The Ottawa free trader., 1888-07-21
Current Events.

current tVeILS'
The defeat OF the amendment to tht
tariff bill 70 take wool of the free list, BY
a liberal majority, indicates that when the
bill comes 10 vote on It's passage In the
house to-day, as is expected, II will be pass
ed by the house, and the demo cratic prom
ise OF tariff reduction redeemed. The bill
Is not all that could be desired, but II Is 6
step forward. Ii cuts off numerous excres
c noes OF the tariff of 1888 and will mate
r,ally reduce the revenues from imports
as we'll as cut down the average of tar
iff taxes from AZ per cent to about 40
The free traders have never liked the bill
it Is too conservative for them. Ii Is no,
a free trade measure-has not trace OF
free trade In II. 1t Is protective In all III
features, where any possible thought exis
fed that protection Is now necessary; and
vet In giving that protection 1t has aimed
10 give all that Ia necessary and no more
II Is Just such q bill as 10th parties IN
1884 declared In their platformes should be
passed, and one which every man, not
hopelessly monopclistic nor imDracticably
free trade in his views, can contemplate
with satisfaction as one in which the inter
been at least In measure recognized-t0r
the first time In more than 20 years.
A new party has been organized at Chi.
cago 10 be known as the Personal Rights
League license to Incorporate which
WAS issued by the Secretary of State on
Wednesday last It's organizers and pro
moters intend 10 antagOnize the prohlDl
ton movement. Excessive indulgence in
alcohol" they say, can only be prevented
by rational and liberal laws 10 be strictly
enforced 10 control the liquor traffic ty
strict laws against the misuse OF alc' hol by
exercise on the part Of the authorities OF
strict control over the manufacture and sale
of beverages, and by means of institutions
capable of improving the social conditions
Of the working classes; but II never can be
prevented by prohibition" They propose
% secure laws to prevent tOcd adulteratiOn; /;
20 improve school methods; 10 reform the
press, politics, abolish trusts, &c., &c., and
will begin by the establishment Of Il " liter
ary bureau
Gen Harrison, the republican nominee,
has hardly gotten acclimated 10 the eli.
mate surrounding the residence OF presl
dental candidate as yet; aud as psuple will
impose upon man In such position wher
he allows II, he has already, though the
campaign has not yet begun IN earnest
showed signs OF break down. His house
has been open at all times since his nOmi-
natlon-a regular" meals AT all hours" es
tablishment; he has received callers by the
hundreds at all hours of the day or night
and rs II natural consequence Is seriously
i'll from want of rest. His voice also ha
been failing him lately through eXces
sive use. His friends ought to Civ,
him u rest; and II they haven't sens,
enough he ought ID take the bull by th
horns and disappear To y place where h
can live MS man ought To he allowed {
live. II Is understood the national com
miuee will fix certain days for the recet
tion of visitors ard therefore give Get
Harrison an opportunity to avoid the senst
less rush which is slowly but, if NJ
checked, surely killing him
On Wednesday and Thursday last th
democrats and greenbackers of MiChiga
held their state conventions at Detroit an
Grand Rapids. The two parties agreed OF
fusion ticket for state officers ana eject
Ors the greenbackers being given thre
democrats the balance. In the demuCrati
convention the resolutions endorse tn
Presidents message and the st. Loui
platform. w. X. Burt was nominated fo
Governor. Ii was the most harmoniou
convention ever held In Michigan. Tn
democrats are confident of victory single
handed; but with the fusion to aid then
they feel certain that Michigan will cas-
h. ala al No. (laua1unI
Chicago has been considerably eXcite
this past two weeks over the discovery O
two serious dynamite plots; the first tina
against the Z" z" ROAD, and the second on
by anarchists to murder Judge Gary
Judge Grinnell and Inspector Bonheld
In the first, the position OF the compan
has been strengthened. by the confession
OF Bowles that thero was plot, that at
tempts had been made In accordance will
that plot TO cause damage, and that th
leaders Of the Brotherhood In Chicago wer
familiar with all the details, not only coun
tenancing the acts but assisting In tn,
details; and all we're held for the action c
the Grand Jury. The anarchist case wa
discovered through the confession of on,
of the three composing Group No. l..
AS the time drew near for the execution o
the design TO murder the three men named
who were the three men most prominen
In the prosecution Of the anarchists latel,
imprisoned and huRg,-Hronek, one of thu
three, weakened, and told his story to
prominent West Side Bohemian, VIII,
promptly carried his information to In
spector Bonneld. After his arrest Hronel
again confessed TO police officers. In Ii,
houses of the men:arrested were fount