National Republican., 1885-12-19
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OF "Our Weekly Press System,"


self during the present session which, IL he
is successful IN carrying out, will make him
still more popular among his constituents.
A Washington dispatch states that upon the
first opportunity "Gen. Cutcheon will In
troduce bill which he has prepared TO
erect new lighthouse district, to include
Lake Michigan and Green bay, with head
quarters at Muskegon. The present eev-
enth district, with headquarters at Detroit,
is too large and will he thus cut IN two. As
at present districted the inspector is unable
to properly visit all Of the 40 lighthouses
Gen. Cutcheon will also impress upon the
river and hnrbor committee the necessity OF
an appropriation OF about $4,000 as a
starter for the proposed new harbor of
refuge at Ludington. There were more
wrecks ON Lake Michigan last year than
upon Lake Eric, Huron, and Ontario com
hned, and this measure Ia Of great import
arce to the commerce Of the lakes. Cen
Cutcheon will also Introduce bill to pen
sion soldiers OF the Mexican war and all
Union soldiers Of the late war who are de-
pendent upon their own cxertion or upon
charity for livelihood. ."-ISaginaw Mich
Herald.l
The silver war, for such Il may be termed,
is bringing out some interesting facts con-
nccted with the history of our currency.
clamor has been raised over the weight Of
the silver dollar, IL being claimed that Il
should be regulated by Its bullion value in
gold, the latter under the suppositlon being
unchangeable. At one time In our history
1t was found necessary to reduce the
weight Of the gold dollar from 2l.75 grains
to 23.3 grains. This was in 1884 and the
change was made upon a silver basis.
What was a good law then must be q good
law now. Silver was the money Of the peo-
pie then; II is the money Of the people now.
The value OF the yellow metal was meas
ured by the value Of silver then and IL
should he so measured now. BY all means
let us have the weight of the gold dollar re-
duced and wipe out the artificial and specu-
lative advance which has taken place in the
value of the metal.-[The Silver World,
Lake City, Coll
One Of the first resolutions to be intro
duced in the lower house OF Congress when
II peets next month will be one censuring
the Postmaster General for his course In
declining to pay American steamship COM
panios money that Congress voted to them
a. compensation for carrying foreign mails.
The resolution will, no doubt, lead to a
thorough discussion OF the meaning and In
tent of the net, which appropriated $780,
Geo for carrying foreign mails In American
steamships, and will ut the same time give
Villas an opportunity to explain the reasons
which induced him to set his own judg-
ment against the conclusions reached by
u
luton will be introduced in the Senate by
Mr.. Frye, to whose efforts the passage OF
the appropriation was due last winter The
prospects are that Villas will have lively
time with Congress.-[C Mail, Marsh
field, Oreg.l
Why put It Oft? Why should Virginia
not stand among the foremost in the work
Of elevatipg our population, black as well
as whiteY What madness is it, from the
standpoint of the citizen and patriot and
economist even US only selfish considera-
ton, to resist the duty and demands of the
timesp Do the men who oppose liberal
education imagine that they are beneGting
the state to-day by denying the means of
education to the poor and laboring classes?
Every dollar robbed from the school house
and the teacher is two dollars added to the
poor tax, the almshouse, and the peni-
tentiary.-[Spirit of the Valley, Harrison
burg, Va.
Mrs. Slaughter, OF Bismarck, has gone to
Washington to secure a pension for her
little daughters. Their great grandfather
was naval officer, killed In an engagement
at sea In 1879. Their grandfather was an
officer In the regular army and died from
wounds received In the Mexican war. Their
father served as surgeon In the war OF the
rebellion, and is an invalid from injuries re-
ceived In the service. Yetnone OF the fam
lily have ever received one dollar or an acre
Of land.-tDakota State Journal, st. Law
renee, Oak
The information comes from Washington
that the friends Of the late Vice President
will use their best endeavors to influence
the new president of the Senate to retain
Col. East, Of Indiana, as private secre-
tary, to which position he was lately ap-
pointed by Mr.. Hendricks. II the admin
istration needs the services or presence Of
the colonel, 1t will have to provide
for him, AS far as the new president
Of the Senate is concerned, Mr.. East will be
permitted to go west, pretty quick
Mount Vernon (Ohio) Republican,
Built up under a fostering government,
enabled to rise and meet foreign competi-
tors at the national threshold, our manu-
facturers, the great majority Of whom date
their prosperity from the institution Of the
protective tariff Of Aug. 5, 1861, and the
national currency acts, view with appre-
hension the meddling proposed by the free
traders, acting under the guise OF revenue
reformers.-[ The North Carolinian, Eliza
beth City, N. C.l
What Congress is going TO do remains to
he seen. We fear that the country has little
to expect in the way OF practical or bene-
fetal legislation from the Democratic ma
jority In the House: They are hopelessly
are at loggerheads with the President over
the civil service; and the outlook is not as
suring. Still It may be that something good
will "come out of Nazareth. ~ North State,
Greensboro n. C.l
When the Republicans begin to look
about next spring for the timber of which
to make state ticket, the first thing they
will doubtless find out will be that they
must set aside place for Phil. Cheek, Of
Baraboo first, and afterward Of every G.
A. r.. post In the state. IL he is put on the
ticket he will run like quarterhorse and
hold out like regular four-mile thorough
bred.-lWisconsin State Register, Portage,
Wis.l
States attorney for the district Of Indiana,
would make formidable candidate for
governor on the Republican ticket In 1888.
He is fluent speaker, a close thinker, and
a keen observer Of all things Of public
or political nature Besides he is an ex-
soldier with a good fighting record, and a
Grand Army man Of large acquaintance
throughout the state.-[ Batesville Qnd.)
Republican
1t is patent to every one with eyes to SEQ
and ears TO hear that the Republicans of
Tennessee are already preparing for the most
energetic and thorough campaign in 1886
they have ever made In the state.-[Brlst
Courier.l Now, you're right, brother, but
you forgot to state that we are going to lick
up the old Bourbon Democracy to boot
| bristol (Tenn.) Tomahawk.l
The Edmunds law has done the business
for the polygamist. They, too, see the hand
writing upon the wall and know that the
| time is not far distant when the foul stain
| will be removed from the land. Slavery
| had to go, polygamy must go, and the fee
| system for county officials will soon follow
suit.-[Curwensyille (Pa.) Herald.l
The Greensburg New Era (Democratic)
condemns the fraudulent ways In which
election returns are manipulated In Chica-
| co. indianapolis, Columbus, and Cincinnati,
Baltimore, and other large cities, but fails
| TO state that these frauds were all In the
| interest OF the Demncrntin narLY.-L Yer