The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-08-25

1T Ia stated that the Cherokee
Strip will be opened to settlement
between September II and 20.
SAY what you will about silver.
the banks have been the chief
cause Of the widespread financial
distrust.
THE Elizebethtown News wants
the State Senatorial candidate IN
its district to he instroduced in
the race for United States Sen.
atOr.
FREE aud full discussion 10 we'll
in Congress-, hut after this, the
people look for practical results,
and will be satisfied with no theO.
~ that does not restore prosper.
i,y to the country.
The Democratic party will come
out of the present financial ques-
ton on top. On this the country
can depend, and schemers with an
idea beyond political profit may as
well change their tactics.
THE solicitule of the republicans
with regard to the existing tariff is
something beautiful TO contemplate,
but it should not deter the Demo-
Gratis from doing their duty. The
people voted for tariff reduction and
they should have it.
The substance of the decision in
the Behring Sea case is that the
United States could not have ac-
qnired from Russia sealing priyi-
liges that Russia did not possess
and cannot therefore claim such |
privileges now to the exclusion of
others. We have been knocked
clear out OF the water.
IN view of the financial strln.
gency the leading labor Organiza.
tions Of Chicago have adopted q
course that might he wisely fol.
lowed by organizations aud indi.
viauh in other cities. An en-.
quiry disclosed the fact that the
unions OF Chicago have half a
million dollars locked mp in their
treasures. At q general meeting
resolutions were adopted urging
the unions to invest their money
in safe bonds or deposit il in I
banks. aud this will he done by
most of them.
CONGRESSMAN BRECKENRIDGE '
has not said anything for publica- ,
ton in reply to the charges Of Sc !
duction and breach of promise in the !
suit of Miss Pollard against him. {
Tie asks the people, however, to q
suspend judgment until the trial
Of the case. Some of the papers I
in the State pretend to believe that !
the Congressman is attempting to
be made victim of black mailing
scheme. This would sound more
plausible it he were worth much |,
money, which he is not. His as ,
sets consist mainly in silver ,
tongued oratory, which in these |
hard times is not legal tender ,
May6eld Mirror. |
THE Memphis Appeal-AvaIanche ..
wants to know what is TO become .
Of the unemployed thousands that ,
are thronging the cities, destitute ,
and hungry? In free country
such as this, all from the govern
ment is out of the question. Where !
the citizen has absolute freedom of
action, he has also the responsible
ty of self-support imposed upon him.
Paternal governments shoald care
for their subjects, because freedom
ofaction is denied them. Repub-
lican governments cannot do so {
because the citizen supports the
government, and not the govern
ment the citizen. This seems 10
have escaped the notice Of some of
the unemployed, as it has the whis-
key distillers who are clamorous for
government help.
THE New York Herald de.
nounces as shameless" the Sen.
atOrs who are wasting time in
Washington while the country is
suffering because they do NOT
come to the relief Of the people.
Harsher censure than this could
hardly be expressed: "Senator
AL 20 In h. A.,
circulation, which would have
given immediate, il inadequate.
relief in many small cities and
towns Is we'll as at the great finan. 4
cisl eenters, might have been
passed in ten minutes, but certain
noble Senators must object and
have IL amended aud bedevlled
and held back. They could not
agree upon this measure Of relief
for the people, hut they had no
difficulty 10 promptly agreeing
yesterday upon the joint resOlu.
ton to pay themselves mileage,
and thereby put the peoples
money into their own pockets.
Out upon them! Public indigna.
ton 10 reaching n white heat, not
only against the men who are
avowedly working to prevent any
legislative help being extended to
the county, hut also against those
who profess themselves in favor
Of repeating the Sherman law, bat
are parleying and palavering aud
insldiously confusing the plain
In sne aud retardiO0 action unon