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The Critic and record., 1891-04-13
ATTEMPTED sELF.MuRpER.
\ Washington Man Shoots Himself in
the Breast.

A Washington Man Shoots Himself in
the Breast.
A dispatch from Boston last night says
Mr.. Constantine Kemp, a resident of this
city who was passenger on the steamer
Dorchester of the Merchant and Miners
line from Baltimore bound for Boston, as
the steamer was approaching Boston
Light, walked to the upper deck of the
vessel, drew a revolver from his pocket
and before he could be stopped shot him
self In the left breast.
When the vessel arrived at her dock the
injured man was taken TO the MaSsaChu-
sets General Hospital, where he is now
under treatment. He gave his age there
as 81 years. He would not make any
statement or give any reason for his rash
act
A CRiTtc reporter called at the residence
of Mr.. Kemp early this morning. The
young ladies of the household were grief
stricken over the receipt of the telegram
which announced the attempted suicide
of their father.
Miss Annie Kemp stated that her father
had been suffering for some time.
Last week he received the news of the
death of his sister in Baltimore, and went
there before going to Boston on Thursday.
The telegram published in the morning
papers stated that there was no money
found upon his person by those who went
to his assistance after the shot was fired.
lie had been talking to his family for
some time Of going to Boston by sea for
the benefit of his health, and when the
news of the death Of his sister reached
him last Wednesday night he announced
his intention of going to Baltimore the
following morning.
When he left home Mr.. Kemp had
ample funds with him to defray the ex-
penses attached to such trip. He is a
man of steady habits. The only reason
they can assign for their fathers act is
dependency. HIS business affairs were
all right and the family have lived
known troubles existing.
Mr.. Pace, a son-in-law, left for Boston
last night.
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AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT.

The New York Mail aud Express Swings
Its Correspondent Around the Circle.
When President Harrison announced to
the country some weeks ago that he in
tended to swing around the circle to the
extent of 1900 miles and more, Colonel
Elliott +. Shepard, editor of the New York
Nail and EIprcsS was somewhat aston
ished to learn that no special correspond
ents would he invited to accompany the
party. The Colonel declared that he could
not, for the life of him, see how Presi-
Dental excursion would be complete I'M
less his enterprising paper was repre-
sented.
"If the Nail and Elpress cannot be with
the President will see that il is ahead of
him" remarked the Colonel to friend.
Colonel Shepard thereupon instructed
his Washington correspondent, Mr.. John
S. Shriver, to leave Washington ahead OF
the President, and keep ahead just one
day throughout the trip down South and
across the continent, and to write up
description of all the towns to be visited
He is not to spare expense, and special
trains will be hired whenever necessary to
keep the lead. This is an enterprising
feat even for so enterprising paper as the
Mail and Express.
In selecting John s. Shriver as his
acdHt courier Colonel Shepard has done the
right thing. John will make q good
record both for himself and the Mail ajtd
Express. His friends, and that means
every Inan on the Row and the local
papers, wish him safe and pleasant
journey.
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THE DISTRICT DEBT.
1T FIGURES UP THE HANDSOME SUM
OF St9,514,4O0.

Some Of II Dates Back To Former Form
of Government--What 10 Is all for and
When II il Due.--The Yearly Interest
Fine Fortune.
The Treasurcr's March statement of the
public Indebtedness Of the District of CO.
lumbia is published, the total amount of
obligations being S195ll, 400, divided as
follows: Permanent improvement stock,
maturing July 1, 1891, bearing per cent.
interest and payable in coin, S2,60l 100
Water stock, per cents, due october l,
1901, S35l,00O. Market stock, Z per
cents, due July %, 1892, Sli,l0O.
Permanent improvement stock paya-
BILE in currency, due July ], 1891,
S27G,9O0. Water stock per cents. due
July 1, 1908, $4,000. Fifty-year funding
bonds, known as 3.65's, due August /,
1924 S14O33, 600. Twenty-year funding
bonds, per cents due July J., 1899, $780,
400. Added to these amounts are these
several sums contracted by the late cor
poration of Washington. Three-year
(lGmery) bonds, due July 80 1873,
outstanding, 500. Twenty-year, fund
per cents, payable in coin, S,
bonds authorized by the District Legisla-
ture June 20, 1872, due November /, 1902,
bearings per cent. interest and PAYABLE
in coin S57G, 500. The debt of the District
on July /, 1879, was S22, ,106,650 and the
decrease since that period is given at
81, 500, 200. The annual interest on the
Districts bonded Indebtedness in 1873
Amounted to 81 ,015, 1912. At this time
the annual payment is $3.50, 267.40.
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THE SICK LIST.
A Number of Distinguished Patients
Their Condition.


Rear-Admiral Robert w. Shufeldt, re-
tired, who has been suffering for several
days from acute bronchitis, followed by
an attack of the grip, is very seriously i'll.
His physicians last night regarded his re-
covery as extremely doubtful, although
DIR. Ricksey, who has the case in charge,
thought he was better.
The sick Admiral is greatly depressed,
and has nothing to say except Yes or
mo when necessary. When first taken
sick, and complaining of his throat, he
remarked to fellow-ofiicer ~ would be
all right if could take sea trip--to Ber
muGa, for instance
Congressman Frank Spinola was great
deal better this afternoon. He rallied
yesterday and continued to improve right
along. His condition, however, is still
very critical.
Forty-four members of the Washington
police force are on the sick list including
Iieutenants Hollenberger, Teeple, and
Gessford. The police surgeons are kept
busy constantly. They say that most Of
the men are suffering with the grip.
General Rosecrans was at his desk this
morning in the Treasury, looking bit
worsted from his tussel with the grip, but
as bright and clipper as he used to be
when he was campaigning up and down
the Tenpessee valleys.
Health Officer Townshend's condition
was greatly improved to-day. He sat up
part of the morning and has taken con-
siderable nourishment,
Chief Clerk McGinn is also getting
better,
Chief of the Warrant Division McI.en.
nan is confined at home with a virulent
case of the grip.
Judges Bingham, Montgomery aud Cox
are still on the sick list, although
slightly improved. They expect TO be
out in few days.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

NEW YoRK, April 13,-Money loaned at
% per cent.
Exchange steady; posted rates, 4S7@iS 1891;
actual rates, 4SG@4s6l for sixty days, and
4Ssl@iSSl for demand.
Governments steady; currency 6s, liz
bid; As, coupon, 1917 bid; Ils, do, l0l}
bid.
Stocks were only moderately active this
morning. The principal trading was in
st. Paul, Burlington, Atchison, Rock
Island, Chicago Gas, Union Pacific, North
ern Pacific, Missouri Pacific. In the first
hour the market was very strong and
advanced steadily throughout, Kansas
and Texas leading. The buying was
fairly good in some of the leaders. At II
o'clock the advance ranged from D to IT
per cent. In the hour to noon the market
was less active, but the strength was fully
maintained. There was some reaction
after II, but it was recovered by 1880.
At noon, however, prices were again
slightly below the best prices.
AT this writing the market is quiet, but
steady. The sales amounted TO 10000
shares.
Washington Stock Exchange.
Reported for THE Critic by Gurley e.
| Stevens, real estate and local securities,
| 1885 II street northwest.
Sales-Regular call, - o'clock NJ
| ID. G. 3.65s, $1,000 1lGs. Wash. Gas,
Convertible 6s, 1884 a 1876; 800 1876.
| West End Natl Bank, 10 00l; 10 00l,
Commercial lns., 100 a a. Wash: Gas,
25 40; 25 5a45. u. s. Electric Light 4 a
1891. Ches. q Pot. Tel, - 5Sl. Pneu-
matte Gun Carriage, 60 a Sjlc. Am. Sc
! curty a. Trust Co., a 80.
Miscellaneous Bonds-W. & g. II. r.
1910 6's, R03!93 1903; w. & G; r: u;
ConvertibleG's' 1920, l95; Masonic Hall
Assn 5's, c 1908, l04; Wash. Market Co.
Imp, G's l0l2'27, ll5; Wash, Light In,
fantry list G's, 1901, 100; Washington Light
Infantry, % rs, 1904, 90; Wash. Gas Co
Ser. A, 6's, l002.'27, l22; Wash. Gas. Co.
Ser. B, IS, 190ll20 l2I; Wash. Gas Co.
| Convertible Gs 1901, 1876.
National Bank Stocks--Banlt of Wash
ington, AGO; Bank of Republic 270; Met
ropolitan, 2S0 Central, 30O Second, 1856
Farmers and Mechanics 100; Citizens
100; Columbia, 1876; Capital, 1913; West
End, 00l Traders, III; Lincoln, 100
Railroad Stocks. - Washington and
Georgetown, 240; Metropolitan, no Co
lumbia, CO. Capitol and North o Street
80; lexington and Soldiers Home, 90
Georgetown and Tenallytown, 63.
Insurance Stocks 80 l'iremen's, AZ
Franklin, 5Gl; Metropolitan, 80; National
Union, 49,; Arlington, lS0; COrcoran, 6S
Columbia, lGg: German American, 1855
Potomac, SO; Riggs, s; Peoples, 81; Lin
coin, 81; Commercial, Il.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real EsLat,
Title, l30; Columbia Title Ga,
Gas ana Electric Light Stocks.-Wash
ington Gas, ll}; Georgetown Gas, 49, u
s. Electric Light 1G7
Telephone Stocks.-Pennsylyama, 2j
Chesapeake Il Potomac, jo; American
Glaphophonc "a.
Miscellaneous Stocls-Washingto Mar
ket 1G Great Falls fee, 100; Bull Run
Panorama, l5 Pneumatic Gun Carriage
Safe DepOstt and Trust Companies
Washington Safe Deposit, no; Washing
ton Loan and Trust, 06i Amer. Securit.
and Trust, 10l.
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ALEXANDRIA,.

The funeral of the late Mrs, A. Il. V.
Taylor took place from her late residence
ON Pitt street. near Duke, this afternoon
attended by large concourse OF friends.
Mrs Taylor was the widow of Henry
Allen Taylor Of Collingwood, in lower
Fairfax, and the oldest daughter of the
late General Archibald Henderson of the
old L. S. Marine Corps. She was q lady
of beautiful traits of character, and was
very useful in church work, among the
Episcopalians especially. She leaves -four
grown children, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Allen OF
Baltimore, Miss Mary and Julian.
Yesterday Lieutenant Smith surprised
and took in hand nearly dozen cDlorei
boys who were down at the lumber yards
playing the festive little game of crap.
They were all fined 81 each
John Robinson and Sam Boiling, both
gentlemen of color, We're caught in the act
of dispensing grog without license, ana
the Mayor will have the case before him
on Wednesday.
Two drunks ard two tramps We're ac-
commodated with lodgings by CAPTAIN
Webster last night. out of one of the
drunks the Mayor got five dollars.
The Golden Eagle fair closed on Satur-
day night after most successful run OF
ten days,
The towing season will not begin until
about the III of May. Several tugs are
now being oyeIhauled and repaired here.
Fish are arriving now IN large NUM-
hers. The herring bring about $50 I ,
1926 per thousand and the shad Sl1 AMI
$40 per hundred.
John Turney, n well-knoWn young
colored man, died last night.
Yesterday hundreds of strangers came
over by ferry
Professor Emil Scharf went 10 Hamil-
ton to-day where he will this evening
lead 10 the altar Miss Mary White, one OF
Hamilton's most beautiful and accom-
| plished daughters.
A citizen to-day was fined 81 for keep
] inga vicious dog.
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TIGIiTsl
The NIlnpcsota senntor.,


Some Western legislative lithts
Declare that rim abides In tights,
Aud even worse the siu they thuk,
When thesc lrail coverings arc punk.
llcHCcforth no nymph with malgrc skirt
Can with Minuc-0tlr- hiIt;
No Cauucncia air her charms,
or 1.-THE UtcfO wave her arms
The Senatorial bushes spread,
And Legislators turn the head,
Ana look the other way, cen when
A lcg IL mentioned Modest men
They feel 20 keenly the disgrace
Ol Hcuug legs in any case,
That some fine day, when shame Opprc.sc-
They may exchange their garb Tor dresses
Aud should they thus adOrn their station,
They'd ne'er exert the least temptation;
~ heir skirts would be Giscreetly long,
And no one once would think OF wrong
-NeO York Recorder.
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PLEAS AND SENTENCES.
Justice Bradley Listens to the Dali
Story of Crime.


Story of Crime.
In the Criminal Court to-day, with
Judge Bradley on the bench, Charles A.
Lamar, the colorcd porter indicted for
having loaned money on pension certih-
Gates, was arraigned. The grand jury in
dicted Lamar on eighteen different pre-
sentiments of three counts each, and he
furnished 81 900 bond for his appear
ance. Mr.. A. A. Lipscomb appeared for
the defendant, who pleaded not guilty.
John w. Latourette, accused of the
same offense and represented by the same
attorney, also pleaded not guilty. Prose
cutting Attorney Howard Clagett asked
that the bond of both defendants be in
creased, but Judge Bradley denied the re-
quest.
William Douglass, colored, pleaded
guilty and was committed to the District
Jail for term of two months. The sem
fence was made lighter than usual as
Douglass has already been locked up for
over two months.
Robert Hammond, charged with oh.
tanning money under false pretenses from
Thomas Buyal, pleaded not guilty.
Rita Thomas, alias Dora Strowbridge,
| alias Villa Evans, alias Mrs Wilson, in
dicted for soliciting money for the sick
and appropriatng 1t TO her own use,
! pleaded not guilty, She said that she had
not employed counsel, but proposed
| doing so.
John Waters, charged with false pre-
lenses, pleaded not guilty, as did also
Arthur Carr charged with larceny.
Charles Turner, who in February last
went to Barbara Schroch, the wife of a
butcher in the Centre Market, and repre-
sented that he had been sent for her hus'
bands oyercoat, was found guilty by the
| jury.
Charles Carroll, young white man, &C
cused of robbng James Conners on Penn
sylyania avenue, near Thirteenth street
last January, and taking his pipe, to-
bacco, handkerchief and other articles OF
minor value from his pockets, was tried
for larceny from the person,
Both Carroll and COnnors had been
| drinking together in ROoney's saloon anC
when they came out neither of them re
membared Just what did occur. Carroll
said that they ran out OF money and Con
neTs tried TO pawn what effects he had FOL
| the drinks.
After being ont few minutes the iury
returned verdict of not guilty and tn,
defendant was discharged.
The case of Charles Is. Yates very
black negro, who, in January last, broke
into the house Of Mrs. Elyn IL, Parker
No. GIG Rhode Island avenue, and stole O
quantity Of clothing, was next taken up
Inc evidence against MN was very
strong, as he was found late the night til,
goods were stolen with them in his pos
session.
The verdict in the Yates case was guilty
Of larceny but not guilty of housebreak
ing
William Johnson, colorei, was place,
on trial for having committed an assault
with attempt to kill Joseph Wilkinson i
Jackson alley. The case went over
tomorrow.
I'm the Criminal Court this afternoon
William Turner was sentenced 10 Alhan,
for eighteen months aud Charles II. Hate
for four years.
The plan Of Secretary Tracy for IRE
moving machine politics from the navy
wards seems 10 be complete, ana there
no reason why il should not succeed en-
tirely il it be honestly administered
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DROWNED WHILE FISHING.
The Boat Upset and the Boy Went tr
the Bottom,

the Bottom.
Matthew Johnson, who is better known
as Mac Speaks, and two companions,
named Marshall, hired boat yesterday
afternoon and rowed down the Anacostia
River to the Potomac, where the current
is very strong. BY some unknown cause
Mac oar slipped and overheard lie went,
the boat drifting from him. aud his COM
paDions, becoming terror stricken, were
unable to move. Mac struggled brayely,
but being unable to swim, and the current
being so strong he went to the bottom,
and has not been seen since. a search is
being made for his body by the police
boat
The crew of the police boat Joe Black
burn succeeded in recovering the body.
None of the boys could swim. Engineer
Roland, Of the Government Asylum for
the Insane, went to their rescue and sue
ceeded in bringing Smallwood and John
son, the other two boys, TO the shore, but
when he returned for Speaks he had dis
appeared and never came up again alive.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13
LoKENZO CROuNsE
or Nebraska, Assistant Secretary Batch
eller's Successor.

OF Nebraska, Assistant Secretary Batch
eller's Successor.
The post of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, made vacant by the appoint
ment Of Mr.. Batcheller as Minister to
Portugal goes to Congressman Lorenzo
Cromse of Nebraska, as already published
in THE CRITIC. Mr. Crounse was born in
Schoharie County, New York, January
tion; studied law and removed to Mont
gomery County, New York, in 1855 and
commenced the practice of his profession.
At the outbreak of the war, in 1861, he
raised battery of artillery and entered
the Army as captain. lie was wounded
and after years service resigned his
commission.
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No, no. We must not forget that what
ever we as strangers to his inner life may
think Of Mr.. Edmunds, those To- whom
he is best known regard him rs a cOurte-
GUS gentleman and fit associate Of the
best men in the land. They look upon
him as able faithful, accomplished and
reliable--as a true friend and a man with
whom it is profitable 10 hold social inter
course. Let il never be forgotten that he
was the iayorite companion of Mr., Thur
man when the latter was the acknowl-
edged laeder OF the Democrats i'm the SEN
ate.-Hich0iO'd DiWairh.
Hon. jefferson b. Browne, who has
been chosen president OF the l'iOrida Sem
ate isa native of that State and but 33
years of age. He received his education
at BrOokyile Academy, in Maryland, and
at Kenmore High School Virginia, aud
graduated m law at the University Of
Iowa. Mr. Browne was clerk in the Navy
i'm 1876 county surveyor i'm lS77-S, and
takes special pride in having been assist
ant keeper of a lighthouse on Florida reef
for fifteen months, where he went to earn
money TO take a course of law lectures at
the University of Iowa. lie was post
master at Key West under Mr.. CleYeland's
administration and is now a successful
lawyer Baltimore SHa.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

Miss Dickinson must either be the vic
tim of persistent and all controlling
hallucinatlon--one which conjures up
horrific details as easily as we recite the
commonest events of daily life-or she
has been the victim of the strangest cir
and explanation, In either case the story
is tragedy. ~. Y HeFaid.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

In 1865 he removed to Nebraska Terri
tory, and year later became a member
constitution. He was elected Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court and entered
upon his duties in 1867, when the Terri-
tory was admitted into the sisterhood of
the Union as State. At the end of his
term he was elected Representative of
the Forty-third Congress and reelected to
the FOrty-fourth Congress
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

This is an error. Mississippi in her recent
constitutional convention not only
adopted the Australian system, but
clinched it by the highly cducational-un-
dcrslnndng clnusc.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

TIm AuEmcAN PEOPLE win breathe a
sigh Of relief when Italy yanks the string
attached TO that little toy war.cloud of
hers and raises the blockade Of ex-senator
Ingalls, mouth.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

THE PHILADELPHIA Record prints q dia-
gram purporting to show the States which
have adopted the Australian ballot sys-
tenn. The diagram classes Mississippi
with the States that have made no change.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

A NrNnEn or woNEN RIOTERS, armed
with hatchets and clubs, made an assault
ON the coke works at Whitney, Pa, last
Saturday. The authorities will try to
convince them that the country is not
yet ready for womcn's riots.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

A NOTABLE INCIDENT of the big fire in
Chicago last night was in the destruction
Of crowded dime museum. 4 large
company of monkeys became pane
stricken, just like human beings, and lost
their lives, when if they had paid atten-
ton to cool Policeman PATRICK SPECIFY,
with his pistol, they might all have been
saved. Poor people Poor monkeys!
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

SENATOR CALL HAS ISSUED q manifesto in
which he places himself in line with the
Farmers Alliance. While this may indi-
cate that there is no hayseed in his hair,
il would be interesting to know just how
far the Senator's honest convictions have
been overgrown by the wiregrass Of
demagOgy.
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Here's Plot for n Comedy.


"What You say that Mr.. Smith, the
merchant, has gone blind Here's a
pretty how dye do, I've got a bill on the
man which is made out payable AZ
sight"
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13
ASSAULTED THE DETECTIVE.
An Ohicer Has u Tough Tussle in
Hotel,

An Ohioer Has "a Tough Tussle in a
Hotel,
Dennis Whalen was sent to Jail this
morning for six months on the charge of
making an assault on Detective Mahon.
The detective was at the National Hotel
on Saturday evening, when his attention
was called to Watchman Sweeny, who
was trying TO eject the man from the
hotel lie was resisting, and Mahon went
to the watchman's assistance.
They succeeded in getting the man into
the street, and then Mahon went back to
the hotel. A moment later he received q
singing blow on the back of the. neck,
and his silk hat went rolling over the
tiled floor of the hotel. The man then
attempted to kick the detective, but the
latter was too quick for him and sue
Ceeded in getting out Of the way, Whalen
was arrested, and this morning pleaded
not guilty.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

THE Woman hyettor is the name Of
new monthly four.page tour-column
paper, whose aims are announced to be to
"aid, elevate and dignity the industrial
and inventive women of the United
States" ltls neatly printed little paper
and its contents are in keeping with the
worthiness Of its object The Woman
intaotor urges the Government to appro-
pirate motley 10 assist inventors in per-
fecting their inventions, and that a spa
cous hall be set apart in the Patent Ofice
Tor women inventors.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

TIN STATEMENT THAT the announcement
of the death Of ex-Minister KUKI Of Japan
is erroneous will be hailed with delight
by the paragraphers Of thecountry, They
will never forget what a shining target he
made for their shafts of fun and parano-
mastic pellets not a great many moons
nuo
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

TnE DAYS on GIApfWomAL delights are
n part Of the dead past, and Uncle ~ is
not likely to revive them by butchefing
the Constitution ITO make Roman holi-
lnN,
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

CARTER HARRISON says Il is not true
that he will retire from politics 1t tlooks,
however oo though politics had retired
from him.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

Now THAT THE EpMUNDs senatorship is
vacant, any number of Vermont politi-
clans are indulging in iridescent dreams
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13
ON DIT.

GovrnNor-SrvAroR HILL is not a free.
trader except i'm politics.
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Ex-MlnIster Kulti Alive ana We'll.

FA-WIhIsIet HNkI AIINe NhU WeIIs
The news that ex-AIinister Kuki of
Japan was dead, turns out TO be erro-
neous. A letter from Toxic was received
yesterday, which says he will return to
this country next year. 1t is Viscount
Kuki, relative of the ex-Minister, who
is dead.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

iFTlE MARQUIS nj RUDNI wants 10 get
some additional points regarding how to
create q Pickwickian tension between two
powers let him study the record Of the
Hill-BuIkeley episOde.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

A CADEMY OF THE HOLY CROSS,
IA 1912 Massachusetts, Avenue,
Afrords every facility for acquiring thorough
education IN Literature, Music and Art. Tho
instruments taught are Piano, Harp, Violin,
Guitar, Mandolin and Banjo Languages, geni
eral vocal, drawing and fancy work free.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

PERHAPS THE MINYEsorA Legislators who
voted for the antitights law did it to keep
themselves out of a tight place.
The Critic and record., 1891-04-13

The plan Of Secretary Tracy for ire
moving machine politics from the navy
wards seems 10 be complete, ana there is
no reason why il should not succeed en-
tirely IL be honestly administered
~, y. Times.