the crook
shows capacity and is successful.
Ruinous extravaganza invariably has
followed laxity of morals, for loose NOR
ais have paved the way for defalcations
and dishonesty, which generally are the
effects of extravaganza.
Honesty is the foundation OF 8 nation,
true and enduring prosperity. When it
Is tempered with, or the people con-
sent to ignore it, decay and ruin newt
ably follow. Corruption and fraud in
positions of trust and high places, when
practiced with IMMUNITY and their per-
petrators are left to go unpublished, are
sure signs that the crimes are not sim
ply individual, but national. The rem
edy for them Is with the people, who, by
| o mn and nn0fArN 60 .svaG
ish, are themselves pGrtieeps erinlinis.
We must arouse to q realizing sense of
the dangers threatening our country and
care less for party and more for princl-
pie. For
s,In fares the land to fastening ills prey, I"
Where millionaires accumulate and honest
men decay.
Defaulters and demagogzes may flourish or
may fade,
Stock Jo6bing can make them. as stock job
bling has made,
But Public Integrity, q country's true pride
When once lost can rarely be supplied.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13

Leavenworth Times: Kansas returns
q full delegation of Republican congress
men. The contests In several of the dis.
trictS haYe been spirited, particularly in
the First. but the results are ali satisfac-
tory and will be taken as an evidence
that Kansas wants nothing to do with
free trade. 1t is a theory that has been
urged on her business men and her
farmers. The latter has been told time
after time that he il being, robbed, that
protection is plumber and all that. But
he has not believed it. He knows that
home market is better than . foreign
market. He knows that ne cannot have
home market unless there are manu-
factories to employ labor. He knows
that we cannot have manufactures IN
less we have manufacturers, and be
knows that we cannot have manufsctur.
ers unless they can in that line find
profitable investments. And lie knows
that to give the manufacturer q profit
the workingman will not consent to come
down to the wages Of the pAuper labor
OF Britain. Therefore we must have
protection.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-11-13
The New York election Law.

ALBANY, Nov. 6.-The Albany Journal
this afternoon says: On Tuesday the
board of supervisors meet IN the various
counties and set about sscertaining the
returns. Their duties are purely cleri.
cal. They simply add up the total re.
turns in the election districts and wards
and certify to their accuracy, and trans.
nit the certified returns TO the secretary
of state. During this month the stats
board of canvassers, consisting of Score.
taFY Carr, the comptroller of state, at.
torneY General O'BrIeD. State Treasurer
Maxwell and State Engineer Sweet
meet In this city and add up the totals
of the supervisory returns from coun.
ties, and the result is the official vote OF
the state, and according to that result the
certificates are issued by the state board
to the presidential electors who have
been chosen.