The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-11

The contest i not between the Sen.
ate and the House. but between tht
sugar trust and coal combine in Nova
Scotia. Headquarters for sugar : in
the Senate and the hindquarterS ot
free coal are in the White House.
Senator Villas is too experienced a,
= fisherman 10 give a slack line aftel
hi ssh has been hooked. He did n
sorry piece Of work OF his ~"onc-eightf
per ant differential." He had The
monster hooked and should have
played him.
The New York Times says: DEMO
havcparty unitythi~ year.
and il adds: ''Tammany 4 he de-
pended upon to meet other Democrats
half way" Certainly it 4 II will
do almost anything to keep III" rest OF
it, bosses ont of Sing Sing.
sam Jones and Ben Dtrring are
waking up the old sinners in ST. Louis.
They are preaching in Il gospel tent
that has Il seating capacity of ten
thousand people and the tent is not
large enough to hold all the people
that want to hear Sam Jones.
The Sugar investigator" Committee
il kinder to Senator Camden than he
was to himself. 1t finds that there is
no testimony tending to show that the
order for sugar stock was ever exc
senator Camden could not
recollert whether he was innocent or
not.
If tn" Democrats in Congress can
10 anything more to damn their party
with the people. w should he glad
q br informed what it j.. Already
hey have more than fulfilled General
dictmm. that whenever the
Democratic party gt-t~ rope enough it
will hang itself.
y dispatch from Washington says:
Nothing don" yet. OF course. The
,am" thing might have been said for
,iX months in the one word. ditto"
Members of Congress started in with
liz promises-have done nothing but
salaries. Cypress and alarm the
by threats. and yet do nothing
relief.
The Century calls attention to IA fact
eldom thought of and little experience
d. 1t is the benefit of walking fora
'a%cation. There are multitudes of
with more legs than money this
ear. and there could be no better
to inaugurate this well-nigh for
rotten method of travel. If you want
o 20 some place. walk.
Cleveland is reported to have decid-
d to unite with Great Britain. Ger
many and Italy to preserve the
neutrality of the treaty ports of China
Turing the war. This action is for
he purpose of Keeping the ports open
commerce. This will prevent any
Interference with America. if the
is successful. and China and
";tn fight To a finish.
Let reverence of the law be- breath
d by ever mother t q the liSping babe
hat prattles on her lap: let it betaught
n the schools. Seminaries and col
eyes: let il he written in primers.
pelling books and almanacs: let il be
Preached from pulpits and proclaimed
n legislative halls and enforced in
of Justice: in short. let il become
he political religion of the nation.
abraham Lincoln.
The West Plsins Daily Journal is
new exchange on IL table. Mr.. j.
Truck is editor and proprietor. Mr..
'ruex has been publishing the West
'lains Weekly Journal for several
ears and he has concluded to try his
and at daily journalism. He starts
'ut with a good advertising patronage
nd we hope he will meet with ucces
n his new undertaking.
The conviction of CaseriO SantO,
he murderer of President CarnOt. was
at any rate. but he has made
doubly sure by boasting of
is crime in court and denying that he
'as insane. There is little doubt that
stabbing NJ. Carnot he looked for
'ard with pleasure to what he con-
idered the glory of being g~uillotined
or it. Accepted methods of furnishing
=. of farlt in daa ali with Such