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proclaims itself superior to the law. st Louis
Globe-Democrat
JAY GOULD should beware Of too much letter
writing If he has any views to communicate hs
had better go and see the Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. MORRISON and Mr. Hurd will now have TO
combine on some sort of a tariff that will afford
them protection from their own party.-Wash~
ington Critic.
PowDERLY and Gould both fall back on the
law. That is right Let the cars run and the
strikers strike. and the lawyers do the lighting
Philadelphia Record
IF Great Britain grants home rule and makes
the ownership of land possible, Ireland will be
on her feet in d single generation II not God
knows what may happen.
1--WE have nice little hole started in the Dem
ocratic WALL remarks Republican paper down
in Indiana Now is the time for some Demo-
cratic sheet to howl. "Ratslr-Minneapolis Trih-
une.
PRER BILL MORRISON will grow tired aftes
awhile. Then, after he grows tired If he still
wants free trade. he can 90 to beautiful Albion
where free trade is at its best-Atlanta Consti
tuition.
Mr. PowDERLYs recent action ia fat contra
diction OF the views he expressed two weeks ago.
convinces US that it would have been much bet
business Phiadelphia Inquirer.
CONGRESS- manifests disposition TO put cleo.
margarine on the list of taxable luxuries with
whisky and tobacco. The need of such law in
anything but complimentary to the ethics Of the
retail grocery trade.-New York Graphic.
THE Conservative claim that there has been
"no formulated demand from Ireland for home
rule is rather silly, In view of the presence OF
Parnell In the House of Commons with an
almost solid Irish delegation at his back.--Bos-
ton Herald.
Mr. PowDERLY in his last communication to
Jay Could has put himself out of the pale of In.
telligent discussion and into the company Of
wind-bags and common scolds, where Martini
Irons has hitherto held the platform. Anew York
Evening Post.
The prediction professions alike of the Dem
oeri.tlc party and of Mr.. Cleveland 90 consider
ably beyond the actual performances of either.
but in so far as Mr.. Cleveland has tried to Iva
up to these professions is he q better and more
honest man than those who assail him for his
failure to be Democrat Brooklyn Union.
By the close of she present summer-at the
present rate OF prog-ess-everyb body In the
United States will be boycotting everybody elses
SO long as one half the public is boycotting tina
other half business will be disturbed, but when
everybody gets at it the equilibrium will be re-
stored and the thing will not be noticei-New
York World
THERE have been numerous indications lately
in the laboring world that an issue was to be
raised as to whether a man has the right to re-
fuse to Join union. This Is not question to
be decided by the employers, but by the labor.
ers themselves There can be but one logical
outcome for that contest. That is that a man
can do as he pleases.-New York Sun.
AS to the exoneration Of Senator Payne from
participation in the bribery, which is understood
to be claimed by the minority of the committee,
that is a matter of course. No rule is more urt
versal in cases where corporate money is used
for political corruption. than that the respecta-
BILE benedclaries of the corruption shall carefully
look the other way while it Is going on.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
deadly effect to Mr. Powderly's latest deliver.
ance, not because he is vrtuous not because he
ia estimable, not because he Is good man, but
simply because his antagonist Is a foolish person
who has rushed into quarrel without cause
and has not even the wisdom Of his own hon.
esty-for Mr.. Powderly has been honest enough
TO admit. in the first place. that the people hid
assumes to represent are in the wrong. APhil&r
delphia Telegram.
AMONG the rights of American citizens are the
right to work without belonging to union and
the right to employ workers who do not belong
to unions. 1t is the right of workingman I'd
retain control of his own action, If he sees fit,
and IT organizations go too far in attempts to en-
force the orders Of committees and master work
men, without reference to their Justice or wis-
dom. they will make it for the interest Of every
workingman to declare his independence and
take charge of his own interests.-New York
Times.
THE people are coming to feel that secret ses-
sions lof the Senatel cannot be for the public
good. If those who still favor such sessions re-
fuse to state their reasons, the public desire for
change may rapidly increase, and 1t may soon
become so strong and general that argument
against the change may then be too late. II
there are sufficient reasons for refusing to con-
slider appointments in public. now is the time to
state them fully and convincinely. In the ab.
sence of any such statement of reasons, the peo-
pie may soon conclude that sufficient reasons
cannot be given. New York Tribune
PROPER law should be enacted making it
crime to conspire for the purpose of deprivings
any citizen of his freedom or destroying his husi.
ness. If legislature refuses to enact such laws,
let the fact become known that in such State
American freedom does not yet exist. In some
localities judges or other local officers may re-
fuse to enforce the law. There different officers
should be chosen, and if that cannot yet be done
let the fact be known that American freedom
does not there exist This foreign creature, the
boycott, has no business here, and is public
nuisance. Let it be forced to take ship and de-
part to despotic lands, where it belongs
York Tribune.