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Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
HOWLlNG DEMOCRATS.
They Were just as UNREASONABLE MOI
in 1871 as They Are TOD y.

They Were just UNREASONABLE Noisy
in 1871 as They Are TOD y.
The frothing at the mouth by Demo-
cratic editors and speakers over the al
legged force bill" is quite familiar to
all who remember the opposition in
1871 to the Federal Supervisors law.
That law was directed particularly to
the cure of the enormous frauds which
had been practiced in New York City
and which, as Senator Conkling said, had
resulted in the return of Democratic
majorities greater than the number of
men, women, children and cats and
dogs in the districts. Originally in
tended more fc- New York City than
the South. the Democrats nevertheless
regarded the bill as one calculated to
deprive them of few fraud-won seats
in Congress, and hence they opposed it
to the utmost. They fought and fill
bustered against it and exhausted the
language of invective. The bill was
denounced in Congress as providing
"bayonet rule and 'capping the eli
max Of enormity," after accomplishing
the practical destruction of the States"
and "Outraging every sense of honor,
proprety and decency." Neverthe-
less the bill passed, and during the
years that the law has remained
on the statue book the only
fault found with it is that it is not
strong enough. The Democrats them
selves have not passed bills to repeal it
when they were in control Of Congress,
but now, when it is proposed to
strengthen and amend the act, they be-
gin to howl in much the same fashion
as they did when the original bill was
under consideration. They know the
absurdity of the outcries they make
against law calculated to prevent bal
lot-box stufing and false counting but,
Of course, they can not disclose the true
ground of their agitation and wrath.
1t wouldn't do at all to say that they
oppose the bill because it is calculated
to deprive them of some thirty seats
which they now hold in Congress by
reason of successful election villain ".
1t wouldn't sound well for them to say
! that all this excitement and turmoil
are caused by the fear that if elections
are made fair in the South they will
lose so many votes that they will have
small hope left of grabbing the spoils
| in Presidential elections. Nevertheless
| that is what hurts them. If the bill
would help them get the spoils and
plunder they would give it unanimous
support. Inasmuch, however, as it is
calculated to deprive them of fraudu
lent representation and make the
spoils of Office harder to get and more
uncertain it naturally provokes grea
| bowling and gnashing Of teeth.-Chic;-
60 Tribune.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
PAUL PRY JOURNALISM.
Mrs. Harrison's just Complaint of Of
fensive Newspaper Scribblers.

fensiye Newspaper Scribblers
Mrs. Harrison Justly complains Of the
frequent impertinent and offensive
newspaper publications concerning the
private affairs of her family The fact
that she is the wife Of the President and
that her family live in the White
House should not expose her to flippant
and oftentimes insulting publications
The household OF the humblest citizen
in the land should be guarded against
the intrusion of the reporter and pro-
tected from the offensive notoriety Of q
publication concerning family affairs
which do not or should not concern the
public. There is no reason why the
private family affairs Of President
should be held less sacred than those of
the peasant 1t is true there must
necessarily be more of the glare Of pub
licity upon the life and surroundings of
a high public official, but there is line
beyond which prurient journalistic en-
terprise should not go. Mrs. Harrison
is right in protesting againsG the con-
slant prying into the private affairs of
her family by reporters and the many
misleading statements made in the
press, statements which are of no value
to the public, and in their fiippant eX-
aggeration and Misrepresentation can
only mortify family which certainly
should be treated with respect and con-
sidera eration.-Nashvil!e (Tenn.) Banner.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
On the 21st the Newport Or. 1. post
office was robbed of S4, 900 worth OF

On the 21st the Newport (R. ~ post
Office was robbed of S4, 900 worth OF
stamps.
IHE immense flour mill and elevators
of A. A. Freeman &c Co., at La Crosse,
Wis, the largest in the State, with a
capacity of 1900 barrels day, were de-
stroyed by fire on the I'd. The flames
are supposed to have originated in spon-
taneous combustion. Loss, estimated,
$500, 600; insurance, $50, 00O
Mrs. JOHN FERTIG, of Rock Station,
Pa, prepared mixture to poison IS,
and afterwards used it instead of sugar,
which it resembled, in her cooking
Herself and husband and four children
were dangerously poisoned.
IT is estimated that one hundred
thousand acres of wheat was totally de-
stroyed by a recent hail-storm in Mani
toba.
On the 4th the United States mail
steamship Rio de Janeiro, bound from
San Francisco to Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama, while at anchor at the port of
Yokohama, was run into by the British
steamship Aggra, and seriously dam
aged. The passengers were taken
ashore in the life boats, and the Rio de
Janeiro was towed to her dock in sink
ing condition
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
GATH DEFENDS QUAY.
The Correspondent Has Something to Say
to His Fellow Democrats.

W Ills FELLOW democrats.
The exposure, as it is called, of Matt
Quay, of Pennsylvania, reminds me of
the fable of Esop, where the wolf met
the lamb drinking in the brook, and,
wishing to pick a quarrel, exclaimed
that the lamb was muddying the water.
That can not be, dear friend" said the
lamb, ''since you are upstream from
me and the brook flows down from
you" ''No matter for that" said the
wolf, your father was scoundrel, any
way" and he proceeded to eat the lamb;
from which the Greeks drew the moral
that where you want to quarrel you can
easily find motive. Quay's offense, as
far as | can make it out, was taking
money, or losing money while State
Treasurer, or when somebody else was
State Treasurer. and having it made up
by his friends. If this were all true,
what an extraordinary instance it is of
the honor of friends, for we have had
about eight State Treasurers in few
years past robbing their States, and in
hardly any case have their bondsmen
offered to put up one penny. Some
Lt0llSUiC IluSb CAlSU dHlOuS bnS
Pennsylvania politicians when they
thus lay down their lives for a friend.
1t was once said: Greater love hath no
man than this, that he lay down his life
for his friend;' but in the modern lge
the surrender of ones property for
friendship is a cause Of congratulation
and not of excuse
Tho tu of fhir1cr- &c nt accic fod
by achieving the wholesale demoraliza-
tion Of society. 1t is much better that
stability obtains than panic. These ac-
cusations are the staple of our politics,
and if everybody believed them there
would not be faith enough in the coun-
try to go to church by. / look to
a few things in man to form an esti-
mate Of his character, and among these
Is his addiction to his scholarship.
From all that lean hear, Quay is one of
the most thorough readers of general
literature in our public life. / observe
that his candidate for Governor, who is
only forty-one years old, is the son Of
State Senator, and his father was man
of influence. The son went to the col
lege at Pittsburgh and to the Harvard
Law School, took three years to the
practice of the law, then became a busi
ness man and banker and railroad presi-
dent, and generally e ffective in his To-
cality. He has been mayor of his town
of Meadville, and an active campaigner
in years past, Presidential Elector
and State Senator. All this has been
accomplished in a life of forty-one
years. The only point brought out
against the candidate is that another
politician. who wanted his place, ac-
cused him Of spending money to be
elected to the State Senate.
1t seems to me to make this state
ment of the political rival and disap-
pointed creature, the arraignment Of
two substantial lives in father and son,
is to love discord better than character,
and to set bad example as public
teacher Gath in Cincinnati Ennuirer.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
DRIFT OF OPINION.

ITS Young Mr.. Pattison, of Pennsyl-
vania, is courageous Democrat, and is
willing to work and sweat for glory.
He has nothing else in sight. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
sHThe Federal election bill is not
intended for one party or for one sec
ton. 1t is not sectional, it is not par
tisan, but it is loaded for fraud and dis
honesty wherever they may be found -
Des Moines Ia.) Register.
gS Democrats who are screaming
themselves hoarse in the throat and red
in the face over the Federal election
bill haven't said word as yet regard
ing the Democratic vote in Congress for
the free and unlimited coinage of
elghty-cent silver dollars. Albany IN.
VI Journal.
gBThe largest colored district in
Georgia is the county in which Savan-
nah is located. 1t is forty miles long
and nearly as wide, and has popula-
tion of nearly 100000, but only one
voting place. And yet Mr.. Crisp says
| that elections in Georgia are as free and
as fair as in any State in the Union
Indianapolis Journal.
sN-The Republicans have decided
| several contests for sea is in the House
| of Representative in favor of the Dem
ocrats- The Democracy will please OBJ
serve that the Republicans scorn to fol
| low the practices which the Democrats
established when they were in MAORI
| ty in the House st. Louis Globe Dem
| ocrat.
| by the death of General Fremont
we lose one of the unique figures in
| American history, man whose early
| life was long romance, and whose en-
ergy, enthusiasm and buoyancY Of tenn
pgr and whose loyalty, courage and
| honor enabled him TO do great things
| for his country.-N. Y. Mail and Ex-
| press.
70 Every civilized nation in Europe
| has a protective tariff, save England
alone; yet the free traders pretend to
! believe that the passage of the Mckin-
| ley bill will cause ''retaliatory legisla-
ton" against us! England can not do
it without abandoning free trade, and
the event will show that not single
European tariff will be changed because
Of it, Toledo (O.) Blade.
s1F@ AS the months roll by it bec)n e.
evident that Cleveland is losing some
thing Of his strange hold, and that the
alert Hill is diverting many Of the erst-
while worshipers of the stuffed prophet
of William street" If the choice is to
lie between Grover Cleveland and David
B. Hill the latter may well be regarded
as the more suitable man. Unless the
signs change, he will be formidabl Il
candidate in 1892. Minneapolis Trir
une,
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

On the ID Miss Maggie McVeigh. an
accomplished young lady of seventeen
wears, lost her life at Brattleboro, Vt,
while attempting to rescue two little
BOYS who had gotten beyond their depth
while bathing in West river. The lads
we're also drowned s
On the I'd the steamboat Mount Hope,
of the Providence & Fall River Steam
boat Company, with the regular Satur-
day excursion from Providence, r. L.,
struck on a rock near Block island. and
was badly injured. The steamer Rich
ard Borden was sent from Fall River,
Mass, to take off her passengers.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
A FREE FIGHT.
A Bloody Melee Among Italian Laborers
Growing Out of the Fickleness of an
Italian Woman who Married One While
Engaged to Another.

A Bloody Melee Among Italian Laborers
Growing Out of the Fickleness of an
Italian Woman who Married One While
Engaged to Another.
BOUNDBRooK, n. j., Aug. 5.-A terri
bic fight occurred in the Italian settle
ment, known as the Gravel Pit, in the
outskirts of Bound brook, yesterday. Two
men were killed, and two others are
expected to die The fight was the re-
suit OF a love affair. Several years ago
an Italian girl came to this country and
worked in the Bound brook mills. She
was engaged to a lover in Italy, but in
a short time was married to one of the
Boundbrook Italians.
Yesterday a brother of the Tilted
lover visited the settlement in the
gravel pit and meeting the woman,
who carried her child in her arms,
struck her over the head with bottle.
The husband interfered and in a mo-
ment the two men were engaged in a
mortal fight. A free fight among the
occupants Of the dozen or more shan ties
followed. All turned out and fought
one another viciously with all sorts of
weapons, including heavy pieces of
split railroad ties spades, shovels,
picks, axes and knives.
In few minutes the ground was COW
cred with bleeding and groaning vic
tins. During the night two Of the
wounded men died in the greatest
agony Others are in dying condi-
tion. Five arrests were made and more
are to follow.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

AT Columbus, Or mass-meetlng was
neld on the evening of the I'd, to protest
against the passage of the Lodge Fed
eral Election bill. Letters from Allen
G. Thurman, Grover Cleveland ana
other prominent Democrats were read.
Several stirring speeches were MADE
and resolutions were adopted denounc-
ing the proposed measure as menace
to the permanency Of our free lnstltu-
tions.
On the I'd Rev. Increase Sumner Will
son, a co-laborer with Garrison, Phil
lips and Sumner in the anti-slavery
cause. died at Wilmington, Del.
Russia has demanded of Bulgaria the
extradition of Captain Kalobkof, who
was convicted of conspiring with Major
Panitza against the life of Prince
Ferdinand.
JOHN MORLEY states that the opposl-
ton leaders will uphold Lord Salisbury s
German policy, and has further declared
that the Liberals will offer no party op-
position to any Of the vital provisions
Of the agreement
EMPEROR w ll4LiAN Will PhCpNh' W
Lord Salisbury a life'size portrait OF
himself in recognition OF the latter $
efforts in bringing about the Anglo
German agreement
DR.. PELLEGRIN, president of the
Senate of the Argentine Republic,
threatens to resign. President Celman
has offered every post.in the Cabinet to
leaders of the opposition, but they have
all declined. n M
"A LONDON dispa tch says that impor-
tant notifications in the claims set up
by the Uni ted States in the Behring
sea matter win doubtless hasten set
tlement of the dispute.
THE condition and complaints of ill
treatment made by the indians who
have recently returned from Buffalo
Bills and other Wild West shows now
in Europe has been set forth in letter
sent by General James OBeirne to
Thomas j. Morgan, Commissioner of In
liam Affairs at Washington. General
OBeirne points out the violation of
their contracts made by Cody and other
managers. and suggests that an inves-
tigation be made by the United States
authorities.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
MALICIOUS LIBELS.
An Attempt to Discredlt Mr.. WanAmakci
with the Soldiers.

WIN thc
Maliciously-false statements have
been published broadcast to the effect
that Postmas ter-General Wanamaker
is opposed to the appointment of vet
erans, and antagonizes them at all times
and places. Also, that the G. A. r. is
strongly resenting this policy.
Nothing can be farther from the
truth. Mr. Wanamaker was an ardent
Unionist during the war, and has a
strong affection for the men who went
to the front to fight the battles Of the
country. He has always shown them
the preference when possible.
In the Post-office Department proper
there we're Is ex-soldiers in position
outside of the civil service when he en-
tered office. and now there are 80. In
the mailbag repair shop there are ~
soldiers, sons of veterans, soldiers
wives, 16 war widows and IS soldiers
daughters, making 81 in all, or 81 per
cent. Of the appointees to places in tho
gift of the Postmaster This
is, of course, outside of the regular
classified service of clerks, ETC., a very
large proportion of whom are ex-sol-
diers or soldiers widows. In the de-
partment no soldier has been displaced
except to make room for better soldier
who was worse off, while great num-
bers of places held by civilians or
ex-Confederates have been given to
veterans.
These are facts which can be verified
by the official records. Trib.
une &c. A. R.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

lHE new pension law provides that
attorneys shall be allowed $40 in each
Ease. This does not look like an exor-
Ol'ant price for legal services, but, as
matter Of fact, it is more than a claim
any should be required to pay, consider
'ag the amount involved and the nature
ol the claim. 1t is estimated that not
l'SS Than 80, 600 applica tions will be filed
under the act and so So, 600, 900 will go
y 'he pension attorneys out of the
asg[egate sum allowed to the soldiers
Or theft heirs
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

SPAIN, it seems, has sent two war
steamers to Central America to keep an
eye on affairs in that part of the globe.
feople there are doubtless beginning
to ask what these vessels are around
ior A good many years have passed
since Spain lost dominion in that sec
tlon, and the number of Spanish citi-
sens, there is comparatively few. Nor
mas she any commercial or industrial
interests in that quarter which are en-
uahgered by the disturbance.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

Tie new revenue steamer just
launched at Wilmington, Del, has been
named by Secretary Window THE Wi
mona, after the city of that name in
Minnesota from which the Secretary
halls. The vessel will be stationed on
the coast of North Carolina, with head
quarters at Newberne.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

LIE Constitution Of the United States
:. ,,,oI ptazii' which has just been promul-
.s" s"seu' resembles ours in most respects
.on,,1 ~ = reasonably we'll adapted to the
.Ohuluons existing in that country II
mg1Iaes for the election Of a. President
ruu rnu Sice-President through an Electoral
4Toliege for term Of six Years
me members of the Senate are 70 he
ia. suosen by the State Legislature for a
.g'm OF nine years. and the membars Of
sIa IL other branch Of Congress are to be
tbroo W a popular vote for a term of
Ca C-,ee years. There is to he a Sunreme
lis ~ :. niteen judges appointed for
from me me right of suffrage is withheld
writo persons who can not READ and
in tho anu anu from mendicants, privates
Ome.s = y and members of religious
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

THE new cruiser Philadelphia seems
to be swifter even than the other fly
ers which have been added to this
branch Of the navy in the past two or
three years. In some respects, at least,
the United States will soon be able to
dub herself mistress Of the seas.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

TIE big Eastern States are awaken
ing to the knowledge that the scepter
Of supremacy, in point Of population,
will soon pass to the west side of the
Alleghenies. In 1920 perhaps in 1910,
the Empire State will be in the Missis-
zipni V1llnv
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

IT is believed that the Sugar Trust
nagnates, in deciding to abandon the
present form of organization and adopt
some scheme which is not outlawed,
sill mean mischief. The New York
authorities, however, promise to keep a
sharp watch on these individuals.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

If, as reported from the Dominion
capital, England is going to spend S2S,-
100000 in fortifying her ports on the
Pacific coast, she would better fortify
them on the land side, We will not
send the revenue cutter Rush to take
them when we want them.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

0oNE sort Of truce has been patched
up between the belligerents in the Ar
se"une Republic, but the actual condi-
'ioh o1 affairs in that nation is not ac-
t"IaOeIy known to the world. Two
mugs however, in connection with the
loVSllty can be stated with confidence.
9"o 4 mat long period of commercial
/ / preston has set in, and another is
L- t1@V 'ne European capitalists who have
9Vvn 9O'I putting hundreds of millions of
ty,iaFS IL year into that country will,
NJ Vne next two or three years at least,
@o,no e,~'o 70 look sharp to see the returns
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

one HUNDRED years ago on July 81
The first mechanical patent was issued
h. the Government. 1t was granted to
Samuel Hopkins for making pot and
earl ashes. The total number of
oatents issued during the century was
Lnna 40
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

THE Argentine Republic had more
money per capita than most nations
Int it was bad. In regard to the cir
calating medium of a country, quality IS
IN first consideration anl not quantity.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

w have been making new States so
f,st lately that the Secretary of War
has decided to curtail the National
raIute to twenty-one guns, instead of one
run for each State. rtEE
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

TIFF law which has killed the Sugar
Trust can kill the other trusts if 1T IS
enforced. 1t will be enforced when the
nublic becomes Sufficiently aroused to
tbe necessities of the situation to. de-
.ord action ----.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

An army which has more field officers
4ban nrivates is better for dress parade
than for fighting. That is what is the
rnatter with the Guate malan forces,
and they have just been finding it out.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09
TO BUY CHAPULTEPEC.
Jaw GouId's Offer of Five Million Dollars
for the Famous Castle of Chapultepec
Said to Have Been Accepted.


New YORK, Aug. A dispatch
from San Antonio, Tex, to the World
says it is reported from the City Q.
Mexico that the famous castle OF
Chapultepec, one of the most imposing
structures in the world, is to be sold te
Jay Gould. The price is understood te
be five million dollars. Mr.. Gould, il
is stated, made the offer of that sum
for the property during his visit to
Mexico some months ago. The offer
was then refused, but has now been ac-
cepted. The property belongs to thf
government The object of the pur
chase is to make the castle the wintci
home of the Goulds
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

Mn BLAINE may property feel proud
Y The fact that he is the first Secretary
u State who has ever been compliment
cd by the London papers at the expense
pritish prnmier.
Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1890-08-09

hiebeshs hh has just gone to 11314, the
years polht touched in six or seven
reacbo5g past The lowest point ever
at nav ,r.NI was u. At 129 silver would be
Much WIN WI gold under our coinage ratio.
therefoaa OLe than half the distance,
and nsr;s e' between the lowest quotation
fst11y has been traversed,