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The American guide., 1896-08-29
PROBABLY FATAL EXPLOSION
OF Gas In the Maal Coal Mine at Prince
TIN, Ind.

TIN, Ind.
PRINCETON, Ind, Aug, 2o.-A gas cx'
plosion occurred at the Maui coal mine
at II. IN. just as the men were
changing trick. All had reached
the top bu; two when the
explosion took place. 1t was nine
o'clock before ,he bottom of the
shaft could be r ached by the rcseucrs.
Frank Curbie " is finally reached and
brought to IS top. lie is badly
burned aud 9th wise injurrL Charles
uasimcr has oa; ct been found.
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when Travelling,

Whether on pleasure bent, or business, take
on every "trip bottle of Syrup OF Figs, as IL
acts most pleasantly and efectually on the
kidneys, liver, and bowels, preventing fe
vera, hcadaches and other forms OF sick
ness For sale in 80 cent and 81 bottles by
all leading druggists. Manufactured by tho
California Fig Syrup Company only
The American guide., 1896-08-29

Too Mucu TO ENrEcr -DuEane-"Didn'i
lend YOU $50 about six months ago, Gas
wcllr GusWcll-"NcI If you can't re.
member thing like that, YOU can scarcely
expect me to jog your memory, PITTS
burgh Chronicle Telegraph
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River News.
MAI Vt REPORT.
THURSDAY, Aus. 81
Provisions.

THURSDAY, Aus, eL
ora Provisions
ST LouIs-f nncv TO extra fancy
s2sjaaS. pat i1nle0 wheat-No
2, red. c9t0Nf ~ei. bals6so. Corn
No .. lnxef 1lte ie'tc. oau
No 1d0 90 mixed
4 moth d.o0a
, 70 v,--obuu.v, s,,s ,,Y,Vv, .-I.s,l--
isdl&c. Eggs- los. Lard = PRIME
steam, aee.o Sew standard mess
100 Daeon-f.o OBS; clear ribs, t0Dli
clear, 1855 all Wool Choice Tub
washed, lb1lc
wheat-ruturcs osed: August, Gee al
September, 59s1eo, ,s.peccmber, o2Ac
Coru-FunreS ell August, ipilc ~ Sep-
ember iesai9ac nlecembor sils0elAc 0;
May, gshca io
NEw YoRR -Fl.l lState and western
steady, moderate demand and unchanged.
wheat scptembet, CsA@ciSci October olt
aN, Corn Soptchbsr, adS dg7hc. october
g7Ac December qpAc, May, 5ih0al ac. No
q 974mgs4c Oats September, eQhc, west
efn isaS0c Pork,- New mess 77basgA Lnrd
--steam-rendcrcd, 3.soc. Butter - Western
dairy, gQlee western creamery ilhUl6!,c;
western factory, 5tdilc. Elglns, ldsici iml;n'
ton creamery li0llsIc Eggs Western
lgp9l5s
CHICAGO -opentls quotations; Wheat Sep
tcmber bdS@5Gtc: December, o0h0Glgci
May, 6lA,c Corn september, eihaglsc. De-
cember. g3c. Man sc5hW2Jc, oats Scptem
ber l6c May, lgS pork-s september % l0l
$50, January, t67R Lard-Septoulhcr
a3aici January, TDr Short Ribs septcm.
b,r, 3i6ci lNlJar,, Si0c,
CnIOA0o.C CloNn. quotations.. wheat An.
gust, hhA@5hc, september, dtb6bc, De-,
ccmnor. bpgdhasp May. oii,c Corn-Au'
gust, eith9ilsc September, 2llt2lhc, Dcgum-
bor 2aac MAJ e5Ac bid oats-August
l,Ac Scptcmbyrliec asked Doccmbcr, lGa,c
May, ipdishc rork-August. :5ig'i sep
tcmhor ,543i january, s6Ta. Lard-Au'
gust Salsc, souiemDcr, 3a!Hc, December
3 hehc; January, tssNc. short Rlns-AuguSt
. loo, sepIemOer,i 3.ide bid January, &Aai.,
ashrd
The American guide., 1896-08-29

airs cold day when l get left,n re.
marked the putatiye l00-pound chunk Of
lee as 1t vanished into three-inch wet spot
on the back stoop. Detroit Tribuus,
The American guide., 1896-08-29

FRS stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after frat days use OF DR., Klno's
Great Nerve Res orer Free 50 trial bottle
q treatise. Dr. KLINE, 933 Arch st, Phila Pa.
The American guide., 1896-08-29

The old axiom that two parallel lines
never ONE together has been knocked into
flinders by the railroad companies. es.-Texas
81 tr.
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"MRs. Dash, Is that genuine Italian
gount who is visiting your "Yes he al.
ways has to have Roman candle TO 60 to
bed by. Chicago Record.
The American guide., 1896-08-29
I.lys Htork Market,

ST. Lorls-CatQo -tnncy export, u oOht 49,
fair TO choice, si0o03TO butchers, 81 b1d
800 Hogs -raoking, le5lt9l0 butchos
hug,, tiOGaS5, light,, ta21 l3 Is Sheep
Price, range al t.Soa3s0 spring lambs, ,sS,
ol5b1
The American guide., 1896-08-29

A FAIR lady becomes sull falrer by using
Genus Sulphur Soup,
Hills Hair and Whiskor Dye, 80 cents
The American guide., 1896-08-29

WuES painter claims to use nothing but
frst-cass material, and yetmixes his paints
with lyo and water, water lyer heis,-Texas
SITTER
The American guide., 1896-08-29

couLn not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption ltalways cures. s.-Mns. H.
Q. MouL1oN, Necdham, Mass, Oct ~, W.
The American guide., 1896-08-29

ACCORDING TO the way some folks talk,
the only people who have ever been good
are dead -ltam's Horn.
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IIoNsNa

CHICAGO -'rhe Nroyofa' lournalu ofleial QUO.
Atlons ara as fol ows Cattle Rocelp li nW
head Market stlong to i0c higher Tor natives,
others steady, Hair 10 best heates, o. o, 3 tp1,
stooRefs ant iohders. " ioIa 70. mixed COW,
and bulls, u 2ndh41 Texas. q toHd3h Hog,
Receipts, 25VJ head estimated Tor to-mor-
row, 2,,lll heal; light hogs strong Othurs
generally be lowrr. Light, sasStgd o., rough
packing, ts6olgelsS. mixed aud butchers g pl
d9t0. heavy pa, hlne aud shipping ,esoa8so,
pigs " eats0l sheep Receipts, leOpO, O,hoadl
market ioa hghtr. Natives, Al0lBSb0 wost-
ern. ta.bOaan, lambs o., 2odsto
KANSAS CRY HoRs-Lght md pigs ~ 10 D
sSi medium, VI. p0a51b, heavy ~, IS ta00 Cat.
tle-Natlvc stood, best, tt1l4 6li far to good
Sl01Ai0i COWS aud helters, best, sAp1 t3si
fair to good, a. II I2Vo bulls e. 1909 ~, stock-
ers aud fcolorste 0od hho Texas aud western,
o. ooda9o, calves. t,ooiblL0l
cIscIsaArI-Eoss Active At iacodsco
The American guide., 1896-08-29

REMEMBER the serreut's head is to be
bruised, no matter how big or black it may
look.-Ram's Horn.
The American guide., 1896-08-29

TuE most enviable of all titles, the char
acter OF an honest man.-W ashington.
The American guide., 1896-08-29

Too MANY men praise their wives moS
sfter they bury them.-Rams Horn.
The American guide., 1896-08-29

U,lrs Caiarrh Cure
Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 10
The American guide., 1896-08-29

NEW Yonk Ang aI Money on call bl0 por
cent Prime mercantile paper sdlg por cont
sterling exchange IL weak, with actual bnsi-
ness In bankers bills At ts3< isaia Tor o. days,
and tsiislbiS fer demand Posted rates, isbo
isoa Commercial bills, as3aisas Ex-
rhangos ii0.2l3s6s: balances, si,9s3Nl, The
Mercantile safe Deposit Co. reports silver
bullion on hand. i,6.s.elt ounces, deposited,
nonei Withdrawn, nons, certificate, out
standing, id,i bar silver, dh Mexican
dollars, M, Government bonds steady, slato
bonds dull Railroad bonds weak
Stocks were weak after u o'clock especially
for the granger Louisville a Nashville, Chit
eago Gas, Manhattan and westera union, To-
ward midday the market rallied $40 pef
cent Trading was quiet throughout, and as
OF late, almost entirely professional, Al uoon
speculation was quiet and steady In toae.
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EDUCATIONAL.

.~>>~-~-~~---4~--~-NN
DstcE INSTITUTE. RalolTb, Nc. Superior ia.
I rlltlcs In ali department. ~ female educatun Of
nodcrar prizes Illustrated Catalogue frrr on appii
vatlop JAA Diswipnik D. tsf Na'. Of Va }, ffae',a.
The American guide., 1896-08-29
ssArI-Eoea Active at ". a.oo19oo
ottofi.
financial.

Qiolilions io- middling range as follows ST.
Louis, 7gc. Sew York ssei Now Orleans,
1.c. Memphis, ryci Charleston ! li-icc
The American guide., 1896-08-29

JAeLSrs -"Who iuven ed work, Bllr
Raglets-'I doan' know, but he ought tc
Stayed and finished it.n-Iruth,
The American guide., 1896-08-29

That record somehng Think Of the panics pesti
ence all the interruptions business which have happened
In the last 43
I'hink koff the ltv of n :
purpose action and
have increasingly displayed aud given have produced such
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-10-15
The banker. and Free silver.

"Why, assert If what Mr.. Bryan
says is true, or If you could make it
true, that any class of citizens Of this
country would make money by the
degradation Of our standard to sill
yer basis, the bankers Of this country
would be that class. The banks of the
United States to-day contain within
their vaults nearly one-half of the en-
tire gold of the United States. If to-
morrow the banker should wake up
and find the government upon silver
standard, every gold dollar in their
vaults would be. worth two silver dol
lars. They could sell it for two silver
dollars, and take one silver dollar and
pay off their depositors and have $780,
900 900 profit. w. ID. Bynum, in New
York.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-10-15
1T IS A BOOMERANG.
Infamous Attack on Gov. ClOugn
Chargeable to Lind.

Infamous Attack on Gov. Clough
Chargenble to Lind.
"John Lind's central committee IS
evidently driven to desperation. Ihey
are sending a circular letter through
out the state containing an UNANIMOUSLY
false charge of official dereliction
aoainst Gov. Clough in regard to the
Hastings & Dakota railroad land leg
is lation OF last winter. 1t is all right
to discuss the public record OF an
official, and we do not desire to CEN
SIRE the use of that privilege so long
AZ the parties confine themselves to
facts. But when an effort Is made to
knowingly and wilfully falsify the
facts. SO as to deceive the public, IT IN
1icates that when a man changes his
politics. as Mr.. Lind did. he Is apt,
also. to lose his sense Of decenoy and
fairness This SANDER is directly
chargeable to Lind. because It Is being
published BIZ his general agents 'politi-
cally, who haye undertaken to make
lib governor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-10-15

J. Adam Bede has got to be pretty
good protectionist, for Democrat. In
his debate with G. A. Towne at Bar
mum he said: II believe In a tariff that
will equalize the cost of production in
other countries as compared with this
country, and cost Of production in this
country Is based upon American
wages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-10-15

The DemO-POps and Their Free Sill
yer Craze Hurting the Credit and
Good Name of the State-Fusion q
Proof Of Weakness and a Breeder
of Observation-Disclosures CIough's
Clean, Honest Administration
and His Many Admirable Quail
ties ms a Man Make Him hsDead
Sure winner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10
HAHNE & CO., NEWARK, NJ
g. A. X. MEN DISAGREE.
MONUMENT APPROPRIATION IN JbHsN
CITY TIED Up BY RIVALRY BE-
TWEEN POSTS.
NEWARK, N. J.

The Union veterans OF Jersey City have an -
pleasantness. For thirty years they nave enaeaV
ored TO arouse enthusiasm enough to nave mon
umen, erected TO the brave men who fell In d.
fence OF the Union. A few years ago the Legs
lature was appealed TO and authorized the SounV
Board OF Ereehoders to appropriate soV" tor INV
nurnose provlded similar sum raised w
voluntary subscriptions. The sum was coilee'e@
Then came hitch, as the late Judge McGra's
who was counsel TO the Board of Freeholders. cor
tended that the Board should have voice IN ~
Letting and locating he monument, contenu0'
that was disputed by the C. A. r. posts Inc r'es
holders finally concluded to allow the veterans =
attend SOLELY to the matter. and the members I"
the c. A. r were happy. Now the veterans y"
az $3.50
There are four posts in Jersey CRY, van n'ue*
Zabriskie, Wilson and Thomas posts In. US.
named post is the strongest numerically cur
,erance was recently held The delegations 10 'ns
conference were based on membership, one deess"
for every ffty members. Van Houtens deiesa''0"
controlled the conference. When the Commute. ="
the Monument named 1t was founa 'ns'
Houten had three representatives on tne eoN 81.
and the other posts had only eacn' '
caused dissatisfaction. and the other th'.e =.
have bolted, and movement has been S' "a.
nominate a committee. and nee"s A..
been called for next Sunday afternoon q.
r1o~A
and Thomas posts will unite with Zabrisk'e ~
in the new movement as It is proposed 'ha' -.
post shall have an equal representation VI a
Monument Committee-three members An" IA
lead to complications, as the rival co""
make demands for the money. s q M, col.
Dr L, l. Gordon Is the custodian OF tne Dvnn
lected by subscription and County Couec.o IsitKe
holds the 5000 appropriated by the couss "a either
will be disposed to surrender the casn y. he 4
committee The indications are that ~ VA az Van
long time before the monument is iocHts. conces.
Houten Post Is not inclined to make an! .,s sesc.
sions The real trouble. II is said, Is over '"' W.
ton OF the shaft and the site. -, .ro,ble 70
Van Houten Post has also another ,rosji IN tho
settle II had the crack drum and me corr that "a
state of New-Jersey now II has none as az t inch
left OF the corps is the drum major, PhlI lpons On
The other members rendered their resi- - about
Friday night The corps had membership ssan over
thirty two years age. but dissatisfaction u.ssrkaby
the selection OF drum major. Lynch Is ren xanutiys
clever in twirling the baton but ne iasS sissn lef 10
ability II Is asserted and finally the hltee las saM
the corps decided retire in body II oppostioa
Yesterday BY Lynch's friends that the prch is
was due TO religious prejudice because LynrI who
Roman Catholic; but this is denied as mort viii b
resigned are of the same faith. An eho''
made 10 restore harmony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10

Of the Naval Militia. for which three crews
are already In training. and which. II Is hoped
will tend 10 increase the interest In aquatic
matters among the members OF the states
naval forces.
As usual. the regatta will be rowed over the
fine course which begins opposite Arlington
and turns three-quarters OF n mile down the
stream. In a conversation the other day. Iheo-
dore f. Keer. the president OF the Triton Boat
Club and commodore OF the Passaic RIVER
Amateur Rowing Association. said: I'VE hope
10 make the regatta this year one OF the best
we have ever held In the twenty-one years OF
our existence Commodore Carrgan. Of the
schuylkill Navy, has consented to act as UNI
plre and We have assurances that a number
OF the hest crews IN Philadelphia will be here.
among them the Varsity crew OF the University
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10
A FINE PROGRAMME or SPORT

James d. Boyd. chairman OF the New-Jersey A. C.
Athletic Committee. has completed arrangements
for the Decoration Day carnival of sports and
from present indications 1t Will eclipse anything
heretofore held by the organization.
The special features will be the appearance OF thu
present worlds record holder, Tommy Connect
against his own one-mue record. and the ATTEMPT
OF Charles J. Fitzpatrick to break his own record
for one-half mile. James Mitchell, the champion
weight-thrower. will compete In the weight throw
ing contest and the club will endeavor II possible
to have Harry Cross. OF Yale and Edgren. OF
California. meet him that day. The Athletic
Committee has wisely decided to put that event on
either In the morning or late in the afternoon SO
as to give the athletes a chance to compete a,
both meetings
Besides the athletic portion Chairman BOYD has
arranged football game, a basket-ba game and a
baseball game -" 1890
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10

record an issue of the campaign. every act Oh
his is indorsed and he is praised for MS I'm
varying loyalty TO the principles vi the Do"''
cratic party"
What principles? ,,.,, az, ,,,.
The principles of the original wilson DILL when
Smith and a handful of others held up IN the ih-
teresfs OF certain trusts? Or the principles under
which Trenton's pottery INDUSTRY Was a'i'os' ue-
stroyed? ,o.,
marty must stand by MIN. Those enthusiastic
Cleveland men who think that the President rep,
resents all the principles or pure Democracy VIII
no doubt hurrah for Smith-the smith VINO
hlocked tbe way of the Cleveland-Wilson tariff
measure. 49, ,>o..,,
napers that denounced Smith sc viciously come
10 his aid in this effort of his for absoution ana
While Smith was defeating Cleveland's pet
scheme the leading Democratic newspapers hau
nothing but vinegar and vtriol for him. They
branded him as traitor, declared that ne was
no Democrat. and accused him of being Influenced
wrong. Such hostile publications were the re,
suit of a misunderstanding but Smith SUFFERED
in silence Fortified by the consciousness OF duty
we'll and faithfully DONE he was content TO wait
until the "people" spoke The people have
spoken-that is the Democratic faction or the
people as represented in the state Convention,
and the voice is for Smith. Therefore Democra.c
success in New-Jersey this year means re-
habilitation of Smith; it means that In the opin-
ion of his fellow Democrats he was wiser greater
and purer than President Cleveiand ana ma,
Jorty or MS party. oihl'n iia" ~, wet
vindication to the Democracy. and they must
stand or fall together 1t is question OF beating
the party or indorsng Smith
AS Smiths record Is traced out line by line
every Democrat in the State will be asked 10 say
what no thinks OF 1t. To make sure that there
will be no attempt to repudiate him or dis
ISOLATE his name from the other Issues or the
campaign Smith himself has taken charge OF
the machine as chairman of the State Committee.
Whatever is said during the campaign on the
Smith issue cannot equal let alone surpass. what
hoe
papers concerning his achievements Indeed all
that Republican newspapers need do Is TO re-
produce what was said by the Democratic papers
of this and other States during the time that the
tariff bill was pending Those clippings would
cover the case
BY way Of showing the feeling still exist
ing in some quarters, here is what The Jersey
civ News said on January 80 OF this year in
commenting upon the appointment OF j. Kearny
Rice as United States District-Attorney:
ut Is 10 be presumed that this fatal selection
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10
FOR ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECkING
THE NEGRO FOUND IN THE WOODS AT
DEANS POND HELD TO THE GRAND JURY.

THE NEGRO FOUND IN THE WOODS AT
DEANS POND HELD TO THE GRAND JURY.
New Brunswick. May s--Henry Jackson. the
negro who arrested yesterday by Detectives
Morris. Allen ana Ryerson. of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. suspicion OF having made two attempts
to wreck trains Deans Pond on Wednesday
ard Thursday nights. was arraigned in the Middle
County Court to-day before Judge Ford The
| complain, which he arrested was for being
a suspicious character. but this morning It was
changed TO attempted train-wrecking with intention
to murder.
J. J. Cunningham. a young lawyer. appeared on
his behalf. The first witness put the stand
the trackwalker. Joseph Brophy. He testified TO
making a discovery early Thursday morning
that twelve spikes had been removed from the mid
die OF rail at point where the ties had been
placed. and that the track sprung by the trains
running II. lie said that IL another train or
two had passed over the track the rail- would have
broken and that disaster would have result
ed He testified to tagging train and informing
the officials OF the company.
William Mcdonnell. the station agent of the
pany at Deans, testified TO meeting a whom
he recognized Jackson ut the railroad station
Thursday afternoon at | O'Clock. He said that
Jackson asked him what time the Washington ex
press reached Deans Mcdonald told him that II
| arrived shortly after O'Clock at night Mcdonnell
said that Jackson carried two packages one. he
and narrow. and piece OF newspaper wrapped
about II. He said II could have been the cawbar
which found near the hut
James Ferguson. the next witness testified that he
saw Jackson in New Brunswick Thursday morn
ing, and that Jackson took train and went 10
| Deans. This before he talked with Mcdonnell
James =. Wilson. farmer, who lives near Deans
was the witness. He testified to seeing Jack
son on Wednesday evening. and also said that Jack
son called at his farmhouse and asked for some
matches, which he gave him. He Jackson in
the woods Wednesday night. between 10 and II
o'clock, near where he was found by the Pennsyl-
vania detectives. Detective Thomas Kelly followed
and testified to finding footprints from the place
where the spikes had been taken from the rails. He
said they showed plainly for thirty feet and that
the place where the footprints stopped he
found the clawbar, which exhibited in evidence
and which the station agent raid he saw Jackson
have. J. b. Ryerson. another detective next testi-
fed to the finding OF some paper which the size
OF the clawbar. and that 1t rusty. showing that
1t was used in covering the clawbar which De-
tective Kelly found
Mr.. Cunningham asked that Jackson be discharged
job had been put up on the colored man by the
detectives At this Detective Morris became indg-
nant and said that II Cunningham repeated his
statements he would stop him. There were indica-
lions Of scene In the court but Judge Ford raped
for order and announced that he would hold Jackson
In 900 bail to await the action OF the Grand Jury.
Jackson was locked un
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them OF a victory. but the showing they made
was so good that Captain Mullin Insisted That
the crew try for the championship OF the United
States at Saratoga. BY dint of hard work the
crew was entered and 1t won the race with
yards 10 spare, in the phenomenal time or
Si3i5 for the mile and a half. subsequently
the four met the senior four OF the celebrated
Don Rowing Club. Of Toronto, and defeated
them in 9:Oi The portraits Of the champion
four are furnished by the courtesy Of II. j.
Them the photographer, OF Newark.
The Institutes Will enter several crews in the
Decoration Day regatta and they confidently
expect to make a fine showing. The officers
Of the club are: James II. Reilly. president;
owen f. Fox, vice-president; T. J. Ryan, treas
urer T.. l.. Presendorfer. secretary; A. F.
Herty captain. and Thomas Samson, lieutenant.
The club contains eighty members.
The Newark Rowing Club Is an offshoot or
the Institutes. and has been In existence about
two years. It's clubhouse at the end OF Mott
ST. is cosey little affair. and Is we'll filled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10
RUFUS BLODGET-T.

who for six years had sat in the United States
Senate in the seat which Of right belonged to
Albeit"
Allan L. McDermott did not want Blodgett Sc
1ected. McDermott left his place In the box be-
side Smith to personally entreat Bob" Davis to
throw the Hudson vote against Blodgett Smith
knew that he could rely upon Davis standing
firm, but he took the precaution Of sending
messenger to Colonel z. L. Price ITO admonisn
him to keep the Essex men firm TO the slate
Not content with debating the names OF dele
rates Smith compelled the convention to vndi-
cate him and tie the party down to defence OF
his Senatorial career. Thomas F. Lane, who has
Q warm corner In Smiths heart and confidence,
fathered that move by presenting the following
resolution
Resolved That this convention OF the united
Democracy OF New-Jersey heartily indorses and
commends the course of the Hon. James Smith.
jr In the Senate OF the United States for his
consistent fidelity to the interests Of our State
and Of our country, and for his unvarying 10y
atty to the principles Of the Democratic party.
That was adopted. although the reports OF
Democratic newspapers say that there was
~Dome opposition" BY It's adoption the Democ-
smcx Of New-Jsrsey haa made Smith and his