Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
the Improvement continued for

INC uoolois say Is MS complaint, Is
one of the most dangerous as well
as most battling diseases known.
No one was ever known to be cured
of it.
Stories are being told about two
prominent republican candidates for
the presidency, who, it is said,
wrote to Mr.. Blaine, representing
that unless he would pere mptorily
decline the nomination the party
would be demoralized. In conse-
quence of this, Mr.. Blaine wrote his
last letter, referred to above.
The Democrats in National con
vention at st. Louis this week have
put up "Cleveland and Thurman"
A big collar and red bandana will
consequently be the campaign en-
blem.
The advocates of the Mills bill
express the greatest sympathy for
the poor mans hardships in being
forced to pay a high price for a
shirt. Under a free trade system
the poor man wouldn't have the
money to pay any price for a shirt
--
IT should not be forgotten that
Cleveland's reelection would mean
an endorsement of the four years of
Bayard and Garland, with promise
of four years more of the same kind.
Lamar S appointment to the Supreme
bench ought also to be remembered.
SECRETARY ENDIcoTT has award
ed a contract for 1900 army blank
cts to an English firm whose bid
was 30 cents lower than that of an
American manufacturer. "Buy
where you can buy cheapest; let
American labor starve," is evidently
the motto of the present free-trade
Administration.
AN exchange says: GAIL that an
industry needs to get protection un-
der the Mills bill is to move into a
doubtful state If it does it will be
removed from the free list and
placed under a duty, and this is
what is called revenue reform" 1t
will do just as well if the industry
in question will establish itself some
where in the solid South.
CONGRESSMAN BUTTERwoRrH, Of
Cincinnati, scored point when,
speaking on the tariff question in
the House the other day, he quoted
an editorial remark from the Lon
don Times, declaring that the only
time England has any use for an
Irishman is when he emigrates to
America and votes for free trade,
which he almost invariably does.
THE complaints of our reformed"
postal service continue TO come in.
The Clintonyille Tribune, of this
state, says that its editor some time
ago enclosed a $40 bill to an address
in Northern Michigan, that has not
reached its destination. The New
London Times says that a letter re-
hitting money from a subscriber in
Kansas arrived bearing evident
marks of having boon tempered
with, and the money had been alb
stracted from il en- route. The
same paper says that one VIM. La
Mires recently mailed letter con-
tanning two $50 bills at Wangan,
addressed to c. K. Dickinson, New
London, Wis; the letter reached
its destination after three days-it
ought to have come in about as
many hours-but the money had
been stolen. 1t is about time to re-
new the cry of "turn the rascals out"
Prohibition in the Methodist
Conference.
The General Conference of the
Methodist church recently in SEES.
sion in the city of New York, pro
claimed "unalterable opposition to
the enactment Of laws that propose
by license, taxing or otherwise to
regulate the drink trafc, because
they provide for its continuance