New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-07
world and, in any event, time has doubtless amcno
rated the gaping wounds Of an ancient tragedy


Interesting news Is received in washington Of tho
State campaign in West Virginia. Senator kenna IS
intensely dlsquIetcd over the magnificent fight Gen.
eral Golf IS making for Governor, because no knows
that the real Issue Is the Legislature and Golf Is likely
TO succeed him. Kcnna foresaw this two years ago
and did his best to retire the popular Wheeling Con
gresham to private life. All the surplus energy Oh
the Democratic Congressional Committee, OF which
Kcnna chairman, employed TO defeat Coli.
AS the normal Democratic majority In the district
was 200 this should not have beep difficult. kenna
spent the weeks before the clectontn the State man.
aging the campaign In person. few days before
the voting he elegraphcd Phil Thompson, his colleague
on the committee
ave have got GoG knocked in the head sure. There
won't be any comeback ativcncss to him this time''
Still later the outlook was so good that he tele-
graphcd Ben wilson, West Virginia Democrat who
has place in the Department OF Justice -
"Gon is laid out sure Glorlfy."
Wilson is practical person and he waited until
the returns were in before gorifylng' The latest
returns showed that Golf had increased majority
and the Republicans had made gains In the Legislature
which promised to give them majority in 1t in 1888
No one wonders at Kcnna's absence in West Virginia
now Nobody received instructions from him this
year to glorlfy over COTS supposed defeat. He has
too much his mind.
There Is pretty little city in Michigan. about
thirty miles from Detroit, called Ypslanti. 1t was
named for Demctrus Ypsilant, the Greek patriot,
who died I'm 1882 after life devoted 10 securing the
freedom of his country. Captain +. p Allen, Congress-
man from the nth Michigan District lives at Ypsilanu
He addressing largo Republican meeting there
a day or two ago when in the midst Of his argument a
tipsy voter on the edge Of the crowd shouted.
Allen, whats the matter with free whiskeyl'
Quick fash the Congressman replied,
"We. my friend you ought to know all about that
Then the crowd laughed so that the man felt called
upon to leave the hall
1t at Ypsilanti also that Senator Palmer in the
campaign two years ago, had a funny experience with
a noisy spectator who perhaps the Identical gen.
tleman who interrupted Allen and In which the Sen
ator scored great point for the argument of protec-
ton TO American Industries. The Senator going
in his usual good natured conversational tone when
he was rudely interrupted by IN the audience:
Senator Palmer the man began. "Thcy say you
have very elegant house in Washington
Put him out. Put him out" shouted the specta-
tors.
"Oh no. don't do that said Senator Palmer.
There is nothing like so much conversation.
like to be interrupted, 1t gives time to rest
and amuses my hearers. Come right up here, my
friend, where you can have fair chance. Now what
Is your question:
"well, Senator resumed the man. "they say there
Is one room in your elegant Washington house that
cost 100000 that It is finished in mahogany, and that
you were required to pay no duty the mahogany,
as 1t IS admitted free; and yet you go in for duty
on pine lumber, business In which you engaged.
How do you explain thls?n
The crowd were startled at this, for tho Senator
was making strong protection speech, and the mans
question regarded by them as regular side
windern
"Now, my friend" promptly said Senator Palmer,
81 am glad you asked that question. / don't know
how much the room cost, although 1t certainly cost
more than I could have wished The mahogany cost
in the log about $500. 1t came TO New-York in an
American vessel, built by American shipbuilders,
rugged with material manufactured by American hands.
American longshoremen unloaded 1t, for which they
we're paid SO and 90 so a day. American draymen
hauled 1t to the depot American built drays, drawn
by horses raised American farm and put it into
cars built by Americans; the cars were drawn by
locomotive to a depot and thence American drays
TO the shops. 1t was worked up in Detroit by Ameri-
can abOrers paid at the rate Of from 81 so to So
day It then went through different hands, all Amerl
can. each taking his share Of tribute to Washington
where 1t was put up by Americans; and when 1t
all done had 20 borrow the money to pay for It,
The foreigners you see, got $500 and American labor
80 800. Now, my friend" concluded the Senator
the crowd ceased cheering, this illustrates the
beauty Of the American tariff. When a who
thinks he has money wants to put style the tariff
tells him there is no earthly objection, so long he
IL willing to pay for hts fun and long the bulk
Of the money which he pays out goes to our own
people. The duty on the mahogany log IS nothing.
bat IT IS sawed worked in any way, then
It must pay 35 per cent duty. If the rich man Will
dance he must pay tho fiddler
All the time Senator Palmer had been making his
point the crowd was smiling and applaudng the COM
plcte answer he gave to his noisy questioncr. They
cheered Justify at the conclusion of the speech and
the doubling Thomas crowded up to the PLATFORM
shook the Senator's hand, and amid the laughter OF
the audience insisted escortng him TO the railroad
station.