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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

New York, May S.-Money loaned at Al
(dG4 per cent.
Exchange steady; posted rates, 4s5@4s0;
actual rates, 4S4l@4s44 tor sixty days,
and 4sSl@iSSl for demand.
Governments steady; currency, IS ll3
bid; AIS, coupon, 10l bid; As do, coupon,
40 bid.
The stock market this morning was
only fairly active. Up to noon $4,000
shares were sold. Prices were irregular
and in the main weak throughout. The
changes were for the most part fractional
except in the cases of Louisville and Nash
vile and Chicago and Eastern Illinois
which declined and 2i per cent respect
lively. Reading, Delaware and Hudson,
st. Paul and Chicago Gas were the next
most active. AT noon prices were frac-
tionallv below those of yesterday At
this writing the market is stagnant.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Reported for THE CRITIC by Gurley &
Stevens real estate and local securities,
1885 + street northwest.
Sales--Regular call, IL o'clock M
r. rights, 20 q 13. Lincoln Nat, Bank, 10
a 1Ol. Cap. & North o. st. r.. r., 90 a 50;
20 50; 10a 50. Franklin Ins., 90 55l;
20 a 45; 20 a So; 20 a 55; 20 50. Nat
Union Ins., 80 10; so 1Sf; 80 10 80 a
10. Riggs Ins. Co., 100 81; 100 ST; 100
81. Lincoln Fire ms, 100 So. Com
mercial ms, 100 At. Col. Title ms, 100
BIG. Am. Security and Trust Co., 10
| S01; 8 q S03.
Miscellaneous Bonds--W. & G.. r. Il.
| 10-40 6's, R'03'23. l0I; w. & G. Il. r.
Convertible6's '00'29, 1881; Masonic Hall
ASS n 5's, @ 1908, 104l; Wash. Market Co.
LIST G's 1S921911, 110; Wash. Market Co..
Imp. 6s 19l2'27, ZIG; Amer. Security and
Trust, SIS, 1908, 100; Wash. Light In.
fantry, ,1st6's 1904, 100; Washington Light
Infantry, I'd rs, 1904, 90; Wash. Gas Co.
Ser. B, 6's, l904-'29, 127; Wash. Gas Co.
Convertible 6's. 1901. 130.
National Bank Stocks-Bank of Wash
ington, 440; Bank of Republic, 270; Met
ropolitan, $50; Central, 300; Second, 1874;
Farmers and Mechanics. i05; Citizens,
100; Columbia, 150; Capital, 1244; West
End, lol; Traders, III; Lincoln, 100.
Georgetown, oi0; Metropolitan, no; Co
lumbia, 60; Capitol and North q Street
81; lexington and Soldiers Home, 81;
| Georgetown and Tenallytown. 62l.
Insurance Stocks = Firemen's, Al
Franklin, So; Metropolitan, 80; National
Union, 1S4; Arlington, 17G; Corcoran, 6Si
Columbia, @lGA; German American, l90
Potomac, so; Riggs, 8; Peoples, 81; Lin
coin, 81; Commercial, Al.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate
Title, 100; Columbia Title, 6b.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.--Wash
ington Gas, A; Georgetown Gas, As; U
s. Electric Light, 1853.
Telephone Stocks.-Pennsylvani 25
Chesapeake & Potomac, 5S; American
Graphophone, 81.
Miscellaneous Stocks-Washlngto Mar
ket, 16; Bull Run Panorama, II: Pneu
matte Gun Carriage, I; Great Falls Ice
1865; Lincoln Hall, 90.
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies
Washington Safe Deposit, 1l0; Washing
ton Loan and Trust, 96l; Amer. Securit,
and Trust, SO.
Local Cattle Market.
ApTINoToN VA Nav -CattIa-OO al
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The thousands Of cures Of scrofula, salt
rheum, ETC., by Hoods Sarsaparilla, con-
It's superior merit as blood purifier. De
sure 10 get Hoods,
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SENATOR GORMNN.

In the New York s0u Of this day there
appears magnificent tribute to Senator
GoRNNN and his brilliant services during
the last session of Congress. 1t covers
column and half in the editorial page,
and is written with force and a felicity
fully worthy of the subject TuE CRITIC,
which was the first paper in the country
to call attention to the splendid perform
ance of Senator GoENNN, is glad to find its
opinion of him becoming current through
out the country. We predict that before
this time next year it win be practically
adopted by the entire body of the Demo.
cratic party. We giyean extract from the
S,g article:
Here stood a leader who wore no badge
of power one of whose main elements of
strength was the absence of the least color
of self assertion Endowed with great
executive ability, always self.possessed
decorous in debate, strong in every as
slmcd position and gifted with much per-
Sonal magnetism, it eNCtes no wonder
that be should attract large friendship
and affection and be recorded among the
foremost of the Senate without regard to
party.
Day and night in all the prolonged
struggle when the Republicans employed
every eNlltulcllt 10 hTVuk NOND Tue DtIuD-
cratic line, he was on guard-fresh, col
lected, cheerful and ready for the next
move of the enemy. At times, when the
outlook seemed gloomy, his example of
steady devotion and brave words dspeled
doubt and rallied the despairing TO new
energy.
The mental and physical strain of this
duty, with the superadded heavy anxiety
hanging over every movement could not
have been borne but for the well-regu-
lated life, temperate habits, and reserve
of the strength which he carefully hus-
banded for this severe trial.
The Republican leaders, when defeated
ON their chosen field, could not withhold
their admiration for an opponent who
odds against him. They did not hesitate
to say that no such exhibition of master
ful management as Mr.. GoRMAN dis
PLAYED on the Force bill had ever been
seen in all their experience.
Mr. GoRNAN is not an orator in the pop
ular view. But he is a speaker who COM
mands the full attention of the Senate
who goes right to the heart of his subject
and is clear and convincing to the most
ordinary mind. As a sound, reliable and
statesmanike legislator he has no su-
perior and few equals in Congress. He
has studied the machinery of Government
thoroughly; he knows its wants and its
NhSbtl lllHtSS' anu us lllclHDcI VI llls
Committee on Appropriations he has
saved millions by the exposure of i'm
proper demands and estimates.
At 81 years of age, and without any of
the adventitious aids of family or fortune
in State where these elements enter
largely into public life he has risen from
the place of page in the Senate to the first
rank in that body by common consent.
Certainly no ordinary man could achieve
This sort of distinction.
Mr.. GoRMAN disdans any personal
credit for the victory achieved under his
lead. But every true Democrat in the
Union who followed his course on the
Force bill knows that no honor which
could be conferred upon him would fill
the measure of gratitude due to that pa
trOtic and most valuable service.
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Another LinIt.

PGoylpENcE, r. l., MAY SIT has been
learned that Dr. Graves patent medicine
used 10 be put up in bottles like the one
contaiping the ilmd which caused Mrs.
BarnabV's y death.
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AN ALABAMA HEN has laid lG7 eggs since
last October. Following so closely upon
the report that artificial eggs can now be
made al three cents dozen, this achieve
Iuent may be regarded as formal an
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uomcemcnt that the American hen does
not intend 10 be crushed by competition.
Producers of artificial eggs may as well
abandon the struggle after this.
Tur NEW NopE Trjbuae of to-day pub
fishes on its first page q map Of the north
eastern section Of Scotland, showing the
vast bay, 56 miles long on the north and
62 miles long ON the south side aud about
loo miles across from point to point, over
which England has claimed and enforced
Jurisdiction. This bay covers an area of
nearly 5000 square miles, and the Parlia-
mentary act asserting control over the
whole of it involves claims quite as large
as those which the United states sets up
i'm the matter Of the seal fisheries and the
prbalov group. II will be seen, there.
fore that England has been doing exactly
the thing which she objects to our doing,
to wit: arrogating and cNcrting
jurisdiction over waters adjacent to her
territory far beyond the three-mile limit
which She prescribes for us. If the cor
respondence between Mr.. BLAINE and
Lord SALISBURY has accomplished moth
ing else, it has at least brought out the
fact that England is carrying on this
controversy with characteristic impu-
dencc. She takes whatever steps she
thinks proper to protect her own inter
ests and possessions, but objects to our
doing the same. Mr.. BLAINE has only
one more note to write and that should
consist of the brief but pointed reminder
that England is not dealing with the
Iulus or the Beers this time.
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DETECTIVE O'MALLEY knows how to
take advantage of his opportunities. The
live-column advertisement he has just
published would do credit to the genius
of the manager of prima donna's fare
well tOurv
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THE COuriel-JoWWal, always breezy and
refreshing, appears to take it for granted
that the new constitution Of Kentucky
will be defeated at the polls next August,
In a very brief editorial article, of the
issue Of May 9Th it says
What is the matter with the old const-
tutionY Just this and nothing more
Slavery, viva yoce voting and a difficult
mode Of amendment. Slavery has been
abolished, so the paragraphs relating 10 it
i'm the constitution of Kentucky are of no
importance. After the defeat of the new
constitution in August the work before
the convention is simple enough, and can
be performed in ten days. II should strike
out the slavery clause; the clause requiring
viva yoce voting, and adopt new clause
relative 10 revision. A vote against the
new constitution is vote for these few
simple changes.
Really, the COUriei-JoUHapS IS position on
this question is almost impregnable. The
new constitution seems, under close eX-
animation, to be the work Of as wild a set
Of eranks as ever gathered together. As
the Coariei-JoorBal has analyzed it for US,
il is an instrument which the people Of
Eenfucky cannot too soon or too effect
Hally 0bliterate.
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THE GAS COMPANY very thoughtfully
provides coffee and other invigorahng and
innOcuous beverages for its customers
during the settling days. \ polite attend
ant administers the refreshmeut stand.
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THE FACT THAT Oregon treated the Pres-
dent to sand storm may or may not in
dicate that she is not aware he has plenty
of sand"
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MARK TWAIN is going abroad, but he is
no longer an innocent.
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Berkeley pure rye whisky.

CTbETrsBuRG KY, May S.--Mrs. George
Carter, who resides with her husband in
Lawrence County, Ky, ten miles west of
Louisa, made desperate but unsuceess-
full attempt to poison her entire family
with arsenic on Monday last. For some
time the woman has been in a very des-
pondent mood and her friends fear she is
insane. on ithe day mentioned she
placed quantity of arsenic in the coffee
pot. After the family had partaken of
the evening meal all became Violently ILL.,.
Medical assistance was summoned and the
woman told what she had done, adding
that she wanted 10 die, but did not wish
to leave her husband and two children,
one of the children is expected to die.
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ITIs ALL VERY WELL to say that the Chill
IAN vessel, Etata Cor Itata, it doesn't make
much differencel will be returned to a
limited States port if captured. OF course
it will be. But how about the capturing?
No proposition is better established than
that which says that to make really salts
factory rabbit soup you must first catch
your rabbit, Now, how are we to catch
the Etata?
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Local Cattle Market.

ARLINGTON, VA, May s.-Cattle-20, all
sold. Best, 81 to 6; good, 5 to 5l ne.
dium, TO Az common, 3 tod. 1l0sLeep
and lambs-Lambs, to 10; sheep to
to $l5. Market good for all kinds Of
stock.
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An THE RISK or dropping into slang we
should like to remark that there are
whiskers on Consul EwING's patriotism.
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" THE BERrNG SEA dispute puts on
few more pounds of steam IL may man
age TO catch up with the Italian imbroglio.
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As WE EXPEcTEp, the CrjStotoyo Colombo
of New York had great deal to say
about the New Orleans grand jury report.
Editor CiAMBETrr being out on bail and
therefore free to write abundantly about
law and order and civilization, appear. to
have come to the front in unusual force.
Among other silly and hysterical things,
the CriaotOrO Colombo says:
The document is q eulogy of the mob,
for it says that they scrupulously fulfilled
their duty without injuring any one else
or damaging the prison, but they limited
themselves to the Italians in this lynch
ing This is not the right moment to
make comments, but we will say that the
State of Louisiana has shown itself to be
a-community in which all sense of Justice
is extinct, and with which civilized coun-
tries cannot have any contact. Now it
should be the care of the Federal Govern
nent to intervene. Mr.. Blaine promised
his intervention if Louisiana should be
impotent 10 give due satisfaction. The
experiment was tried and failed.
The Federal Government must interfere
for the sake of justice and in order that
the whole civilized world should not lose
the respect it has for the American Union.
-|On Mr.. BLAINE's conduct will depend that
of the Italian Government. Mr.. BLAINE
VIII consider that in the worst hypothesis
the italian Government would be COM
PEELED to appeal by memorandum to
every civilized country. We hope that
Mr.. BLAINE will be able to avoid this.
Don't you worry about Mr.. BLAINE,
young fellow. He knows his business.
And if the amusing RUDINI wants to send
out that memorandum to 'every civilized
country" why let him send it. Don't
get tail-hold on your boss and prevent
anything so entertaining as that would
be. But il is very good of you, Editor
CAMmTTI--yery good and very unseltish-
to take so much interest in this matter
when the chances are that you will moi
be on hand to take part. If the account
of you published in the New York Tri6ua,
of the 9Th be correct, You will be in jail
long before ANYTHING impOrtant happens
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In the opinion of the President, Lord
Salisbury is, wholly and strangely in error
in making the following statement;
Nor do they (the advisers of the Presi'
dent) rely las Justification for the seizure
of British ships in the open sea, upon the
contention that the interests OF the seal
fisheries give 10 the United States Govern
ment any right for that purpose which,
according to international law, it would
not otherwise possess.
The Government Of the United States
has steadily held Just the reyor9eof the
position which Lord Salisbury has imputed
10 il. II holds that the ownership of the
islands upon which the seals breed, that
the habit of the seals in regularly resort
ing thitheT and rearing their young
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The English Channel would not ordi-
narily be understood as included in the
term atlantic Ocean" One would not
say that Dover or Calais is on the coast of
the Atlantic Ocean, and yet, clearly, the
English Channel belongs to the waters of
the Atlantic. In point of fact, therefore,
according to the usage of the world, there
is no dispute of any consequence between
the two governments on the geographical
point under consideration. Thehistorical
point is the one at issue. The explanatory
note from Russia filed in the State De-
partment of this country, specially re-
ferred to in Mr.. John Quincy Adams
diary and quoted in my note of December
II, 1890, plainly draws a distinction be-
tween the Pacific Ocean on the one hand
and the "Sea of Okhotsk, the Sea of
Kamschatka and the Icy Sea" on the
other; and so long as Russia drew that
distinction it must apply TO and must alb
solutely decide all the contentious be-
tween the two countries as far as the
waters of the Bering Sea are concerned.
70 discuss this point further would, in
the opinion of the President, contribute
nothing Of value to the general con-
tputiOn
The evening world., 1891-08-03
POLITICS OF THE BIC CITY.
Counties 10 Make a Fight 10 Get
On the State Committee.
Republicans Leaving for the League
Convention at Syracuse.

The County Democracy IL on the anxious
seat, and Its leaders are listening with their
ears close to the ground for some indication
OF the probable action OF the state Committee
at It's coming meeting at the HOFFMAN House
next Wednesday week regarding the standing
OF that once powerful organization.
by the reverse reading OF an ancient maxim,
unsuccessful resolution is rebellion" Tam
many Hail will ask the state Committee
to declare the counties " out OF It," because OF
their secession to the Republicans and the p.
NJ. l.. last Fall.
Ex-Police Justice Maurice j. Power, the
chief OF the County Democracy, however, de-
clarcs that he is not at all concerned for the
outcome. Indeed, he insists that the state
Committee has no power to oust the Coun-
ties delegation IN the Committee, nor to de-
eide on the complexion Of the New York city
representation I'm the state Convention. Says
Mr.. Power:
"I do not see that the state Committee has
any power whatever to take any action nv to
the delegates in the state convention. The
state Committee is a body Of limited powers.
1t Is the agent Of the state Convention
nothing more think the only business that
II HuH w wv at iAo l'NNiub ~ w Nhli wv ''h''
Convention and Tx a time and place for It.
Beyond that do not think that there Is any
unfinished business
what does the County Democracy pro
pose tn do IN reference TO the Convcntonr
"The County democracy VIII elect It's usual
number Of delegates and send them to the
state COnyCntlOn.'
And II an attempt Is made to oust that
delcgatiOnT
The county DemOCracys delegation Will
be sent to the convention, and the convention
Will be the judge OF its own members
There Is an urgent reason for rammany
Ilall'S desire to have the Counties turned out
by the state Committee rather than to walt
for the state Convention. When the Counties
have been eliminated the Police Commission
ers Will be free to appoint two Tamnany in
speCtOrs OF election in each election precinct
instead Of one. They tried to do this last year,
but the Counties took II TO court, and Justice
Lawrence decided that MS the Counties had an
equal representation with Nammany on the
state Committee they had right to one in-
spector IN each precinct
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tiunS have been assembling at Glen Cove, ana
ns there was all day Yesterday and last night
, ,,t,,,,, ,ot,,, 4, ,,,,., ,,,,.J ,h,t ,ho h.,o,a
" '''"""' '"'''i ~ "''' '''"'" ''''' Wv "'"'
making for the hhrhor would he delayed ana
the stnrt Of the fleet I'm consequence would
,,,,., =, ,,o ,,od, n, an r,,,r Iot,r ,i,on tho
nave '" w "''"' "' "' "'"' ''''' '"'' wv
time nN'd.
but TIM, mornings bright breezy and clear
,,,,,,,,, III. .,,,,I,i an ,,,rg ANA o,vrors and
"'"'''' "''l''" w" ~ ''"''' ''' '"''' ~
crows were up carly preparatory to the day
snort.
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~ m"H po' '''u'n'S "'''y WI 'no 'oo. VI
East Twen'y-siNth street all morning. COM
mudOrr ,tprry'a nnpShID ElCctrn and dozen
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o'he' H"ch'S "'I' u. "",h','
ON the south side of the dock was the
Nyndprt StarIn the Clubs epcCial steamer
,nr ,ho ,,,,,od ,,,,o,,. in ,.,ora,, M steward
I"' 'h' ih'l''u s"'H'S' III 'h"'S' VI '''"""
Neil Olsen. An unbrokcn stream OF carriages
rolled down the street ana deposited blue
Ii, ,...,,,,,,,,, o,,,i t,it,, ~, tho do,l,
su,o" i ,, ~" a,' ,,,t 10 ,hn vSchfS
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S.oaLn Sn'nlS ~ Mi'tiat t H. ,oraair
9V nol iVIlU, ,.n - rttiS Inmry NJ EiayIs
~ iu, poiiE E,d a. S, Eot, nenT,,a oY and
Nchta' rIeu l;oNeloy NtuV' ~, H UeoiHo LAW "'u
FREQ req ECpharu ,J GuIteI Lnr h'Iuomi ~, tho
u. ni hegtiiivi, p'hu niar 4 air,,
ny nutrl 1lhIlil, anu pinSc@u w plp, pup,.i"i al D
WINE WI" gues's @ W.T. g9lns VI, i UUaiu vtoo,,o
a. vinCn u, ,s 20, GiaSS Hn ,yi, u u
nulS'uu amvnor anu ioi Ir, 81
S,,r 49, Sarn and S,hcSter GrigtySid win
NlChoison hnnc anu @ SnuS.s' n. "i'N"o''' WIZ"
lhE r. @ "" doro r,r,.,,
JuSI pcioIe leaNihs @ u, ,.', n''i' ""'
9cen ~ w ~ EStn" y, ',' :, no so,d
% ~ m,ut hci 70 iitDoU IIp 80 &c y Ia ,'n,
anu ,neIe IN nv leaoou my ,, wo 'nVu,u ~ WV, -,
maxi Iho mus , S, o nrnhrod nno
SvIy' Int,e WI WI 49, po a. S aT v'rc tninG nnint
my Oohla III tne Iett, anu cnri ~, tlnb PT'.
10 very SusGeSSni t tIp' TM n[,
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POINTERS ON THE RACES.
TipsterS' Opinions on the Various
Winners To-Day,
Programme of the Several Events
To he Run OF.

The feature of the card at Brighton Beach
to-day Is the match between Longstreet and
Tulla Blackburn. Spendthrilts son carries
120 pounds and the mare 1l2 pounds. The
pair have not met this season yet Tulla
Blackburn has proved herself grand mare
this Spring, and she has defeated some OF the
best horses in training. Kingston has won
sprint races, but over a mile he has met with
two defeats at the hands OF Tenny and Riley.
The track to-day Will be dry and fast and the
Beach record will probably be lowered. The
conditions OF the match are as follows:
Fifth Race-Match, $500 aside, with 81, 500
added mile and furlOns
Kingston............. l26 TullA Blackburn .. ll2
Taking all things into consideration the
writer believes that Tulla Blackburn Will
win. Those who remember her fast mile and
a turlong races at Sheepshead Bay this Spring
will back her to beat Kingston at the diner
ence In weight. Hamilton will ride Kingston
and probably Bergen Will pilot Tulla Black
burn.
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FLORA WILL FIGHT THE WILL.
Richard S. NewcOmbe's Disin-
herited Daughter a Contestant.

The will OF Lawyer Richard 5. NewcOmbe
viii not De admitted 70 probate Just yet His
daughter, Ida FlOrine Newcombc who eloped
with Theatrical Manager George ". Lederer
IN october, 1889, has decided To contest the
legality N the document. The news was eN-
cllsivcly given In The WORLD this morning
Mrs. Lrdrrer was cut on without shilling
In Iact her name was not mentioned except
where the lawyer was obliged to name her as
one uf his daughters.
rHE EyENlSG WORLDS authority Tor the
statement that the VIII Is to be- contested Is
George ". Ledercr himself. To reporter,
who visited him this morning, he said:
"NrS nay vie has decided 70 night the VIII
on ia" ground OF undue influence. II Il un-
reasonable 90 suppose that tt man iu MIR.
Nrwrumb's condition on the day before his
death could make an intelligent Will. The
person who Influenced Mr.. NewCOmb is, we
believe, his wife, principally. OF course there
are other persons involved but II would be a
breach u confidence To tel their names at the
present time
The income OF Lawyer NewcOmbes estate Is
loft To the widow, Mrs Ida NJ NcwCOmbe, for
llu. pom her death the estate is TO he di-
Nidrd among the ave children, Lizzie NJ, sadie
H. Mary L., Albert and Richard $. Newcombe,
u -4gh shares a, Mrs. NewcOmOe may decide
upuu.
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Labor Union in the Campaign.

The Central Labor Union has made its
formal entry into politics, and y. II. jacobson,
Il. b. Murphy, J. II. Dougherty, ID. Callahan
and E. Il. Ford have been selected as COM
mittee TO take the necessary steps" towards
political organization.
After a careful perusal and study Of the
Cincinnati platform Of the Peoples party, the
Committee appointed for that purpose made
Its report at Thursdays meeting The pet
scheme OF the farmers, the Sub-Trcasury
plan, was rejected ON the ground that while
the farmers complain that National banks
borrow from Uncle sam at 80 and loan to
the people at 10 per cent, the plan" while
It lets In borrowers on real estate at per
cent, provides no guarantee that the . per
cent borrowers VIII not be more eXaCting
than the banks. In short, the Sub-Treasury
plan leaves the 34O, 900 people to the square
mile in one section Of this big town out In the
cold, for they have no real estate.
The G. l.. L. wants the President elected by
popular vote and the cumbersome Electoral
college abolished