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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-04

W. J. La Roche one Of Sew orh's merchants, T. A
man who believe that recreation and sport are con
ducivc to happiness long life and success I'm business,
He has lust returned from Florida, where he made
,peciaI inquiry into the conditions Of the ,olofch
people and gave tho benefit Of his observations TO the
pubc in a letter to The Tribune. which has been pub
n,hcd lie Is Jealous angler; in fact. knows all
about fish and their fi-hy ways-thclr habits, their
haunts and their feeding place. ON Ms last fishing
excursion on Eldean Lake. Canada before he went 81
Florida on a shooting trip, he captured "A salmon
weighing twenty -four pounds and eight ounces IL
was pure unadulteratcd fish, not filed up with shot
ar ANYTHING else to enhance the weight lie captured
IL with trawl but II made such desperate fight that
Mr. La Roche b,ercd both hand, before he landed the
monster IN the boat. lie 10 one Of the prondc Usher
men I'm this ncglborlOod and takcs much pleasure
in convincing the sccptca Of hi, by showing IA
Photograph Of the hsh.
February ., 1890. the day for mot Of tho open
Ing Of the Universal Canal Of DarIcn from sea to sea
was II opened No, but the mouth Of the prophetic
promoter closed from ear to ear There - a
length and breadth IN everything.
Yet little while ago. and somebody was tec-
graphing TO all the papers that the Panama Canal
looks satisfactory" Name. name Who aud where
Is hc that 1t thus, at full cable rate
speaking Of the charlatans" said the old purser'
after inspecting the Hoffman House picture gallery
&" do YOU know that wretched npsiart Iruhe Is the
royalarch cllarlatan Of the vegetable kingdom1 DO
for a Frcnchnan who eat, every thing he can swallow
Kteps a dog and pig to snuh out and root up tue
pesly things. As for me. ia raise irnics To iccd
lie dog and pig, and then let Mr.. thinaman eat
EN-
Have you read what the livery stable man says
about cheap cabs 40 use for them IN New-fork l.
the substance Of IT, In a nutshcllnot cocoanut. such
a. he usc- Why, when was the experiment of cheap
or even int0eraby dear. cabs ever tried here on
proper scale and IN proper way "scil ont mas
been the motto Of the cxperimenters far. No use
for them. indeed "cxlsting facilities too great
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NO TIME SHOULD BE LOST.

A prudent suggestion is made to the city
council by Mayor White that steps be taken
at once to prepare the plans for laying
the water mains which are expected to ar
rive in few days. Much valuable time
was lost after the receipt of the
first shipment, and for two weeks
the mains lay on the surface
of the ground while tardy inquiry
was made as to connections with the exist
ing system. until public indignation spurred
the authorities to action. The line of pipe
now paralleling the water front must be
entirely replaced, and branching from that
is system of feeders which should be
promptly connected with the large mains.
In one respect the experience of the Yes
Ter avenue work should not be forgotten.
After the main had been laid it was discov-
cred that the branch openings haa been
plugged instead of being soldered at the
water gates, necessitating expensive work
in reopening them to allow of junction with
the ramifylng service.
1t seems that such suggestion as that
of the mayor should be supererogatory, but
the blunders of the past are costly evidence
that the simplest details are likely to be
mismanaged unless constant watch is
kept upon the work.
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SEVEN HUNDRED MILLIONS,

The additional profits that will accrue to
the agricultural interests OF this country
for the current year, as result of the
passage of the silver bill, will equal or ex-
coed 500. 0O0. $50, accepting the calculations
of the New York Sun, leading Democratic
paper, which are believed to be accurate, if
not within the mark.
That paper estimates the inevitable rise
in silver at 80 cents an ounce, and that in
sympathy with this rise an addition of
s100, O00, 900 will be realized on the price of
our exportable surplus of cotton, oil and
cereals alone. But the price of the sur
plus fixes the prices in the home market,
where the bulk of the crops are sold, and
therefore a proportionate benefit accrues
to the whole product.
The San Francisco Chronicle gives the en-
tire crop of cotton for last year at 8, 347, 4O3,-
400 pounds; of wheat. AIS. 1868, 900 bushels;
of petroleum, 1,159, s69,01s gallons; of corn,
1.907. 790, 900 bus hels. We export 6922 per
cent of the cotton, 21.35 per cent of the
wheat, as per cent. of the petroleum and
3.55 per cent. of the corn. If on these per-
centages of those four staples the advance
will be $1oo O00, 900. then 500. 600. 900 is but
low estimate of the advance the farmers
of this country will realize each year from
the passage of the silver bill
1t is well to remember when studying
these figures, that in both houses of con-
gress on the passage of the bill that viii
confer these among its many other bene-
fits, every Republican vote was cast for
and every Democratic vote against it.
That is the record.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-28

they In their absurd devotion that they
either fail to see or choose to disregard the
consequences that would follow the practi-
cal application here of Mr.. CIeveland's
free trade ideas
OF course a brainy, broad-minded man
like Mr.. Chandler, is totally misunderstood
by such men as the self-constituted Demo-
cratic leaders of this state. They have no
respect for the principles OF free thought
and free speech, no comprehension OF
any party spirit which is not in
exact line with their own narrow
scheme, no appreciation of the manliness
and the wisdom of full and free compare
son of opinion in party gatherings, and,
as the treatment of Mr.. Chandler demon
strates, are as blind to the obligations
of civiiity and good breeding as to the real
interests of their party and of the country.
Democrats of Washington, You see OF
what calibre are those who elect themselves
your advisers and leaders
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Tacoma Insults Jer Chandler.


The Globe is panied to see how severely the
Democratic organ of this city plants its brogans
upon the neck OF the '.honored guest of the city"
Hon. JEFF. C, Chandler, who has been brought
upon tiresome journey of good many hun
dred miles TO officiate at the explosion of the
great Democratic skyrocket While the Globe
has nothing politically in common with Mr..
Chandler, it has RETAINED from saying any un-
pleasant things about that gentleman, or his
party, out of regard for that whole-souled hos
pitality which has made Tacoma famous. It
grieves US deeply that our Democratic contem-
porary, the organ, not the mugwump, should
SO forget its duties as to light into the
city's honored guest in such lively fashion. Il As
the Globe has heretofore stated, Mr.. Chandler Is
aDemocrat of the Randall stripe, with no liking
whatever for the free trade sophistries or the
general nobler than-thou personality of Grover
Cleveland, and with q very strong desire to see
Dave Hill nominated in 1892 All this was well
known before Mr.. Chandler came here. The
Globe knew it, the Democratic club knew 1t and
the Democratic organ certainly ought to know
it. If the latter wanted free trade preached, it
should have protested when Mr.. Chandler was
invited to speak. Now that he Is the city's hon.
ored guest and all citizens without regard to
party have been urged to give him taste of Ia
coma hospitality, when the Globe has RETAINED
from offering any unpleasant remarks, it Ger.
tainly is very shocking that the Democratic or
gan should be the first to forget the courtesy
due the city's honored guest and in Democratic
parlance jump on his neck. Is it possible tina,
there can be any cloud upon the fair horizon OF
Democratic harmony in Pierce county,
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WHY FOR cLEyELANDf

The treatment of their urgently invited
guest by the Democratic conclave at Ia
coma, simply because he ventured to COM
pare Grover Cleveland with some other
leading Democrats, indicates an uncom-
promising devotion which needs explana-
ton. The reputation of this state for hos
pitality should not be thus outraged except
for an extremely good reason, IL is well
to inquire what the reasons can be which
prompt Washington Democrats to be so in
extricably welded to the fortunes OF Grover
Cleveland.
1t has not been forgotten and cannot be
denied that he took pains to array himself
against silver even before his nomination,
and that he maintained that position un-
til the end of his term. By no public ut
terance has he recanted or modified his
opinions on that subject. Is it on this ac-
count that they insult guest for no other
reason than that he does not bow down
and worship Cleveland?
1t has not been forgotten, and cannot be
denied, that persistently and in the most
forcible terms at his command he has
urged upon congress the placing of iron,
lumber, coal and wool upon the free list.
By no public utterance has he recanted or
in any wise modified his expressions on
this subject His opinions on these sub
jects, his stubborn adherence to those
opinions, and his bitter antipathy to the
pensioning of Union veterans, are the dis
tinguishing traits of Mr.. Cleveland as q
public man of national reputation.
To swear by Cleveland and to profess
that they are in favor of free silver and
opposed to free iron, free coal, free lumber
and free wool, is to say that they are in
favor of Cleveland, but opposed to all OF
the leading issues with which he has iden-
tilted his name and which he has forced
upon their party. If the Democrats OF this
state have the courage of their con-
victions they owe it to the people OF this
state to declare without equivocation.
whether they do or do not agree with Mr..
Cleveland in respect to silver, iron, lumber,
coal and wool. These are matters of para
mount Importance to the people OF this
state, and they are fairly entitled to know
how parties who ask their support stand
in regard to these questions.
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THE CALLIopE.

Mr.. oldboy q bachelorl-Irs all over. Gussy,
my boy; Miss Smith has refused mel Gussy-I
suppose she let you down easy by promising to
be a. sister to you? oldboy (bitterly)-No,
b'thunoerl She said she'd be daughter 10 me.
Boston Gazette.
You can't blush. can you, auntiey' sNot
blush. Robert? What In the world do you
mean" why, MON was saying to pop that
the way you acted with Captain Cleayer made
her blush for you."-PhfIadelphia Times.
Il trust you are on your way to heaven 70.
marked clerical looking man 10 a chance ac-
qusinSanee on the train. mo, sir" replied the
latter Fact is, am bound for ST. Louis.-Caf.
cdeo later Ocean.
The women OF St Louis make life burden to
gripmen on the cable cars by punching them in
the back with their psrasols when they want
the cars stopped.-Calca1o Times.
kansan in Chicago-Give me a Kreutzer go
nata- Bxrkeeper-A what? Kansan-A Kreutzer
Sonata / heard it had been prohibited, and /
come from prohibition state
Adams-Well, Jones, been getting drunk
AGAIN. Jones tangrilyl-Thst's my business
Adams lpleaaantiyl-so understand.-Lv<
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SEATTLE. THURSDAY. AUGUsT as.
THE sNUBBING OF CHANDLER.

The open row which last night seemed
inevitable among the Democrats at Ia
coma was avoided. not tactfully and grace
fully, but by substituting q snub for the
more brutal form of insult at first proposed.
Mr.. Chandler was permitted to speak but
he spoke to empty benches. The president
of the convention, the representatives from
King county, and all the more important
men of the assemblage united in slight,
gree.
Mr.. Chandler, who came by invitation,
and whose coming was heralded widely
and with jealous acclamations, Is thus
treated because, as he himself puts it, he
belongs to that class of Democrats which
believes in free thought and free speech"
His offending is that he is opposed to q
change in the tariff laws that would.
by putting timber, iron, coal and
wool on the free list, plunge
this state into bankruptcy and distress;
and. further. because he does not support
Mr.. Cleveland IN his pretentions to the die
tatorship of the Democratic party; and,
further. because having opinions concern
ing the policy of his party and the rela-
tons of that policy to the well-being of the
country. he has the manhood to express
them.
The Democratic leaders and managers of
this state are not of this type. Free thought
and tree speech are of ali things what they
would suppress. For some strange reason.
ardent followers and supporters of CIeve-
land, they resent any criticism of him and
regard all opposition TO his die
Easorship as hsreucsL 30 blind are
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THE STATE PRESS.

Spokane Rsriem: sfDoes it ever occur to the
reader that cur language is utterly destitute OF
word that tells in itself that q man Is citizen
Of the United States? We are Americans That
is true, but so are Canadians. and so are Next
cans. and so is every other inhabitant Of the
American continent. North and Soath. We say
man ia Missourian, yirginian, Turnerits
-only few OF the latter-bur In order TO con-
vey the impression that he is a citizen OF the
United States we have to employ roundabout
method. The nearest approach we have to
national term is In the word "Ysnkee." That may
be agreeable to our trsnscontnental friends
from New England. but it is hardly suited to the
Westerner who was never east OF the Mississippi
river. The conditions are such that we shall
probably be compelled to go on calling ourselves
Americans, and trust to time to compel our
northern and southern neighbors to leave Us
alone with the glory of that name"
Spokane Spokesman: ssThe United States Is
not cursed with . large standing army. Each
state has loyal militiamen, and each city has
its officers of the law. Pinkerton and his al
legged detectives are not necessary to the en-
forcement OF law, unless we admit that our re-
publican form of government is a dismal fall
ure. In the near future such thing as
private officer with the power to kill-and i'm
munisy from punishment for the bloody exer-
else of that power-will be unknown in the
land. The coming winter will find the private
detective business an issue in legislation In
every state where Legislators shall sit. and it will
fare hard with the whole class. Russia may
have use for such minions. but there is no place
for them in q country like America"
Colonel visscher, of the Fairhaven Herold,
gets in hard shot at an esteemed contempora-
~. as follows: 1.-THE attention of the health on
Ger is respectfully called to the stencil arising
from slopholc near the Herald office. There
are numerous disease.breeding eesspools in and
about the city that should be attended to. and
now that the city has scayenger there is little
excuse for allowing these nauseating places to
remain"
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President PeIlerrini.

Dr. Pellegrini, the newly elected president Of
the Argentine Republic, ia Q cousin OF the cele-
brated English statesman, the late Mr.. John
Bright. His grandmother's maiden name was
Priscilla Bright. the favorite sister of Mr.
Brights father, Jacob Bright, of Green Bank
Rochdale, with whom she at one time lived.
She married Quaker gentleman of London,
named Bevan, who went out in the interests Of
science to Buenos Ayres. Mr. and Mrs. Bevan
in their South American life, maintained very
religiously all their Quaker principles, and were
much respected in consequence. Mrs. Bevan
had two daughters, each endowed with great
mental ability, one of whom married Mr.
Pellegrini, an Italian engineer, and the presi
dent of the Argentine Republic is one of the
sons OF this marriage.
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GOV. HILL AS A VOTE BUYER
He Handles the Cash Himself. From ~
to $40 Per Vote.
Henry Georpe


When Governor Hill began his career as q
practical politician by going to the polls in the
Third ward OF Elmira and buying up voters, the
prices he paid were very moderate being in
most cases only one or two dollars. But as the
practice has grown, the purchasable element
has increased, and the price OF votes has steadily
risen. mentioned in The Standard a year ago
that had been told while in Elmira of votes
bringing as much as thirty dollars apiece, but
Mr.. Wilson tells me that in the election in which
Governor Hill ran for his present position, forty
and even forty -fve. dollars vote was paid.
After serving in the assembly and getting DOS
session OF the Elmira Gazette, Governor Hill be-
came an alderman and then secured the nomi-
nation for mayor. Samuel ]. TiIden it is said,
sent him q check for 5000 to help his cam
pagn. Besides this, he collected other funds,
and putting his money "where it would do the
most good" he was readily elected Even when
he had secured the nomination for the Office of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS en- the ticket with Mr..
Cleveland, he did not stop the practice of per.
sonaily buying votes in his own ward, and citi-
zens OF Eimira had presented to them the eddy.
ing spectacle of the Democratic candidate for
the second highest office in the state Standing
at the polls in the Third ward from the time the
ballotbox was opened until it was closed, buy
Ing the votes OF all who were willing TO sell.
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Comparing the factory laborer with the
farm laborer-and every farmer is farm
laborer-Judge Rochester In his Tacoma
speech said that the former does not live
as well as the latter; that the factory la
borer ''gets more wages, but it costs him
more to lve"; ''he gets more wages, but
he does more work.; che gets more wages
but his work is worth more" And why is
a days work in a factory worth more than
days work on a farm? Because. says
Judge Rochester, 1T requires more intelii-
gence, and brain is worth more than
Drawn" The brawny, brainless farmers
will no doubt appreciate the Judges COM
pliment.
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Thomas Sfeye me-.

Though less supertitious than the women, the
men regard us with a different order Of sus-
picion. To some we are mysterious strangers
spying out the country; to others we are secret
police. In either case we have sinister designs
on the people. The most common form Of sus-
picion is that we are secretly engaged in num-
bering the people and assessing the property 70
the purpose of increasing the taxes. An attempt
to photograph q house produces considerable
excitement. To the peasants this is proof posi-
tive that aggressive measures in the nature OF
heavier taxes will be the outcome of our visit.
The peasants themselves are as chary of the
camera as the most timid and suspicious of the
East African tribes which the writer met last
eu,nmar
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-28
Ferocious Rooster Nearly Kills . Baby
Cafhlarnet Eazetfe

Frank Warren, who lives on s. F. Albert's
place, IN Skamokawa, had little child almost
killed by rooster Tuesday. The rooster is OF
the Legnorn variety, and very vicious, and
never hesitates to attack anyone that comes
within his reach. The child, which is about q
year and q half old. was out in the yard when
the rooster attacked her, knocking her down
and infiicting with her spurs two deep gasnes
over the left temple, and making an ugly
wound over the right eyebsll. Had the rooster
struck her . little lower it would probably have
ruined the eyesight OF the left eye. The child
will recoyer
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-08-28
BRIGHT NoRrHwEsr NEWS.

Last Saturday George Hathaway and party
OF hunters went up on the head waters OF the
Eokomin for deer hunt They had not been
out more than three hours when they started
four deer. With well-directed shot they sue
ceeded in killing fine buck that weighed 200
pounds and was in prime condition. This un-
surveyed region beats the world for cougar,
bear. wildcat, deer and elk hunting. Fishing is
lmmense.-CuthlametG Gazette
Herman Buchner, q German, 35 years old, was
killed at Hamilton August 10 while blasting.
piece OF a log struck him on the side of the
head, breaking his neck.
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Call for Republican Convention

general convention of the Republican party
of Washington is hereby called to meet in the
city OF Tacoma, on Thursday, September 25
1890. at o'clock p m, for the purpose OF nomi-
mating q candidate for member of congress, ap-
pointing new state central committee and for
the transaction OF such other business as may
be presented.
The basis Of representation hereby called is as
follows
One delegate-at-large for each county, one
delegate for each 100 votes and one delegate for
each fraction thereof in excess of fifty votes
cast for Hon. John L Wilson, Republican candi-
date for congress, at the general election held
October 1. 1889.
In rspreseutation as fclloWs:
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Queen victoria Desests Cigarettes.

Queen Victoria has an intense horror OF
smoking, and it is strictly prohibited at Windsor
castle, at Baimoral and at Osborne. This, in
deed, is one of the main reasons why the
visits of the Prince of Wales 70
his august mother are SO brief. and SO
few and far between, for the heir apparent 70
the English throne ia so little accustomed TO the
sef-denial and SO fond of smoking, that he Is
scarcely ever to Re seen for an hour together
without cigar or cigarette between his lips.
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A Scene in the House.
From Life,

The speaker ito the gentleman from Indiana.
who has just called the gentleman from Illinois
an ass)-Does the gentleman from Indiana with
draw the epithet?
The gentleman from Indtana-I withdraw the
language, Mr.. Speaker, but maintain that the
gentleman from Illinois is not in order.
The gentleman from Illinois-How am / out
of order?
The gentleman from Indisna-Probably vet
erinary surgeon could tell you.
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TOtal- 55I
1t 10 recommended that the Republican
County Central committees call primaries for
election of delegates to the several county con-
ventions on Tuesday, September Is, 1890, and
that Republican County Conventions be held
on Saturday. September %, for election of dele
gates as hereby apportioned. Pursuant to the
action of the last state convention, each county
convention is requested to elect alternates as
well as delegates so that their representation in
the state convention shall be by duly elected
delegates or their alternates only. In case
delegate and his alternate are both absent, the
delegation be authorized to cast the ote
1t is recommended that Republican County
Central committees hold ther primaries for
election OF delegates to county conventions
under the provisions of the act of the legisla-
ture approved March q, 1890, and that at the
primaries each person offering to vo To shall, II
challenged, subscribe an oath that he is quail
fed eleetor OF the precinct in which he offered
TO vote and q member of the Republican party.
BY order of the Republican State Central
Committee.
JOHN F. CONVEY, Chairman.
H. w. FAIRwEATHER, vice-Chsirmsn.
JSo. d. GEoeHEGAN Secretary,