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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
'Lapg John" Wentworth Deaf.
CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-John Wentworth
died at 7:45 this morning.
ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT,
A Resolution Offered in the House-Blair's
Observation-Disclosures Transacted,

A Resolution Offered in the House-Blair's
Observation-Disclosures Transacted.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct 16-The presi.
dents vetoes of the bills giving pensions To
Mrs. Sarah Woodside and Mary R. Richards
were read in the senate yesterday and Blair
made speech against the vetoes, bringing
up the case of Mary Ann Dougherty, whose
bill was vetoed because the president said
she had no claim Blair in the course Of his
remarks declared the president was an 3in-
famous libeller,n while Cockerell character
ized Blair's documents as "trash and bosh "
The first Tuesday in December was set apart
for consideration of the Pacific railway fund
ing bill. The joint resolution authorizing
the executive departments to make exhibits
at the Paris exposition of 1889 was passed
Brown presented the petition Of the W. c.
I. U. Of Georgia, asking the repeal of the
internal revenue laws. Brown spoke in ia
vor of adjournment, and Allison said con-
gress could not adjourn until the general de-
ficency bill had been signed. Vest delivered
a speech on the tariff question, and the SEN
ate adjourned.
In the house F. B. Taylor objected to the
consideration of the resolution relative to
conference to inquire into the best means Of
suppressing yellow fever. He said no more
legislation should be enacted at this session.
Wheeler offered resolution pledging the
Democrats to continue cir efforts for tariff
reduction, declaring the senate tariff bill
constructed in the interests of monopoly,
and that 1t should be discussed in the house
A bill was introduced giving a bounty Of
lG0 acres OF land to veterans of the war Of
the rebellion or their heirs; also granting
pensions to veterans who are disabled or
have reached 65 years of age Oates offered
a resolution for adjournment sine die, Oct IL.
Dougherty withdrew his point of no quorum
against the passage Of the electoral college
bill, and the passage thereof was clinched.
The house til n al inurned
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

A certain number of men are calm, even
lived, sen~ole and practical Men of that
class are almost certain TO write plain, round
handstn which every letter is distinctly legi-
be- neither very much slanted forward, nor
tilted backward; no letter very much bigger
than its neighbor nor with heads much above
or tails much below the letters not so distin-
guished; the letters all having the same gen.
eral uprightness and the lines true to the
edges of the paper, neither tending upward
nor downward. Exact, business like people
will have an exact handwriting. Fantastic
minds revel in quirks and streamers, particu-
larly for the capital letters, and this quality
Is not infrequent In certain business hands,
as II the writers found a relief from the pro-
sale nature Of their work in giving flourishes
to certain letters. Firm, decided, downright
men are apt to bear on the pen while writing,
and to make their strokes hard and thick.
On the contrary, people who are not sure of
themselves, and are lacking self control,
press uDevenly, and with anxious looking,
scratchy hands. Ambitious people are apt
to be overworked; they are always in haste
and either forget to cross their is, or dot
their is They are also apt to run the last
few letters of every word into an illegible
scrawl Flurried, troubled and conscience
twinged persons have Grabbed and uneven
handwriting. Nicholas.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

when the Democratic majority in con-
gress repealed the duty on wool, staple
In which the south was comparatively
but little interested, and refused to re-
duce TO any material degree the duty on
sugar. in which product the south was so
largely interested, the confession was
made that southern industries needed
protection, and would be protected even
by the avowed enemies of the protective
policy" so says The Philadelphia Tele-
graph (Rep.) Hold on a minute. What
state has the most Sheep Texas, away
down south What doubtful state, ac-
cording to Republican nomenclature, Is
most interested in sheep raising2 West
Virginia, which the Democrats now con-
troll. In which section are wooden gar
ments most worn. and which, therefore,
Is most interested in their cheapening2
Not the south by any means.-New York
Post
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
SOME or TIE SENATE TALK.


Vest on Financial Matters.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct 16-WhiIe Brown
of Georgia was addressing the senate yester-
day in favor of repeal of the internal rev.
enue be took the opportunity to advocate an
adjournment and asked Allison if the tariff
bill could pass at the present session.
Allison replied that he did not believe that
senators would remain here during the next
three weeks, and he thought the bill ought
to be discussed before a full senate He did
not believe it could pass the senate at this
session. However. congress could not ad
journ until the general deficiency bill had
been signed The delays of this session, Ali
son said, were blamable not on the senate or
the tariff bill. Delay in sending the appro-
priation bills to the senate was the primal
cause of the situation. The senate, be said,
should have an understanding whenever it
should adjourn, that it should, Immediately on
reassembling, take up the tariff bill to the
exclusion of other topics, so that it would
get TO the house before the Christmas holi-
days.
Vest addressed the senate on the tariff
question. He denied that any favoritism
had been shown in the distribution of the
500 coo, 600 now in the national banks He
quoted figures TO show that under Repub-
lican administration from 1854 to 1881, the
First National bank of New York had been
favored by the government to the extent OF
Sic 900, 600 of profits, on capital of $500.
0o0. In 1879, when it was the fiscal agent OF
the government, its profits had been 100 per
cent.
Allison said the favoritism charged against
the Republican Administrations in the mat
ter Of the exchange of the per cent for
the per cent. bonds, was legitimate and
necessary operation What was charged
against this administration was the loaning
or deposittng of s57, 00O, 900 where the gov
eminent could not get it again without
creating panic if at any time it should be
needed. although here it draw no interest
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
EXCLUSION THAT EXCLUDES.


oii'u'iph"t mn appeal.
SAN Francisco, Oct. 16-Judge Sawyer
in the United States circuit court yesterday
affirmed the constitutionality of the recent
Chinese exclusion act and held that all Chi
nese now in the harbor, as well as those on
the way from China, must be sent back.
The decision of the court declares that the
language of the act is clear, and capable of
bearing but one construction. 1t begun to
operate from the moment it was approved
by the president, and although the petition
ers in these cases were upon the high seas at
that time, it nevertheless operates upon them
There is no specific contract between the
United States government and individual
Chinese la6orers by which the latter should
be entitled to return after once leaving this
country; return certificate is not con
tract but only an instrument of evidence to
establish the identity of party already en-
titled to certain privileges under compact
between the United States and the Chinese
governments, comforting rights and priv
leges as long as they are in force.
Counsel for the Chinese gave notice that
they would appeal the cases to the United
States supreme court
1t is estimated that Sc, 900 Chinese are af.
fected by the decision of the court. as there
are still over 10000 return certificates out
standing, and it is believed there are abou,
5000 Cinnamon in their native country wh1
had lived there before the restriction act was
passed, and who before the exclusion act
were entitled to re-enter this country as
"prior residents" About 600 Chinese have
arrived here since the exclusion bill became a
law, and over 100 others are now on their
way from China
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

Once in while the Tribune drops into
common sense in dealing with the wages
question. For example, in answering a
question put by "Laborers, it says:
This note of inquiry illustrates com
mon mistake. 'Laborers make the
blunder SO often made by Democratic
statesmen; they suppose that less cost
implies lower wages. Wages in the iron
manufacture are higher from IA to II per
cent. than they were in 1860, and yet iron
and all its products are cheaper So
wages on every railroad are higher than
they were twenty years ago, while the
cost of transportation is less than half as
great"
II there is any one thing that Demo
cratic Sta yesmen" in the present congress
have been trying to hammer into the
heads of Republican statesmen, it is the
idea that less cost does not imply lower
wages. The whole Republican argument
on the tariff has run on the opposite
idea that less cost can only be achieved by
lowering wages and hence that reduc-
ton Of the tariff means reduction of
wages. We are glad to have The Tri.
Dunes authority for the contrary opinion.
New York Post.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

means committee. though perhaps Mr. Mills
did not know this
Mr. Blaine then took up the speech of Sec
rotary Fairchild at New York last Saturday,
in which he defined that the banks made
large sums of money out Of the $50, OO0, 900
on deposit with them. Mr. Blaine said the
answer consisted chiefly in proving that he
over stated the amount which the banks
realized, and then proceeded to a discussion
of the question of bond paying vita the sur
plus. In this connection he said that during
the last two years Of Arthur's administra-
ton the Republican policy of paying bonds
with the surplus had been carried out with
the result of reducing the debt nearly $500,
600, 900, while during the first year and four
months OF Clevelands administration but
$50, Co., 900 of the debt was can
celled, and be said this was for
the purpose of nursing the surplus
which increased during that time $95 000, 900,
and the reason for this policy was to he
able to raise a scare and destroy protection,
while they proposed to commence by the
passage of a bill whose probable effect he
illustrated by remark of Dean Swift in the
reign of Queen Anne in England, l75 years
ago, "ihat they might double the duty and
halve the revenue, or halve the duty and
double the revenue. Mr.. Fairchild proposes,
| by way of getting rid of a surplus, to halve
the duty and double the revenue"
! Mr. Blaine closed with an appeal to his
hearers to stand by protection OF American
industries.
Mr. Blaine took his departure this morn
ing for Lafayette, Ind.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

1.-Two cent Smith is the opprobious
name applied by the Tribune to Mr. F.
Smith, the earnest Knight of Labor of
Davenport, VINO came with the delegs-
ton OF torch bearers to this city Saturday
evening in the interests of Col. McMsnus
The Hayes organs have nothing but abuse
and epithets for woIkiugmen who refuse
to vote for Hayes Mr. Smith began lite
for himself rs shoemaker down in
Maine and has sympathy born of exper-
fence with lahOring men. He is not of
that kind of material, however, to be
driven away from his convictions of duty
by abuse. And there are many others in
this district like him. Muscatine Jour
nal
Don't the Journal know that Mr.. Smith,
strange as his name is, is not a knight of
labor but knight of the grip, and that
the title which its contemporary applies
to him is compliment rather than a re-
hection? The nom de>plume came
through his influence in bringing the
commercial rates on Iowa roads down to
two cents per mile. and the title of Win
egar Smith, by which he was formerly
known was dropped, and he became
known as Two Cent" Smith, and he is
prouder of the title than little dog with
two tails.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
Is Tiis Tariff too Hight

That is the practical question in this
campaign. We do not have to decide
whether or not we will have free trade.
Free trade is in no way involved in the
present controversy; it is, in the words of
Psesiyfeut Cleveland. absolutely irrelevant
has nothing to do with it. The Ques-
ton before us-and the only question
is: Is the present tariff too high3 If it is,
we must vote for Cleveland and reduc-
ton II not. we must vote for Harrison
and the tariff as it stands today in all its
essential features.
In spite of all the discussion, there are
probably great many people who don't
know how outrageously the tariff taxes
them. If every voter in the country did
know this, the result of the election
would be, to quote Mr.. Blame, almost
Political revolution"
Be it known then that there are $50
articles of prime necessity which are
taxed by this tariff all the way from so
NSo l9O D. Gent To be more specific:
Castor oil is taxed 100 per cent; common
window glass over 24x30 inches. 100 per
cent; horseshoe nails, 104 per cent; sec
ond clothing, wool, 119 per cent; copper
as, 81 per cent; common window glass,
16x24 inches, SO per cent; wooden man
ufactures not costing over so cents q
pound abroad, 80 per cent; wooden shawls
costing 81! cents pound abroad, 81 per
cent; bleached cotton cloth. costing 5
cents a square yard. 10 per cent; washed
clothing, wool. 70 per cent; wooden
blankets from SO to rs per cent, the
cheapest blankets paying the highest tax;
fannels, from SIS to 70 per cent, wooden
hosier, go TO 10 per cent, the cheapest
article, as usual, paying the highest rate;
plain white crockerV, IS per cent; knives
and razors, so per cent; files and rasps,
from SO to SIS per cent; common drug.
gets, 70 per cent, and by contrast, Wilton,
velvet and Brussels carpets, SO to SO per
cent.
That will do for sample. Is not the
tariff high enough? Is it too high
Could anything be more eloquent than
the above tigures2 Yet when we ask for
bread, the great republican party pro-
poses TO give US stone We don't ssk
for much bread either-only little Bit
What do the American people propose
to do about itt Will they surrender
themselves, bound hand and foot, TO the
mouopolis's? Are they in love with the
trusts and combines which are devouring
their substaace9 Have they forgotten
how to m4intain their rights? Will they
60 20 Mr.. Scotchman Carnegie who
makes 81 500 900 in some years out OF
the tariff, and who lives in this country,
but who votes in England, TO find out
what is American
Ii so let them vote for Mr. Harrison
and free cigarettes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

Boston, Mass, Oct l6 -"To-m rrow !
will be just 20 years old, and it will be the
first birthday in my life that have not been
able to be about well and contented,n said
John l., Sullivan Sunday al feel stronger,
but my feet and legs still trouble me. I've
had plenty of time to reflect on my past do
ings since have been laid up, and I've made
up my mind that in thirty years of life I've
had about fun enough. There was time
in my sickness when was thought to be dy-
ing, but God was good to me, and gave me
one more chance I've fully made up my
mind what to do with that chance, and
will never again touch glass of beer or a
drop of any kind of intoxicating liquor. No
man who is friend of mine will ever ask
me to drink again" John has talked this
way before. and there are those so uncharita-
BILE as to repeat the old couplet: "When the
devil was sick, the dovil monk would be-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

WINNIPEG, Man., Oct 16.-McGarigle. his
wife, and his children, Willie and Bessie, ar
rived here from Banf. Sunday night on pri-
vate business To United Press CORES.
pondent, McGarigle said: aft anybody can
show that have dollar of city money or
anybody eise's money that | did not hon
estly and legitimately earn or make in a
business way, will not only not object to
being called a boodler, but will allow any
body to take me back to Chicago" NECTAR
lyle defied any one to show that he ever OBJ
tanned dollar crookedly, and says the
charges trumped up against him were the
outcome of conspiracy. They had let the
actual thieves go for the sake of prosecuting
him McGarigie is stern sort of individual
and Winnipegers say he has lots of nerve
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
BLAlNE's SPEECH AT NEW ALBANY.
The Maine Orators Reply to Mills and
Secretary Fairchild.

me NAME orator hsep'S TO "ihs ana
secretary faireh'id'
NEW ALBANY, lnd., Oct. I6.-At an open
air meeting yesterday afternoon Mi. Blaine
spoke 10 Tue largest poilticai gathering ever
convened uere' Careful estimates P'aeIhg the
ho'noer present aV from '''Oo 10 loooo. ne
ierr'hg 10 'he co'o'aIley WIN "u'ch he nad
oeen "eicotieu' MI. bia'he salu;
RESPOND 10 "ha1 the chairman mas SAID,
ana VIII say ior mySeiI tnat, though a thou-
anu iiiles irohi ho'i'e' am stll at nome
am a' hu''ie wherever Tue nag no" ABOVE me
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AZ tCu1.is
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nau aploa' ou De,oie 'us Ways anu iheahS
.o IN @ueu '"V 'a' ~ o'i, "as penu'hs
80. 80 1e " " ~ nau %
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MIL fI - Su' $3.50 u 1ne eiua' nj
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~ '"o h"uio'h'e papers, uenles tna1 MT
naseneyer appeared before the compitoee
$3.50 az n5 20, a. 'ansenisu' sucu as l nave
opoi VI VOC "iaun lol us peneht. uo
A" "n". M NiIits iIleahs ny luis US
nia'' UNLESS II lnat Mr. HaVemeyer never
appeared oeiore tne tuil committee when In
regular session. Ii he means that MIR. Have
meyer DID not appear before members of the
committee IN the committee room, then he is
contradicted' not by me, but by The Con-
gressionai record on page 6'5c3 of The
record Tor the current session, issued on
July H. debate Is reported In which Mr..
breckenridge OF Arkansas, a member Of the
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

Ho, all ye western savages,
Who live on corn and pork,
Come up and buy our Yankee goods,
And keep our hill at work.
Come up-we've got the tariff fixed,
You can't buy any cheaper,
Monopoly rules the land,
And we're its conscience keeper.
Your western corn and pork and rye
Are first rate things to tax on,
And so we lay the duties high,
Your broad and burly backs on.
You like it, too; your western men
In congress house and senate,
Stand ready by to vote the tax
As fast as we can pen it.
We tax your coat, We tax your hat,
We tax your bread and butter,
We tax your shoes and socks. your shirt,
And don't you dare 10 mutter,
And while We bind you round and round
With strong and triple ties.
The tax on wool we deity pull
Across your sleepy eyes
But we're not at all ungrateful
We would have you know,
Well take the tax from some things
Which bear down on you SO,
When Harrison is elected
You'll receive the news with glee-
Well take the tax from tobacco
And make your whisky free.
Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16
Brew Masters in Convention.

New YORK, Oct. 16.-The second annual
convent ion of the United States Brew-Mas-
ters' association was begun at 10 O'Clock yes
terdav morning The brew-master Is the
connecting link between the boss and the
workingmen. He is superintendent and is
supposed to thoroughly understand the tech
nicalities of brewing, as the chemical prop
critics and component parts of beer The as
sociation at present numbers 500 and
many new members are expected to
be enrolled during this con-
vention, which will not conclude its labors
until Wednesday, Ten of the biggest brew
ing firms in this city have contributed S.
900 to entertain the out-of town delegates in
q royal manner
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

HALIFAX, n. S, Oct l6-The lumber
mills of E D. Dawson & Sons, on La Have
river, have shut down, throwing 800
or 400 men out of work. The lumber mills
of Cook & Company have also shut down
throwing a large number of men out of en-
ployment, and other lumbermen are prepar-
ing to close their mills, The enforcement Of
the law preventing sawdust from being
dropped from the mills into the river is given
as the cause of the stopping of the mills.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. I6.-Mrs Viii
liam Morse, of Pawtucket, who has been sew
eral times confined in an insane asylum, W as
found by her husband yesterday morning in
a room adjoining the bed chamber, in her
night clothing, enveloped in flames. Mr..
Morse smothered the flames with blanket
but the woman was terribly burned, and
lived only few hours
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

NEW YORK, Oct 15.-Rabbi NJ Strauss,
aged about 60, late of Cincinnati, shot him
self dead in Central park yesterday. Letters
addressed to his son Henry, at IS West Sew
enth street, Cincinnati, found on bis body,
told of the writer's unavailing struggle to
gain livelihood in his old age, and that he
could bear the strain no longer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. l6-The delegates
to the late Farm and Labor convention got
together yesterday and in an informal con-
ference nominated state ticket. Some of
those whose candidacy was desired could not
be reached, but as far as accepted the ticket
is as follows: Governor, j. H. Paul, of
Minneapolis; lieutenant governor, -
Pond, of Faribault; attorney general, Judge
William WEIGH, of Minneapolis; treasurer,
James w. Whitehead, of Pipestone.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

NIAGARA FALLS, Oct. l6.--Fong Tang, a
Chinaman, dressed in English clothing and
queue cut off. with an English wife and
English naturalization papers dated OFT 2,
1888, was denied admission to the United
States here yesterday. This makes five
Cinnamon who are here endeavoring to pass
through.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

NEW YORK, Oct 1.-the Sun states that
lima Di Murska, the famous songstress, who
startled the musical world some years ago
with the exquisite quality of her voice, and
became known as the Hungarian Nightin-
gale, is suffering from BRAN trouble and is
living in poverty in this city.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

wAsHINGroN CRY oct. l6.-The following are
the weather indications for thirty-six hours from
p. m yesterday. For Wisconsin and lows-Far
weather slightly cooler; northwesterly winds.
For Indiana and IIlinois-Fair slightly warmer
weather; westerly winds. For Michigan Rain,
followed by fair weather Tuesday night, slightly
cooler; southerly winds, yeering TO westerly,
brisk on The lakes
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

NEW YORK, Oct. l6-Mayor Hewitt, in
reference to the published statement that he
would not support the national Democratic
ticket this year, said to a United Press re-
porter yesterday that it was a lie. When
asked for statement for publication, the
mayor said shortly and sharply: Its a lie,
l-i-er and refused to talk further about it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

IL Is amusing to see people with their
lace drawn as If they had swallowed a
leather and it was tickling their lungs
and they would be happy If they could
only sneeze. Now, there is no need of
making faces" A bottle of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup will draw your face back
into smile.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-16

ST. PAUL, MINI Oct le.-John M Bar
rett. veteran journalist, who has been ill
here of pneumonia for several days, died
suddenly last night For q number Of years
Mr.. Barrett was Washington correspondent
of The New Orleans Picayune, and latteriy
has been an editorial writer on The San
Erancisco Examiner