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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-01-01
r EADINa SHOE STORE IN LANCASTER.
New ResoIvesl

The old year, full of memorable events.
has yet but few hours grace, when ii
shall have become thing Of the past
another for Father Time to add to the
number of eventful bygones. With
merchants, progressive in thought and
act, old resolves and old business meth
DDS are permitted to depart peacefully
with 1t. Tomorrow the New Year will
be with us. The making of new resolu-
tions, as guides for the future, will he in
order, and many and various will be the
kinds made. Here it will be a betterment
Of business methods in the best shoe
store in Lancaster. Bettering the SER
vice lettering the grades of footwear !;
lettering the prices-in sense of cheap
ness--wherever it's possible to do so.
We're not egotistic we're neither so old
nor so wise that we may not learn. The
past has taught us mu :h in buying and
selling shoes ; the future has more in
store, and Of it we mean to be masters.
That means that while our patrons have
been we'll served in the past, accomnlO-
datiOns must and will be better in the
future-such as to merit continued con-
fidence and such favor as is theirs 10 ac-
cord. With many thanks TO the trade
for the very generous patronage extended
during the past year, we wish each and
all Happy New Year.
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Tho Palestrina society met yesterday
afternoon at the homo of Miss Pfahler,
when general discussion was had upon
several noted musicians.
Miss Frances Boyle, OF Lancaster, Is
visiting Miss Gussie Hook.
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, 1890-10-16

charter, about such q document as
Spokane should adopt, and the re-
suit has been The curbing of the
boodlers. The mayor appoints all
the commissioners and heads OF de-
partments, who are responsible to
him aud he to the people. AS re-
suit able and upright men seek the
Office, and purity of municipal gov
ernment has supplanted bribery
and corruption.
The charter commission would be
remiss In their duty IL they should
fail to heed tho costly experience Of
older and larger cities. Now Is the
time to do the work that New York,
Chicago and other cities neglected
to their cost. Ifsome such system
of government Is not devised by the
commission, the public ought to re-
ject their work. The old plan has
been tried aud failed. Let us have
no more Of II.
Merely the enlargement of the
council and the retention of the old
system would not remedy the evil.
1t would aggravate 1t.
Spokane requires well Cefined
city government, with legislative,
executive and judicial branches not
trenching upon each others func-
tions. She should not tolerate any
other proposition.
, 1890-10-16
TAXING IT HARD.

Judge Alexander Mayhem and his
faithful henchman, Francis Agnew.
have good grounds for libel against
bogus morning sheet of this city,
which has seen fit to place them in
an absurd light before its few score
of readers.
This irresponsible sheet advances
the foolish declaration that Judge
Mayhem Is chump enough to con-
test the election of Willis Sweet to
congress. Mr.. Mayhem may have
made some overwhelming political
mistakes in his checkered career,
and running for congress upon q
free trade plat form was certainly
not rilliant stroke, but his friends
will never consent To the declara-
ton that he is so foolish and
petulant as to contest the election of
his opponent.
Perhaps Mr.. Mayhem Is so dazed
by his recent defeat that he is ready
to accept the soothing utterances of
those democratic brethren who
viewed the battle from afar, and
thus stood from under when the
brick wall fell upon the faithful free
traders of fair Idaho; but even ad-
mitting this, we can not for our
part believe that Mr.. Mayhem is
quite so stupid us some of his friends
would have us believe.
Possibly Mr.. Mayhem may not
realize the full extent of $500
majority in a little state that was
rolling up democratic majorlties not
so very long ago. A single COM
parlson will assist his Imagination
to IA surprising degree. In round
numbers New York state has q
population 100 times greater than
that of Idaho, SO that majority of
$500 in idaho Is equal to u majority
of 100000 In New York state. In
other words, Mr.. Mayhew's accred-
tied determination To contest the
election of his opponent Is considem-
bly, wilder and more qtiixotish than
would have been an attempt on the
part of udge Folger to contest the
election of Grover Cleveland when
that gentleman was elected by the
surprising majority of nearly 2O0,-
600.
One hardly knows whether to
laugh or TO weep at the alleged
, 1890-10-16
THE SPOKANE PRESS

Alderman Belts has a low
opinion of the press in general. If
the alderman will do q little think
ing, and will recall the character of
the men who share his opinion, he
will learn at least to re-
strain his tongue or conceal his
sentiments. The public has doubt
less observed that the men who give
rein to such wide-sweeping denun-
Citations of the press are generally of
a character that society can very
well afford to dispense with. They
are either inordinately vain, and
smart under the skillful scalpel of the
tLained journalist, or have suf-
fered by reason of the newspapers
turning the search light upon their
unclean motives or corrupt methods.
Very likely the honorable city
alderman and member Of the charter
commission Is an exception that
goes to prove this rule. He disllkes
the Spokane press on general prin.
ciples. He can neither control nor
influence 1t in the least, no more
than he can meddle with the prep
aration of the blue book of Great
Britain.
That the press has its faults no
reasonable man will assume to
gainsay, and fair criticism Is ex-
pected and ought to be courted; but
to gain a respectful hearing 1t must
come from gentlemen of fdiscriminat-
ing minds, men who can think and
winnow the evil from the good
not from the stung and half mad
dened blunderer, whose rage can see
nothing that is OF value, nothing
that Is fiawless.
Whatever the faults of the Spo-
kane press, the public will at least
credit II with a conception of duty
higher than that of Doodle council
whose shameful betrayal of u public
trust made the fair name of Spokane
q byword and a reproach all over the
land; nor have the newspapers EN-
ployed their official influence and
position as au instrumentality by
which to drive u bargain and sell
their private property TO the city.
Whatever the faults, we repeat, of
the Spokane press, 1t has not been
party TO official corruption and
venality.
No man Of intellectual discrimina-
, 1890-10-16
GERlIANY7lS AMBITION.

Germany united and Europe
pacified. That is my grand dream"
says Emperor William, which,
being reasonably interpreted, means:
"I greatly desire the pacitication OF
Europe, and it would grieve me
sorely to encounter any decided
opposition to the unitication OF
Germany. Let me have my way,
and white-winged peace will spread
her pinions over Europe" What
does Emperor William mean by
hoping for the unificatlon of Ger
many? Surely no one will be 81
trusting as to imagine that the
emperor intends by that to admit
that the present territorial limits of
Germany are torn by dlssenslons.
He means that German-speaking
people are now acknowledge ng
allegiance To other powers, and that
Germany will never be united until
they are brought beneath the scepter
of the Hohenzollerns. There Is a
menace in these words for Austria
that bodies no good for the house OF
Hapsburg.
There is q grim sort of humor In
the empcror's prophecy, for these
words are clearly meant to he
prophetic They are virtual dec.
laration that after lie has built up
the greatest warlike force ON the
face of the entire earth he IL de-
sirous of peace. The young ruler
does not mean by that to convey the
impression that ne Is thinking OF
disarmament. Much as his heart
longs for peace he prefers to go on
increasing his war effective, pretty
much Oh the same principle that n
gambler might long for better life
and at the same time go on laying
in now tricks of hls trade.
The emperor then declares his
determination to complete the
work of his grandfather. The
vericst tyro in history knows
the nature of that work. II
was the unification Of numerous
small Kingdoms OF German-speak.
ing people. The completion of that
work could only be the addition OF
all Germans wherever found in con.
tinental Europe. That done, there
would he no more fields for Will
iam's ambition to conquer. Then
the emperor would be in favor OF
paciiicatlon. In short, ne is for
paciiicatlon pretty much us the Dor.
der terror Is for peace; that is, Inc
proposes to have it If he has to figh,
| for 1t.
, 1890-10-16
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COMPARE THE BILLS

No matter how great the effort TO
confuse the farmers ON the tariff, the
cold fact remains that the two par
ties should be approved or con-
demned by the bills brought by
them before congress for the pur-
pose of reforming the tariff. The
democratic party wns unit upon
the Mills bill. 1t can talk quite
eloquently about the wrongs of the
farmer and the necessity of re-
framing tho tariff in q spirit of fair
ness to all interests" That may
mean anything, or 1t may mean
nothing. The real tariff views of
that party are embodied in the Mills
bill, just as the real tariff views of
tho republican party are found in
the Mckinley bill. No one can es-
cape that selfevident proposition.
This simpliflcs the question to n
surprising degree. If the farmer is
really desirous Of ascertaining who
is his friend ON the tariff question,
he has only to compare the two
measures, and to cast his vote with
his own interests. Nothing could
be fairer, nothing more reasonable.
The Mills bill throughout was
hostile to the agricultural interests
OF the country. 1t placed wool up
on the free list, and il cut down the
duty on nearly every article of prod
uce from Canada, and to catch the
vote of the consuming classes of the
great cities. On I the other hand
the Mckinley bill Is palpably de-
signed In the interest of the pro-
ducing classes. 1t preserves the
home market to the American
farmer. 1t erects n barrier against
Canadian produce, and shuts 1t out
of the rich markets of New York,
Chicago and the lake cities. 1t
puts stop to the outflow Of millions
Of dollars, and gives that money to
the American farmer.
In short, the Mckinley bill is a
farmers tariff.
lfyou are q farmer, miner, IL
lumberman, or wool-grower,
| SOhApeAO tho WV anu NOtc
for that which protects your own
industry. All the campaign talk
about friendship for the farmer
Is as sounding brass or tinkling
cymbals. There are the records.
Let them be compared, and let the
verdict be according TO them and
not be influenced by the insincere
declarations of pro fessionnl politi-
clans on either side.
Let the republican orators confine
their efforts TO fair comparison of
the two bills. Let copy of each
be placed in the hands of every
voter and the result need not be
feared.
The miners of Idaho We're intelli-
gent enough to compare the records
and vote accordingly; and the farm
ers will not be less prompt to catch
the point and learn to vote with
their own interests.
, 1890-10-16

should be more healthful than
another. The average ought to be
the same for the swamps Of Louis.
lana and the bright, plne-clad up
lands of Eastern Washington, and
If the regulation red tape average IL
not sustained here and there, he
concludes that some of our dead
have escaped him, and he proposes
10 have them enumerated, or the
enumerators will have hard time
getting their money.
Mr.. Porter need waste no sleep
over the low death rate Of Spokane
Falls. IL Is the most natural con.
seq uence of the healthful situation
of the city, located as sit is in the
heart of rolling succession of open
pine forests and elevated prairles.
The death rate is remarkably low
because this region ID u natural sani-
tarium. The air Is clear and invig-
Grating, the water flows from vast
mountain reservoir, and the balsam
of the adjacent forests, unnoticed by
the older residents, Is quickly de-
tected by the stranger. 1t fills the
air with its resinous perfume and
adds materially to the healthfulness
Of the city.
There Is every reason why Spo.
kane should be more healthful
place than Denver, where there are
no pine woods, where the altitude
is about double that of Spokane, and
the air is often full of flying dust.
Some city necessarily had to show
the lowest death rate. Any physi-
clan, no matter where his home,
whe has seen Spokane will not be
surprised that it should he one Of the
most healthful spots in the whole
country.
, 1890-10-16

reason II has protected the Ameri-
can farmer to the extent of shutting
out foreign producers ofthose neces-
stiles.
The contention Of free traders Is
for the abandonment OF every in
dustry that can not stand alone
Their theory, stated concisely, Is
that the American people should
produce and manufacture only
those products that can not be pro-
duced or manufactured by n foreign
country as cheaply as In the United
States; that we should trust to the
foreign markets for every article
that can be grown or made more
cheaply by foreigners than by our
selves.
Let us see where that would
bring us. 1t would confine our
farmers to the production of corn,
cotton and wheat, and would shut
them out of the home market In
nearly all else. 1t would lay in des-
olation the sugar and tobacco plan
tations of the South. 1t would close
down three-fourths Of our manu-
featuring industries and shut mt
least half of the lead mines of the
West. The United States would re-
turn to her old condition of CONNER
cial vassalage to Europe. England
would buy our raw products and
manufacture them with British Ia
Dor, and would certainly set her
own price upon both ends Of the
bargain.
These results are all anticipated
on the assumption that the United
States would attempt to pay the
wages paid at present. OF course
we could compete with Europe in
many lines of industry, provided
we paid the wages that are paid in
European manufactures.
The Mckinley bill Is constructed
upon the principle that the people
of the United States can grow rich
and prosperous without the faintest
assistance from abroad, provided
Europe is not permitted to interfere.
We have the soil, the forests, the
mines, the ranges, the sugar and
cotton plantations, the quarries, and
above all intelligent and prosperous
labor. We require silks and coffee
and tea from abroad, but do we get
them from Europe? Assuredly not.
In short, the United States has no
, 1890-10-16
TWO TARIFF THEORIES.

1--WE can't get rich by trading
among ourselves" urge the free
traders. Why not, II we produce all
our articles of commerce? Those indi-
viduals acquire wealth that produce
the most and buy the least. Trade
can not produce wealth of Itself.
Back of all wealth lies production.
The Mckinley bill proceeds on the
principle that the American people
should import nothing that they
can produce or manufacture with u
reasonable amount of exertion. 1t
declares that the American farmer
is capable, under proper encourage
ment, of producing all tho barley,
butter, eggs, cheese, wool, flax, etc,
that this nation requires for its COM
fort and prosperity, and for that
, 1890-10-16

vast concourse of strangers, anu
barns and stables were conVer'eo
into sleeping places.
A court of justice was always
open in u shed, and the magistrates
determined matters In n summary
way, and their decisions were hnai
without appeal. Defoe says the 'air
was like n well fortified city, ana
there was little disorder or cou-
fusion.
During the closing days OF the
fair the gentry came In from inc
surrounding country for diversion,
and were entertained by puppet
shows, rope dancers, etc. The last
day of the fair was devoted to horse
and foot racing, and week later
hardly any trace was lett OF the
busy scenes of life and commercial
strife.
The Bury and Bartholomew fairs
were for diversions more than LOT
trade, and more closely resemoied
the exposition of to-day. 1t was
also rude jest that the ladies oi
the surrounding country were
drawn thither in search OF nus
bands. BE this as it may, the Bury
fair was noted for its brilliant social
events. The day was largely given
to buying trinkets and jewelry, and
railing, while the nights were spent
at Assemblies" where could be
found the youth, beauty wit and
wealth Of the surrounding country,
though Defoe seemed to think that
the better people absented themselves
from these gatherings because of the
frequency OF intrigue and the scan
dalous behavior of many of those at
tending.
So much for the fairs of our fore
fathers. Those pulslng throngs
have slept In dust for 10 these many
years, and of the myriads who gath
cred year after year, with hope and
| flushing cheeks, not one remains 10
link us with the past. How tr.iling
now appear the triumphs and dis
appointments of those throngs. Yet
they were animated by the same
hopes, restrained by the same fears
and controlled by the same ambi
tlons and aspirations that control
the throng you will sec ut the Spo'
kane exposition tonight.
Perchance in future centuries
some plying hand may write of u:
even as we now write and think OF
! them.
, 1890-10-16

Captain j. w. Symons, who has
made an especial study of munich
pal governments in the leading
cities of the United States +, has just
made a public expression of his
views in Portland paper. They
apply to Spokane, and are worthy
of attentive consideration by the
charter commissioners now engaged
in the important work of compiling
a charter for Spokane Falls.
Captain Symons points out the
results of long experience In East
ern cities. He declares that the
greatest evil of municipal govern
ment is found in the concentration
in one body of both the Legislative
and executive functions of govern
ment Spokane ought to know
that, ifexperience can teach any
thing. AS matter of fact city
council, toa dangerous extent, is an
irresponsible body, particularly
where 1t consists of a single chamber.
1t is answerable alone to itself and
the public is powerless to fix the least
responsibility for bad judgment,
negligence or corruption. 1t is not
stating the case too strongly to de-
clare that the present city govern
ment Of Spokane found almost an ex-
act counterpart in the commune of
Paris, which was at once the legis-
lator, the executor, the Judiciary and
the headsman of France.
The old system was wrong, rad
ically defective, and the nearer the
charter commissioners approach it's
antithesis, the better will be the in
strument that they will submit to
the people.
To begin, the council should be
shorn of all power beyond the legis-
lative functions. The mayor should
be entrusted with full executive
powers, the appointment of fire and
police commissioners, etc., these ap-
pointments to be subject to the con-
firmation Of the upper branch. Then,
in the event of negligence, stupidity
or corruption, the people can place
their hand upon the official solely
responsible for the evil. Since the
mayors subordinates are appointed
by him he will exert the dlsciplining
power Of removal. This is not too
great power to place in the may
or's hands; 1t rests In the hands of
the president of the United States.
where II affects 65, 900, 900 people. IL
has stood the test Of time, in nation
al, state and municipal affairs, while
on the other hand the communal
system has ever proved itself the hot
bed Of stupidity, negligence and cor
ruption.
Captain 5ymons considers Wash
ingtOn the best governed city in the
United States Virtually a COM
mittee Of congress sits as It's city
council, though congress itself must
approve its recommen dations. Com
missioners execute the laws and ap.
point their subordinatcs, who OF
course are responsible to them.
New York. once the worst gov
erned city on earth, is now one OF
the best. IL was once governed as
Spokane is now; 1t adopted a new
, 1890-10-16

grounds upon which this most re-
markable contest is to be based lac
cording to the malicious aud libel
Gus article In question:. Briefly
stated the proposition is this. After
building q free trade platform and
driving all tho democratic miners
out Of the party, Mr.. Mayhem Is to
contest the election because they all
voted the republican ticket. We
have heard some very stupid admis
sions In our time, but nothing quite
80 like the utterances of Petroleum
Vasby as that embodied in these re-
markable words:
Every mine owner In the C9ur
d. Aelne, with the exception of the Hun
ter, contributed 10 the republican cam
paign fund. regardless OF political be-
liefs and party affiliations.
1t does not seem todawn upon the
mind of the gentleman making that
remarkable admission that he and
other leaders Of his party are respon'
sible for this state of affairs, and not
the rank and file of the democracy,
who were driven out Of the party
Of their choice by It's free trade lean
ings. If every mine owner In the
Cnur d'Alenes was compelled to fly
to the republican party for protec-
tion, Regardless Of political beliefs
and party affiliations" q man o.
average perception would naturally
conclude that 1t Is about time for the
democratic leaders of Idaho to stake
a tumble" and seek the back TRACK
out of tho wilderness into which
they have led the remnant of theli
once victorious army.
Mr.. Mayhem will not contest tn,
election of Mr.. Sweet. The REVIEW
prefers to take into consideration
the bogus character Of the papei
that started the libelous rumor. W.
think better of the defeated candi-
date than that, and shall be no will
ing party to the efforts Of his friends
to run him for the chump cham
pionship.
He ought to bring suit for llbe
against the bogus sheet that ha'
held him up In 80 ridiculous light
, 1890-10-16

don would declare that the entire
press of this city Is entirely wrong,
any more than he would declare
that all the public officials, or all the
members Of the city council, would
employ their official positions to
engineer deal against the people.
There is neither brain nor intellect
back Of such acknowledgements
but malice, or wounded vanity, or
dyspepsia.
1t may be fairly said that the press
Of Spokane In the main reflects the
character Of the people and the city.
II 1t Is all wrong then the people
are all wrong. No fair-minded man
will foolishly risk any such delara-
ton as that.