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n COiOr-Mad President.

President Harrison poses as Christian
statesman. and in common with others
of his classin the republican party he pro
fesses to believe that every human being
has an inaJienable right to life, liberty
and tho pursuit of happiness.
But he makes an eXception-he does not
believe that men with yellow skins have
the right to seek life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" in the United f5taIeS
Men with white skins may do it, and
especially men with black SKINS but he
draws the line this side of the yellow men
Millions of black men live here, and
millions more are free to immisrate-they
may come in legions from the West Indies,
South America and even Africa, but the
yellow race-the ChineSe-nluSt not cross
our borders.
1t is q queer position for a Christian
stateslnan-to be at the same time the
stalwart champion of the black race, and
the unreasonable prosecutor OF the yellow
race.
Partisan motives explain the whole bus
mess. The president finds it to his advan-
tage to favor the use of the bayonet i'll
uph olding the blacks, and expressing the
yellows. Such a policy makes votes for
himself and his party.
No other explanation is possible. The
blacks are not preferable to the Chinese
in any way. The Chinese are intellec-
t,tal. ingenius, industrious and able to take
care of themselves. On the other hand,
the blacks never had n civilization III their
own land, and generations of them living
among us Still require the aid and support
of their white neighbors and of the gov
eminent to prevent them from relapsing
into barbarlSm.
Yet President Harrison is anxious to
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A Democratic President.

'The next president" says The New
York World, must be a democrat"
The emphasis of this remark is justified
by the necessity. The democrats must
elect their candidate, therefore the next
president must be a democrat. But
A democrat, in order to be president,
must be able to carry New York without
any shadow of doubt.
Not only must he be able to carry
New YOrk-he must be able to carry lrdi-
ana. These matters will be duly CON
sidered by the Chicago convention. The
ablest men in the party will there De
in consultation with each other.
AS the next president must he DEM
ocrat, we believe the convention will Iom-
mate a candidate who can carry New
York and Indiana.
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use the whole power Of the government
TO benefit the blacks and to lnJure tiie
yellow men.
The other day religious body holulhs
O. session in Pennsylvania discussed ''lis
matter-Harrison's action in signing tne
Chinese exclusion bill-and solemly placeu
on record it's conviction that the presl-
dent is not a Christian. 1t was not the
proper thing to do, but it had ample provo
cation. The thoughtful and 1npartial
observer cannot help regarding IL as I'LL
unjust. unreasonable and sadly silly pts-
mess for a great nation to literally go
color mad, and attack yellow skins with
the utmost desperation short of open war
fare, while the people are taxed into pow
erty and standing army is proposed Tor
the benefit of black skins.
And at the bottom Of all this injustice
and cruelty what do we 1ind-yotes,
Offices spOils!
If Harrison proposes to advertise MINI
self as a Christian statesman, let nm l0i-
low the example of many business firms,
and make his sign read: benjamin Har-
rison Christian Statesman Gimited).
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Harrison Handicapped.

The rejection of Blaine at Minneapolis
knocks him out of public life, but he will
take his place in history as the popular
idol of the republicans-the most brilliant
and magnetic of all their leaders.
Harrison won the nomination, but how
did he get it? Practically by purchase.
The president through his confidential
managers raked and scraped the official
sewers for Il crowd Of henchmen who
would secure his denomination. Ills kins-
men and other office holders maSSed them
selves at Minneapolis, and, regardless Of
the popular will, they did their work.
Never has q republican president forced
himself upon his party by such Il selfish,
personal and corrupt use of the vast
patronage at his disposal.
denomination thus Wrung by the ma
chine from an unwilling party cannot
fail 10 handicap the man who would profit
by it. No matter what may be SAID
about BlaineS failure, it is only q SurmiSe
that he sought the nomination. The facts
of the case show that he never .'etracted
his February withdrawal from the race.
1t is quite likely that the use of his name
at Minneapolis was due to Dome OF MS
too Jealous friends and the anti-iIarrlson
men. Certainly there is nothing to indi-
cate that Mr.. Blaine stopped to any
methods at all comparable to Harrisons.
The rejection of Blaine, as The New
York World well says, points to the decay
of the republican party for what else can
be said of a party dominated by man
To Va hnun lid that The
president is handicapped. The resent
ment caused by his shameful triumph,
and the popular indignation excited by
his indirect purchase of the denomination
must necessarily injure him with the
great mass of voters.
And why should Benjamin Harrison
have a second term? What has he done
since he entered the white house? lie
stood by the force bill, and, after its repu-
diation by his party, he now seeks to
revive it. His laundering came very uear
involving lis in several wars. lis I'd lin
istration shows only here and there q
CLEAN Of light--all borrowed from Blaine.
If the Mckinley tariff is somewhat toned
down by the reciprocity feature, 1t IS due
to Blaine. If we escaped unnecessary
hOstilities with other nations the credit
belongs to Blaine.
This is the record, and again we say
that it handiCapS Harrison. Thousands
of republican voters i'll every northern
state will refuse to cast their votes for
the man whose machine methods thrust
aside for his own advantage the greatest
statesman ever known in the annals of
the republican party!
If the democratic delegates to Chicago
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It'll any legitimate interest in the

with any legitimate interest in the
country?
Let the editor of The Picayune confer
with some of the legitimate buyers and
sellers on CarOndelet street, and he will
quickly have his eyes opened as to tho
evil influence Of option gambling.
One of the planks in the republican plat
form may be interpreted thuf: EFF the
niggers won't vote, ding 'em, We'll count
'em onyhow''
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The Food of Freedom.

1t is said that those who are trying to
cultivate u taste for Indian corn among
the people OF Europe are succeeding falriy
well. The Boston Herald states that
thirteen mills have been pat in operation
for grinding corn i'll Germany, and some
of them have been forced to WORK night
and day to fill their orders. Other mills
are building, and i'll some of hu large
German cities half the bakers are sciling
maiZe-rye bread, composed OF one part
OF corn to two parts of rye meal. 1t is
q queer combination, but if It viii aid the
poor people of Europe to appreciate corn
bread and other products of corn meal,
a good work will be accomplished, not
only for the working classes i'll foleign
countries, but for the corn-GfoWCrS Df the
United States.
Those who have seen specimens OF the
sour, soggy black bread OF which the
peasants and poorer classes of Europe
live find it hard to understand how there
can be any difficulty in introducing com
bread and the dozen delightful dishes
that can be made from corn meal. Yet
habit and prejudice strike deep; they so
an idea that corn meal is a food only for
cattle, and on this side the people would
have to be in the last stages Of starvation
before they could be induced to eat rye
bread which is black coarse and unWhOl-
some.
We have little doubt that the character
and condition Of the common people OF
Europe are the natural result OF uaWnOlc-
some and innutritous food. A family
which is compelled to Scuiiie around ard
work hard for a groat's worth Of rye
bread can have little disposition to think
or care about liberty. a gcnerauon FED
on rye bread can know nothing Of the
aspirations that lead to freedom.
Corn meal has fed the tissues CT liberty
and made them strong III the people Of
this country. The Indians, who ted ON
it, were never really conquered. They
have been OyerpoWered, outnIHnDerAd aud
crowded to the Wall, but the love OF lib
erty is still theirs. The l'uritans, who
came over here to escape religious per
secutiOn, began to feel about for ther Nd
critics as soon as they got a taste OF the
hOe-caKe. The Ni1ginlauS who came hther
to stake off plantations and to serve thelf
king looked askance ut the throne as soon
as they began to feed on corn-ponc and
cracklin' bread. The citizens Of 'lecklen-
burg were full of dumplin's when they
signed the declaration of Independence,
and both PatTfCHH Henry and 7 thomas JEFF
ferson had u weakness for ash-cake and
buttermilk.
If the crowned heads of Europe were
fully aware of the dynamic force Ut corn
meal, they would lay an embargo IN this
food and keep it out of their doniniOns.
American corn and pork are sure to Gre
ate q successful revolution abroad. Men
who eat hog and homIny, hoe-cake and
dumplings, are sure to make life I1iSera-
bic for kings and queens, emperorS and
expresses
1t is said by some that Harrison is
weaker than he was when he was Il can
didate in 1855 This is q puzzle that we
cannot make out. If there has been any
change, he is stronger. Democrats cannot
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1t will be seen that ali the increase, ex-
cept the four votes from the east and the
two from the south comes from the west
and the northwest, and that more than
tWo-thirds of the increase is from territory
contiguous to, or in close connection with
the state of Illinois. Not only this, but
both parties seem to concede the fact
that this territory is to be
an important battle ground
In the approaching presidential
election. With this in view II we select
a democratic candidate for the presidency
from the great northwest win Il strong
man from New York us vice
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The Gambling Spectator.

A business man in New York has
recently told the story of his bucket shop
experience, and, as the speculative gam
bling he describes differs from the op-
tons of the big stock exchanges only in
degree, it will be of interest, while the
Hatch bill is pending, to present some of
the facts stated in his narrative.
This New Yorker started out two years
ago to beat the bucket shops. He saw
men with their thousands on the stock
exchange make money, and he thought
that he could succeed with his hundreds
in the bucket shops. He started out with
a good business, and wound up with no
business and no money.
The young spcculatOr studied the quo
tations of the stock exchange, and made
his first venture in Il small way. He
pOcketed $40 profit, and then bought more
stock This time his margin was wiped
out. He learned that he could protect
his stock with Il rcmargin. SO he tried
that prccaution, and often made 1nCDey,
but in the long run he lost more
He found himself paying less attention
to his business. His speculations absorb
GU Ills lDOuSllG>. INcN SCicllltS 1OI bttJ-
ing tho bucket shop occupied his mind
and his losses continued. OF this period
in his life he says:
l could not afford to lose so much money,
and my business was suffering because of my
absence aud loss of interest in it. | felt that
| ought to quit specializing at once but [ still
believed that my experience would tell i'll the
eu Il and the losses be made good Then | be-
gan to think and talk of luck. ] noticed how
pins lay ON the sidewalk and picked up those
with the point toward me; that meant good
luck IL the first white horse / saw in the
morning Us ] came down town was going
toward the ferry it WAS my lucky day. A
black cat at my door or showing fricndiness
for me would bring good luck. If anything
had impressed me on day when [ made
money, it was forever aftcrwarI i'll my mind
as a favorable omen and looked continually
for it.
1t has been u losing game right through.
on the right side of the market when the
bull movement set in two months ago, but all
] gained then, and more besides, soon found
its way to the bucket shops bank account,
am now convinced, when too late, that | cannot
beat this game, although it seems easy a
thing to DO. / can neither buy nor sell stocks
now because | have no money, and / would not
if I could.
In conclusion the writer declares that
the small bucket shop Spectator never
quits until his last dollar is gone. He
is under q spell-l curse-and when he
finally collapses he rarely ever pulls him
self together and gets on his feet again.
Nine times out Of ten he becomes an
utter wreck or commits suicide.
Here we have an everyday story, and
after reading it the thoughtful citizen
will wonder why the reformers who take
such an active interest in suppressing lot
teries and ordinary, gambling houses are
apparently unwilling to interfere with
this most destructive evil OF American
business life.
What are we going to do about it?
The free-coinage republicans will be
found this year, as in All other years,
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president, why can we not win n the ap-
nrOaching presidential contest?

president, why can we not win n the ap-
preaching presidential contest? :
Now, if it is the desire of the party to
win, and to make democratic principles
certain, let it look to the new and
growing country contiguous to The Missis-
sippi river, and let it show a disposition
to consult the wishes Of the great west
Study the statistics given ABOVE, and
the remarkable condition Of the situation
will at once confront every conservative
democrat. Republican gains outside OF
of the new states mentioned. come from
California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Wis
consin. The democratic gain Of seven.
comes from Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri,
Georgia, New Jersey and Texas.
Let the convention bear this in mind,
and let it take into consideration the
fact that the vote of New York is abso-
lutely essential to democratic success.
Let it keep in mind the true interest of
the party, and lay aside the interest of
any one man. Such being the case the
convention can nominate q ticket inst
will win.
VIII it be equal to The emergency?
When the convention speaks the democ-
racy has expressed itself, and there sDolIiiss
be no further ground tor question or for
cayil. Whoever the democracy noninates,
the democracy must elect, andthe choice
of the Chicago convention must De the
next president of the United States OF
America!
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never be plethora of gold and silver cur
rency in country such as ours.
In the third place, India, MeXlco ana
other countries have free coinage, ana
they are not delugcd with European sill
YER When the nonometallisrs explain
why this is so, it will be time enough
to discuss their airy predictions with some
degree Of seriousness
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In Indiana, the kuklux element, known
as white caps, pursue their occupation III
churches. We trust the northern brethren
will apply a warm pouluce to their own
sores before they apnly a SalYe to OUTS.
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The democrats can't straddle the silver
question as gracefully as the republicans.
They should either declare for free coinage
straight out, or ignore it altogether.
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The Brooklyn Eagle says the party in the
country at large has been ruled by the
south long enough. The editor of The Ea-
gle should try the bichloride of gold cure.
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The Maine statesman will not be well
enough to take the stump for Mr.. Harri-
sons grandpa's hat.
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Women are murdered every day at the
north Did we hear any remark from the
gentlemanIy editors about "civillzauon!
Why, of course, the north is in high
state of ciyilizaton-a highly excited state.
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The time has now arrived for the third
party leaders to fold their little tents, ana
come back to the democratic camp.
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If the democratic delegates TO Chicago
will harnonze their differences before they
appear in public on the stage, it will be
great thing for the party.
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The free-coinaga republicans will be
found this year, as i'll All other years,
voting solidly for the party nominee. We
think the free-coinage democrats can afford
to be as loyal to their party.
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1t is said by some that Harrison is
weaker than he was when he was Il can
ddate in 1855. This is puzzle that we
cannot make out. If there has been any
change, he is stronger Democrats cannot
help their cause by blinking at facts.
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The Nashville American says: 1.-THE honor
paid Mr.. Whitelaw Reid by the republicans
in convention assembled will put new energy
ito hard working newspaper men. 1t opepf
vast possibilities to them and while us d rule
they have been satisfied with controlling
nomonation5 instead of receiving them, there
is no telling what may result from this vice
presidential nomination.. Mr. Greeleys nomi-
ition for the presidency was eXcep-
tional case, and Mr.. Reid is yet a young man."
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Whitelaw Reid should remember the fate
that befel Horace Greeley when he be-
came an office seeker.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Before Blaine left Washington he predicted
Harrisons nomination.
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Some very eminent physicians hold that
can er is caused hy grief, anxiety or dsap-
poiptmtDt. The disease is frequently linked
with insanity. All this goes to show that the
mind very largely controls the body When
the mind suffers the body is affected. Nj
poleon's cancer Of the stomach is supposed to
date from his Disappointment at Moscow, when
he realized that his campaign was an utter
failure-ln irreparable disaster
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-30

The Money Arrived Too Late

SAN DIEGO, Gala, Nov. 3O.-Yesterdiay
morning, as the gardener of the Hotel
del Coronado was making his rounds, he
saw the dead body of young woman
PROSTATE on the stone step near the hotel
The body has been out in the rain all nj ght
The,woman had shot herself through the
brain. The body was identified as that OF
Miss L. Anderson Bernard, who had a
arrived on Nov. "a from bet -oit,
Mich. She had been suffering from cancer
in the stomach, was here alone, and day
or two ago telegraphed to friends for
money, which did not arrive until yester-
day morning after her dead body was
found. .Es
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Went out slauchterinp snine.

EXMoRE, Va, Nov. 30.-Having been
forced to abandon the prearranged plan to
spend the entire day in cunning for duck,
President-elect Cleveland, went out upon
the beach shortly before noon yester lay
for the purpose of shooting snipe. The
long billed little birds were found in great
numbers and Mr.. Cleveland succeeded in
bagging 1876 snipes in a little over an hours
time. OF these So were brought down at
one spot. -Four black ducks which left the
water and few over the beach also fell VIC
tins to the fowling piece of the president
nj
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-30
COMBINED TO GET THE STUFF.

Half a Dozen Toledo City Fathers Sem
fenced.
TOLEDO, O., Nov 30.-Yesterlay six
former members of the Toledo city council
were sentenced by Judge Harmon 10 pay a
tine of $3.50 and costs each, and to stand
committed to the workhouse until said fine
and costs are paid. The accused men were:
William J. Gill, Charles Neuendorf,
Frank G. Tanner, Benjamin o. Nanches-
ter, John DAILY and George NJ. Doner. OF
this number, two, Tanner and Neuendorf
plead guilty, and the others were tried and
convicted
Put Up a Job on the Boodlers.
Last May the Pluto Oil company, OF this
city, petitioned the city council for IN ordi-
nance to lay an oil pipe line. These men,
with five others, formed ccmbina ton to
get some stuff for voting for the ordi-
nance and after it had passed the board of
aldermen these busy councilmen visited
the Pluto company's office one at time,
soliciting bride of $500 as the price of
their votes. Thanks to prearrangements
reporter was concealed in the room and
took down what the boodlers said. This
was used in evidence.
Got OF Very Lightly.
Ransom p. Swaine, one of the indicted
members, turned states evidence and
saved himself The sentence is a great sur
prise, as everybody expected the men would
get at least two years Imprisonment. The
men all paid their fines and costs and are
now left to fight down the consequences of
their own rascality.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-11-30
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1892.
RELIC OF THE WAR.
Dynamite UncoVers a Steam
boat With a History.
SUNK BY GUERILLAs IN MISSOURI,

The River Buries Her and Now She Re-
appears to Recall an Interesting Incl
dent-Some Rare Old Whisky in the
Hull With the Skeleton OF the nI-Fated
Captain-How Rosecrans Came Down on
the Townspeople for Indemnity.
RoCHEPoRT, Mo-, Nov. 30.-A remarka-
bic discovery has been made by workmen
blasting out the western entrance of the
Rocheport tunnel on the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railroad, who have unearthed
part Of the old government supply boat
Burlington, sunk by Anderson's guerrillas
in 1854 Tradition has it that there was a
considerable amount of treasure in the old
craft when it went down, and as result
half Of the population of the town is dig
ging about the wreck. In war time the
Missouri river flowed over the land where
the tunnel now begins, but the constant
changes to which the course of this uncer-
tain stream is subject left this spot far re
moved from water.
Dynamite Makes Big Hole.
The change was gradual enough, how
ever, so that no effort was made to locate
the wreck after the waters first closed
over 1t, and as time went on all though t
OF the sunken boat was forgotten. 1t so
happened that just at the edge of the tun-
mel, few feet down, a big ledge OF stone
was encountered by the railway workmen.
A heavy charge Of dynamite was fired and
tons OF rock went skywsrd. A huge, wedge
shaped block of flint limestone, weighing
a ton or more, landed upon a sand bank,
and disappeared, leaving a hole fully the
size OF a hogshead. Planks were placed
upon the treacherous ground.
And Unearths the Old Steamer.
Captain Lynch, superintendent of the
work, walked out, put a ladder into the
hole and descended, returning with the it,
formation that a boat hull was Just be-
meath the sand and that the stone had
broken through its well rotted timbers.
He set crew of men at work in shoveling
back the sand and exposed to view por-
ton OF the old vessel. A brief investiga-
ton resulted in the discovery of various
articles which identified the hull beyond
question as that of the Burlington The
work on the tunnel was at once abandoned
and that Of unea=thing the old steamer
prosecuted with vigor. Almost the first
thing the searchers encountered was five
barrels Of whisky in prime condition, hav-
ing evidently been improved, if anything,
by its long absence from light and air.