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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
rHE GERMAN .cUsToMs RuNp."

II is highly probable that certain class
of American newspapers and politicians
win attempt to make capital out of the re-
ported efforts of Germany to effect CON-
bination with Russia, Austria, Hungary,
Italy, Switzerland, Roumania, Belgium
and Seryia, to be known as the European
Customs Bund. and intended TO operate TO
the commercial disadvantage of the United
States. France and Spain, and to the ag-
reimbursement of the nations forming the
Bund
There can be no question that the &C
tivity of Germany in this connection has
been stimulated, if not caused, by the re-
cent action of our government in strength
ening its policy of protection to home in
dustries at the expense of foreign produc-
ers 1t il, in fact, policy of retaliation
which Germany has entered upon, and
into which, upon one pretext or another,
abe is attempting. with some prospect Of
success. 20 draw the other powers above
named. This activity abundanily proves
that the American policy is producing in
tended results, diminishing our depend
ence on foreign markets and by the same
token increasing the demand for home
products.
But the German authorities and their
nossible allies will reckon without their
host, and viii ind that they are egregiously
mistaken If they suppose that by any such
bluff the American people are 10 he driven
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

Does yOuE back aCAsG Q. K. I. wiz cure you
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
A Great Daily.
Fairhaven World.

The Seattle PosT-INTELLIGENcER is g great
daily. During the past week its readers, while
slipping their breakfast coffee, could witness the
exciting scenes occurring at Franklin during
the great negro invasion reproduced with all
the graphic power and completeness of the great
modern journals. The special train with 600
srmed negroes aud Sullivan detectives was side
tracked at Palmer, alonely station in the mount
aims. at 4:40 o'clock Sunday morning. The
observation-disclosures seooped all its contem-
poraries with circumstaEtial account of the
arrival of the "blsek train" IN its issue OF the
same morning. No city in America Of three
times sesttles population possesses a newspaper
more metropolitan in its appearance, news ser
vice and ability than the PosT-lNTE LIIGEScER
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

drops out each year. By the annexa-
ton of territory, no new election
can be held to supply the vacancy created
by expiration Of term. The two other
members would not legally constitute q
board, and the organization would there
fore die of constitutional inanition.
The scholastic year expires June 30, and
as the time between then and now is so
short, there is no reason to fear any seri-
Gus complication, despite the imperfect
ness of statutory guidance
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
The Hop Louise on Plum Trees.
Portland 0regonian.

Professor F. l. Washburne, entomologist of
the Oregon experiment station and the state ag-
ricultural college at Corvallis, sends the Ore
Coaidn the following:
About May 7. d. Linten sent TO the station
specimens of tbe genuine hop louise, which he
had found on leaves OF the Goes golden drop
plum. On May ii we personally examined
some plum thickets on the farm of E. Hairless,
Philomath, Benton county, and found large
numbers of hop lice, all wingless, on the leaves
OF a small blue plum, name unknown, and upon
the foliage of a so-called green gage plum. No
lice are to be found on the hops as yet, as might
be expected. These plum trees were about a
third of mile from the hop yard.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
A SOLEMN WARNING.
Detroit Journal.
rHorfn~~ nora%1- - Nkfoon1

Detroit Journal.
Charley Marston, of Chicago,
Learned 10 smoke the cigarette,
And he pulled 'em late and early
As though at 1t on bet;
But the pizen got to working
Something Charley ne'er would do.
Now he's in private 'sylum,
Down at lovely Kalamazoo.
From this gernlet take warning,
IL you hain't begun Ii yet,
Don't upset your daisy brainlet
With the festive cigarette.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
whiskered Catfish in the Columbia.

Captain VIII Warner, Of the steamer Fisher.
brought up catfish about fifteen inches long
yesterday which was caught in one of the traps
near Sand island and is one of the breed known
on the Eastern rivers as yellow cats Il is an
ugly looking brute with mouth out of all pro-
portion TO its size and has whiskers about thres
inches long on each side OF its face. These
destructive fish are said 20 be multiplying quite
rapidly and in due course OF time VIII succeed
IN diminishing the salmon supply II the
hrsinless idiot who first conceived the ides of
stocking indebted Western waters with these
ugly, worthless fish woald ind some method fo-
removing them he would confer a blessing on
all interested in the salmon industry.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
THE coNsPIRAToRs RATIFIED.

The Republicans of Canton are get
ting in bad way over their ring com
mittee business to settle on the proper
nominees for the party. The rank and
file of the party are kicking like incor
rigible steers over the scheme to cheat
them out of the chance to make the
nominations.
So general has this dissatisfaction be
come that the Evening Rep. was called
upon to make some hedging explana-
tions and apologies, which that paper
attempted to do last evening in its
usual blundering manner.
The Rep. is evidently alarmed over
the situation and comes out in double.
loaded editorial trying to explain away
the ring conspiracy to defraud the peo-
pie of their choice of candidates, on the
ground that the ring committee will see
to it that every Republican who wants
to run for Office can have chance by
seeing the committee. This is a very
pretty how de'do for great party of
moral ideas, that pirates of open handed
and popular methods.
The people are getting ready to sit
down very solid and heavy Oh this sort
of business.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
Ut LOOKS LIKE AN OUTRAGE.

The bill granting the widow of Ad-
miral Porter pension of $500 year
passed the senate on Saturday Just as 1t
came from the house.
1t is safe to say that had q bill been
introduced In Congress to relieve the
people of portion of the oppressive
taxation imposed upon them by federal
legislation it would have been pigeon
holed in the committee or been brought
in, very late, with an adverse report.
There was no need of voting special
pension to Mrs. Porter. In the fist
place she doesn't need it; and besides it
is an unjust discrimination against
hundreds and thousands of poor old
soldiers widows, who are voted the
merest pittance.
The Congressman who vote these
special pensions with such prodigality
do not put their hands into their own
pockets and donate the meney, but in.
to the pockets of the people of the
whole country, which they have no
moral right to do.
To show how utterly uncalled for was
the voting of this $500 pension to
Mrs. Porter we need only cite the fact
that she has six children living--four
of whom are in the service of the
United States drawing large salaries,
and two of whom are in business in
Washington City; and that her hus-
band, Admiral Porter, had been draw
ing a salary of 1900 per year for more
than twenty years, and left large es.
tate. The children Of the dead admiral
are as follows:
Two sons, David Essex and Richard,
in business in Washington.
Chas. II. Porter, captain United
States marine corps salary S2,5OO per
annum.
Liza Porter Logan, wife of Lieut.. l..
Q. Logan, of the navy-salary 50 500.
Theodore Porter lieutenant in the
navy-salary S2,500.
Alena Porter Campbell, wife of Capt.
Campbell, of the navY--salary 81, 800.
Here are salaries from the federal
treasury paid to the family of Mrs.
Porter amounting to $4,000 per
annum.
In commenting on this case the Illi-
noise State Register says:
"The children drawing these salaries
are amply able to provide for their
mother, even if she was in INDECENT cir
cumstances, which she IS not
The pursuance of the policy of voting
the money wrung from the people by
taxation in luxurious pensions to the
families of men who have been in the
military, naval and civil services of the
government is one that cannot be too
severely condemned. The people
should not tamely submit to being thus
robbed. While in each individual case
the amount does not saddle a heavy
burden upon the people, the aggregate
of pensions of this and other classes
amount to many millions of dollars an
nually. The free born people of the
United States are rapidly becoming
mere chattles, holding their property as
serfs for the benefit of the feudal Office
holding classes and their families. 1t
is time to call halt"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
TAxPAYERs, ATTENTION.

The Mayor and City Council of Can.
ton, after making up a Sewer Commits
sion with a majority of representative
Republicans, had a right to expect de-
cent treatment for that body by the
Republican organ of Canton. Such
treatment, however, has not been
accorded that body. Now that the
Evening Rep. has declared our sewer
age system failure, and the Republi-
can City Engineer a failure, what's
the use for the Democrats to try any
more experiments with Republican
officials. If men like Judge Day, Josiah
HartZell and DR.. Portmann will run
one sewer though quick sand, and pro-
ject another up hill, what utter folly to
attempt further experiments with the
more ordinary members of the &. o. p.
This is a matter for our taxpayers TO
profoundly consider in the Spring
election,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
SENSELESS HoWLERS.

Every citizen of Canton, who knows
enough to come In when it rains, ought
to know that in establishing grades for
streets, that every street must be grad
ed according to general plan, as made
by the city engineer. The Rep of last
evening has an attack on the engineer
because the streets are not graded to
suit the residents. Does the silly old
Rep thing a general system of drainage
can be successfully carried out in this
city, or any other city, without har-
monious plan of grades, to include all
the streets. The old city engineer who
is good Democrat, was howled out of
Office by the same influence that now
complains about our present engineer,
simply because he consulted the resi-
dents of the respective streets. The
Democratic city Council listened to the
whines of the winners, and appointed
Republican, who came here with the
very highest endorsements for compe.
tency and courage. Now, in order to
excite prejudice and make political
capital, the Rep is making a raid on
him. viii the Rep please name man
for city engineer that 1t will back up
and stand by; perhaps the city council
may have ears to listen and eyes to see
the man. Show US the man who will
satisfy all the property owners of the
street, and at the same time do justice
to the city. Can't we have a little
reason and common sense exhibited by
this gang of senseless howlers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12

WHY did not the Evening Rep. OBJ
ject to Judge Day, josiah Harztell aud
DIR. Portmanh, when the Mayor named
them as contracting force to project
plans and execute sewerage system
for Canton ? The Rep. never whimp-
cred when these men were appointed
and confirmed. The law makes them
responsible for the whole business.
The City Council had no hand in run
ming one sewer through a quicksand
and another up hill. (See Rep. editor.
ials). Will these gentlemen come to
the front and explain to the taxpayers
of this city why they perpetrated such
uncommon sense projects upon this
community, as charged by the Evening
Rep,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12

"BILL" ELLIOTT was superintendent of
public printing under Bishop. "Bill"
probably got his ideas of sensational jour-
nalism from the Democratic reports he
put out during that period.-[ Toledo
Blade.
Bill Elliott behaved himself when he
was Democrat; but he Joined the q.
o. p. and got Office under Foraker, and
was one of Forakers pets. When the
Harrison Administration was en-
throned in Washington, Elliott wanted
to go abroad. So Foraker headed
petition to make Elliott consul at Cork,
Ireland, and went to Washington in his
behalf. John Sherman put a stopper
on the movement, as Col. John James
Piatt, now consul at Cork, is a friend
of Sherman's. 1t will be seen by the
above that the Blades reference to Ell
lott is unfortunate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
CARDINAL moKIrLDx's FARE
WELL.
Henry Guy Carleton in Chicago News.l

Henry COY Carleton In Chicago News.l
"Nay, then -fsrewell
have touched the highest point Of all my greatness,
And from this razzle-dszzle OF the late election
I haste now up salt River shall fail
Like bright eShalation in the evening,
An no Congress sees me more.
Farewell-a long farewell TO my soft snaplet.
This Is the state Of man; To-day he puts forth
HIS little Mckinley Bill, to. morrow scatters
HIS noble ioaters In blocks OF hve.
And puts his chunk OF faith in grandpop's hat;
The third day comes frost, killing frost;
And, when he thlnks-poor, silly chumpl-full sure
His ticket Is a winner something drops
In Indiana with sioken ng thud,
And then he falls as do. l have ventured
with Lodge and Tom Platt ana the Tther boys
These many summers a sea Of tariff.
But, far beyond my depth, my high blown pride
At length broke under me, and now has left me-
Busted and very tired, IN that soup
That scaldlng soup that must forever hide me.
Vain ptmp and glory OF the G. o. P.-I hate yel
feel my heart new opened; oh, how wretched
Is that poor man that monkeys with the tariff
There is betwiXt the silver bill and surplus,
The pension grab and all the other Jobs,
More pangs and fears than war or women have;
And whan he fails, he falls like ollie Teall-
Never to hope again.
Cromwell, l charge thee fling away the tariff
IT'S pizen to the mugwumps; how can we then,
Who must corral the mugwumps hope to win by't?
Tone down the whole burned thing; let niggers vote
without the Lodge Bill; try IL once, for luck
Stll In the right hand carry some Doodle
To silence envious tongues. Be just and fear not;
Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy oountry's
Jim Blaine and o. Then II thou fallst
Thou fall'st blessed martyr. =
Lead me in:
There. put me In my lettle trundle-bed
That durn bill warr no good o Cromwell, CTom-
well,
Had but serr ed Jim Blaine with half the zeal
Iseryed Tom Reed, he would not, in mine age,
Have LEFT me naked to these hoosers and
Tho. tariff cranks from Tammanyr
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
A BIG REPUBLICAN, DRUNK.
The Worst Big Drunk Ever Witnessed on
the Floor Of Congress--A Fitting Finale
to q Corrupt Career.

scoNOhftpb OahcoNs
special to the Columbus Post
WASHINGTON, March lit is not
generally known that the adjournment
of Congress on Tuesday morning was
necessity. The programme was to hold
an all day session on Tuesday, and this
would have been done had not the lead
ing Republicans felt that continuance
of the session would make public one
of the worst scandals which can dis
grace the body. Congressman James
j. Belden, of the Syracuse, New York,
District, was the indirect cause of this
disgraceful exhibition. Mr.. Belden is
millionaire, and he determined TO give
his Republican colleagues a collation.,
to be served in the cloak room on the
Republican side. He gave directions
to the caterer for sn elaborate spread
for Monday night, and his directions
were literally fulfilled. Everything
good which the season affords In the
way of eatables was served, and fifty
gallons of milk punch were made. The
day had been one of hard work, and
when the night came the rush contin-
ued. The members, no doubt, were
tired out, and needed some stimulant,
but there was no necessity for such
lavish indulgence. At midnight the
feast began.
The eatable things disappeared as if
attacked by tigers. In an hours time
they were all gone. The milk punch
was drunk as If it were water, and soon
the effects were visible in the actions of
scores of Republican members. The
fifty gallons were gone, but the appe-
tltes OF the drinkers were not satisfied.
A supply was sought in the House rest.
aurant. The regular trade of the day
had nearly exhausted that, and in a
short time the little that was there was
disposed of. The Republican members
were not satisfied, and BARRIERS of the
shop on their side were sent out to
skirDIish for supplies.
They discovered low drinking sa-
lonn on a street near the Capitol Build
ing, and, Notwithstanding the whiskey
was of the grade known as "rot gut" II
was brought to the members by the gal.
lon. AS the morning approached those
Republican members who had been at
tending to business became alarmed at
the condition of their forces, and feel
Ing that If the session were continued
that the incident would end in some
disgraceful scene which would compro-
mise their party, adjourned the House.
This was the first occasion in the his
tory of Congress in which liquors were
brought onto the floor OF the House,
and drank openly and above board.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
IT is a source of great satisfaction to

IT Is a source of great satisfaction to
every citizen of Canten that the Due
ber assignment has been lifted and that
the affairs of the Dueber Watch Case
works are i'll such a satisfactory condi-
tion. The prominent and wealthy citi-
zens of Canton have stood by Mr.. Due
ber nobly, and their efforts are fully ap.
preciated by him. Two of the promi
nent stockholders of the NEws-DEMo-
Graf came to the front and put their
names to the document that secures
$4,000, and the directors and stock.
holder of the DEMOCRAT PUB. Co.
unanimously decided at the outset of
Mr.. Dueber's troubles to aid in every
possible manner to put him on his feet
again. We trust The good work done
by the leading Democrats of this city
to aid Mr.. Dueber will continue, and
that this great enterprise will, in its
future prosperity, repay every citizen
of Canton for every dollar that has
been risked in its behalf. We believe
it will, and more.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
FoRAKER's SCHEME.
Columbus Special to the Chicago Herald.


Although so far all is smooth sailing,
the last part of the triparite agreement
will not be so easily carried OUT. Ex-
Governor Foraker does not like Nc
Kinley at all, but he sees the tide in
Ohio has set in his favor and he can not
stem II, but Foraker does not intend to
allow Sherman to be reelected to the
Senate if he can help it. The Ex-Gov-
arg area5v settinS nn tbe tT nins au to baS taey
none but Foraker Republicans nomI-
mated to the Legislature. George b.
Cox and DR.. Graydon, of Cincinnati,
the first and second lieutenants of
"Fire Alarm" are to travel over the
State and "see" the boys who run poll
tics in various localities. Cox is now
here
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
TnE record of labor Reductions which

THE record of labor reductions which
we print to-day caused by the McKin-
ley bill, is fearful thing for laboring
men, (who all depend upon their daily
TOLD TO contemplate. But this is not all
The business wrecks are scattered from
shore to shore and from the great Lakes
to the great Gulf. Some of these wrecks
are right here in Canton, as we know to
our sorrow. And shall we endorse all
this in the coming spring election be-
cause we have the great author of this
calamity, woe and poverty with US, as
a broken idol. Perish the thought.
Let every patriotic citizen pull himself
together, and get his spring ballot ready
to condemn this hOrrid and heartless
robbery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
he United States Supreme Court is

The United States Supreme Court is
now called upon, to pass upon the con.
stitutionality of the Mckinley tariff
bill. If the court should declare the
act unconstitutional it ends the matter;
as the Supreme Court is the supreme
law of the land. However, 1t would
greatly embarrass the Republicans of
Ohio IL an adverse decision should be
proclaimed in the midst of campaign,
with Mckinley at the head of the ticket.
This makes it important that the court
be regulated. Perhaps Mac will make
a sort of 4 by 8 arrangement with Joe
Bradley, so that the nine members of
this august tribunal can be estopped
until after the November election.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
JOHN @. wELTY FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
From the Alliance Leader .

The sentiment in Republican circles
seems to be growing more unanimous
every day in favor of Major Mckinley
as candidate for Governor. Leading
Democrats are looking about with a
view of putting a Stark county man on
their state ticket for the purpose of
offsetting the Majors personal popu-
larity at home. AS Governor Camp.
bell will probably ask for a renomina-
tion and get it, few Democrats in this
locality would like to see the name of
John Q. Welty, of Canton, placed on
their ticket as a candidate for Lieut..
Governor. If Mr.. Welty could be in.
duced to accept the nomination, it
would be strong one.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
EVERYBODY WANTS MCKINLEY.
From the Youngstown vlndlcator.

From the youngstown Vindlcator.
There is no good reason why Major
Mckinley should not be the candidate
of the Ohio Republicans for Governor.
The big leaders of that party want him
out of the way-the high tariff men
who hate cheap things because they are
nasty, want him because he is their
kind of good fellow-the aspirants
who want to go to Congress from Nc
Kinley district want him squelched be-
fore they go to their graves with their
ambition unsatis6ed, because he is al
ways on the track-the people want
chance to show him what they think of
his high tax bill, and that they are
not as ignorant as he imagines- and
last, but not least, about all the Demo.
Gratis are in favor of his candidacy. If
Foraker could be persuaded to consent
the nomination could be made unani-
nous.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
NAPOLEON M'KINLEY.
tFrom the Chicago News.)

The reputed likeness of Mr.. McKin-
ley to the great soldier. statesman of
Frances days of glory is more than a
physical resemblance. History records
the fact that the exile of st. Helena
continued to the end to nurse the delu-
sion of the return of his "star of des-
tiny" If the Ohio statesman has not
yet read the verdict of the American
people upon his method of building up
a plutocracy Of high taxation he may
well be left to cherish his delusion in
political exile. The star of Mckinley
ism has set, never to rise again.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-03-12
AN ITEM WHICH CALLS FOR AN
EXPLANATION,
(From the Columbus Post.

There is an item of $4,000 in the
general deficiency bill, which calls for ex-
PLANTATION. Itplaces in the hands of
Superintendent Porter of the Census
Department that sum of money for pur-
chasing statistics connected with the
soldiers of the late war. The provision
does not say of whom this information
is to be purchased, nor is it definite as
to the character of the statistics. Here
is $4,000 plum for some needy
Republican who has gathered lot of
trash, with full intention of defraud-
ing the government at the proper time,
or perhaps the $4,000 will go to party
who will receive it with the understand.
ing that it goes into the Republican
campaign fund. That superintendent
Porter is capable of aiding in the
squandering of this money we have no
doubt. That the appropriation was
made with a full knowledge on the part
of the person who fathered it in the
Senate, that it was steal is equally GER
tain