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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES In pri-
vate. MIR. Cleveland has exploded
on OCCASION with great violence.
but he is never personal in bic
public utierances' All he says in
public is calm and we'll weighed,
yet III these sentences from his
Jeckson Day address the personal
apple alton is inevitable:
we have preached the doctrine
that honesty aud sincerity should
be exacted from political parties
Let us not fall un1er the condem.
ne ton which waits on shifty
schemes and insmcere professions.
believe our countrymen are
prepared to act on principle, and
ATE III no mood for political ma
neuveling. They will net waste
time in studying conu,. drums,
guessing riddles or trying to In.
terpret doubtful phrases. They
demand a plain and simple state
ment ofpolidcal purpose
Every lire OF this is freighted
with contempt the honest man feels
Tor the little political trickster.
Every word Of il ents like knife,
and as a whole, brief as il lie, it
constitutes an appeal US strong "a
could be made to the highes. qaal-
tiles of citizenship aud the strong.
est instincts Of courageous mans
hood.
At times Mr.. Cleveland is high.
~ exespe' a;ing to nearly all Dem
ocrats. His Individuality is 60
strong that where his perception
happens TO be bl1nt lie creates
among those WHO best know his
admiral qualities a strong feeling
that he needs disci, )lining. But
he is always liable to give utter
ance to some such expression az
tbis, 20 full of the instincts of De.
mocracy; go strong in its sympathy
with all that ia strongest and best
III the Democratic mind that 1t
raises him higher than ever in the
esteem OF Democrats, as il brings
tie carnestness of Lis nature and
the honesty of he purpose into
high relief against he background
OF futile schening and petty, inef.
fectual !ricIery Of the little men
whom ward politics have lifted in
to temporary uotore'y.
Whatever else lie is, he is always
straightforward and there Is moth |
ing In any man in public life which
60 commends him TO the people
which gives them such enduring
confidence IN hin as straightfor.
wardness. 1t was that in Andrew
Jackson which made all Demo
Gratis swear by bim at ali times
when they were not so exaggerated
with hlm as to wish to break his
neck "a very often they had am.
pie occasion TO be, since there
never ives man more obstinate7
ly wrong headed when ho was
wrong than Andrew Jackson.
Bot when the PEOPLE compared |
him to such little tricksters as Van |
Buren, they saw the difference and
could rot help loving jackson for
1t. Nor can they help loving
Cleveland all the more that he is |
enough unlike jackson 10 dispise
tie little wiz pl ersnapper politicians
OF New York who think they eau |
be Van Burens nov.
Mr.. Cleveland was never more
essentially right in he life thar IN /
these seniences For what every /
man with the Democrats instinct ~
b m demands in public politics and
public men IL sira ghtforwardness.
ST. Louis Republic.
81
The MARY nd Legislature in joint
cleo ed Hon. Charles n
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t-r'% = ~<~-yS ~.~At ~ sSf<s
Catsis srs.s6.d ~ ..ihess sxures live veish,
Sheep tte sol gfofs. that 10 live weig BIT
or nothing OF - s.,-rse,.
AZ CAi,vERTON YARDS.
Prices Of Besf Us,tIe this week m ured. q
follows: Best Beeves At 4 sag q S4.T3, fhass
generally rated fret quality. 81 % a So AL
medium or good fair quality 81 90. u 4 90
and ordinary thin steers, Oxen and Cow.
2 36aS2 rs FER loo fbs. -z
Or The Cattle received l37 bead came from
Maryland. 490 from Virgins, ia nom
Kentucky. - from West viryinfa, = from
New York. 70 from Ohio. 3ys' from Inins
ADD 33.frnm Psonsyjvsnia Total recstpts
for the week 4. So head ssaiust lisi iAss
weeh ~pd iI7s head same tin:e enc yea
ago. -:
0f.,he offerings .,odu s,oh-aa yer. taken
by Baltimore butchers 81. by county
dealers, and 80 by Eastern buyers. fatal
sales for the week OBI head Against 077
last week, and IS; head same week one
yesr ago. X. ~ :, ss->:-'ss
SnssP AID Lawns The Market fer Sheep
aud Lsmbs 10 reported by dealers as being
less active than last week. The number ID
little more than half those reported then III Z
quality 70 fair. With some very extra saeep
from The Valley of virgtnia sod on 81 wat.
Nrms TO one Of tbs LAT -st ,eParato1s in tho
unIke, OF this city. We quote he ran &c for
SheeRAt2& ceut<.fpr eytnmon 70 81 cents
for BELIEF grades, with . sfev extra At 6 eta
per Id gross. Lambs bae3 cents per b gross
The receipts Of heap al d Lam1s this week
, numbered $50 head. y.
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CALI TiIE DEMOCRATIC Co.'S.
vENTIoN. Til. National Democratic
Committee a, mee'ing held Friday
In The city If 'Yasiirgton.'D G ha,
appoin'ed Fuesday, the 2ist OF June,
1892, as The time, aud chosen tie
city oi Chicago as the place fur
holding the National Democr. t!c
Convention. Each State is entitled
10 rcprcssn MIA ION therein coua: 10
double the number ef lie representa-.
ton 10 which it is entitled In The
next electoral college, aa2 each Ter
ritory and the District OF Columbia
shall have two delegates. All demo.
cratic conservative citizens Of lie
United ) sles, Irrespective Of psst
political associations and differences.
VITO can unite With US in tho cffor,
Tor pure. econom'csi and cons iiu.
tional govs.- 'pent are cordially iu.
v''ei to IN u e seaaing delegates
To the convenuoo.
CALVIN 5 BRicE, Chsirman.
SIMON z. SHEEEIN, Secretary.
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Alliance DEPARTMENT.
Natter Tor ihis Department viii he a1 :
dressed 70 ii. n Johnson. aonasy, w. Wa t.


h'ch We" - 's jan. iVId. Aoc<.
Nm. EDrToE:-A. q meeting Of
H'eh- View Alliance Tie 10Th ines,
We had p full attendance or our me e.
bers. A few Of us hal M ads n sps-
Ga, effort 20 get them aii on. Cd
lad 'cvitrd The county lecsuFsr 10
meet With. u.s. As result We had q
iar2efmee'ing. A aumber OF non.
members we're present. We bad a
good talk on the de ufands and pfis-
ciples OF the Order which resived the
crowd very much. We had one ap.
plication for membership and expec.
othese. We ATE encouraged aud be-
iieve much gtod will result. We
Rrestiy s?precia'e The services Of
our hrothsr md h-,pe no will be able
TO 20 our People the good. which be
has certainly rendered to US.
STEPHEN HAlNEs:
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BEAR THIS. We would call the
attention Of our readers tn the notice
IN this issue Of tho call for meeting
of the Democratic Executive Com-
mistee This notice was in tended
forth pane: last week bat the per-
COP by wbom /. was sent forgot TO
give it 10 as. Next Tuesday the
Committee are requested to NEE, q,
the cfiies OF the Cb.i,man, f..
Russell.
is Il not time the Democrats uf
,'ur county we're forming clubs aud
beginning to work in earnest for the
Presidential elcc ion3
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a CLEVELAND DEMacnAT

CoS0REs7. -Spe aker Crisp presid
ell over thu House Monday the f-s'
me since his Illness. hut little bu.
siness was;tFansacted. the reading of
the Presidents mcssRge being the
absorbing inciden, which was atten
tiye'y 'eard by h>.h Hue.
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DrAccnAgic CosyESrros. Tie
National Democratic Committee
me! et Washington last Thursday
and selected Chicago as the place
Tor he National Democratic Con
vsu'ion and fixed Tuesday, June
Il ne he date. The time is two
wseiss later than the Republican
National Convention, which will
meet al MINNEAPOLIS June z
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IRE central portion OF Beverly,
tbs State. including the court house.
tss burned Monisy lsst. Several
HUNDRED people are lett practically
homeless.
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LODGE W ,RK.

The following sell ction from The
Nat. Economist, will sug9es. to rul
10 'ees tho importance OF securing
the regular vista OF that p.per. Il
will doub less prove IN tH!cicp,
means % preserving interest in th.
meetings and will afford T., mem
be something to ln, so that each
will feel the weigh, Of some Oh.ig a.
tion To be present at each meeting. Z
We al feel the need OF just sue,
instruction Is Is promised in these
lessons; and il the lecturer viii do
his duty anl bring theses u st,ers
regularly TO The site nliDn cfILe Or
der, much good will be d ne Eve.
~ lodge should secare the Econo-
mist for the lecturers use, il be ia
not taking it already AMI scSersI
copies would be better. There IS
much Deed that tue Alliance htera.
ture should he read by The members
generally and hey vii! all crme 10
enjoy II.
HOME QUESTION
Cf interest to every member Of the
Order IL, How can We fsst keep un
an interest and thereby promote The
attendance in the AIiarcer The
Economist hss completed arrange.
ments whereby ii will DO able 10
furnish the material to accomplish
this much desired end; but .verv
member interested must take a. nc-
tive part Rnd work. A series OF les.
sons in political economy property
illustrated by blackboard exercises
aud made lively AMI interesting by
information In regsId to existing
conditions which demonsttao the
great t1u hs taught Can ba pAde, il
the brethren and sisters will assist.
the m cana Of Dsing out a full At
tendance at each meeting The e st
of a series OF such lesfo = will fp.
pear IN the next Issue CT the &c ,ro-
NIT. They will DO entitled thu
EcoDamist Educational Exercises
There viii be ten ex,fCisea duria9
each quarter Ia order TO give pic n
" OF ttme for The sn'irs Oder TO get
the frst exercise and make due ar.
engagements 80 that all may com
mence these lessons at The beginning
IL Is deemed tes; TO issue item 10
begin IL The third week N January,
1902 Ills IL the week which bc-
gins with MONDAY, January IS. The
lessons for the first qusr,er VII then
he st meetings during the third and
fyurth weeks in January and four
weeks each in February and March.
The 9Th and tenth meeting ia each
quarter - an open meeting, In winch
oil neighbors ard friends srs invited
% attend and Ihe exercise is re-.
view OF the fJur previous lessons
anil IL very entertaining and instrue.
,ty-. Tbers has oosn al ufgent de
ma0d .or something ~ bis k'0d for
a long time aud the Economist bas At
great expense made .he necessary.
Arrangements.
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The Mary nd Legislature in joint
convention cleo ed uoD. Charles n.
Gibson TO lll out tue term of the late
Senator Wilson.
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Grand Duke Constantine, uncle
of roe Car eud father of the Queen
% Greece, died Monday
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IL is said the population ~ the
UaHed Stetea increases by 100000
persona ysafiy.
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THE B.A.NK OF ROD .EY

Is prepared 70 make looms end 70 q, q
Renefsl banking bcsiBess
- Friday oftsch week y discount day
Directors.
=. n. g. Pancske, John @. Heisksii.
ChsA Bar .ison Sr. J. vs.. Carer,
nv. DaiIey, u. r. e Guthrie,
n. B. GpkesOnl Pre- ideat.
JOHN 7, VANCE, Casbisr.
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Agent for $. Kaufman & Sons ssEx.
tras. Never Sip Pants. In straight an d
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GOODS

I'm addition to our pres
ent stock Of Christm al
Novelties, we will open
during the latter part of
this week on. first Of next
cur second purchase of
trade which will embrace
fancy gee IS for Holiday
MANY desirable articles.
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PLAIN DnEss GOODS.
BLACK DRESS GODS.

Al wool Blrcs gcrpes. 90 and co..
AZ wool Hen,ictss 40 SOC. 40 iDch.
We pride Ourselves On tria valut.
Stripes ard Pads Is t9' 10 ! lack
ep" = '''rs AID Biaci, aud Gay.
81, nd yerp Hrrriefts ~ SfoO
si2s 81 SO, 81 IS aed s. o..
GRID PENIYC nv
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NEW FALL GOODS AZ
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28
HEN AND WOMEN.

Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt is very
regular attendant at ST. Bartholomew'S
church, New York. Her costumes are
so simple they might almost be called
plain. She will come out in a year or
two.
Mrs. Margaret Howell Davis Hayes.
a daughter of jefferson Davis. and her
little boy had an ovation at the hands of
Confederate veterans in Dallas, Tex,
lately. The boys in gray idolize the
lad, whom they call Little jeff"
BY the TRANSMISSION of. artificial or
chemical blood into her veins the life of
Mrs. Louise Christian, of Lyon Mount
ain, n. Y, has been saved. She had
been very i'll for a long while and was
apparently about to breathe her last.
William H. English, Hancock's vice
presidential colleague candidate, resides
in Indianapolis, is worth few millions,
and is rapidly making them more by his
attention to business.
LuelIa Cool, one of the leading den
fists of San Francisco, has charge of the
dentistry OF Stanford university. Ow-
ing to her large practice she can give
but one day i'll the week to the univer-
sity work.
In the almost lost art of letter writing
Octave Thanet especially eXceiS. She
is called the wittiest letter writer among
women. Der real name is Alice French,
and she lives in Davenport, 10.
Lord TennySon was sociable with a
few intimate friends; but he always
entertained a profound contempt for
bores. This trait was illustrated one
day when two ladies, who had made a
pilgrimage to see his home, approached
his gate. They saw the poet walking.
Although they were strangers they
| finally pIucked up courage and entered
the grounds. The old man frowned
when they approached. lord Ten
nyson%' said one of the ladies in her
| softest tones. "Yes," he responded.
| ''Oh, we are so glad to see you. We
have come from afar to see you. We
| have read your poems, and wanted to
see the writer. know it to be unwar-
ranted; but really. you understand
the temptation was too great. l fear
that we are great intruders." Here
| the poet blew Whit from his pipe.
| .sWell, why don't you go, then?" he re-
marked. Ii IS needless to say that the
| ladies departed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28
STATE PRESS TIPS.

lex Senator Halvor Steenerson is be-
ing pushed by the Red river country TO
succeed Gen. Williams on the board OF
railroad commissioners" 1t appears
from the above taken from the Mime
apoliS Tribune that Halvor Steenerson
has bobbed up serenely for another OF :
fee. Like Banquo'S ghost Halyor viii
not down so long as there's an office in
sight. Bat the idea that the people OF
the Red river valley are pushing him
fer this or any other Office is preposter-
Gus. unless Halvor himself is recognized
as 1--WE the people, His vote at the
last election, when he was candidate
for tie legislature, shows what strength
he has with the people Of the Red river
valley.-Crookston Times.
Judge Thomas Wilson, Of Winona, is
spoken of in connection with the posi-
ton OF attorney general in ClevelandsS
cabinet. If Judge Wilson gets there.
we Democrats will have no need Of feel
ng shaky about his being able to fill
the place.-St. Peter Journal.
When the scnatOrship Is out of the
way, the Duluth IL Winnipeg land steal
will come up, and the members will be
asked to vote away the heritage of the
state. VIII they do it? Ii they are
honest they will Hot. A big railroad
lobby will be on hand with company
stock and money to carry out their aims.
and it will test the honesty Of the meln-
berS to withstand the onslaught. t.-LaneS-
boro journal.
The coming legislature will, in all
probability. be asked to pass local
county option bill. Such a law would
extend to counties the same right to de-
eide regarding the sale Of liquor as is
now enjoyed by towns. Great pressure
will be eXerted upon the legislature by
friends of temperance all over the state
to pass measure Of that kind. And
it seems reasonable that the people i'll d
county should possess the right to decide
for themselves regarding the liquor traf-
fic fully as much as i'll a single town
or state. Local option by towns has
not proven as successful as il might be.
1t covers too small an area. Rival towns
will! favor or oppose it as best suits their
selfish interests. County prohibition
will surely be more of success, and
the next best thing to state prohibition.
1t is a question if state prohibition law
could be carried in this state, while pro-
hibition by counties will certainly be
adopted by large number OF counties
without difficulty. Give 10 the people
in county, to the farmers and the
dWellers in the cities and towns. that
right, which virtually belongs to them.
to vote ''yeS" OF mo" OH the subject of
licensing the saloons. Warren Sheaf.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28
THE SICK MAN.

Mr. Blame, without doubt, has been
one of the most distinguished citizens
of his time, and he certainly has been
the very foremost Of his Darty.-Mll-
yankee News.
No other American is personally so
popular. The esteem and admiration
in which he is held are not confined to
one party, but are common to all par
tieS.-CIncinnat TimeS-Star.
Poor Blame. His career has been
meteoric, but at the same time full Of
domestic and political trials, disappolht-
ments and sorrows. Despite the fact
that he never reached the presidency
he is probably easily first i'll the heart
of his party.-Nashyille American.
A career which in it's zenith was one
of the most brilliant among American
statesmen, and which toward its close
has been one OF the SaddeSt-that
of James g. Blaine-Will powerfully at
tract future students of American his
tory, just as the man himself attracted
his contemporaries Dis
patch.
No man since Henry Clay was so
universally admired and beloved by the
people. In point of ability he has been
almost without rival since the death
of Abraham Lincoln and the close of
the public services OF William H. Sew
ard. Among ali the men of his day who
have engaged in public service and
aspired to leadership none stands higher
in the popular heart than Mr.. Blaine
Cleveland Leader.
The gallant leader Of the Republican
party, alike in glorious victory and hon
orable defeat, his name and fame will
always be dear to his party and his
country. He could not have been a
greater man, even had he achieved the
goal of the presidency. aud few that
have sat in the presidential chair were
his equals. York Press.
He gave his strength, his life to his
country. They whom he opposed re-
spected him. Admiration of the man
was not circumscribed by party lines.
For many years his magical name has
been Saluted as that of the greatest liv-
ing Ameri eau. and his death will be
recognized as an unreasonable national
loss.-Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28
CHEERLEss HOLIDAYS.
Bleak Weather Causes Great Suf
farinG in London.

Bleak Weather Causes Great Suf-
fering in London.
LONDON, Dec. 27-England is having
severe and trying Christmas weather.
A vigorous frost prevails throughout the
country, ana the average temperature
is about 81 deg above zero. London is
buried under dense fog, and it is diff
cult to see any one few feet away
Many accidents have occurred in GlaS-
COW, Manchester and Newcastle owing
to the frozen boilers bursting, and two
persons were killed by all accident of
this character at AirdrIe today. Twelve
skaters lost their lives by drowning in
Great Britain yesterday. The people
ARE suffering terribly in London. Last
night the Salvation Auny shelters were
crowded. all being accommodated,
whether able to pay the small charge
for lodging or not. The Salvation Army
also entertained multitude with free
Christmas dinners. Quantities of coal
were also distributed by charitable
agencies to the needy, and special vlSi-
tati0nS made to the districts where Suf-
fering most abounds. The priyation i'll
London among the unemployed i'll
creaSeS with the advance OF winter, and,
notwithstanding the numbers already
here, multitudeS continue to throng i'll
from all parts of the country. Advices
from Lancashire state that the locked
out employees in the cotton manufacture
ing districts had hungry holiday,
thousands of them being dependent
upon charity for suStenance. Hundreds
are wandering about begging, and 1t is
feared that the rigorous weather will
cause the loss of MANY lives
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28
KANSAS MARY.

Mrs. Lease would not be lonesome in
the senate. There are several excellent
OLD ladies there who would share with
her any suspicion as to who gave away
the secrets of the executive session.
New York; Commercial Advertiser (Rep.l
Mrs. Lease is in the Kansas senator
ship fight with both pedal eXtremitie5.i
Should she be elected her salary would
enable her 10 hire a nurse for the chill
dren and thus relieve Mr.. Lease of the
terrible strain he has been undergoing
during the past few months.-Chlcago
Dispatch.
1t won't do to ridicule Mrs. Leases
ambition to break into the United States
senate, brethren. Mrs. Lease is busi-
ness woman and Kansas politics is de-
cidedly variegated. Chicago Mail.
Kansas women, it is expected, will
soon be able to vote for county and mu-
nicipal Offices. In that event Mrs.
Lease may be expected to ring in her
sisters. cousins and aunts. Then Kansas
campaigns will be lively.-Cleveland
Leader.
Mrs. Lease may not be torn from the
bosom Of her family. Perhaps 1t is just
as we'll that she should not, for what
poor Mr.. Lease would do, between the
nursery and the kitchen, while the sena-
tor was running the country up at the
Capitol, we can notfor the life of US I'M
Washington Post. Qnd.)
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-12-28

presence in the senate. While the
house will initiate the tariff legislation,
the senate will have to concur, and 1T
needs the ability of Mr.. CARLISLE there
to aid in passing the bill against the
open hostility of the. Republicans and
the covert opposition of the protection
lists in our own party.
Another objection is the fact that the
senator and Mr. CLEVELAND are not at
one in their views of the silver policy of
the party. He voted for the free coin
age amendment offered by PLUMB in
1890. and was paired in favor of STEW
ARTS free coinage plan in 1891. At the
time of the publication of Mr.. CLEvE
LANDS famous silver letter the senator
was understood to be in sympathy with
those other senators and congressman
who openly avowed that the letter had
removed Mr.. CLEVELAND from the list
of possible candidates of his party. 1t
is true that Mr.. CARLISLE has in this
congress modified his views OH the silver
question, but the pity is that he should
have had occasion to.