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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16
The 0yershadowing Danger.

Honest Allen G. ThurmaA. confirms
the words Of Senator Edmunds that
James G. Blaine was always to be seen
popping up behind the breastworks of
Jay Gould's lobby whenever an attempt
was made to hold the Pacific railroads to
an accountability for their obligations to
the government
In an interview in the Chicago Herald
Senator Thurman describes how
'sfrightful lobby, the 'smost formidablen
he had ever seen at Washington, sprang
up Immediately he introduced his Pa
citic Railroad Funding bill in the Sen
ate. Gould, Huntington and Dillon
were all on hand on the outside, while
Star route Dorsey, Stanley Matthews and
James G. Blaine were their most power
full auxiliaries in the Senate chamber
The plans of the lobby were we'll laid.
Dorsey introduced an opposition bill
pretending to accomplish the object
sought to be obtained by the Thurman
bill but in reality defeating it and Civ
ing the roads $40, 900, 600 outright.
Blaine at the same time least an an
chor to windwardn by offering an amend
ment to the Thurman bill surrendering
the right of the government to ever
change or legislate on the original Pa-
cifc railroad charters.
"Better have thfown the whole $780,
009, 600 which the roads will owe the
government into the Atlantic truth
fully remarks Senator Thurman, than
to have adopted Blaines amendment
The lobby of Gould, Huntington and
Dillon labored to secure support for the
amendment in order to kill the Thur
man bill, and Gould, Dorsey and Stan
ley Matthews exerted all their power to
force it through the 5enate. They
failed.
at is plain 10 me that Blaine desired
to kill the BILL. says Senator Thurman.
''It is not for me to say what his mo-
tive was, or if any improper influences
controlled him. /" But it is for the people
to judge.
Dorsey has wealth.
Stanley Matthews holds seat OH the
supreme court bench by the grace and
greenbacks of Gould and Huntington.
Blaine is the Republican presidential
candidate, and Jay Gould gave him
500, 900 to aid him in purchasing Ohio.
But the corruptions which have stained
the past sink into insignifcance when
compared with the dangers which
threaten the future.
al do fear," says Mr.. Thurman, ''that
if the Republican party retains power
the Pacific railroad companies viii evade
payment of their Indebtedness to the
government, and, under legislative pro
lection, build up the worst railroad
monopoly ever known in this country
But the people like this picture drawn
bv an honest hand2
They may be able to afford to let the
Pacific railroads rub them Of $3.50, 000,
600.
Can they afford to allow those great,
overshadowing monopolies, worse mon
sters than have ever yet existed, to rob
them of their liberties and their right to
a free electionl
Can they afford to put the future con
troll of presidential elections into the
hands OF tae Goulds, Huntingtens and
Dillons of The lobby, so that they may
elect their Blaines to the highest office in
the country, seat their Stanley Mat
thewses as judges on the supreme court
bench and send cut their Dorseys to buy
ur yoters?-Neu Kork World.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16
A Remarkable Prophecy.

On June 8, 1876, in view of the pos
sibility of Mr.. Blaine forcing himself
upon his party as their candidate for the
presidency, the Chicago Tribune, which
now supports Blaine, said:
The campaign will then be open in
earnest; and on what issue2 The issue
will be the reform Of the civil admins
tration of the government, the purifica-
tion of the public service and such a
separation OF the officers of the govern
ment from lobbying subsidies. from con-
nection with railroad corporations, from
jobs, contracts and speculations, as will
prevent the possibility of the recurrence
of the corruptions, bribery and dishon-
esty which have digraced the public ser
vice during the last ten years At once
Mr.. Blaine's personal and official record
will be in issue. How did he stand on
these matters, and how does ne stand
now2 His letters, speculations and book
of sales become the Republican plat
form; his sales of bogus railroad securi-
les become evidences Of the absence
Il any connection with jobbery: bis own
,oasted decisions as Speaker. whereby
C saved /" the Legislation which was
necessary to give sufficient seeming
.alue to the bonds to put them on the
market, become the Republican evidence
Of the reform labors OF their candi-
date, and when bankrupt and over
whelmed by the demands for the return
of their money by those who purchased
the worthless scrip from him, the inter-
vention of the Pacific Railroad company,
by paying him enough to pay all his
debts, will become the ssproof'' that
there is no bond of sympathy or interest
between their candidate and the vast
corporations who are now asking from
the government several hundreds of
millions dollars of subsidy. It will be
useless to try to eyade that issue In
every joint discussion the Republican
speakers will have to defend Blaine's
railroad votes, Blaine's reports of sales.
Blaine's letters, Blaine's appeals for
money, relief and Tom Scott's or some
body's payment of $64, 900 to enable him
to pay his debts. They will not have
word, or line, or vote of his which
they can produce to show that he ever
was in favor of reform or retrenchment
Or breaking up of abuses.
sin such campaign the presidential
defendant will be forced to take the
stump in his own behalf, and he will be
obliged to go from State to State and
city to city, explaining, protesting and
asseverating that in his own record,
made by himself, there is nothing in
consistent with the character Of a re
former.''
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16

Moderation may be considered as a
tree, Of which the root is contentment
nd tho fruit repose.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16

found, y he said, q after few moments
conversation with Mr. Cleveland that all
my favorable impressions Of the man were
fully confirmed. He is all and more
than has ever been claimed for him. The
contrast between him and Blaine is re-
markable almost picturesque. You
can't escape from Blaine's overwhelming
personality. In the atmosphere sur
rounding the Republican candidate there
is hardly a suggestion of the country's
coed, or even of the party's interests
nothing but Blaine and his ambitions.
But to see and converse with Cleveland
you would hardly suspect that he was
candidate Cleveland rises above per
sonal feeling in the matter; he actually
does. He is calm and confident,
but does not seem to look upon
his election from a personal point
of view, except as circumstance
which brings him, instead Of some other
man, into position where it is possible
to dJmuch for the country 1t seems to
me that Cleveland's sense of a public Office
being public trust is Just about per-
feet. In conyersing with him on public
matters you do not seem to be listening
to politician or a candidate for Office,
and lose sight of the fact that you are
talking to man who will probably be
our next President, in his interesting and
instructive ideas on the subject Of good
government His political convictions
are as firmly grounded and clear cut as
possible, and every letter, every speech
or other utterance, bearing on public
matters, proves how consistent be is in
living up to those convictions. His idea
Of the duty to the public whom he serves
transcends every other consideration.
consider Cleveland the best fitted man
for the occasion of any nominee of
either party since Abraham Lincoln So
weindependents have not only the motive
for pitting him against our own candi-
date. which is sufficient motive, but
the desire of supporting a man who we
feel is every way fitted to the position.
There is an augean stable to be cleaned
out. Cleveland is the Hercules Of the
present public life
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16
A New York Blaine Elactor Resigns.

DIR. William Il. Forest, one of the
Republican electors for New York, has
sent letter to the chairman of the Re-
publican State committee resigning from
the ticket on the ground that he s'can-
not conscientiously support the present
nominee for President, james G. Blaine. y
DR.. Forest was visited at his office.
Charlton street, by reporter and re.
quested to give the reasons for his course
more in detail After remarking that he
thought the objections to Mr.. Blaine
must be evident, DIR. Forest admitted
the propriety of explaining his Dosition
more definitely. He said that at first he
was not able to give the time and atten-
tion to Mr.. Blaine's record which care
full examination of it required, but after
he had been able to complete such an
examination, he felt that he could not
honestly vote for the Republican can
didate. Having reached such con-
clusion, he also felt that he could
not honorably remain a Republican
elector, and therefore sent in his
resignation. The special reasons for his
opposition to the Republican candidate
were the position in which MIR. Blaine
was revealed by the Mulligan letter bus
iness; the fact that Mr.. Blaine acted for
the railroad and the lobby, and against
Edmunds and Thurman, in the legisla-
tion affecting the Union Pacific railroad;
the fact that Mr. Blaine had never been
q leader in the efforts for civil service re-
form, and had never evinced any partic-
ular interest in the movement aud the
conviction that it was high time to check
the tendency of our public men to indulge
a greed for wealth by tampering and
trafficking with railroads or other cor
porations with which they were necessar-
lily required to deal in their official ca
pacity. The only way to restrain this
practice of using public Office for private
enrichment was to insist on q standard
of old-fashioned honesty and honor, such
as Washington and Adams adhered to
when they were placed in such circnm-
stances as tempted public men to-day.
AS to Mr.. Blaine's veracity. DR.. Forest
said that while a comparison of the
formers defense in the House Of Repres-
entatives with the Muiligan letters might
not convict him Of being an absolute
liar, it certainly showed that he had been
guilty Of attempting to deceive the coun-
try in regard to his connection with the
Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16
Industrial Life Of Cuba.

One sunny afternoon, says correspond
ent, we start in our dory on little
tour of discovery up one of the small
rivers which drain the beautiful island.
We pass first the fruit houses of the diff
ferent shipping-frms, where we see CO.
coanuts piled up, as we here are accus-
toned to see coal in the sheds, and then
past battery Of back doors which open
right on to the river. Here we have q
grand chance to study the domestic life
of the Cubans, ana in some instances the
sights that we saw were very amusing.
One thing that we noticed which struck
US as being rather peculiar, was that all
the ladies smoked, not the dainty little
cigarettes which some of our American
girls have been known to indulge in, but
real long, strong cigars 'casadoras, as
they call them Their language is sweet
and melodious, and it is a pleasure to
listen to them. The next object of in
terest that we pass is the cocoanut mill,
where all broken or bad nuts. and in
fact everything that would otherwise be
wasted, are ground up to make cocoa or
palm oil. This is on the outskirts Of
the town, and soon after leaving it
we pass a narrow, deep channel
il the river, with banana
grove on one side and tangled mass Of
wild grape on the other Here the sea
breeze is broken and the stream is as still
as pond. There is no sound except
the plash Of our cars, or the occasional
whistle of bird, and as we float lazily
onward it seems hard to believe that it is
not all dream. Still more unnatural
does it seem, as we come to an opening
and see ahead of us grove Of tall,
stately palm trees, and it is no wonder
that to our uuaccustomed eyes the scene
is one of delight and surprise. Just be-
yond the palm grove is ford, after
passing which novel sight presents it.
self to our view All along both sides
Of the river, standing in the water, are
women and children, mostly black,
washing clothes. Their manner Of wash
ing is very different from what we had
seen anywhere else, and is certainly one
of the most peculiar features Of the peo-
pie. They stand in the river and rinse
their clothes, and then pound them on
the smooth, fat rocks which line the
edge Of the water, and hang them to dry
on the bushes all around We kept on
through the files Of washers, who paid
no particular attention to US, 80 that va
had good chance to watch their opera
tions. We noticed that almost all d
them, after washing their clothes, tool
ducking themselves, which is quite ar
advantage they have over the American
| washerwoman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16
Three Of a Kind.

Three last Republican speakers of
House Of Representatives Schuyler Col
fax, James G. Blaine, J. Warren Keifer.
Colfax. Charge Bribery in Credit
Mobilier business. Defence-"N Nothing
inconsistent with the most scrupulous
integrity and honor"
Blaine. Charge Official corruption
in railroad transactions. Answer
Nothing inconsistent with the most
scrupulous integrity and honor"
Keifer Charge Political jobbery.
Plea Nothing inconsistent with the
most scrupulous integrity and honor y
Colfax and Keifer are now for Blaine.
-New York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16

There are about $4,000 deaf mutes in
this country.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-10-16

Franklin MacYeagh, one Of the lead
ing Independent Republicans Of the
West, returned to Chicago few days
ago from an Eastern trip, during which
hc called on Governor Cleveland.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-02
MR. ST JOUN,S TNTRTTH.

More than once the honesty of Mr. st. John
has been suspected the close relations of Dem
ocratic managers with his campaign were
enoueh to cause suspicion. But at last he
writes his condemnation with his own hand.
Thcr, i one sentence in his formal letter OF ac-
ceptance which could never have come from an
honest and sincere man. No possible prejudice
could cause or excuse it, and in such formal
letter. which he has taken many weeks to
preDare with care the declaration cannot have
been inadvertently made. Mr.. 81. john says
"Thc Rcpubiican and Democratic parties favor
l." the continuance OF the manufacture ana sale
"of intoxicating liquors as beverage Ihls
is not true OF the Republican party, for 1t has
at no time, by act or public declaration, ex-
pressed any such disposition. The statement Is
4 cro.s stretch of truth even as to the Demo-
cratic party; its managers have made alliance
with the liquor interest for the sake OF polit-
zeal success. but even that parry, as a body of
voters, has never expressed dcSlIc Tor the
continuance of the liquor traffic. and III some
States most OF the Democratic voters arc Pro-
hibilionists, as in Missouri. But Mr.. ST. Johns
dishonest assertion was plainly intended to
recommend the Democratic party to the liquor
interest. and to turn from the Republican party
the support of those temperance voters who do
not closely consider the facts.
No cause can be promoted Dy such untruthful
representations as this. Mr.. st. John will lind
that he has convinced great multitude Of tenn
pcrancc voters that he is not fit to be supported
for high Office. lie had a right to say that the
Republican party had refused TO favor prohib
tioh as the best means of overcoming the evils
of intemperance in all places. That is true.
SO it is true that the party has refused to take
any position whatever on other questions for
eign to its original objects, and upon which its
members are not agreed. Mr.. st. John has a
right to ccnsurc the Republican party for that
refusal, ii he chooses. But when he asserts
that the Republican party positively "favOrs
continuance of the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors." he asserts what he
knows is not true. The Democrats who are
managing his campaign would have been wiser
if they had guarded him from such a betrayal
of his spirit,
New-York tribune., 1884-10-02
PERSONAL.

Mr. T. T.. White, the old Washington correspond
ent Of The TRIBUNE, has bought the newspaper
property of the Providence Press Company whch III
cudes The EreHing Press The MHning star me sunday
sfr and The REOde Isiand Press. In addition To these
napers Mr. hite has also begun the Issue OF ahOher
PAPER, to be called The Ereaing Ners
movement already foot in Baltimore to erect
monument To the late John ". Garrett through private
subscriptions. III speaking OF this The baltimore A"er1
can SAYS: Mr. Garrett citizen Of Baltimore-ohe
who loved his city, and who with wonderful success de-
voted all his best energies for the urtherance OF her IN
tercsts diving while completing the selfimposed tass
movement innugurated by prominent ineuDeir Vi .no
commercial bodies for the erection by private sup7erp
ton Of such memorial would, we do not pieSuon .o'
with ready response and be crowned oy ueser'eu s"0
cess ..... eEo 900
1t is stated that General Grant VIII receive T'o'oV0
for his history the from The Century inc great
commander prefers fixed sum outright To royaIty
Captain Nathan Appleton, who was on General "sin-
wriehs staff vouchc- for the fact that there was an
nppe tree at Appomatox, under which Lee SURRENDERED
and claims that he aud his fellow stan Onleers "ero
among the nrsi 10 cut souvenirs from IT,
Captain Joseph Bunker oncinnatfs much esteemed
nfe marshal who has just died OF injuries received IN Tue
line Of duty had two distinct dreams. prenoiiorS oiAs
New-York tribune., 1884-10-02
ury,T UOOLCR0UFPS THINK.

The LETTER of Mr. Fowler, the largest WOOL
grower in Ohio. of which mention was maze
Yesterday is an indication of the feeling oil the
wool ol-growcrs of that State toward the Demo-
cratic partv No intelligent observer has eX-
pectcd that the Democrats would escape severe
punishment for their conduct toward this inter
est during the last session OF Congress. MI
Fowler while he treats the matter with oiEhl9
and force does not manifest the strong ieehhS
which doubtless hc has, ana when the WON
growers generally share. All VIII reihemocr
that in the campaign of 1883 the Democrats Vi
Ohio expressly pledged restoration OF the o"-
ties on wool. By means OF that plcdge inc!
secured the support of many thousand WON
drawers and il is believed that that interest
alone uniccd To turn the scale, securing forGov-
ernor IIoady the small majority he obtained.
What the party did, the country knows well.
When Congress assembled at Washington 'iio
Democrats proceeded to elect irec-tradc
Speaker and the Speaker to create iicc-'i""c
Committee of WAYS and Means, and that COM
mittee reported IA frce-trade bill. Angry pro-
tests came WOOL growers petitioned III great
number and with great earnestncss. lhey Eau
been cheated they said. The passage oi sich Il
bill would De fatal TO their interests. They had
trusted the Democratic pledge thaI the oiu
duties should be restored. and instead 1t was
nronosrd TO reduce tine duties still iulther.
Bnt all was in vain. The committee orGaniZcu
bv the Speaker in the frcc-tradc interest Wou"
not Weld. Mr. Converse, of Ohio, representing
tbe wool interest, after long delay secured OPP
portunty, and moved to restore the dl'lcN "i
the tariff of 1867. The motion was deica'ed'
fonr-Gfths of the Democrats IN the House vot-
ing against il. In like manner four-iitths oi the
Democrats voted for the Morrison bill, which
woald have icduccd the duties 20 per cent.
Now it would be amazing in the last degree
if the wool grove of Ohio were not conVinccu
nj last that the Democratic party Is hostile 70
their interests. Mr.. Fowler himself NE
long Democrat has reached that conclusion,
and expresses il strongly He proposes To
vote against the party which has made war on
his industry He believes that his interest ID
this respect coincide. with the interests OF the
country; that the duties on wool, which nave
caused an increase of the production from less
than 100 .O0O. 900 pounds to over 800 O,0Oo,ooo
hounds in Ssh, ne aS necessary 10 the WriIaTr
o. ;hc country as thcy are to the prosperity oi
fine wool-glowrrs. If his belief is shared by
the Democratic growers of ONO, the coming
election will prove a disagrccable surprise to
that party.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-02

less persisted. Four-tifths of its members III
Congress voted TO reduce the duties 20 per
cent. 4 revolution in Louisiana has taken place
rs was predictcd. and an unquestioncd major
iy of the people, if their votes can De iieeV
cast and honestly counted, VIII support the he-
publican candidate. But that does rot settle
the matter. The prctenco OF relaxing inc
power of the machine may be only pretcnce
thr wonted influence of the old ring may again
be exercised. Unless the Republicans ol that
State can be sure of fair and honest election
they have no more chance of choosing their
most respectable electors than they would nave
in one of the back provinces in Russia.
New-York tribune., 1884-10-02
DPISON pRDUIN,

II WAS announced the other day that the profits
of Sing Sing Prison for the month Of September
were 81. 900. and that the profits OF the Auburn
Prison for the same period were SGlO. The
average reader glancng at those figures prob
ably concluded that the State was dong very
well in its prison management so long as 1t
could show substantial balance IN us lhNor.
Rut these statements of profit together with all
the discussions as to the most rcmuneratiVc
ways of employing cOnvicts are utterly misieau-
inc. The State of NcwYork docs not make
n real profit from her prisoners. On the con-
trary they are sources OF large and constant loss
TO her The cost of maintaining our pTls-
ons is only Il small portion OF the cost OF our
criminals to us. Before we can score any real
nrofit in this business we must be aDic 10 sno"
that our prisons are rcformatory. At present
we can only say that of the Elmlra Relormatoty.
Sing Sing, Auburn, and Dannc mora arc non
rciormatory The distinction implies serious
difference OF the prisoners discharged from
Elmra not more than 10 per cent relapse. VI
those who leave the other State prisons no lever
than 90 per cent return to criminal courses.
And these figures show how ilusivc are the
exhibits of profit in connection with our prs-
OllS. | mere lnuNl Dt ltu'' i'H III ''''''~
the cost of it to the public can be diminished ;
and that cost is certainly not indicated Ill the
expense accounts of the prisons.
II has been estimated that At present O,UVo
ont Of 10. 900 criminals are discharged from
our State prisons to resume their habits ol dep
relation. Ii the proportion OF the LIhllra
Rrformatory obtained among these, the NUM-
Der of rclapsc- would be- > 900 instead OF O,OOo.
The State Prison Association some years ago
estimated, from statistics, that persons VINO
follow crime as Il business rcalizr from thcir
-uoilations on the community 1000 each per
"aunum. But this does not represent hall the
loss sustained since it is a wcll-kuOWn TACT
" that the receivers or purchasers OF stolen
" goods yet the lions share of the spolls.
Adopting this estimate. however,it appears that
the people of New-York would actually save
six millions of dollars every year by the rec
Iamation of 1000 cOnyicts. The saving
would indeed be much greater, because the
labor of these people would then be restore"
70 productive industry. But IN view of such
facts if is worse than idle for this community
to dclude itself with the belief that 1t i really
making "proiits" out of Auburn and sing
sing. The fact is that our state prison system
il an enormously extIavaeant and wastclul one
seeing that 50 large ii proportion oi our cl!hl-
mails rcs.ain enemies of society all thclr lives,
and while this is the case IL is matter oi llttle
practical consequence whether or not their
labor in prison produces trtlc more than the
cost of their subsistence.