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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The campaign pre- varicator set ahoat the
story that the President and Mrs Cleve-
land had shown no sympathy with Mr..
Randall during his illness. As a matter of
fact, the President was among the first TO
show his sympathy, and Mrs. Cleveland has
exhibited no want Of interest In his welfare.
MIR. Randall has acknowledged their kind
ness In letter written as soon as he had re-
covered his strength sufficiently to hold a
pom.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The widow of Gen. Hancock will
soon occupy the handsome new house
IN Washing ton which admirers of her
late husband have presented to her Gen.
Hancock left no estate worth mentioning,
and his widow fully appreciates the gen
crosby that has provided her with a home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27
OF Course He Would

From The CourierJo1upal 0em.)
Capitalists ask the laborers to believe that the
tariff cheapens the price of goods, but the
American voter has sense enough to know that
n the manufacturer did not get high prices for
his goods because of the tariff, that manufac-
turer would be a free trader.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Chief Justice Fuller appeared in court as
practising attorney on Tuesday for, per
haps, the last time. He argued a motion
for a new trial in the case of the Illinois
Central railroad against Benton r. Wells,
and he was successful in having the motion
granted. In future he will grant motions,
and not argue them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

There is man in New York who is de-
termined not to get left in this campaign.
He has named his twin boys Benjamin Har-
rison and Grover Cleveland. He is pre-
pared for victory whether the democrats or
ranublicans win
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Is Mrs. Chanler seeking to become a rival
of Zola2 1t is stated that The Quick or
the Dead" is to be translated into French.
Frenchmen insist upon having everything
that is spicy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The New York Tribune thinks that the
republican platform ought to be ineligible
TO the most stupid mon. 1t ought to be,
but it isn't. The reason is that those who
framed it were not quite sure what they
were trying to do. The Tribune is devoting
a great deal OF its space to explanations Of
It, but the explanations are not wholly sat
islactnrY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The voice of the "Qn strikers is still for
war. They think they might as well keep
their flag flying, as they would gain nothing
by Surrendering
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Chatham county is to have the benefit of
the services of DR.. j. B. Read as one Of its
commissioners, and they are services well
worth having, as the people will soon dis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

John L. Sullivan is not as successful as a
circus manager as he was as a slugger. He
ought to apply to Barnum for points,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Mrs Donnell Sawan of Baltimore has
been granted an absolute divorce, and
"Donnie" is a free man again. Whether or
not he is happier man deponent saith not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The row among the democrats of Rich
mond county is quite interesting, but it
doesn't promise to do the party any good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Knights of Labor are quite generally in
dorsing the Mills bill They have been
studying the tariff question lately.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

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enough. haJf a uotler allsae M. nlulosi
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

IL Is probable that cigarettes send as
many persons 10 insane asyluus a, whisky,
aud yet nobody b. proposing t1 prohibit the
manufacture and sale ~ Cigarette. The
annual report Of the commissioner Of inter
nal revenue show al Increase in tho manu-.
facture Of cigarsiis.s ~ 30
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Mr. Claus spreckols, the sugar king Of
San Francisco, says that about next June
he will knock the spots out Of the sugar
trust. About that time his new sugar
refinery at Philadelphia will be completed.
The fact must not boz forgotten, however.
that Mr.. spreckes has never figured as a
public benefactor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

The New England fishermen have formed
trust Tho fisheries treaty negotiated by
Mr tleyelands administration does not
appear % have bad ia. res.ng effect upon
them, Notwithstanding the assertions OF
Senators Frye aud Hoar o. the contrary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27
The Labor Vote OF Indianapolis.

The evidence is accommodating that Gen
Harrison is not popular with the labor ole
ment of his own state. The Central laboi.
union of indianapolis adopted resolutions
hostile to him last Monday night, and
strong speeches were made against him by
laboring men. The remarkable thing in
connection with the adoption of the resolu-
tions was that they had been previously
adopted by all the labor unions Of the city,
and there was not voice raised against
them in the Central union The statement
was made, that in previous campaigns
the labor vote of indianapolis was about
evenly divided between the two great par
ties. The present indications are that the
whole of it will be against the Harrison
ticket.
II Gen. Harrison is not popular in his
own town and state can he hope for much
popularity in other states If he cannot
draw strength from his opponent at his
own home, where he is known, there is not
much probability that he can get the full
support Of his party where he is not known.
1t will be about impossible to make labor
ing men in any part of the country believe
that Ten. Harrison is their friend, or That
he has any sympathy with them. He may
be an honest man, and a just one from his
standpoint, but he looks at questions which
affect their interest with eyes that do not see
as theirs do. He may never have said that
a dollar and two meals per day are enough
for laboring man, but his entire record
shows that he has never been the friend of
the laboring masses In all the contestS
between labor and capital in his own city
he has been against labor, and the fact has
not escaped the attention of men who wo rk
in the field, factory and shop. They were
against his nomination and they are against
his election.
Without part of the labor vote Gen.
Harrison cannot carry Indiana. The re-
publicans have always controlled at least
half Of That vote, but unless all signs fail
they are not going to control it this year
The sentiment among the labor element is
against their candidate, and there is no
| prospect that it will undergo any change.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

William Rudolph, young man living in
Arkansas, heard that his fathe and mother,
who lived in Shanee, H., were not getting
along well together, and concluded TO make
them a visit aud settle their differences. lie
reached tho home Of his PARENTS on Tuesday
morning last, and al once PROCEEDED 10
make II impossible Tor them TO quarrel
again. lie killed bis father, paid his funeral
EXPENSE aud then went b. jail. His mother
is still not happy
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

Those few energetic women of st. Paul who
are trying TO raise 500, 900 for the establish
mont of headquarters Of body ofintoros.s
and industries having especial relation to
the place and work Of women in the modern
community" ought to be encouraged.
Women are gradually making places for
themselves in the industrial world, and the
time is not distant when they will be paid
the same wages MS men in cases in which
their services are as valuable as those Of
men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27

cover.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-27
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

AN EXCELLENT new use for the telephone is
proposed in the infectious wards of the French
hospitals, so as to enable the sick people iso.
lated in their sutferinEs, to have the comfort OF
hearing heir relatives voices without any risk
Of conveying infection by an interview.
a B11ND VETERAN visited the cyclorama of
Gettysburg at New York, on Friday attended
by his little golden-haired granddaughter, VINO
described the scenes to him. He listened atten-
lively, nodded his head. and appeared to get
comprehensive mental view of the whole thing,
lie had lost his eyesight in the battle
THOMAS STEPHENS a Bangor lawyer had for
client a widow living in Etna, Me. She refused
to pay him what he demanded. and he had her
arrested and thrown into Jail for debt a thing
that has not occurred there for years. He pays
her board in the jail, and she says she will make
him pay it for years before she SiveS in
A ROUGH estimate of this years foreign trav-
elers puts them at 10000 Surprising each had
a thousand dollars to spend in taking them over
and bringing them back there would be $50
COCOON Add to this all the money sent out of
the country through other channels to help and
uphold the unfortunate of many lands, and we
come 70 a realizing sense of how rapidly money
must be made here to keep up the stream Of
Injury at home and outgO abroad.
THE rattlesnakes are so thick in the immense
huckleberry patch on Blue mountain, New Jer-
sey, that the picker is compelled to wear heavy
cowelde boots and a thick leather gar nent
reaching to the neck; his weapons offensive are
a hickory club and quart of liquid "antidOte."
Notwithstanding these preveutives. several fatal
accidents happen yearly. This is said to be the
most prolific huckleberry patch in the country.
Last year $4,000 quarts were shipped from one
station alone
THE MATTHIAS VINEYARD Herald remarks:
MAN is a natural savage. He prefers the; wilds
of Maine and the AdirOndacks and the compan-
iOnSbip of his unkempt fellows and frowSy
guides to the allurementS of the fashionable re
sorts" No wonder he does. Healthy flbred
women. too, who have had winter after win
ter of fashionable variety, like occasionally to
betake themselves as far as possible from sum
mcr doses of the same thing, doled out at the
foc chi I,Iay 10
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

practically extinguished. We are going
through this annual performance now.
Enthusiastic Prohbitionists think that If
Gen. Dow were elected Mayor the rum traffic
would cease They would soon find that
they were mistaken. With the means at
command neither Gen. Dow nor anybody
else can suppress liquor selling here. With
police force large enough to allow of the
stationing of officers at the doors of sus-
pected places nearer approach to it would
be possible. but that force will not be forth
coming.
Anybody who can recall the condition of
things in the city ten or twelve years ago can
not fail to note great improvement Then
there were barrooms deliberately fitted up on
streets in the heart of the city. with scarce
one such can be found The progress from
year to year is not easily noted but decade
shows good deal. Agitation for strength
ening Of public opinion that shall lead to a
still more rigorous enforcement is all well,
but unjust aspersions of the authorities ought
to be avoided. There is no law on the statute
book that the authorities get so little assis-
lance from the public in enforcing as this law
Very few people will volunteer testimony
concerning liquor selling, or aid in any effec-
tive way in closing up the rum shops. The
authorities are practically unnssisted. Their
shortcomings are usually exaggerated and
their achievements are generally belittled.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

Rum is at last getting into prominence in
English politics. The Tory party, like the
Democrats of America, have always believed
In personal liberty" and consequently
have been the party of the inn-keepers as
well as of squires and noblemen. Through
out the whole country the publicans have
always been strong Tory props in local cleo
tions. because of the tendency of Liberal fac
tions toward total abstinence legislation
So elections have gone on without any I'M
usual developments of the influence of the
rum power. But in the local government
bill which the Salisbury government has
brought forward in Parliament, certain
clauses establishing local option in the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic will probably be
Incorporated This prospect has enraged
the publican class, many Of whom are going
over to the Gladstone camp because they
think they have been betrayed by their cid
Tory friends. In Southwark the recent
Gladstonan success is attributed partly to
this change ia the disposition Of the liquor
dealers. This change has not been question
of principle or even of expediency with the
pubicans, as the Liberal party rather than
the Tory, is the party Of temperance reform.
1t has been mere matter Of revenge. and
illustrates that the methods of the rum pow
er are INSCRIPTIONS and yindictive in Eng
land as well as on this side Of the water.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
Liquor Traffic In Portland.

1t is fair to presume that the gentlemen
who spoke at City Hall Saturday night made
the worst showing possible Of the condition
of Portland as regards the liquor traffic. The
advertisement of the meeting having an
nounced startling facts and figures" of
course the speakers felt bound to fulfill
the expectations thus aroused as far as was
possible without overstepping the truth. The
gentlemen had carefully prepared themselves
by night excursions to various parts of the
city where liquor shops can be found, and by
employing third party to purchase liquor
at the hotels. The sum total of their discov-
cries is four or five saloons and three hotels
in which liquor is sold with some approach
to publicity. In the hotels the selling is done
In rooms not fitted up with any elaboration,
and the paraphernalia is very scant The
whole Of 1t could probably be removed in a
very few minutes. Portland is now city of
10000 Inhabitants, spreading over a good
deal OF territory, and with but a small police
force. Never since it was Incorporated
has there been time when liquor was not
sold here. Neal Dow was twice Mayor and
both times did his best to suppress the liquor
traffic. Both times he failed. At the close
of his last administration citizen in a COM
munication to the Argus affirmed that as
much liquor was sold then as before Mr..
Dow's election. Ever since the prohibitory
law went on to the statute book to stay it
has been enforced in this city. some years
more vigorously than others, but as a rule
reasonably well and yet the liquor traffic
continues. For generation now it has been
the custom every Spring to pitch into the
municipal authorities and allege that but for
their negligence the traffic would have been
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
CURRENT COM M EMIT.

GEN. DOW AND DELEGATED WISDOM.
concord Monitor.l
1t will require something beside the dele
gated wisdom" OF Portland Democrats to
elect Gen. Dow mayor this YEAR,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
To Vessel Owners.

fxvHE Port Clyde Marine Railway has peen thor
Il oughly rebuilt, and Is now In readiness TO
take out all vessels in need of repairs. All work
dispatched quickly and satisfaction guaranteed
Address, W. q. STIMPS0N, JR.,
dec1Gdtf Port Clyde, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

The discovery that beer is sold in Portland
has created terrible shock in the Argus
Office. The reporter who wrote up the
meeting Of Saturday night was quite un-
nerved by 1t.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
FOR MAYOR,
Charles J. Chapman

The Argus has discovered New Yorker
who, in walk around the city, says he saw
two hundred drunken men. By the latter
part of the week the Argus will have the
whole population in state Of intoxication.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. IS.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nications. The name and address of the writer
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily FOR
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

BY selecting ST. Louis as the place for their
national convention the Democrats have no
doubt somewhat dampened the hopes of the
Chicago people that their city might become
the great convention city of the nation
With the Republican party the Lake City
has always been favorite meeting place.
OF the nine Republican conventions from the
formation of the party in 1856 to 1883 Chica
go has been selected for Eve of them. In
1856 Fremont was nominated in Philadelphia,
In 1864 Lincoln received his second nominal
tlon at Baltimore, in 1872 Grant was nomi-
mated for second FERN at Philadelphia, and
in 1876 Hayes was nominated at Cincinnati.
But 1t was in Chicago that Abraham Lincoln
received the standard of his party for the
triumphant campaign of 1860; it was there
that General Grant in 1868 was taken from a
military career to begin civil career; Gen.
eral Garfield. the most promising" dark horse"
of recent conventions, was brought forward
then, and there Mr.. Blaine received the
honor which two previous conventions had
so nearly given him. And at Chicago this
year will meet the Republican convention,
most interesting in many respects since 1860
For the Democrats no such pleasant memo
ries are associated with Chicago. Only
twice in the history of the party has their
convention met therein 1864 when General
George b. Mcclellan was nominated and the
war was declared failure, and in 1884 when
Grover Cleveland was nominated. The re-
suits of the "a convention were very un-
pleasant, and as for that of, 'S4, good num-
Der of Democrats cannot yet tell whether the
results are pleasant or not Baltimore has
been the Democratic Mecca. There, when
the old method of choosing a candidate in
caucus of the party's members in Congress
or in the State Legislature was given up, the
first Democratic national convention met
and nominated Andrew jackson for his sec
ond term. Martin Van Buren,, James K.
Polk, Lewis Cass and Franklin Pierce were
successfully nominated at Baltimore in the
six conventions from 1886 to 1852 inclusive.
In 1855 the Democrats went to Cincinnati
and nominated James Buchanan, but in 1860,
seeming to realize what poor luck they had,
they moved to Charleston, S. G. There their
luck was even worse, for they could not
choose even a poor cadidate Then their
two great factions, wearied with strife,
sought the old home of their party councils
and at Baltimore in June, 1861, Stephen A.
Douglas and J. c. Breckenridge were put
forward by the divided party. But in 1864
Baltimore was left for Chicago, and in 1868
Horatio Seymour was chosen at New York.
Then they went back to Baltimore and NOM
mated Horace Greeley. This experiment was
disastrous failure, and in 1876 Samuel j.
Tilden was nominated at st. Louis; Han
cock at Cincinnati in 1880; and Cleveland in
Chicago in 1884. This year St. Louis has
been selected, though in view of the great
probability Of Mr.. Cleyeland's denomination,
Baltimore should have had an opportunity
to return the fayors that have showered
upon German and Higgins.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
DIRECTORS.

HON. JOSIAH II. DRUMMoND, Portland, Maine,
JOHN K. DEWITT, Portland Maine.
HENRY G. HUTCHINs, Boston, Mass.
HON. PERCIvAL BONNEY, Portland. Me.
Hon. MARQUIS II. KING, Portland, Me
THOMAS A. FOSTER, M. d., Portland, Me.
HON. FRED. Il. RICHARDS, ROckpOrt, Me.
GEORGE l.. DEBLOIs, Boston, Mass.
EDWARD A MOVES, Portland, Me.
Hon. FREDERICK Robe, GOrham, Me.
FRANK K. ALLEN, Portland, Me.
JAMES YEAREANCE, New York, N. Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

The amount paid into the County in fines
and costs were not wholly through the eff
forts of the municipal officers. Some of them
came through the county officials, but all the
other items are the.exclusive work of the mu-
nicipal officers excepting perhaps some of
the committals. 1t is difficult to discover in
these figures any signs of the laxity of en-
forcenent charged by the Third Party Pro-
biDtionists. They seem to show pretty
vigorous pursuit of the rumselers
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

7, 1886, 10 February IL, 1883, the
Number Of warrants issued for search
and seizure; ............... .......... 4,2ss
Number OF seizures made on above. 942
Number of persons convicted before
the Municipal Court for search and
seizure, maintaining nuisance and
single Sale.--. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 374
Number gallons liquor seized and de-
,strcyed ;.....;........; 23,se5
Number of shops which have been and
are now closed. Observation-Disclosures. 4s
Number of houses OF ill-fame closed. o
Number of gambling houses closed. A
Amount of money received from the
sale of liquor vessels barrels etc,
from March 18th, 1886, to Feb. LIST,
1888. ............,..,:....:;.. ......,s s,22972
Amount of money paid into the county
ID fines and costs on liquor cases. $50, 1879
Number OF persons committed to the
county jail for violation Of the pro-
hihit0ry law 1877
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28

The persistent misrepresentation for po-
litical purposes as to the enforcement of the
prohibitory law during Mayor Chapman's
administration leads MS to reproduce the fig
ures presented to the Republican convention
that nominated Mr.. Chapman. From March
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-02-28
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