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National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

Mr.. Everett p. Wheeler from the
Curtis bureau Of defamation in Now
York, wrote the President that
ho had seen IL stated and not
denied" that Col. w. w. Dudley, COM
missioner Of pensions, "had given orders
that applications filed by voters residing
in Indiana and Ohio should DO taken up
out of the order OF filing and have a pref
erence over those filed by persons resid-
ing in other states" and his communica-
tion was referred to Acting Secretary
Joslyn for investigation and report. Mr.
Whoeler's letter was widely circulated,
and the journals Of purity and high moral
ideas made great ado over 1t, assuming,
of course, that the slanderous and un-
supported allegations Of the bureau
Of defamation woro true. Tho an
swor to tho baseless and unwarrant'
able charges formulated by the bureau of
defamation camo yesterday in the form Of
letter from Acting Commissioner Of
Pensions o. z. G.. Clark, in which he
denies, in language strong enough and
and insinuation in the Wheeler letter,
that Col. Dudley ever gave any such order;
that tho pension Office is and has been
carried on as though no campaign were
in progress, cases being taken up and
disposed Of in their regular order with
sorupulous fairness. Mr.. Clark presents
statements taken from tho records of his
bureau which show that as matter of
fact the percentage of Ohio and Indiana
cases taken up during the past four or
five months is considerably below that of
several other states. Now, what will be
the next lie set anoat by the representa-
tives Of all that is pure and good and no
bio in politics and private life in the
name Of rof,rn. snd perfection in admin
istrativo methods?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

The district tax collector is again after
those gentleman who are slow in paying
their taxes on personal property, and
such delinquents are frequently reminded
that il they do not hurry up the collector
will be compelled, in the performance of
his duty, to distrain their property for
taxes. In his anxiety to collect taxes
due the district government we trust the
collector will not overlook the S4S,000 in
personal property that Judge Edmonds,
president of the board of district COM
missioners, has sworn belongs to him,
and of which our reporters have been
unable to find any mention of on the
district assessors books. If the collector
does not know where to look for evidence
of tho existence of this $4,000, we refer
him to tho answer made by Judge Ed
monds in tho suit Of Crawford VS.. Squier,
Edmonds, and others. This answer is
OF should be on file with the Gus
todian of tho court records Judge
Edmonds may have made re-
turn of this $4,000 within the past
two or three weeks, but if ne has
neglected to do so the assessor should
call his attention to the omission and see
to it that the district is no longer de-
prived of the taxes due on the property.
Judge Edmonds is not exempted from tho
payment of just taxes because he happens
to be commissioner of the district, and
he has as much right to thrust his hands
into tho public treasury and take there
from $4,000 or $4,000 in trust funds as he
has to fail to pay into tho treasury $4,000
or 81 900 due the district on property he
has neglected to properly return for tax
alton. If the $4,000 which Judge Ed
monds swears belongs to him is found to
belong to the creditors Of tho defunct
banking house of Squier and somebody,
the commissioner will, as q matter of
course, be relieved from tho payment OF
the tax due on it, :
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22
Denth Of Prominent Persons.

BALTIMORE, Oct 2l.--Judge Richard B. Car
michael, for many years one OF the most prom
inent and influential citizens of this state,
died Mt his home, at Centreyllle, Queen Anne
county, this morning, in his S7th year lie
was u graduate of Princeton, in the class of
1888, and since then has held many important
and honorable trusts. having been several
times elected a member of the legislature;
elected 10 congress in 1883; member of two
state conventions TO revise the constitution
being president of the convention held in 1861,
and Judge of judicial circuit In May, 1862,
during period of intense excitement caused
by the war, Judge Carmichael, while seated on
the bench holding court, ut Easton, Talbot
county, wasarrested by United States mnrshnls,
imprisoned ut Fort Mclienry and aiterward
at Fort Delaware, where he was held prs'
oner until December, when he was uncondi-
tiOnully released.
BosTON, Oct. 2l,-Mrs. Mary Campbell Neal,
wife of Henry $. Neal, solicitor OF the treasury,
died IN this city this evening.
ROME Oct 2l-Cardnal Bartolems
d. Aayan2o, bishop of Calyi, Is dead. He was
born in 1911 and was made cardinal In 1876
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

The address of Secretary Gresham Mt
tho great business mons meeting in New
York Monday evening was characteristic
Of the speaker and admirably adapted to
the occasion and the audience. Secretary
Gresham has tho mental habit Of going
directly 20 the point and happy faculty
of presenting facts in their strongest
light without surplusage. Tho meeting
in New York was good occasion for the
exercise Of these qualities. II was meot-
ing of business men, held in business
hours. in place devoted strictly to busi-
ness. Secretary Gresham addressed this
audience AS ono business man would talk
to another. and IL his speech was a strong
argument in favor of the election of
Blaine and Logan it was because one of
the strongest arguments In favor Of that
result is based on tho present condition Of
our national finances and tho splendid
record Of tho republican party in tho
management thereof
At the beginning OF his romarks, pluug-
ing at once into facts aud figures, tho
speaker completely demolished the stock
argument of MIR. Hendricks relative 10
the treasury reserve, and showed that
gentleman, as he has often before hoen
shown, TO bo either designing doma-
gogue or very small statesman. Per-
haps it would be more correct diagnosis
of Mr.. Hendricks's case to say that he is
both. In the intervals when he has not
been making whining appeals for votes,
like beggar supplicating aims, he has
been roiterating that the people were
being robbed and tho country driven to
perditiOn by the enormous reserve of
$i50,000,000 in the treasury. Doubtless
the spectacle of any reserve in the treas
ury would seem very appalling to Mr..
Hendricks by reason Of the bewilder-
ing contrast with the condition
of things which existed under
democratic rule, but because a
man is surprised is no reason why ho
should stultify himself. There is no law
to prevent Mr.. Hendricks from playing
the demagogue, but u small modicum of
self.rcspect ought to prevent him from
exposing himself to tho risk of being pill
loried before his countrymen as pho
nomenal mixture of professional potti.
logger and political false prctender. This
is exactly where he stands o-day. The
bombardment of facts and figures to which
he was subjected by Secretary Gresham
caused his cob house of financial fallacies
to como tumbling about his ears and re-
vealed Mr.. Hendricks in his great two
horse act of domagogue and juggler.
"rhe real reserve" said Secretary
Gresham, "is less than one third OF the
apparent balance on hand" If Mr.. Hen
bricks had possessed as much real reserve
as he does of real trickery he might have
saved himself such an exposure.
The remainder of Secretary Gresham's
speech was devoted to showing how tho
republican party has preserved and main
tanned the national credit, reduced the
national debt, and saved the national
honor. He closed with a brief but earn
est eulogy of the republican candidates fol
president and vice president, and sat
down, the report says, amid great cheer
ing" 1t was a business speech to busi
ness men,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22
B.hInd-the-Door Work.

Mr.. b. ii. Warner, who is still president
of the school board, although his resigna.
tion has been rendered, says, in effect
that there is nothing in the complaints
about mismanagement of our school
affairs, and if there is there had best be
nothing said about it, as it will injure tho
present high character Of tho schools
themselves. Mr. Warner may have in
formation, which nobody else seems to
have, about the matters which certainly
seem to have been grossly mismanaged
that will put an entirely different face on
them when il comes to bo generally
known. As to the last half of his state
ment, however, he is certainly wrong.
No evil can no cured by concealing it.
From its very nature it thriyes by con
cealment. 1t may survive exposure, but
if exposure does not lead to its correction
nothing clso will. The surgeon does not
seek to conceal tho ulcer and cure his
patient by telling him no had best over
look tho fact that it alllicts him. He
knows that such treatment means only
increased misery aud finally death. The
remedy lies in investigation and ruthless
eradication. If tho toople have been
swindled, and arc being swindled, they
have right to know 1t. If they have
not, the suspected are entitled to tho
NvindicAtion which full, thorough, and
open investigation alone can give them.
There are perhaps 20, 900 school children
in this district, and the books required for
their education cost their parents no small
sum. By little mismGnagomont in the
way Of frequent changes, oven though tho
change. may be only in tho editions as
some say it was in the present case, the
cosj| may DO doubled or even quadrupled,
Heavy taxes arc thus laid upon parents
which they ought not to bo required TO
pay. They can escape most surely by
discovering the wrong and righting it.
This investigation has gone far enough
already to show that our school affairs
arc loosely and therefore badly managed.
Mr.. Wilson was responsible primarily to
tho school board, but the school board
seems to have known little and carod less
about what he was doing. The board is
responsible 10 tho commissioners, and
this august body knew as little about tho
board rs the board know about Mr. Viii
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

PHILADELPHIA, oct 2l.-lhe commission
appointed by the president to visit the principal
cities ofthe United States to inquire into the
best methods Of improving the commercial re-
latlOns between this country and the chief
ports of South America began its sessions in
this city to-day. Of the three members of the
commission only onG-eX.Gov Reynolds, of
MssOuri-was present William Il. Curtis, OF
Chicago, secretary OF the commission, stated
that he had invited the mayor, Presidents
Hancock, of the commercial exchange
Brockie, Of the maritime exchange, and Welsh,
of the board of trade, but only Mr. Welsh had
responded, notifying the secretary Of his ina
billy TO be present to-day, but stating that he
would attend tO.mOuOw's session. There was
nevertheless large and representative, gather
ingOf business men, Orthe most part shippers.
Remarks IN ilvor of the extension OF American
copmerce TO South American countries were
made by Messrs, Edward shippen, John Wan
nHmuker, and other business men, all OF whom
advocated the granting of subsidies by con
gress so that direct lines of steamers could be
established,
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22
ABOUT PEOPLE.


GEN. VAN VIIEr has returned from New
Jersey.
COMMODORE ScHLEY returned to Washington
yesterday.
SECRETARY GRESHAM returned to Washington
last night from New York.
A TEXAS man 90 years of age recently cut his
third set of teeth, but the pain was SO great
that he died.
LIEUT.. THOMPSON, 23d infantry, VINO gradu.
ated last June from West Point has Joined his
companions at Fort Porter Buffalo
Foug sisters named Carr were married the
same evening recently at Joliet, ILL.,, by one
clergyman, aud now they call that parson u
"CHr'cOuplcr'
SOLICITOR GENERAL PHILLIPS LEFT Washing.
ton last evening for North Carolina, where he
will enter the campaign in the interest Of the
republican party,
Mrs JAMES Mob. srEMBEL, wife of Lieut.,
stembel, 9th U, 5. infantry, who Is so pleas
antly known in Washington, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. 5, NJ Weloh, at Buffalo.
A. II. WELpoS, st. Paul; c, A. Broadwater,
Montana George 7. CGrsted and c. A. Hutch.
ins New York; j. Farrell and p, W. Parke, AL
bany, and j. Mugee, Bolton, England, are at
Willard's.
Col. JOSHUA S, FLETCHER, JR., 23d U nited
States infantry, is visiting his father In Phila-
delphia on leave from Fort Porter, Buffalo, N.
T., Of which post he Is commander, He will
return to dlty Nov, .,
MAJ. JoHS q. TURNRuLI, captain 30 United
States artillery, who Is visiting his sister at
No 2Ji3 street, has two months leave from
his post NJ san Augustine, Fla, most OF which
he intends spending here,
Mr. FuLTOS PAUL, United States consul gem
cral at Bucharest, who was here for day or
two on business, lett last night for his home at
Hudson, n. Y, and win sail from New York
Nov 10 on his return to his station.
MRS. MARY L. kali, the republican song
writer, was the recipient of many attentions
from republican clubs on her recent visit to
Ohio, and her latest song, 'Vote the Ticket
Through" was much sung during the cam
paign.
SIR ROBERT OWEN has at last completed his
work on the "Brltish Fossil Reptiles" on
which he has been engaged for the past forty
years. only 40 copies Of the work were
printed before the stereotype plates were de-
slrOyed.
GAIT john w, FRENCH, 25th United States
infantry, and Mrs, French arrived at Buffalo
last week from Dakota, where they will make
their home for the next two years, while Capt.
French is recruiting officer there. Col. Charles
BentlonI, of the same regiment who was re-
leyed by Capt, French, left last week for Fort
Smelling, but declares his intention Of making
Buffalo his home when he retlres from active
service.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

THE spirit of democracy is the Same
north and south. Everywhere democrats
are bitterly hostile to free speech and the
unrestrained exercise of the rights of
citizenship. Whenever they are in the
majority there can be found q dominant
spirit of despotic intolerance and an ugly
determination to apply the gag law.
Wherever they are in power they break
up republican meetings regardless of all
rules of common deceRcy and fairness
and try to crush out individual freedom
of opinion aud action. In Fort Wayne,
Ind, Monday night uniformed demo
cratic ruflians would not allow Mr..
Blaine to speak, interrupting him with
cat-calls and jibes, and behaving other
wise in "a disgraceGul and disreputa-
bic manner. In tho south they resort to
tho shotgun and the whipping post to
strangle the development of republican
ideas, but in the north, where violence
would be mot with force, democrats try
to accomplish the same end by noise.
Nothing but wholesome respect for tho
Drawn of the free men of the north pre-
vents northern bourbons from doing
business as their brethren of South Caro-
lima, Virginia, and Mississippi do.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

Horace White annihilates Theodore
Roosevelt by writing that on the evening
after Mr.. Baine's nomination Mr.. Roose.
welt entered his room in the Grand Pacific
hotel in Chicago and cordially indorsod
u telegram he had just written to the
acting editor of tho New York EUeHiag
Post advising hostility 10 the republican
nominee, aud added: 'If 1 had boon
writing it would say, any proper demo-
cratic nomination will have our hearty
support"
II tho democrats had made 'proper
nomination" Mr.. Roosevelt might possibly
have given such nomination his support;
but the democrats made most lamenta-
bio failure in their attempts to come up
to his standard. And right there is whore
Mr., Roosevelt shows his vast superiority
over his friond Horace White. When it
was proved that tho democrats made q
notoriously aud confessedly improper
nomination no had tho honesty aud the
manhood to say SO and to be true TO him
self and his country. IL Is because the
democrats JAILED TO make O proper nomi-
nation that Mr.. Roosevelt and nine. tentha
of the independent republicans" who
robelled against the nomination of MIR.
Blaine arc to be found to-day among
the most determined opponents OF
Grover Cleveland, II the tool OF
the Manning. Thompson ring in New
York were fit TO be president
many Of the boilers would have stuck to
him to tho last. Tho revelations that
have been made concerning Grover
Clovolapd's monstrous immoralitiea
shocked and disgusted good people of all
parties, and turned them against him,
The egotism and enormous vanity oil
such men as Curtis and White blinded
them to tho mistake they had
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

THE United States exported to Great
Britain in 1850 33,006, 1856 pounds of leaf
tobacco, for which the producer received
IL cents per pound. On an average the
British government received as duty on
this tobacco the sum of $i2, ,9i9, ,iO5. Great
Britain received as duty on dried fruit,
shipped mainly from the United States,
$2,5i6,l 40. The whole British revenu o
from tariff tax on imports is $i00,000,000.
The United States,'or the states of Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Con-
necticut, Pennsylvania, and Missouri,
the tobacco producing states of the union,
pay more than two-ffths of the whole
revenue tax collected by England on her
imports. This is froe trade England
which collects s10Oo0O00O, and the
United States, which simply levies tariff
tax on commodities which she herself
produces, is called high protective ma
tion, when her revenue from tariff is
$135,000,00O. Let England first set the
example by repeating the tax on our
tobacco before our people become solicitous
about relieving the products of English
factories.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

made and excited their obstinacy to
degree that has lost thom the respect and
confidence of those who had previously
thought well of them. They continue
their advocacy OF Cleveland in tho face of
indisputablo proof of his moral and men
tai unftnes5 for tho place TO which he
aspires, carrying their support to the
length of not only apologizing for base
and shocking immortality, but actually
holding up vico as a virtue for the young
men Of tho land TO emulate.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

From White, Smith e Co., Boston, the fol-
lowing new music has been received: Little
Eme's Prayer" 81 Alone the Cross Must
Bear" "sainted Mother" and 1.-THE outcast,"
four songs, words and music by Charles A.
Farewell" and Wake from Thy Dreaming"
words by Earl Marble, and music by Charles
ID. Blake; "Whcn the Pansles Come Again."
words and music by Charles D. Blake; Just
for Fun" words by Earl Marble, music by f.
II. Bailey; ale Was a Pretty Soldier" "Lotta's
Latest Success" English words by Earl Mar
Bile; 1.-TWO Men of the Olden Time" words by
We Meet Again. and "ln the Wildwood"
two duets, words by w. II. Putnam, music by
T.. H. Bailey; swinging on the Golden Gate"
composed by Charles MOnsell and arranged by
Charles b. Blake; 'please Sell No More
Drink to My Father" words by
Frank y. Pratt, music by Charles A. White,
and dedicated to Gov st. John, the temper
Laddie' words by Fred Woodrow, music by
Charles II. Gabriel; Down by the Old Abbey
Ruin" by L. Egins; "Evangeline," words by
Earl Marble, music by G. A. White, and dedi.
Gated to Nine Josephine Logan; "Rollin' to
de sea-" words by Mrs Il. V. Wilson, music
by Harry Birch, and 'Susan Browns Wed.
ding" by Sam Lucas-two comic songs. In.
lranscripuon Of the tune Martyr, by I. +.
Ryder: FAIRY Greeting" scherze, by L. II.
Bailey; lies Souyires, waltz, by Emil Wald.
teufel; Evening Echo Waltz" skip Skip"
Morcem; Golden Youth March," and winter
| Night GpllOp," four easy pieces for piano, by
| A. II. Holt, and "Andantino Elevation" in
minor for organ, by Edodard Baptcste; also
"Gyp, Jr.," an opeTatta for Juveniles, the
libretto by Earl Marble, and the music by d.
f. HODGES.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22
THE pAYMAsTER GENERAL.


Amount OF Money Disbursed During tho Last
Fiscal Yesr-RecOmmendation as TO Pay
masters Bonds.
Paymaster General Rochester, in his annual
report 10 the secretary of war, says that the
total amount available for the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1884, was Slj,1SO, lGl, and that
the total amount disbursed was 1920, 75O,
leaving a balance Of 81, ,929,4l1. lie commcnds
the present system of repositories for public
funds lie regrets the dscontlnuance of the
repositories at Santa Fe and san Antonio, and
recommends their re-establlshment, He also
recommends that anlapproprlation OF Sl1b0OO
be made tor the mileage of officers for the tis-
cal year 1856, and says there will undoubtedly
be a deficiency in the appropriation for the
present fiscal year. which Is SlG0,00O, unless
great restrictions are imposed In the issuing OF
orders that contemplate the payment of mile
age. It is again recommended that the law
forbidding the payment OF mileage to army on
GERS over land-grant roads should be repealed
Attention is called to former recOmmcnda-
tion in regard to the Importance of u change in
the law relating to the official bonds of pay
masters, and the passage OF the bill SENATE,
is urged The bond of an approved guarantee
company would, if accepted as security be
a great relief to many officers. a limit OF at
least four years, during which bond Will be
operative, should be fixed, and surcties should
be released from liability If the government
fails to bring suit within five years alter the
bond expires. IL Is recommended that the
an officer from issuing, hypothcCnting, or
transferring his pay account, not actually due
at the time, should be enforced, aud no longer
treated US u dead letter.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

son. II is high time somebody took an
interest in affairs and managed them in
such way as to bear the light. At pros
ent the public will please remember, all
public business in the district Is done be-
hind closed doors.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

Postmaster General Hatton has issued an or
der to all postoilice inspectors that in the
future they must not under any circumstances
borrow money or receive advances on their
pay from postmasters and that to do so willibe
considered sufficient cause for dismissal from
service. The order Is intended to correct
abuses that have sprung up in the service that
tend to the establishment of improper rela-
tions between the inspectors and the postmas-
ters whose affairs they are required 10 inyesti-
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

THE women Of the south must feel
highly compimonted by the utteranccs
of bourbon orators who talk as though
they woro in mortal fear lest thcir wives,
daughters, and swoothearts should con-
sort with dreadful black men. The
white womcn Of tho south are in no wise
responsible for tho bleaching process that
is going Oh in the oolored population, and
it might be well for the bourbon stump
speakers to bear this in mind when they
prance up and down tire country dis
coursing on the horrors Of mixing colors.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-22

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Oct 2l--An action for
libel, with damages laid at $4,000, has been
commenced by John L, Morey, jr., one OF the
prOprletors of the Rochester Union and Adper.
User against tho New York Morning JOuRm
association The libel was contained In an
item telegraphed to the latter paper from here,
and which appeared yesterday, falsely con.
meeting the plaintiff with a suit for breach OF
prbmise.