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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
General Harris0n's Part.

Tt will be remembered that early
in the campaign SeatOr Quay said
"If General Harrison keeps on max
ing sensible and statesrnanlike
speeches as he has begnn, he would
elect himself without any assistance
from the National, State or Local
Committees" General Harrison has
kept on as he began and has had the
active assistance of all three Commit
tees, for the Republican party is cas-
lily united upon such admirable can
didates as Gen. Benjamin Harrison
and Hon. Levi p. Morton, and-we
must not forget the third candidate
Mr.. Republican Protection.
Another observer adds his testi-
mony. Hear the Erie, Pa. , Dispatch /:
"The remarkable force, variety, pro.
priety, facility, and versatility of
General HarriSon's speeches have
been universally remarked, and the
general judgment is that the Repub-
licsns are exceedingly fortunate in
their candidate"
Still another, this time a Western
er, busy Chicagoan. speaks. 1t is
The Chicago Inter- Ocean IF Gen
.S.ai Harrison was in any sense a sham
and worked up speech to hide his
thought or to deceive the people, one
days experience would undo him.
But he goes on fresh, and bright and
pleasing, and the mighty throngs
march to see him in such style, in
such multitudes, and with such in
formality and enthusiasm, that the
country is amazed, not more at the
readiness of the man than at the
Astounding testimony that the people
give him of their reg ard, and admir-
alton and confidence. He is genuine
all through, and utters no false notes
or uncertain sounds.
This is why the highest response
bilities having been thrown upon him
he was equal to them. Nor should it
be alleged that his speeches have not
been carefully scanned by members
OF the opposing party, if happily for
them, there might be something in
them by which their author and his
party could be tripped. But all such
search has been in vain. As the BOs-
ton Journal remarks: General
Harrison's speeches are not accidents
or artificial. They are the express
sions of his intelligence and convic.
tons, his information and his princi-
pies. He is gentleman talking to
his friends, without concealments or
evasions, or thought of preparing
phrases for double meanings"
AS if all this were not strong
enough testimony, here is the editor
of the Indianapolis Journal. a strong
personal friend of General Harrison's
1T is true, but why ought his test
'mony to be thrown out on that ac-
counl Coming forward to say :.
"There has not been one touch of
vanity or self-sufficiency in all of
General Harrison's speeches, He
never did anything in his life to be
ashamed of, and has nothing to be
afraid Of"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
The Rebel Brooks.

DIR. John A. Brooks, of Missouri,
candidate for the Vice. Presidency on
the Prohibition ticket,an his friends
have been so earnest in their denials
that he never uttered the words he is
said to have used in his speech at
Decatur, H., that some people who
do not know DR.. Brooks or anything
about his antecedents may either
doubt that he used that expression or
charitably conclude that it was a
mere ldpSNs Hagatae or the utterance
of one under undue excitement.
Three reputable men have sworn
that DR.. Brooks in his speech said:
81 have lived in the South and
owned slaves there. [ sympathized
with the South and prayed for the
success of the Confederate cause; but
my prayers were not answered. |
have been a Democrat, but thank
God l have never been Republican.
l will never have that sin to answer
for"
1t may seem strange to some of our
Eastern friends that DR.. Brooks
should utter such words. By them
he of course implies that it is a great
err sin and disgrace to be Republi-
can than to be rebel and slave.
holder.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06

The Cumberland Daily NeloS pre-
sents the following excellent reasons
for Mr., McComas's reelection. Oul
people should study the situation
This district cannot afford to have
Mr.. McComas defeated it canAss
afford to lose the prominence and
importance it has acquired by reas.
on of its being represented by a mem.
Der of such acknowledged force and
influence it cannot afford to ex-
change representative of National
reputation for one without expert.
ence and unknown in public affairs.
In short, we dou't believe the people
of the Sixth District are prepared TO
commit public suicide.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06

Whatever may be said of our pres.
idents, it is to be put down to our
national credit that the women Of the
White House have been of the best
types of American WomanhoOd.
Should her husband be successful in
this election, Mrs. Harrison will
prove no exception. She is described
as matrOnly, yet viyacious, with
brown eyes, dark hair, without line
of gray, comedy features, and lips
that smile and yet are firm. She has
the happy faculty of making guests
feel at once at home. She moves
much in society, is a great favorite
among other women, and makes
them her warm friends. tits a COM
mon saying that she would make as
charming a mistress of the White
House as she is the delightful matron
of a quieter home. AS her girlhoOd
was passed in a collegiate atmos-
phere, both by opportunity and in
cination, she is of intellectual tastes.
She is prominent and active men,
Der of ladies' literary society, and
her reading is wide and varied.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06

The secret of McComas' popularity
is his ge1luiReHeSS. He is good fell
low" but not to catch votes. He was
a good fellow" before he wanted
votes, and will be so to the end. No
man is more utterly without pretense
or affectation ofany kind. That's why
he is so popular with the working
cIasses--the sturdy miners and others.
-CUDlb. NelCS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
One of MIR. Uleyeland's Little FiCtiOns

1.-THE poor mans blanket' is being
used by the party Of free trade to
cover a multitude of sins. How many
blankets does the poor man, the rich
man, or, for that matter, any man
buy in a year? How many pairs
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
1t is the duty of every citizen of

1t is the duty of every citizen of
this county to give the situation of
affairs this fall a very careful study.
If you need Information on any point
as regards the rates of tariff of past
years, anything in regard to the Mills
bill, Write us and we will try to an
swer you correctly. Bring the ques-
ton home to yourself. TO your family
and to your neighbor. Ask yourself
the question once, what effect free
trade will have or even what effect
a lower tariff will have on your Sec
ton. We will take great pleasure in
sending you any documents for your
self and neighbors. No one need go
to the polls ignorant Of this vital
question.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-10-06
TRESPASS NOTICE.

persons are hereby warned not to tres
upon any of my property in any NAME
eV ?
D. E. oFFUTT.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
COMING TO TERMS.

Through the Intervention Of the Citizens
Association the striking Streei-Cdr Men
in Chicago and President Yerkes Come
to an understanding ami trC strike Is
About Settled.
CHICAGO, Oct. 13 Not a head was
cracked nor a car thrown from the track
yesterday. Cars were run over three OF
the North Side lines and on Madison
street on the West Side. The police
preparations were even moro elaborate
than those OF Wednesday, AMI the eHthn-
siesm Of the crowds was evidently damp
ened by tho drizzling rain which COM
mbnCed falling in the morning and con-
tinued until after dark. Owing to these
causes, and perhaps also to gradually
waning interest in the strike, the
trimming Of cars was attended with
scarcely any difficulty Some school
children caused mementary stop
page of the cars on Garheld
avenue by piling stones on the track, but
the youngsters were quickly chased away
hy the nolice, and beyond an occasional
yell of ''scab" from the sidewalk, the cars
proceeded in peace. Passougets, now
ever, were almost as scarce as yesterday,
aud for the most part t. police rode up
and down the line in solitary state. In
response to a call made upon both sides
by the Citizens Association, there
wos conference held at the
mayors office last evening be-
tween committees OF the strikers ana
President Yerkes Mayor Roche also
was present It was announced ut the
conclusion of the conference thft the
strikers had agreed to withdraw their de-
mand for the dischal 80 Of the imported
NJ
Yerkes agreed that if the West Side men
would return to work this morning he
would execute a bond not to reduce their
present rate of wages for t1ve years, and
that he would tomorrow morning make
satisfactory proposition to the North
Side men.
The West Side committee retired to
submit this proposition to the meeting of
the West Side men last night. As the
nominal cause of the strike on the West
Side was an apprehension on the art OF
the men that their wages would be re-
duced To the North Side standard, Mr.
Yerkes' proposition puts them II an awk-
ward situation, as 1t practically comedies
what they claim, aud if they reject it.
they will be put in the position OF re-
naming out without cause.
Al midnight the T scting Of the West
Side employees decided to accept Presi-
dent Yerkes' proposition, and return TO
work in the morning, with the under
standing that they will again STRIFE II
satisfactory terms are not made Between
the company and the North Side men.
The latter will not resume work until
they lave heard the proposition whlcL
President Yerkes IS tc wake to them 81
elavan O'Clock This fOrpnO DON,
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER took the oath and
his seat on the Supreme Bench at Wash
ington on the Sth.
CARROLL TILTON oldest sen of Theodore
TIton. Of R"e"her scandal fame, was mar
ricd in Brooklyn the other night to Miss
Miriam Alice Blauyet. Mrs. TiitOn was
one of those present.
THE charter election held at Newark, n.
j., on the 9th showed a Democratic gain
on the general ticket of about 100. For
the first time in thirty years the Demo-
Gratis carried the city at the charter cleo
tiCn previous to the Presidential election.
SENATOR HALE S report on the ciyilser-
vice was presented on the 10th, The re-
port severely cenSWrcS President CleNe-
land and the administration for alleged
violation of the principles of the civil-ser-
vice.
Hon. JAMES &. BLAINE spoke to an i'm
menSe audience at Indianapolis, Ind, on
the evening of the 1lth. There was a great
parade and demonstration previous to the
speaking.
SIR MoRELL MACKENZIE, the English
surgeon of the late Emperor Frederick of
Germany, in his book on the case blameS
DR. Bergman, of Berlin, as the cause of
the Emperor's early demise.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
he's requested a conference with Chairman
Leeds, of the TranScontnCntal AsSocia-
tion and Chairman Midgey, of the West
ern Freight Association, in regard to the
tariffs which recently called forth such
vigorous protests from Chicago merchants.
TAMMANY HALL has nominated Ashbel
Fitch to Congress from the Thirteenth dis
trict of New York and Sunset Cox from the
Ninth district
THE resort that Bonanza Flood had died
in Germany was denied later.
AN -BOulangist meeting in Paris on
the 18th was disturbed by BoulangiSts and
a fight ensued in which many persons
were iniurel.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

FIRE, probably caused by burglars, de-
stroyed A. Streets gun store 5. NJ. Fry's
stove store and the Grand Army and the
Knights of of Honor halls in Dallas, Tex,
the other morning. Loss, $4,000.
THE Pal Mall Gazette challenges the
German authorities to carry out the threat
made through the N0chrichtcR ZeituRg to
institute proceedings to prevent the pub
LEGATION in London of the late Emperor
Frederick's diary. The Gdzette warns
Prince Bismarck not to attempt to extend
abroad the tyranny over the press which
is exercised in Germany.
SERIOUS washouts caused by floods were
reported from the province of New Bruins
wick recently. The fall rains were un-
precedented.
TWENTY thousand Yorkshire (England)
colliers have given notice to their en-
ployers that they will go out on a strike
unless they are conceded a ten per cent.
advance in their wages. 1t is expected
that $4,000 other colliers will also give no.
tice to the same effect.
A CoLoRED woman was cut to pieces by
freight train near Birmingham, Ala, re-
Gently, end the trainmen shoveled the re-
mains into ditch. This so enraged the
negro miners that the crew only escaped
lgHChlhS ny uhSouplihS INC engine anu
fleeing for their lives.
THE Earl of Winchester and many MEM
bers of the English clergy have contrib
uted to the relief of the poor in Ireland.
FIFTY FIVE lives were lost in the disaster
on the Lehigh Valley road at Mud Run,
Pa, on the night of the 10th. Forty Others
were seriously injured, several fatally. 1t
was thought the engineer Of the colliding
train was to blame.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
AN HONEST TRIBUTE.
Extracts from Post t-Master-GsDeral Dick
inson's Detroit Speech.

81 have been asked to speak Of the
President. can say but very little OF
what is in my mind and heart OF this
subject. In the first place, he has
been, all the time since March 4, 1885,
truly Presiden. Of the United States.
No usurpation OF executive functions,
no trenching upon executive privileges,
no pruning of the powers of the peo-
pies Chief Magistrate, no encroach-
ment upon the official rights OF
the chosen OF sixty million OF
free men have been tolerated
or permitted. Several early at
tempts Of the kind were resented
with q power and a virile force still
respectfully borne in mind by the up
per House Of Congress. His rugged,
masterful personality since he took his
scat, his robust patriotism, like the
heart of a great system, has sent a
vital current of hcalth-giving honesty
pulsating through all the arteries OF
the public service. Apublic office is 2
public trust has not. as used by him,
been merely a smooth catchword Of the
stump and canvass. He has made it u
rule of conduct, practical, Of everyday
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the Sth the resolution
providing for joint committee TO inquire into
the contracts and work on the Washington
ucqucduct tunnel was adopted. After other
minor business the Senate Tariff bill was taken
up and Senator Allison spoke in favor OF IL.
After an Intellectual effort to have a day
fixed for CLOSING the debate, Senator Narcc
spoke in opposition to tho substitute
for the Mills bill. Senator Hiscocl obtained
the floor and the Senate asjOurncd. In the
House the Senate bill for the disposal OF the
Fort Wallace reservation in Kansas passed;
also a bill to constitute Lincoln, Ncb., port OF
entry also bill to reimburse J. w. Patterson,
late postmaster at Humboldt, Kan, for certain
moneys stolen from his Office; also Tie bill ap-
propriating S20O0oO to suppress infectious dis
eases. Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama, spoke on the
taris ana the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9th the conference
report on the Deficiency bill was presented mi
after senator lGdmurds hr' Inquired why the
item paying ~ TIC widow of Chief Justice Waite
the Balance Of his years salary had been
struck out the report was agreed to. The
bill as TO the counting Of the electoral vote
was passed; also the bill to constitute Lincoln,
Neb., a port OF entry. Senator Edmunds intro
duccd bill to pay the widow OF Chief Jus
tice Waite tS,1lJ us the balance Of n year (
salary. II was referred te the Judiciary
Committee which immediately reported II
for passage. The Tariff bill was then
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hin ,,,esad M htI o,,,rl,r,ri,,ir[, s--n,n
to sncrro 10 thc Cbo-,,l.,, fr.c1,,,,r
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nassah THO conf.rc,,cc renoT, nj, tho nm IN
aiIo,y ,.rsnne VINO Ln,c ralir,ui.brI hrr,s.
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The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
lingo Jim as PecksniT.

Mr.. Blaine says that nothing will
induce him to enter into "a contro-
versy over Mr.. Conkling's grave"
Who has invited Mr.. Blaine to enter
into a controversy over Mr.. Conk-
ling's grave? Nobody has extended to
him such an invitation. If the pub
LEGATION OF Mr.. Conkling's letter of
1866, touching report of Blaine's
method of acquiring wealth, invites
controversy, it is and will be contro-
versy over the grave of Mr.. Blaine's
long-departed honor. No writing, act
or memory of Mr.. Conkling has any
relation to such a controversy, save as
subject of Mr.. Blaine's insolent bru-
tality. Chicago Glott.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
FACTS FOR WORKMEN.
What Five Dollars VIII Buy in the United
States and in England.

Working-men are told by the prohib-
it0rv tariff advocates that they get bet
ter wages under our high protective
policy than do the workmen in Eu-
roDe, and that the cost of living is no
greater. and in fact is less as far as the
necessaries Of comfortable living are
concerned. Perhaps the working-men
have believed this, because they have
had no means at hand for testing its
truth. They may think differently
when the facts are laid before them.
A working-man in Cleveland has five
dollars to spend in necessaries for his
family. Another working-man in Lon
don has an equivalent sum. Which
mans money will go the farthest? An
examination of the price-lists of the
establishments of a similar class in
London and Cleveland will7answer the
question. All the standard brands
of Chicago meats are quoted the
same in London as here. In hams.
bacon and lard and all brands OF
-four the difference is so small
that Cleveland prices and London
prices are practically the same. But
ter and cheese would come in the same
category. If there are any extra dis
counts from the price list where The
articles are packed in tin it will be Oh
the side of the English purchaser, n
az exporter gots u rebate on tin sen
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18

use. In TIC politicoI atmosphere Of
tbe canital the President vas for a long
time phenomenon, a puzzle t" those
accustomed 20 its conditions. Tic
politicians OF the country, accustomed
70 pef'rcrted craftsmanship, perverted
methods, perverted policies, those who
were trained for a generation to con-
slider public men and politics as game
and ramestcr7. did not at first make
out this President of ours. Inc SEN
ate attempted to crowd him. The
chariot of the American House of Lords
drove against him and was ditched.
This man treats us. said the Senators,
as il we were the Common Council OF
Buffalo. In the midst OF this confusion
common sense said you are all looking
behind, below, around. anywhere
but at the simple nature OF things.
This President, who seems to you
unscrutable in his ways and
strange in his methods, 20 rare
in this life of yours, is simply al
honest man, an honest man with
great brain. intrepid heart and tircless
gigol irdomitable perseverance, abso-
Lutte fearlesSnCss and conscious power,
who stands for the right with the
firmness of the rock OF ages Itself.
Known and appreciated of all men, he
is hated and reyiled with Il bitterness
of partisan malignity by the hosts OF
mo, ,,,l l,o i -+iU loval for the enc
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

TIE Broad Street Amusement Hall, the
largest hall in Nashville, is to be pur-
chased for an undenominational gospel
tabernacle. The price agreed on was S2l,-
600, and under Sam Jones' lead SIS, 500 was
given on the l4th. The rest of the money
will be easily raised.
A SERIOUS slide in the river bank Oc-
Cured at Vicksburg, Miss, on the 18th,
resulting in the loss of one life and the de-
struction of considerable property.
The receipts for the Booth Barrett en-
gagements at the Chicago opera-house for
the past three weeks reaches the phenome-
nal figures of $G2, 1880.
A DISPATCH from Madras, France, says
that 250O people were killed by an eXplo-
sion of gunpowder at festival on the 14th.
MIKE Wolf, treasurer of Marion county,
Ark, has disappeared mysteriously, and
no trace of him can be found. So far as
known his accounts are all right. Foul
play is suspected.
WEST POINT, Miss, is to have a new
bank with capital stock of $4,000. West
Point is rapidly becoming one of the best
commercial towns in the State.
The Cleveland Chair Factory, located at
Cleveland Tenn, was burned on til 18th,
involving loss of $4,000. Two hundred
hands are thrown out of employment by
the fire. The owners say they will rebuild
at once.
The business failuees for the week end
ing on the 18th number 227, as compared
with a total of 2l1 last week and 220 the
week previous. For the corresponding
week Of last year the figures were 2O2.
ADvICEs as to the cotton crop are less
satisfactory, and in Louisiana, Mississippi
and the Eastern Gulf States the yield will
fall below last years, but the market drags
because the previous price was fictitious.
PAULINE Mccoy, negro girl aged 10,
was hanged at Union Springs, Ala, on the
18th for the murder of Annie Jordan, A.
year white child, last February.
Ar joint meeting of all the cracker
bakers between Pittsburg and the Rocky
Mountains, at Chicago, ON the 18th, it was
unanimously agreed to advance the price
of crackers
ABOUT fifty pickpockets "worked" the
crowd at the Blaine demonstration in
Goshen, Ohio, on the 18th, and secured
about $4,000.
THE freight depot of the Vandalia rail-
road, at East st. Louis, together with Is
freight cars and 800 bales of cotton, was
destroyed by fire ON the 18th. Loss $50, 900.
A SENSATION was created at Little Rock,
Ark, ON the 18th, by the announcement
that Maj. C. G. Dean, the trusted conilden-
tial clerk of Maj. John d. Adams. was ii
dcfaulter, aud had skipped for parts un-
known.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18

Total..................... 10 "A
50 the English working-man gets
every thing the American working
man obtained for his five dollars, and
he has $1.76 left.
The English quotations arc from the
price list of the following firms:
Kearley u Tonge. of Aldgate, London,
and Edward Pink Il Sons of the same
city. Samuel Hanson, Son Barter
also quotes granulated Boston sugar at
lis 90 per l12 lbs, which is less than
4c per ID. American currency. These
price lists are in our possession and
we invite our labor union societies, II
they have any doubts on the SUBJECT
to appoint proper committees and IN
spect them to verify these statements.
Our readers must not be misl6d and
attribute this robbery (for it can not be
called by any other name) to our re-
tail OF wholesale merchants. The
trusts aud monopOlists have got in
their work before the goods reach their
hands.
1t has been proven that compari-
son Of wages piece by piece is MOTTO our
advantage. If our artisans get more
it is simply because they use up more
bone and sinew and do moro work
Their hard earned dollars are pilfered
by trusts which Mr.. Blaine asserts
:" are private affairs" and which Mr..
Cleveland says ARE sucking the life's
blood of the Nation" 1t Is easily to
be seen that the latter is right.-CIere-
land Plain DtdiCr.
The Brookhaven leader., 1888-10-18

PRESIDENT ADAMS, of the Union
Pacific, thinks that the Interstate law
is greatly responsible for the demoral-
ization in railroad affairs and that ex-
pericnce has shown that it is not based
upon sound principles, The inability
of roads to make lower rates on traffic
between intermediate local points, he
says, has the effect of driving the bust
ness away from large points and the
prohibition of pools is leading to a
general consolidation of roads. The
weaker lines being unable to compete
against strong lines on even terms
will be forced out of existence and the
strong lines will absorb them.