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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
SENATOR QUAY'S PLAN,
The Pennsylvania Statesman stu Tn
His Tricks

nyIlI UD IN
His Tricks.
Senator Matt Quay, of Pennsylvania.
in a recent interview in the Pittsburgh
Post, proposes to change the republican
system OF representation in national
conventions. He would have the mat
ter SO arranged that each state shall be
represented in the national convention
by the vote cast at the preceding cleo
ton. Under this plan, the Post saws.
Pennsylvania's sixty four delegates
would cast SIC, 1000 votes and Ohio's
forty-six delegates would cast 405, 900
votes. The south would lose. The s1s
votes in convention from that section
would cast a smaller number of votes
In making the nomination than Penn
sylvania and Ohio combined, with but
1870 votes in the convention. BY this
system the strong democratic states
would be represented in a national re-
publican convention by just the rcpub-
lican votes polled ut the preceding cleo
ton, which would be cast by the dele
gates elected from congressional dis
tricts and the four elected at large,
The object of Quay, no doubt, is TO
lessen the power and influence of the
southern states in a republican conven.
ton. 1t was to the southern vote that
Mr.. Harrison owed his nomination At
the Minneapolis convention, more than
u per cent of the southern delegates
voting for him, while he had less than
half the combined northern vote.
Southern republicans are of no use tn
their party on election day, but as the
party is now managed they are impor-
tant factors in the national convention.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
THE FAILURE OF FOSTER,
A Chance for Republicans to Repeat Their
Mckinley Donation.

A nance for Republicans to Repeat TheI,
Mckinley Donation.
Charles Foster, who was secretary Of
the treasury under benjamin Harri
son, has failed in business. OF course
NJ was an expert tinancier or he would
not have had the important portfolio in
the Harrison cabinet which he OBJ.
tanned. A resident of Fostoria, he was
early a dry-goods merchant, subse.
quently a banker, generally a boomer.
Iothe full he was as heartily in favor OF
a protective tariff as the be-all and the
end-all of American prosperity as vii.
liam Mckinley himself, whom he pre-.
coded in the go%vernorship of Ohio.
When Mckinley fell by the wayside
as the result of i~ll-considered in
dorsements Of friends republican poll.
tlcians and well wishers came to his
aid and supplied him with funds
wherewith to meet his obligations.
The failure of Charles Foster suggests
that there is likely to be a finan.
cial hospital for republican lame
ducks generally. Charles Fosters
trouble is said to be iniudicious
Endorsements. Will the gentlemen
who came to the assistance of High
Tariff Mckinley come also to the as.
slstance of High Tariff Foster? Nc
klnley was but a member of congress.
chairman of the committee on ways and
means, and prepayment in chief of that
act OF congress which was supposed to
make everybody in the United States
rich beyond compare. but when Nc
kinley was mere chairman of the WAYS
and means committee the great Foster
was secretary of the treasury, the very
head and front of republican financing.
Come, gentlemen, to the rescue of Mr..
Foster, just as you came to the rescus
OF MIR. Mckinley. He is equally deserv.
ing of your particular care. lie looked
after your interests, making the few
rlch at the expense of the many, him
self included, and if you supported the
one you must support the other in the
of his afliction. Let us have Fos-
ter cared for quite as comfortably as
Mckinley was cared for. No better use
can be made of your tariff-made none
than to bolster your tariff lawmakers,
they helped you at your greatest need.
Now come forward and make them
whole.-Chicago Times.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
AN EXPLANATION DUE,
Republican Promiscs which Haye Not
been Fulfilled,

&Nv~
Been Fulfilled.
Gov. Mckinley will no doubt be the
republic an candidate for governor this
fall, as no one else wants to run the
chances of being defeated, and he no
doubt would refuse il he could posi-.
bly,, with decency, get out Of the con-
test. II will only be a few weeks be-
fore the contest will be in full blast.
The governor and his friends have an
nonnced in advance that national cues
tions in addition to the results Of his
administration will be the issues. The
bringing Of national issues into the
state campaign, in a measure, will b
the result Of the fact that Gov. McKin-
ley is the high priest Of protection.
Under high protection the advance in
the price of wool which was promised
IN case the Mckinley bill became Z law
has never been realized, but on the con-
trary wool has gradually deprecated
In price notwithstanding the Mckinley
bill rsned the tariff on this product
VIII Gov. Mckinley explain why wool
has decreased in the market selling
price under high protection? WIN she
also explain why under high protection
the balance Of trade has changed from
. balance in our favor to q balance
against the United States? The farm
ers have been the greatest ~sufferers "
these f~esults, and they have q right 70
know why the republican promises
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

FILLING THE OFFICES,
Facts That 1t VIII Not Do to EutIrelv
Overlook,

Facts That 1t VIII Not Do to EutIrel,
Overlook.
Civil service reformers are, as a rule,
earnest, sincere and honorable men,
They are sometimes, however, a little
hasty' If it is essential that good men
in office should not be disturbed, it is
also essential that bad men in Office
should be removed. Civil service re.
form was not adopted for the purpose
of shielding incompetent or bad men.
nor was it with the object of protect.
ing bitter partisans and retaining them
in Office that the existing law was e n
acted.
1t must be recollected that there are
in office at the present time many more
republicans than democrats. Some of
these republicans have held office since
the days of Grant. They were ap-
pointed at a time when the spoils sys-
tenn was most revolving. Since then
thousands of partisan republicans have
been given patronage as rewards for
their political work. Mr.. Harrison's
use OF patronage was as scandalous and
selfish as that of any of his republican
predecessors. The convention that NOM
mated him was controlled by federal
Office holders. From one end of the
country to the other there are repub-
lican editors holding post offices who
have spent their time in misrepresent-
ing and abusing the present admins
tration.
These facts, it is true, cannot excuse
a violation of the letter or the spirit of
the law. They do not furnish q reason
for a clean sweep, but they do afford a
presumption that the administration is
not always wrong when it makes a re-
moval. Thus far during Mr.. Cleveland's
administration professional civil-service
reformers have put the president and
his cabinet officers upon trial for every
removal that has been made. They
have not asked or obtained an explana-
ton; they have simply condemned.
This attitude will not help the cause
OF civil service reform. 1t ought to be
assumed that the administration has
cause for its removals, and if the rea-
sons for removals are sought they will
undoubtedly be given. 1t is not con-
sistent with the proper transaction of
the public business that a chief of a de- |
partment should devote his whole time
to explaining every official act.
ALI the administration can expect and
ali that it probably asks is that the pre-
sumption of good intentions should be
IN its favor. The course which the
authorities have pursued
thus far is most unjust. If the Civil
Reform league proposes to con-
duct itself after the fashion of its or
gans, its cause will be injured in the
eyes OF those who wish to see the pres
dent and his cabinet treated with the
respect that they deserve. - N. Y.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
An IrreSistib1a PlAn.

A simple argument, stated In simple
language, with sincere feeling behind
it. is often more effective than anything
which orators practice under the name
Of eloquence. A good example is fur
nished in the memoirs of jefferson
Davis. A young woman wrote to him:
Dear Mr.. President, l want you to let
Jeems c., ofGompany oneth, fifth South
Carolina regiment, come home and ret
merried. Jeems is willin', 1 is willin',
his nanny says she is willin', but
Jeems' captain he amt willin'. Now,
when we are all willin' 'ceptin' Jeems'
captain, think you might let up and
let Jeems come. I'll make him 70
straight back when he's got married
and fight just as harl as ever" Mr..
Davis wrote on the letter: "Let Jeems
60" Jeems went home, married the
~afectionate correspondent of Mr.. Davis,
returned to his regiment, and did fight
as hard as ever.-Yankee Blade.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
M'KINLEY'S ASPIRATIONS.
The Majors Cunning Play for the Pres
idantlal Chair.

The Majors Cunning Play for the Pres
identlal Chair.
1t is plainly apparent that the friends
Of Gov. Mckinley are handling him
with special reference to placing him
in the presidential ace for 1926. That
he was laying up treasures for the
political future was evident at the
Minneapolis convention. He made him.
self a conspicuous figure on that occa-
sion and smilingly went through the
duties of presiding officer while his own
name was among those for whom the
delegates were voting. His appearance
did not strike the vast audience as in
dicative of any great chagrin, and
while he smilingly went through it
there were those cruel enough to sug-
gest that the programme had been
previously arranged and that he had
schooled himself for the task.
The severe setback encountered by
the &. o. p. did not change the majors
purpose, but somewhat altered his
plans. For months he had nothing to
say and then made a sure thing on a
sympathetic reception of his u%tteranees
by giving them to the two or three
men who own the sentiments and
control the actions of the Ohio
wool growers association. There
he declared for the same tariff
principles which he has always
advocated and which the country
so emphatically repudiated at the last
national election. He did the same
thing at the political banquet recently
held at his home in Canton and elo-
quently appealed to the slaughtered
party to stand BY its guns. He is pre-
dieting a series of sad calamities for the
present administration and jubilantly
proclaims that the people will again
place the republican party in power.
the wish being father to the thought
because of his own overshadowing per-
sonal interest. Even his recent finan-
cial disasters have been utilized by his
friends as campaign material, and they
been sounding his praises while
arranging to meet the obligations
common business sagacity would
never have incurred.
Q With two such conspicuous figures as
Harrison and Mckinley in the field,
lesser lights may have hard sled
ding, but with Ohio wavering and Indi-
ana in the democratic column, the mi
nority party may conclude to look else
for presidential timber. 1t would
De a downright pleasure for the people
% convince the governor that the coun-
Try was in earnest when it declared
his iniquitous tariff theories.
As the patron saint of high protection
lie would make the logical candidate
or the party which he so fully sue
'eeded in making unpopular. Detroit
free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

certainly cure. It doesn't claim too much,
1t won't make new lungs nothing can
but 1t will make diseased ones sound and
healthy, when everything else has failed.
Tho scrofulous affection Of tho lungs that's
caused Consumption, like every other form
OF .Scrofula, and every blood-taint and dis
order, Yields to the Discovery" 1t is tho
most effective blood cleanser, strength re-
storer, and fesh-buildcr that's known to med
zeal science. In all Bronchial, Throat, and
Lung Affections, If 1t ever fails to banelt
or cure, you have yonr money back.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
..rhe vorld,, raIr IlmI,rd.-

Through train to Chicago, via Cincin.
natl. No change of cars. What the
South has long needed, and never had
before, now an assured fact The
Worlds Fair Limited Train" runs
from jacksonville. Florida, and Savan-
nah, via S. +. 4 W., f. 7. V. 4 g.,
q. & c. to Cincinnati, thence to Chicago
via the c., ii. & d. and Monon Route,
the popular Worlds Fair Route"
Though trains leave Jacksonville, $50
p. m, Savannah $40 p. m, Atlanta, 6;S5
a, m, Chattanooga ll:s0 a, M, arriving
Cincinnati 1O:40 p. M, Chicago 7:55
a. m. the fastest schedule ever in
Rugurated from the South to Chicago.
Trains will leave New Orleans via the
Q. & c.. 500 p. NJ, birmingham 700 a.
m, Chattanooga l1:i0 a, m, Lexington
sos p, m, Georgetown $50 p. m, ar
rive Cincinnati 1910 p. M, arrive Chi
cago 1855 a. IL. No change of cars. See
that your tickets read via the above
named lines, Returning there will be
no change of ears from Chicago to
southern points, and the train equip
ment will be composed Of the finest |
Pullman v%estihuled sleepers, and Pull.
mans palace coaches. Stop-overs at |
Cincinnati and Indianapolis positively |
allowed to everyone taking this route.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet.
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 10
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas.
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax.
alive; efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak.
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale BY all drug.
glsts in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
70, only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

gain. Yoa must feed me till my rheu
matism goes, or shall tell the Who'll,
poultry yard on you, and you will be In
disgrace forever, Monsieur Whit,
| Feathers is not a bad fellow. II II
weren't for my starving to death
would do him no harm"
who said ii was White Feathers
said Wang. sharply, as he stalkcd on,
of the chicken house. but 1t wasn't long
before he was back. with Monsieur
White Feathers beside him.
Friend Wang declares that he sees
about me the first symptoms of feather
droop, though | never felt better in my
life" said Monsieur White Feathers.
hriskly; "if you think SO. too, Mr.. Gray
Goose, as You are something of n doc
tor, You will tell me what to do for it?"
Yes, | do see symptoms in you most
decidedly; the feathers hang a little fiat
on the right side; the feather-droop is a
very dangerous disease. very; I know of
nothing better than o lump Of salt
taken at regular intervals during the
day. Call again tomorrow. and let
me see what improvement has been
made"
Monsieur White Feathers did not look
much alarmed, but he asked:
Where can l find this salt you pre-
scribe?"
Wang will show you" said the gray
goose, turning away, as if tired of the
interview. at is in the cattle barn,
isn't it, Wang?"
Eyes, l will show him." and the two
BOOSTERS hurried away. every chicken
in the poultry yard wondering at this
seemingly intimate and sudden friend.
ship between Monsieur White Feathers
and Wang.
When the two chickens reached the
cattle barn Monsieur White Feathers
plunged his bill into the bucket of salt
as if he were about to swallow one
half of it, but, in reality, not a particle
entered his mouth.
All that day and the next and the
next was this little farce kept up,
Monsieur White Feathers, who had
the plan for his destruction
between Wang and the gray goose,
swallowing never a particle of salt; the
gray goose growing stronger on the
corn allowance he demanded of Wang
and Wang growing thin and hollow
chopped. while his topknot laid fiat
and ~unbecoming upon his head, as he
waited for Monsieur White Feathers to
die.
Il thought l should take both Wang
and White Feathers to the poultry
show this year." said Farmer Dande-
lion; but Wang doesn't look himself;
he's grown SO ugly, Sarah, we had
better have him for a dinner some
lay. White Feathers will be quite
to carry off all the prizes.
will only take him and a hen or two"
Wang, pecking near the doorstep,
overheard this remark of the farmer to
lis wife, and he nearly tainted.
Monsieur White Feathers, also peck.
ng near the door, heard it too. He
'aised his black top-knot, and walked
over to the poor shrinking
Wang.
Friend Wang" he said, ~ have Just
what the farmer said. and | also
your conversation about me
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Every cup that holds self-sacrifc.
in it is a holy grail.-Dr. Lyman Alb
bolt.
1t is stated that but sixteen Of The
1874 scholars attending Amherst college
use tobacco,
-Yale's graduate faculty number.
seventy-tive. Twenty years ago thi,
would have made a highly respectable
undergraduate faculty.
1T is not to taste sweet things bu,
to do noble and true things and vindi
cate himself under Gods heaven as a
self-made man that the poorest son OF
Adam dimly longs, -Carlyle.
A shepherd does not spend his
time pointing out to his flock that he
is leading them by an easier way than
that of his predecessors, but simply
leads them.-United Presbyterian.
Miss Helen Gould is arranging the
details for the building of the Memorial
Presbyterian church by the heirs of Jay
Gould, at the birthplace of the late
inancier, at Roxbury N. Y. The church
will seat three hundred persons.
The Scriptures must be read by us
in the same spirit that dictated them;
thus also must they be understood.
You will never enter into the meaning
OF st. Paul unless you first have his Ill
%luminated) mind; never will you under
stand David, unless you realize by ex.
perience the feeling of the Psalms. st.
Bernard.
Wellesley has been arranging its
so that a little less than one-third
OF the amount necessary for a degree
consists OF free electives; about one.
third of the electives chosen under the
control of the faculty, and about n G
third OF the required studies. The elect
ives come chiefly in the later years of
the course,
Nut culture is attracting attention
on the Delaware peninsula. An expe-
rlmenter in the lower part of the state
mas beer successful with English wal
nuts Another has 100 Japanese chest.
nuts that have come into bearing, and
has recently set out 500 more. He is
also experimenting with Persian. Jana.
nese and English walnuts, and with
pecan nuts and hazel nuts, In all he
mas six acres in nut bearing trees.-N.
Y. Sun.
-'olumbia has established two new
CHAIRS Romance Philology and Rhet-
ORC and English. Henry Alfred Todd
mas been appointed to the former and
George Rice Carpenter to the latter.
MI Todd was graduated from Prince.
ton in 1875, and from Johns Hopkins in
1850 Mr.. Carpenter was graduated
from Harvard in 1886, studied in Berlin
years, and has been associate nro.
lessor OF English in the Massachusetts
of technology.
-Disestablishmcnt in Wales ;s al
question which is agitating the Church
England. At the last election ~
The thirty.four members of parliament
returned from Wales, t~hirty-one arc
pledged for disestablishment. This
h popular sentiment in thai,
prineipality on this question. A great
meeting OF delegates and representa-.
i've is called to meet in London 70
consider this matter. Whatever tho
immediate result may be, 1t is evident
mat the struggle has begun, which
must in the end put the Church of En-
ana on an equality with other denom;.
aations before the law.-Hartford Re-.
igions Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17

with Mr.. Gray Goose. ! would advise
You to no longer try to POISON me, nor
pay for the prescription by starving
yourself to death. The cost is too high,
and MIR. Gray Goose is the only one
who reaps a benefit"
Wang could say nothing in answer to
this speech, but when Monsieur White
Feathers returned from the poultry
show with three medals and a dozen
fiattering mentions, he greeted him
very cordially and never allowed him
self to show jealousy again.
Some chickens" the gray goose said,
knowingly, have to be thankful that
they can even save themselves from the
dinner platter.'-M. Carrie Hyde, in
Philadelphia Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-06-17
RECIPROCITY TRIED.
The Balance of Trade rs Affected by Re-
nuhllcan MeaanrAa.

publican Measures.
Exports of gold and the excess Of i'm
ports over exports invite attention Il
the degree Of success attending the at
tempt made in the Mckinley bill tC
regulate trade balances by reciprocity
arrangements, The need of such ar
rangements was strongly urged by q
reference To the large excess of our i'm.
ports from South America over u ex
ports to those countries. Thus, for the
fiscal year 1890, the last before the Me
kinley bill was passed, we imported
from Brazil merchandise worth 49,
ooo, 900, and sold her merchandise worth
SIC, 900, 900. So the balance of trade to
be settled in gold, as the republicans
were in the habit of stating it, was
$4,000 900, though We actually sent to
Brazil in that year only a little more
than half a million dollars in gold and
silver.
The reciprocity section of the Nc
kinley bill was intended to correct this
inequality in our trade-to make our
exports to South America equal our i'm
ports thence. or, at any rate, to reduce
the excess OF imports, This was the
main object sought, and to accomplish
1t the president was armed with power
to tax the products Of countries that
failed to adapt their tariff laws to what
was supposed to be the interest of our
trade.
After a trial of reciprocity up to the
close of the fiscal year 1899, u expert
ence with Brazil, the leading South
American country and the first to agree
to the reciprocity requirement, was as
follows: Our exports to Brazil had in
creased in two years from s12, 900, 900 to
$4,000, 900. In the same time II i'm.
ports had increased from &5g, 600, 900 to
SllS,6SS, 900. The balance of trade had
increased from $47, 900, 900 to s1o4, OOO,-
600. Our net exports of specie in the
same year were about 5000, 900 NEARLY
all s~ilver), or very little more than two
years before. This is explained by the
TACT that our South American balances
are mostly settled in London.
1t is a luminous commentary on the
republican party's promise to check i'm
ports and keep our gold at home, that
when it reluctantly loosed its hold on
power our imports had largely in.
creased, IL export trade had dwindled,
and our gold was leaving the country
IN millions per week. In the fiscal year
1889, toward the close of which Mr..
Harrison became president, we imported
nearly SOS, 600, 900 more specie than we
exported. In the following year the
net imports of specie were SIS, 900, 900.
the fiscal year 1891, the net exports
Of specie were nearly s73, 600, 900. In the
asst fiscal year the excess of exports
was not large, but for the twelve
months ending March 81, 1898, it was
F94, 900, 900.
In the light of these facts it requires
good deal of assurance to attribute
disturbance of business growing
OF exports of gold to the election of
! democratic president. In a general
way it may be said that we have been
osing gold ever since MIR. Harrison was
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