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New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
POLITICAL NOTES.

correspondent Of The writes from rhTaselphi,,
have never seen the Democratic party of P9nusy
completely dishcaTtened In Presidential year thsy
nov are" One why they dlshclr,enei per.
haps IL that they have lingering fear that their osn
party may succeed and they know that da,ter 10 al IN
dustries is likely follow We console them Tler
party is safe TO be beaten again.
The ii-Blalue free;rade Boston Transript IL very
much ANNOYED because Democratic Senator NJ
Mcpherson. " had the impldence to assert before an
audience of Jcrseytnen on Tuesday that the Dom
party was the real protective party" tn, rrDcrpi L.
20 doubt OF it, candidates position. bat declare, thl,
Governor Cleveland stands. however much the atiemp,
made to conceal the fact In hh tard sections o iAs
country FOR liberated trade and judicoas reduction =
duties" IT'S pity thar The Transcript cannot impat
some o; confidence to the Governor last winter
ne thought he knew wha, he thought about the tsrf bg
now he doesn't think at all.
Mr. ! Gale. Chief Templar of Washington Territory
and British Columbia expresses his views "a follows IN
The Portland Oregonidn 4" consider the movement u
ST. John and his party unwisc. and positive nr 20
the temperance and doubt not II all the Pr"hih
the United states Ia vote on the question:
than hreeourths OF them would vote % condemn
the action OF those who put Prohibition ticket In th,
field.
The people OF Rochester protest that the ponden
who recently sent from that city Tie Ne York
Tines must be a o. superhuman sagaciy. lie found
a club OF 800 "stalwarts" who are going to vote for
Cleveland when not another human being awaro Il
IT'S existence Unfortunately the correspondent omitted
give the and place Of meeting OF this club and
hopelessy lost again If 1t had never been ds
covered.
Already the Democrats have hegin 70 cry Oh.
pshaw Ohio doesn't count anyway its nothing bat .
state election wait until Novembcr rhtr have put al
their money and their labor into Ohio. but he.f hearts
are In their mouths.
Having travelled In THIS part OF the state, writes
gentleman from Oean under date OF October J. III occurs
to me that have never before seen such desperate
effort made by any party the Democrats are now max
ing to induce people get 10 Buffalo on Fursday to At
tend the spontaneous demonstration suggested hl Gov
ernor Cleveland the occasion ofhs visit 70 his oil
home" Biz posters aud handbs. excursion rates aui
free tickets to the impecous were Invoked u collect
crowd
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
SHERIFF CLETELAND as An ADMINS
TR4TIVF REFORMER."

One of the stock arguments in favor OF MIR.
Cleveland's election takes this form lie
"lsnt much of a statesman, but then he has
ceItainly proved himself an earnest and
" thorough goi:g administrative reformer. Ii
"chosen President he could be relied upon,
"even if his Administration was not brilliant,
" to enforce prudence and economy npubllc al
"fairs.r Is the argument valid one Is 1t
founded on fact 7 Let us see.
If MIR. Cleveland is an administrative reform
er. how does 1t happen that he charged Erie
County $3.50 "for executing Patrick Morrissey,
that being $3.50 in excess cf the sum set apart
for that purpose by the Board of Supervisors
The Sheriff that preceded him hung man for
$500; so did the Sheriff that succeeded nm.
What Is the explanation OF that extra $l1o In
Cleveland's account Was it for the wear and
tear on his " finer feclings'2
Again if Cleveland dotes on economy, what
is the explanation of the fact that whereas his
predecessors bills against the county footed
I'D to only $26,G39 81, his own reached
S99. .9OG 36l Here we have a difference OF
:R13.2GG 80 not in favor of this administrative
rcformer. DID not Sheriff Cleveland, the econ
Onst regard that amount rs worth saving I
Whatever his opinion, the Supervisors OF his
county indicated with sufficient clearness what
they thought of him as an administrative re-
former by reducing his bill S4,471 80 before
passing it, We tclcve none Of the lives OF
Cleveland that have been written for cam
paign service mention this delicate tribute pald
him by the Erie Supervisors.
Once more, if Cleveland has such very ten
der regard for the taxpayers. what shall be SAID
DO o.
of his charge in one and the same year for S63
days' attendance on COURT 1868 days at S3 n
davrladc a total of 81, $50 thai Eric was called
mon to hand over t. him to discharge this
reckoning. while the records show that the
bills of the deputies under him were not in
cludcd in ths yearly bill for SG3 DAYS. Mr.
Cltycland's friends had their attention called
fo this bin several weeks agO. but so lar ~ we
have seen they have not attempted to throw
any light upon it.
And set again. if Sheriff Cleveland laborcd
with an eve single 10 the virtues with which he
is Credited +, il not curOn.-1 very curious
circumstance that early in hi- term the fees
oi his Office were increased by an act ol the
Lcgisainre. in face Of the rcmonstrnnce Of
Erc's Supervisors. What was known as " the
SLcrif7s ling" secured the Introduction of a
bill increasing the allowance for court aiirnh-
ance and other services. The Board of super
yisors Of Eric passed resolution asking the
Legislature that tlle bill should be amended 40
~ not to apply 10 that county. u was n splen-
did opportunity for rcioriorr TO come To The
front Shorn Cleveland did not como 10 the
'front.' and Eiie County was not taken out oi
the bin.
There arc other chapters IN Mr. Clovcland's
pDbic record that make Ahipwicok of the rre-
frncp fhal hc isn genuine administrative fo.
fornor Bat these vii do lol tliis tiino. llo "a
n iclofncr ~ the abstract. W the concrete he
l. the tool Of TDDD Thompson.
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poses to pay the salaries of the Cleveland
workers whom he is putting on his pay-rols.
Il is to the Republican member of the Board
of Estimate and Apportionment that the tax
PAYERS must look in the future as in the past
for the exposure and defeat of Mr.. Thompson's
schemes Mr.. Asten has always been firn as a
rock in his opposition to all the plans of the
Democratic tax-e eaters for swelling city cx-
penses and increasing the host of placeholders,
who are active in the interest OF cliqles, fac
tions and "bosses," but who are idle and
almost useless in the public service. But for
the persistence of the President of the Tax
Department in resisting Democratic extrava-
gance and Democratic Efforts to divert public
funds from their proper uses, the burdens OF
taxpayers would have been much heavier than
they are Take this matter of unexpended bal
ances alone. Every taxpayer would have been
forced to pay 50 more this year on every
thousand dollars of his taxable property If
these balances had not been covered into the
treasury. Mr.. Clevelanrs party is the party OF
extra: agance and evasion of law.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
yrLLtyG dDrERTJSEuEYT

II Is the cry Of the British Free Trader that
proloctron opprcssrs the wofltingmcn by in
crcnsing tic price Of manufactured goods and
that even If H. rni-os wages. II does not nCrcnsG
lboir purchasing power. The contrary of This Ia
true, Of course. Under protective tnrlf our
manufacturer have been Developed until com.
pclllon has reduced prices 10 q low point :
mennwhile the wotlingmnn's wages have in'
creased. These two points nre neatly brought
ont and made clear 10 the dnle,t comprohcn-
sion In an advertisement of Milwaukee diy
ooods firm, T.. A. Champmln 81 CO., published
in some of the Western papers II Is not often
that an advertisement makes IA good campaign
document; but this one certainly does.
The firm displays a retail price list of their
domestic goods for September, lss /, and COM
pares it with the list of wholesale prices paid
for the same staples in 1860. The price of
wheat in 1860 is also quoted and compared
with its present price. Attention is called to
the fact that the wages of laborne men and
mechanics are higher to-day by % per cent
than they were in 1860. Here are some OF the
Gcures in regard to bleachcd cottons, as quoted
in the advertisement: New York Mills, retail
nrice to-day, Ii cents; 1860, wholesale price,
l5lo cents. Wamsutta, gig cents; 1850, at
Wholesale, 13ls cents; Utica Nonpareil, 9l2
cents retail to-day; 1860, at wholesale, II
cents. The same difference might be shown in
the prices of a dozen other kinds of cottons and
prints but the point is made clear in the quota
tions given above. There is no getting around
the cold truth of these figures. The working
man or farmer to-day can purchase these goods,
which are among the necessaries of life for him,
from 20 to 40 per cent less than in 1850 they
could be bought at wholesale; and meanwhile
the price of farm products and the wages OF
labor have advanced from 20 to % per cent.
The workingman who in 1850 got dollar a
d,y and paid over 15l2 cents yard for
bleached cotton to-day receives 81 20 and
buvs the cotton in Milwaukee at 9l2 cents
yard.
Wages up and prices down. That is what
protection has done for the country, and surely
that is argument enough to convince any
farmer, mechanic or daylaborer that his vote
should be cast this fall for the party which is in
favor of continuing the just protection OF
American industry rather than for q British
free trade Democracy which would cut down
the barriers and reduce labor to a European
la
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
FACTS FOR TAXPAYERS.

Taxpayers who look >on the backs of their
tax-bills will find there some figures which
have great deal of significance. The total
amount to be raised by taxation in this city for
1854 is $29.99l,l72 So. The rate of taxation
is 81 % The total of appropriations for tie
year is S34. .O67, ,5s5 81, but from this are de-
Quoted the revenues of the General Fund and
the amount of une1peuded balances of appro-
priations for 1882 and previous years, which
have been transferred TO the General Fund.
These unexpended balances foot up $2,67s.-
OC2 20. If they had not been covered into the
city treasury. the amount to be raised by taxa
tion this year would have been over tuo and
@ haU millions Of dollars greater than 1t is
now, and the tax rate would have been SO 4o
instead of 81 25. And II our Democratic
friends had had their way these balances would
not have been covered into the treasury, but
would have remained as bonanza for Hubert
0. Thompson to draw on for the expenses OF
this campaign. He is now trying to divert ap-
propriations Of this year from their proper pur-
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further consideration will show the mprudence
of extinguishing him. Farmers often fail to apprc
cia'e the services of birds and reptiles, Until by
killing them oil they have given opportunity to
their natural prey 10 increase and multiply. and
then the hasty slayer discovers that he has put
King Log oat OF the way to make room for King
Siork The fact is that the service done by Dfds
neating yrubs and caterpiars far moro important
than Is usually understood. II has, for instance
been calculated that q single pair of sparrows
remove 1000 caterpillars week all through the
summer season.
Now, il there are so rnanv caterpars 70 get rid
Of and if the sparrows are the principal insect at
ers in the neghborhood what must be the conse-
quence of destroying the sparrows IN that re-
gion 2 Obviously the subjugation of the country
by the carerpillars. which are so much worse rban
the sparrows in that they do not leave any green
thing behind them Nor can the return of other
BIRDS which have been driven away by the spar
rows. be depended upon. They may return. or
they may not. The presumption is that they VIII
in no case return at once: yet unless they do the
insects will have the field to themselves and will
make the most of if. This is the danger to be APP
pretended from upon the sparrows. assuming
that such a war can be carried successfully.
Perhaps also 1t may be worth while to recall the
fact that the sparrow Is not an invader here, but
au assisted immigrant. He did not come. He was
brought. And it is rather queer hospitality to plot
the destruction of invited guests if 1T were as
certain rs il is not that this particular guest was
an unmitigated nuisance. On the whole. there
fore il may he well to give the sparrow another
hearing and at least 70 make sure that his place
can be supplied before steps taken to get rid OF
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
PERSONAL.

Mr. Henry Coxwcll the veteran Enssh acronaut. saysi
Ballooning has saved my lie Can y0u lc surprised
when yon think of the great body Of pue, unaiH.ies"i
oxygen which you enter when you reach htitIio ~
say milel II iml arts life 10 me every TINE 30
up ara IL Is with reluctance Quit H. wncno.er f'cl
doubt that II means could ue devised for thri, pa--ns
iu-cathcd through th" lover region. ~ f"s many lh
valids would benefit iminoasurdDy ttom an a-''"' d"
balloon"
II Is said that John Mccullough will s1on TO hs homo
in PHILADELPHIA and rcs lis wife, and da'.E'tr
compose hs family ard they haye been very ANXIOUS
about hs condition ever since he hcgan acting th' M
. could not convince him." said Mrs Mccullough on
Wednesday " that he not In aconiiii"n To- travel
about the country even appear at any Theatre Nh'h
urged him 10 rcst hc worried at the ics o. hr nrrl
n lie seemed to want ip trrrF" h.nr'., t'p w..
any one VINO kpew hi. weakness told him hhai hf "f'
looking better than hr hlh lp'h'' l', pt'&,., & ., ~,
lone lime When saw that his passion Tor tne .'t,
could not overcome bY int f"ifs pt lblHich h hH
wi- silent and ceased to mention IT,
Atthe recent international Conference - ho rd
Cross M Geneva swlikcrand n wnto ordered ne an &C.
,eutionai honor inst ncc De- entered upon ine r r'
~ the conference tho following complimentary
notice of the work done by hifs ,me hnig',
one ~ the American dcrttlrfi )" .nl' CO., N'
Miss tinrn Barton. preside ~ ~ ihN Amrihh hh 10
ion nl thr .od Cross, Is descrng of recognition Goo ih'
hlmuutuiln worn sbo hi' doie'
Mr. In,es william Drf0e, the great. .gfoii .rnnd.Dn =
Daniel DcfOc, Il pnrljlcd nenfy blind and 3" mfhi
need An rnell-h paper suggests That nu VIE" iIfo
ever rcn Robinson crusoe contribute pouny ~ thn d
actudtnt ~ lts nuthur
A. Pfesidon, ~ the Academy ~ Music So Stool .nn,
King Oscar ~ swodcn has. from time to 'm'. hIifnd
number of lectures on music 1hesn o'tfcs. tHF'i'f
with snur phOuic4 composed ~ his hJtsig hHlt lHt
been puDuih'l
I4 senator Conhllugs appearance IN iio un''i '''n'
district Courtroom In Bo7ton fuesdpN ns COUNSEL
created some 4iir m the modon Ath'n7
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
IUPLDEHT

"Wemust not have any 'IuGi' business in the
Grand Army" says The Herah. when did this
impudcnt scccs.onst journal, this malgncr oi
Lincoln and dclamcr of Grant this organ of
CoppeIhcads in war aud OF organized assasslna-
tion at the South ever since, acquire any right
TO speak or to think for loyal soldiers
At no time in the whole career of that journal
has it been in any sense loyal. 1t is foreign
paper, edited on American soil 4" for revenue
only" 1t egged on the South to secede, be-
cause British manufacturers expected great
profits from free trade with Southern Conled
eracy. Ii malIgned the Union leaders and the
loyal cAuse as long and as far as it dared. 1t
east its lot, when the war closed, with the unre-
constructed rebels, and in all the infamous
crimes perpctrated at the South has been the
apologist and defender OF Ku-Klux Klans and
organized assassination. For such a journal
10 talk about what we must have in the Grand
Army" is much as If Lucifer, having been
kicked ont of Heaven, should take it upon him
self to direct from hot place afar off, the pro-
ceedings around the shining throne.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04

Ina letter printed on another page Judge
Touro6e. who was vchemently opposed last
sprng TO the nomination of Mr.. Blame gives
cogent statement of his reasons Tor earnestly
advocating Mr.. Blaincs election. lie declares
first. that the Democratic party has demon
stratcd its unfitness, the Republican party Its
fitness to rule the country: second, that the
party whose only possible chance for success
is based on violence and fraud at Southern polls
has no possible claim on a Northern mans vote !;
third. that Il consideration Of the personal CHAR
acter and qualifications of the candidates com
pcls him TO support Mr.. Blaine; fourth, that
the association of silent spectator OF the war
for the Union with Jealous and active Cop
perhead makes it a patriotic duty to defeat
them BOTH Last spring Judge Toursee was
disturbed by the charges against Mr. Blame
but n careful study of all the evidence, ana es-
pecialy the latest instalment, has convinced
him that those charges were false. lie still
fails, however, fully to understand Mr. Blaines
character. He fancies that his former opposi-
ton cannot be forgiven whereas the simple
truth is that less than almost any other man
in public life does Mr.. Blaine conceive or cher
ish personal rcscntmcnts.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04

annoipted committee to consider the future
policy of the Bridge, with view to Legislative
action. This is simply device to stave OIL sn
immediate decision of pressing questions NO
action by the Legislature is needed to give liie
nnblic reduced rates OF fare. That Is a mat'er
for the trustees. and they cannot shift the re-
snonsibility. What the Legislature should 40,
however. is TO wine out the present board oil
twenty trustees and provide for the appo,''
ment of three OF five officers who SHAH cohou,'
the Bridge independently of any outside cohsi"-
Grafton and with the utmost regard for me
rights and privileges of the people Inc on,
redeeming feature of yesterdays work Is uia'
Mayor Low was made chairman OF the commit
tee.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
CTFVEI4N NUS WELCOME.

Two things are noticeable about the Cleve-
land demonstration in Buffalo. First. that it
was necessary III city of nearly 100000 peo-
Die. in order to make display OF welcome to
n resident of that city, a candidate for the Pres
idency to run excursion trains on various roads
from distant points-in the language of a Dem
ocratic dispatch, putting whole counties on
wheels" In consequence the gathering was
large. 1t is stated that $4,000 men took part
in the procession. Nearly $4,000 votes were
cast for Governor Cleveland in that county
alone. Where the welcoming Is 900 came
from may be judged from such items as this.
The HeralGs account of the Governors halt at
Rochester says:
Mr. Frederick Cook the we'll known Rochester brew er.
with rumber o, friends. stepped on the and cor
daily greeted the Governor.
We have sent twenty-scven loads OF friends ahead
OF you to Buffalo," said Mr.. Cook.
IL Rochester alone sent 1000 men to swell
the procession. and other places in Western
New-York did as well, how many of Governor
C,eveanLs Buffalo "neighbors and friends y
were in the procession
The second point is that neither the address
on behalf OF citizens nor Governor ClevelaDd's
reply made any reference to his personal repu-
taticn as a citizen. Mr.. Henry Martin, who
delivered the address, apparently was full OF
the idea that if candidate had deserved well
in his public acts, it made no sort of difference
what private lite he had led. and therefore,
though he made some most extraordinary false
statements in regard to the public course Ol
Governor Cleveland he did not venture by Q
word to suggest that the citizens OF Buffalo
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04

mlratio1 to a man who has shsd a glory on Tia
venerable religion from which il Aprang Good.
ness belongs exclusively to no rsce or faith. and
after Moses Montefore the Jew, te forgotten Mo-e,
Monteiore. the good and mercifnl man. Will h
held in deserved reverence
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04

regarded Clevelands private life with approval.
As sample of Mr. Martins absurd untrsths'
this may be quoted: 4" We rejoice to know
that in this bitter campaign not one reputable
man has been able to point ont one solitary
official act of your administration, and pro-
nouncc it subject to just criticism" If a more
audacious falsehood has ever been uttered
by ANYBODY than this il must have been by The
Ereuin1 Post
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04
TEN PAGES.
TIE NEUS THIS MORNING.

ForElGN-The capture of Beibcr by General
America in the Franc Chinese troubles not CON
frmed. ---- Scyeuty-niuo boats lost in hniT'-
cane al Iceland. -- Fifty deaths from cholera
in Naples and twenty-five ~ Genoa. --; ficuch
Cabinet sanctioned a credit TO provide employ men
for labJIlug classes
DOMEsrIC.-Mr. Blaine continued his journey
from Cincinnati to Columbus. - General LO-
gan was warmly greeted by soldiers at Dayton
Ohio. . Governor Cleveland received visitors
o,d made visits in Buffalo -- General Ewing
declared that hc could mt oppose Mr Blaine -
Another ncendiary fire was discovered near Pitts
bnrg woman was fatal injured ~ rail-
way accident at Clayton, Del. - seven more
victim of the Pine Creek railway accident dicd
--- Crave robbers caused excitement III Fo-tofia,
ONO. The racing record was lowered at
Chicago.
Ctry All crnrnBAV.-Dctals Of gas companies
consolidation. Special meeting Of the Bridge
trp4tecs Close of session of the Peabody
Fund trustees. - Argument ON the reports III
,he Rb,poiander case The Lycenn Theatre
sclool opepod - Suicide after attempting mnr-
def Startling report on a former Newark
t,e,sutct's accounts Gold value oi the legal
tender SILVER dollar H12i9 Rfainsl. siS7 conts
.- Stocks were dull and huclnntod within small
f,ar,inns aud closed fcaintoess aud ifrennllt
Tnr WtA1rrn-frinuSt loct observations 90
dicno stationary temperature. cloudy "ra'b'f'
aud SLIGHT inin. lempctatnfH Yesterday Hish'ai'
Gipt oarri, 6G,i nsciafe, bR's'
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JnNes to Advertisements.
Pns,nees Notlfes.

APRorrrABLE INvEsTMENIIEacnii:$S % aD"oie. anDins
.tr a, I,v. je,. ,ssNDls ltinsirs ,,.L aoyar,i
.aa,I.,l ar,n civ and elmoor Rns ,eo,.afv
hoIsaof brding sGrrOuntn2 lepo sa5 BROAD.
.sns,.. :, CI,eniars Of H. WILSON, Attornsy o'' Do
way, ~ Y.
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lmusemenls 60 Night.

ArKRrcAx rssrrrurE-2-Industiia Eahieu'"'
S,soI ~, va, sIovsE-2 and e. Adonis
Tn,sny T,tI ,rpp-2 and S-"Tbe Secreta1y'
CssYx,>-a and g." The Little DUKE;
Da,y.s TuEATRF-2 and S." Nitouche
Epyx MvsFf-NaNworks
GgaSpOprR. HousF-2 ard g." sea OF ,re reo psv,te
MADISON SQUARE IHbArKI-Z anu ''''- ~
Secretary" - ,,,,so-
NrRIo o's q AgDEN-2 aud s-"Tne seven h"'o"'-
pTAp urAIRv-2 and s." seiba .oa,
ux1oy sorARP THrArRE-2 and s-"Iynwcou:
W.rr.cK's rupArRs--2 and g." Fanchon.
,I1p STepvr THr ,TRE--2 and g." MY Lic.
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THE TRIBUNE " al begin tomorrow the puDlica-
ton of dramatic story of Southern liie Blended
with striking revelation OF the barbarites oi the
chain gang is pleasant romance OF hrst love-the
whole told with an attractive simplicity. Ihe
novel is one of to-day, aud the hero is carpet
baggern still lingering In Georgia. whence most Of
his class have departed. The author is Southerner
and ono familiar with Southern life and feeling.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-04

The good work done by the John T. Slater
Fund IA educating The freedmen oi the south
is again brought to public notice by the meeting
of the trustees just held IN this riy. Since
their Last meeting the founder oi tic fund las
died. EN-Presldent Hayes, the president Oh
,be trustees. paid fitting tribute to the phil
onu,rouist. who mad the satisfaction, before his
death of seeing the work Tor which he gave Il
million dollars well under way. In the last
year $33, 900 has been distributed to the vaIl-
ous inst titutions in which the bcnehclaiies Oh
the fund are trained