The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-05-21
DRIFT OF OPINION.

DO you think Harrison will SAt
a second term?" "On the contrary 1
think the people would be willing "
commute his first. IN. Y. Sun.
On the basis of the vote at the re-
cent election the Democrats will carry !
both Rhode Island Congressional dis |
tricts in November. Albany On. W
Argus.
The ninety-eight per cent. pro-
tected starch manufacturers having
formed trust, they coolly tell Uncle
Samuel to "keep his shirt on."-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
Not long ago some of Mr.. Ran
dall's old Philadelphia friends raised
fund of $50, oOO which they offered him
as a mark of their respect for him. But
he respectfully declined to accept 1t.
He could not receive money reward
for doing his public duty.-Butfalo Cou-
rier.
Governor Campbell says the
steady Republican losses in Ohio are
due to the young men, who arc almost
solidly on the Democratic side there.
1t is very much SO everywhere. Tho
| Young voters are not declining to look
at the new moon out of reverence Tor
that ancient institution, the old one.-
Boston Herald.
County convention after county
convention in Illinois instructs its dele
gates to vote to mako the nomination
of John M. Palmer for United States
Senator in open convention. There Is
no longer any doubt that the Gladstone
of Illinois will be so nominated, and
when SO nominated he will carry the
State against Farwell or any other mill
ionaire the Republicans can induce to
open his barrel.-St. Louis Republic.
Some carpet manufacturers OF
: Philadelphia told the House committee
on ways and means that the proposed
increase of the duty on carpet woods
would make the raw material for In
; grain carpets cost more than the carpets
now sold for in the open market. These
manufacturers have yet to be inductet
into the philosophy OF this style OF leg
/ islation, that 1.-The higher the duty thu
: lower will be the price to consumers. y
l Boston Transcript
For Sale Everywhere. : Quay
t Soap. Quay's Soap. For Sale by al
D Druggists! 81 used your soap wit
great effect in the last campaign
BENJAMIN Harrison. Il know just hoy
YOUR soap is made and heartily recon-
d mend it."-John Wanamaker. 'lf ha
more of your soap l should not now b
: in the soup."-J. B. Foraker. Quay
II Soap. Best in the World for Politics
! Complexions.-N. Y. Commercial At
. vertiser.
u Mr.. Isaac Clements, a stout an
J able-bodied Republican politician, ha
u been appointed pension agent in Chic;
y 60 in the place of the widow of bray
D. Colonel Mulligan, the famous command
u err of the Mulligan Guards, who W;
y killed in battle. Our soldier Presidel
y was not ashamed to make this chang
IS and ex-Congressmen Clements was NJ
n man enough to refuse the place. b
III such d transaction ought to open tt
G ewes of the veterans. Islander.
I. Where viii You Get the Remedy
u. "Too much corn" observes the Phil
q delphia Press, ''has made corn chez
q, and cut the farmers profits, and tt
OF remedy is not in more corn, but in mo
is factories. which the Mckinley bill w
C. give" What sort of factories is t.
if Mckinley bill going to 'give?" ltct
lie tainly will n'.o give any more carp
IS factories il President John l.. Housto
wv of the Hartford Carpet Company, is
he be believed, and he ought to be, for
.e- is Republican and came very near
er ing Republican Congressman lnste
ed of Mr.. Simonds. Mr.. Houston and 9th
he carpet manufacturers say IN effect tn
let the duty or carpet woods "suid shut
DC. their factories, and this would not he
ms tha Wessefn farmer who Is constant
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