Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-09-12

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HERE AND THERE.
The noted Dr. r. Thatcher Graves,
who had once been convicted by Colo
RADIO jury of the murder Of Mr.. Bsrnsby
and had been granted new trial, has,
according to the popular expression,
"chested the gsllows." Suicide Il not
always confession, but In this case IL '.
disposal Of the matter which relieves the
minds Of great many people.
II was generally known that the color
ed people were not reckoned as Of much
account a. compared with the whites,
but report Of . recent railroad accident
goes ahead Of anything else In that line.
II states that the only car which Was
wrecked Was an empty sleeper, and be-
low states that the eolored porter In
that car had narrow escape.
Senator Gray, In talking In favor OF
the repeal Of the 10 per cent tax on state
bank circulation, says that there is no
more danger Of wildcat banking now
than there IL Of attempting TO enforce
the fugitive slave law. Perhaps not;
nevertheless, the reports Of the failures
Of banks In certain sections or the eoun-
try which toppled over each other at
such rate In the early days OF the imam
cial panic, had q decidedly wildcattish
sound.
Biddeford IL not city where peace
and good will seem to prevail among the
officers Of the law. There Il hardly
week that some trouble Is not reported
In the peace-preserving department,
whether In the police commission or
some other division Of the service.
Some three or four hundred Kansas
Populists have organized q Bellamy
colony company, and will found Co
operative town on the plans outlined by
the author Of "I.ooking Backward"
To carry out the scheme In full, they
will have to do what nobody has yet
succeeded In doing-make over human
nature.
The Argus publishes . list Of Port
lands "four hundred" taken from book
recently got out In that city. Whether
the book has any use, further than being
q curiosity, Is not stated.
The ways and means committee has
begun on the task Of "tarif REFORM"
IL Il significant that the Democratic pa
pers In discussing the matter, are con-
sidering what plan Of reform will have
the least distarbiag isfusaee upon the
business Of the country.
The start-ups begin to outnumber the
shut-downs In the news columns Of the
papers. The worst Of the financial
stringency, IL Is to be hoped, Is past.
Secretary Hoke Smith, or his com
missioner Of pensions, has been called
down, and according to new orders pro-
mulgated by the department, no more
pensions VIII be suspended pending In
Vestigation unless IL appears "upon the
face Of the papers" that the pensioner IL
not entitled to the amount he IL receiv-
Ing. In other words, the pensioners
who have been granted q pension by
the government will receive that pen
sion until Il Il shown that they are not
entitled to it.
Ii IL said that In the far south Of the
United States the negroes frequently
decorate the graves Of their dead with
the medicines used by the departed In
his last illness, the pile Of bottles thus
Indicating to some extent the duration
Of the malady. II the whites should
decorate their graves with the patent
medicine bottles emptied by the de-
ceased during his life, IL would require
pretty large mound In some cases.
The stallion Directum has set new
mark for Nelson to beat-2:07.
According to Washington gosslps, IL IL
morally certain that President Cleveland
will appoint william b. Hornblower OF
New York to the vacancy on the su-
preme bench. The bench "a poor place
for . hornblower, and it is fortunate
that there 10 nothing In name.
some Of the Democratic papers have
made q shrewd discovery. Attorney
Lincoln OF Warrington announced his
intention to test In the courts the right
Of the commissioner Of pensions to aus
pend pensioners without q hearing.
Now these shrewd papers have discover
ed that 10 WAS political move on the
part nj Attorney Lincoln, because he
wanted to boom his candidacy for CON-
mander-ln-chlcf Of the Grand Army Of
the Republic. Whatever may have been
the anlmus OF Attorney Lincoln, and
whether his intention had anything to do
with Il or not, II Il certain that the aus
pension Of pensions on suspicion has
been stopped.
A national hank bill introduced by
Democratic member Of congress provides
that the national government shall
guarantee the circulation Of the banks
up to seventy-nve per cent Of the capital
and surplus without any deposit Of
bonds. In case Of failure OF bank the
government has frat mortgage on the
Assets Of the bank, and In case the as
sets Of the bank are not sufficient to
reimburse the government, the deficiency
IL to DO sssessed upon all other national
banks In the came state, on the basls Of
thStf csRtkss eo3 ~ RAess oeSn ~
ten, which makes each bank directly re
sponsible for the mlsmanagement and
losses Of all other banks, would not be
likely to attract capital Into the business
Of banking to any great extent.
Oas thing q Q tine appsars 70 b IL sdninis-
trssivs Do(so. coagrsss " asksd ~ ~ through
with Upsal befofS oeAsr Irons are pat IN ths nre.
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This paragraph implies Just what ID
supposed % b The case-thst The execu-
tive ID running the legislative branch Of
the govsrnmsnt.
Ths senate continaes 10 talk on The
silver question. 10 b not campaign Of
educatlou that h bsing carried %, u q
. campaign Of dslay % The part Of the
free silver men.
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