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The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20
POLITICAL.
Rhode island Democrats.

PROVIDENCE, R. L., March 19.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention met this morning and
Was largely attended. Charles Fl. Page was
chosen chairman by Sc votes to Al for Hugh j.
Carroll, and Mr.. Page made brief address
After the roll of the convention had been
made up and the temporary organization
made permanent Alderman John NJ. Brennan
nominated for Governor George Ell. Coriss.
Geo. j. West nominated Amasa Sprague of
Warwick, saying that it was not right or con-
sistent for the Democratic party to nominate a
Republican: Thos. w Segsr of Westerly was
nominated by Mr.. Carroll. "A formal ballot
ranulfad
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20

Capt. Elijah Low and wife of Bangor cele-
brated their golden wedding Tuesday even.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20
FARMINoToN.

The spring term of the Pennington Normal
School opened Tuesday morning with seventy
four pupils in attendance. twenty-four in the
entering class and more to come.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20

Two barns, some out buildings, several
ewne and about twenty tons of hay were de.
stroyed by fire Monday night at o'clock. The
fire was caused by stove set up in an out
building for the benefit of swine.
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
T1l27 MI
The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20

X Rise.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16
>,r no Attitudes In Death.

o.. Z. K HrowrrSequnrd..
AZ the battle Of Williamsburg
United tates zouaye was shot directly
through the forehead, as he was climb.
ing over low fence. and his body was
found in the last attitude in life: one
leg half over the fence, the body
crouching backward One hand, partly
clenched and raise to the level of his
forehead, presented the palm forward
as if to ward of an approaching evil.
A brakeman of freight car on the
Nashville x Chattanooga railroad was
instantaneously killed by shot be-
tween the Q, es, fired by guerrilla. The
murdered man was screwing down the
brakes ut the moment OF the shot.
After death the body remained fixed,
the arms rigidly extended on the wheel
of the brake. The pipe which he had
been smoking remained clasped be.
tween his teeth. The conservation of
the last attitude can take place in other
circumstances than sudden death from
wounds to the brain, the heart, or the
lungs, although an injury to vital
organ is the most frequent cause of
that phenomenon.
A detail of United States soldiers,
foraging near U;oldsboro, n. c., came
suddenly upon party of southern cal.
valry dismounte t. The latter imme-
di.tely sprang to their saddles and,
after volley had been fired at them,
they all but one rode away. That one
was left standing with one foot in re
stirrup: one hand, the left, grasping
the bridle-rein and name of his horse,
the right hand clenching the barrel of
his carbine near the nuzzle, the butt Of
the carbine resting on the ground. The
mans head was turned over his right
shoulder, apparently watching the APP.
proach of the attacking party. lie was
called upon to surrender, without re.
spouse, and upon near approach and
examination he was found to be rigid
in death, in the singular attitude above
described. Great difficulty was ex.
perienced in forcing the name Of the
horse from his left hand and the carbine
from his right.
On the battlefield of Beaumont, near
Sedan, in 1870, the dead body OF SOL
der was found hall sitting, half lying
on the ground, delicately holding tin
goblet between his thumb and fore.
finger and directing it towards an absent
mouth. While in that position the
poor man had been killed by q cannon
ball which had carried away the whole
of his head and face except the lower
jaw. The body and arms had
been suddenly seized ct the time
of death with 0 stiffness which produced
the persistence of the state in which
they were when the head was cut of.
Twenty.four hours had elapsed since
the battle.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

Washington Cor. Chicago Times]
Several members of congress have
been talking about locating the pro.
jected congressional library building
where the botanical garden now is. at
the foot Of Capitol hill. As this be.
longs TO the government, il would save
buying 0 site. "kidwell's bottom would
make better site for the library" said
Mr.. William X. Smith, superintendent
Of the botanical garden, to reporter.
This 10 no place to put Q library bu. Id.
ing. This is nothing but marsh. The
Tiber GIBBS and flows here. The tide
comes into this garden every twenty.
four hours. AL the lawn-this bright
green sod, these plants and trees. the
entire garden rises and falls with the
tide. When there have been high tides.
when the waters in the Potomac and
Tiber we're high, ] have seen the entire
surface Of the garden, pavement and all,
rise and sink bsrk into its place with
the receding tide. II is o floating
garden right in the bed of the Tiber.
have seen mast ships stand where that
little tree is. We can keep the lawn
smooth and green, but the whole
garden swells and heaves with the
Tiber. All under this crust or thin
artificial upper surface is quicksand, |
don't know how deep-twenty or thirty
feet. presume. II I cut drain it fills
with water at once, which, instead OF
running off, rises and falls with the
tide. II is all tide water here, and
twice day, when the tide rises. / have
to keep the pumps going 10 protect the
nlants.s
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

PROTECTION.

General Brisbin contributes To last
weeks Chicago Current u very read
able article on protection as opposed Ia
free trade, and from n mass OF care
fully collatcd statistics places the pro-
tective policy in very attractive
light. In closing he says: Now
that the gauntlet of free trade has
been thrown down, let the protection
lists take II up and let the battle be
honestly fought from now until No
vember next, when the people will de-
eide at the ballot box who Is right and
who is wrong. II | were In Congress
should at once move joint resolu-
ton increasing the duties 10 per cent.
on every dutiable article of manu- iac-
ture of which the wages of workmen
have fallen off, with the proviso that
no further change should he made in
'iuties for two years. believe IL this
were done trade would be stimulated,
business revive generally, and wages
no advanced nj least 9 to O ner cent
We had inst me, , reduction Of 10 Ia
% ner cent n, almost .vervtb;ny
when now we are asked To face a new
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% asek's Psli~y.
IInta Ocean.l

Il has been said OF Bismarck that no
mans mind was ever more free IRON
can't than his. o he story 10 told that
he won his first decoration by rescu mn
0 drowning soldier. When the drown.
ing man chung TO his rescuer in
such way as to endanger the lives OF
bo,h, bismarck held the terror.
stricken man head under the water
unit he ceased to struggle, then carried
him TO shore and restored him. This
was the Bismsrckian method, and lie
occasionally tries TO choke the German
people into quietude now, that he m y
carry out his plans for making tn
unity of the German nation like .
rock"
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

THE merchant princes Of New York
have joined In an address, asking that
= public meeting be held to express
approval Of President Artlur's admin.
istration, aud their wish that he may
receive the nomination of the party at
Chicago; FROM which II would appear
that the mercantile interests of the
metropolis are In favor OF "Chel"
keeping his own scat warm.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

CYRUS II. MCCORMICK, the inventor
OF the reaper that bears his name, died
In Chicago, on Tuesday, at the age of
rs years.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

San Franciscan: Public opinion 10
largely an ogre Of tho imagina.
zion, but 1t Is very potent ogre.
Notwithstanding. II cramps the pr ess
into conventional ruts. IL com.
peseiitors TO write differently fro u
what they ihins; it makes towards snJ
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

TT. en.anin Sharp: Take ND any
'ok n SC ence or hist ry, and tie ma.
'o"t o references will be TO German
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1884-05-16

New Ymk Cor Courier-JournaLl
Going into the studio of one of the
water colorists O few weeks since, I
found the artist on her knees before o
piece Of very stiff paper, which was
spread out on the floor and IA rly swim.
ming in water. She was dabbling Wig.
orously at the paper and straining
every nerve to get the colors in while
it was thoroughly wet. This was nee
essary, she told me, to the pure tone"
OF the picture. The white ots, or
high lights, were kept carefully dry in
order to give atmosphere" to the
sketch.
An overturned censor, with some
scattered roses, lay on soft, gray scarf
across the room, and formed the study
from which Sc Vas working. l
watched her with ood deal of inter.
est and curiosity ~ she evolved from
the dripping swasl OF color Q strong.
firm sketch, which proved to be one OF
the finest pieces of this work that was
hnng at the Academr. This whole
thing was done inside of three hours.
and sold almost immediately for $3.50.
e" Enro. ,nx- & i,.i Pee..
III X, Ia
Waydo"n eoee ten arose In search
Of Ia o cato Daring the last three
y,..r lie at aid sl, out Of his own
o'"et % raco rage colored poets. He
" w.niei 10 ia uire IL the club in.
IN I'd 10 let him bear this burden
aion" u future: lie did not want to
t.. 9 colorcd man away from his ieg,t-
innate NORA FOR a moment, but ii tae
man who had put in ten hours at white
washin aid take OF his boots after
spler and draw mp ~ his desk and
dash of On ode TO The glory Of ONE hc
.elt like Civ ng him cry pos Sible en-.
couragement. There was not very
much cash in poetry, but k ndl d q
hea thy sentiment, aroused better eel.
in -, and ha more or less in iuepce on
the Wa man blarked n stove or
mixed D ompe an sh de of yellow.
white for a Lit men ceiling
Milwaukee vi o sin. II is in the
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
REV. g. M. BIGELOw'S TEMPERANCE
VIEWS.


The Union lecture bureau recently
sent a circular to many leading advo-
Gates of TEN perance, asking their voice
and aid In support of the union party
favoring prohibition. In this circular
occurred the following paragraph:
"Are you prepared to give your
hearty support, both by voice and vote,
to the platform and candidates of the
National prohibition party, and the
union party of Michigan? In expla-
bureau does not require that its speak
party side of the prohibition issue, nor
that they should necessarily make a
political address, In the ordinary ac-
ceptation of that term; but for the
purposes of this campaign, the bureau
does not wish to recommend any speak
ers who still give their adherence to
the old liquor crime parties, or who will
not make 1t an especial point to urge
their auditors to seal their condemna-
tion Of the liquor traffic by their votes"
One of these circulars was sent to G..
M. Bigelow, well known prohibition
lists. Of Newberry, Mich, and Mr.. Bige-
lows reply reads as follows:
"Your circular Of August Is. asking
whether / am prepared to give my
hearty support, both by voice and vote,
to the platform and candidates Of the
national prohibition party, and the
union party of Michigan. Is at hand
SIN reply: am prohibitionist. Ny
voice, and my vote, and my prayers are
for that cause. allow no party to con-
troll me- but use the best judgment God
has given me for the advancement of
good government and the cause of light.
But that Judgment compels me to an
swer emphatically, No. to your ques-
ton.
81 find that the o:ly advantages ever
obtained by the cause of prohibition.
have been through the republican, not
the prohibition party.
1.-TWO years ago saw the prohi ton
party working hand in hand with the
saloon men for the success of tho DEM
ocratic ticket, and spending their efforts
not for prohibition, but to blacken the
character of the republican candidate.
l saw them defeating men pledged to
submit a prohibition amendment, and
thereby rendering such submission i'm
possible.
81 look at tie political situation and
see two great parties opposed to each
other, one of which must succeed. BY
voting for the prohibition ticket /
would be voting to elect the democratic
ticket, which would consider nation
al calamity. The democratic party rs
the champion of the saloon, the sympa-
thizer with rebellion and the oppres-
sion In the south, with it's free trade
principles. the menace to the business
and laboring interests of the nation,
with its boards Of hungry Office seek
ers who would throw the whole ma
chinery of government into confusion,
is the great danger we must meet to-
day. | look at the candidates, and
the republican candidates in State and
Nation meet my approval as men in
whom | have confidence, and in whose
care the cause Of temperance will be
safe. Mr. Cleveland's moral character
believing no more than his friends adj
mit), and his declared opposition to
prohibition, render his defeat of the
first Importance.
lin view of these facts, my princi-
Piles demand that in the present cam
paign ] support the republican ticket
and platform"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
SUPPORTING In ACTION WHAT THEY
CONDEMN IN WORDS.
One Of the planks In the prohibition
state platform reads as follows:

R~sotr~d, That we call the attention of the
iemocr,'ic and grcenimck parties to
the shameful amt ignobIe position In
which the greedy Office. SEEKERS who control
thOse organizations have placed the H. The
direct foes 10 good government never pro-
posed scheme more destructive OF political
virtue AMI preju'iical to the peoples interest
than the open bargain AMI sale arrangement
made by these tn sionists for the mere rpose
of political spells. No reform la the existing
ABUSES of government can take place II we put
our tate into the control of m, u who trade
their principles for Office. II they Will barter
their votes before election they will cheat the
people aferwari ana cannot be trusted to
bring about those reforms which the people
so much demand.
The linton County Republican says !:
The above Is one OF the planks in the
prOhi bition state platform. Every
word there uttered Is true. Yet the
party that uttered those truthful and
vigorous sentiments are making every
EFFORT To put our State into the control
of men who trade their principles for
Office" Either Cleveland, who declares
In his letter Of acceptance against
sumptuary laws, or Blaine, with his
strong temperance record, will have the
electoral vote of Michigan. Either the
republican state ticket, on a platform
In favor of submitting a prohibitory
amendment, or tho fusion State ticket,
opposed to submission, will be elected.
FOur-tifths Of the prohi billion vote will
come from the republican party, and it
may rest with the prohibition party TO
say whether the republican party shall
win, or whether success shall crown tile
efforts of 1.-THE direst foes to good gov
eminent" who have inaugurated "a
scheme so destructive of political vir-
tue" Do prohibiti0nlsts believe their
own words? Ifso, can any honest, prac-
tical Temperance man doubt that he
ought to cast his vote this fall with the
republican party? Temperance men of
Clinton county. will you vote for prac-
teal results this fall, or for an abstract
theory?
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24

with vengeance. For as Mrs. Stanton
| truly declares, Prohibition cannot Sc
cure woman suffrage, but woman suf-
frage Is the only power through which
prohibition can be secured"
lfGovernor Cleveland be the immoral
man he is represented. and there has
been no responsible denial of the charge
which was In current clrculation-long
before he was thought Of for the presi-
dency-he Is wholly unfit to be the
standard bearer Of the American people.
A man whose private character would
exclude him from decent society should
not be installed In the white house as
the host of our Nation and the dispenser
of its Inequalities. Could respectable
women be expected to attend the recep-
tions of such president?
Either James G.. Blaine or Governor
Cleveland will be elected to the presi-
dency. There Is no chance for Gov.
st. John, immaculate as he is In all re-
spects. Were an habitual drunkard
nominated for the presidency women
would work to prevent his election by
all honest means. The elevation to the
chief magistracy of an habitually I'M
chaste man would be an equal calamity.
Shall not all women exert their influ-
ence to hinder so unfortunate consum-
nation? And the surest way to do this
is to " stand by the repub lican party" Its
candidates for president and vice presI-
dent are able men. whose long years of
public service have entitled them to the
recognition they have received. They
are neither drunkards nor libertines,
and their relations with women are so
noble that they will be accompanied to
the National capitol by wives and
women friends Of rare intelligence,
high culture, and unquestioned moral
worth.
MARY A. LIvERMoRE.
Melrose, Mass, Aug. Z, 1884.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
WORDS OF WISDOM FROM MARY A.
LIVERM0RE.

/ wish to repeat and to emphasize tho
advice given by Mrs. Stanton and Miss
Anthony in their circular to the MEM
bers of the National Women's Suffrage
Association,
"sTAND BY TIE REPUBLICAN PARTY"
Although women do not vote at pres
idential elections, they exert large
political influence which cannot be
measured but which Is potent, felt.
and recognized. In no recent presi-
Dental campaign has there been q
more imperative need of woman's
throwing her entire moral force on
the right side than In the present
instance.
| regret that the National Prohibit
ton party at the convention in Pitts
burg, showed itself unequal to the stu
alton. 1t failed to give to its most
powerful allies the, recognition which
was their due. Women had worked for
It, and what position it had achieved
was largely due to their effort. But it
seemed to be willing to use the National
Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
organized In forty States and terri
tories with more than 100000 MEM
bers, only as a stcpping-stone to help Ii
climb into National prominency. For
In its platform 1t made prohibition of
the liquor traffic National question
demanding for it National amend
ment to the constitution. But woman
suffrage, through which alone prohibi-
tion can be obtained, 1t relegated to
the very states for settlement. This
10 putting the cart before the horse
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

The following is All extract from
letter written by T. f. Blanchard to
to the Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate:
Much has been published in The
Northwestern recently regarding the
duty Of Methodists at the coming pres
idential election. will state that am
Methodist. n prohibitionist, and u re-
publican. While the Methodist church
Is pledged to prohibition by the gener-
al conference, yet the general conference
did not presume to dictate how Metho-
dists should vote, neither can its action
be construed to favor prohibition par
ty. The great question for each voter
to answer, is: How shall cast my vote
in order to bring about prohibition
most speedily?' We have before us
two great parties, one of which must
succeed at the coming election. No
candid person will claim that prohibit
ton party can carry q single State, and
but few, If any counties. 1t Is conceded
that majority Of prohibitionlsts are
republicans. 1t Is presumable that they
are republicans from principle. No one
but an enthusiast will say that the tenn
perance question Is the only living issue
before the people. There are many
great questions at issue besides this,
among which name tho suppression of
polygamy, the protection and education
of 7,00O,O00 colored people In the south,
the protection Of the ballot, the finan-
cial question, the protection Of Ameri-
can labor and American industries, and
the United states navy. He who sees
no difference between the two great par
ties on these great questions, and Is
ready to turn the government over to
the democratic party, is fit person to
join new party. A Methodist minis
ter recently said: 81 could go from my
closet and conscientiously vote the pro-
hibition ticket" said to him, Sup
pose you lived in q doubtful State like
Ohio or Indiana, aud knew at the time
you cast your ballot that by the loss of
your vote the republicans would lose
the State, and that the loss of that
would turn the government over to the
democrats" "ln that case" he said,"I
could 90 from my closet and conscien-
tiously vote the republican ticket"
This Is the only honest way to vote.
Let every voter cast his ballot just as
he would IL he knew his vote would de-
eide the presidential election. Let
there be no votes cast to teach this or that
party "a lesson.n 1t Is quite possible
that the prohibition vote In some Of the
doubtful States may result In tho cleo
tlon Of the democratic ticket.
Democratic success now means demo-
cratic asccndancy for ut least twenty
years and backset Of twenty years
to prohibition. The democratic plat
form pronouuccs against sumptuafy
laws, which means against prohibition.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-24
POLITICAL PROHIBITION A MISTAKE.

A district conference of the M. f.
church recently held at MELVILLE, Ia.
passed the following resolutions:
Resotued, That we will, In tho fear of God
anu without tho fear OF man, prudently and
persistently give all possible moral support
10 the enforcement OF the prohibitory law:
To make prohibition universal Lhroug hout
the United States, in addition to education of
popular opinion. we earnestly recommend
the friends OF prohibition everywhere to
adopt the Iowa method, that is, work to have
the question submitted TO q non. partisan vote,
thereby VIC may expect votes from men of ali
political parties. That, believing our methods
IN Iowa have been wise aud successful. and
as the formation of separate political party
founded on the ono idea of prohibition is i'm
conflict with our successful me thods, there.
fore We deprecatc the formation OF such n
party, and hereby express our fear thai liz
may result III setting prohibition back MANY
years.
The Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate contains q communication from X.
w. Keller, NJ. d., prominent member
of the Upper Iowa conference, in which
he says: Iowa prOhibitionists have no
sympathy whatever with the distinct
third-party movement. We tried it In
Iowa and failed. We had to abandon
it. 1t can never establish prohibition.
Whatever influence the st. John move
ment may have next November will be
against the temperance cause, In nv
opinion. 1t was bora out of due time,
When the states can be controlled bv
prohibition, it will do to try the ma
ton, but not until a majority of the
States adopt the policy. 1 regret this
great blunder"
1t would be strange, indeed, If the
practical and level-headed men of Iowa
have any sympathy with movement
that threatens irreparable Injury to the
cause of temperance. not only in Iowa,
but throughout the whole country. The
third party of to-day is doing the pre-
else work that Is most acceptable to
the whisky interests of Illinois; and
all men who are not blinded by preiu-
dice. or crazed by fanaticism, ought to
be able to appreciate the fact.