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Year: 1879

The politicians are astonished to discover
that the brass kettle campaign is renewed in
the Legislature and that the war il a vigor-
GUS one. Some ten or twelve bills, and
resolutions almost without number, have al.
ready been offered and more are in pros
pect. There is general feeling and de-
termination to give the producers some pro.
lection from the wheat rings, composed OF
millers and shippers, which band together
and make common cause against the
farmer. The GLOBE welcomes and endorses
this movement. The brass kettle cry was
no campaign shibboleth, but an earnest
and serious effort to advance the
producing interest of the State. All
wealth and prosperity must ultimately be
traced to the soil, and any combination OF
device which robs the soil must necessarily
1mpoverish the entire community. The
farmers have it in their power to secure re.
lief and protection by legislation, but there
must be no divided counsels or timorous
policy. The real time to have dealt an of.
tectlve blow was during the campaign, when
Washburn, member Of the Minneapolis
Mlliers' ring, was a candidate for Congress
We doubt whether there is farmer in the
district who does not now understand thai
1t was to his interest to have defeated Wash.
burn. They discover now, when too late tc
apply the remedy, that the noisy blather in
behalf of Washburn was bought and
paid for, and that every vote for him
was vote against themselves. His over.
Whelmlng defeat would have been worth
everything, as it would have been a tangible
and forcible declaration that the brass kettle
must 60.


But because of errors in the past, that il
no reason why relief should not be secured
for the future. In the first place. the brasf
kettle must be utterly and absolutely driver
from the State. Not because it is dishonest
per Sc, but because it is a device which en-.
ables men to steal grade from the farmer
Ihe 1nlquity is in the manipulation, anG
some method must be devised whereby
we not only have standard
of weights and measures, but that We
use them. 1t is time for Min.
nesota to take her proper place as the lead.
log wheat growing State in the country
There should be a grade made of Minnesota
wheat, and it should go upon the market Of
the world bearing that brand. It will be as
easy to keep Minnesota wheat by itself as it
IS to keep spring and winter, or the differ
ent grades separate When we have secured
grade of wheat of our own it goes on the
market for what it absolutely is. The brass
Kettle and all other devices will step down
and out If there can once be established q
grade known as minnesota Spring" Then
1t can be sold by the bushel or the hundred
pounds, and in any event will stand on it's
merits. If the legislature will take action
establishing the grade it will be equivalent
to settling the whole problem.
Year: 1879

The Personal Wa,. Bet,ueen the Neav York


Senator and the Occupant Of the WEite


House.


Washington Special (Jan. 16) to Chicago


Times


The demonstration in the Senate yester-
day upon the part of Conkling has been q
subject of conversation to-day. 1t is clear
that Mr.. Conkling will be able to defeat the
New York appointments whenever he is
ready to SO do. The Democrats in the Sen
ate are no longer anxious to be upon any
sort of terms with the President, and SO
stand ready to help Mr.. Conkling. A we'll
known politician in speaking of the matter
to-day said: ''This is fair sample of the
average Democratic stupidity-to try and
build up Conkling, man who may be soon
opposed to them, and who, if made strong
may be able to injure them. To help Hayes
to success would only help to give promi-
nence to a man who could never be opposed
to them in any way that would hurt them
The administration theory for making the
changeis the same that was advanced when the
fight first came. The Senate committee on
commerce to-day did not consider the matter
referred to it by the Senate yesterday. On
account of the action of Secretary Sherman
yesterday there may lie several days of delay
so that it will be understood that Mr.. Conk-
ling is n0t to be hurried in the matter. It is
not suspected now that any decided action
will be taken until after the New York legis-
lature has decided upon the Senatorship
News was circulated here to-day to the effect
that George VIM. Curtis has gone to Albany
to conduct the administration fight against
Conkling's re- election.


What aggravates the personal charac-
ter of the fight between the admins
tration and Conkling is the fact that John
Sherman is trying through his secret SER
vice to make out case against Conk-
ing in charging that he was improperly in.
terested in the moiety cases. This fact was
known to Conkling yesterday in his speech
in the executive session, and the new part Of
his talk was where he himself made per.
sonal attack upon John Sherman. He took
occasion to speak of John Sherman's s riches
and asked how he had obtained them-hov
he made his money-by the legitimate or il
legitimate practice of his profession? AL
who knew his history knew that when he en-
tered public life he was poor, and he was
now very rich. Had he saved every penny
of his salary he would not have more than a
reasonable competency. How did he gel
his money? The public was not in
formed of the cases he had con
Quoted. The record of the courts die
not show them. In speaking of the Presi
dent, Conkling throughout his speech referred
to him as ''that man Hayes


The speech was not very bitter, bnt it was
adroit and appealed directly to his fellow
Senators. The Democrats evidently enjoyed
his onslaught on Sherman and did not objec
to his excoriation of the occupant of the
White House. The Republicans, save few
OF the seekers for executive favors, approx
lngly listened and manifested their delight
When the vote was taken the proposition te
send the communication to the comm1ttet
on commerce with permission to do with i
as they see proper was adopted by more thar
two to one.
Year: 1879

excepting four. Even tho confederate
brigadiers lacked courage to raise their
voices against it. But when it is considered
that they are all hoping and waiting to real
ize huge frauds from the treasury on their
own account, the requirement of courage is
a good deal diminished. The passage of this
gigantic money grab by an almost unani-
nous vote of the Senate is certainly an event
tending to strengthen the hope of every
money grab ring in the country that their
attempt to break into the public treasury
will be realized in good time. There prob
ably never has been time when Washing
ton was infested with greater number of
such ringsters or when Congress was sit
ting there more willing to accommodate
them.
Year: 1879

HE proposition to print the governors
message in half dozen different languages
should not pass the legislature. The mes
sage has been printed in full in every news
paper, daily and weekly, in the State, and
has no doubt found its way into every fam
lily and been read by everybody interested
in the topics it discusses. To print limit
ed number in pamphlet form in English
would be we'll, but in any other language it
would be waste of money.
Year: 1879

GEN. SHERMAN defends the massacre of the
Cheyennes at Camp Robinson as perfectly
justifable. This was to be expected. He
was quite as ready to defend the massacre
of the Piegans seegeral years ago under
the command of Sheridan. Nevertheless
the two occurrences will go down to history
side by side as acts of unwarranted and al
most unparalleled atrocity, which will for
ever remain as stain upon civilization,
more especially the boasted civilization of
the United States.
Year: 1879

The all-absorbing question in Wisconsin
is, Who is the dark horse in the Senatorial
race? Washburn has gone to Madison, os-
tensibly to superintend the hanging of the
telescope he donated to the State, but we
have no doubt he will haunt the capitol
more or less. Sawyer and Rublee are both
there, and of course Gov. Smith cannot de-
sert his post of duty at such critical hour.
To-day may decide; otherwise the Republi-
cans will go into joint convention without a
candidate, in which case look out for fun.
Year: 1879

The organs of the Insane Asylum not
only defend all the swindllng, but they are
congratulating the State that the Rev. Kerr
handled over one million dollars and is only
''irregular'' four or five thousand dollars.
Come to think about it, we believe the State
should be congratulated because he did not
steal larger amount.
Year: 1879

THERE is great diversity of opinion as
to the amount of money that will be required
to pay the arrearages of pensions contem-
plated by the bill that passed the House last
week. The pension bureau estimates that
seven millions will more than suffice, but
Sherman insists that it will require thirty
eight millions. This last amount is so pre-
posterous as to bear upon it's face the evi-
dence of prejudice. Probably fair estimate
would place the amount at ten millions,
Year: 1879

PENDLEToN doesn't approve of the attempt
of the Democrats of Ohio to force Thurman
to make the race for the governorship. and
declares ''the old man" ought to be permitted
to have his own way. Gentleman George
has not been an enthusiastic supporter of
measures designed to advance Thurman's
political prospects, for they are very likely to
clash with his own.
Year: 1879

FoR want of funds, it is feared that the in
vestigation of Johnny Davenport's bulldoz-
ing during the last campaign will come to
naught. There is no doubt of the fact that
this fellow has been guilty of practices that
ought to give him snug berth behind the
bars, and it is to be regretted that he will
escape his just deserts so easily.
Year: 1879

STATISTICS show that since the study of
German in the public schools of Chicago
became optional, the pupils in the German
classes have decreased about seventy five per
cent. 1t is very evident that in that city, at
any rate, the study Of foreign languages is
not considered as a legitimate part of the
school system. There is prospect of it's
abolition altogether.
Year: 1879

THE Chicago papers, with one exception
and that the organ of the corrupt ring of
political hucksters who have so long con-
trolled the offices of Illinois, speak in the
most dlsparaging terms of the Republican
Legislative caucus on account of the nomina-
ton of Logan. They denominate it an in
famous surrender to demagogueism-a vic
tory won through the disreputable tactics of
the most disreputable school of politics in
the State.
Year: 1879

SCISSOR that they sre miserably poor so poor
that they are either not worth assessing at
all or have SO little property that it will not
pay for the trouble of collecting the taxes.
The fact will probably be considered by mer-
chants elsewhere.
Year: 1879

The applicants for the vacant consul gen
eralship at Mexico are legion. Among them
are decayed politicians, some ex-members of
Congress, a few clergymen, and we regret to
say two or three newspaper men. It is sell
dom that journalist so far demeans himself
as to become an applicant for an Office in the
gift of the present administration.
Year: 1879

The last Ohio slate is Garfield for gov
ernor and Foster for lieutenant governor.
The team would be strong one, especially
IN its hind legs. The idea is to take Gar
field off after the election and make him
Senator in place of Thurman, and give the
gubernatorial reins to Foster. This pre-
sumes that Ohio will be carried by the Re-
publicans-an altogether unlikely consum-
nation
Year: 1879

JUDGING from the report of the Mime
apolis Corn Exchange, there are an extraor-
dinary number of poor men in that city.
Men who ask for large credits and boast of
expensive establishments, confess to the as
Year: 1879

WHY is it" asks a correspondent,
"that if Leadville is as hard place as
YOU describe it, we never see any Of the
people who go there come back Oh,
well, that is easily enough explained.
When a young man sets out for Lead
vile he arrays himself conspicuously for a
day or two prior to his departure, then he
has the fact of his going and the train he
will take announced in the village paper,
and at the appointed time he goes rattlins
down to the depot in an open carriage
two hours before train time, and swaggers
up and down the platform while he waits,
and as the train goes off he leans out Of
the window and yells personal good-by
to everybody on the platform. But when
he comes back he times his return so as
to strike his native town by back road,
after dark, then he sneaks home through
the alleys, climbs over the back fence,
taps at the kitchen window and begs, un-
der his breath, to be let in, and when be-
gets in he stays in bed three or four days,
while his new clothes are being made and
the doctor is trying to count the blisters
on his feet. Oh, it is easy to explain
why we never see them come back: but
they do come back all the same.-Hark-
cue,
Year: 1879

Yesterday afternoon my brother and |
wentout northwest Of this city for aramble
in the fields and woods. Not far from
the Western Whitewater, which is a res
crvoir of the Erie canal, we took the
track of the Charlotte railroad and went
north until we crossed deep, open stone
culvcrt where a brook flowing east runs
under the track. Near there, on a green,
grassy slope beside the stream, we sat
down and watched a number of wasps
that were fying about large fiat stone
that lay on top of wall that rose from
the edge of the water | think they
Were building themselves houses in the
the dry sheltered recess under the big
stone, but cannot say positively, as the
wasps were numerous and have wonder
full ways with fellows that come poking
around their haunts.


On low marshy spot by the brook
side was "a good sized branching willow
with bark as smooth as varnish and OF a
uniform bright golden yellow. Except
ing the grass the limbs of this willow
were the most brightly colored objects in
the landscape. All the other leahess
trees in the woods close by were in the
plainest of Quaker drab.


Close by the old board fence that sep
arated the woods from the railroad land,
was a young butternut tree getting ready
to leave out. 1t was more forward in this
respect than the other trees near it. Its
large expanding buds were of gamboge
yellow color quite different from the fuzzy
green that its leaves would assume when
fully out


Climbing the fence and going short
distance into the woods, we found our
selves on a broad fattish rise of land
where the timber was all small, with
many shrubs and young trees between
Not green thing was visible, neither on
the ground, up in the trees nor IN any
direction. Gray trunks and gray leafless
branches and gray and brown last year
fallen leaves were all that could be seen
in the way of color. The contrast be-
tween this part of the woods and the
open that we had just left, all brilliant
green with growing grass, was extreme


The sun shone warm and bright down
through the leafess trees, so that the
woods were flooded with light, and the
ground was dry enough to sleep on. There
were many young hickories and in al
open spot we found large block Of rec
sandstone with pile of old chestnut burn
Year: 1879

Nor BRAIN FOoD AFTER ALL.-lt
will be shock-a terrible shock-to
many people who have been eating fish
for 10, these many years, under the i'm
preston that they were cultiyating their
brains at the expense OF the Goldfish, to
learn that fish do not contain an excess
of phosphorus, and that as far as intel
lectuality of diet is concerned, they might
just as well have been dining off Of fried
Mexican mummies. More than ever Will
Boston cherish her baked beans when she
learns what DR.. Draper has said on this
subject.
Year: 1879

Memphis to-day will stand forth in
all its nakedness before the educated
eye Of the sanitary expert. The crimi-
nal neglect of our rulers in the past
will be made most apparent in the
utter Indifference they have exhibited
in regard to public health matters, in
failing to concentrate the revenue of
the city upon the carrying out of some
well digested system of sanitary re-
form. The distinguished sanitarians
in attendance upon the sanitary coun-
Gil of the Mississippi valley propose
to spend to-day in careful in
spection of the city and its en-
vironments. Will not our leading
citizens-our largest property owners
arouse themselves, and as the city
authorities proper stand helpless in
having an empty treasury, will they
not consider some such plan as has
recently been inaugurated with great
success in New Orleans by the leading
merchants of that city, and through
an auxiliary sanitary association sup
plement the efforts of DR.. Porter and
strengthen the arms of our local board





of health? For without such aid our
authorities stand as Hercules-capa-
bic but bound Through want of
money! both hand and foot. Again
we say, arouse and organize, for every
interest of Memphis - commercial,
manufacturing, educational and other
wise-is in jeopardy. The good name
of our city is involved, and the future
growth and prosperity of Memphis is
at stake.
Year: 1879

SOME of our readers who are sup
piled with the LEDGER by carriers
have requested that the second edition
be sent to them. This they will un-
derstand is not practicable, as the last
edition comes out at A o'clock, and the
carriers would not reach the end of
their routes until between 6 and z
o'clock, when many places of business
would be shut up and others would
have been supplied by news boys. The
first edition contains all the news that
can be gathered up to 2 o'clock, which
is as late as afternoon papers are gem
orally kept open in other cities. Tel
egraphic matter, however, usually
continues to be received until after 3
o'clock, and by issuing later edition
we can give the cream of the news
from the great news centers of the
world. The first edition contains as
much as can be secured up to 2 or
a little later by wire or otherwise.
Those who choose to buy tickets and
take the paper across the counter can
get either edition at the triAing price
of two cents a copy, at which no one
can complain. In Northern cities the
afternoon papers often issue three or
four editions, in order to get in the
latest special or regular telegraphic
dispatches. The experiment has not
been tried here before, but it works
admirably and gives general satisfac-
ton. No complaint has reached us
from our readers, and no others have
been consulted.
Year: 1879




Let them go. The South can spars
all the worthless negroes who 60 to
Kansas expecting to live on charity.
They arc no use in this valley or any
where else. Those who arc really in
dustrious and useful citizens have too
much intelligence to join in any such
silly movement. No laboring people
on earth where clothes are worn and
houses fused are better compensated
for their labor than the negroes of the
South. The able. bodied hands do
not on an average work six months in
the year. For this they receive be-
tween three and four hundred dollars
in money, supplies, etc., per capita,
besides what they can make on the
patches and gardens around their
cabins, on which they pay no rent.
The white laborers of the North.
whether they work in factories, shops
or fields are not so well paid. Thou
sands Of them in fact have been turned
out Of foundries, machine-shops and
other places of employment, and
driven to starvation and despair.
The women have been driven to lives
of infamy, and the men have become
trampS. Nearly every Northern State
has severe laws against the tramps,
who have been made what they are by
the bondholding capitalists of the
East. And it will not be long, if South
ern negroes flock to the North, until
laws Of the same kind will be enforced
against them. They will listen to
nothing that Southern white men
might say to them, and the true policy
is to let them go. The Vicksburg
convention to be held on the 9TH will
only hurry the more of them off to the
West. This Kansas fever will abate
and many of the miserable wretches
will come back when able, while
Others will perish of hunger, exposure
and homesickness. The Republican
party propose to take advantage Of
this movement for the basest and most
heartless purposes, not from particle
Of sympathy for the negro OF
any other laborer, but avowedly
to reduce the representation of the
Southern States in congress, and To
increase the Republican representa-
tion. After that the negro may die
and rot for all they care. This great
wrong will correct itself in time. We
can afford to exercise our usual for
bearance and patience. The removal
of five thousand, or even a hundred
thousand negroes, will give other
States a taste Of what we have long en-
dured as an evil, and this will not mate
rally reduce the cotton and sugar crop
If it should, however, prices will 90
up in proportion. Instead of trying
to stay these prejudiced, deluded crea-
lures, let us encourage them to go un-
til they have spread all over Kansas,
worse than the plague of grasshoppers.
Their places can be supplied and all
the richest lands of the South worked
better than ever before. The losses
and the inconvenience will only be
temporary.
Year: 1879

emigrate to the United States during
the year, owing to the fact that a
Russian edict has been promulgated
which compels them to do military
duty after 1880. immigration has
begun at an unusually early date, and
it is anticipated that there will be a
total of at least 100000 before January
lat navt
Year: 1879

A HOAX WHICH WORKED GooD. One
of the Gle verest hoaxes ever perpatrated,
was one invented by Swift, and intended
for the public good. He caused to be
printed and circulated some last words
OF a street robber named Eliston, pur-
porting to have been written shortly be.
fore his execution, in which the condemn.
ed thief was heard to say: Now as | am
dying man, | have done something
which may be of good use to tho public
have left with honest man--the only
honest man ] was ever acquainted with
the names OF all my wicked brethren, the
places of their abode, with a short account
of the chief crimes they have committed
in many Of which ] have been their &C
compiice, and heard the rest from their
own mouths. / have likewise set down
the names OF those We call our settlers, of
the wicked houses wo frequent, and all
of those who receive and buy our stolen
goods. have solemnly charged this
honest man, and have received his pro-
mise upon oath, that whenever he hears
of any rogue to be tried for robbery or
house breaking, he will look into his list,
and if he finds the name there of the th ief
concerned, to send the whole paper 10 the
government. OF this give my compan-
ions fair and public warning, and hope
they will take it, We are told the Dean S
ruse succeeded SO well that street rob
berries were for many years after few and
far between.