Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-11
NUMBER 80.

prOyement u the Mississippi, aud soon,
and tle receut Transmississippi conyon'
ton at ~ Louis l. supposed 10 b.
move In that direction. Now. all this
talk taken together seems nebulous aud
di.yuso O. very unsltisfying degree,
but ont of IL one important fact can 10
deduced-that the Democrats aro very
much at "a, AMI that n present oondi'
tions are 20 continue their union In 1896
will b. u very hard task To accomplish.
ssm. ot the Ns~ Csnsr...m.n.
The defeated tell some funny stories
about the very new men who will suc-
occd them. bat generally contradict all
scanialOu. reports They say u Champ
CLARK that hi. destined SUCCESSOR can
sing beautifully. bu, a. for Champ ''cuss.
ing IL morc In his line ~ present" The
story that on' ~ the new statesmen was
nominated because u his popularity as
soap p.ddlor grew out u the follow.
Ing facts. In apopulous and very Demo
cratic county young native had rad
Law, gone a. Kansas % practice and re-
turned lat spring completely starved
out. In diro necessity be- took the local
agency f0r new brand n soap and was
Logging IL over the county when the Re.
publicans met o. make out ticket, q
mere matter ~ form. n. they supposed.
: In the Convention one delegate said:
Lets put Tom L. GA Tor prosecut.
Ing attorney. II will help him In his
sap business IL was done, with
laugh. The victim smiled grimly at the
Joke aud kept on with his poidling. not
even going home to vote ~ making
single speech. Tho hood came. and be-
was landed Ia an office worth $4,000
year. aud now the laugh l. on-whom'
Take. o. o. iisart.
OF all the defeated Mr.. Dcnson -
Alabama l. the only Quo who Is vitu.
pcratiye Ina regard to his opponent. tho
somewhat notorious author of II Christ
Came to Congress Beside, Speaking
of him a. n fugitive from justice AMI a
mali gncr ~ s0mo u the bost men and
women in Washington. Mr D,nson
add. that the correspondent may write
down any other mean thing be- pleas"s
about Mr. Howard. and be-. Mr. Denson,
will iudofso it IN the present tax II
carried out in acts, that unfortunate and
lone Populi.t will not receive even the
scant cuurto.irs - the smoking rom.
A. o. the yictors, several ~ them ~.
main at homo to st up the pins f1r tho
coming senatorial contest, and the ret
are not more than ordinarily hilarious
There was - cuur,o some mosk applause
Tor the defeated and great many sly
i0kos. hut yictors and yanquishoi alike
recognize that tho tariff has h"en sud.
denly pushed 90 the rear A. an issue,
AMI that the great struggle on finance il
at hand
Pour Tin.nsi.i Plans.
There 4. intense curiosity as to the
standing u the newly elected On silver
and banking. aud the - called sound
money men" are already making q care.
ful estimate of votes In the next con.
grcs.. Ot the three extra ssnator. 90
come in next month thccauso three ~
the new states have so FAR bal but one
senator eachI, IL l. stated with positive.
nc-s that two will b. goldbug, and ono
a silycrit". but the gol,tugs arr not yet
able to figure out a majority In the s'n.
ate ~ 20 really concluding any hnaD.
cial legislation at this session, ] have
not found even ono memtsr who l. con.
hdont ~ II. All the plans submitted
may h. reduced ~ fDur-tho so called
Baltimore plan. q which the public has
heard enough. the plan presented In
Representative Walkers "comprchon.
sion bill. " the plan - the fire. -ilyeritos,
ani that ~ thuse who advocate the r..
pal II the tax on state bank circula.
ton. In spite ~ their discounging eN.
r. rienco ~ ,he last session. several mem.
b,rs It'll maintain that the rrpealing
act can y,sho passed at this session, aud
that the president will sign u, because
be- was elected on platform to that ~.
feet A general summary ~ talk and sc-
tion to date amounts o. this. The opin.
ion 4. almost universal that there will
b. no general legislation n ~ which
there i. serious diiicrsnc" ~ opinion, and
all financial schemes. the Nicaragua
,anal and all other measures foreNtcnd.
ing aid to new projects will 40 over 20
the fifty.fourth congress.
j. H. BEADik.