The Hickman courier., 1890-08-01
POLITICAL BREvITIEs.



The new Silver law passed BY
the Republicans stops the coinage
Of silver after the first year OF lis
operation.
The French have put n duty of
6OG y bushel on American corn
meal. This is n great victory fpr
Mr. William Mckinley aud his
overworked conscience.
EXGov. CRITTENDEN, Of Mis-
souri, says that none of the South
eru States will be represented at
the Worlds Fair, should the fed
eral election bill become O law.
EVIDENTLY the new apporiion-
ment, following the recent census,
will give the West both the con-
troll OF national legislation and of
the selection of Presidential can.
didates
DOES IL occur TO our friends
who are calling Mr.. Blaine ~ free
trader" that his whole free.trade
argument is for the purpose of
keeping tax of 70 per cent on
raw sugar.
MR.. BLAINE wants 10 know why
we should admit Cuba sugar free
fssfn duty, wAea CaSa ievies "A tax
on our -four; why we admit Brazil
coffee free, and yet Brazil does no
favor Of that kind for usi
e.
THE Louisville Times gives MP a
column of it's valuable space to an
Indiana man who believes that
Blaine will be the democratic can
didate for president in 1892. 1t is
too bad that such serious Jokes
are allowed to be prepctrated.
THE country Is feverish with
excitement over the Force Bill
and other Republican outrages.
A big Democratic majority in
Kentucky, even for Clerk of the
Court of Appeals, would show on
which side the old State stands.
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THERE is q whole town in South
Carolina that has not been count.
ed in the census. BY some curious
inadvertence Democrat was ap.
pointed az enumeratOr. He had
been at work only part of one
day when he was removed and
Republican appointed in his place.
The latter declined the appoint.
ment and no census has been tax.
en- of the place.
WHEN Gov. Bob Taylor, of Ten :
nessee feels an impulse to speak
strongly concerning men aud af- .
fairs he speaks strongly. lie .
cbaracterizes the Fsrce Bill as "a
reasonable, contemptible, afro
cious, assassinating attempt to
perpetuate Republican rule at the
expense of the peace aud pros.
perity of both the white and black
people of the South.r
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MALONE objects to the Force
bill. because it does not go far
enough, lie wants it's provisions
extended to the election of mem.
bers of the State Legislatures be.
cause they elect United States
Senators. The present bill takes
control OF the election of con-
gressmen on the grounds that the
Dftice is a national one, and GER
iain!y IL is equally true as TO Uni.
ted States Senator's.
-.
SO many Republican members
,f Congress have gone a.fshing
hat Speaker Reed 10 experienc.
ng renewed difficulty in getting a
Quorum, even when there is no i
sffort on the democratic side to Q
freak the quorum. The Republi.
'ans, have, therefore, reported ia +
avor OF turning out two more I
democrats and the admission of
wo Republicans. The two demo. .
rats selected for sacrifice are +
Bullock, of Florida, and Anderson I
VI West Virginia. v
e. @
TREASURER HALE has wisely u
provided against the next deficit I
n the Kentucky treasury. He '
|oes not advance the money ont c
f his own fortune either. He has o
the Frankfort banks TO c
How 3 per cent. interest on State c
IepOsits up TO 100000, and q .
'er cent. for deposits over that
mount. At the same time the v
'anks agree to pay State warrants s
'hen the deficiency arises, charg. !
ng 8 per cent. interest on the adj. u
ances. Some papers give the u
redit of this transaction to Gov. a
,uckner. r
e. u
w ifh iHo oICo Diil IN opera n
ion, giving the Republicans full !,
ontrol ot the congressional elec.
ions, what's to keep them from
lecting as many congressman as
hey may fancyf This, the LIST Ky
from time immemorial,
xcept under bsyonet rnle during y
he war, has been soundly demo- II II
ratio, but under this law they can -
eturn republican member fr ON .
he old Gibralter District just as :
eadily as from a Vermont dis. !;
rict; and this they would do If il q
Tas needed, but they think il can q
nore plausible be done in the \
istricts further South. .