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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-01-12
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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-01-12

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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1894-01-12

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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20
Mugwumpery doesn't so in the senate.
Sherman's Soldiers for Atlanta.

The men who marched to the sea de-
sire to march in that direction again!
The Sherman post of the Grand Army
of the Republic at Bloomington, ILL.,, the
old home of Vice President Stevenson,
is unanimously in favor of Atlanta as the
next meeting place of the Grand Army
veterans.
The overwhelming significance Of this
and other expressions of opinion from
the west and the east cannot be under
rated The matter is now entirely in our
hands When our committee presents
Atlanta'S cordial invitation to the Grand
Army reunion at Pittsburg, there can be
but one response, and it will be just
what we desire
The Grand Army men have visited re-
mote points east and west, and they now
desire to hold Il reunion at Il central
point-one that will carry them south
among the battleticldS. Naturally, they
prefer the historic city Of Atlanta. The
veterans in the east want Il southern
trip. and Shcrmans legionS in the west
are unanimously in favor of taking up
the lire of march which they made thir-
ty years ago.
Atlanta is ready for the new invasion,
and her gates are wide open. We can
show some of the old-time scars of war,
but we can also show the rose gardens
of the new south covering the old re-
doubts where Sherman and Hood met
in their death grapplc. We can point
out here and there a ruin left by war,
but we can also point to the stately
cdiliccS which have risen in peace.
This reunion will be an object lesson.
The people Of the south desire to shake
hands with the men who once came as
foes but who now desire to come as
friends, and the people of the north are
anxious to meet face to face the men
who in peace have won victories far
more important than those of thirty
years ago.
Clear the decks for the Grand Army!
1t is coming to Atlanta!
The 'statisticaP' position of silver seems
to be more important than that of cotton.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

The most violent of the brethren who
engaged in the deal to force the uncon-
ditiOnal repeal of the Sherman law on
the country was the firm of II. Hentz &
Co, of William street, New York. This
combination was for StOrming the eta
del. as it were The gentleman who
writes their circulars would not listen
to any arguments going TO show that
the Sherman law was not responsible Tor
the boarding of money and currency that
was the first symptom of the collapse
of property values and prices.
In short, Hentz & Co. were even more
vigorous in their efforts than the Claf-
Inns. The Clafins flooded the country
with circulars, it is true, but so did Uentz
& Co., but there was a picturesque aban-
don and reclIlcssness about the language
and arguments of the last named firm
that the CIaflins could not hope to rival.
Hentz & Co. believed that the existence
of the earth and the fullness thereof de-
pended on unconditional repeal, and they
declared that prosperity would take pos
session of everything and everybody as
soon as the law WAS got out of the way
without substitute legislation. Other
wise the country would go speedily to
the dogs.
But. as our readers well know, there
has been hitch in the programme. The
obnoxious law has been repealed, and
there has been no substitute legislation,
but the prosperity that was waiting to
take possession of all things has refused
to matprialize. The country is in Il worse
condition now than it was when Hentz
& Co., with others, wdre engaged in
the great speculative deal of uncondi-
tional repeal
The Cladins in making UP their bien-
NAL report have already discovered that
there is something wrong somewhere.
ucntz & Co. are also beginning to dis
cover that results have not panned out
to fit their predictions. We have been
favored with two of Tentz & Co.'S re-
cent circulars, and we discover in them
an "rndertone" about silver that is alb
solutely amazing.
On February 9th these unconditional
repealers announce that they have in
formation that many mills at Provi-
dence, r. l., will adopt short time; that
some fine goods mills in New England
will be compelled to stop; and that pos
sibly some mills ON export gOods-'the
latter owing to the decline in silver"
On February 10th HentZ & Co. have a
repetition about the shutting down of
New England mills, and then this: DE
mand for export goods has been serf-
ousIy contracted. The low price of sill
yer is a bad feature"
The low price of silver! Just think
of it! A firm that has been trying TO
move the earth-and would have moved
heaven if it could-to lower the price of
silver. is now calmly sending out the
results of the wrecking policy which it
helped to carry out
There was profit for the money lend
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20
Exit Brawley.

Congressman Brawley, of South Caro-
lima, has sent letter to the house an
nouncing that he has forwarded his
resignation to Governor Tillman Under
all the circumstances it is hardly prOba-
BILE that the governor will have any seri-
GUS hesitation in accepting this reSlSna-
ton
The fact reminds us that Congressman
Brawley is one of the lucliest OF south
ern politicians Indeed, with one eXcep-
ton, he is the luckiest Of all.
Elected to represent the interests or
the people, he has steadfastly refused TO
do So He has persistently opposed every
financial measure calculated to give re-
lief to his constituents. lie has voted In
favor of every measure which had the
influence of the banks and the money
power behind it. He opposed the imam
cial pledge of the democratic platform,
he voted against silver legislation, ana
he has been from first 70 last Il con-
sstent supporter of the financial policy
of John Sherman and the coalition Of
eastern democrats and republicans who
take their orders from the great repub-
lican financier.
But ex-Congressman Brawley's good
luck does not consist in the fact that he
has steadily opposed every measure cal
culated to give the people financial re-
lief, nor in the fact that he aided in
striking down silver and establishing the
single gold standard. Not at all. 1t con-
sists in the fact that circumstances nave
so adjusted themselves to his desires as
to relieve him of the awkward necessity
Of appealing to his constituents to en-
dOrSe his course so far as to give HIM
another term in the house.
Mr. Brawley'S luck has raised him
above that necessity He has no need
to apply TO the people for further en-
ployment against their interests. He has
been given Il federal judgcship. which
carries with it a position for life, TO-
gethcr with all the hon0rs and emolu-
ments that belong to the federal bench.
If misrepresenting the people OF his
district and state and supporting the in-
terests of the money sharks of the east
constitute 4 measure of judicial ability,
Mr. Brawley will certainly make a Won
derfully able judge.
1t is a remarkable coincidence that MIR.
Brawley, Of South Carolina, the only
South Carolinian who voted against sill
YER as a money metal, and Mr.. Herbert,
of Alabama, the only Albanian, who al
so voted against silver, should have been
lifted high on the tide of official favor.
Mr. Brawley as we have seen, has been
made Il federal judge, and Mr.. Herbert,
as everybody knows, is member of the
cabinet.
1t is a remarkable coincidence indeed
that these men, opposing the most vital
interests of their people, should have
been lifted into snug offices. If it is any
thing more than "a coincidence it seems
to us that a few other industrious con-
gressmen are drawing dangerously near
the hour of promotion.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

"a Georgia Banker writes briefly on
the British policy which has forced this
country to the single gold standard as
follows:
Editor CONSTITUTIONAL reading the adj
dress Of Mr.. Harcourt, who, in speaking for
the government in parliament, announced
that the mints of India would not be re-
opened to the coinage Of silver l was
struck with the reason he gave for it,
They will not be reopened," said he, be
cause midas credit is not exhausted yet,
and it has still a limit of f9.50Q,00o on which
to borrow" This presents the sum and SUBJ
stance of the situation. In other words.
England will not permit the coinage OF sill
yer until it has robbed India and caused
1t to completely exhaust it's credit, while
England becomes that much more thedebtoT.
After that, England will have no objection
to free coinage, and as 1t is doing India,
so 1t is doing the United States. 1t will
never consent to give up the single gold
standard until it has bankrupted the United
States, and the only way to avoid bank
ruptcy is to return to honest bimetallism
and snap our fingers at Great Britain. And
yet we are doing today what poor, help
less India is doing, though the difference
Is that we are supposed to be n tree country
end can help ourselves, while India as a
British dependency must submit to its lash.
The English policy now is to exhaust the
credit of the United States, and after this
country Is bankrupted and England tlgnl-
ems more than ever her hold as debtor, then
it may permit this country to settle it's
currency problems without foreign dicta-
ton. a GEORGIA BANKER.
Both India and the United States have
already been compelled to issue $4,000,
coo in bonds as the first result, in each
instance. Cf the demonetizatiOn OF silver
and the establishment of the single gold
standard. midas limit will be reached
when $J0,O00,000 more are issued, but
the American republic is Il goose that
can be picked indefinitely. Its credit is
supposed to be unlimited, but it viii be
pushed to the verge of bankruptcy if the
shylOcks have their way.
end? At what point viii the British con-
spiracy touch bottom? We shrink from
making the predictions that are justified
by the laws of cause and effect. There
fore we shall let the single gold standard
tell its own disastrous story day by day
in the market reports, hoping and trust
ing all the time that some unlocked for
and unexpected event will transpire TO
give the people relief.
Peckham now knows how Hornhlower
felt.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

to find out about hawks and owls, nor
is it necessary to peruse the pamphlets
published by the bureau Of ornithology
and mammalogy.
We are told that the supply of Mr.. Nor
tons elegant and valuable essay on
hawks and owls is exhausted and asked
to write to our congressman for copy
in case the next congress orders new
edition.
We are glad to announce, however,
that The Constitution doesn't want to
know any more about hawks and owls
than it already knows and that it does
not want to worry with Mr.. Morton's
bureau Of ornithOlogy and mammalogy.
The Constitution hopes, moreover, that
this congress, as well as the next, will
devote all its time and attention to car
rying out the demands and pledges of
the democratic platform.
Let congress, instead of ordering new
editions of Mr.. Morton's great work on
hawks and owls. give the people the re-
lief that the democratic party has prom
Used them.
Would cep1ipa democrat DISGRACE the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

Hon J. Sterling Morton, the eminent
inti-gTanger who attends to the annual
distribution of squash and pumpkin seed
for tie government, sends The Consti-
tuition a circular postal card i'll which
he remarks:
Replying to your request for copy of the
bulletin on hawks and owls, issued by the
division Of orthodoxy and EamnaloGy Of
this department. L regret to say that the
edition is exhausted.
In case another edition is ordered by the
next congress, you may obtain q copy by
applying to the congressman from your dis
rict
This is very interesting. but rs The
Constitution has 10 recollection of hay
ing made Il request for Mr.. j. Sterling
MOrton's justly celebrated pamphlet on
hawks and owls, and has no possible
use for it. we are unable to say why he
IhOuld fire his postal card ut us.
The profession followed by hawks "Td
owls has been pushed too far il
country already. We have reaso'
iieve that the people are the
hawks that have more claws
ers and of owls that fly
daylight We do not ne
]. Sterling Morton's
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

According to the latest adviceS by the
steamer Alameda, the Americans in Ha-
wall have ostracised Minister Willis and
his family since it became apparent that
it was the minister's intention to restore
the queen.
While it is true that Minister Willis
was not responsible for the attempt to
restore the monarchy, it is only natural
that the Americans and other white resi-
dents should refuse TO hold social inter
course with him. Every southern read
er viii understand the situation at a
glance Under the provisional govern
mcnt the conditions in Hawaii closely
resembled those which existed in the
south during the reconstruction period.
In those days the vital problem with
the whites was the establishment of u
stable government which would put
them in control and suppress the law
lcsSueSS Of the blacks. This matter was
of such supreme Importance that. when
carDCtbaggers and aliens came here to
interfere with our institutions and dis
turb social order by organizing the
blacks against the whites, we were
public enemies and ostracise them. The
Americans and whites in Hawaii have
to deal with the same difficulties which
confronted the southern people at the
close OF the war. They are doing their
best to maintain Il government under
which civilization, progress and peace
and order viii be assured. They find
it necessary to hold in check q semi-bar
barous race of blacks, and if they cannot
do this their lives and property will be
endangered, and they will probably have
to abandon the islands to Il people who
would soon relapse into Sayagery. Like
the southern whites in the reconstruction
days. these plucky Americans cannot
feel kindly towards the outsiders who
are working against their interests, and
attempting to place the blacks in SUI
preme control. This is why they ostra-
else Minister Willis.
With this understanding of the facts,
every southerner will naturally synipa-
thze with the Americans in Hawaii
They are going through the same StruS-
gle that we went through after the war,
and the action of congress in deciding
not to interfere with them amounts to
Il declaration that they are in the right.
1t is TO be regretted that Minister VIII
lis has been placed in such an unpleas-
ant position by the republican secretary
of state. AS Il southern man, familiar
with our old reconstruction conditions,
he is personally opposed to the policy
which he was instructed to carry out.
His good judgment caused him to delay
action until the matter came before con-
gresS. and this discreet course saved our
government from what would have been
Il very disgraccful complication His in
structions, il executed. would have
turned the whites over to a savage race.
whose queen would have beheadcd the
leaders ana confiScated the property OF
others. Such Il policy perhaps may suit
Mr.. Gresham. but there is nothing in it
that can make it justidable in the eres
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20

taken possession of all democrats who
are watching the course of events. But
they have no doubt Of their party--they
do not distrust the organization. They
are not indignant with those who are
striving for the supremacy of democratic
principles. But they are doubtful and
distrustful of the policy that runs coun-
ter to the hopes of the people and the
pledges of the platform, and they are in
diGnant with those who are throwing
away great opportunity-an Opportu-
nifty that the party has been seeking for
more than a quarter of century-tO re-
form legislation and to give the people
the relief that republican maladministra-
ton has made necessary.
This is the situation today, and, al
though it is a serious-nay, Il danger
constitution, there is one fact that
gives us hope. The people are standing
together. They perceive that it is abso-
Iutcly necessary to their welfare that the
democratic organization be held firmly to-
gether. The divisions heretofore exist
ing have disappeared The mutterings
of discomfort with the party are silenced.
The little movements and schemes look
ing to new movements have come to
sudden end The calamitieS that have
attended and followed the establishment
of the single gold standard have aroused
the people to the vital necessity of MAIN
tanning and strengthening the democratic
organization
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20


The hanging of Hon. j. Sterling Morton
in effigy by the democratic club Of his
own home in Nebraska may be regarded
from various points of view. 1t may
strike some as an unnecessary, even 4
deplorablc, exhibition Of feeling over the
appointment OF republican Official
while to others it may appear in the ma
ture of an emphatic rebuke to the man
who. since he has been in the cabinet,
has done more to weaken and destroy
the harmony of the democratic party in
his state than all the long years OF re-
publican victory.
Whatever may be said with respect to
the propricty of the effigy hanging,
which will strike most people as a child
ish display, at once silly and impOtent,
there is 10 doubt that the democrats of
Nebraska City. in common with the dem
ocrats of the whole country, have reason
to he indignant at Mr.. MOrton's desire to
reward republican leader with office,
The fippant comment Of Mr.. Morton's
son gives the key to his fathers action.
Father is under obligations to few peo-
pie in this section" We have no doubt
that this pert remark is an echo from
Nh Morton himself, and that it accu-
rately describes the secretary's feelings
in the matter.
But this is where the trouble arises. A
democratic member of democratic cab
met ought TO feel that he is under Obliga-
lions to the democrats Of his own state,
as well as to the democrats of the whole
country. If he is u patriotic man and u
true democrat he cannot ignore these OBJ
legations. He should feel that he owes
his position and his prominence to the
strength and influence of the party-to
the democratic voters who have made
his appointment to i cabinet place posi-
bic.
There is another trouble that goes
deeper than the forgctfulness of high
democratic officials. That deeper trouble
has as it's nucleus the policy that seeks
for cabinet material in the various hooks
and corners of the country until it finds
men who are willing to surrender their
convictions in return for official favor
In one instance the whole body of demo-
cratic leaders has been given the cold
SDouIutE Ill OIucf mat II republican WHO
happens to have a genial disposition may
be appointed to the principal post in the
cabinet. In other eases the whole coun-
try has been searched for democrats who
are willing TO fOrsWcar the policy of their
party and give allegiance to the plans of
those who favor the single gold standard
The cabinet has apparently been formed,
not for the purpose OF strengthening the
party and adding TO its influence with
the people, but for the purpose of forcing
to success the plans of the eastern money
sharks, which are antagonistic to every
democratic principle.
This trouble goes deeper than the mere
desire Of Mr.. J. Sterling Morton to
wound the democratic party in Ne
braska. The influence which Mr.. Morton
eXerts is baleful enough, but ii is not so
eriOus or SO disheartoning as the policy
Itch seizes upon small men, who are
'ng to surrender their convictions for
< - carry cut the wrecking policy
$50 S1ometallism.
- Jrust and indignation have
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20
A Democratic Victory.

The nomination of Peckham to be a
Justice of the supreme court Of the
United States was rejected by the senate
Friday by vote of 10 to 81.
Although party lines were not drawn
In the consideration Of this nomination,
the result, nevertheless, is in the nature
of a democratic victory. A majority of
the senate has declared against re-
wardng any form of mugwumpery with
a seat on the supreme bench, and the
result is in accordance with the desires
and expectations of the people.
The infirmity of temper which has
been charged against Mr.. Peckham is
not SO important as the infirmity of tenn
permanent which has made him mug
wump and an anti-democrat in politics
which has arrayed him in whimsical OPP
position to his party whenever his as
sistance would have been timely and im
portant
We heartily congratulate the senate on
the firmness it has displayed in reject
ing this man whose chief distinction
IN New York state is based on the fact
that he has made himself personally and
politically obnoxious to the democratic
leaders through whose efforts the demo-
cratic organization in that state has been
made formidable and effective.
Now let Mr. Cleveland please his party
and the country by sending in the name
Of man who is entirely worthy of the
place, both as Il man and as Il democrat.
If there is anything whatever in the
efficiency of democratic principles, it is
rs important that they should make
their impression ON the decisions Of the
supreme court as on the legislation of
the country and the administration Of
the laws.
Let Mr. Cleveland nominate thor
ough-goinS democrat to the place. The
country has had enough of mugWump-
cry!
Did any statistical hnancier ever pause
10 reflect that the worlds wheat crop of
1892 was less than that of 1887 by 120,000,c00 O.?
What becomes of the theory OF oyerpro-
ductiOn?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-02-20
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EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The sinking of the old Kearsarge is a
great blow to the officers of the federal
navy. The ship made q fine record during
civil war.
In the obituaries Of the late George w.
Childs, much said about his phian-
thropy. A correspondent of The New York
Sun writes that two days before Mr.. Chids
was taken i'll he received letters from Cam
on farrar and the daughter of Charles
Dickens, in which both thanked the Phila-
delphian for checks for $l00 each had re-
ceived from him to be used among the poor.
Germany, whose population IS about So,
000000, had 21,62l physicians in 1898, against
20, 500 III 1892; that is, an increase of 151.
That makes about 4.37 doctors for every
10000 inhabitants. but they not equally
divided throughout the empire; for in some
regions there are not even two doctors for
every 10000 Inhabitants while in other dis
trlcts there are thirty of them for the same
number or population. Germany possesses
also 9l5 dentists and 1883 DRUGGISTS