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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

To secure the votes of the two Louisiana
senators for the ex-Confederate tariff bill
a tax of 81, 200, 900 will be Imposed upon
the consumers Of gar.-(Indianapolis
Journal.
Grover has been In power for over q
year now, and the clover has not sprouted
But there has been tremendous crop of
ragweed. When the voters of this coun-
try did their sowing in the fall of '92 they
made mistake in the seed Mime
apolis Journal.
Nothing is gained by the repeal of the
provision for reciprocity in the Wilson
bill. Millions are lost. Blaine favored
reci procity. Harrison approved. There
fore it must 60. That seems to be all
there is Of it. It is called Democratic
statesmanship.-[Utica Herald.
1t is undeniably true, rs the Louisville
Times asserts in discussing Mr.. Cleve-
lands Hawaiian policy, that the presi-
dent has 'su-rendered," but, in mitiga-
tion. it should be remembered that he
belongs to party that long ago became
used to that business.-[New York Press.
The democracy with the tariff bill and
silver seigniorage load is like the frog in
the well which jumped up three feet
every day and fell back four every night
The question Is not how it will get out of
the hole. but how deep it will dig it be-
fore it quits its gymnastics. -[Taunton
Gazette.
The South Carolina doctrine that pro-
lection is unconstitutional seems to be
temporarily suspended in the case of rice.
which carries an "a per cent duty in the
Wilson bill. But of course nobody would
be so unkind as to insinuate tht this has
anything to do with the fact that rice is q
South Carolina product.-[Boston Jour-
nal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
After Lsas oslay The vsts.

After many days Of dali, ing President
Cleveland has vetoed the vacuum bill. He
knew the conditions Of this measure just -
well when Il passed the Senate - be does
now. During the time that has siccs
elapsed the market has been inert and great
opportunity has been afforded spscuiatofs
ION the inside." He could not do other
wise than veto the vacuum bill without de-
ser,ing the only position left to him.
His positions on civil service reform, on
Hawaiian matters on "free raw mAterials'
he has already deserted. In excuse his few
friends say he was forced to. But what
could force him to now turn bis back upon
his sound money friends In the East.to de-
sert the only ground remaining under his
feet-the stand for honest money! BY sign'
ing the measure he could no
more have settled the silver ques
ton than BY vetoiug il. He would moi
have strengthened h;s party, which 10 nov
beyond any remedy that he may apply
True, he may have endangered the tarih
bill. But Il must b remembered that the
present ta.if bill h not the measure which
he advocated, and II hs should sign II hs
must forswsar the ground hs took bsfcrs
he was elected. Amid the chaos and con
fusion In which the Democratic party nov
i. there was but one course really open q
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.

The word hairbreadth, now used for an
infinitesimal space, was once regular
measure. 1t was the width of 16 hairs
laid side by side.
Paper has been made from banana
skins. bean stalks, pea vines, hair, fur.
wool, asbestos, husks. hen plant and
every kind of grain.
1t is announced that of the % vessels
abandoned by their captains and crews on
the Atlantic within the past three months
10 were loaded with timber and are be-
iieyed to be still drifting about.
The eight unmarried ladies who hold
Office as queens maids of honor have some
privileges They are given the prefix Of
honorable" and, on marrying, receive
from the queen the gift of 1000 pounds.
There were II .435, ,4s7 barrels of salt pro
duced in the United States in the year
1898, as against II, ,1s5, 75A barrels in 1897, a
falling off of 350, ,oG7 barrels. Each barre
weighed $50 pounds, making total OF
500. .93d, 500 pounds. In addition to this
there were importations of 39I, ,966, ,537
pounds, 80 that this country counteracted
the effects Of the enormous quantities OF
sugar dsed by making way with 1888,
The London Echo tells how various peo-
pie act when they are angry. The Prince
Of Wales winks his left eye rapidly; the
Emperor OF Austria puffs out his cheeks:
the car lays his hand fiat on the top OF
his head. We might supplement the list
to any extent. Mr.. Gladstone turns
swiftly on his heels, as il executing o
volte face; DR.. Tanner lays back his head
and swears; the Sultan Of Turkey draws
his hand rapidly across bis throat, and
Charles Mitchell shoots out his fist sud
denly and forcibly in horizontal direc
tion.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Il Il said that President Cleveland hopes
10 credit his administration with strong
movement 10 behalf Of the Nicaraguan
canal. Both the canal and the credit are
sadly needed. Killthe Wilson bill, get leg
islstion enough to set In motion work on the
canal and let Ex. Queen Lii run boarding
house down there for the workmen. Then
would Grover have cut the Gofdian knot
that binds his administration to its past and
disQfsceful record.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

The railroad companies of Great Britain
pay an average every day Of $1,000 in COM
pensation, about go per cent. being for
damage to passengers and the remainder
for lost or injured freight. We do not
know how much American railroads pay
yearly, but it is safe to say that the
lawers get az much as the victims of acci-
denfa
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

There Il growing suspicion that President
Cleveland had political reasons for remit
ting large part Of the 6ne imposed upon
the Carnagie company for defective armof
and hushing the affaie up.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
3aily enaebsf ysnrssl'
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signed communications.
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me- YoH 7HE PRESERVATION or HETUnS or
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
IN Y. Tribune.)


basis of four delegates at large from each
state and two from each Congress district.
The states have been represented. there
fore, according to their strengthen Congress
without any reg. ard whatever for the politi-
cal character Of their population. A few
comparisons will show the great injustice
of this scheme Of representation. The
1872 1904 Republicans who voted for Har-
rison in Kansas in 1883. Tor instance,
had only 20 votes in the Minneapolis con-
yention Of 1892, where the 59,752 Repub-
licans of Alabama were enabled to cast %
votes. The 40,446 Republicans of Georgia
exercised precisely the same strength in
that convention which was permitted to the
2ll, ,5O8 Republicans Of Iowa. Only 1876
Republicans went to the polls in South Caro-
lima in 1888, but they had ~ much power
in the selection of the ticket in 1892 a. the
l24 BIG Republicans of California. And if
this rule continues in operation 202 dele
gates will appear in the convention of 1896
to represent the ], ,6S6 GIG Republicans who
voted for Harrison and Reid in the states
Of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and Ohio, where they will meet 1919 delegates
representing Ala, $50 Republican voters,
who cast ali the votes that were given fer
the last national ticket in North Carolina,
South Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisi-
ana aud Texas.
Plainly this is not right. A rule that
works so glaring an injustice needs modi-
fication, and if the governing body of the
party is not to.modify it, who is? 1t Is the
national committees duty to summon the
convention. There is no existing rule
which compels it to continue the old prac-
tice. 1t is not fair to ask the party to wait
for this reform until the next convention
has gathered because the interests there may
be too conflicting and the temper Of the
delegates too warm to allow them to give
due attention to this question. There is,
moreover, no reason for continuance OF
the injustice in the composition of the next
convention. The party 10 entitled to be
Represented fairly at once. If the old basis
10 wroug-and who will say it is not?-why
should the wrong be peIpetrated again
The national committee need have no hesita-
ton in exercising sound discretion. The
change proposed il not radical. 1t does
not run precipitately from the basis of gan
eral population to that of Republican votes.
It forms new basis from these two, pro-
vidipg that each Congress district shall have
single delegate, each state two dele
gates at lavge, and then that every
1000 Republican votes, or major frac-
ton thereof, cast in any Congress district
shall have an additional delegate. This
will mot discriminate against the South. On
the contrary, it will increase the repr4benta-
,ion of Kentucky. Maryland, Missouri.
North Carolina. Virginia and Wet vir.
ginia. II will confer on the people who
must elect the ticket . reasonable degree
Of strength in creating it, and that, surely,
is their due.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Al vet 10 one seems to really know that
out In Omaha they are counterfeiting silver
dollars ami that the counterfeits contain
iast ~ much silver ~ Uncle Sans dollars.
Why not investigate? II there 10 anyone
in Omaha or Chickasaw 90 foolish ~ to
suppose he has right to put the govern
ment's stamp on piece Of silver and 90
make It 90 for 8l.0O though worth but
80 cents be should be informed Of his Eis-
take by few years imprisonment.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Prof. Wilson's fallacies, the subterfuge,
the class interest, the sectionalism and
other component weaknesses and iniqui-
ties Of the Wilson tariff bill were laid bare
in masterly manner by Governor McKin-
ley In his address at Minneapolis. He
poured the hot shot of fact into the Demo-
cratic ranks now demoralized upon the
"fleld Of performance. How we'll these
words Of his at the case! "The Wilson
bill turns to the past; away from the pres
ent. 1t 10 for the plantation, not for the
farm and the factory"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

The nation has An interest in state elec'
tions, especially when they are 20 notorious
= vss that in Alabama, Governor Jones 70
6eustor Hoar mot ot~itbstsnding.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

No wonder Tammsny 10 in dread Of the
.sleaksge" which must atsenJ an impartial
trial Of "Bat" Shea, Senator Murphy's thug
and benchman.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Eight persons were baptized and received
into the Congregational church ct South
Paris, Sunday, and i've were baptized and
nine received into the Methodist church in
the same village.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
TO HELP WOMEN.
That Is Why This Woman Writes.

(srEcIAL OUR LADY kEADERs.l
Few people have any idea Of the suffer-
ing that Oppresses some women.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Up in Lancaster. N. H., according to re-
ports, there was 10-inch snowstorm on
Easter Sunday and plenty of zero weather
Is an accompaniment. Lancaster is be-
ginning early in tho season to advertise
as the coolest resort in the country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30
For Sale
Everywhere.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

The Washington police treat the ad-
lance guard of Coxey's army just the
came ss they do everyday tramps. The
common sense these officials show almost
makes us wish they were doing the legis
lating for the country.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

At last administrators are to know what
Interpretation the supreme court will give
il the collateral inheritance law. A case
Of this Kind il expected to 60 before the
court in April.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Pains run ram.
pant through
their entire bod
les. They suffer
secretly IS long
as they can, and
then 60 all to
pieces and don't
care what hap
pens.
] Yet this mis-
cry is easily re-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

+. W. Boynton, the chairman Of the
Peoples Party State committee, Gays that
there 10 no truth in the report that the fol-
lovers Of Prof. Bateman will fuse with the
third party and the Democracy. It makes
little difference, however. what they do.
The rapid rate at which thoughtful Demo-
Gratis are breaking away from old political
associations and taking their stand
under the banner Of protection, for
the bringing hack Of the happy
days Of Republican prosperity, gives rise
to the suepicion that the Plum Trust and
its dependents, win be about ali that viii be
left Of that organic alton in Maine next
November. While the Plum Trust 10 con-
siderably larger than the Peoples party in
this State, Il 10 not sufficiently 20 to con-
tribute very imposing factor 10 political
campaign.
II anyone ever doubted the need Of the
Maine Geaefal Hospital, they haven't cared
to expose themselves By uttesing such
doubts recehsly. There are nov the most
patients ia the institution il ever had at one
time. The number IL los and the last one
Who arrived is obliged to occupy sofa IN
one Of the rooms. Augusta should have .
hospital where many caaes csuld be treated
- we'll . at the Maine General.
--
The proprietors Of Popham Beach rise
to exclaim that next season viii be lively
one.
A young man in Auburn has discovered
: nev lenedy for cold sotes. He has besa
amicted With : cold sore and . spring
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

yeazning lsr 8 eoetsia yeune lady and -
lssorr PIE eccnp16d d hIs ntnd VIXEN be ~
tired NJ oeAsf might. Ataines ef the cod
soes reminded him of his Iotioa. however,
Having sought IL bol1le ard bathed his
Iips be retiftd. The next mofning ise
thoaeht nostiAcat:on had IT IN. he had
ussd rasent leather polish instead Of the 10
tiea but tbs sofe uas nearly cured.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

The proprietors Of Popham Beach rise
to exclain that next season viii be lively
one.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

A young man in Auburn has discovered
nsv lenedy for cold soses. he has been
aAlictsd with : cold sore and . spring
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

The word hairbreadth, now used for an
infinitesimal space, was once a regular
measure. 1t was the width of 16 hairs
laid side by side.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-03-30

Paper has been made from banana
skins. bean stalks, pea vines, hair, fur.
wool, asbestos, husks, hen plant and
every kind of grain.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06
A GOOD MAN GONE.

Wednesday morning, about 2
O'Clock, Rev. VIM A. Forbes died at
his residence, on Seventh avenue,
eiter a brief sickness. AS stated
last week, he was stricken with apo
plexy. From this stroke he scarce
ly rallied until death came to his re-
lief. a. ff|tif
Deceased was an old resident of
Anderson counry. lie came here in
1869, and settled in Greeley, where
he lived for several yeats, While
there, his first wife, who came here
with him from Indiana, died. Some
years afterward, he married Mrs.
Richard Robinson, of Sutton Valley,
who survives him.
Deceased was highly respected
citizen. lie was good, Christian
man, kindly to all, and was loved
by all who were acquainted with
him. He will be missed from the
community. Our sympathy goes
out to the bereaved family.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06
THE HOOSIER BLADE

After running six months and at
tanning a circulation of 10, 900 copies,
has just moved South with the Co.
Operative Colony it has organized
and will soon appear as
THE GRANDER AGE.
1t has bought fine steam outfit
and will be printed four pages, sew
en- columns to the page, in size, and
one of the most aggressive reform
journals in all newspaperdom. Sum-
ner W. Rose, its editor, has been in
the fight for better conditions for
more than IL years. He knows
how to throw hot shot into the
ranks of the enemy, and will do 1t
in every issue of The Grander Age.
The paper will advocate justice to
Labor and Agriculture and the Rule
of the People through the Initiative
Referendum and Imperative Man.
date, and will strongly advocate a
union of all reform forces for the
battle of 1896. Readers of this pa
per can have The Grander Age
three months IL weeks) on trial for
10 cents if ordered at once. A
great bomb issue is being prepared
against the G.. o. P.'s which will
contain a startling financial expose
entitled; Thirty Years of Thiev-
cry" Send fifty cents for 100 or
$3.50 for 1000 and let the people Of
your country see the light. Address
THE GRASDER AGE,
Handsboro, Miss.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06
GOT TO TAKE 1T.
Medicine for Recreant Church
Members.

Topeka State journal (Rep.) Dec 3.
At the Central Congregational
church last night, Rev. Charles M.
Sheldon read to his congregation a
letter which he received on Thanks
giving morning, which is an inter
esting document. This letter is
from a man who says he is Leav-
enworth jointist, and he pretends to
give some of the plans of the anti
prohibitionists :
LEAvENwoRTH, KAs., Nov. %, 1894.
Rev. Sheldon.
DEAR SIR: l see in the papers
where you have left your pulpit to
go into the legal business in prose-
cutting the liquor dealers. This
seems to me a waste of time, and
will injure you. Surely you are
not so blind as to overlook the signs
of the times. The saloon is coming
back to Kansas to stay. Look at
the small Prohibition vote cast.
This should convince you that the
people are tired of this business.
Out of the M. E. church here there
were about TWELVE VOTES CAST
AGAINST THE SALOON. THE
CHURCH MEMBERS VOTED THE
SAME TICKET DID. WE ALL
WENT TO THE POLLS TO
GETHER.
The first thing to be done is to
repeal the metropolitan police law;
next is to submit to the people the
repeal of the amendment. This
will be done by the 6. o. p. Now
watch what tell you. We have
200 saloons, five wholesale liquor
houses and one brewery, all in full
blast, and but sixty prohibition
votes in this county. l expect to
open a saloon in Topeka before six
months. This place is over-done.
We are to have a big dog-fght
Thanksgiving at 10 a. M, cock-fght
at p. m, and a pugilistic encoun-
ter at s p. m. We can draw big
ger crowd to these fights from the
church members, ten to one, than
you prohibitionists can to your
meetings. | will be down next
week to rent house. The railroad
companies will make special rates to
Leavenworth to witness these fights.
Big time for all.
/ will close, hoping everything
will loom up in your favor.
Yours, TIN BURK.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06

brute of anybody, it don't stop to
ask about the sex, and makes wild
beast and idiot of man or woman;
and to look down from heaven /
guess a man looks as bad layin' dead
drunk as woman does"
Says "things look differently up
there than what they do to us--it is
a more slightly place. And you talk
about looks, Josiah Allen. / don't
20 on clear looks; l go on principle.
Will the Lord say to me in the last
day, Josiah Aliens wife, how is it
with the soul of Tirzah Ann Y--as
for Thomas Jefferson's soul, he bein
boy, it hain't Of no account. Mol
I shall have to give an account to
Him for my dealin's with both OF
these souls, male and female. And
l should feel guilty if l brought him
ND to think that what was impure
for a woman was impure for man.
If a man has a greater desire to do
wrong, which I won't dispute, says
l looking keenly on Josiah, he has
greater strength to resist temptation.
And so, says in mild accents, but
firm as old Plymouth Rock, If
Thomas jefferson hangs, Tirzah Ann
shall hang, too.
have brought Thomas Jefferson
up to think that it was just as bad
for him to listen to a bad story or
song as for a girl, or worse, for he,
had more strength to run away, and
that it was a disgrace for him to
talk or listen to any stuff that he
would be ashamed to have Tirzah
Ann or me to hear. have brought
him up to think that manliness didn't
consist in having cigar In his
mouth, and his hat on one side, and
swearin' and slang phrases, and q
knowledge of questionable amuse-
ments, but in layin' hold of every
duty that comes to him with brave
heart and cheerful face and help
In to right the wrong, and protect
the weak, and maxim the most and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06

Josiah Aliens children have been
brought up to think that sin OF any
kind is just as bad in man as in a
woman and any place OF amuse'
ment that was bad for a woman to
20 to was bad for man.
Now, when Thomas Jefferson was
a little Teller he was bewitched to
90 to circuses, and Josiah said;
"Better let him go, Samantha; it
hain't no place for wimmin nor girlo,
but it won't hurt boy.
Saws 1, "Josiah Allen, the Lord
made Thomas Jefferson with just as
pure a heart as Tirzah Ann, and no
bigger ears and eyes and if Thomas
]. goes to the circus, Tirzah Ann
goes, too"
That stopped that. And then lie
was bewitched to get with other
boys that smoked and chewed to-
bacco, and Josiah was just that easy
that he would have let him go with
'em. But, says L:
"Josiah Allen, if Thomas Jefier-
son goes with those boys and gets
10 chewin' and smokin' tobacco, L
shall buy Tirzah Ann pipe"
And that stopped that.
"And about drinkin'," says l.,
Thomas Jefferson, if it should be
the will of Providence to change
YOU into q wild bear, / will chain
you up and do the best | can by you.
But if you ever do it yourself, turn
Yourself into wild beast by drink
in, I will run away, for l never
could stand it-never ! And" L
continued, elf l ever see you hang
In, round bar.room and tavern doors,
Tirzah Ann shall hang, too"
Josiah argued with me. Says he;
at doesn't look as bad for boy as
IL does for a girl"
Says I, "custom makes the diner
ence; we are more used to seeing
men. 4t," says /, when liquOl
goes I'd < to make fool and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06
A Protection Farce.

If anything were needed to prove
that protection as exemplified by
recent congressional legislation is
stupenduos fraud, it is the closing
of the Havemeyer sugar works, and
the throwing of $4,000 men out of
employment. Almost the only in
dustry that did profit by the recent
tariff bill was the sugar-refning in
dustry. The sugar trust was the
chief beneficiary of the bill; so much
SO that it was confidently alleged,
and we'll nigh proven, that the leg
islators had been "boodled" by the
sugar trust.
The Havermyers and Srreckles,
being SO we'll fixed by the tariff bill,
were expected at least to allow a
little of their good fortune to reach
their employees; the workmen in
the sugar refineries at least were to
see the advantages of protection, If
no other class of workmon were.
They would benefit by the blessed
legislation, even if coal miners and
iron workerks starved.
But what an awakening is this
discharge of $4,000 of them. Win
ter is coming on. The prospect for
them is a gloomy one. What, do
you suppose, they think OF the adj
vantages of protection?
On the other hand, is it because
of poor business that the sugar trust
closes its works, or is it because
sugar is too cheap to suit the sugar
monopolists, and stoppage OF the
factories is necessary to force up
the price?
The sugar trust has never shown
itself to be honest before, and it is
lust as dishcnes now as it ever was.
In this instance, it is clear that pro-
lection protects the monopolist, but
it doesn't protect the $4,000 work
men.-Topeka State Journal (Rep0
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-12-06
A COUNTRY PICTURE.

The dying rays of the setting sun shone on the
lowly cot with holy light
The great green trees waved and swayed in the
breeze, as if welcoming the approach OF rest
full night.
The COWS were winding slowly over the hill, lowing
soft, peaceful evening lays,
With heads lowered and bent hesitating now and
then, with slow, tagging steps, to Craze
On the green, luxuriant prairie grass that grew in
passionate fulness, with wide-open lips
To drink the expectant dew. already beginning to
fall delicately in sweet, fragrant sips
"The boy of the house," merrily whistng, stood
by the wideopen gate to let the cows pass
through
To their nights lodging. Driver, the faithful shep'
herd, was barking nosily at the frolicsome
calves, as with great ado,
They scampered past. The mother with tired, fold
ed arms, stood leaning upon the fence,
Watching with proud, loving eyey her boy. The
father, as if by invisible ties, drawn hence,
Stopped by the mothers side to gaze on the quiet,
homely scene, his face shining with sense
OF love and peace.
Lone Elm, Kas. CODA oLMsTEAD