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very slowly. From the lies told for and against
1t. silver might almost be mistaken for . presi-
Dental candidatA.-Naw York Hour

honest coinage. -Philadelphia Press.
THE fact is there are about as many Democrats
in the present House who would oppose a tariff
bill prepared by Morrison to suit his wing of the
party as in the last House, while the Republic
ans, with one or two possible exceptions. would
vote in a unit against it. -Philadelphia Press.
TIKI United States do not want to bully ary-
body. but neither do they mean to be bullied. It
is for the present Congress to give them the
means of self protection, and make an end of the
absurd and shameful weakness in which they are
exhibited to foreign nations New York Sun.
A WRITER on economic subjects figures it out
that in Germany a laborer's family, consisting of
himself, wife and Eve children under twelve
years age. can subsist on $57 a year. The Ameri-
can people do not take kindly TO that sort of
figuring by political economists. Lewiston (Me)
Journal.
HOWEVER different the views Of congressman
may be on certain questions, on one subject they
are of one mind. They all agree that it is wise
to draw their salaries on the 4th of every month.
and they rarely fail to do so; never, unless alb
sent from Washington on that day. -Rochester
Chronicle.
THE Edmunds bill without the Mormon cor
poration section would be a very poor bill in
deed; for it would leave in the hands of the law
breakers and conspirators all the sinews of war,
thus enabling them to form new plans and ex-
ecute boldly new schemes to uphold their pet
institution. Atlanta Constitution.
If people would only keep their heads on their
shoulders and act reasonably, recognizing the
difference between a dollar and the promise to
pay a dollar, q treasury-note circulation would
be at least as good as a hank-note circulation.
But so long as thousands of men entertain the
notion that a government can pay its debts with
its due-bills the bank-note circulation is prefera-
le.-Chicago Times.
THE Knights of Labor obviously do not appre-
ciate the obligations they are under to school
book agents. They class them as they do peni-
fQnf 1Qry nnD h nnrOsn0 IF nnn
labor. The truth is, they are the best friends
labor has. They are the men who make a de-
mand for labor. They keep many persons en-
gagged in making books and most of the others
Times.
THIS stand of society" against doing justice
to Ireland cannot defeat. but may very possibly
delay, that justice. If, while the settlement is
pending, there should be an outbreak of tout
RACES" in Ireland the effect of them may be very
disastrous. But revolutions never 60 backward,
and it is certain that the advance of democracy
in England will continue until the last privilege
of the privileged class is swept away.-New York
Times.
IF Europeans think they would be cheated if
the interest on American securities is rendered
them In silver, they need not buy the securities.
There is no compulsion in the matter. We hold
that a currency which is good enough for the
working man is good enough for the bondholder.
Ii Europeans don't think so, they can sell what
American securities they hold and buy no more.
1t won't make a particle OF difference to us.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Now that there is no longer an urgency for an
immediate provision for the devolution Of the
duties of the presidency on a member of the
party in power, it is to be hoped that Congress
will devote to the subject the careful attention
it deserves. The Hoar plan will do well as a
temporary safety brake. but its discussion has
clearly shown that it has faults from which a
satisfactory and effective reguls. Gion os this cues
ton should be free. louisville Courier-Journal
THE rights of the people of Dakota should be
in this matter, and the recognition of
these rights by Congress ought not to be made
dependent upon the political views of u majority
of che people. A political test of this kind is
wrong. and it ought not to be resorted to. Da-
kota should~be admitted because it has popula-
ton and wealth enough to enable it to take its
place with credit to itself and the other States
as a member OF the American Union.-Denver
Republican.
THE land-league movement. under Mr.. Par
nell. is the only one that has ever accomplished
anything of practical value to the people. 1t is
succeeding. because it is on practical lines and
led by a capable, cool-headed, unsentimental
man. If the energies Of the Irish leaders are
now divided between two causes-one economic
and the other political-which have no necessary
connection or utilization with each other, both
will suffer, and neither will be followed to q sue
cessful conclusion.-Chicago Tribune.
AS trades unions have become stronger and
better organized the employers of labor have
naturally taken hold of the tactics of the work
lngman to light their battles. and now lock-outs,
or strikes of capital. are opposed to labor strikes,
with the effect of paralyzing business and caus-
ing suffering to thousands who have done moth
ing to merit such punishment. This is the con-
dition to which hasty action and ill-considered
policy have reduced the labor question in nearly
all of the large cities Of the country to-day.
New York Times.
AN eight-hour day, no matter how stringent
the laws may be to the contrary, means an eight
hour pay, and this, as things usually are in the
the United States. signifies a bare subsistence
and no more. = No doubt many would
like to make the experiment of an eight hour
day, and it's results would be interesting. but if
they do not show that. after a fair trial has been
made, the chief opposition will come from the
laborers, then a very mistaken idea has prevailed
as to the desire Of the American laborer to make
money and better his condition. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
WE want our children to know that in the
years 1851 Is there was a rebellion in this coun.
try, which the men Of the North put Town with
their strong right hands. We want them to
know all about it, and to see memorials of it in
public places. Not for the mean and contempti-
BILE purpose of nursing in their breasts prejudice
against the Southern people, put in order that
they. if in their day another rebellion should
break ont, North, or South, or East, or West,
shall know how their fathers dealt with such
accidents, and shall tread firmly in their foot
steps Francisco Chronicle.
If their demands Those of foreign laborersl
are refused, then they JOIN societies whose object
is to break down all business, ruin all labor,
destroy property, menace the peace and good
order OF society, and defy the laws. They
tramp the streets with red flags and cheer
demaeogues who advise them to rob and burn
buildings and hang capitalists-every man being
considered a capitalist by them who persists
in working, saving his wages, owning his
home, and acquiring a little property. They
demand that everything shall be divided up in
common. SO that they may live without work.
Chicago Tribune.