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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
ApMlRAL.poRrERs REroRr.
He Makes Several Recommendation In
card to the Navy.

He Makes Several Recommendation I'm Re
gtrd TO the Navy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2G.--Admiral Porter
has made his annual report to the secre-
tAry Of the navy. He says he regards the
sailing vessels as the best practice ships
ailoat; he wants the enlistment law
changed so that apprentices may be
shipped for ten years; the apprentice
system is one OF the best features Of the
navy, and in that connection the report
runs thus:
The crews OF our ships arc generally
made up OF sailors from every part OF the
world, but mostly Soandinavians, good
an ] reliable men in time OF pence, who
care little under what flag they sail. They
come and enlist IN our navy, softeusd in
character, it is true, but they are the same
/ free iances rs OF old. They ship for
money. They have no tentiment for orr
! dag or nationality, aud possibly, IL 10
came to an action with a ship of their
own or neighboring nation they
would haul down the American cOlors
/ and hoist their own. This ia a
contingency against which we should pro
/ vide and we have the means OF doing 40
1 through the vest number Of American
boys who arc roaming the streets 81 will
and who would consids- government ON
! ployment q boon. What IL required IS a
| larger nur0ber Of native born apprentice
boys and ar enlargement of the con.
yeniences for their introd action into the
service.
On the subject OF tcapedoes the ad-
mirRl sayE The torpedo, no doubt, can
be made a powerful adjunct TO other
naval appliances, but ~ mstterr now
stand the torpedo would be comparative
~ sselsss against heavily armored ships
with powerful guns, which would hold
their own, Notwithstanding, they might
bo hampered with ne,S enough 70 keep
out whole torpedo feet. Great ships
with great guns will command the situa-
ton and having once Effected An entrance
into a harbOr, can by the aid OF their
electric lights, send party Of divers %
the bottom aud cut the wires connecting
tho submerged minef. Oar country more
than any other stands In need OF tor
psdo vessels Of from 500 to $500 tons
displacement until We can get
osr new navy fairly started. This class
Of vessels could be built much more
rapidly than the cruiser or amor Glad,
their batteries 20 be not larger than Six
inch rifles and fitted With machine and
rapid firing guns No matter whstbor
we bring dynamite SHELLS ana
torpedo to perfection or not our policy
lies in building fast cruisers and heavy
armor clads like th 2 Puritan, Maine and
Texas Theas are heavy artillery which
ia all battles have decided She contest and
will continue 70 do So for the ingenuity
Of man viz always oonttiys some plan
TO protect the prime factors-the great
ships-from the aDnoysnces OF "small
fry"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
SANDERS WHICH FAILED.

In a brief address before a meeting of
vo,kingmen Gen. Harrison has made the
simple statement that democratic charges
regarding his attitude in the past toward
The laboring classes have been not even
nsryersioEs of the truth, but complete
fabrications. 1t is, perhaps, well enough
that the republican candidate should
make this plain assertion once, but that
tbe charges have had much effect any
where is doubtful. They emanated from
sources too disreputable ana had too
much the flavor OF the famous Morey
letter to carry with them any degree of
conviction.
It ia by such slanderous divices as here
referred to that the democrats have hurt
themselves in the present campaign.
With a candidate above reproach opposed
10 them and impressed with the necessity
Of iniUring him in some way, they have
Gesorssd to falsehoods so glaring as TO
be selfapparent and consequently harm
less. The campaign liars of the party
will learn nothing, however. They will
duplicate the Improbable rascality four
years from now.
How high above suspicion Gen. Har
rson has grown in the minds of the
American people ever since the campaign
began, and what respect is felt for his
sagacity no less than his uprightness,
need not be said. His brief addresses
made before the hosts of delegations
which having visited him have been such
manifestations of tact, good sense, and
tar-seeing craftsmanship that he is trust
ed from one end of the country to She
othsr The fierce light which beats up
on presidential! candidate was all that
Was needed to establish him more firmly
IN the estimation of the American peo-
pie. He will, AS president, but Increase
the hold he has upon their regard. That
is tae sort Of man we shall elect next
veek.-Chioago Mail.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
sackyille- Vests Letter.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The administra-
ton is very mug embarrassed by the
letter of Sr.tish Minister West and his
subsequent explanations of it. Mr. West
is not man to deny the accuracy OF any
personal letter which he may have written
And his astuteness as a diplomat has
long been conceded j. his long service in
the British diplomatic corps did not of
itself demonstrate the fact thai he is
among the most skilled of political oh
servers. When, therefore, hs links the
good wishes of England with the political
fortunes of Grover Cleveland he knows
what ne is talking about; but he has not
been as discreet IS an American politi-
oian as his democratic allies have desired
to have him. They are already begin
ming to call Lord" West, which is his
Present proper title, the Burchard of the
campaign. How great the anxiety of the
president is that this British alliance
should have been discovered in this
fashion is shown by a carefully prepared
interview with Senator Morgan which is
to be sent TO all of the faithful Mr.
Morgan is the mouthpiece of the admin
istration in the senate. He 1t WAS, as a
member of the committee on foreign af
fairs, who conducted the administration
side of the fishery treaty in the discus
sion of the retaliation bill. And he it is
who Is nov brought forward to answer
this British Burchard in the democratic
ranks. Mr.. Morgan takes the aggressive
in the matter and has made d statement
which is intended TO fire the Irish heart
and to show that the most aggressive
anti English advocate in all the country is
Grover Cleveland. 1he great exigency of
the situation will be better understood
when it is remembered that there has been
upon the statute book for two years, re-
taliation act to which the president has
not had recourse, although often request
ed, in effect directed, By the cong ross to
do so, and that Mr.. Morgan himself is on
record within two years as having taken
directly the opposite ground on the fish
cry question from that which he now ad e
vocates. Mr.. Morgan almost intimates
that if it shall seem necessary before the
election there may be another pronuncie-
mento about retaliation or even procla-
nation under the ignored retaliatory act.
1t is not impossible that in New York on
Saturday the president may give express
sion to his alarm by bid for the Irish
vote. Meanwhile this attempt of Morgan
to twist the lions tail, carefully prepared
after an interview with the president, is
to serve as a temporary expedient.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
mfsquotcd Lines.

10 Is a peculiar faculty Of human
memory 10 misquote proverbs and
poetry. and almost invariably TO place
Che credit where it does not belong.
Nine men out OF ten think that "Ihe
Lord tempers thow wind to the shorn
lamb is from the Bible, whereas Law
renee Sterne is the author Pouring
oil upon troubled waters is also as
cribed to the sacred volume whereas
il ia not there; in fact no one knows
its origin,
Again. We hear the people say "The
proof Of the pudding isin chewing the
striug." Ihisis arrant nonsense, ana
the proYerb says.
"fhe proof 6f'thc pudding is i'm tho
eating thereof and not in chewing the
string
Nothing is MOTE common than to
- NAV cogyino d aqaiast hs. VIII
Il o. the same npluigu STILL
This Is no impossible condition OF
the mind, for no one can bc' convinced
Of an opmiun and al the same time
hold an opposite one. What Butler
wrote was emiuently seusibld;
'ifa that eumpica aeHInstig viii
j. NJ ihe Same opinion st.L'
A famous passage If Scripture is Of
ten quoted thus Gle that IS without
sin among you, let him cast the first
stone.n il should be Let him first
cast a stOne.'
Sometimes we arc told. Behold
how great q matter a little fire kind
leth. which is quite q different thing.
We also hear that "a miss is rs good
as a mile, which is not as sensible or
forcibio as the true prover0; "A miss
Of an inch IS az good as mile.
look before you leap should be;
"And look before y0u ere you leap
Pope is generally credited with hay
ing written'
IN mo3est words admit Of no defense.
FOR want 81 deceney Is want Of sense
though 1t would puzzle any one TO find
the verses in his writings. They were
written by the Earl Of Roscommou,
who died before Pope was born.
franklin said Honesty is tho best
policy but the maxim is Of Spanish
origin, aud may be found in Don
Quixote. n-Phti1deipdta Tunes.
The population Of st, Petersburg
has diminished by $1,000 in tho last
seven years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
THE MAN AND TIE STATE.

The talking season ia over in Indian
apo.is, and is succeeded by preparations
for the harvest season. The talking sea
son was one of sowing and planting, and
sound were the thoughts and patriotic the
sentiments which Harrison, the leader,
scattered broadcast in his numerous i'm
Pfomptu speeches. But it announced that
hereafter he will abstain from speech
nakin2i and most wisely. Nothing that
ne could hereafter say would add to the
iepata which he has gained as the most
'aady, most genial, and most versatile of
political speakers. His elegant and pithy
welcomes and responses of visiting dele
cations nave been read wherever news
papers are read, aud have been as uni
'sfs3..y admired IS read.
"ha. wonderful record he has made !
I1treudly critics have neither discov-
t5d an error Of speech, nor a question
cole ointment, nor blunder in policy.
DtI! and often several times a day, he
1As spoken words of cheer to the repub-
"'iL party, and not once, whether the
~. -e' were the intricate one Of tariff or
..s delicate one of the relation Of labor
.'fi'ai, or the burning one of the
5-lpfe'sion of the vote in the southern
-'' aas he said aught which the demo
'.ss could utilize against him. He has
impaired a genial personality to the
~ Ign in a manner not equaled since
-17 a's Gay. he has not lost friend
y made an enemy by a careless or heart
.5'' word in ell the trials to which he has
'ss- sz3iect. To the contrary, many a
Qua Who has heard or read his speeches
-a' been converted from political hosril-
g political and personal friendship.
- low he enters upon a period of
Won rest. 1t would be scsndalous if
Gan who has thus endeared himself to
Fsople should lose the vote Of his
wa state BY bribery or by imported re-
s7a.sts. With fair election Indiana Il
'e FOR Harrison as Maine is. It now
ass the duty Of the republican
in Indiana to organize for the sup
4oH Of bribery and the prevention
maud. The rest Of the work IN the
4as been done, and well done
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
kansas

nr,rocaArIc orators doubtless know
chat they are aboutin so frequently laud-
10, athe old Roman" "the grand old
.sro and his bendana," and so seldom
,sntioaing the big man and his yetoes
.so heads the ticket. The facts are that
e.ver Cleveland has not IN his makeup
single clement chat draws people to
him. Honor and power and luck have
made him believe, that like Napoleon, he
4. g., man Of destiny" and ne to-day is
simply a great boss, unapproachshls by
tbs common people. During all the po-
Btiesl excitement of the year, while
thousands upon thousands have journey
"a 10 the home of Harrison TO greet him,
not delegation nor q huzza has been
bssrd at Washington. The halls of tee
White House are as silent as the grave.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
THAT sAeRsILLs-wEsr LETTER.
How 1t is Regarded at Washington and Ne,
York.

nv" ~ 10 NeGhrueu at washington and New
York.
NEw YoRK.-Congressma BouteIe, who
came down from Rochester with Mr..
Blaine, speaking of Minister Vests let
ter said; at is an amazing letter. and
certainly shows decided lack of dinlon-
aey. But aside from the impropriety of
diplomat medd!ing with the politics of
country he is accredited to, think the
Minister has gone very far in Other direo.
lions. His letter accuses the President of
inslheerlty, and rather intimstes that his
action in regard to the reta.istion bill was
merely to make political capital. Then,
too, he places the Senate in pretty much
the seme category. Suppose our Minis
ter to England should write q letter advo-
eating the election Of a Liberal 30 Office,
or Conservative, would it pass unuotic.
ed? He would be recalled, think, very
soon, at the request OF the British Gov
eminent. It looks as if the same rule
should apply here"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

WAsHfsoI0s, Oct. 27:--Tne following
pensions were granted Friday;
Original Invalid -. Norris, kiohland
Ceuter;F Underhill, Racine; incraass-E.
z. Hezelton, Chetek; f. Rogers, Boscobel;
]. Fl. Wilson, Plattsvillsi II. Lambirthi
National Military Home widows etc--Li-
dora II. widow OF A. ID. Brooks, hartford.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

assumption is absurd. Who, that under
stands anything of the laws of trade,
does not know that if we had called on
England last year to manufacture double
the quantity of steel rails that she nc
tually pIodsced, their price would have
greatly increased. not only in England
bnt throughout the world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
CABLE FLASHES

King Humbert, Of Italy, hag sworn Of
smoking.
Princess Eugenie, Of SHeden, WHO sac.
ridoed her jewels 20 build hospital
where poor crippies might be nursed and
healed, is regarded as insane by her
family.
Malignant diphtheria is prevalent at
Oxford Junction, Iowa, there having been
fifteen deaths within little more than a
aAE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

70 the credit of Cir Lionel sackville-
-. 4. can be said that he told the truth
,;.letter, and is man enough to stand
If he were an American democrat
" ,,ould be breaking his neck just now
sHort TO take it all back, or, failing
: .b,- TO denounce it as forgery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

A WISE newspaper in Boston (the Jour
AN reads Alright the democratic signs at
4. east 1t says the democrats are evi
,.rav sure to lose New York, and feel is
-,an they begin to claim Minnesota and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

ilEf7
As / came away from tbs Democratic
headquarters, of which the above is q
most authoritive and also a moderate OK
hibit, I met Mr.. John O'Brien, long the
chief lieutenant OF Chester A. Arthur in
this city. had talked with him q few
days before, aud he stopped me to give
the roseate view Of the Republican
chances. Said he;
"When / met you last Saturday / had
not informed myself upon the sit1etion
az much ar / have done since. ! consider
the Democrats beaten in the State Of New
Yo.E already. Unless orr advices are al
together erroneous We shall come down
TO the Ionkers district, or what we call
Harlem river, not with 10000 majority
but with 10000. None OF our estimates
put it under 100000, and you can get
bets that il will be 100000"
''Well, then, what DO you expect about
the city Of New York;
From the best / can learn Harrison
will poll 105 600 in the city Of New York"
''Then you really think that Harrison ia
running stronger in New YORK than
Brine wasf"
~ have no doubt Of it. They have got
TO do something desperate between now
and election day or they are beaten"
II Is said that the late Alexander II.
Stephens during his lifetime educated
$50 boys and Fifty girls, giving them all
a collegiate education.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
chicago Inter Ocean.


That 'left foot Of rabbit skinned in
the dark OF the moon" must have dropped
out 81 MIR. CleveIand's vest pocket some
dark night and never been fonnd. Other
wise ii would be difficult 20 acsount for
the private letter of j.. s. Saokyille-
West to British. American citizen, pub
lished recently ia the Inter Ocean, whore
in that Minister Plenipotentiary and En-.
voy Extraordinary, etc, from the Court
of 81. Jamss TO the United States, puts IN
a plea, diplomatic in phrase but Unmis-
taxable in behalf OF the Democratic oRnd-
idate and party. Whatever else he may
have done or left undone in his career rs
a diplomat, the writing of this letter GER
taihi earns for him the Extraordinary
part Of his official designation. For the
first tiue in our history the chief repre-
sentative OF a foreign government has
taken a hand III our National politics.
No parallel can be cited.
The first question arising IN The case is
this: Is the letter genuineg The fact
that IS comes out two weeks before the
election, and not on the very eve of it, as
in the case Of the Morey letter, favors the
theory of its genuiueness, but the matter
does not rest upon the preponderauoe of
probabilities. On the contrary, there is
no possible room for doubt, because the
writer himself admits the authorship.
Secretary Bayard excused himself in re
cent speech from discussing it or motto
inR it on the ground that 1t was q private
and not an official letter, but even that
most voracious of toad eaters did not
express any doubt SIS TO who wrote it,
The letter is short, and will bear repro
duction:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

Tvry the democrats claim as many re-
,f.au states as doubtful" it is evil
that they believe the doubtful
- are republican.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01
PRESS COMMENTS.

Philadelphia Press: "Miller, the Metho
dist" is the term of reproaeh which the
democrats and saloOnists are still hurl-
ing at the republican candidate for
governor of New York. We observe, not
without interest, that Mr.. Miller doesn't
object to it in the least.
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser; South
ern brigadiers are swarmipg over the
north making speeches for Cleveland aud
free trade. They are obsequiously fawn-
ed upon by northern democrats and mug
wumps. Let northern men dare to 90
south and speak for Harrison and pro-
lection and they are attacked with rotten
eggs and warned to leave the state.
Philadelphia Press; Chairman Brics
went to Illinois few weeks ago with the
insane notion of carrying that state for
the democracy; at that time he was hunt
ing for the western end of the rainb ow.
Now he is of looking for the eastern end,
under the delusion that ne can carry New
Hampshire. Brice is great as SKY
scraper, out it takes drag net to catch
votes.
the canal boat Thomas jefferson, Con
gresham Allen, OF Mississippi, "dss-
cribed the stalls of tho coming funeral
of the republican party, illustrated from
the legends OF his own state We re-
greet that no fuller report of the funeral
Grafton has come to hand, but somebody
should tell Mr.. Alien that the shotgun
burial of the republican party in Missis-
sippi does not warrant preparations for
funeral in the north.
New York Tribune We are glad to
see that Senator Quay is giving so much
attention TO the prevention Of democrat
ie frauds in this city. Here is the key to
the situation. 1t was the solid south and
the saloons of New York city that put
Mr.. Cleveland a the white house. There
has not been an honest election here for
twenty years, If there ever was one. The
democrats rely on the frauds in the low
er wards of Manhattan leland to turn
the scale against the intelligent republi-
can voters Of the interior.
Ohio state Jouanal; The brewers of
New York city have contributed $780,
coo 70 defeat the republicans in New Jer-
sey because the last legislature, which
was republican, passed high license and
local option Law. Yet the political pro
hibitionists can not see the propriety of
indorsing aud assisting to re-elect the
members of the legislature who had the
courage TO do something for the cause Of
temperance. They are more venomous
in their assaults on the republicans than
even the brewers and liquor dealers.
These men may be honest, but if SO, hon
esty and common sense do not 60 hand
in-hs13.
Milwaukee Sentinel: There were
2,05O,0O0 tons OF steel rails made last
year in the United States. This is more
than the quantity made in Great Britain
during the same period. Nov the free
traders always sssume2 enat If we inside
no steels we could buy them just as
cheaply in the English market az We can
buy them in that market while We are
producing them here on this immense
scale. Any man possessing common
sense ought TO be able 10 realize that this
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

BuyINa English made blankets for the
use OF the United States army hospitals
is the policy of this democratic free-tradc
administration. On Sunday October IA
ten bales Of such English blankets ar
rived in New York by tie steamer Au-
ranis, consigned 60 j. b, Hamilton, Sur
geon general, United States Army, Ma
rjue Hospital Service, Washington, >. @.
United States Marine Hospital Service
port of New York. They were con
signed TO Oscar Il. Morton, care OF the
medical officer in charge. They cost 30
would have cost the government, OF
course paying no duty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

PosrMAsrER GENERAL DoN M. DICEIN
SON Is coming West again with type
written speech which is thought may be
delivered in safety at Detroit and per
haps elsewhere. With the reputation OF
great ability and shrewdness preceding
him, Mr.. Dickinson has proved to be one
of the monumental failures OF the times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

meant 100000 persons 10 be fed and
backs to be clothed out of $3.50 100000.
Applause. That is what / call q cold
fact, and they say there is not enough
coming yet. We want follower the tariff So
that We can have more. Here in New
York we are always told that we must
look out fer the commerce Of the
country, that the commerce is what has
built the country Take this great me-
tropolis and its sister, Brooklyn. They
have grown more since the protective
tariff than they ever grew before-sinoe
this government was founded, almost.
Take the manufactures OF New York,
right in this city, and what is produced in
this city hy American laborers and Ameri-
can manufacturers ia double the amount
that is imported into New York from
ahroad-m0re than double, 80 that the
interest the laboring men have at stake is
not what comes through chs Narrows mp
70 New York from foreign countries, bat
what is made in the shops and manufao-
tories within tho city of New York.
Cheers. That ia home rule-making
your own manufactures on your own soil.
That is the policy which the United
States are resolved in my Judgment TO
maintain. They have grown wealthy be-
You'd all precedent IL has brought more
comfort TO more hearthstoues and Ere
sides than any other policy ever conferr.
ed upon American people, aud ] have the
supremest confidence that on November
6 the American people will declare that
they Will not surrender at the bidding OF
England or at the bidding Of the English
minister or the bidding Of President
Cleveland lgroans or al three combined
-thoy will never surrender that great
priuoipleof protecting American indus
tries Loud and continuous applause,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

TIM tariff is not too high, nor indeed
high enough, az long as foreign manu-
faoturers can sell their goods in this
country cheaper than those made here.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-11-01

Philadelphia Press; "Miller, the Metho-
dist" is the term of reproaeh which the
democrats and salo0nists are still hurl-
ing at the republican candidate for
governor of New York. We observe, not
without interest, that Mr.. Miller doesn't
obiecc TO it in the least.