The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-08-25

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the Empire State to the Demo-
ciacy. This customer te be sure,
is a Patriot with an exceedingly
large P. He says as much him
self, but like many of that ilk,
unfortunately he Is unequal to
the pecunlary demands of Il labor
of love. lie would like the Com
mittee to advance him, say few
hundred dollars for travelling ex-
penses and incidentals. He will
try not 10 make any further re-
QUESTIONS upon them, though If
they should think his services
worth $50 or $50 week IA
mere bagatelle to what he might
pick up by remaining at home
he of course might bring himself
to the point of accepting 1t in the
same spirit that a public officer
draws his salary.
Some of the speakers who will
figure most prominently IN this
campaign, are Representatives
Mills, breckenridge, of Kentucky,
Macmillan, of Tennessee, Sunset
Cox Speaker Carlisle and Sena-
tors Vance and Vest.
Returning to Indiana, the feel
, ing is that ex-Governor Porter
put his party in the worst possi-
Bile position by his peculiar tac-
| tics Of flirting with the Conven-
ton. 1t was generally conceded
that his personal popularity would
give great boost TO Harrison.
The inside history of it all IS as
PLAN as a pike-staff. Porter was
Il warm Gresham man and had
nothing in common with the New
Dudley ring which thrust the
nomination of Harrison upon the
party. This is his revenge.
Even bets were made at some of
the fashionable up-town cafes
when the news came IN, that
Cleveland would have $4,000
majority IN Harvison's State.
"Who Is Hovey, anyhow" the
people are asking, just as few
months ago they werc asking
"who is Hanison?"
SAD TALES or THE TENEMENT.
Fast upon the heels of the ter>
rlble calamity Of twenty people
roasted in Il tenement fire, comes
the news of an entire family
swept away in the burning of
another of these human rookeries.
This sort of thing is getting to be
so common in New York, that it
hardly excites comment. The
true tale of the tenements would
have TO be traced IN blood. If it
shall ever be written it will touch
the chord of human sympathies
more powerfully than any fiction
that has ever been constructed to
harrow human feelings.
One of the most pathetic chap
ters of the story might, after
Hood, be called the "Song Of the
Shirt. = / am reminded of it by
the testimony given yesterday be-
fore Congressman Ford's Com
mittee, which has been looking
into the abuses of our immigia-
ton system factories testified that
in SIX years their wages had been
scaled from $40 to less than SO d
week, by the competition of inn
ported paupcr labor. Three dol,
lars week In New York City,
means starvation. In fact, q
person can hardly slarye decently
on SO small an amount. Yet the
testimony shows that the import
ed Jews from Hungary, Russia
and Prussian-PoIand think moth
ing of working for 50 week anc
supporting family of five or SIX
| upon it. These people, especially
those from the colder provinces
of Russia, can suDsist on food
! that to the American stems abso.
iutely repulsive. | had occasion
once 10 observe life among some
of the most squalid tencments OF
the city. | learned as matter
of fact, that some of these Rus.
sian-Jewish families had eater
nothing but raw fish-oil for days
BARgIs HEWITT IS wILLIN.
Gotham's ilnporturbable Mayor
| the Honorable Abram Stevens
Hewitt, late Of the House ol
Repi esentatives, ruflled the poll
teal waters TO a considerable ex,
teut a day or two since by sort
of pronunciamento to the voters.
The mayor has said all along that
he did not care a snap for office
and wouldn't run again. Now
he has seemingly made up his
mind to allow himself to be led tc
the sacrifice. and that was the real
occasion of his stateEseni, .JIg
says he does not want to be nomi-