National Republican., 1885-12-12
VOICE OF TIE WEEKLY PRESS
Selections from the Issues OF Numbers
of NOur XNnnkIr Prnas Syatnn,.u

Selections from the Issues of Numbers
OF "our Weekly Press Systen."
Any intelligent person can readily see the
position which the Democracy occupies be-
fore the country on the internal revenue
laws. They promised to repeal these laws,
but now that they have the offices and are
reaping pccuniary harvest from the
patronage and salaries attached, they are
trying to wriggle out of 1t. This Is as plain
as daylight, and everybody Is beginning to
see 1t. The protective tariff party in this
country will eventually dispense with all
internal taxes, and this is the esource, and the
only source, from which this relief will
come to the people. The Republican party
is protective tariff party, and when the re-
peal Of the internal revenue takes place
land we trust 1t may come speedily 1t will
be the result of the principle and policy OF
this party-one Of the great fundamental
principles Of which is tariff not only suf-
ilcient to raise all revenue for our govern
ment, but also tariff which will afford
ample protection to American industry and
American labor.-[North State, GIeens-
boro', N. C.l
Postmaster Villas IS getting into very
deep, II not very hot, water. lie seems to
imagine that he has the right TO make or
unmake laws TO suit emergencies as they
may arise. His latest unlawful decision
was made to help out an unpopular np-
pointec OF his In small village of Illinois.
The Republican postmaster had been re-
moved on the ground OF offensive partisan
ship, when the people of the village were
indignant and sought TO boycott his Demo-
cratic successor by mailing their letters on
the trains and buying their stamps at other
ofilceB. To stop this sort of business the
Postmaster General has issued an order for
bidding route agents accepting letters from
persons not connected with the Postolllce
Department. He does this In violation OF
the statute expressly providing for sending
mail by dropping in postal cars. Mr.. Villas
is raising storm that will blow his head of
the first thing he knows.-[Glencoe (Minn.)
Register.
President Cleveland did not attend the
funeral Of Vice President Hendricks OH the
ground that he was liable to meet with ac-
cideDts incident to travel. That Mr.. Cleve-
land is patriotic we have good reason to be-
lleve, but when we consider that he would
90 by special train from Washington to In
dlanapolls, and return In like manner, we
cannot help but think that he places greater
value upon his existence than a majority
of the American people do. Mr.. Cleveiand's
absence from the funeral Of Vice President
| Hendricks will not soon be forgotten by
| those who were his warmest and most en-
thusastic supporters In 1884, The Presl-
dent should have shown some respect for
the man who hoisted him into the place
which he now occupies.-lG lGlenwood (Mo.)
| Criterion.l
One Of the candidates on the Democratic
\ county ticket says the worst result as to
himself is the 'giye awayn in his own
family. At breakfast the morning after
| election his wife, with very innocent air,
asked "My dear, what constitutes cam
paigning,' such as you said occupied SO
much of your time latelyN "Why, my
| ove-why-ah-why, attending meetings,
| visiting clubs going to conferences, getting
tickets printed and circulated, &c,n "Oh,
that's it. But why do you roll about so
much In bed and say, WELL boys, what's
yoursT" He said 1t must be his mind was
| running on the patronage he had promised
TO his supporters, but he has Il suspicion
that the explanation was not thoroughly
satisfactory, -[Tuscola (lll.) Republican, ]
Col. Elijah Gates, Of St, Joseph,
dent, United States marshal for
the western district of Missouri.
| Mr. Gates, II will be remembered by our
readers, was few years ago treasurer OF
this state and the crooked manner he ran
his office was the subject for heightened
investigation by the legislature. His record
ms state treasurer showed that hewas either
| incompetent or dishonest, but of such are
| CleyclNnd's appointees. Besides Gates, like
Senator Cockrell, SIT In the confcleracy for
his Democracy and this is q big recon-
mendUton to the present administration
bethany (Mo,) Clipper,l
The bottom seems TO have dropped ont Of
the cattle market completely, Never, dur
ing ten years past, have cattle sold ut the
| prices of the present, Last week Messrs
| Mood and Warner, Of Laird, ana Juldg
Baker, Of the Medicine, sold in the aggra,
cate some 200 head Of steers, cows, &C., ai