Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-18

fraction thcreofin excess OF nfty.
GEO BAYLOR, Chairman.
t. T. BRADY, Secretary.
IT'S but little faded "FlOwer."
ONE thing is sure-there is no tattoo on
Grover Cleveland.
Ir is "Clcvcland, Hendricks and Re-
form" this time. 4 hsppy combination
of the old and tho new.
Ben BUTLER did not accept the Demo-
cratic nomination. The main reason was
because he didn't have chance.
liz Mexico the masher has Il hard time.
\ fellow caught,a young dude kissing his
wife and promptly cut his cheek oil.
IT is hard to tell which is the best END
of the Democratic ticket. 1t Is sort OF
double-header that would run both ways.
LOGAN is going 10 take the stump. lie
will begin his speeches something like
this: "Fellow citizens, of whom l am
which,"
LEV 10 DAhI-h, ISoV', Va WV ~ q
ReqiSter has been elected member OF the
National Democratic Executive Commit
tee for West Virginia.
THERE are not many words In the En-
glish language that will rhyme with
Cleveland or Hendricks, so we will be
SHARED those awful campaign songs.
BLAINE SAYS he does not consider the
Democratic ticket 4 strong one. In about
four months from now he will think that
it.ea was the biggest mistake he ever made.
JOIN KELLY has ut last been sat down
upon by the Democratic party-a heroic
measure that will prove of great benefit.
The Tammany chief is losing much OF his
power. --------------
Ir is said that the second place on tho
Presidential ticket WAS offered to Hon.
Henry G.. Davis, of this State, but he gave
so many reasons why Hendricks should
he nominated for Nice-President that the
lsster was ut length decided upon.
The committee engaged in the work Of
revising the Old Testament have finished
their labors. After submission to the
couvocation, the Testament will be ISSUED.
TO the public. Twelve Of the twenty
seven members died during the revision.
THE government departments in wash
ington having shown up a thiefall around,
4 second round has been begun. a clerk
in the Post-oflice Department has just
been caught stealing postage stamps, after
having ypothecated" $lO,OOo worth.
THE Republicans say that Cleveland is
an obscure man, and urge it as an objec-
ton to him. When we reflect that 1t was
the Republicans who brought the late
President Hayes to the front, the above
objection seems to be tritle inconsistent.
UoS. HENRY G.. DAVIS thinks that tho
Democrats will carry West Virginia by
majority of about $4,000. He says it is
absurd TO think the Republicans will carry
the State, and that Blaine's railroad in
tcrests here will not gain him hundred
votes.
THE cholera continues to rage in Mar
settles. Toulon and other places in France.
At Marseiles there were Go deaths Ia "a
hours. The people are flying from the
city by the thousand, and many persons
have been crushed at the railway stations
nv the crowds in their frantic efforts to
obtain tickets. The number Of trains leav-
ing the city has been increased threc-fold.
THE Mountain Lake Park summer re-
sort in Garrett county, Nd, will be moro
than usually attractive this summer to
those DESTROYS Of combining recreation
with instruction There Is to be sum-
iner school of amateur photography, and
the Chatauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle will be in session two weeks, COM
menring on the l4th of August. The
Woman's Christian Temperance Union Ia
TO meet there on the oath of July.
THE platform of the Democratic party
adopted at Chicago is an excellent docu-
mcnt. On that all-important topic, the
tariff, it says: Knowing full well, how
over, that legislation affecting tho occu-
pations of the people should be cautious
and conservative in method, not in adj
vance Of public opinion, but responsive to
its demands, the Democratic party is
pledged to revise the tariff in spirit Of
fairness to all interests.
But in making reduction in taxes 1t is
not proposed TO injure any domestic In
dustries, but rather to promote their
healthy growth. All taxation shall be
limited TO the requirements OF economical
government. The necessary reduction III
taxation can and must be effected without
depriying American labor of the ability to
compete successfully with foreign labor,
and without imposing lower rates Of duty
than will be ample to cover any increased
cost of production which may exist in
consequence of the higher rate Of wages
prevailing in this country.
Sufficient revenue to pay all the ex-
penses of the Federal government econom-
ically administered, including pensions,
interest and principal Of the public debt,
can be got under our present system Of
taxatio9from custoni-house taxes on fewer
imported articles, bearing heaviest OH ar
ticles of luxury, and bearing lghtest OH
articles of necessity. We therefore de-
nounce the abuses of the existing tariff,
and, subject to the preceding limitations,
we demand that Federal taxation shall be
avcluciyalv for mn hlic purnoses and shall