Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-07-16
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS.

just Jine' the Harrison machine.
Commissioner of Pensions Raum
could if he was so disposed, confirm
the accuracy of this statement.
Changing the form of statement
issued by the Treasury department.
will neither tool the people nor put
the much needed cash in the 1reas-
ury as the administration will find
out before long.
Secretary Rusk bas again started
upon its travels the periodical Chest
nut that France and Germany have
decided to remove the restrictions
upon the importation of American
dressed pork.
In personally launching his presi-
Dental boom Senator Cullom has
given evidence that ho thinks his
facial resemblance to Abraham Linz
coin ought to be as good political
capital as that furnished by being
the grandson of u former President.
Mr.. Harrlson's cabinet have found
it necessary to do a good deal of ex-
planning in connection with tho
wrecked Philadelphia banks and we
regret to say that their explanations
have not been OF as explanatory a
nature as one might have desired !;
but perhaps we expect TOO much.
The fact that Alabama. during the
last sensus year produced mere iron
than Pennsylvania will not only be
news. but it will set people to think
ing. There has been falling off in
Pennsylvanla's production, but the
development of the resources OF
Alabama seem to have been some-
thing extraordinary.
! That's very pretty summer story
which alleges that If Mr.. HARRISON
is called upon to veto free coinage
bill next winter he will decline to
again be candidate for president
because he knows that he wonld not
receive the votes Of those republl.
cans who favor free coinage, but il
lacks the elements of plausibility
If Mr.. Harrison is not the candidate
of his party the only reason will b.
that the party will not let hirr.
John W. Mackay, one Of the Bon
ANA kings, is said 60 be lntereste,
in the laying of a cable betweel
Brazil and the United Stafss' ss.r ss,.e,.f. 8.
has empl0,yss 80 ss.5fEs rs fer Bug fees,
1sssssccdfe the support of the admin~
istration for a scheme by which it is
hoped to secure large subsidy from
the United States for .the proposed
cable. Mr.. Mackay seems to have
forgotten that the democratic party,
which controls the House of Reprc-
sentatives, is opposed to government
subsidies of any kind. Mr.. Lackay
is the reputed owner of many mil
hons of dollars, if he thinks cable
to Brazil would be good invest
ment why does he not go ahead and
lay 1t with his own money!.
Although the administration had
an excellent opportunity to define
its position on the question of con-
tlnuing the coinage Of the standard
silver dollar it declined to accept 1t.
and has climbed and straddled the
fence on the question by deciding
that. owing to work having been
provided for the mints for about
four months from July l, by acts of
the last Congress providing for the
recoinage of the trade dollar bullion
and old abraded fractional silver coin
on hand, the question is not now
practical one 1t nigh: just as we'll
have been honest enough to have
said lowing to its probable effect ia
the important campaigns in Iowa.
Ohio, New York. and elsewhere it
is deemed expedient to defer action
upon this matter until 1t is too late
for it to injure republican prospects,
for that is just the construction that
all prejudiced voters will put upon
its cowardly position.
Chauncy Depews trial and acquit~
q BY New York jury for having
as 4 railroad director caused the