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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
DRIFT OF OPINION.

E@ Stranger (noticing red bandana
floating above the door,: democrats,
l reckon" Man in front door: Not
so bad as that, stranger; its the sher-
i'll. Chicago Inter Ocean.
s@The mugwumps can not teach
the people that it is wrong to mention
II suppression of the colored vote Of
the South, or stop efforts for the right
in this Observation-Disclosures Post.
h0There is a political revolution
in Carrollton, KY. There is a Repub-
lican club composed of 25O white men,
and among them are forty-fve men
who have always voted the Democratic
ticket.
rwEx-Congressman Scoville. Of
Buffalo. n. Y. Democrat who was
popular enough to run 1000 ahead Of
his ticket and to succeed Cleveland as
mayor of Buffalo, is out for Harrison
and Morton.
@- The fact that the lion and the
unicorn have taken the stump for
Cleveland and Thurman is not calcu-
lated to hurt Harrison and Morton in
the estimation of the Irish. -Patriek
Ford, in North american ReUieU.
ASThe law partner of Senator
Turpie and nephew of the late Vice
President Hendricks, w. S. Pierce, of
Indiana. Democrat, is reported as
saying he will "work and vote for
Harrison and Norton" and tina.
Harrison will carry Indiana by at
least 5000 majority" 1t will now be
the proper thing for editors of post
Offices to denounce Pierce as "hoss
ief."-Utico Herald.
~Ex-Mayor Henry L. Fish, OF
Rochester, n. Y, writes to friend at
Anastota: Il am for Harrison,
although. as the saying goes, / have
been voting for jackson all my life"
Mr.. Fish adds: Il want to vote for
an honest Statesman; a soldier who
helped to save the Union; man who
has standing at home: who will
bring to the great Office of President
clean record, a clean character; one
who will maintain the dignity of the
Nation at home and abroad"
REIt is understood here that Gen.
eral James A. Walker, who was elected
eight years ago Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia on the Democratic ticket
with General Kemper, has announced
his determination to vote for Harrison
and Morton. His friends say that he
has for some time past been dissatis-
fed with the Democratic plank on the
the tariff General Walker is leading
lawyer in Pulaski, which has recently
been largely developed in the way OF
zinc and iron ore.-Richnsopd va
Dispatch.
b6I am a high tariff man and
protectioaist. and for the reason that
/ am an American and a friend o.
American labor. No working-man
has ever called for reduction, and no
reduction should be made until it il
demanded by the people We need no
tariff tinkering. We want protection
from one end of the country to the
other; touch not the tariff, raise the
duties so high that not single article
of foreign manufacture can come in
T. " Poacderlv, General Master Rorh |
man, Knights of Labor.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
CANDIDATE BROOKS.
An Object Lesson in Third Partyism
Which Can't BE Misunderstood.

An ODJect Lesson In In1rQ fArIylSm
Which Can't Be Misunderstood.
DR.. John A. Brooks in his letter of
acceptance denounces the Republican
party as 1.-The contamination of human
selfishness and infamy," and speaks
of himself as a man actuated only by
motives of Righteousness and all that is
noble and good and true. The other
day this same man said from a public
platform at Decatur, ILL.,: II have
been rebel, Shareholder and fire.
eating Democrat. but thank GodI have
never been Republican, and l have
not that sin to answer for"
Friends of public decency hoped that
such an utterance would be consid-
cred sufficient cause for removing this
ill-bred, uneducated and coarse black
guard of an ex-rebel and ex-slave-
holder from the National ticket of the
third party, but he has been permitted
to accept and is now soliciting the
suffrages of the American people
North and South for the high Office of
Vice-President, posing before the coun-
try as a man of pure conscience and
noble virtues. Rev. ID. r. Lucas, of
Iowa, who belongs to the same church
with DR.. Brooks and who is lifelong
Prohibitionist, in an open letter to
the Vice-Presidential candidate says,
among other things:
You have been in Missouri for many years
%laT
majority, and you have been member of that
party, and what have you done in that party or
with your third party to get prohibition. Abso-
lutely nothing. l have been in Iowa and a
member of the Republicanrparty and worked
in that line, and with what result! We have
one OF the best prohibition laws in Iowa that
has ever been made, and ii is as well enforced
as any other law. I have followed no ignis
fatuus OF third party imprscticabilIty. You
have. Now, what is The result. Ny State is
prohioitory; yours is not and yet, forsooth,
because can not conscientiously follow your
method that has proven failure, and abandon
my own that has proven q success, am to be
accounted as lacking in conscience.
Aean. We have 1D.00 Prohibitionists in
Iowa OF tn at number $4,000 will vote for tie
Republican ticket and 900 for your third party
ticket. Allow me to suggest that it is possible
that the 149 may be as wise and honest as the
one. It is true that one may be wiser than f49
but IL is not very good taste nor very good NOR
ais for the one to say that he is the only honest
one.
And what is true of the State of Iowa is true
the country over
This is the language of an upright
and intelligent citizen who is actuated
not by gross bias and hatred, but by
the keenest interest in the cause of a
great moral reform.
1t is not Democrats, but Republicans
who are requested and expected to
cast their votes for this man Brooks,
In the judgment of whom 1t was a
greater sin to save the Union than to
disrupt it, and a greater sin to abolish
slavery than to traffic in human flesh
and blood. His very appearance as a
candidate is an insult to the intelli-
gence. conscience and morals OF every
loyal citizen. At their National con-
vention the third party delegates were
prolific in their denunciation of the
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
LAND FORFEITURES.
A Democratic Statement Which Is Moth
ing More Than a Collection of Lies.

A Democratic Statement Which Is Moth
ing More Than a Collection of Lies.
The Democratic Administration has
issued a pseudo-oficial statement,
which is being sowed broadcast over
the land as a campaign document,
which purports to show the land
actually restored to the public do
main." and the land recommended
for recovery by the present Demo-
cratic Administration. Its statements
are utterly misleading. however. 1t
gives 2,106, All acres as the quantity of
LANDS actually restored to the public
domain" made up of four items.
The first is decision of the Secre-
tary of the Interior that the forfeiture
of the Texas and Pacific grant carries
with it the forfeiture of the Southern
Pacific grant within conflicting limits,
amour ting to $4,000 acres. Congress
has never passed bill for the forfeit
ure of Southern Pacific lands, and
this decision. which was made for
effect, can not stand for one moment in
the courts. This is so well known to
settlers in that region that not one ap-
plication for entry on this area has
ever been made.
The second item claims the restora-
ton of 1,500, 900 acres in California of
Atlantic & Pacific railway lands.
Judge Sawyer, of the United States
District Court, in case brought be-
fore him some years ago, decided that
there was no Congressional grant of
these lands; hence there could be no
restoration" The road claimed the
land, the department had put the claim
on record, the court decided the claim
invalid. and now the correction of the
record is claimed as restoration"
The third item is thus explained by
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune:
The third item is restoration" Of - 400
acres OF Northern Pacific lands. Tic question
in this case was in what direction q certain
terminal should be drawn II il was drawn in
one direction the grant would take land on one
side, and IL the line was run in the other direc-
ton the railroad weuld get the same quantity
Of land Oh the other side. The railroad got its
81 100 in any event and no lands were saved 20
the public domain.
The fourth item claims the restora-
ton of 26,017 acres in Iowa of Sioux
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
FACING BOTH WAYS.
Clevcland's NauseatlnS' subserviency
the Southern Brigadiers.

Clevcland's Nauseatlng' subserviency to
the Southern Brigadiers.
MIR. Cleveland's hypocrisy has been
shown in many ways. but in none more
strikingly than in his trucking sub
servlency to the brigadiers, who by
fraud and force in the Congressional
elections of the Southern States have
managed to secure control of the
House and with it the power TO die
tate the policies of the Democratic
party.
When he was nominated in 1884. Mr..
Cleveland took occasion in his letter
of acceptance TO say that a second
term should not be given to any Presi-
dent, because the desire for renomi-
nation and a reelection would tempt
the incumbent of that Office to use the
patronage and power of the admins
tration to aid his ambition to become
his own successor.
In many subsequent public utter
ances during the first two years of his
present term, Mr.. Cleveland took occa-
sion to denounce all participation in
politics on the part of officials as
dangerous to our form of government
and detrimental to the public service.
But sin ce he resolved to force him.
self on his party for a denomination he
has changed his tune, and for more
than a year past he has more openly
and more persistently made use of his
official position to aid his political as
pirations than any previ Gus President
ever did
All his appointments to Office during
the last eighteen months have been de-
signed to promote his chances of re-
nomination, and there is no room to
doubt that his adoption of the ex-
ploded Calhoun policy of free trade
was solely designed to secure the sup
port of the brigadiers in the National
convention.
He has not hesitated to use the veto
power as means of coercion when
ever it has seemed necessary to bull
doze Northern Democrats into an I'M
willing support of the Mills bill.
"There is an Allentown for every
Sowden" has been the watchword of
the administration for many months,
and that policy has been pursued so re-
lentlessly that when the Mills bill
came to final vote in the House only
four Northern Democrats had the
courage to vote against it, although it
is well-known fact that a majority
of the Democrats in every Northern
district. like all their Republican
neighbors, are wholly opposed to the
free trade tendencies of that destruc-
tive measure.
What mockery it is to talk about
the enforcement of the Civil-Service
law in the case of petty clerks when
the head of the administration and all
his chief appointees are using all the
power and patronage of their official
positions to gain votes for the Demo-
cratic ticket in the coming election.
The American people have no liking
for a hypOcrite, and they will not in
dorse the double dealing of Mr.. Cleve-
land this year or any other year
Denver (COL.) Republican.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
REVIVAL OF PATRIOTISM.
Seneficent Effects Of John A. Brooks
Reasonable Haranxues.

Senehcent Effects of John A. Brooks
Reasonable HaranSues.
In the nomination of John A. Brooks
for Vice-President the Prohibitionists
unwillingly contributed largely to the
awakening of patriotic sentiment
However it should be, the fact remains
that there is strong feeling in patri-
otto hearts against the representatives
of the old South. Treason is not so
soon to be forgotten that one of its
representatives can be placed on a Ma
tional ticket without strong protest
and earnest condemnation. The Pro-
hibitionists may feel that they are the
special instruments to awaken a new
sentiment and create a new order Of
things, but they are not There are
other parties as wise and liberal IS
they, but none have yet felt that they
dared go so far even where inclination
so to do is stronger. Others had the
wisdom better to measure the state of
popular feeling and fathom the depths
OF patriotic sentiment. True, almost a
OF peace to-day from the scenes of war,
the Grape has been taken from the
door-latch, and the graves have grown
green, but the spirit OF patriotism
does not slumber. and treason is not to
be rewarded. The recognition of it,
however remotely and unthinkingly it
may be done, stirs the depths of the
patriotic sentiment to an active re-
mOnstrance and public rebuke. Not
content with the sentiment his nomi-
nation aroused, the candidate must
further awaken this spirit by speech.
In his words, Il have been a rebel,
Shareholder and a fire-eating Demo-
crat, but, thank God, l have never
been Republican. and have not that
sin to answer for, ;" is found senti-
ment that will be denounced not by
Republicans as a party, but by the
sentiment OF patriotism that is above,
beyond and stronger than all parties.
When the attitude of the Republican
party toward rebellion is remembered,
not in partisan, but actual sense, pa
thence itself becomes exhausted in
hearing the declaration that rebellion
is less sin than Republicanism. This
does not come from a man whose words
may be regarded IS the idle vaporings
of a buffoOn or the boast of braggart,
but from one whose personality as
merged into his party, of which he is,
to a degree, the embodiment. The
source of this utterance is authorita-
tive enough to awaken that sentiment
of PATRIOTS N which materialiZed into
armies when Mr.. Brooks was under
the flag of secession. A candidate for
high Office can afford to antagonize
party and partisan policies, but no man
who seeks popular favor or personal
respect can with immunity antagonize
that patriotic sentiment which is not
partisan but National. This sentiment
is in all parties, and the words of Mr.
Brooks will create antagonism against
him even in his own party. His words
will not be interpreted as a fling at the
Republican party, but will be accepted
as a sheer at patriotism. Mr.. Brooks
may regard this sentiment as lightly
now as he did in 1873, but the rebel
lion was accepted as no jest, and the
sentiment that crushed it then will not
brook its boastfulness now.-Chicdgo
Current (Ind.)
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
READ THIS CAREFULLY.
Tables Showing That Protection Has Low
cred Prices on All Commodities.

Tables Showing That Protection Has Low
cred Prices on All Commodities.
Pains have been taken to gather the
prices of many articles and necessities
in this country and to compare them,
with view to determining whether
the protective tariff we have had in
force for many years has resulted
benefcially or disastrously to the pur-
chasing power of our people.
The following tables, containing
few of them. will be Endorsed by all
whose recollection or experience has
given them acquaintance with the ar
ticles named, and which have been col
lected from most authentic sources:
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

"bloody shirt" The nomination Of
the man Brooks and the fact that his
name remains on the ticket in spite OF
his abominabl mouthings will open
the eyes of great number of honest
and sincere, but misguided temperance
reformers, as to the true character OF
the third party movement This
coarse ex-slave holder, still wearing
the stains of his hellish traffic, will
prove forcible object lesson in third
partyism. -Minneapolis Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30
REPUBLICAN, HYMN.

(Air: "Dort"D
Republicans, awake!
Once more fer country's sake
There's work to do:
With purpose stern unite
Fer L. berty and Right,
And put to headlong 4. gnt
The Bourbon crew,
Vile Fraud the ballot stains,
Corruption holds the re;ns,
In place and power;
o save our Ship of State
With all her prec Gus freight
Fo- hidden rocks await
And tempests lewerl
Who stormed Resaca's height
At Peach Trees stubborn EgEtf
Whose valOr won:
While Rebel bullets sped,
While loyal heroes bled,
Who on to victory led!
Brave Harrison!
Again his country calls,
And in proud Senate halls
HIS voice is raised;
For right against the wrong
He speaks with fearless tongue,
A statesman pure and strong.
For wisdom pralsedi
Son OF the Hoosier State,
Our chief we nominate,
We love thy namei
Around thy patriot line
Historic glories shine
Like honors shall be thine
And equal fame!
~. B. Hamilton. in " Y Tribune
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

Salt, nails, groceries, clothing and
every other necessity entering into and
supplying essential demands of our
people have lowered in like proper
ton under the competition that has
been fostered.
Free trade never gave our people as
low prices as they have to-day, and
yet while all the necessities are lower
in price, wages are much better than
they were in free-trade years.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

~One of the most notable remarks
of Grover Cleveland was that ''the soil
remains in its place" The people will
gladly, in November. show him the
difference between Grover Cleveland
and the soiL--PsoriG transcript
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

H9TNo amount of free-trade theory
can throw over the first law of nature.
Self-preservation and self-protection
are one and the same thing.-IndianaP-
obs Journal
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-08-30

Respectfully inform all who intend
building in Manchester and vicinity
that they are prepared to furnish
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-20
CONTEMPT OF COURT.

While declining TO take second
place TO anyone in respect and vener-
alton for the Supreme Judiciary, or
in ready willingness to accept and
abide by its rulings and decisions,
we cannot help thinking that it has
been little extreme in its construc-
tion of Contempt of Court"
AS our readers well know, the
Supreme Court decided sometime
ago that the publication of proceed
ings in certain sab .judice case
was Contempt of Court - and the
press has been warned that by pub
fishing proceedings in any case un-
der trial, prior to its close and the
finding of verdict, it renders itself
liable to the charge of contempt" f"
This finding, we believe, is scarcely
in harmony with the present spirit
and practice of American, British,
ond Colonial courts.
We can understand that in certain
exceptional cases there may be good
and sufficient reasons for delaying
publication, or altogether withhold
ing from publication. Such cases
are usually conducted with closed
doors in other countries, and should
he in this country. But to us it
seems an anomaly that any testi-
mony which is considered proper to
elicit in open court, and in presence
of as many of the public as care to
look on and listen, should be con-
sidered improper to record in public
print, on the ground of liability to
prejudice the case. If a truthful
publication of the testimony pre-
JUDGES the case, so does the pub
lie hearing; and if the publication
is constructive contempt of court,
so is the public talk of the same
matter.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-20

st. Johns, March S.-On Tuesday
Governor Blake received the follow
ing telegram from Lord Lans-
downe:
1t is considered by my Govern
ment that, if your Government APP
proves, the time would be convenient
for discussion of the admission of
Newfoundland to the Federal Union.
and that no difficulty would be likely
to arise in arranging the terms.
Under these circumstances, could
you send a deputation to Ottawa
with power to negotiate? In our
opinion, the deputation should re-
present the Opposition as well as
the Ministerial party, and as the
Canadian Parliament's session has
begun and may be short, we would
suggest the expedency of the depu-
tation sailing by the steamer of the
10Th inst. LANspowNE.
Governor Blake replied yester-
day as follows:
l have received your telegram and
laid it before my Ministry.
This correspondence causes o
sensation.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-20
THE
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1888.
THE RECENT REVERSAL IN
JAPAN,

The wonderful changes in Japan
since 1868 have been interpreted as
indicating the entire subversal of
the Asiatic style of political and
social usages. The appointment of
Ministers of State responsible to the
Mikado, and his oath to provide a
new form of government, based on
the welfare of the people, were in
the direction of this line of upheaval.
But the proclamation of the imperial
rescript of Dec. 25, 1887, is like q
stroke of lightning out of a clear sky.
1t would seem as if the liberals of
1868 had become ultra conservatives
in 1887. A parliament, to assemble
in 1890, with cabinet responsible
through it to the suffrages of the
people was promised anew in
1881. But apparently the sweets
of office have intoxicated the
men, who clambered into official
positions under cover of q clamor
for popular rights. We have heard
of late that American ideas were
not popular in Japan. 1t was
thought by japanese officials, as by
Hawaiian officials here, that too
great liberties would be taken by
the people if they should become
the virtual rulers in the Govern
ment. A reaction has set in. Bis
mark and his iron rule has become
objects of admiration to the Japa-
nese officials, just as the Sultan and
Turkish absolutism seemed to Kala-
kaua Rex, the most admirable model
for his Hawaiian Kingdom. With
this idea, instead of the large sums
of money at first devoted to pur-
poses of education and internal i'm
provements, millions have been
spent on military and naval arma-
ments. Even the railroads built
have been pushed forward with
view to mobilizing the military
forces. The newspaper press was
muzzled. BY the decree mentioned
above, suspicious characters have
been banished from the capital. The
present ministry seem to be masters
of the situation. The prospects of
constitutional government in Japan
seem clouded now by this recur-
renee TO the measures and methods
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-20
BY AUTHORITY.
TENDERS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTHY
Honolulu, II. l., Feb. %, 1888.
Sealed tenders will be received mt
the Office of the Board of Health
until II o'clock noon, SATURDAY,
March "a, 1888, for the sale to the
Board OF Health Of 200 head or less
of . to , year old hcIisrs, suitable for
breeding.
One tender to bc for the delivery
of the cattle on board the vessel, and
another tender for delivery of the
same at Kalaupapa, Molokai.
The President does not bind him
self to accept the lowest or any bid
N. B. EMERSON,
President of the Board of Health.
rs 9t
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of Oriental absolutism. But the
reverses that have thus come upon
the friends of constitutional govern
ment in Japan must be only tempo
rary. While the Hawaiian move
ment of June 80 was in the direc-
ton of popular sovereignty and
national progress, the reversal of
Dec. 25 in Japan seems to he tenn
porary setback in the direction of
absolutism and CHsarism in govern
mental affairs.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-03-20
Finance Department.
Honolulu, II. l., Feb. 16, 1888

HONOLULU, II. l., Feb. 16, 1888
Notice is hereby given to all en-
ployees of the Hawaiian Govern
ment, and to other persons to whom
moneys may be due at the Hawaiian
Treasury on or before March 81,
1888, to present vouchers for settle
ment on or before that date and all
persons having moneys ON account
OF the Government are requested to
make their returns promptly, in
order that there may be no delay in
closing the accounts for the fiscal
period ending March 81, 1883.
w. l.. GREEN.
6S If Minister of Finance.