The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-04-16

Among the many other good things
done by the Fifty-first Congress was
purchase of over 5000, 900 acres Of land
from the Indians. and opening it to
settlement.
The sub treasury scheme Of the FAR
mers' Alliance is said to he rapidly los
ing ground in the South. The sober
second thought Of the planters and
farmers shows them it's ilnpructicabili-
~.
The Illinois Farmers Alliances are
denouucng Cockrell aud. Moore for
selling out their votes to make Palmer
Sen ,tor. when they had it in their
power to elect Streeter, their own
nominee. They have good reasons for
their Indignation.
Twenty-Five States Of TIE Union
have now adopted some form of the
Australian ballot system. No South .
ern state, we believe, except Arkansas,
has yet adopted it. 1t would interfere
with };ne nf the bon methods OF
neatratizin- the cHl,r"u vote.
Mr.. John Nc D. B Hawl"y, IF the
firm Of Harrison & ilawley, Of st.
Paul, in tie water s''plly busint SIS was
in town on Wr'l't S'iay, cnnvfrSing
with members Of the council, and max
IN n(, If., ~ I,.l
waterwurks project lIe has all con
fdence that al abundant supply of
good water can be readily obtained.
And now the British cotton manu-
facturerS are getting alarmed at the
rapid growth of that industry in India.
Their shipments Of cotton twist and
yarn in 1900 from Great Britain to
India fell "ff 5 600. 900 pounds; :" China
3.0OO,0 900 pounds; to Japan, 4OpO nOO
pounds all of which xas entirely due
to the increase Of this manufacture il,
India. The cotton men Of that country
expect within the next ten years to
supply the entire demand of Asia.
President Harrison met with a very
cordial reception this week on his way
through Virginia and Tennessee. At
every station crowds awaited the COM
ing of the presidential train and the
President and the Post Master General
were called on for speeches. A the
city of Knoxville, while taking Il drive
y, Il II
for few moments in great peril. the
horses Of another carriage taking
fright and running against theirs. The
The party got out without bodily
harm, but the vehicle was the worse
for the accident.
Thirty years ago the rebels fred or
Fort Sumter, thus making the wal
which abolished American slavery, an(
placed The Union on enduring founda-
tions. Slave holding politicians killet
their own pet idol, by rashness. Ha6
they been patient enough to have
waited until President Lincoln should
have been compelled to begin actua
hostilties, there would have been ;
divided North as against a unitet
South. But treason is seldom eithe
patient or wise. The assault on Sump
ter acted like miracle of Providence
to unite the north. Though the traitor
managed to create some detection in
few of the States at p later period O
the war, they never succeeded in re
gaining their lost advantage.
The silver law of last summer stipu
lates that the coinage of two million
dollars worth Of silver bullion int
standard dollars each month, rs pro
vided by the Bland law of 1873. sha]
continne until July of this year, af
ter which their further coinage slla
be in the discretion of the Secretary Q
the treasury The statement is mad
semi officially that no more will b
coined after that date until there
more demand for them than the man
millions of this coin already stacke
up in the Treasury can supply. G
course the 81, ,5OO,O worth of silve
bullion purchased monthly will be reI
resented in circulation by the ne,
Treasury notes, and this will add NOR
to the volume of our circulating me
dium than the compulsory COINAGE {