National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-05-15
VOICE or THE WEEKLY PRESS



Kansas may he pardoned for her pride.
Her Statesmen hath established her Her
Ingalls, has tt head rs clear as his heart is
honest. His great ability has won the ma
tons admiration, and he stands to-day on
plane with tho peers Of the United States
lRepuhlican, West Fork, Ark.l
Western New York farmers may have to
eroan Over the low price Of dairy products,
but they all have something TO be thankful
for, and that Is that they are not periodically
wiped of the face of the earth by cyclones
or tornadoes. 1t is now estimated that 100
lives were lost in the storm that swept
through Minnesota last week. Awi1e strip
of country was devastated and the cities
Of st. Cloud and Sank Rapids nearly de-
stroyed.-LCcnsor, Fredonia, n. VI
The municipal elections in various parts
Of the country are causing just concern TO
the Democrats In Congress us indicating n
marked decline In their popularity. Not
only great cities like Chicago and Cincin-
natl, but lesser places on whose loyalty they
depended have been carried by the Repub.
licans. Michigan is almost the only state
In which they have seen their losses com
pensated by any considerable gains, while
In Indiana the shift Of votes Is so important
as to shake their confidence. In spite OF
their shameful gerTymander they are now
less sure of displacing Mr.. Harrison and
substituting Mr.. Mcdonald or some other
Of their own men, Republican, Towanda,
Pal
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN is booming
colored emigration from the states wherein
their rights are denied to states like Tonnes
see, Missouri, West Virginia, and Florida
[Republlcan, Strasburg, Neb.l
The tax rate in Baltimore will bo cousid-
erably increased. Why not The majority
that voted the present city officials into
power voted for n higher rate when they
voted the bosses ticket 1t is too late TO
kick or to plead the baby act.-Ilndepcn-
dent, Rockville, Md
The day for oppression Of labor in this
country has passed. Public sentiment Will
instantly back any protest against eXaction
on the part OF capital, any just claim for
shorter hours OF toll and larger pay, and
public sentiment will not indOrsc or sane.
ton organized violence, precOncerted at
tacks on property, systematic intimidation
Of and interference with people who are
willing to work. Against Tweed ring Of
plunderers or a labor ring of pillagers the
conscience of this country is sure to array
itself, and when once II begins TO act short,
sharp, and decisive will be its doomsday
work. Conscience Is our great need, con-
science in more thorough work for good
pay, and conscience in capital, for money
trebles the power of the rich aud treblos
the helplessncss Of the poor.
The sooner the pulpits and the press OF
the land the iurists Of the country, and
the representatives In our national and
state legislatures make known that bribery
must cease, corruption be cured, the ma
nipulation Of values, by which thousands
are impoverished that half dozen plotters
may make millions, be stopped the sooner
we will have order, confidence, prosperity,
and peace.-[sentinel, Rockville, MIDI
1t is as much the duty OF the United
States Senate to sit down on Highland
House Riley for postmaster at Cincinnati
as 1t was for the people of that city to upset
the gang In the late election. Mr.. Cleve-
land may pardon Mullen and st. George
| Best, but the Senate should not condone
Riley's ofTenses. "We must kill the snake,
not scotch IT, Republican, Mt. Vernon,
Ohio
The increase In wealth in this country
for the last three-quarters Of century,
as proportioned to the population, has been
not less than 10000 per cent. Who's got
the wealth? Has there been a correspond
| ing increase In wages? Is 1t not clear to
every thinking mind that there is q screw
| loose somewhere IN our economic aud So
| cial fabric?
Public opinion, the monarch who rules
| Tue WOTlu, anu WHOSE sCepJcT is INC Ouly
| insignia of imperialism tolerated In this re-
| public, will work out a peaceful solution
of the capital and labor problem journal,
Liberty, Neb.]
1t is the most contemplate kind Of petit
Jogging to say that the average Of wages IL
higher now than at any other time In our
history and point to that fact rs a conclu
sive reason why the wage workers should be
satisfied. The wage workers in this eoun'
Try are getting to be thinkers as well. Their
exercise Of the right to vote has made them
vance everybody else's interest be-
side their own any longer They
see the inevitable tendency of events
under the present system, and n careful
survey of the whole position discloses the
startling fact that 1t is the rich manufac-
turers and the monopolists only who re-
ceive any protection worthy of the name,
while free trade In land and labor is
bound to drive the working men to the
wall. That common labor is now as
poorly paid In many localities in this pro-
gressive land as IL Is In Europe, and the con.
slant importation of contract labor, under
various preteXts, is already seriously affect
ing skilled labor.-LThe Eagle Marinette,
Wis.,
The plain, undeniable fact is that Eng
land is being run out of "the markets OF
the world" by countries which have pro
tective tariffs. Her chambers of commerce
and her business men generally are learning
that her free trade isolation must prove ia
tai. In line with other statistics which We
have printed from time to time are these
figures on the imports from Great Britain
into Genoa: In 1881 $4,000 bags of sugar
were imported from Great Britain and only
$4,000, In round numbers, from Germany
and only 10000 from France. In the yea
1888 the British sugar was still only 76,0Ol
bags, while French sugar exceeded $500
bags and German sugar had risen to 1874 ,00i
bags Yamhill Reporter, McMinnvllle
Oregon.
The Senate bill which approprlates half 0
million dollars for the erection of IL monu
ment to the memory Of Abraham Lincolr
is commendable in every way, and 1t is t.
be hoped that the House will pass 1t with
out undue discussion or opposition. Lin
coin was the greatest of our Presidents, ant
no man ever rendered this country NOR
service. 1t is fitting that memorial ston
should be raised to his name. He was
typical man Of the people, and his memor,
win be honored and revered by the peopl
so long as patriotism exists and integrity 1
Appreciated Opinion, Chambers
burg, Pa.
This is tho center OF a splendid section o
country, has postoilice, general store, aut
cnuIch' INC country 10 hiSn Pho Iuhue
and very productive; its being situated o.
the ridge, and about equldistant between
Long Pond and the Suwaunee river, make
IL a very desirable and healthy locality
There are large bodies Of land near her
subject tohomestead entry, and other bodie
held by private parties that can be pun
chased on very reasonable terms. This sec
tion offers special inducements TO stock
men, lumbermen, farmers, and orang
growers County Times, Bronson
Fla
The new registry law passed by the legls
lature affects cities of 5000 pUpulatlo
and over, and will not, therefore, apply +
Boone. 1t contains many of the essentia
features Of the Chicago law, one OF tn
principal ones being that which makes reg
istratiOn a prerequisite to voting, and cut