Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-06-26


The New ork star reports the retirement
Of Senator Payne from the race for the
Presidency
The l.oui4ana house Of representative has
assed bill appruprlutIng sl00O00 Tor the
New Orleans exposition.
The dominion minister of tho customs has
consented to allow cattle from the western
states to be carried through Canada in bond
for export
The police of Chicago on Thursday night
made IL second raid on gambling houses
which had been raided on Wednesday night
Thirteen men were arrested and q, 900 worth
OF gambling implements seized.
The official crop bulletin for the Province
| If Manitoba shows Nh increase Of 81 per cent
| IN the average ON last year. Tho condition
Of whod IL good, and the yield will ho much
| larger than in 1883. Tho other crops arc
| suffering somewhat from drouth.
A Cleveland, Ohio dispatch gays It may
| bu definitely stated now, ON the best authority
that Hon. Henry u. Payne IL not a candidate
for the Presidential nomination, but fayors
| Cleveland with llONdly iJr Vice President
| Everything If now working toward solid
delegation from this state Tor Cleveland,
The Baltimore SIM, independent and very
cautious N politics, says the Democrats have
| everything III their favor If ever Il party had,
and nothing tut supreme folly III the choice
| " u NhlNlNlhbt W IlhllIIlu Gull NTtCk llH
prospects. Ihe two names most prominently
before the party are Bayard and Cleveland
| both stand on the same Sigh plane Of i'll
toBrity and the question Of their relative
strength Is the only issue upon which the
choice between them hangs,
II ls said that the faculty Of Harvard
College has determined to make the studie,
Of tho frcsmal year elective to IL certain OK
tent II has decided that AZ matter Of
principle ii is not necessary FOR Il student tt
pursue during his candidacy FOR tho degre,
" A, y all the studies which have prcyiousl,
bGcn considered absolutely requisite These
studios have boon Greek, Latin mathmAtics
physics, chemistry, and French or German
Under the new plan which will be applied tt
the class Of lsSS Cthut just cntering) certain
of these studies may he omitted.
The committee OF the Independent liepub
Lean organization in New York met lirda
, and elected George William Curtis chairman
! The following document was approved, am
viii bo circulated throughout the country 10
signatures Tho underrigned, protesting
n against the nomination Of Mr., Ban
! aud MIR Logan, propose to join thei
D tupubllcAuH and independent voters i
a sending representatives to general confer
N cuce, to be- held Immediately after the Demo
cratic national convention. which conference
rhGll consider, N case the Democratic nom
nations do not Justify the support Of protest
ing Republicans, what further action may b
! necessary to secure candidates VINO will appGi
to the interests Of clean and honest polite
and sober, honest SENSE Of the America
II people
II Tie Philadelphia LedJt7's New York col
Y respondent "a saturday: The anxiet
:, Of the Saratoga managers to hear what Nj
I NattDrsUn would have to say about the drol
. ping Of the tariii issue il followed now i
j. some apprehension, in view OF his decAratiO
q IA the Louisville COHrier- jour1.uLof Wednc
~ day to the effect that this issue will be Ii
predominant ono At Chicago" and that 'i
proposition to compromise it will be ente
taincd.' "Whether we like it or not =" IN,
the Courier ,Io1gHd,, 'the tariff issue is her
At and it is here to stay. 1t Is idle now to tai
/, Of compromise, for Mr., Randall and Il
4 party have already compromised the part
10 1t Ii worse than useless to talk
- postponing the work; it has bee
20 too long postponed. The par
Ie must be solIdiied, and party discipline il
" sisted upon. 1t was an attempt to compr
mise with Mr.. Randall which invited the di
aster at Washington. That disgrace must
wiped out, and the party organized for
y, offensive campaign at Chicago and this cs
" only be done ON basis Of reduction of Il
- tariff TO the revenue point This can not
compromised. Those now calling thomsely
Democrats who do not like the doctrine Q,
~. ~. take themselves to more congenal quarter
rb can shelter themselves behind the Ohio pls
ar form, now in possession OF the Republici
ts party This is the talk Of ''boss." al
when the 'bosses' come together at Chicag
each with his mo quarter the serenity tn
characterized the Saratoga gathering, as
i'd tariff, can hardly be looked for.