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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
Republican Intelligence.

"Say stranger, whose nommynated?'
asked an aged man, standing a. a gate
before a rural cabin in Missouri. The
stranger halted and replied, briefly:
Harrison"
.sHoorayr' shrieked the aged and
highly intelligent old patriarch, toss
ing his old hat in the air, and gaily
kicking it forty feet as it descended.
'Hooray fer ole William Henry Harri-
soni l voted fer him way back in 1910,
an dog my cats eff amt ready ter vote
fer the old gent ag'in! He's got more
sense n any of EN- if he is agein' some,
Hooray fer ole William Henry! He kin
count on ole Dad Billings voting airly
an often fer him, same es did back in
1910, an blamed if we don't 'lect him
agin. 1 ruther thought they'd put ole
Abe Lincoln up agin, but Bill Harri-
sons good enough for me. Hooray!'
Time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
WHAT IS THE IssuE7
A Question Easily and Explicitly Answered
In Few Apt Words.

A Question Easily and Explicitly Answered
In . Few Apt Words.
BY crying free trade, the Republic
ans hoped to create stampede, and,
as in 1880, carry the election in panic.
Instead. they find that the purposes
of the Democratic party are embodied
in carefully bill, bill which
Democrats are able and willing to: de-
fend; a bill such as Grant and GarfielN
and Arthur urged Congress to pass. and
which can be understood even by men
little informed concerning public AZ
fairs.
The Republicans have no bill, but
they have platform, drawn to antago-
nize the Democratic measure on every
issue.
That platform discards the idea of
taxation for revenue, and demands. such
a rate as will destroy revenue and check
imports.
Instead of lowering the tariff and
removing its Irregularities and ine-
qualities, they propose to advance tax
alton, and preserve every protective
feature by giving the people free
whisky.
On these issues, thus presented, ths
Democrats have opened their canvass
The Mills bill is discussed, explained
and dissected; its purport is clearly de-
clared, and the orators show at WHIST
points and to what extent it is repug-
nant to the Republican platform.
The Democrats favor tariff average
ing forty per cent;
The Republicans demand prohibitOry
duties.
The Democrats ask for free importa-
tions of necessaries of life, in order TO
limit the powers of trusts;
The Republicans insist on increasing
duties, thus checking imports and eX-
tending the power of the trusts.
The Democrats put wool on the free
list in order to encourage an export
trade in wooden manufactures;
The Republicans denounce free raw
materials.
The Democrats demand reduced
tariff on clothing;
The Republicans offer free whisky.
These are the issues as presented by
the Mills bill and the Republican plat q
form. They are plain, direct and spo
COurier-JoarRGL.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
THOUGHTS FOR woRkMEN.
How the High Protective Tariff PRO
tects' American Labor.

How the High Protective Tariff PRO
teots" American Labor.
You are supposed to be the chief bene-
ficiaries of the war tariff. To improve
your condition is alleged to be the sin
gle aim of its advocates. You have a
right then to demand all the advanta-
ges that you are told it can afford you.
Suppose you see whether you are get
ting them
There are. on a generous estimate,
perhaps 10000 workers in protected in
dustries in California. By protected
industries we mean, of course, indus
tries the price of whose products is ar
tifcially kept up by the tariff. OF
these 10000 fully 10, 900 are Chinese.
The people of California pay at least
$40, 900, 900 year to protect Ameri-
can labor" That means to protect
you, the 5000 white workers in the
protected industries of California-for,
of course. the workers in other States
are supposed to be cared for by the
taxes paid by their neighbors.
Suppose the $4,000 Cinnamon aver
age so week apiece, their total wages
amount to $7,SOO.OOO a year. That
leaves $12, 100000 for you, or about
$1,000 apiece.
In other words, the people of Cali
fornia are taxing themselves enough to
pay you average wages of s., 800 year,
supposing that all your wages have to
come out of their taxes and nothing out
of the returns of your employers bust
ness.
Do you get it? You help to pay the
bills, but do you get the reward?
Unless the average protected
worker in California is receiving s., SOC
a year, somebody is swindled.
Francisco Examiner.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
NOTES AND COMMENT.
Presidential statistics:
I104G. Cleveland won,
In Us his terms begun;
In Is he runs again,
In U9 once more he'll reign.

The Chinese can not be nodded
with the rest of the people OF ills
country into any homogeneous mass
Allen e.. Thurman, United States Sen
ate. February II, 1878.
For good, sound sense, executive
ability, courage, quick perception be-
tween right and wrong, with the nerve
to enforce the laws of the country,
Grover Cleveland is the greatest Presi-
dent the country has ever had--BelLe-
UiLLe Democrat.
The Charleston Ne10s and Courier
has worked out the following: Harri-
sons vote was five hundred and forty
four, five plus four plus four equals
thirteen. VIII Harrison be elected?
Answer with his name spelled back
wards, No S-i-r-r-a-h.
Tho political struggle upon
which we are about entering is to be
pre-eminently a fight wherein Doodle
and monopoly have arrayed them
selves against the honest and wise pur-
poses of the people. And in such Il
struggle there can be no doubt as to
which side will prove Victorious
Keo5uk Constitution
The strain of the campaign tells
early on Mr.. Harrison. His nominal
ton and its immediate consequences
have been too much for him. He IS
said to be troubled with the same COM
plant that his grandfather died of
when President, though his physician
says that he only needs rest and quiet
to be on his feet again in a few days
Neither running nor being President
seems TO agree with the Harrison
family.-N. T. World
The Republican party of the
State of New York is responsible for
the Withholding of relief from the la
boring men of the State made neces-
sary by the demoralizing competition
of convict labor with free. The work
ing-men of New York may as well look
the matter squarely in the face and
make up their minds TO buck against
the penitentiary labor as long as the
Legislature is Republican. As on the
liquor question, they are trying to
make it appear that they are doing
something which they are not.-Bufd-
10 Times.
The land recovered under Presi-.
dent Cleveland exceeds by 13,0OO,OOO
acres the combined areas Of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
Jersey, New York, Delaware and
Maryland. The Republican party
fraudulently gave away to fraudulent
corporations enough land to form an
empire. Every acre OF this land was
added to the public domain by the
Democratic party, and it was right and
fitting that the restoration of the De-
mocracy to power should be followed by
the recovery of the stolen empire.
Louis Republic.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

evils of intsmperance to any sbatemens
of import duties His political associates
have invited the controversy which
Mr.. Sherman refers to above and In
respect to which he said: 81 believe
they will be in the wrong" To-day
Mr.. Sherman is denouncing the De-
mocracy for offering to do. what he
urged the Republicans to do in 1872
Politics not only ''malzes strange bed
fellows" but it often a. makes sad
wrecks of intelligent men. "-BrOOkIyH
EdOIe $
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09

The principal occupation of Re
publican editors these days is in argu-
ing with or Safeguarding prominent
men who announce that they can no
longer affiliate with or vote for that
party.-Ndshutlle american.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-09
.Thaf free WI

THAT free whisky plank proves
to be milestone tied about the neck
of the Republican party. To insist
that the taxes shall be maintained on
salt, lumber and clothes, and to de-
mand that they be removed from
whisky. is a proposition that the
American people can not put up with.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29

Sad Ending of . Famous Judge.
In dingy grog shop at SO South Des-
PLANES street, Chicago, man dropped
dead early Wednesday evening. He APP
peared to be more than 70 years old. lii
his pockets the police found papers which
led to his identity. He was w. w. Drum
mond, once the supreme judge of the ter
ritory of Utah. The dead man was Vir-
gilman by birth, and in 1851 was appointed
to the highest Judicial position in the terri
tory of Utah by President Pierce. He was
then comparatively young man, and, al
though having an interesting family, fell
in with dissolute woman named Pleasant
Edgerton. This woman was the cause of
his ruin, and for the last six years he has
been known as a drunken pauper, living in
the low saloons ON the West Side.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
sackyilie Preparing to Depart.

A modest advertisement in Washing
ton daily paper Monday morning announ-
ces that the British minister offers for sale
his horses, carriages, sleigh, saddles,
whips, and the entire contents of the lega-
ton stables. This is the first evidence
that Lord Sackyille has given of any
preparations for his departure.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
THE TERRITORY.
MENNO a MARVEL IN THE GRAIN
MARKET THIS YEAR

Residents Of the Grow Creek and Winnie
bago Reservations Praying for better
school Prfsileges-A Boom In Real Es-
tate at Huron-Postoffics Changes-The
News Aftermath.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
More Troub.e yylth Hay,i.

The brig Richard 7. Green arrived at
Boston Monday from st. Marc, Hayti.
The captain reports that October is, when
off st. Marc, ne was ordered to "heaye to"
by Haytien man-of wal, the officers and
men Of which came on loard three differ
emit times, taking the ships register and all
her papers, and threatening to take her to
Port au-P Prince as a prize. After detain-
ing them some papers were returned and
they were allowed to proceed.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
n low 1 MURDER
ALEMARs SPECIAL POLICEMAN SHOT
AND INSTANTLY KILLED.

rived from HAyti-- WIN. j. 0'Connor, OF
! Canada, the Present Champion 0arsman
of America anarchists Again II 1t in
Chicago The News LIN General.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
---
Death in u Mine.

AT least thirty miners met a terrible fate
by an. explosion in the Isabella mine,
which is located between three and four
miles from Dlahoney City, Pa. The dis
aster occurred at o'clock Wednesday
morning. shortly after the night force had
left the mine, and the day force had gone
in. A party of four who were descending
in the cage. at the moment OF the explo-
sion we're blown to atoms. Two men who
we're working in the engine house. were
struck by falling debris and killed out
right, while three others were injured more
or less seriously. There were 40 men in
the mine at the time, and all but 80 or 35
were enabled to escape by a second shaft
which was sunk about year ago for the
purpose of ventilating the mine thorough
". The unfortunate remainder are en-
tombed in q part of the workings remote
from shaft No. 1, and it is believed all have
Derished
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
Robert Garrefl's Condition.

1t is said by friend Of the family that
Robert Garrett will soon be removed to
Clifton, one of his fine suburban homes
near Baltimore. This decision resulted
from the announcement of his doctors that
he can not live much longer, and that he
is daily becoming more violent and un-
manageable. Mrs. Garrett has gone to
Clifton and will remain there until her
husband is brought home. Her sister,
Mrs. Frinck, is with Mr.. Garrett superin-
tending the.nurses, and will, with the old
friends of Mr.. Garrett, manage the ar
rangements for his departure from the se-
cluded spot near Ringwood where he now
iel. 2
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
Preparing for the inauguration.

Washington Is figuring on how many
people 1t can care for at Gen. Harrison's
Inauguration. An estimate Of quarter
Of million is made. This Is more than
the population of the city itself BY good
many thousand. When President Cleye-
land was inaugurated four years ago the
Pennsylvania company handled at its de-
pot nearly 5000 arrivals. The Balti-
more q Ohio and other lines probably had
60, 900. Now It Ii claimed Washington
can lodge and feed 100, 900 more people.
The hotels have been enlarging ali along,
while new hosfalries have been put up.
The ability to care for crowd. however,
rests more on tie fact that about every
othsF house II the eity 4 ! boarding =hoHss
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-11-29
Fatally Hurt ~ sclssors.

Miss Annie Blakely, employed in store
at Lima, o., was the victim Of singular
and perhaps fatal accident the other day.
A pair of sharp pointed scissors was att
tached to her belt BY a rubber cord In
passing around counter the scissors
caught in bale of goods. The cord was
drawn out to length Of several feet,
when the scissors were detached and few
back with great force. One Of the points
entered her back, seyering the spinal cord.
She is in critical condition. If she re-
covers she will be cripple for life.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

KILLED BY ELECTRICITY.-As Robert
Taylor was driving down Michigan street,
Buffalo, yesterday morning his horse sudden
ly dropped, and at the same instant he re
ceived strong electric shock through the
lines. He recovered from it in e moment,
but not understanding what was the trouble
with the horse, he got out of the wagon and
struck the animal with the whip. This time
be received such shock that he lay for some
moments unconscious. A colored man, who
had been watching the queer proceedings
with much establishment, offered to help to
get the horse up, but as soon as he touched
lhs animal he fell forward upon it and
screeched for FIVE seconds. Taylor was so
hurt and frightened that he could DO moth
Jog to help himself or the negro, and 1t was
not until patrolmen arrived that the true
state Of affairs was understood. They pulled
the coored man of the dead horse and soon
had him in hospital, but he died immed-
lately. His watch key and knife were found
to be highly megnetized. His face was badly
bIoated and his hands were burned TO the
bone. The Brush electric light people found
that broken telephone wire had fallen into
the street and crossed one of their wires.
The telephone wires were found tangled
about the horse's feet, but the doctors think
the negro got his shock through the horse, as
both hands were burned. showing that the
circuit had passed through hia body.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06
Alex ANDRIA.
MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 8.

TIE CONSTRUCTION of highway, worthy
The appeliation, extending fFon Washington
and this city to Mt Vernon, is 90 enterprise
mt only commendable and patriotic, Du
desirable from any standpoint It "'u'o
make, what is seldom seen 10 this country,
more esnecially In this section, via. nlu"e
tribute to The engineering abilities OF WASH
ipptor. beautiful drive through historic
country, away from the noise end danger OF
thu railroad train. and at the same time
would give another means OF access TO h1.
Vernon, now restricted almost to one, and
that ubargoed during portions OF the year :
and. besides would open up country 30
near the seat of government that its deVei-
opment rnuat snure equally to the benent
Of the cities OF Alexandria and Waning
ton, Why then there should he objection 70
or obstacle thrown il the way OF Oh
tanning the requisite legislation to au-
thoriza its construction is subject of
su,priss AID difficult to discern that the
caprice of any one person should be allowed
In ,hgart the desires of community Is
hardly to be tolerated. The ilmsy and TOOL
ISL pretext that Alexandra might be H.
duced to give $4,000 TO aid in tho con-
struclon of portion of the avenue within
i;s limits, when the Unreasonable benefits
to the city, by rendering Washington street
even passable at certain seasons, would be
worth double the sum, is puerile, and par
takes more of the mule than the man. Those
who have the matter in hand, aud who are
so intimately identified with the interests Of
the city and county, carefully prepared the
charter, provided for all contingencies and
in no wise made it obligatory upon the peo'
ole of this city 10 donate one cent towards
the undertaking, yet few there would be,
We opine, who would be unwilling to aid by
all in their power, in carrying out such
grand echeme. Let the Legislature grant
the charter; the details will be attended to
bv those who will have charge, and If the
avenue is built the whole State will award
the praise due those who initiated and car
risd TO successful termination such truly
national work.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

BoNps OF PAIN.-A very strange and re-
markable illustration of the mysterious bond
Of union and sympathy which exists between
twina has been broughtto light at Tlffin, o.,
within the last fow days. Charles Foncan.
non, aged twenty five, got his arm in o
planer at the churn factory and it was
ground to pulp to the elbow. At the ex-
act time this happened, quarter to three
p. m his twin sister, living over mile away,
suddenly cried out in great agony, saying
that there was fearful pain in her arm.
She suffered so in few minutes that ply.
stefan was sent for. and soon after he arrived
three other physicians arrived bringing her
brother, whose arm they proceeded to am
putate at once. When the sister had first
been taken with the pain shs had cried out,
"Oh, Charley is hurt!" While the arm of
her brother was being amputated
the sister, who was kept in another part OF
the house and die not know what was going
on, suffered terribly and screamed with
agony. 1t was necessary to give her an in
lection of morphine In the arm to quiet her.
Since then, whenever the brother is un-
usually restless or suffers much the sister
suffers in similar degree. Two years ago
while away from home the brother had his
nose broken, and at the same time of the
day the sister complained of great pain in
her nose. Within an hour it had swollen
alarmingly and it was necessary to summon
a physician. Every circumstance in this
Gaze is known to be true and it is puZzling
the physicians greatly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

WAR PgosPEcTs-The Baltimore American says:
"When it is considered that general mobi)iza-
ton of the French army is in contemplation, that
Russias only reply to Germany is that she pro-
noses to send twice as many troops to the frontier
as are there now, that Bismarck and Kalnoky arc
s.rainng to the utmost the resources of their re-
spective governments not to be taken una~ares that
Signor CTispi's piping voice is heard above the
din pledging all kinds of things for bis master,
King Humbert, and that two such deadly enemies
as Turkey and Bulgaria are posing in sort of
Damon and Pythias attitude. their immemoIial
hatred paralyzed in the presence of the peril that
may be precipitated without moments warning
from the North, there is assuredly reason for ex-
pecting war; ard fearful war; before the spring
hiss glided into summer All the same we don't
believe there will be war.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

Mr. BoURK F COCHRAN, of NewYork, made
a speech in the U. s. House of Representa-
tlvss last Saturday, in which he said he
would not believe that man who had
fought to preserve the Union would tell an
untluth. Mr.. Cochran in making this
statement announced new test OF truth.
fitness, but at the same time showed that
he didn't know what he was talking about
for though General Sherman fought for the
Unior, he says ne did not burn Co.
lumbis, and that Mr.. Jefferson Davis was
guilty of conspiracy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

ONE OF the prescriptive rules u The Sem
ate is that each of the two parties in that
body shall select its own members OF the
committees, which selection ia made effect
i've by the official endorsement of The presi'
ding officer. Last week the democratic
Senators, in accordance with this rule, SO
lected the three members OF the special
committee on the Pacific railroads, but, to
their surprise, Mr.. Ingalls,, president pro
tenn, instead of endorsing their selection,ap
pointed three other democrats. If the re-
port OF the committee as thus formed shall
be favorable to the railroads and adverse to
the peoples interest, this action of Mr.. In
galls's will naturally subject him to grave
suspicion.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

DISAPPOINTED sUIToR.-Miss Maggie Ryan,
daughter of clerk in the Qasrtormaster Gener-
ais Office. walked down Pennsylvania avenue
Washington, Saturday, with Martin Brennan, a
young man who had been waiting her two
years and who supposed that he was her accepted
sutton. She parted with him very pleasantly and
Immediately went to the Pennsylvania Railroad
station where she met another young man named
Patrick Moynahaa, with whom she went to Bati-
more, and, according to a prearranged plan, was
married to him in the Cathedral in that city. A
telegram was then sent to the disappointed sutton
informing him of what had occurred.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06
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To.D.sY"s TEhEaR.sPH1c DISPATCHES
From Richmond.

Especial Dispatch to the Alexandra GAZETTE
RICHMOND, Feb 6.-The joint resolution
in regard to an experimental station at Ar
lington passed the Senate to-day.
ii Ia understood that an agreement haa
bsen reached bstween Mr.. Corbet snd the
f.euds Of tho Mount Vernon Avenue bill
which will prevent any further trouble.
Ths bill to incorporate the Mount Vernon
Insurauce Company of Alexandria was ia
vorabIy reported from the Senate committee
to day.
1t is expected that the bill to incorporate
the Alexandria Driving Association will
pass the Senate to day.
Hon. John S. Barbour was in the Senate
chamber to-day, aud the courtesies OF the
Senate were extended to him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06
Killed by an Electric Light Wire.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb 6.-Will Summer
vile, an eighteen year old boy, was killed
last night by contact with an electric light
wire. Oae OF the Brush lights was on the
ground and lot of boys were having fun
with it by touching it and being shocked.
Summerville touched it with piece of hoop
iron and was killed almost instantly by the
shack
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-02-06

WHAT WILL those Southern democrats
who for three years have Landed the Presi-
dent for not removing from the civil service
rules the age restriction clause. By which all
ex Confederates were excluded from the
classified service of The federal government,
say of him now that he has removed it? He
could have done 80 with a scratch Of his
pen the day he was inaugurated aud it
would have been better for him and his par
ty if he had. Blu. ii is better latethan never.
Now let him him change tho rule which,
accordin. to ex Congressman Gibson, Dir.
Villas said obtained in the Fostoiiica De
partment when he, Villas was in charge
thereof. to the elect that no ox-Contedera;e
holding minor place in that department
could be promoted. Ths war has been over
and gone for twenty.three years, general
amnesty has bean declared, aud ex-Confed
crates are just as loyal as ex Uoon soldiers,
and-what, now that the time for the next
national democratic convention is rapidly
approaching. seems to be just remembered
will have potential influence in that con
veniion. Of all parties, certainly the demo-
cratic is the last one from which dscr!ml
nations against The South should be- e1
pected, for without the South TINT party, as
far as effectiveness is concerned. Wonld
amouni 10 nothing