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Congressman McCreary Joins
the Banks of the Bain
bow Chasers. .
HE SEES ONLY YICTOBI
For Cleveland and Free Trade in,
Every State Ho Has Visited,
INCLUDING EVEN MASSACHUSETTS.
Washington Colored Hen Send.potter$2to
Work in Keir Tort.
LITE TOLITICS FROM EYERX QUARTER
traosi x STArr corbesfondint. j
'WXSHtsgtox, Oct. 12 Besting from his
electioneering labors for a few days Con
gressman McCreary, of Kentucky, dropped
in upon the capital this morning'. He has
spent much of bis time since the adjourn
ment of Congress in the Northern States,
and, of course, gives a hopeful view of the
situation from the standpoint of the Demo
crats. He pronounces New York abso
lutely safe for the Democrats to the tune of
upward of S0.O0O majority for Cleveland.
Indiana is not quite so safely Democratic
as New York, but the chances are largely
in faror of the Democrats.
Itepresentative McCreary also assures his
Democratic friends that his most conserva
tive advices from Illinois, "Wisconsin and
Massachusetts give promise ot Democratio
majorities in those States, as the Demo
cratic State and local candidates are very
popular and will carry a large vote over to
the national candidates.
After all this it may seem somen hat in
consistent for the ex-Governor to indulge
in sarcasm at the expense of Republicans
who claim that there is a chance for the
breaking up of the Solid South, but that is
what he does.
One "Way to Size TJp Matters.
Mr. McCreary gives an explanation of the
apparently small vote of the Alliance peo
ple of the South that may not be relished
at this time by many of his fellow Demo
crats, and possibly by none less than
by Mr. Cleveland himself. He Bays:
"If anything was needed to make the
South more than ever solid the trip of
"Weaver and Mr. Magee's mission to Ala
' bam a furnished it. On the question of
tarifi and the force bill the people of the
South are of one mind. The Third party
movement amounts to nothing in this fight.
The Alliance iolk in the South are arguing
this way, that as a result of the present
fight either Cleveland or Harrison must
win; that there is no chance of electing a
third candidate; that between those two
candidates Cleveland represents them on
the tariff and in opposition to the force bill
and extravagant expenditures, while the
election of Harrison means tbe supremacy
of principles which they oppose. They,
therefore, sav that thev are Democrats for J
this fight, and that whatever differences
they have with that party they will try to
settle at a more opportune time. This
practically takes the Third party out of the
way as a factor in tbe Presidental cam
paign. Mr. Cleveland will carry every
Southern State by a laiee majority; even
"West Virginia is not in doubt, as I look
at it"
Free Trade the Common Issue.
As it is well known by every one that the
position of the People's party on the tariff
question is that ot the ultra free traders,
Mr. McCreary's statement has the merit ot
lrankness, even though he may be at fault
in his declarations in regard to tbe feeling
ol the Third party people.
Much of the news from the Southern
States that has collected at the headquar
ters of the committees in this city since the
late elections in the South shows that the
Third party people are keeping a stiff upper
lip, regardless of their reverses, and
that a large vote will be polled for "Weaver
and Field and for Third party candidates
for Congress.
At a meeting held in this city last even
ing by Virginia Republicans it was Unani
mously decided that in districts where the
Republicans have made no nomination the
proper thing for Republicans to do will be
to Tote for the candidates of the People's
party. This means that in seven of the ten
districts of tbe Old Dominion, and most of
them close at the last elections, the Repub
licans will assist the Third party people to
defeat the Democratic candidates for Con
gress. As this state of things obtains
nearly all over the South, it is quite possi
ble that it may turn up as predicted by the
prophets of the People's party since the
recent elections, that the vote last month in
Alabama and this month in Georgia and
Florida is no indication of the vote that
will be cast in November.
Counting Their Chickens Prematurely.
Of the Democratic prospects in Illinois,
"Wisconsin and Massachusetts, Mr. Mc
Credry says: "I was in Chicago when
Stevenson held his conference with the
Democratic managers of Illinois. I had a
long talk with him and with ex-Commissioner
Black, who is running as tbe Demo
cratic candidate for Congressman at Large,
and with a number of other Democrats who
were assembled in Mr. Stevenson's room.
They all told me that they felt no donbt
that the Democratic candidate for Governor
and General Black would be elected, and
that they felt some hope ot carrying the
State for Cleveland, though they would not
venture the prediction that the hope would
be realized.
"I have received a letter from General
Mitchell concerning the situation in "Wis
consin. He says there is a desperate strug
gle for the State, and that the Democrats
are hopeful and are doing all they can.
"When I was up in Massachusetts the Demo
crats there seemed also confident. I should
not be surprised if Cleveland should carry
that State. Hussell is undoubtedly strong
in the State, and Cleveland thinks that he
himself is strong there, which seems to me
to be true. I personally met a number of
Republicans in Boston who told me they
were going to vote for Cleveland. They
said they were not going to become Demo
crats, and were not going to leave the Re
publican party permanently, but would
vote for Cleveland just this once."
Spotters for the Capital Colonizers.
The Harrison and Reid club, colored, of
this city, sees enough foundation in the
story of the colonization scheme which has
its headquarters here to lead them to decide
to pnt a watch on Elder, Smith & Co., and
formal steps have therefore been taken to
send shrewd colored, men on to New York
to shadow all the movements of these men
and to make a note of every new arrival or
persons of color in that wicked city. A
committee has been appointed to " take
charge of tbe matter, and.ifihe colonizers do
not carry themselves straighter in New
York than they have been in the habit of
doing here, they may be detained in the'
Empire State, after the elections, against
their will.
GEOBGIA'S DEMOCRATIC MAJOEIIY
Ifon't Be Far From 70,000 "When the Of
ficial Figures Are Announced.
Atlanta, Oct 12. It is impossible to
obtain the official announcement of last
"Wednesday's election until the returns are
canvassed by tbe Legislature, which meets
on the 26th of tbia month. Eeturns from
every county are sent here in sealed envel-
1
ope? and can only be opened by the Legis
lature. The .Constitution's estimate, as
published is the closest one that can
be ."nnade of the official vote.
It lemi-officially shows from precinot
counts on the night of the election that the
majority will be 70,000. This estimate
shows that the vote of the State was 200,000,
of which Peek, the Third party candidate
for Governor, received 65,000, and Northen,
Democrat, 135,000.
The official announcement will not change
these figures materially, but it cannot be
obtained before October 26, when tbe Leg
islature will canvass the returns, which are
now sealed and under lock and key.
ALL TICKETS SMALLER.
County Commissioners From Every Part of
the State Agree to Have Ballots Printed
Xapkln Size Instead of Uke Blankets
A Move to Kocnk Out General Gobln.
Philadelphia, Oct 12. Special.
The 67 Boards of County Commissioners in
this State have decided to follow the fashion
set by Philadelphia by defining the size of
the new Baker ballot according to their re
spective districts and agreeing upon a form
best adapted to their views of what the
voter should vote. Editor J. M. "W. Geist,
of the Lancaster .Nets Era, found this out
when he came to town to-day to buy a new
paper cutter to cut paper for the 52x22 bal
lots. They told him at Republican head
quarters to save his money, as Chairman
Reeder had informed the various Boards of
Commissioners to fix on a size of their own,
as they had a right to do under the law.
The various Boards of County Commis
sioners to-dav arrived at the conclusion
that they were delegated by the Baker law
to name tbe size of the ballot at s. confer
ence here by a few men selected to repre
sent the whole.
Senator P. Gray Meek said the confer
ence was no secret to him. "It is thought
that a new difficulty emanating from the
Baker ballot law will arise on election
night," said Mr. Meek. "The arrangement
ot the names of the candidates as now
directed will cause trouble in the case of a
scratched ticket to detect whether a voter
has cast his ballot for two men lor the same
office. For this reason and the peculiar
ballot, it is likely that it will take a good
while to do the counting."
"I have looked the law over and cannot
see anything in it to enforce its provisions,"
said Editor Savage, of Clearfield. "It pre
scribes penalties enough, but how are they
to be carried out?"
General and Senator John Peter Schindel
Gobin's name appears on the nomination
papers, as filed, by initial only. The Baker
law directs that the lull name must be
riven, and Chairman "Wright holds that
Gobin cannot be voted for. The fact that
the name in full might cause a further en
largement of the ballot does not go as an
excuse for the abbreviation.
INDIANA VOTES AS IT IS.
No Change in the Apportionment of the
State Till After Election.
Indianapolis, Oct 12. In a written
opinion by Judge McBride, which is con
curred in by all of the Judges, the Supreme
Court of Indiana this afternoon disposed of
the various motions and petitions in the ap
portionment case. The motion of Attorney
General Smith to dismiss the appeal is over
ruled. The Court holds that the statements
and affidavits filed on the case show that
there is a real controversy and that it is
one which the parties have a right to wage.
It says in substance that the relator had a
right to bring the suit in order to secure a
decision of the Courts upon tbe validity of
the law, and that county officers had a right
to resist the complaint to the end, and that
statements reflecting upon the Attorney
General are improper, although the Attor
ney General is in the cae Ey invitation.
Oral argument will be heard November 17.
This decision remoes the case as a factor in
the election.
EX-MATOE OBACE CHALLENGED.
Tor tlie rirst Time In Ills IAfo He Had to
Show Ills Papers,
NewYosk, Oct. 12. "When ei-Mayor
Grace went to register yesterday he was so
amazed by a demand made of him by one of
the Tammany registrars that his spectacles
almost fell ofl his nose. This Tammany
functionary insisted upon seeing Mayor
Grace's naturalization papers. He knew
the ex-Mayor as well as he knew his own
father, and he was polite enough outwardly
when he made tbe request. Mr. Grace was
obliged to go to his box in a safe deposit
company, get his naturalization papers and
show them to this registrar.
Speaking of it afterward he said: "It's
the first time that request was ever made of
me in New York City. I have never been
asked to show my papers except upon the
first occasion that I voted after naturaliza
tion, more than 30 years ago. I don't know
why the request was made ot me this
time."
EPBINGER'S REPLY TO KOBTH.
He Says the letter's Statistics on "Wool Are
Not Based on Fact.
Spkingfield, III., Oct 12. Hon. "Wil
liam M. Springer, Chairman of the Honse
Committee on "Ways and Means, was
recently charged in an open letter by Secre
tary North, of the National Association of
"Wool Manufacturers, with the misuse of
wool statistics in his discussion of the
tariff.
Mr. Springer has written a letter in replv,
saying that Mr. North's reference to
the prices of scoured wool in the United
States and Europe rests only upon his own
assertion, as there are no quotations of
scoured wool in this country, and that
therefore Mr. Norths statement is not
responsive to controversy between - Mr.
Springer and the advocates of a protective
tariff on wool, and does not cover the points
of difference as heretofore stated between
Mr. North and Mr. Springer.
OBJECTIONS 10 NOMINATIONS
Filed in the Dauphin Conrt Yesterday
From Two Counties.
Haekisbueg, Oct 12. Objections were
filed to-day in the Dauphin County Court
by the Chairman of tbe Democratic County
Convention of Potter county and the Chair
man and Secretary of tbe Democratio
County Committee and others to the Demo
cratic nomination claimed by Joseph M.
McClure, candidate for President Judge in
the McKean-Potter district McClure filed
objections yesterday to the nomination
papers of A G. Olmstead, the Republican
candidate. October 20 has been fixed for
argument
Objections were also filed to-day to the
nomination'papers of "William Littley, can
didate for the Legislature frra tbe Twentv
tbird district, Philadelphia. Hearing was
fixed for Saturday next
Batcs Doesn't Deny His Circular.
Deteoit, Oct 12. Secretary Bates makes
no attempt to deny the authorship of his
circular sent to postmasters. "The distri
bution ot wholesome political literature
will do no harm, even if it is Bepublicio,"
he says, "and I know of no law which would
prevent a postmaster from rendering a little
service ot this kind."
BTJBIED TJNDEB MOLTEN STEEL.
Three Men In the Bethlehem Iron Works
Terribly Burned.
Bethlehem, Pa., Oct 12. Thomas
Fox, Michael Lynch and William Bowers
were burned last night by the accidental
discharge of molten metal from a converter
in the Bessemer mill of the Bethlehem
Iron Works.
They were in the casting pit, and while a
heat was being prepared the vessel tilted as
it was raised. Five tons of molten. steel
splashed over the men. Bowers' injuries
may prove fatal.
A CANADIAN BLONDIN
Crosses Niagara on a Tightrope in
Less Than Seven Minutes.
DIXON'S TIME CUT EIGHT IN TWO
By Clifford Calverier, One of Uis Intrepid
Young Townsmen.
THE FEAT WITNE8SED BY HUNDREDS
ISriCIAL TILIORAM TO Tit DISPATCH. 1
Niagaba Falls, Oct 12. The best ex
hibition of tightrope walking Niagara has
ever seen was given this afternoon, over the
gorge, by Clifford Calverley, a young
Canadian. His wire cable, three-eighths of
an inch in diameter, was stretched from the
Canadian to the American shore of the
gorge, between the cantilever and tbe rail
way suspension bridge. It was guyed by
38 three-eighths of an inch ropes, and
weighted down, so as to steady it, by 17
pairs of sandbags.
The weather during the afternoon was
perfect, and the white cloth covering of the
sandbags shone brightly as thev dotted the
cable here and there along its length. A
short distance out from the Canadian shore
the British flag floated from the cable, and
. an equal distance oat from the American
was tbe Stars and Stripes.
"Unusual interest was taken in Calverley's
feat, as it was known that previous to to
day he had but little experience. Another
fact that drew attention to the feat was that
the cable was guyed by ropes, whereas all
the cables before have bad wire guys.
A Big Crowd "Witnesses the Feat
Quite a crowd of spectators gathered
early, and by 3 o'clock the banks of the
river on both sides, as well as the suspension
bridge, were lined with an expectant au
dience. At 3:10 o'clock Calverley appeared
on the Canadian end of the cable, dressed in
blue tights, with pale pink trunks, collar
and culls with silver trimmings. His feet
were covered with buckskin boots, laced
above his ankles. In his hands he carried a
balancing pole of pine, weighing 20 pounds.
To the surprise of all, instead of stepping
carefully, he ran. His trip was to be
against time, and the manner in which he
crossed the narrow bridge over tbe rapid
water, 200 feet below, was startling. His
skill was displayed in every step, and en
thusiastic ones cried, "He is tbe American
Blondinl" It took him just six minutes
and eight seconds to cross from bank to
bank, which is more than six minutes
quicker than the trip has ever been made,
tor Dixon's time was 12 minutes at the
same point
After reaching the American shore Cal
verley again stepped on the slender cable,
and going out a short distance, there per
formed feats common with men in the same
business. He laid on the wire, hung by
his toes and did other similar acts.
Canadians Treated to a Show, Too.
Returning to the American shore' he en
tered a carriage and was driven across the
suspension bridge to the Canadian end ot
his cable. He then went out about ISO
feet and gave aq exhibition similar to that
given on the American end.
Everybody who witnessed his exhibition
pronounced Calverley tbe best man on a
cable that Niagara has seen. Instead of
fear, his nerve was remarkable, and he had
full confidence in his ability. Until to-day
he had not waited at a height greater
than 60 feet, and this was overland, at
Hanlan's Island, Toronto. He had his first
experience over water to-day.
Calverley is a fine-looking fellow. He is
22 years old and was born in Clarksburg, a
small province in Ontario, Canada.
It is a remarkable fact that DixoD, whose
ability on a slender wire was witnessed at
Niagara Falls before his death, was also
raised in this same Canadian town. He
and Calverley were friends, and the latter
watched Dixon's course on the rope with
great Interest
On May 24 last, Calverley performed his
first feat on the wire at Hanlan's Island.
His engagement closed there two weeks ago,
and he at once commenced his preparations
to cross the gorge. About Christmas Cal
verley expects to go to Europe, and may
walk there next year.
BAD BOYS IN REBELLION.
Huntingdon Itefonn School Inmates Again
Mutiny A Preconcerted Attack Made
Upon an Officer, "Who Is Half Killed
The Revolt Quelled by Force.
Huntingdon, Pa., Oct 12. Alter the
retnrn a few weeks since of the incorrigible
inmates of the Huntingdon Reformatory to
their respective counties, it was thought
the spirit of insubordination among tbe
prisoners had been pretty thoroughly
weeded out Last night, however, it
cropped put Again. As Officer D. "W. Boyer
was marching a squad of 60 inmates to the
school-room, James Caul, an inmate from
Philadelphia, jumped from the ranks and
hurled his slate violently at the guard's
head without hitting him. Alonzo Bil
lings, also from Philadelphia, acting on
Caul's signal, also struck at the guard with
his slate, but missed his aim. It was the
signal tor a general revolt among the pupils,
and half the 150 prisoners engaged in a
deadly attack upon the defenseless officer.
; Caul, wbo bad precipitated the assault,
drew a brick from his coat and dealt Guard
Boyer a violent blow over the eye, knock
ing him down. Alter receiving a fusilade
of kicks and blows Officer Boyer drew his
cane, but this was speedily taken from him
and turued upon himselt " In endeavoring
to rescue his prostrate fellow-officer Guard
James n.yie was also severely bandied.
A general alarm was sounded and the
riotous inmates were finally subdued by
force. Officer Boyer was removed to his
home, where he is now confined. Caul and
Billings, who bad threatened before to kill
the guard, are now in dungeons. The'
affair was due to Guard Boyer's having re
ported Caul and Billings for insubordina
tion. CITIZENS MUST BEAD ENGLISH.
A New York Judge Ketones Naturalization
, to All "Who Can't
Ballston, N. Y., Oct 12. Justice
Stover, holding the circuit here, refuses
naturalization to aliens who cannot read and'
write the English language, and has refected
six applicants. One of the applicants, a
native of county Kent, England, is more
than 60 years of age, and has been a resi
dent of this county for 25 years. In deny
ing the application, of John Griggs for
naturalization, the sixth denied at t bis term,
justice stover said:
"It's no use to make such' application. I
will not admit to citizenship, in courts at
which I preside, applicants who cannot read
and write the English language. Every
citizen should be able to read and write.
An alien asking naturalization must have
these qualifications before I will grant to
him a certificate of citizenship. He should
be able to read the Constitution of the
United States before he is asked or allowed
to take the oath ot citizenship, and I intend
to adhere to this rule, whether, as in this
case, the . applicant speaks the .English
language as his mother tongue, or whether
he is a subject ot one of the continental na
tions ignorant of our language, our customs,
or our situation and our laws."
Ohio Soldiers Won't Go to Chicago.
Columbus, O., Oct 12. Special Tbe
Fourteenth Begiment had intended to ac
company Governor McKinley and the State
officer to Chicago on the 20th inst. at the
formal opening of the World's Fair. It
will cost the regiment $5,000 for railroad
fares, etc., and tbe Chicago people agreed
to board them the short time they were
there. Now" thev sav thev will board th
isoldiers, but the officers must pay 50 oents
per meal. The regfmtnt, will, not go.
TROUBLE BEGINS TO BREW.
Columbns Police Promptly Nip in the Bud
an Incipient Rlot-The First Bay of the
Switchmen's Strike Ends In Favor of the
Company.
Columbus, Oct 12. The preliminary
skirmish in the strike of the Big Pour yard
men took place this alteruoon. This morn
ing Superintendent T. J. Higglns posted a
notice that all employes who did not resume
work at 1 P. M. would be discharged and
wages due paid. They were also notified to
keep off the property of the oompany. Not
a single striker responded at the hour
named, and they were all discharged.
Just before noon, under tbe direction of
Superintendent Peck, an engine came from
the roundhouse and ran out on tbe main
track. There was no interference further
than some loud talk on the part of the
strikers, who endeavored to get the crew to
leave the train, but they refused. The in
terest and excitement gradually grew till 2
p. M., when the company started three en
gines out of the yard, two freight and a
passenger locomotive. The regular engi
neers were in charge. .
About 200 men were present when the
engines were brought out A great crowd
rushed to the locomotives, and one of the
engineers was denounced as a "scab." Tiro
strikers mounted the cab of one engine, and
they were immediately placed under arrest.
Iheir names are Edward Lottus and Joseph
Cokely. The appearance of a detail of po
lice on the scene caused the strikers to
scatter and the engines proceeded down
town. The strikers were about to follow
the engines for trouble, but the police
cleared "the yards and quiet was restored.
A considerable amount ot perishable freight
was gotten out of tbe yards during the rest
of the afternoon, and the strikers pro
ceeded to their hail, where they held a
meeting.
Iioltus, one of the strikers arrested, has
been released on fl,000 bail. ' The two are
charged with interfering with railroad offi
cers and attempt to incite a riot
The strikers claim that the yardmen at
Snringfield, Dayton and Cleveland will
noma nnt frvmnrrnw that thev will be
joined by the Panhandle, Baltimore and
Ohio, and Columbus and Hocking Valley
and the Toledo Bail road to-morrow. These
reports are denied by the officials of the
railroads named. Tbe yardmen of the
Hocking Valley have sent a communication
to the superintendent asking an advance to
the.Chicajo scale. The representatives of
the several railroads centering here held a
conference during the afternoon to decide
upon a plan of action, and the yardmen
held another meeting to-night The Big
Pour officials to-night secured an
Injunction from the Common Pleas Conrt to
prevent tbe strikers from in any manner
interfering with the business of the road,
and ordering that they do not enter upon
the property of the company.
A dispatch from Cincinnati savs the
switchmen's strike on the Big Four road is
at present confined to Columbus, and the
Big Four officials here say that as the strike
was not ordered by the Switchmen's
Brotherhood they do not expect the
trouble to spread.
BRITISH FLAG TORN DOWN.
One of the Queen's Subjects in New Tork
Taught a Lesson His "Wife Willing
Fnongh to Apply to Americans for
Protection.
New YORK, Oct 12, Specie. Yester
day morning Mr. McKenzie, wbo lives at
Marble Road, Armour Park, "West Chester
county, hoisted an English flag on his gate
post, and saluted, it with the remark that
he supposed it would make the residents
pretty angry and that it would probably be
torn down by night, but tbat he was a
British subject, and proposed to take a
bushel of stones to his garret and would
make it hot for whoever attempted to haul
down his flag.
' The news spread through the community,
and about 2 o'clock in the afternoon CO men
who had not been able to attend the New
York glorification formed a parade of their
own. Armed with revolutionary flintlocks,
shot guns and revolvers, the citizens of
Tuckaboe marched in double file across
country to tear down the British flag. The
Tuckahoe constable strode patriotically at
the head of the column.
Mr. McKenzie may or may not have an
ticipated this possible demonstration. At
any rate, be was in. the city when the,crowd
arrived at his home. In reply to the re
quest tbat tbe offensive bunting be hauled
down, Mrs. McKenzie said that she and her
husband were British subjects and would
do as they pleased.
The men then tore tbe flag down, fired
several bullets through it, "and hoisted the
Stars and Stripes in its stead. Then they
peacefully dispersed. As Mrs. McKenzie
appealed to the city of Yonkers for protec
tion, it would seem she has lost her faith in
the British Government "Whether a flag
affixed to a fence post comes within the
meaning of the law prohibiting the planting
of foreign flags on American soil is a ques
tion which may soon have to be determined
by the "West Chester courts.
PALMER CALLED DOWN.
Comrades Suspended by Him Reinstated
by the Union Veteran Legion.
Indianapolis, Oct. 12. About 1,000
delegates, and visitors are in the city in at
tendance on the annual meeting of the
"Union Veteran Legion. The business ses
sion began this morning. Corporal Tanner
moved that Colonel H. C. Jones, of the
local Washington Encampment, be rein
stated. Some time ago Colonel Jones wrote a
very sarcastic letter, scoring Commander in
Chief Palmer, which was forwarded to the
latter by Colonel Butler Fitch, of the s'ame
encampment, as official correspondence.
For this both Jones and Fitch were sus
pended by the Commander in Chief. They
were notified of their suspension the night
thev left Washington tor Indianapolis.
A "hot discussion followed, alter which
Jones and Fitch were reinstated.
A WESTEBN BANKEB IN 1B0UBLE.
Kansas Depositors Secure His Indictment
and Arrest for Embezzlement
Pine Bluff, Abk., Oct 12. J. G. Kel
soe, formerly a banker of Magnolia, Kan.,
Vice President of tbe Onachita Valley
Bank of Camden, Ark., and Presi
dent of the Gate City National
Bank of Texarkana, Ark., who returned to
Magnolia last Monday from a tour through
Colorado and other Western States, has
been arrested at this place under an indict
ment for embezzlement
The criminal action is the result of at
tachments levied against Kelsoe's bank last
July bv denositors whose claims amount to
529,000.
Killed by a Hunting Accident
Carlisle, Oct 12. Ten days ago Harry
Croman, of Huntsdale, was accidentally shot
in the abdomen while out hunting with an
Italian named Thomas Helm, and to-day he
died from his injuries. This is the second
tragedy in the locality within a year.
Don't Take the Risk
Of Are or thieves, but keep yonr valuable
papers, bonds, etc., in the sate deposit vaults
of the Fanners' Deposit National' Bank, C6
Fourth avenue. Boxes l en ted at 5 a year
and upward.
Vachxbos and Constantln Watch Is the
finest and most accurate timepiece made.
Warranted. Open or bunting-case. Ladies'
and gents' sizes. Imported and sold only by
Sheafer & Lloyd, 37 Fifth avenue.
TOO LATE Td CLASSfFV.
Wanted. ,
BAKER-A take baker at Miller's restaurant
.No. 123Sth.iv,
SAIiESMEN-H to f6 dally: aluminum shoe
fcolei; llgliier tliau leather; uutirvar steel;
flexible; save at least one-half to families for
hoes; a 1 sites: samples. 0c toll. The Aluminum
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OUR' TARIFF HISTORY.
George Ticknor Cnrtis-Ajjam Fxposes
tbe Fallacies of the
POSITION OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Statements
a hat Kefate the
Chicago Platform.
Free Trade
FEATURES OP THE 0RIGIXAK STATUTE
ISFXrlAL TELEQnAJt TO TnB DISPATOW.t
New Yorw, Oct 12. The fourth in the
series of letters from George Ticknqr Cur
tis, the eminent Democratio constitutional
lawyer and author, giving his reasons for
repudiating the tariff views of the Demo
cratic platform and the candidates who
stand upon it, was made public to-day. It
is addressed to "Wilbur F. Wakeman, Gen
eral Secretary of the American Protective
Tariff League, and says:
The first Congress, AVashington and all his
Cabinet, and the entire generation of men
by whom the Constitution was established,
knew perfectly well that encouragement
and protection of manufacturers was one of
the objects for which the revenue power was
granted. The nonsense ot a tarifi for revenue
only could not be perpetrated by that gen
eration. But new comes Mr. Grover Cleve
land, in this year of our Lord 1802, and says
virtually that he knows more about the
purposes for which the Constitution was
made than the men who made it. He says
virtually that if he had been President of
the United States in 1789 he w ould have
sent the first revenue .bill oack to the
House with a veto message in which he
would have told that body that they must
alter the preamble so as to make it read
that tarifi 3 should be imposed for revenue
only, otherwise he could not sign it I did
not suppose him to be so ignorant of politi
cal history as his letter of acceptance shows
him to be.
The Fart Flayed by Madison.
Mr. Madison took a leading part in con
ducting tbe first revenue measures through
the House of Representatives. As soon as
he had introduced the subject of revenue to
be obtained for the expenses of the new
Government and a list of articles to be sub
jected to the new duties had been laid be
fore the House, the subject ot protection
was brought into the discussion by an oc
currence which is of marked historical in
terest On April 4, 1789, a petition was
presented from the tradesmen, manufactur
ers and others of the town of Baltimore. It
set forth, "That since tbe close of the late
war and the completion of the Bevolntion
they had observed with sincere regret the
manufacturing and trading interest of the
country rapidly declining, and the at
tempts ot the State Legislatures to
remedy the evil failing of their object; that
in the present melancholy state of our
country, the number of poor increasing for
want of employment, foreign debts accumu
lating, houses and lands depreciating in
value, and trade and manufactures languish
ing and expiring, they look up to the Su
fireme Legislature of the United States as
he guardian of the whole empire, and from
their united wisdom and patriotism and
ardent love of their country expect to re
ceive that aid and protection which can
alone dissipate their just apprehensions and
animate them with hopes of success in
future by imposing on all foreign articles
which can be made in America such duties
as will give a decided preference to their
labor, discountenancing tbat trade which
tends so materially to injure them and im
poverish their country: that they have an
nexed a list of such articles as are or can be
manufactured among them, and humbly
trust in the wisdom of the Legislature to
grant them, in common with the other me
chanics and manufactures of the United
States, that relief which may seem proper."
This petition, although coming from a
single town, called upon the new Congress,
as the Supreme Legislature of the Legisla
ture of the United States, in the broadest
terms, to apply the principal of protection
so as to benefit American labor and to dis
countenance tbat freedom of trade which
tended to injure the industry of our me
chanics and manufacturers.
Protection In Its Broadest Sense.
It asked for such legislation not only in
regard to articles then produced, but also in
regard to those which could be produced in
this country: thereby proposing that tbe
legislation should aim to continue the pro
tection heretofore ineffectually extended by
the separate States to manufactures al
ready established, and to raise up those
which might be established in the future.
The petition made no reference to the ob
taining of revenue for the uses of the Gov
ernment, but it presented the encourage
ment of our own manufactures as the pri
mary object to be accomplished in the lay
rag of duties on foreign products. Still.it
necessarily proceeded upon the idea that
the duties would be laid in the exercising
of the taxing power which the Constitution
had conferred on the new Government
The exercise of this express power would
convey with it the implied power to lay the
duties so as to benefit our own industry,
because such a power is inherent in any
Government which possesses a right to se
lect the objects of taxation and to determine
the rates of duty to be laid on them. It does
not appear that similar petitions in relation
to manufactures were preferred from other
quarters of the Union in the same formal
and direct mode, but it is quite apparent
from the discussions that ensued that the
representatives of different States urged the
interests and wishes of their constituents
upon the same grounds.
The Only Difference or Opinion.
The Baltimore petition was referred to the
committee of tbe whole, and then the debate
proceeded at intervals from April 11 to May
29. In this long and able discussion there
were differences of opinion developed upon
the question of framing a permanent system
ot revenue, or adopting a temporary meas
ure. At length, however, the matter settled
down to the latter' course as the only one
that was then practicable. As each article
that was proposed to be included in the bill
was taken up and considered, tbe debate
turned upon the questions of imposing some
duty on it or letting it come in tree; ot the
amount of duty that would be collected on
it; and of the influence of that duty upon
the encouragement or discouragement of
American manufactures and productions.
There were at the same time no official
statistics that would furnish a safe basis of
calculation in all cases; but there was some
information that could be derived from the
official statistics of a few of the States, and
the representatives of different sections of
the country could speak with some certainty
in regard to the amount of present importa
tion of foreign products, the extent to
whioh it was proposed to lay a specific or an
ad valorem duty, the bearing of the imposi
tion on our own industry, whether that in
dustry was comprehended'in the interests of
manufactures, or ot products of the soil, or
if shipbuilding, or navigation was duly con
sidered. The reader who may examine this inter
esting and instructive debate, which ended
in the framing of our first revenue law, will
find, among other things, a curious discus
sion on the effect of imposing duties on
ardent spirits, and on molasses. In reading
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF IT?
But One Opinion Possible.
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land, especially heart "disorders, which can
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Cure Dr. L. L. farmer. Gypsum City. Kan.,
bad heart disease; pulse 90 to no a minute,
heart beat so violently It could be heard
across a large room. Took Dr. Miles' rem
edies, was cured, and writes that lie feels
like a boy. "Six months ago my wife was
clven Up as incurable of heart disoase. -One
bottle of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure helped
her so much that she is about again." F.
Sherman, Philadelphia, Fa. Symptoms or
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tion in windpipe, oppression In chest, short
breath, palpitation, pain In side. Remedies
sold on positive guarantee. Book free at
druggists or Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhardt,
Ind. oclf3Q-rTs
this debate, too, one come upon a faet that
powerfully arrest attention. In our own
time we have seen a confederacy of the
Southern States sustain a long war against
the Federal Government upon a system of
finance based largely upon the single article
of cotton, as a product in constant demand
in Europe. The product of cotton in 1800
was 4,669,770 bale. In 18G1 it was 3,656,006
bales. In 1880 it was 6,CoO,215 bales.
The Position of the South.
In 1789 it could not be said that cotton
was an article of production in the United
States. In the debate of which I am here
giving some account, Mr. Burke, of South
Carolina, who was able to speak of his own
State and of the adjoining State of Georgia,
when hemp wan under consideration, made
the following statement: "The staple prod
ucts of that part of the Union are hardly
worth cultivation, on account of their fall
in price; the planters are, therefore, dis
posed to procure some other. The lands
are certainly well adapted to the growth of
hemp, and we have no doubt its culture
would be practiced with attention Cotton
is likewise in contemplation with them,
and, if good seed can be procured, he hoped
it might succeed. But the low, strong, rice
lands would produce hemp in abundance
many thousand tons this year if it were not
so late in the season. He liked the idea of
putting a low dutv now (on hemp) and en
couraging it against the time when a sop
ply might be had ot our own cultivation.
At thattime the chief products of South
Carolina and Georgia were rice and indigo.
"When the bill came to be framed for the
new revenue legislation it was deemed
proper to make the encouragement and pro
tection of our own manufactures one of the
principal objects to be effected by it; which
was but the continuation of a policy pre
viously acted upon by the separate States
but ineffectual because the States could
only lay duties on foreign products brought
into their own dominions; and tbat the sit
uation of the country wns virtually the
same in 1789 as It has been since in its re
lations with other nations, the difference
between that and any subsequent period be
ing in respect to the quantity of importa
tions and the quantity and kind of our own
products. There were the same questions
then as now in regard to the encourage
ment and protection of manufactures ex
isting among us, and those which might be
introduced and established later. v
There is one fact to be noted, however,
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which make a very important diflerenes
between tbe situation of the United State
in 1789 and the situation at a later period.
It was assumed in 1789 that the united
States did not produce and never would pro-j
duce the precious metals. No duty vat
therefore laid on gold, silver, or precious
stones, unlebs they came in the form of
wares or jewelry, on which an ad valorem
duty was imposed. On cotton was laid a
duty 9(3 cents per pound, to take effect
from and after December 1, 1799. This pros
pective legislation was obviously designed
as an expression of the intent of Congress
to encourage the production of cotton when
ever it should be apparent that it would be
practicable to establish it A duty of 3
cents per pound on foreign cotton could not
produce any revenue in 1789, but it would
signify that Congress would be ready to'en
courage the cultivation of cotton when it
might become apparent that it would be
produced. Hemp, being an article already
produced in this country, and capable of
still lurtiier production, was subjected to a
duty of 60 cents on every 112 pounds, to
take effect December 1, 1790.
It was considered that the interests of
capital and labor, so far as they are capable
of distinct appreciation, would both be pro
moted by legislation which tended to ex
clude foreign competition in our own mar
ket, because that legislation would enable
the employer to pay the employed higher
wages than were paid in other countries. It
was not considered that the American
laborer, because he I3 an American, has
superior right to higher wages; but it was
considered tbat comparatively higher wage
would result to him by securing to his em
ployer some permanence and safety in his
investments.
How far changes in the situation of the
country may have operated to bring about
different views of this important subject,
how far the American laborer may have
been led to expect, and thus have a moral
right to, a better condition than he would
enjoy it he were employed in any other
country, is a question that has come into
qrcat prominence since the year 1789. In
my next letter I shall treat of the meaning;
of "a tariff for revenue only," which I re
gard as a very delusive and meaningless
phrase, entirely unworthy to be considered
by American statesmen, and utterly im
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