New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-09

week besides adding S6OOOOO 70 ueposl's III
banks Foreign imports continue larger thah IaSo
year and exports nearly 10 per cent sihalicr' anu
sterling exchange has been stronger thouBh co'-
siderable amounts Of money appear 10 ha'e oeei
loaned here of late on foreign account WIN soo"
crops and no disturbance of the tarl by Congress-
il is generally believed that trade Will become mort
active But Democratic victory on the tirill
question in the House. or destruction OF part OIL
the crops by dry weather or storms, mighO easily
cause a greater depression.
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Prohibition Bombs is the title OF 1eafet
publication issued from the Prohibition Bureau
No. 80 East Fourtecnth-st. Of which Clinton h.
Fisk is president His name appears on each
publicatlon As he is the Prohibition candidate
for President one bomb" is devoted TO sketch
Of his hfe from which this curious sentence Is
extracted:
II is reported that the Republicans of NewJer5ey)
subsequently, offered him the United stateS ScnatorshP
but he declined
This was subsequently TO his run for Governor
of Nev-Jcrsey on the Prohibition ticket 1t is
n little singular that in pamphlet issued by
himself descriptive of his own career, General
Fisk should be obliged resort to the subterfuge
of r. is reported lie knows either that he
was offered the Scnatorship or that he was not.
H. can be readily understood that if he was not
offered the position, the method of statement
quoted might be available in making a few
temperance Republicans think well enough OF
the General to vote for him. Was that what
was intended?
The only thing the Democratic papers have
been able TO prove against Harrison is that
his fathers body was stolen from the grave,
but. so far, they haven't said that General
Harrison did it.
Sneaker Carlisle Governor Hill, Mayor Hewitt,
and the other distinguished dissembers who are
attempting to make the people of this State be-
love that Democracy has nothing to do with free
trade, are reminded of an interesting incident
of the tariff debate. Mr. McComaS. Republican
speaker paused for a reply to this ncisve ques-
ton: Has any friend of this bill in this debate
uttered one sentence in favor of the American
tariff system which dscriminates in favor Of the
home producer and laborer?' This question con-
tanned the very core of the controversy between
protcctionsts and free-traderS. The Republican
formally yielded the floor for a reply and his
challenge was accepted promptly. No. cried
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi one Of the most in
Auential Democratic members. There was 10
one. and You will not hear any Democrat utter
one" This was the reply made by the party by
one of its most distinguished Southern members.
1t had not one word to say in favor OF the Amer
lean tariff system and the interests of IT, home
producer and the laborcr. Not one word to say
in favor Of protection, but everything against II.
Yet Speaker Carlisle. Governor Hill and Mayor
Hewitt ask the People Of this great manufacture
ing town 10 believe that Democracy does not mean
free trade.
The Rev DR.. Cuvcr has been a radical temper
ance man all his life and makes no conceament
of his sympathy for the drastic proposals of the
ProhibitioniSts for putting end TO the drink
evil He now complains that the Republican
party lacks morality in advocating, as remote
contingency. the abolition OF the internal rev.
enue war taxes in preference to the surrender
of any part of the Protection system at the
Joint bchest of the whiSkey trusts and the
agents of foreign manufacturers What
does he think Of the positive recon-
incubation of the Prohibition party for
the immediate abolition OF the internal revenue
system whereby our National Government is de-
irving support from the greatest National vice.
The Presidents Tammany letter appears to be
regarded in England as bold stroke for free
trade. There is nothing like having an ELUSIVE
and appgecatye foreign constituency.
Tile Charleston News and Courier recently
devoted a large portion Of its editorial space TO
an argument designed TO prove that " il pays
TO build big hotels Under this hotel article
its represents General Harrison saying that
a dollar a day and two meals are enough for
any nottingham 1t ought to occur TO The
News and Courier that although it undoubtedly
pays to build big hotels it just as certainly does
not pay to build stupid seli-rcfuting campaign
lies.
The announcement from the Navy Department
that the Brooklyn Navy Yard viii be made TO
hum for several months To come was big en-
couragement for BIZ Furcy, Of Brooklyn; Con-
gresham McAdoo. of jersey City. and " Tim
Campbell, OF this city, They viii now be able TO
respond u the clam0r of their constituents. See
Rotary Whitney SAYS that no discharges will be
necessary on account of the lack Of money. rs al
the appropriations have been continued and plenty
of funds are available The force is 10 be greatly
increased at once. The Atlanta. Chicago. and
Boston are TO be made ready for service aS the
Department has saved a good deal during The sum
mer by refusing TO do pcccmcal jobs on the steel
cruisers the Richmond. lantc and Pensacola axe
TO be repaired; the monitor NiantOnomah is to be
pushed to completion: the materials for the con-
struction Of the armored cruiser Maine VIII
begin 10 arrive about the first C. September. and
IL the Naval Appropriation bill is not seriously
amended by the Senate another large ship viii be-
commenced in the Brooklyn Yard this winter
In other words, an effort IS 70 he made 20 give all
OF the tired and hungry Democrats employment of
some kind.
The Democratic party was never known TO
vote against a barrel Of whis5ey. Temperance
Republicans are aware OF this fact. They know
also thar in this and in other States it is the
Republican party that supports high license and
every practical form of temperance legislation.
while the Democratic party invariably is found
fighting the battle OF the saloon