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Mot ClaImlng EvervthIng.

1t has not escaped attention that
the hunger for Republican nomina.
tons this year is very intenre. This
is based on the idea that they are sure
to win. Whenever two or three Re-
publicans are together there is
loveieast. They proceed to cou-
graduate themselves on the victories
OF next fall and 1896, which they re.
gard as verbally won already, and a
few of them are picking out the Officer
to which they expect to be appointed
in the early spring Of 1897.
These men are quite forgetting the
old saw which relates to the obstacles
often encountered in efiecting a juno
ton between cup and lip. But there
are other Republicans who preceive
that this unbounded confidence has
its danger. While willing to encourage
their followers to a reasonable extent
they prefer not to live 10 a FOOLS para.
disc till November and then awake to
the fact that overconfdence has be-
trayed them and strewn with flowers
the pathway to defeat.
Representative Babcock, of Wincon.
sin, who is Chairman OF the Repuhli-
can Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, has been talking uf the pros.
poets OF the Republican, in the next
House in a way calculated ~ chill the
enthusiasm Of the ardent among the
rank and file. He figures out Re-
publ AN victory, to be sure but ht
does it with such caution as to indl
cate that he 3 far from sanguine. at
will r,quire hard work." he said, "to
, overturn the pres, Mt enormous Dem
ocratic majority" but be predicts that
the Republicans will have majority
OF something like twenty votes Ne
thinks the principal Republican gain,
will be in New England, Oslo, Iudl
ana, Illinois, Winconsin and M.chi
gan In I,.,!iana he expects the RI
publicans will get nine members
| where they only have two at present
, and in Winconsin he predicts a gin
OF four. He also believes that KAnSa
Nebraska and Colorado will he wrest
ed from the Populists. These claim
show how htrd il is to calculate
majority at all
: Undoub edly, Mr. Babe ck's conscr
S vstive estimate as TO the general RS
s ult is good politics. The danger q
overcontideuce has been TO offer
demonstrated to justify party's in
> curing it unnecessarily. Democrat
' would do well to profit by this exam
: pie They should understand thu
there is going TO be very vignrou
fight for the control Of the next Hous
: and il they xpect to win they mus
not take any unnecessary chances
Harmony should be cultivated, an'
good judgment exercised in the Sc
lection Of candidates. 1t should b
understood that the battle IL not los
but that it can only be won by coul
age, hard work and intelligent lead
ership.-C Courier Journal.
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The Flag of our Country.

License is not liberty
The fearful scenes enacted in Chi.
cago Friday night have awakened the
whole American people to a realizing
sense of the danger that impends. 1t
is as the sound Of a fire bell in the
night.
In the very presence OF the Munich.
pal police, the State constabulary and
the encamped regulars of the United
States army, millions of property
were destroyed by the torch Of the in
oendiary and vast quantities of stores
were looted The Law stood powerless.
II was, induced, the commune, with ell
it's terrors, over again, No hand has
yet been raised potential enough to
stay the sacrifice, Commerce is par
alyzed. Crops lie rotting ia the fields.
Men have grown TO dread the news Of
the next hour. The spectre OF social
war glowers in the armament The
government cries peace, but there is
no peace. What then is there to he
donel American institutions are
rocking upon their foundations. The
smaller issue is lost in the larger. 1t
is a question now OF saving the Repub.
lie. If the result Of the present con
fiict be triumph for those who have
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with the tremendous power Of sys-
tenn fortified and strengthened by
thirty years OF protection. But we
are firmly of the opinion that The
greatest difficulty is in the beginning.
The first step is half the journey. Az
ter thirty years OF steady progress in
the direction OF higher taxes ii is a
great thing TO face about and turn the
face resolutely in the other direction.
The protective tariff system is a patch
work OF bargains-a conspiracy on the
part of the protected interests to go
hunting together and divide the spells.
This is its strength and its weakness.
So long as the combination holds to-
gether it is omnipotent Break the
combination and the spell is broken
the glory departed. United the. stand
divided they fall. The interests nc
longer in the Combine" will be out o.
the fight, or in il t. defeat the conhn
uance Of a system Of which they ar,
no longer the beneGciaries, The pass
age of the bill, too, will be an Office
lesson. 1t will not cause the ruin t
the industries affected that has beer
predicted by the calamity howlers
Thus the next tariff bill will not caus
80 much Consideration among i'll in
formed people, and the cause oil FIRE
trade will be relieved OF many embai
rassments,-C Commercial appeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

The Delineator for August is called
the Summer Holiday Number, and III
every respect is worthy representa-
tive OF this popular Magazine. The
Summary fashions are pleasing to the
eye and will be found very satisfactory
by those who have delayed the COM
pletion of their warm weather ward.
robes. The papers on Knitting Netting
Tatting, Crocheting, and Fancy Work
generally, have also special interest
this month. There is in addition Q
suggestive and useful article on Dress
ing for Stout Ladies. OF the serial
subjects, Edith Child, Bryn Mawr, 'S9,
contributes a very interesting paper
on A Girls Lille and Work at the Uni
versity OF Bryn Mawr, and F. L Par
rish practical article on Typewriting
and Stenography az an Employment
for Women. The contributions on
Venetian Iron Work, and Crepe and
Tissue Papers, provide further in-truc-
tons in these fascinating and prntita-
BILE home occupations, and Cleaner
Georgen's article on the Cultivation of
the Voice will be found valuable both
by teachers of elocution and singing
AMI DIR pupils The ,housekeeper
will be pleased with the suggesti us
contained in A FewU Useful Pockets, and
Hints on Serving Fruits, aud the
mother will find much sensible ad-
vice in the chapters on Mother and
Daughter and How to Live Wisely A
Midsummer Nights Dream and A Mu
tual Improvement Club offer sugges.
tons for Summer entertaining. The
Subscription Price OF the Delinedtor is
One Dollar Year. Single Copies,
Fifteen Cents. Published by, The
Butterick Publishing Co. Limited |,
New York, and For Sale by Local
Agents and Newsdealers.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

THE story comes from Washing
ton that Senator Irby "buncoed"
Senator Hill when the vote was
taken on the passage Of the tariff
bill. The story goes that Senators
Hill, Irby, Gallery and Blanchard
had made an agreement to vote
against the tariff bill, and that SEN
ator Hill had promised the Repub-
licans that he would deliver the
goods if they would let a vote be
taken, which, under his promise,
they were perfectly willing to do,
and when the Senate came to a
vote on the bill It was noticed that
the Republicans looked especially
pleased, and seemed satisfied and
confident. When Senator Blanch.
ards name was called he declined
to vote, having learned from his
long service in the House that
agreements are not always carried
out. and he waited to see how the
other three would vote. Senator
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

IT is matter of regret that sew
eral Democratic Governors of States
and few Democrats in Congress
should have confused the question
of States rights with tire patriotic
policy which the President has
adopted, 1t is a mistake. There
is-there can be-no connection
between the two. Nothing has
been done by the administration to
interfere with the rights of any
State, and nothing will be done.
1t is for the preservation of the ma
tional government that thePresident
has ordered that the tied up Pacific
Railroad shall be operated Gas pro.
vided in their charters) as military
post roads, and that United States
troops be used to see that the mails
are not obstructed upon any rail-
road and that government property
is protected. The government that
does not maintain its own authority
can not retain the respect and allie.
glance OF its people, The United
States government claims no au.
thority to interfere with the railroaj
or any other strikers, but when
strikes are made the means for the
propagation of anarchy and the de
fiance of national authority it may
be relied upon to act, as long a
President Cleveland is at its head
There is nothing in common be
tween a patriotic American and tn,
teachings Of anarchy, and there cal
not be a doubt that Presidsn
Cleveland will receive the thank
of all good Americans for tn
premptness AMI decisiveness wit
which he has acted in supppressin,
anarchist tendencies.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

RRADsTREET's review o. trade
saws. "The combined railroad
strike and boycott has had steadily
increasing damaging influence upon
the general industrial situation
Calculations as to the number OF
men out are necessarily not COM
plete, but there is little doubt that
the total number idle as result Of
this railway tie-uP far exceeds the
outcome of any previous labor trou
BILE in this country Dun's review
says "The interruption of busi
ness by the railroad strike has signs
whether bright or gloomy, of LITTLE
value"
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A Straight Ticket.

The Democratic State Convention of
Kansas, held at Topeka on the Sd
inst, rejected fusion with the Popu
lists and nominated straight ticket
headed by David Oyermyer for Gov
ernor. Ordinarily there wonld be but
little chance for Democratic success
single handed in Kansas, but the con-
ditions this year add TO Democratic
prospects materially. The Republican
and Populist parties are divided
upon both candidates and measures,
and the disgust and apathy arising
from That state OF affairs may operate
sufficiently in favor Of the Democratic
party to AT least place il far above the
point 4 power which it ordinarily
hOldr and ;here So, ms fair chance
that The above cautts, together with
tn high character and popularity oil
the Democratic nominees may serve
to draw enough votes from those who
adhere to different political principles
To win success for the ticket at the
polls. Col, w. G. Jones, Chairman oil
the State Central Committee, deliv.
cred an address to the convention, in
which he stated that the reason why
| the Democratic convention two years
ago indorsed the Populist State and
electoral ticket was In order to take
Kansas out of the Republican column
SO that in the event the Democratic
nominees should not be elected at the
polls the election might be thrown
into the House, which would certainly
eject them No reason for coalition
now exists, he said,
While the straight fight into which
tho Democracy is going necessarily in.
crease the Republican chances OF sue,
cess, the policy pursued will unques.
tionably strengthen the Democratic
organization and at the very least
place it in better trim for the battle Of
ninety six. Nashuille american.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12
Constitutional Authority.

II is unfortunate that the President
OF the United States at this timo is
real Democrat--not one OF the bogus
Democrats who repeat a party shibbo
leth without any grasp on party prin-
clple, but a Democrat by Fundamental
conviction, whose very hostility to
Capitalization aud paternalism is likely
N make HIM all the more emphatic in
enforcing the constitutional authority
of the Federal government
Such Democrat was Jackson. No
man was more earnest in defense oil
the reserved rights of the States and
OF the people, but when South Caro-
lima undertook to nulli'y the laws O
the United States he put his foot dowr
with an emphasis and effect that last
ed for many years. There was NJ
installing where he stood,
Lincoln's attitude was not essential!
different, and he had much to endur
from the Altgelds of his day. Blu
: there has been so distinct tendenc!
: among later Republicans to magnif,
: the Federal power in the wrong direc
5 ton that there are some of then
: at least whose handling of the presen
8 emergency would be very apt to caus
uneasiness to timid conservatives
a 1t is not time for partisanship a
? all. While we differ in our point &
J view, or in the logical development {
our constitution ideas, we are reAll
e all fundamentally at one in loyalty t
q American institutions, and patrioli
= men OF whatever party will give co
g dial and earnest support to the Pres
g dent in the enforcement OF law an
Is order. But some Democrats are tr
Q ditionally fearful of Federal encroacl
Il ment, and these should be reassure
/. by the reflection that the President
O standing on firm Jacksonian grounr
: Philadelphia Times.
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Gallery promptly sad 40, as d4e
Hill, but when Lby's name was
called he voted for the bill and the
scheme was defeated, Hill was
very angry, but lrby would not
change, and the two Louisiana
Senators, finding they were about
to be left high and dry, changed
their votes, and were recorded foi
the bill. Washington gossip says
that Irby had been playing Hill
for the purpose of getting ever
with him because Hill had for some
time been presumiug to "boss'
him.-Nashville American.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

THE Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, arampant Republican organ
saws: "The effoits Of President
Cleveland to stamp out anarchy in
Chicago deserve the commenda'
ton of all lawabiding citizens ire
spective Of political feeling. PARTS
ans have severely criticised Mr.
Cleveland for many acts of omis-
sion and commission, Many mem
bers Of his own party have con.
demned him for his obstinacy, but
he seems to have leveled all ranks
and silenced all adverse criticism by
his acts the past week. A good
act should be Endorsed by all good
people, coming from whatever
source"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

HERE is the remarkable resolu-
ton which Mr.. Kyle has introduced
in the Senate and which the Secre-
tary of the Knights OF Labor is
urging every member Of Congress
to vote for.
"That no warrant or other procC IS,
civil or criminal, shall be issu d by
any United States Commissioner or
out OF any circuit or district court of
the United States against any person
or persons for the alleged obstruction
OF any railroad train Or trains, unless
IL shall appear that such person or
persons have obsructod or hindered
such 10 such manner as to Interfere
with the safe and convenient move
ment OF the part ofsuch train or Trains
essential to the safe and convenient
transportation OF the mails of the
United Slater, and the detachment Of
Pullman or other parlor or sleeping
coaches from any railroad train or
trains shall not constitute any offense
against the law OF the United States :
In other words so far as the
United States are concerned any
body who pleases may detacll
sleeping coaches and do what they
choose with them, SO that they do
not modest the mail coaches. Rep.
resentative Boen, of Minnesota, is
even preparing bill prescribing
Just what mail train may consist
of, leaving all else, including pas
senger coaches and sleeping coaches
to the mercy of the mob, while
Representative Brickner, of Wis
consin, falls in with a bill provid
ing heavy fines for railroad compa
MES which shall haul a sleeping cal
that does not Belong to it BY all
means let the resolutions and bill;
of these precious demsgogues be
brought to vote, in order that the
country may know just how many
other such demagogues there are in
Congress.-Courier, Journal.
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LITERARY NOTES.
What Is Beautyl "QuestiOn Of Blind
Man,

Replied Aristotle. But Mrs. Sher-
wood says that it is dynamite" in her
article which opens the interesting
pages of the July Cosmopolitan. Beau
ty is always fascinating subject, and
Mrs Sherwood's discussion is an espe-
cially interesting one. That the Cos
asopolitaa is q midsummer number is
shown in many directions. Three short
stories, including one Of sport and ad.
venture, two travel articles, and other
light matter, make up 1913 pages OF
charming summer reading.
The July Cosmopolitan marks the
close OF the first year since tho revo-
lutionary announcement was made
that the price OF that magazine, al
ready low, had been cut to one half OF
three dollars a year. All sorts of pre-
dictions have come 10 be unfulfilled
during the year-it would be impossi-
BILE to maintain the rate-the quality
woul be lowered-the size would be
decreased. But even severe critics ad-
NIT that with each succeeding number
there has been betterment in the
quality OF articles and illustrations
and the size has remained unchanged
except the always growing advertising
pages, The magazine printed, for the
six months embraced in Volume XVI
one million four hundred and nine
teen thousand copies. an entirely un
approached record, and has doubled
lis already large plant OF presses and
binding machinery. The walls of the
magazines new home are rapidly ris
ing at Iryington on the Hudson. Ar
tistically designed by McKlm, Mead 4
White, the new building, with its eigh
great porticos, will be 279 feet long BY
rs feet wide, and one of the most per
fectly lighted buildings in the world
having 100 large windows, each nearl!
, double the size Of the ordinary windov
opening.
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eought to gain their ends BY appeal to
force rather than to law, then will the
flag of cur country be no longer the
emblem Of the rule OF law, freedom
and justice 1t will wave oyer a land
in which courts and legislatures have
ceased. But will il wave at all? MSy
there not float in its place the ed flag
OF the anarchist, hi'o another Reign
OF Terror is established. another Dan
ton Yields the sceptre and Vengeauc,
sits in the chair OF Justice? Instead
Of the splendid progress the Republic
has made since tho day when,at York.
town, Great Britain conceded that the
people Of the colonies should govern
themselves, and since the constitution
was framed as the sufficient method OF
securing liberty without lcense--there
will ensue n succession OF dctators, rs
: revolution shall tread upon the heels
. of revolution, and this the nobest OF
3 governmental structures, with all its
i. prestige and glory become Il wreck
t meet only for the sorrowing historian.
D What then will become Of the wage
D worker and his peaceful fireside as
!. men shall live from day to day in the
e shadow of the awful precedent which
l. Debs and his lieutenants are now seek
e ing to establish in Chicago? Behold
+ what great matter little fire kind
leth A quarrel between a manutao.
tuer aud his employees is seized upon
bv man of master mind as preteXt
IT to Justify an assault upon the govern
y ment itself. He has himself declared
rs that he meant civil war, and as the
o flames shot into the sky at Chicago
n and the air was freighted with the
al shouts Of madmen, bent on destruc
to ton for distractions sake, the specta
ly Gle meant war and only war. If Pull
in man should now yield to every de
ty mand made by his employees and OF
der should he restored, it woul
No amount only to an armistice, pendin
OF which Debs, with c. niideGce grow
nd ing out Of success. may perfect his o.
70. gauization and resume the war nj
OF only at his pleasure, but also with th
wn power to give it what destructive {
lst- bloody character he may choose. The
no lies the point Of greatest danger
our Liberties, 1t is idle to say tn
lily those who obey his orders are Amei
ure can citizens who always obey the la
But The lacts of the last ten days star
lcy significant Of a disposition to defy Il
lily law aud all its officers, and TO do
rec with absolute ruthlessness. Can anyo
en- be so blind as not to see this dangC
ent point? And is it not time-high tir
use for the flag Of our country to be q
vanced to the war line and the bug
at to sound the rallying call? AS it b
I Of been as it is in magnificent Chicag
t of 50 shall ltbe in other great Amerlci
ally cities, and as the waves Of insure
y to ton shall rise onr gigantic tidal
olic low that shall overwhelm the ca
cor toll itself, and, receding, leave its fra
resi- ments scattered over desolated lar
and --CommeroiaI-APpeal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12
New York, July 5, 1894.

To THE EDITOR.
Dear SIR The manner in which
the proceedings OF the Convention OF
Northern and Southern Business Men
held in New York on the 2lst day OF
June, has been commented on by the
Southern press is evidence of the keen
and intelligent interest it takes in the
efforts now in progress to make known
to the world the South's inducements
to capital and immigration, and to
provide tho means Of caring for and
properly distributing Throughout that
section investors AMI home seekers.
As has been said in letter, recent
ly addressed to the delegates, "it is a
subject Of congratulation that while,
before the assembling OF the above
mentioned convention, it was thought
that on the account Of shortness OF
time the attendance OF some thirty
odd Northernors and an equal num-
Der Of Soutberners was all that could
be reasonably expected, the register,
which unfortunately, was kept only
at the morning session, shows the
names of fiftyeight Of the former and
102 of the latter. There were many
more, especially Of the Northerners
present at the evening session"
1t is also gratifying to be able to
state that great interest has been man
Tested by tie prominent men from all
sections who were appointed to the
Committee On Permanent Organiza'
ton, as much may therefore be ex'
pected from their deliberations.
The many valuable communications
in response to the committees request
for suggestions as to plans for perfect
ing permsn ut organization, for sys
tematicals verlioing the South, and
for brnging to and locating in that
section imm grafton. industries and
capital, are as) a most encouraging
sign,
As the Committee on Permanent
Organization is DESTROYS oi undertak
ing, at the earlies, possible moment,
the work entrusted to it, a majority
OF its members have instructed me tc
call formal meeting OF the full com
mittee for July -, and, in order that
they may have before them at that
meeting the best suggestions obtsina
bic, they invite 7ou to forward to me
at my Office, Mutual Life Building
New York, prior to July 10, u state
ment of your views as to plan o.
permanent organization and its con
duct. They will also be glad to have
an expression OF opinion from any o.
public bodies Of your locality. They
believe that, with the assistance o.
these, the members of the convention
and the newspapers, satisfactory
comprehensive and practicable plan
will be formulated and carried out,
You are aware that in the wake o.
such popular demonstrations number
less advertising schemes and projects
follow; that most OF them are desul
tory and ephermeral, yet costly,in thai
they involve more or less expenditure
OF the South's limited means, and
bring little or no return. The Com
mittee on Permanent Organizationt
chief reliance is the very sentiment
these outside schemes will seek tt
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Downtown Office.

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THE COMET has established a down.
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Cos, next door to the postotfice.
Copy for advertisements and orders
for Job work and subscriptions may
be left there and receive prompt at
tention.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-07-12

PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's reply
to Gov. Altgeld's long and ram
bling dispatch calling for the with
drawal of the Federal troops is a
model. The President evidently is
too busy to multiply words with
Governors who apparently have
not taken The trouble to acquaint
themselves with the laws of the
country Courier Journal.