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has anything to do with Mr. Ingraham's
fitness for the office for which he has
been nominated. In the first place the
nomination is not especially desirable.
There was time whine this was not SO;
and when Democratic nominee could
feel that the First District was so evenly
divided politically as to make his chanc-
es of election good. But year after year
Mr.. Reed has grown stronger, as his SER
vices have become appreciated, and as
the district has come to discover that it
has as its representative man whose
merit has placed him in the very front
rank of American public men. Party
ties count for much; but the pride which
every true voter feels in his own state
and district when candidate of nation
al fame is to be voted for gradually car
Reeds career las illustrated this; and
the history of recent elections in this
district is the history of his enlarged
pluralities. For this reason the Demo
cratic nomination is an honor not much
in demand. The second reason for Mr..
Ingraham's nomination yesterday was
found in the fact that he had been sue
cessful in the last municipal election in
Portland. 1t was represented to the
convention that he was the man who
redeemed Portland Much the same
argument was used when Mr.. SWEET was
nominated for sheriff against the pro-
test of large portion of the country del
egates, for the reason that he was sup
posed to be popular enough with certain
elements in Portland to enable him to
carry the county These qualifications
have no bearing whatever upon Mr.. In
graham's fitness for the Office to which
he has been nominated. But that did
not matter to the convention. They
wanted man who could get votes, and
they selected Mr.. Ingraham. But the
general lack of enthusiasm over the
nomination indicated that they had
grave doubts about the wisdom of the
choice. These doubts will increase as
election day draws near; and that event
will disclose that the people of this dis
trict do not regard luck in running for
municipal Office a sufficient recon-
mendation for candidate who seeks to
supplant man of the abilities, expert
ence and fame of Thomas B. Reed.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
THE SCHOOL AT rUsKEGEE.

Among all the efforts that have been
made since the war to advance the col
cred race the school at Tuskegee, Ala
bama, is the most interesting. All things
considered, it is probably the most sue
cessful, also. The school is located in
the "Black Belt," where the colored
population outnumbers the white five to
one. 1t was started by colored man,
Mr.. Booker T. Washington, who is still
it's principal, and has been conducted
wholly by colored teachers. Its growth
has been rapid and remarkable, the pu-
pills increasing from 80 in 1881, when it
was begun, to 1853 in 1892. Applications
for admission have always been in excess
of the means to accommodate, and it is
said that during the past year these ap-
plications were something more than
1000, while more than 200 had to be re-
fused. The school is unsectarian, but
the Bible is text book for daily study,
and recently lady in New York has
given 81, 900 for the erection of a commo-
dious building for Biblical training. The
entire property is owned and controlled
by board of trustees, half of whom
are white and half colored, and there is
no institution in the country whose af-
fairs are more economically administered.
But the distinction of Tuskegee lies
not in it's numbers of students; but in
the fact that it is sustained largely by
the colored people, and that its plan of
education is to qualify its pupils to be
intelligent and skilful artisans. The
ideal of the school is to 'educate the
hand, the head, and the heart" In the
industrial department instruction is
given in eighteen of the leading indus
tries of the day, and pupils are thorough
ly taught the trades of their choice.
The students have attained such skill in
the mechanical trades that the whole
work of putting up new buildings is
done by them.
In the founding and successful man.
agement of this school the colored people
have shown what, with a little iudicious
aid, they can do to help themselves.
They are also showing what is the true
method of solving the Negro question.
The white people of the South have
shown to this enterprise more cordiality
than they usually show to the schools
established for the education of the negro.
and some of the highest commentator
Tuskegee receives is from leading South
crn journals.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
cAucusEs.
North Yarmouth.

Republicans of North Yarmouth are requested
to meet at their town house on SATURDAY,
July %, at 6 O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of
selecting three delegates to attend the 1st
District Congressional Convention.
Per order of Town Committee.
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The following shows the

An interesting comparison between the
Cleveland and Harrison administrations
is found in the fact that while Mr.. Cleve-
land was President the balance of trade
in favor of the United States steadily de-
clined for four years, and that since
General Harrison's first year it has
steadily risen. Thus, during the last
year of President Cleveland's term we
bought of other nations 1928, 002, 607 worth
of Merchandise more than we sold, while
in the last year of President Harrison's
term we have sold to other nations just
$202, ga, 342 worth Of merchandise more
than we have bought. No comparison
could be more striking or potent as q
Republican argument.
The Mckinley law raised the tariff on
few competitive products and decreased
the tax on every necessity of life which
cannot be produced in this country.
The decreases exceed the increases by
about $50, 000,000 year in revenue, and
the result is that larger proportion of
our commerce is now entirely free
than at any period since the war.
In other words, the Mckinley tariff
is the lowest average tariff in more
than thirty years. The proportion
of free imports to the entire volume of
imports for four years has been as fol-
lows: In 1889, 34.s1 per cent. of the
whole free; in 1890, $40 per cent. free;
in 1891, 80. Is per cent. free, and in 1892,
55. per cent. free! This is an increase of
6.73 in free imports over 1891. The fact
is that free trade in what we can't profit
ably produce, has been wonderfully de-
veloped by the Mckinley law.
The average ad valorem duties for the
years ending June 30, 1892, 1891, 1890 and
1889, are as follows:
1889. 20. SO 1891. 1880
1890. ........... .2S. 90 1892. ..2065
Or decrease of 1856 from 1891 and of
904 from 1889. The Mckinley tariff
levies smaller tax ON larger volume
of trade than any previous tariff, and at
the same time protects every industry in
which American labor is brought into
competition with Europe, thus making
an increased demand for labor here. It
will be of interest now to hear the effect
of Democratic attempts in 1892 to repro
duce the Calamity arguments of 1890.
The wind which will pass for future
wisdom, will not count for present sa-
gacitv.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE MCKINLEY LAW INDICATED.
Lewiston Journal


Lewiston Journal
We now have most valuable contri-
button of statistics which are valid
reply to the Democratic prophecies re-
garding the Mckinley law. The fiscal
year of the United States government
has just ended. 1t is the first full year
of the Mckinley laws operations. 1t is
the best year the government has ever
had. In the volume of exports it has
never been approached before.
The proportion of free imports has
been greater than ever before. Every
Democratic prediction with regard to
the operation of the new tariff law has
been disproved by experience. The
Republicans predictions, that there
would be decreased taxes" increased
exports, decreased competitive imports,
and an increased balance of trade in our
favor have all been verified in greater
degree even than most Republicans an
ticipated. We beg the especial attention
of those who think it is a condition, not
a theory that confronts us, to the follow
ing data, showing the exports and inn
ports of this country for the past six
years:
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FRIDAY, JULY 90.
FOR PRESIDENT,
Benjamin Harrison.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID.
FOR GOVERNOR,
Henry B. Cleaves,
OF PORTLAND.
OF PORTLAND.

Chairman Thompson, at the BiddefoId
convention yesterday drew picture of
impending anarchy. This is more orig
inal terror than such conventions us
ually produce.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
PownaI and Windham.

There will be convention of the classed
towns of Pownal and Windham at the town
house In Pownal on the twenty-third day of
July A. d. 1892, at two O'Clock in the afternoon,
for the purpose of nominating candidate for
Representative to the legislature.
Per order of Republican Town Committee Of
Pownal and Windham.
POWnal July 14th 1892.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

Chairman Harrity, chosen yesterday to
manage the Democratic campaign, is so
very obnoxious to the Hill element in
New York that public protest was made
against his selection. So does harmony
brood over Democratic councils in the
Empire State,
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
CumberIand and Falmouth.

There will be a caucus of the Republicans of
the classed towns of Cumberland and Falmouth
at the town house in Cumberland on SATUR-
DAY the 23d day of July 1892, at $50 O'Clock
for representative to the Legislature.
Per order of the Rep. Town Com of Cumber-
land and Falmouth.
July 10th, 1892.
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The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

The Republicans of Pownal are requested to
meet at the town house in said town on
the twenty-third day of July A. d. 1892,
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon to choose delegates
to the District Convention to be holden in Port
land July 9th, 1892.
Per Order Town Com
Pownal July 18th, 1892.
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22
Cape Elizabeth.

The Republicans of Cape Elizabeth are re-
quested to meet at the town hall on SATUR-
DAY, July 23d, 1892 at 7.30 p. M, to choose
delegates to attend the First District Convention
to be holden in Portland on July 9th, 1892.
Per Order, Town Com.
Cape Elizabeth July 18, 1892.
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NOTICE TO VOTERS
REMOVALS

"No elector who has removed his residence
from one ward to another in any city, within
the sixty days next preceding an election, shall
vote at such election in the ward to which he
has removed, but his name may be placed on
moved. ''-,Sectior 16, Chapter 4, of the Public
LGaCs Of Maine.
All persons who changed their place of resi-
dence on or before July Is, 1892, in order to
vote at the State election, september II, must
ton Of Voters. Of the date of such change, also
Of the street and number to which they have re-
moved.
in session AT room No. Il, City Building, Mon
day, July is, 1892, (unti1 further notice( from
the hours OF Q O'Clock a. m. to 8 o'clock p. m.
for the, sole purpose Of 22repao4ag The goti,sg
before election A. T.. GERRlSH,
Chairman Of Board of Registration OF Voters
Portland ,Ju1v 18 1892. JylSeOdu
The Portland daily press., 1892-07-22

THE NOMINATION OF MIR. INGRA-
HAM.
AS was anticipated, the Democratic
District Convention nominated Mayor
Darius H. Ingraham for member of Con-
gress. The causes which brought this
result about were two, neither of which
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-20
Congress has repeat
MIR. Reid and the Printers.

The attempt to stir up opposition in
the ranks Of organized labor to the Re-
publican candidate for President
on account Of an old difficulty between
the Tribune and the Typographical
Union, has proved failure. An article
in the New York Recorder on the stu
alton reveals some interesting points,
In 1885 officers of the union complained
that the price paid by the Tribune for
piece composition, 40 cents per thou
sand, though enabling men setting the
Tribune type in wide columns to make
standard wages, was held over the heads
Of men in other newspaper offices as
club to put their wages down. Mr..
Reid at once agreed to help the union
to maintain a fair rate in the other Of
fees by advancing his own. He even
did more than was asked at the time !;
for, instead of putting up the rate to 46
cents, he made it AZ cents per thousand,
and year later, in August, 1886, at a
time when there was no political cam
paign or excitement to influence his
action, he telegraphed from California
to increase the rate of composition still
further above the union rate, to so
cents per thousand, which is still the
highest rate paid.
Mr.. Reid's course was appreciated by
the thoughtful conservative men of the
union, but their efforts to bring about 6
settlement were Invariably defeated by
q powerful contingent IN No. 6 and 9TH
er unions throughout the state who in
sisted upon making capital for the Dem
ocratic party by keeping open the war.
This element was encouraged, of course,
in most practical way by the Dem
ocratic leaders. ANY prominent union
man who desired to obtain public Office
had only to make himself conspicuous
in the fight against the Tribune, and he
was certain to realize his ambition. OF
the dozen or more practical printers
holding office to-day under the Dem
ocratic state government, almost every
one owes appointment to the activity he
displayed either in fighting the Tribune
or preventing settlement between the
union and that paper. Factory Inspect
or George A. Mckay. for example, was
formerly president and secretary of
Typographical Union No. 6. He claimed
to be Republican, but he insisted that
it was his duty to fight the Tribune.
The Democratic party rewarded him
with Office, and he, In turn, showed
his appreciation of the honor by
was formerly president of the Troy
Union. He divided honors with Nc
Kay in inveighing against the Tribune.
He now holds snug berth as warden at
Dannemora prison. Arbitration Com
missioner Florence T. Donovan drew
attention to himself in the same way.
He was one of the most active members
of Nc. 6 in pushing the fight. Edward
| L. Kean, chief clerk in Commissioner
Peck's Labor Bureau, was formerly ed
| itor of the Boycotter, at one time the
organ of No. 6. Assistant Factory In
spector John Franey, of Buffalo, and bis
| co-laborer George Guettick, of SYRIA
cuse, also won the hearts of the Demo
cratic leaders by their untiagging zeal in
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HE MISSED ONE POINT.

A Teacher of Physical Culture WHO
Could Not Swim.
A whole sermon might be preached
on the folly of going upon water with
out knowing how to swim from q sad
occurrence at Bangor during the recent
cyclone that swept over Northern New
England, says the Worcester Spy.
Prof. Charles E. Adams and his sis
ter were on the Penobscot River
steamer that was lifted bodily from the
water and capsized. Prof. Adams was
rescued with great difficulty, while his
sister was dro wned. Now, here was a
man who has been an athlete for years,
and a gymnasium instructor ever since
he left college in 1884, and who, next
fall, will go into one Of the most prom
inent universities Of the West as pro-
lessor of physical culture, and yet he is
not able to swim.
Such an accident ought to call the at
tention of those who are moving so
earnestly to meet the growing demand
for physical education to the serious de-
feet that IS now prevalent. Boys and
young men are trained in all the WAYS
that 60 to make them strong and able to
make their way in life with vigorous
strength, but are left helpless as infants
when thrown into the water. Very few
members of society in these days
do not at some time go upon
the water, where, judging by the
drowning catastrOphes that are constant
ly occurring, there is always danger of
accidents. The matter is especially
timely now when the hot weather is
driving thousands to lakes, rivers and
SaaShOrn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-20
QUIET IN IDAHO.
The Military Put About Four Thousand
People Under Guard.

WALLACE, Idaho, July 16.-The steady
tramp of the military has been heard
all day and tonight about all those
wanted for arrest in Wallace have been
made prisoners. Col. Theaker, of the
Fourteenth Infantry, has command Of
the troops in this city. He has seven
companies of forty men each, and ex-
poets further reinforcements. Other
towns in the district will also
receive additional troops. There
are now about 1000 United States
troops in the Ceur d'Alenes. About
200 prisoners, including those from
Burke, are confined in buildings about
the military camp here, and it will be
quite difficult to provide sleeping ac-
commodations for them. Col. Theaker
says they are state prisoners, and the
state must provide accommodations and
food. The Colonel stated that the ar
rests were not marked by any incident,
all submitting quietly. The strain IS
now nearly over. The exact number OF
arrests cannot now be ascertained, but
the number is in the neighborhood OF
100
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-20
An Unpleasant Comparison.

A prosperous German residing in
America writes the Scientific American
of E recent visit to his native country
thus: zone day | saw review of cav
airy in Berlin. There were thousands
of men cantering gayly along for the
entertainment of the young Emperor
the War Lord as he calls himself. The
next day I went into the country, and
not very far from the capital | saw a
sight that was pitiful enough. One
woman was holding pillow and this was
being dragged through the earth by two
gether. Here, then, were two pictures
the idle horses and the idle men cap
ering about Berlin, the women and the
dogs doing the work of men and horses
in the country ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-20
Not Burnt Powder" Yet.


The Buffalo Courier, a defender of the
Chicago platform, says "all the mani
festoes of (Chicago) convention week
are burnt powder, and the Republican
papers will find they can do no execu-
ton with such ammunition" To this
the New York Tribune answers: Let
US see what it is which it characterizes
as burnt powder" Every delegate
except one who represented the state
of New York in the Chicago convention
signed this unequivocal protest against
Mr.. Cleveland's nomination.:
In reply to inquiries addressed to us by
delegates from States instructed to vote for
Grover Cleveland, of New York, the
delegates Of New York, with a due sense
Of the responsibility to the Democracy of
the United States, are constrained to make
answer that in our best Judgment Mr..
ClevelandS nomination would lmperil the
success Of the party and would expose it
to the loss of the electoral vote or the
state.
Now, it is not easy to understand why
the nomination of Mr.. Cleveland has
transformed this stout manifesto into
burnt powder. The seventyone repre-
sentative Democrats who signed it
united in declaring over their own sig
natures that that nomination would in
v1te the defeat of the Democrats in No.
vember, by exposing them to the loss
of the electoral vote of New York.
Until these seventy-one intelligent and
experienced Democrats-speaking for
every county in the state-take back
| what they said and announce other
views, this will be serviceable powder,
| powder which the Courier would do
well not to fool with" Soma of these
| DAYS the excitement of the campaign
may lead our Buffalo friend to venture
the assertion that Mr.. Cleveland can
carry New York. Should that happen,
the powder of which it speaks con-
temptuously will blow it's opinion to
smithereens.
There is a good deal of such powder
| lying around loose. On his arrival at
| Chicago, Edward Murphy, the chair
man of the Democratic committee, fur
nished the newspaper men with a
statement of the position of himself,
Richard Croker, William f. Sheehan
and the other New York delegates.
| That statement contained this interest
ing paragraph:
We sincerely trust that the Democracy of
other states Will not humiliate the De-
mOcracy of the state of New York by nom
| mating a resident of that state who the
organizations there are positive could not
be elected.
Gov. Flower, in a conversation with
one of his interviewers at Chicago,
awarded to Mr.. Cleveland this testi-
monial:
My position is just this We believe that
| Cleveland cannot carry New York. x
We are here asking the Democracy OF the
| country nothing save that it should not
make the suicidal mistake OF making
| Cleveland the candidate.
| Bourke Cochran, in the course of his
| great speech in the convention, assured
those whom he addressed that the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland meant the
driving away of the soldier vote of New
| York from the Democratic ticket.
| These were Mr.. Cockran's words:
believe il was the distinguished gentle
man from Massachusetts, Gen. Collins,