ti I OB BAHRAIN LAST OF THE DALTON GANG The Outlaw Band Extermin ated While Raiding a Town. Four Desperadoes and Four Citi. zens Were Killed, A disnateh from Coffeyville, Kan , says Tha Dalton gang of outlaws, the most no torious in the West, was wiped off the fac of the earth here a few days ago, but in the battle which resulted in their extermination three good citizens wera killel and tw: fatally wounded. The despsradoss, whe liad grown holder as they thought they were above all law, ana that thas offleers of the county were powerless against them, at tempted to raid the banks of Coffeyville their old home, and met the fata which they go wall merited, This was their first at tamot at bank robbery and their last piecs of outlawry, The six outlaws eam~ into town together on horseback about 9:8) o'clock, and, leav. ing their horses in an alley, walked rapidly across the square. Four enteral Condon's Bank and two the First National, At Con. dom’s Bank the desperadioes wera told by Cashier Ball that the lock would not bs open until 10 o'clock. Holding their Winchestars on Ball and Teller Carpenter, they said they would wait, taking, meanwhile, the money in the drawer, Bob and Emmett Dalton wera tha two who took in the First National. Hers wars Cashiar Ayres, his son Bart, and Teller W, H. Shepperd. They were forcal to give up all the money in the safe. which was hastily shoved into bags. The Daltons then forcad tha three men out of the front door and fol- lowe 1 right after them The alarm had in the mean times been given, and as the outiaws anveared George Cubine, a merchant, and Express Agent Cox shot one of them, badly wounding him The outlaws then returned the firs killing Cubine, The robbers in Condon’s Bank shot out of the window, hitting Ayres and Brown. Bothrobbers then ran bak through the bank, when they met Baldwin and fatally wounded him, The citizens being thoroughly aroused by this time, were hot and heavy after them, and, after a fizht in which City Marshal Counely was killed, succeeded in killing the | four desperadoes named and mortally wounding Emmett. | Jim Spears, a livery stable keeper, with | . his Winchester rifle killed throe the yak. 0s. | laws in ss many seconds. This created such | div n that other citiz:ns were enabled to get close enough to kill another of the | robbers | The two remaining robbers droppel their plunder and mounted their horses, but a posse was quic ly in pursuit, and one more | of the bandit gang from his horse mortally wounded about two miles from town. The sixth and last was being pur- sued at last accounts. The man who got away was Allis Ogee, | This is the old home of ths Daltons and | it is peculiarly appropriate that the world | should be rid of the gang hare. Great ex- | citement prevails, and if the other man is found he will be summarily dealt with. | The large rewards for the capture the outlaws dead or alive, will, if the citizens wishes are respactad. go to the f{amil the murdered citizens. All of the money was recoverad to a © and turned over to the bank that lost Emmett Dalton has made a partial conles sion that his gang was the same that robbel foll of an the Pacific Express car on the Missour Kansas and Texas Bailway, at Adair station in the Indisn Territory in July last, and was talegraphe sr 10 o'clock, and Ganeral ant 3 Jes rad Thomas OG. re C { th first Nationa! Bank: Lucius Baldwin, clerk in Brown's shoe store, Slightly wounded-—T, A. Reynclde, Louls Deitz The bodies of those of the attacking party who were killed were removal to their re spective homes, while thoss of the deal bandits were allowed to remain where thay had fallen until the arrival of the Corone from Independence, who orderad them re moved to the Court House, There he held an inquest, the jury returning a verdict in ac cordaace with the facts During the time the bodies remained in the square they wera viewad by hundreds of the {f this and surround people of Vg who, heard of the bat having came in i towns, | } swarms t pect the scene, The Daltons wore a numerous family There ware five bovs and three girls of the boys, two are engagei in farming one | Oklahoma, whera thse mothe of the family lives, and one near Coffey ville, wheres three of the brothers met their death, The Daltous were sscond | cousins of the noted James boys, who deflad the law in Missouri for so many veara, and through them were relate! to tha Youngers, who are now serving lile terms ol ment in the penitentiary of Minnesota, A COALING STATION. The United States Secures a Site at Pago Pago, Samoa, At last the United States is in a position to establish the long desired naval coaling station at Samoa. During ths ugly com- plications there growing out of the claim of Germany to supremacy on the islands, and after the destruction of the United Ntates fleot by the hurricane, the old concession to the United States of the harbor of Pago Pago was revived and Congress appropris ated $100.0.0 for the establishment of a coal. ing station at the place, The Navy Depart. ment immediately began preparations to acquire the necessary land; but owing to the great distances of Samoa from Washing. ton and the uncertain means of communica tion the negotiations advanced slowly. ¥They have at last been practically completed, and the United States has just acquired posses. sion of all the land necessary for the purpose of a coaling station, Through Consul hone eral Sewall the United States has finally become posse of the lands for the trifling consideration of $000; wo thers is a handsome balance of the original priation remaiaing on hand. Home of his will be applied to the purchase of lands adjoining the station proper and running Sack upon the hills, in order that a suitable retreat may be established during the une healthy season for the garrison that may eventually be quartered at the station. The remaining funds will be applied to the con struction of a landing wharf, plans for which have recently been completed, and probably to the erection of a coal shed and necessary quarters for the Goveroment's agents EE ——— at Coidwater, Mich, and fell on her hoo, dislocating her neck, It wu thought that she was deni, The attending physician sum moned two stroag wen, One sszed her by the feet and the other by thy head, and at the word pulled as hard a they could, The bones sprang into placs with a snap, she BOON reacoversd consciousness and will live, — a Nona Sraxnisn was thrown from a imprison- | NEWSY GLEANINGS, JAPAN bas 550 newspapers, ‘Luk world hay 1500 paper mills, Loxoox shelters 5,010.00) people, BWEDEN has 20 4 sensol gardens, NEw You has fifteen Nationa! banks, CALIFOR IA resorts are opening up for the winter, P HE recapts of wheat for September were the largest on record, ug dairy school of the Georgia ment Station is a sUCCess, Ex reri- Tur British Cabinet decided not to occupy and annex Uzanda, Africa. Anour 825,000 000 is invested in this couns try in viectric street railroads, THERE is a scarcity of corn in Mexico and the people threaten to revolt tn © nsequence, AXOTHER mill for grinding only Amari- can corn is to start up in Hamburg, Ger. many. LU XI1TED STATES four per cent, bonds are now seling at 115, whica 1s the lowest price since 1881, { A Russian mail train was held up by rob- | bers near Krowka and $250,000 and much | valuable baggage stoien, | Tug drought in New Mexico is so great i that the Umited States troops at Fort Stan= | ton are not allowed to wash, | Tue Georgia cotton crop will be about seventy per cant, of the average. Tho acres age has bean reduce this year, SecreTAanry Rusk officially declares that the United States is free from the diseases known as contagious pleurc- neumonia News from Bering Sea is that the sea poaching is being done nearly all by British | vesse.s, threatening the destructing of the tnaustey, Some of the Scotch members of the Brite threatening to desert moras atten~ | ish Parliament are Fiaastone if he does not devotes tion to their affairs and less to those of the Lrisu, A PUBLIC reception was given to Lieuten ant Peary, Mrs, Peary and the members of the expe fition and of the relief party at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Roelences James W, Bas x.of Ann Arbor, Mich. was willed several million dollars three years RRO OY an uncie on condits that he marry within Hive . Mr WK As just token a wils himseil THIS year's ¢ of sugar beets in Boh min is expe ted to be fifteen 10 twenly per cent, less than t of 150] Heav rains have mewlhat ightenel the prospects but the pa 4 aw sugar are still tendin hich a wm in Was ston there ! { wid wh have de= stic ancestor In Pa 4 Mas Couaties ther £ [ wild cattle, whi ba hi woods and over the prairi hat 2 of the State for years A —————————— CRESPO WINS. He Defeats the Venezuelan Govern ment Forces at Los Tegues A cablegram from La Guayra, Venezuela, says: A desperate battle has just taken place at Los Teques, a small town on the hp M railroad line to Valencia, at a distance about ’ equal between that piace and Caracas Six hundred were killel and many hig Government officals captured Crespo has struck another deci blow, which, f » ing noon his previons sucossses since the r volution began in last Mar tenn tor for the Crespitas ae was moras than i if tance of but t m fr 8 Crosy had signally deleated the jont foros Cr ATI ad 1} ~ md H » £ 4 vas A is ' nb load on @ 1 of battle onsid zn of the t £ arm 4 fioat srioue w} yy i | %) it ns Was 4 Ff 4 r ont levies te fie bof ah £ tas and wer wad at his disposal somes 14,000 men, | fing AY brought to him by General © who joined him some day ago at Vale Inder resno ware General "egns and Quintana, who started, some ays ago, by {ifferent roafle, on the wa to Caracas, their object \ 4 The revolutionist genaral p y point tend twaive pieces of artillery and had tha asastanca of several Americans, besides that of General Widener, a German, and General Betalll, an Italian General Pulido, an uncle of the acting President, was in command of the Govern ment forces, numbering 60%, ani went Los Teques, to take up a position in or tor to repel Cresno’s advance on the capital, which was thus denuded of troops. defeat A President Villogas Palido of his to fis robs army All ting the Government officials at Los Teques and those aco Presidential army w reported prisoners in Crespo’s camp Crespo has made a formal demand for the surrender of the Capital o Vert TY Americans residing there fool somewhat secure, as the hicago is closs in shore, with her guns loads! and trained and ready to protect Uncle Bam's subjects MONETARY CONFERENCE, na — smpanying the to re be le Held Brussels ightean Nations to Be Represented, Vo at The Interaational Monetary Conference y will be held at Brussels, Belgium, Novem. ber 22 next, with seventeen Powers repre sented besides the United States, The Governments which have acospled the invitation of the Unite] States to send jelegates to the Confersncs are as follows; Austria, Hungary, Belgium, France Ger many, Great Britain, Greeons, Italy, Nethoee lands, Portugal, Roumania, Rossa, Servia, Spain, Sweden and Norway and Switzer land, The delegates from the United States al. ready designated by the President are as tollows: Senators Allison and Jones; Cone gressmman MoCreary, of Kentucky: Henry W. Cannon, of New York, and F, A, Walker, of Massachusetts, In addition to these it was expected that Mr, Terrell, Minister at Brussels, would be made a delegate, AFTER BU} UNTERS, FFALO H Fmraged Settlers Swear That They Will Shout Them on Sight, Gordon Land, Colorado State (Game War. den, who hes been with ons of the parties which are in pursuit of hunters who have been killing buffalo in Lost Park, has re. turned to Denver, He reports that about half of the herd of thirty buffaloes have been killed, and the hunters have not yet been captured, He says the settlers near the park are wild with excitement and have joined in pursuit of the hunters, The punishment vided by the law for killin animals ls so very Jeniont that the set have determined to take the matter in their own hands and swear that they will kill the hunters if they capture them, II — Assistant SBeongrany Nerrieroy bas fntormed an inquirer that out of an issus of 4000 ten-thousan- lollar logal-tender notes thers ix but one note now outstanding, and that there are but three five-thousndsdols lar notes outstanding out of a total issue of 430,000,000, - A BATCH OF HANGINGS, A Thirtern-Year Old f.xoouted in South Carolina, John Williams and Millesd latter only thirteen years old, were hanged at Spartanburg, 8. ©. at 11:45 d'clovk the other morning. Both were colored, He ligious services were hold in the jail by a colored preacher, The final services wers held on the scaffold The ropes were ads justed and the girl, Brown, cried: “I'm go- mg home to die’ Williams protested against his hauging, At 11:15 the trap fell, killing both instantly, The crime tor which Williams sufferad death was the murder of Mayor Hennemnan, of Bpartanturg., Mildrel Brown murdere | a baby because (ts father reproved her for an offence, There were some peculiarly sad features attending the execution of the girl, Bhe seemed to be entirely friendless, and during her last hours no one but her minister saw her. She bravely bore the or ileal, and gave no manifestations of fear. Willlams and Colored wird Brown, the shool she hands with other prisoners on their way to death, Neit exbibited any emotion, Anna Tribble was hanged at Newbury, 8B, C., for the murder of her infant last Febru- ary. The Sheriff had to put her on the plat form and fasten by force, Bhe protested ber innocence to the last, William Wilson, white, was hanged at An derson, 8, C., for the murder of his wife. He declared he did not know what he had done, and that he ought not to suffer for it, The jail was guarded by the local military com- pany. Tom Brock was hanged at Pickens, 8. C,, for the murder of Jerry Hughes, Town Mar- shal of that place, in June last. Brock was colored and about twenty years old, THE "800" CANAL, Canada Will Pay an Extra $250,000 to Expedite the Work, thy noose The Canadian Dominion Government has come to an agreement with Hugh Ryan, contractor for the construction of the Cana- dian “S00” Canal, by which he binds him- completed by 1804, two years poll to have the “Soo” Canal the opening of navigation, aba] of contract time. It is understood that the hurrying of the work through will something in the vicinity of $23),000 over the contract price, 0 THE MARKETS, Late Wholesale Prices of Country New York. Produce Quoted in 41 BEANE AND PEAS Beans— Marrow. 15901, choice$2 25 @82 30 Medium, 1861, w.... 1686 @& . Poa, 1801, choi ess 106 @ 300 Red kidney, 1581 oe, 265 @ 275 Red kiduey, poor to fair ™ @s Lima, Cal, per bush 0 @ 210 Green peas, 152, per bhi BM @ 18 Creamery —5t A BB UY St. & Penn. firsts 1 @ B Western, firsts. .. conve sid BH Western, seconds. ...... 0 a 2A Western, thirds ; 15 @ 19 State dairy-—hall tu and wily, extras esses = @ 23 Half tabs and pails, 1ats a BV Half tubs and pails, ds Is @ 19 Welsh tubs, extras ] 3 Welsh tubs sts y ? a1 Welsh tubs | “ ¢ 19 Westert Ie 5 ts fl » b 1 W. In ay 11 if 8 W._ Im. creamer 5 @ 15% Western Factory. fi A . W. Factory, w n 15 W. Factory apd da 144 15 white, fancy Full crean re at Full cream. g it r a ] bg Part = ¥ iy Part sk § ‘ ‘ Part «sk ¥, ] = Boivanns r State and rea ., Bye > Western {a ib Frest 10 +d *% FRUITS AND BERRIES FRESH Apples Rad sort } Af 3 Wi Green sorts, per! . 0 2 A Sweet varieties per bi - Pears, Bartiett, per keg 15 ¥ Seckel, per bbl . wi a 1 Common cooking, per bibl vl 3 4 J Grapes, up river, Dal, per Ib 5 6 Up river, Niagara, per 1 Up river, Conoord, Ib ! Peaches, Jersey extra basket, 10 @ 175 Poor to fair . sess 06 @ 100 Plums, up river, per crate No o@ 13 State, 101 basket ,..... 4) : Cranberries, Cape Cod, bb 500 : 03 HOPS State 1802 fair & oR ) @ 3 IS, pri “- ‘ 2 21 1801, common to good 1m @ Old odds. .... Saas 5 8 LIVE POULTRY Fowlg—<Jerssy, Riate i 14 Wester: per Ib ‘ we GF 4 Hpring Chickens al .a 11 t 12 Nouthern per ) ¥ it Roosters, old per 1b 4 y W Turkeys, per ib... coe: il @& 3 Ducks~N. J NY Penn SRF DRIP... .ovesssssnes 8 a 24 Southern, per pair 5) ¢ i) Geosa, Western, pe pair . 13 ? el Southern, per pair... 185 : 137 Pigeons, per pair. .......... « Va WwW | DRESSED POULTRY FRESH KILLES | Turkeys—~Young, per Ib,.., 10 @ 15 \ Old mized weights, HH @ 15 | Toms, fair to prime, .... oh Chickens Phila. per ib... 15 @ 18 L. I. brollers aa a Fowls—8t and Penn, per ib 1d§@ 13 Western, per Ib W 13d 13 | Ducks—Western, per Ib .... # @ 13 | Eastern, per Ib ahiui @ 17 | Bprisg, br j.porib.... 17 @&@ 18 | Goemo-SpringEasteraperib 18 @ 19 i Hquabs-- Dark, par dog..... 200 Qa 24H : Light, por doz “ee 300 @ 3835 i VEGETABLES | Potatoss—State.per bbl. ..a 157 @ 212 | Jersey, [ jms, per bbl... 187 @ 200 | Jersey, inferior, per bbl, 150 @ 175 | I. LL, in bulk, per bbl. 200 @ 213 | Cabbage IL. LL, per 100... 400 @& 600 Opions— Eastern, yellow bl, 235 @ 250 i Eastern, red, per bbl 28 @ 2M i Hitate, por bbl,......... 39 @ 350 | Bquash-Marrow, per barrel, 100 @ 125 | Cucumbers, pickies, por 1000 100 @ 3% ] Long Island, per 1000... 100 @& 150 1 Tomatoes, per crate eves XN @ WB | Lima boane fairto prime, bag 100 @ 175 | Egg plant, Jersey, per bbl ™ @1 Sweet potatoes, Va, per bbl, 150 @ 187 South Jersey, per bbl... 175 @ ¥ 50 Celery, near by, doz. bunches 75 @ 100 GRAIN, ETC, Flour ~City Mill Extra..... 425 @ 45 Patents. ... ...c cooveeee 450 @ 475 Wheat-—-No. 2 Red, .vveeeese Wa SOY Rye—Btabe...cooonesirssssss = @ =~ Barley—~Tworowed Btate,,, - @ ~~ Corn~Ungraded Mixed. ,.,. 0i@ MM Onte--No. 3 White, ......... BW @ Wy Mixed Westorn......... #8 @ 8 Hay~tood to Choloe,...... © @ WwW Btraw-—Long Rye,.......... 50 @ Lard—City steam. ......... . Te @ So i LIVE STOUK. Beoves, Clty dressed. ....... 1 Miloh Cows, com. to good, ..20 00 ow Onlves, Clty dressed. ,.,..... # 124 por 00 108. cuiaiaeins 400 Sm A 7% 10 ve, por 100 ibs. ,.... 500 600 'Y AAA EE Ee ER ™ 9 Ee mums # —————_— THE NEW YORK SENATOR'S MASTERLY ADDRESS AT BUFFALO--DENOUNC- ING PROTEQTION AND THE FORCE BILL. Benator David B. Hill spoke as fol. lows to an immense assemblage at Buf. falo, N. Y.: I am here to-night to aid ir the pro- motion of Democratic principles and to advocate the election of Grover Cleve. land and Adlai E, Stevenson, No apology or explanation is needed for my course. For over ten years it has been my custom at ench annual electicn to appear before my fellow-citizens and contribute my share towards the discus- sion of the political questions of the hour, You did not believe that this campaign would prove an exception to the usual rule and you are not disappointed. Among honorable men the loyal dis. charge of political duty outweighs all minor considerations; and in this crisis of our country’s history and in this great emergency in our party's affairs individ. ual disappointments or even alleged per. sonal injustice should be subordinated in the faithful performance of political ob. ligations, not as a mere matter of ex. pediency but from a high and stern sense of duty, Permit me to suggest that we have all of us now a mission to fulfil. Petty jeal- ousies must be dismissed ; regular organi. zations must be respected; party disci- pline must be enforced ; dissensions must be healed and apathy must give way to enthusiasm, in order that the grand old HILL HITS HARD. | party to which we are proud to belong may secure the triumph of right princi. the destiny ples and work out noble ich ought surely t f The control of Years this Government mauy or the other of the two great political parties is the contest to come by one 0 A ne prize at hazard in the pendi ng ¥ — in which all other consider insignificance. sink into These are tended to ar the not merely formal words, in. yuse the le or to soothe ings of ¢ wrnest friends, ery 1 scold. wounded feel to the expres. before the State C sing be Democratic yn - vention at Albasy in February last, im. mediately after its action unasimously ingtructing the delegates from my native State to present my name as its first choice to the approaching National con. vention, 1 thea said: “And now you must pardon me while I run counter to your feelings to say that the choice of next stand. { your ard bearer is & matter of the very least importavce, being strictly subordinate to that supreme object—a Democratic Na- tional victory next November.” 1 meant what said on that occasion and I reiterate it now, The test of true Democracy is the support of re Ar party nominations, irrespective of ques- tio f personal pride, one’s own am- bition or individual preferences. FEDERAL TAXATION, The ¢ great litical partic § of the country wre divided upon the all portant subject of Federal taxation. just taxation is the essence of tyranny. It annoys the rich, it robs the poor, it interrupts business activity and fosters public discontent. The American Revo. lution was largely produced tax upon tea which our fo th fused to pay. They incurred the perils of rebellion and the pains of outlawry rather than submit to unreasonable tax. ation. The best thought of the Ameri can people may well be engaged in de vising the most equitable and compre. hensive scheme for the proper distribu. ) AWAIL it, { for | { tion of the burdens of government, The | subject becomes yearly more important as the expenses of nually increase, administration an. | | How shall the enormous expenditures | of the Government be provided fort | How shall ita necessary revenues be raised! It is conceded by both parties that the best and easiest method of real. izing the needed revenue is by taxation It is also ad. taxes should the main revenues should be de of tariff upon mitted that a few internal be permitted to exist, but that and principal rived from the imposition duties, substantial division of seatiment, true that there are some extreme men, now ostensibly acting with the Demo- cratic Party, but who do not control its councils or policy, who are opposed to all tariff taxation and favor ation as the best means of meeting our National expenditures, in substantially the same manner that our State taxes are raised. There can be no reasonable doubt that | tagifl taxation will contioue to be the | permanent policy of the Government, | notwithstanding the opinions of these sincere but impracticable theorists who advise its abandonment. THE PRECISE IssUR. The dispute between the two parties arises over the extent, effect aad objects | of our taxation, Shall tariff taxation be imposed for revenue only or shall it be used for the purpose ol lostering private industries? This is stating the question as nearly as I am capable of doing it. The propo. foreign imports, f sition involves the power of the Govern. | ment, the true purposes of taxation, the propriety of the exercise of the two methods proposed, and the results pro. duced bearing upon the taxpayer and the country, The power of the Govern. ment to raise rovenue by u tariff vpon imports is undisputed, but its constitu. tional power to impose a tarifl for any other ostensible purpose is questioned. The conclusive and sufficient objeo- tion to a protective tariff Is that it is an abuse of the taxing power of the Gov. ernment; it compels the whole people to pay tribute to a few; it is a system based upon injustice and unfair diserim. nations, and tends to build up mouop- olies, The Democratic position is so plain and reasonable that he who reads may Upon this point there is no | It is | direct tax. | understand it, It believes that the true and constitutional purpose of a tanfl is the raising of necessary revenve for the support of the Gevernment--and that is all. Let the tariff be high or low as the needs of the Government may require, Let it not be so high or low as to create a surplus in the Treasury. The place for surplus taxes is in the pockets of the people and not in the Federal Treasury. The Republican ition Is that the Government should use its powers of taxation to build up private industries by placing tariff rates so high that they will absolutely prohibit foreign impozts- tions or prevent any serious competition with such industries. The Republicans believe that the question of revenue should be a minor consideration in the forming of a tariff bill, and that the fost- ering of some industries should be the primary one. They shut their eyes to the fact that they are unnecessarily inter- fering with the natural laws of trade. They ignore the value of foreign trade or assume to belleve that foreign countries will trade with us although we purchase nothing from them, They forget that reciprocity cannot be one sided. They appeal to the selfishness of the people and to their natural jealousies of and animosities against foreign countries. The arguments of the Republicans in support of this system are inconsistent with each other, they in one breath alleg- ! convention which framed, and the peo- ple who ratified it, Under what authority, then, snd upon ‘what ples do men thus attempt to sub- | eert the Constitution, establish an im- | meose army of Federal spies, incur an | expense of many millions, sst one class of officers against another, annul Btate laws and make partisan Federal sp- pointes the judges of elections. 4 There is no authority for it and no ex- cuse, It is a policy of force and par- tisanship. It 1s the last arbitrary resort’ REE | of an unscrupulous and tyrannical ma. jority. It is the design of a party which, afraid to leave the question of its con- tinuance in power to the free vote of the American people, is ready to employ any | methods which will prolong its tenure” of office. Have you thought what an immense political machine the enforcement of such a law would create? An army ef 150,000 workers and resources of $10, 000,000 for every Congressional election | —all in the interests of purer elections! { theory of government, ing that a high protective tanfl keeps up | prices and in another breath that it re- | | ciation which they must feel for such an duces them. *‘‘You pay your money and take your choice.” Our opponents are as versatile and accommodating in their argument in this respect as was the iguoorant village schooimaster who had made spplication to teach sa country school and when exam. ined by the local committee as to his qualifications was ssked the question sswhether the world was round or flat?” replied y diffe t that ths Laat it * a 1 re made ne née to — g would teach was round or flat just preferre Fide I do not believe manufacturers req which the Republican Pa #0 anxious to foist upon them, espe if t provided with free raw ma. terials as the Democratic Party proposes to do. We are already underselling for- eign manufacturers 1n most or many of the markets of the world, and i! we can compete with them abroad, especially in their own markets, there would seem to be no real necessity of taxing our people longer in order to enable our own manu. facturers to compete with loreign ones at our very doors. All that America noeds 1s a free fleld and a fair fight race of life and she will prove iuvincible in nearly every as the American protection y secms to be that our ire Le rea Ry Hey wert t 4 in the department of human activity. It is a narrow and contracted view, however that seeks to keep our country from cone tact with the commerce of the world The Republican orator who boasting asserts that the United States can rails and manufactu : we need, that fore in « 4 iid not be sghit after or foreign marke c i- ered, and that gr American farmers markets and he and gh ul rest of the wo ish and false pri i¢ iy ex- hibits his i { snd his lack of comprehensi of the true sources of gesuine prosperity. THE DAVERPORT FORCE BILL The last step which the Hepublican Party took in the direction of central. Ne ized government was in the attempted enactment of ffensive and juitous measure now known as the Davenport Force bill. When this bill was pending in Congress in the summer of 1820 | had the honor of speaking in reference to its provisions as follows: “If the people are thoroughly aroused to the nature and isiquities of the bill, the party which has conceived ii pow hastening to enact it will be buried under an avalanche of remoostrance at the next election The election of that fall showed that the people were intensely aroused aad a it an { that the bill was most emphatically con- demned by an indignant people. Yet immediately after that election the Re + the bill, but our Demo. publicans attempted to pass thanks to the Lold stand of eratic Senators in Congress, aided by a few independent and fearless Republi cans, its enactment was prevented and the country was saved from its disgrace. I have read in detail the prolix and preposterous provisions of the Davenport bill, and I speak not as a partisan, but as an American citizen, jealous of the lib. erty which my county's institutions secure for me, and devoted to the preser. mental system, when [ denounce this meas ure as a dangerous exercise of constitu. tional authority, a menace to our theory ol government and an insult to the people ol the States. It is an arbitary act of despot. fsm, justified by no precedent, made necessary by no political conditions, put forward solely to lusure Kepublican control of Congress, Like many other partisan conspiracies the Davenport bill is proposed in the name of reform, and its defenders pre. tend to find warrant for it in that pro- vision of the Constitution which de- clares: “The times, places and manner of hold. ing elections {or Senators and Reprosen tatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Con. gress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.” For a hundred years this provision has remained in our organic law, and no Congress lias been bold enough to exer. cise the undoubted right which its terms give under certain extraordinary circum. stances to annul State election laws and place virtually the entire control of elec- tions of Representatives in the hands of Federal supervisors. No Congress has yet been bold enough to exercise it be. cause no great emergency for which it was designed has arisen, and no Con. gross, except the last, has had the tem. erity to place any other construction up- on its weaning than that put hy the I am astonished at the intellectual ca- pacity of any public man who pretends to believe that such an exercise of power was premeditated by the men who made our Constitution; I am sorry for the un-Americanism of any person who does not believe such a bill as thie to be a hostile blow at our form and snd I pity the partisan prejudices which prevents pa- triotic men from joining ia the denun- uncalled-for usurpation of power; but I am surprised at the hypocrisy of states- men who urge and defend it upon the ground of pure elections, and I am amazed at the audacity of politicians who have devised it as a scheme of party policy. vation of the simplicity of her govern« | | for the information and advantage o REPUBLICAN CORRUPTION, The country has not forgotten the scandalous corruption of four years ago, by which the Republican Party came into power, It has not forgotten the enormous sums collected from manufac. turers for the bribery of voters in the doubtful States. It has not forgotten those two epistolary incidents of the campaig j—the Foster ““fat-frying” cir- cu sod Dudley's “‘blocks-of-five” letter, And it is yet not ready to believe that the chief participants in those outrageous performances and the principal benefi- cisries of this wholesale corruption are other than hypocrites and betrayers of the country’s welfare, The Davenport bill, instead of being in the interest of pure elections, is a direct thrust at them. To prevent such scenes as characterized the election of 15885 several States have recently passed reform laws which, it is believed, will er make bribery and intimidation almost impossible. New York has sucha law, bi i when | hear men who sit ia high places by virtue o wrrapted suf- {rages talk ad est this measure, I feel justified picion that the party which debased tl is of voters in 1888 is not averse to removing the obstacles to a similar carnival of corruption IZ future loo tions THE COUNTRY UNDERSTANDS THE PLOT. The features of this iniquitous bill I need not describe to You. The mere recital of them issufficient to make them execrable Under their enforcement there would be danger of riotat every poll. The inquisitoral and arbitray con ferred upon the supervisors of election would not be tolerated at times of poe litical excitement. The coustry would practically be paying for a- house canvass in every election powers f house-to- t the Republican Party. The sacred right of representation would depend upon the integrity of a few partisan officers. The conflict between the State and Federal authority would be radical and violent, Respect for law would be broken down among the ignorant. Free expression of the popular will would be gagged by a horde of unscrupulous partisans. Race prejudice would be engendered at the Bouth--fierce party feeling, if not open rebellion, everywhere, Govern. ment would be a sham; it would be government by an oligarchy of office. holders. If the Republicans should carry the coming election there is no moral doubt that this measure will be pressed again, The party which bas so firmly in- trenched itself in power; tha party which set at defiance the will of the people by arbitrarily overturning popu lar majorities in the last Congress; which has obtained the means of pro. fuse expenditure by legislative favorit. jsm; which has created States to in. crease its political strength and which proposed in the Davenport Force bill te make itself the arbiter of every Fed- eral election—that party will not hesis tate to revive this bill at the very first opportanity, if a Republicans President and a Republican Congress suail be the result of this election, We must diligently exert ourselves to oppose this great issue of centralization which certainly confronts us. It pre. sents a more serious problem than aay commercial, industrial or fosncial ques. tion, more vital to our cvuotry « fature welfare, more essential to thy preserva. tion of our institutions, A Gisirid ’ H Dicky Provprir—Hah: 1 can't see why you never put on your Sunday clothes! Bobby Poore—But I does I wears ‘em seven days in the week. ’
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