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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

The Philadelphia Press accuses the
lNTELLIGENCER OF miscOnstructiOn,
because We have maintained that there
is an irreconcilable difference betw
what Mr.. McManes-delegate at large to
the Republican national convention
says for himself and what the Press says
for him. Life may be too short for the
Press to set itself right as often
as tue INTELLIGENCER points out
It's Inconsistencies and misapprehensions.
We entertain no doubt that the Press
would he rather busted about other
things. But, just to show what a file
the Press gnaws at when it undertakes
to commit Mr.. McManes to the support
OF Blaine, we take the occasion to reprint
SIDE by side what 1t says for McManes
and what he says for himself
Whdf me "Pren" sGys What Nc Names saUs
MT, McManes per- IL am entirely n 4.
sonallY thinks that the u edUed an - ~
policy OF instructinH irammeled and a. =
II not us matter OF live 10 90 tn ChicaUo 4
policy judicions at any viii he fres ~ nc o.
niIes ,bs .ih, nn oslcording TO my best
stsia cnnygo ne a,gnI OF lheludgment. would
~ ~, not go as delegate In
delegates or to binu tod uentlemspp au M, /,
the wnolo delegal Ion would rather ha ha iat ~, !
by the unit rule-bui than he iorced tn M .Sn In
To instruct the dele any pledged Evar,
gatesatlarge, whom Il body knew nv no.,
directly elects and ltion. am onnosad =,
who go ~ its imme Instructions and dC
ulape representatives. not think II wise To In
ne ,naae an makes no sist upon them, As
oolecllon 10 the Har acted iour years ago
risblrg convention In. so will act next j nj 1
suucting FOR Mr. at Chicago
Blaine, whom he sun "Can N he no,sibl,
por por.ou lpu, years ago that Blaine win get M
tion OF all that this i'm Iphia on the drsi hs i
plies, he accepts hisliot ~ law '"'
election under that think TIM, IA an
instruction. =" 'o
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23
nIrnna AdyertIsers.

Last evening advertising gang. No.
/. Cf Forepaugh's show arrived in
town. They are in charge of w. q. Kid
der, the well known agent, who for many
years was with the Van Amburg show.
George Myers, of this city, is with the
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

LOUISIANA voted yesterday, but the
scTatcher 80 abOunded that no definite re
suits are reported f; the Massachusetts, local
Republican conventions favored Edmunds
Maryland's were for Blaine and Mis,issip.
pi's for Arthur Texas and New Jersey
had prohibition state conventions.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

A. BATES GRuBB owns most of the
land around Conewago, the junction Of the
pennsyiyania and the Cornwall raj roads |;
~ Is complained that he holds the land 80
high as to retard imprO yements.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

Runs earned-PhiludelphiR. ?. Twobase hits
coleman (2) Crowley and Parker. Total
base hits-PhIladelp phia, II ; Lancaster, ., First
base on crrors-Philadeiphia Lancaster, 3
on called balls coleman and Hyland (2).
Left on observation-disclosures 3 Lancaster. q.
struck out-Mulvey Wnitt (2), Holland g J,
shannon (2), WetZell ana Peake WIZ fntch
Purcell (lj. Passed balls-Crowley ~, Rec
cius 80.
Umpire-C. j. Ferguson.
~ of uumn-lh
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

Of vandalism have been committed about
| the national capitol. The relief figures on
the bronze doors have been mutilated aud
marble statues have been Clipped of. Tho
Grcenough statute Of Washington lost q
too last week. The acts have been
attributed to relic hunting Vaudals, who
throng the public bulldogs daily. Inc
sword of the splendid statue OF Mars,
which stands To tho lett Of the eastern
| portico Of the main building of the capitol
WAS brokeu-an act Of pure mischief. Inc
valuable statue thus dCiaCed can never To
| repaired.
Col ,ssnI CrIpinsi rrial.
The most colossal criminal trial of mod
crn times was To have begun on Monday
at Catania, iu Sicily. No less than 800
prisoners were to be put On trial on charges
| Of being members OF the Malta secret 50
| ciety, which has long been the most dan.
gerous of the secret orders Of the Irrdoutist
nature aud is supposed to combine brigand
age with auarchiSm. Since the arrest
Of the prisoners an unexpected host
of victims, to the number $500, have sent
IN their names TO the prosecuting othosrs
and offered To appear as witnesses. Many
OF the prisoners are wealthy aud inttuen
tial, aud a small army Of liz lawyers have
been engaged Tor their defense The result
OF these extensive preparations is that the
government has no public building org
enough for tho trials, and has boeu Obliged
to postpone them until June Tho pro
ceedings will then take place IN the Benc
diction church, as the court house is en- =
tirely too small, and the city jail is being
enlarged by the building OF new wing to
accommodate the unusual number Of prtS
ouers,
Cries from Gtpsy camp
A gang Of gipsies, having with them a
child which is supposed 10 have been ao-
Quoted, have been the cause Of a great
deal of excitement among the rosid 'nts of
the locality known as Foot Of the
Mountains" in Esopus, y, Y, for u day
or two past. School children who have
visited the camp state that they have
heard pale faced child that is KEEP. 10 \
wagon continually crying, want to see
my papa aud mamma =" IL is said that a
number of the citizens made an attempt
to investigate the matter, but upon seeing
six able bodied mcu end twelve dogs they
gave up the job and communicated with
the town officials, who promised TO make
an investigation.
How Croesus Drives.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is still trying to break
his neck on the road to aud from the
Fleetwood race track, New York Oue
who saw him during n race on Monday
thus pictures him "Nauderolt was in
dead earnest. He leaned over the dash
board, with firm grip on the reins, wild
look IN his eyes, which fairly projected
from their sockets, and his whiskers brist
ling over his shoulders. As he dashed by
one OF the roadside hotels ia the lead a
wild yell went up from the crowd Of spec
tators gathered at that point"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

HAD Buchanan lived until Tuesday be
would have been ninety three years old {;
but kind providence spared him the
view Of his country humilated and the
constitution defed under Republican
misiule.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

MINDFUL Of Blaiue's insult TO the Bay
state on the floor Of the Senate the Massa-
chusetts Republicans came up smiling for
Edmunds every round.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

kuns elruUl-ACtlvC, .. Two base NIIS =
Boyle, kriCl, HApin, Schappert. ThTfe bLse
hit-Frlcl. struck out-ActiVe, ? lrun.iies.
; Lett on bases ActivG, 10 ironsidcs, . -" Il q
balls Cullen, q; Oldheld, !. Double play
Gagus and JdCOby.
Umpire--Mr Derby.
-. Greene out tor interfering with "A
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

The elector Of doubtful eligibility must
step down and out. His qualifications
must be above suspicion.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

SWAIN is to be " investigated :" which
is another way of saying Swain will be
whitewashed.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

.
Trajan," begun in the Manhattan for
May, promises to justify the announce
ment Of it's publishers. Ia the first three
chapters the reader is barely made ac
quainted with the hero of the tale. but
the style Of the author is very fairly pre-
sented as he sketches the personages and
events which engaged popular attention in
faris just before the outbreak OF the
Franco.Prussian war. In that recsnt but
exciting historical period are laid the
events that are TO move the characters of
TINS last novel which appeals to the inter
est OF the literary public. la the opening
'hsta'ment the reader gets only a glance
I" Napoleoh and the empress, az they set
ou. from the palace, between long lines
oi hre,' made by the red brecched troon
0,'. moving az with one impulse into an
attitude OF respectful attention. The
author however, leaves no room for doub,
as to his political sympathies in the
struggle which he is to portray. tina
panoramic events of which have
not as yet been touched by a master
hand 10 fiction. The surveillance of
the Paris police, the movements of the
squads of students from the schools, the
fishers on the Seine, the singing washer
women in the bathing boats, the swarminp
life OF the Quai Voltaire aud other vivid
pictures of Partisan life sweep through the
pages with graphic literary movement
but the unknown author succeeds il
liking attention upon the central figure OF
bis story aud with true dramatic and
artistic skill leaves the reader at the close
OF this number auxiously awaiting the
reappearance OF Traian,"
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

WELL may the poor Iadiau exclaim
times are changed" The broad domain
OF North America that was once his own
IL now practically the exclusive property
OF his pale faced brethren. The intelligent
red man must grimly smile when he reads
to day that Secretary Teller has decided to
allow the Creek Indians thirty cents an
acre with interest for ljl, s7s acres wrong
fully taken by the government in 1866. A
harder race than ourselves may some day
drive our posterity from the possessions
we now enjoy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

During the past two weeks numerous ACT
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-23

BANKER CANNON, Of saltwater, Minn.,
it is said, will be made comptroller of the
currency.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
THE BLOODY SHIRT.

John Sherman for his efforts by means
vestigate the Danylle riot and certain
rotous, proceedings in Copiah county,
Miss, 10 manufacture bloody shirt material
for use in the next presidential campaign,
got neat and hearty side winder' from
Karl Schurz at Il WashingtonS Birthday
banquet of notable republicans in Brook
Ign last week Friday night. Said Mr..
Schurz, referring to the prospects of the
Republican party in the next presidential
campaign:
The only safe thing for the Republican
party is 10 deserve success very much. To
this end there are some things il must be
careful not 10 do. 1t must not rely upon
bargains TO be struck by the machine,
Such rontrivances would create disgust
and prove positive element of weakness.
Neither must il rely on the "bloody shirt
and sectional agitation. 1t is true that
many things in the south are not as they
ought to be, but there has been great i'm
proycmcnt. That improvement has been
especially great during the time when
government interference was less active
than il had been before. To deny that
there has been such improvement and 10
argue that the rebels are Us bad now AS
they ever were,' may prove two-edged
sword The answer suggests itself that
since the Republicans have held power
during the nineteen years after the close of
the war and have failed in improving
things, it might be time 10 try something
else. Besides, the people are tired OF the
"blOody shirt" and inclined 10 look upon
sectional agitation with suspicion as an eX-
pedient TO disguise other weak points.
In the same connection an Ohio paper
calls John Sherman's attention to the fact
that on Friday night of last week three
colored persons We're brutally murdered ut
Avondale, O., their house burned down
and their bodies taken to the Ohio Medical
College, where they We're found with the
evidences of violent deaths upon them,
"If this is not II political massacre induced
by the Democratic victory in the state last
October, to which the colored voters are
supposed to have contributed, it is at least
not creditable TO the northern system of
civilization. Investigate it, John!'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
cisco bay in October and leave it in May
while for other parts of the coast their run
begins later rs the latitude increases
VIRTUE OF PLATFORMS.

The Republican Platform of 1869, when
tanned this solemn declaration:
"The Government of the United States
should be administered with strict econ
omy: and the corruptions that have been
so shamefully nurscd and fostered call
loudly for radical reform
The redemption of this pledge consisted
in the Inauguration Of that system of eN.
travagance and official dehauchery which
finds its best characterization in the oppro
brious name it has since borne, of Grantism
The next Republican platform, adopted
in 1872, when Grant was renominated, con
tanned this highly righteous declaration:
ave favor a reform of the system by
laws which shall abolish the evils of pat
ronage and make honesty, efficiency and
fidelity the essential qualifications for pub
lie position"
The honesty and sincerity of this pro
nouncement was illustrated by the well
known measures of reform conducted by
Robeson, Belknap, Babcock, Joy and 9th.
ers.
And the Republican convention of 1876,
which nominated Hayes, put forth this
Pecksnitfian declaration among others;
1--WE rejoice in the quickened conscience
of the people concerning public affairs,
and will hold all public officers to rigid
responsibility, and engage that the prose
cution and punishment of all who betray
official trust, shall be speedy, thorough,
and unsparing."
The party's joy over the quickened con
science of the people took shape in a few
months in the great Electoral Fraud and
it was further manifested in the Star route
service as carried on under Hayes and
Key
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

THE Hoe QUEsTIoN.-From carefully
collected figures by Mr.. Nimmo, chief Of
the Bureau of Statistics ut Washington it
appears that the export of hog products
from this country to France and Germany
is of comparatively recent growth, and To
France never amounted 10 over four per
cent of our entire hog exports and To Ger
many to less than three per cent That is,
in 1881, the year of our largest export of
hog products when the total was Sl04 ,0O0,-
600, France took 81 100000 and Ger
many S3,000,000. In 1888, when our total
exports fell off to S1l 100000 France took
100000 and Germany Sl,6OO,O0O, the lat
ter principally in lard as that is not in
cluded in the prohibition. The loss of
France and Germany, therefore, rs IA mar
ket for our hog meats, will he compare
lively of small account, las England, India
the West Indies and South America
remain rs heavy purchasers, whose de
mand seems to he limited only by the
price increasing enormously rs the price
goes down and decreasing as it goes up.
Bur the principal market of our hog pro
ducts is at home The total value of the
hog crop of 1888 was some S30O,O0,00O, of
which but 5000 600 could he spared for
export,
Yet the Pydirie Farmer argues, in view
of the statements of Mr. Nimmo, that
II is evident that the success of the pork
packing business of the west depends
mainly upon the foreign trade. Any seri-
Gus obstruction To this trade must very in
juriously affect the agricultural interests of
our western and northwestern states and
the commercial and industrial interests of
the several cities which are largely en-
gagged i'll the pork packing business, Such
obstruction must also in a large degree
affect the trade interests of the cities of
New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Bal
| timore, which are the cities from which
hog products are chiefly exported
Aside from the direct results of the ac-
ton of Germany and France in regard to
American hog products. il is believed that
the moral effect of such action has worked
serious injury to the agricultural interests
of the northwest and the commercial inter
ests of the country, by creating prejudice
against American hog products, thus in
ducing other countries 10 take like action.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

Among others who appeared before the
WAYS and Means Committee at Washing
ton, to argue the tariff question was Thorn
rs G.. Shearman, the well known Brooklyn
free trader. The points he presented We're
certainly such rs deserve attention. We
find them thus epitomized in "A Washing.
ton letter:
Mr. Sherman said that the foreign mar.
ket was worth SGS3,OO00O0 10 farmers in
1880, while all the 100000 protected classes
only bought $62, 100000 of farm produce
and that To sell this amount the farmers
submitted 10 an annual taxation of not less
than $250,000,OOO. Manufactures have not
increased as rapidly under any protective
tariff as they did under the low tariff of
1876: and since 1860 the most rapid in
crease has been at the West, where protec-
ton has really decreased by reason of the
wonderful reduction in railroad charges,
which has neutralized the effect of the
high tariff and left Chicago with less than
twothirds of the protection afforded in
1860. Production was Increased most rap
idly in those parts of the country which
have had least protection. Protection has
not reduced prices, for articles like tin
plate, having no protection, have declined
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
PROTECTION AND THE FARMERS,

The "home market" argument OF the
protnctionists has proved delusion and
snare With every manufacture IN the
country that asked it protected to the high-
est notch our agricultural products sho"
an eXportable surplus annually OF S'oo,'
100000, while the manufactures are AT
stand still on account of the overproduction
caused by the stimulation of protection
and are unable TO sell their surplus abroad
ON account of the high prices at which
they were produced.
Meantime the farmers, who have been
taxed so enormously 10 encourage home
manufactures" 10 give them II " home mar
ket," which, however, they never got are
in danger of losing their foreign market on
account of the competition in the raising
of cattle, wheat and cotton which England
is raising up in India, Egypt and South
Africa At the present rate, half dozen
years well see the export OF American
agricultural products cut down one-half, at
least, yet protection" gives no remote
promise of creating home market to
make up the loss.
Now, under such circumstances, is it not
about time for the agriculturists to begin
to clamor for protection" They helped
10 pay, for instance, bounty of $50 per
ton, or 1 y ct. per pound, to the manufac-
turers of steel rails, so that they could com
pete with the English manufacturers.
Now the American wheat grower needs
protection of say half cent pound ON
his wheat to enable him TO compete with
the wheat raiser of Russia, India, Egypt
and South Africa India wheat sells in
Liverpool for $ll0 bushel American
wheat cannot be laid down in Liverpool AT
profit to the grower for less than $l.D
bushels. How, then, is the American far
mer to be placed in n position to compete
with the wheat grower of Russia and In.
da? Obviously only in one way. The
government must pay him IL bounty of y II
cent pound, or % cents bushel on every
bushel of wheat he exports. Would this
be unfair? The farmer now pays, accord
ing to statistics gathered by Mr. Wells and
Mr. Nimmo, government s'atisticians, at
least $500, 0O0,OO9 year rs bounty to
stimulate" domestic manufactures and en-.
able them to compete successfully with
foreign manufacturers. 1t is unreasonable
that he should ask the government Ia pay
him bounty Of twenty or thirty millions
II year to enable him to compete alike sue
cessflily with the foreign growers of
wheat This grab game of "protection,"
or "bounties"-for the two are exactly the
same thing-has been played long enough
at the expense of the farmers. Isn't it
about time for the farmers to have a turn
at the public crib
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
S much as any iron which Is highly pro

as much as any iron which Is highly pro
tected.
No protection is needed on account of
high wages. This is the least item in
manufactures since machinery came into
use. The idea that ninety per cent, of
value is labor is absurd. If it were true
then 25S,0O0 manufacturers and mine OWL
ers would have only $ll4,O0O,OO0 to cover
all rent, insurance, taxes, interest and prof
its which would allow them less than $500
each to cover all these items, which is no
toriously not one.tenth of the real amount
Absolute free trade would cheaper ma.
terials for manufacturing more than the
finished goods, thus causing an increased
demand for all manufactures as well AS
farm products, and so raising wages twenty
five per cent This was demonstrated by
full calculations and statistics showing that
this was sure to be the result, and always
had been the result of free trade in Ameri.
ca and Europe, The average wages paid
by English cotton manufacturers were
shown, by official American statistics, To be
twenty per cent higher than in the United
States, although wages generally are Of
course higher here than in England
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The Senate ut Washington on Tuesday
passed the House bill repeating the test OF
Iron clad" oath law, under which no eN-
rebel could take seat in either house of
congress unless his disabilities had been re-
moved by special act of the two houses
The law rs now modified places unioistS
and cx-rebels on the same footing, except
that no person who held commission in
the United States army or navy before the
litary. naval or civil service of the socalled
Confederate States. shall be appointed t.
any position in the army or navy of the
United States.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01
Another of the very few instances ip the

Another of the very few instances iR the
United States of sentencing woman to be
hanged occurred on Monday al Syracuse,
N. Y, where Mrs. ADgenette B. +. llaight
was sentenced 10 die ON the gallows for the
murder of her husband. 1t came out dur.
ing the investigation of her case that she
had not only been the murderess OF two pre-.
yious husbands, but also of her father, her
motive, in each case, being to get posses
sion of money secured 10 her by life insur
ance ON the victims death. The life of
her last yicfim was insured in her favor
for $4,000,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

The latest of the innumerable host of
fallen stars among the Republicans is the
yirtuous John G. New, Assistant Secretary
of the t. = Treasury, who earned his APP
pointment by his efficiency as Dorsey
right hand man in the Indiana campaign
of 1880 Mr.. New is in serious difficulty
on account of charge that is made against
him of fraud in the sale and transfer of Il
large amount of bank stock II few years
ago. II is alleged that the pious Indiana
polls banker and cO.defendant sold 1898,
800 worth of stock in an Indiana banking
company at $l.65 by means of false repre-
sensations made for the purpose of enhanc-
ING the value. A few weeks after the sale
a large amount of the assets which had
been passed off rs genuine, was charged
out AS rubbish by the Bank Examiner, and
the stock was found to be worth only 80 cts.
on the dollar 1t is significant that the de
Tense set up the statute of limitations, clai-
ming the time allowed by law expired two
days before the suit was commenced
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-03-01

appears to have been retained by the sub
seQuent lessee in some inferior position
Last Saturday morning his body was found
floating in the North river, and the infer
ence was that he had drowned himself
Since then, however, Miss Blackburn, who
is running the play, "On the Yellowstone
At the theatre, has made statement which
gives strong ground for believing that
Morse was foully dealt with by her man
aver, II Mr.. McGivny, who was jealou Of
Morse because he was in the habit OF
escorting Miss Blackburn to her nome
from the theatre after the evenings per.
Torrance. Miss B. is a young lady, while
Morse was a white haired old man OF %.