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ThB lou~nal TOB PRINTY:'IJG- <n 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9 10 1 12 13 14 15 i6 J l n D BRANCH 0 P l£811) E~T IE\ u I3LM:;E :UR-n rO ICEP ES DE T J H:i c\ L v\:<: ro \ D DtJrr k 11 J hn Rn..n<le\nn. 3< FOR 8:JOC TI:: J :BGEt:l OF THE CO'CI T 0} APPEALS C !ARLES BfDREWS CliAliLES A RAPAL 0 WHAT DEMOCRACY COSTS Keer Yo k In l~ol State tax f Lefor tl e I e 1 c of New In the t o J ars en me ate l tho HcJ u\Jli can Comptroller lla l ace m !at 1 a s rpl s of $1 G87 0 3 44 In 1883 the stnte go ernment as Demo erat c n nll deportment\ State tax $9 33! 836 31 In 18M the Leg>slature \\\ Hepubl can and the Governor Den ocrnt c S rp us all ex pended by the preceding DemocratiC adm ms trat on State tax $7 396 06° fil Average yearly Hepubl can e;q enil tu e for the two years 1881 and 188° less the surplus accumulated S5 oSO 889 20 Democratic expend ture for } ear 1883 m clud D 0 surplus $11 021 909 75 Annual d fference n favor of Republican ad mrmstratwn for 1881 and 1882 $Ci 439 020 55 Difference between Democrat c expenditure m 1883 and Rep ubi can expenditure m 1884 $3 625 847 14 THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION The London Spectator the paper wh ch Ad dison made famous discusses The Demo crat c Nom nation In a very candid and thoughtful article wh ch we publish elsewhere It states clearly and conclua vely the reasons of EngliSh preference for the Democrabc can d date The pr nclpal reason s confessed to be because he s the representat ve of the party which holds at least sounder VIews on finan mal pohcy than the party of Mr Blrune ThiS IS the v ew from the English stand po nt The Spectator kindly admits however that Amen- can free trade won d lestroy the commerc a! supremecv of England and ad ance the U mted States to the place of the greatest commerc a! nat on on earth But note the magnanimous Willingness to take the second place mdicated m the discuss on But she [Enaland] may well be more prosperous n the second place than she would have been Wltho t Amencan free trade n tne first place L ke many an ndiv dual who has exhausted h s l\eso rces she s willin 0 to swap pos t on for ga n Prom whence s that gru.n to come? From the Un ted States under free trade of course 'Vhat England can no lon 0 er create for herself she expects to sec refora time by prey ngupontbe trade of th s country Her own dependencreg -Canada and Ind a-have repulsed her andes tablished protechve tanff laws to sh eld them selves from her greed therefore she turns as a last resource to the Umted States whete she finds a party spread over one sect on and oc cupymg the pas tion of s scattered and hope less mmonty n the other w1ll ng to sell out the1r country and ts mterests to any power that w II a d them m this the r last lesperate effort to rega n the ascendancy that they lost through rebellion and treason t venty yea sago The UmtedStates wh chonce freed themselves f om the yoke of Great Br tn n are expe-cted to do that for the restora.t on uf her lost pros penty that her own. dependenc es refuse to do And so great an ad vantage do tile English ex pect to tin<l n Amer can free trade that they are 11 ng to sacnfice the prou l I os t on of the r nat on so long mo.mta ned as the first commerc al power of the v.or d them st es of the se s for the profits to be der vcd from tak n posse on of ou nul. kE::t A e we prcpn e l fo the e chango Shall -we gt e up onr -va t nnd ar ed n lustr es from -wh ch rn l of people den o- ::; p port out of the country the ennch ng our home merchant passmg t over to the r Enohsh co npet tors for the empty honor that Br t- a II now so M !ling to barter and ~h ch m the progre s of our nat anal development IS sure to come to us by reason of our own vastly grenter resources and enterpr so The Democrat c party has reasons of ts own for en terma nto s ch n.n 1ndereta.ndinrr but the} are not ~atr at c reasons ne ther are they base l on soun l bus ness pr nmples and the t tor w ll d scover n the end that the A.mencu.n peop e do nut pprova them The Fu l JJ: Ua eft one of the first Eng sh papers to scent danger to Bnt eh ntere:st from Blaine s nom nat on po n ed out n. w y to the com mere al s premacy of the Uruted l:ltates wh h \e th nk \ l be n h more at tractive o the Amer can n nd than the one the It a J unnecessary t a.Ue elat om~ tbe ht er pol y .. Ill '- l ~ ~ :-; J o :'\ J v u H.N AJ...~ PRE\IDENT ARTHUR PreR the 1 eOJ e of K nbst he OJ! art II t ha bon r I o a! nR an l h gllly as tl m gt tro.CJ of th there has \Jeen an oc \\ un n u \\Y J a • ben tho com ng of ho l res lent cou d have a vo.kened HO n e nl an ntorest r so Hpon n o s n. Jesue on tho 1 nrt of t e 1 eop c to ender l n nn exp css on f th r r spc Tie a. t zen f our o n st e ho c f £1 hn.s been fam 1 ar for many enra t be peop e of he Huilson a I J H h turJ \Jo un I lll&n furrushcs nnotller exn.lllJ 1 f t1 o en o th wh ch mon enlo l'\ h nu.t ve upa tv ndu try unJ ntegr t nn r ~e frou the r nl s to the h ghest 1 os: ton H£:~ 1 moreo er n tile clos n 0 year of an 1 gil 1 on a\Jlo D l tntesmn.nl ko ad nrn strnt on £ om. o r p 1niluen es an l do. p om cs to foru one of h bng-bte t chnpto s n tho pol cal h sto J o£ the n And he o o t of polit c No h ll 0 c n be more rofr l:ih ng o tho poor hu.n tho ts 1 t uf u. P es clent ho has re he h l:i happy cond t on He has more than fulfi leU the expc ta. lions of b s party lle has fa thful y d sch rKc<l ll s o\Jl gat ons to t Ho fo n l t!JO 1 arty liv de<l nnl d otracte l n h\ na g r t he n o l an<l e 1 ppe l fo gre s ve campa gn Itll the 1 o pect cess as 1 os t ve and b !I ant as nl8 present canvass he occup e~ the pos on of nn earnest h gil m nded Republ can anx o s for the s ccess of the party but firm } 1ef 1s ng tho employment of the great po er of h s offi e wh h belon 0 s to all the people In a \\'ay that v. o 11 bnng reproach pon b a lm rust at on n the future For b s the Hep bl can party n common w h all goo l t zens honors h ill The Pres lent ho oull not 1 f h s oftlc l hand for the promot on of L s ov. u cllanceo. n the canvass ltas the h gllest nght to conhn e tb s manly and dign lied pos t n to tho en l of the cbapte It IS because P es1dent Arthur has made h s office what they Yould like to see t under e ery ncumbent that the people wherever he goes press forward to tender an express10n of of the>.r respect He has fitt ngly rEpresented the dign ty and courtesy of an enlightened and cultured nation 1n h1s o;wn person and gJ.Ven the world a better dea of soc a! life n the Umted States He has mruntamed our rein t ons w th other powers m a cond t on that has been fa\ orable for permanent peace and the advancement of our own matena.l Interests He has g:tven enconrageme t to the 1 est that there \' n ou~ ~I li~ uJ!d 17 has been h s pr vilege to sec the people who have long been separated by the results of war drawn steadily nearer to each other by the res stless bonds of a common nat onal 1ty He has seen the ndnstnal sp1nt of the North permeatmg the South ad vane ng ts c vihzat on and work ng mportant and health ful changes n pol t cal Jeas nnd act on The adm n Rtrat on of Pres dent .A.rthur s dest ned to leave ts mpress upon our nat ona.l h star) not alone for ts exceptional dign ty pur ty and moderat on but as mark ng the po nt at wh ch the two sect ons long separated tu ned towards each other and JO ned hands once more n the pursu t of a common obJect and dest ny And t s because ho ho.s shown them that the pass b lit es of peace are grcate than those of \ar or fratnc dal st fe that the hon ora wh ch the people now seek to bestow upon h1m will expand nto the ]nst ani noble e lo g es that h story deligh s to wr te \hen the petty pass ona o~ the hour ha.vo passed away WAGES AND PRIGES Some of our ftee t;rade fr ends w th a grav ty and apparent senousness which s delic ous y humorous n v ew of tile \ell known fa ts of the case st ll pers st n ms nuat ng that wages are as high f not h gher n fret. trade Eng and thrm ill ptotect ve United States We understand tha the N \\ York Free T a.de Club s sendin 0 out nume ous doc umen s to prove the truth of th s p opos t on Of course that c ub did the same th ng dozens oft mea before w th the result of havmg the r statements always completely refuted by those who have ruade a study of the subJect and of havmg them laughed at by workingmen who have hnd any personal expenence unU.er the two systems 'I he most careful and com pre hensivo presento.t on of wa 0 es In the two co n tnes wh ch we hn. e recently seen 8 taken from Ron Ells H Roberts s Government Revenue publshed abou o months ago by Houghton M fll n & Co Boston nres which are as follows, g~ve the ages of a typ cal woolen m ll n th s state and a voolen mlll of the same character n Aberdeen Scot land the wages of the N e v 1: ork factory be ng cop ed from the paJ roll of February last OOL SORTERS Scotland Ove se r $7 50 ll!en 5 50 Dyers men 3 7o c on; Overseer i6 0 Ua d leane s 4 5 Card enders g • 2 00 SPISNING Overseer 7 00 l\Ien Doys I 60 \.A.RP Overseer Dresser enUe~ Children 0 A!<;D ,DRAWI:S 7 50 4 0 1 50 women Overseer Sflction hands Wea e 13 ra rn weave ~ \'iE V~G FDi'1SH N< lG 50 7 5 3 7 5 u New 'Yo k meu 3 u $1~ 00 12 00 7 00 31l\oo 7 25 4 00 18 00 12 00 4 00 18 uo 10 0 4 00 30 00 l:J 50 I OU 0 00 Ove l!IC r 3i) 00 Shearers 7 50 P semen 8 00 Bu le a g rls 4 00 F ne drawers m. s 6 00 G ggers ani! pullers! 7 50 These figures formeU a port on of one of ~Ir Robe ts 8 lectures befo e OpPfell UlllVers ty last \ nter and woro pu.blislled m ua tat that t me by many of the lea ling papets of the eount y and no free trader has ) et had the hard hood to c•ll any of them n quest on They show that the average wnges n the woolen m lustry n the Umted States are about double those of Englan 1 an 1 so no c ns Uer ably more th•n lo ble These facts of course are el nderstood by a.ny of o r adopted c t .i!iens whoknawbyprnct calexpe 'lenccthe aoes current n En an l an l n the Un te 1 Rtntes but to many o h r work ngmen th y mny n t I J J ~' c• nearly every other ntry 1 ear about tho same cor espond ng avocn. The n t zan tho Ia furmer a l are protected bj our ta 1ff No I ne of 1seful ndust Y n tb s country IS exempt from the benefits of the Amencan p otect ve eystem The free trader while not possosHmg temor ty eno gh to deny the truth of these state mcnts may attempt to esfwn tile r force by 1 reten 1 ng that tl e co t of 1 ng s KO much h he n th s country thnn n En land as to n u ul ze tho h ghe Vi a cs here 'I o show ll o 1 of tr tl such n stateu ent woull bo we c e gi e om tho s n e book a t!lblo of the Ne :v Yorl and L veipoolJ r ceo of staple urt cles at wholet)n}c s reported l r ng Feb 0 In t t:l ~ m \' :'. 0 \' \' ~ \ ~ \' \ \' 0 w a ~ • m \ \' ~ 0 • \ 0 r:r r:r N ro ~ ~ \ \ :;: ~ o' • :;- ~ \ o' o' \ o' \' '-' ~ 0 '\ ~ ~ rl ... ... ~ 0 :.1 l!! \ C5 0 ~ c ~ c 0 0 0 \' 0 ~ ~ ~ \' ~ 00 ~ ~ These pr coH aro not those of 10 or lo years ago but ver tho o current n Februnr;, ltl84 nn l v; e e eom1 1 fr n fig es of n.ctua. tra.n a t ons It li be seen that the art cles here ll tel ~ro on ~n a>emgr over IU per oent lowe n th s country than n ( reat Br t m Indeed foo II ce ro often lo 1 er cent and somet me& 20 per cent lo\ e he e than there Most art cleF of weannr: apparel also are now as cheap f not cheaper n the l mted States ns m any European co mtry the excer t ons be no s ll s sa ns son t:l of the moro costly k n 1 of carpets an l fc\ otl e commo l t es of that class Another po nt n fu. or ot tlle Amer can s~ s tern s h t ll tho text les an llllost of the food p od cts n e ~ett ng cheaper year by year as compared w th the wages rece e 1 These are so e of the tr uruphs of Protec o 'Ve do no L e e he ork n 0 peoplo a e n an.} hurry to <len roy th s R) stem \Jy putt Ilg the Demo at c party tH old. enemy n power THE HARPERS AND MR BLAINE The Harp ern annat sup] ort J:\Ir Blanc thoJ llnd the cruelty to force J:\Ir Curtis to a d them m tile r oppos on after he had commit ted h mself to the Rer tbl can ticket n the na t onul con ent on nstead of granting h m a acat on as was Jone by the Rochester Un on n the caoe of Mr Purcell Soon after the H y announced ts pas t on the charge was made that the firm had asked for the publica t on of Mr B a ne s History The Phtladel phlll. Pres• demanded from tho firm a d rect answer to the charge and after repeated prod dings olio ted the follow og To e F-ditor of the Press Sm In response to the request for informa.t on m your paper of July 30 we beg leave to oay 1 It 18 true that Harper & Brothers d1d thro a fr end of Mr Blame s and the re offar to publ sR. Mr Blames Twenty Years of Congress 2 The offer co ld no\ be entortamed because .Mr Bla.me was aJroady eomm tted to a.~er pub:. ahing house \ 3 The a.ceusation tha.t Harper & Brothers ha.ve a. pereons.lsplte aga. nat Mr Blame beoause he de clmed their eager offer to publ18h b18 book 18 unqualifiedly falf!la The oppofi tion of Harpers Weekly to Mr Blame as a candidate for the Pres dency began as far back as1879 long before Its pub 1 shers had any knowledge of hili 1ntention to wnte h18 Twenty Years of Congress Respectfully HARPER & B WTHERS New York Aug 2 1884 Unfortunately for the assert on that the hos t l ty of the Harpers to Mr Bla ne began as far back as 1879 the fnend to vhom the np p!wat10n for the History JOb rae addressed m 1883 at !I hves and has kept the lsttsr for later reference Last Saturday he passed It ove1 to the Wash ngton \at onal Rep bl an for such nsos as the editor ru ght choose to mt>.ke of t It bore the s gnat re of J W Harper J r the head of the fi :m and requested the gentlemn.n addressed to see l.Ir Blame on the subJect of publishing the book assunng h1m th~t Hllrper &:; Brothers \01.111 be glad to be cons1dered m the matter The Rqrnbl can proceeds to quote fmtber from Mr Harpers mighty mterestmg letter as follows W th the Jnstinc~ o! a pub! aber accustomed to deal w th the people rather tha.n Wlth pnv leged classes I recogmze the tact that there s no JIL&n I VJng more closely o sympathy Wlth tho people than Mr .Blame I keep a not uninuned finger on the popular pulse! wh cb n our v goroua Amen can life s genera. ly hea.Uhy and I &m sura that t beats strongly n adm rot on and affection for a man who baa been absolutely fea.rleaa m h a pa. tnotiam Mr Weed a rennmacencea Will be nter eating as the record of an acute observer but I am sure that Mr Blame s narrative will hold the Amenca.n people beca.ul3e twill be human real flesh and b1ood the reco d not of a. Mach a.vellian observer but of an active partie pa.tor a brave fig-hter and a gal ant leader n the mod cntica.l events of our nation s hJ.S.tory So when t comes qmte eonvement to you I w sh that you vould gJ.Ve Mr l3la.me to understa.nd tha. wh 1e the duo s of Franklm Square always stand Wide open o them 1 terary fellers such as scholars and poets and nove118ts and essay sts and ttavelers the propnetors genera y go down to the s de ~alk to welcome the h stonan of h s own time and w h uncove ed heaUs reverently help hrm ilo unload the manus npt from hlB triumphal car on tl.te elevated railroad Please mtimate all th s to Mr llla ne You know how to do It gracefully and e:ffoc vo y The later llistor) of the negot at10n s kno\ n M1 Blame d d not take b s manuscnpt to Frankl n Squnrc whereupon Mr J W Har adm rat on n.nd affect on for the per-a man ~ho has been absolute y fearless n hiH patr ot sm oozed o t through h s pockets he ordered h s own name to be w thdrnwn. flom the Republ can electoral t cket and d rected his h red servant George W ll am Curt s to pro la w h m a bad and dangerous man Th s remu. kable change of op n on be t emem Lered took place betwee March 1883 and June 1884 At tha former date ~hen 11Ir !Luper was w lling to go down to the s de walk and w th ncove eJ. head reverently help him unloatl h s uanus pt the lllull gan letters hntl been before the co ntry for seven years Jlf Blame had fin ohed hJS career n Congress an l the Cab net and as to a l appearance per manently ret red from pn!Jhc life The q es t on for the 1 eoj e now tu ons <ler \ whether If the Ha pe s ha I got ~Ir llla ne s book to 1 r nt they woUil not st ll reta n theu pro found rei'erence and dm at on fo h m the If e v ould not be Hound ng h s pr s s n c h sue and M Uurtis vould not be allowe<l tho a reeab e d tv of HUpport ng h m on h \ han }some salary of $10 000 a TWO LETTERS The follo ~ ng a e both h l fide'leiterg ex ch9..nged by a phJ 8 can 1 v ng n the western pa t of the state and an l:ndepenJent Rep 1bh cait of th s c ty Of. cou se the ph)s can sa dyed n the w ol Fr~o Txader We have 8 1b st tuted fi t or eal names D Bo r:ol a l ll nJegof 1 11 DEAR Mn. WIN VI- o InUependcnt l-tep bli can:a wouJd probab v ncar y a a ee w 11 you a to the des rab I ty of the I epubl Gan partv e a I:\ ng poVt p ov decl two 1d con tip. c o p ot> nt he d and pol ca p u J let~ of s pae h s l'HURSDAY AUGUHT 7, 1884. to y ]) t o place of! c al moral y as amono tho ve y foremost of past Hepubl can 1 we plos and any tendency to lower the s a.ndaid of official u tegnty we egar l as mo e nJ r ous to the nat on than any error n nol t cal economy Tho at er W3 m ht tolerate fo he sake ot obta. n ng some use f end but we would be unfa thful to the o spons b ty of everv vote f we should conn e at o n any way consent to the former We 1 o d we have no g/ t to vote fo a man who JlS we 1 ave suffic ent ev deuce to bel eve has used h B oflicw..l o poe te po es of t1 o po cal n ague mvself a Ropubl can Independent voting a.ga ns my party when I thmk t s wrong and fo t whe I th nk t s nght lJut when I look Lack an<lsee how I wa.s made by •o called I lepend nt leaJe e to swallow 11 free trade p 11 coated ove w tl ho sugar of c VJlsorv co reform ond express ons fo groater pur ty m pol t cs I must say that I a n clmcd to r~gret th t I ovur waB nn Indcpenu nt Howcve~he ex per u e s \o h someth ng and f po~;:~s ble I f:lb.a. know m the tu ure a 1 he n gred ent.B of a po t ca.l p 1 befo o I ta.ke l utI sba 1 fight crv slly of eve yth ng oute de of purtv 1 ncs I have arr ed at he eonclus on tl at ho obJec t on to Mr D. arne s not tha ho 8 cha god w h try ng to make money out of 11 t1 offi e at\ S eaker lmt that 1 e s n favor of protecting \.mcnca.n Il d stnes tlla.t n sho t ho IS an A.mer ca.n fi ts last and o rv t me In read ng he le tors of he bol e s froru B a nu n the New Yo k 1 u I no t ced the major t) van ted o sta1t a new pa ty that rould Teprcsent C I Serv e and T•nff no form Now your ta ff efo me s one mshes to reduce the tariff gradua Iy unt 1 traao JB arm oll at lienco !Jo ~ alwayfi a tra<ler an<! I o v ll not vo e fo a protect o s f 1 e oan help 1 H s place • mtll the eo ca I l Democrat c party llll ch has alwa.ys <l rectlv or n d rectly played Jnto lhe hands of Eng!• d No body euy lle great ab y of M Bla nc antl aU great men as wel as sma 1 1 ke money ·wal!l he o a y more ollie a corrup udc G n G nt than under 1 e D ke of :Vel n on t eMu 1 gan le e a do no prove M D a uo to 1 a. c been <1 t:~honest a.nd on y hose men wh o be o e m iliHhones ea. ly Uo £.0 Th convent on a Ch eago shon cd tha h ee qua te s of tho Repub can party d d bel o h m to be dmhones t I do not agree w h you that any tendency o lower th stan lard of ofllc a! ntegr ty 18 to he o gardetl as more DJUr o a to the nat on than any erro n pol t cal econom} Neverthe ess I do !Je 1 vc n offie a.l ntegr ty and n ntegnty of eve y k nd as W(l 1 I bel eve that on y the purest n.nd best nen should hold ffice hut where are ou go n to find purn and good men men wl o a t e• s rake l nr reform nteu ty cwd date T!Ir Cleveland,.....for mstnnce Do vou2 think that h s seduction of Mana Halp n uniler prom se ofmarnage and h s abduct on of her and placmg her n a 1 na c asylum w thout p ocess of law t separate her from hiS and her ch d showed a very b gh sense of ntegr ty? The man that the Free r ade Independents endorse shows that they thcms_§l.· es do not bel eve that any tendency to lower The standard of o!llc1al mtegr ty s to be re garded toB more nJnnoua to the nation than any error n polit cal economy H s because Mr Bla ne 18 a ProtectioJllBt and because Mr Cleveland represents Free Tr&de no tions that they endorse J n It seems to me that honestv or dishonesty mora.li~y or mm rabty m the ca.)ldid•tes has noth ng to do w lh the att tude ol the ,Parties However the Democrats and their Indepldent oontlllgent may WISh io disgn ae 11 ihey a c seekmg to enforce what Engl•nd wants ,_, r t this ut. ry;-~ m ted. Free '} ra.de and the epublican party bemgnow as alwa,s the party on t e look out for Amenoan mteresta w II continue to seek tho welfore o! this country through 1\ tariff tha.t will keep the money and trade here at hOme the tanff that n twenty yea.rs n creased our popu ation to two fold and our we& h to ten fold more than was moNa.-.ed dunng the precedmg seventy years of ahw \cnterrupted Free Trade w th fore gn pow ere \ ytruly yon -s E EB.lliD S W INN !PEG 4 1884 Uf THE INTEREST OF FREE TRADE \Vhoever else may be dece ved by double deal ng and evas veness of the Demo crat c platform on the tariff ISS e the London 'ipectator a very mtelligent observer of o r nf fnus IS not In the artwle wh1ch \e have quoted t exhib ts much pleasure at the decla rat on of free trade pnnc plea whwh t d scov ers there It s not pleased w th tho word og o£ the statement but t understands t The Democrats It declares must reduce taxat on And they ctm hardly reduce taxution consider ably Without reduc ng the unhealthy stim 1lua wbwb the Republ cans have wantonly g>ven to all sorts of art ficml enterrnses And the Spe tator favors such reductwn and hopes font because as 1t expla ns m another place It W111 profit Great Bntsm The article accuses the Democrats of confus ng the terms of the platform but nevertheless It sees through this mass of cowardwe and eva swn a most enoourag:tng tendency towards tree trade For th s t confesses that It prefers the Demoorat1o jlatform um bled as it s to the Rep blican an I t has confidence that the Democrat c voters see through 1t also for t says Our rsal fr ends are pretty certa n to rote for Cleveland In any case It does not fear serous InternatiOnal complicat ona from the elect10n of Mr Blane for tfi expresses the conVIct on that wh chever party tn 11muhs the relat10ns of Great Bnta n and tbe<iUrnted States Will be very much the same ~s they would have been If tile other party had tnumphed Therefore t s not because of any apprehens on of a muss w th the Umted States fuat it looks w th d sfavor upon the candidacy of Mr Blame We hope 1t says for the success of the Democrats n the nterests of p nty of free l<ade and of peace It has already told us that it d d not fear any d stnrbance of the peace from Mr Bla. ne 8 ad mmstra.t on As for Its est mate of the su penor pur1ty of n. Democrat c admrmstra.t on under Cleveland the Amencans Will taka tat 1ts true wQrtb The Sp.ecta or may not be aware that tbe Amenoan people dealt With Democrat c admmistrat ons for s xty years the nat on growmg poorer With each until Jt wound up tmde• Btich~nan n the absolute bankruptcy of 1ts trea~JtiT &ad its credit The Sp a or hopes for the StiCCess of the Demo mats m tile ntere!ll of> he~ trade This It con fesses and It would have been more candid 1f 1t had stopped there and not ncl1ded ro marks ubant peace wh chIt confesses are superfluous and about pur1ty which every mtelligent Amet can knows to be gammon KINGSTON ACADEMY We publish elsewhere the advert sement of K ngston Aoadsmy for the commg year The same faculty w~wl'l bflVe mllde the mst1tnt10n so successful and d st nguiShed are retnuled ntact and eve y year o'f a:lded expenence m oreases the u$efulness and effie ency of tho members Kmgslon Academy bas gamed \'nd will continue to hold an enVIable rank among mm>lnr mst1tnt O)IS n New York and it would not be exaggeration to say that 1t s equal to the foremost m New England,. lto gradu~tas ~\bo have entered colleges have so acqmfied them'selves m thrir entrance exammatwns as to call out spec o.l cornmenlat ons n letters to the r p rents .-from tho Pres dents of these in•t.it 1t.ions '1 he n!teljt on w en to u w~ tra n ng h,as been l'fally thorough an<l so \ fuctor) Tho p aport on of students •ecurmg state cert ficates ha been very large an 1 some of t1 e most successful teacher n the surround mg schools have receive 1 the tra n ng In th s Academy Spec al attent10n s g:tven to the traimng of teachers n the fall term and many a scholar has gone out thoroughly equ pped for th s ark who never lreame l of acqu rmg tile requ s te educatwn for 1t lien ho enterc 1 the mst tut on Now 1s the time fOJ: young men and women to be making up the r budgets for the fall term For thoso liv ng n he count y good poal\ 1 cn.n be obta1ned w thin w th n easy d stao.ce at cheap mtes Kmgston • a qu et moral well ordered c: ty w th few nJunous attractwns to lure tho pupil from h\ stud es It 1s pecu liR.rly healthful and for convemence of loca t on and beauty of scenery B unsurpassed by any educat onal centre m the state 'Ibe names of Cheney RJan andiiM ss Wood lla e becon e housellold words m the educa t ona1 c rcles of Ulster and adJacent count es '\Vo doubt llhether any Inst tut on 10. the state can ma~·._this tno lll the work th t makes tho successtuff .. ntoll g~aud symmet c~l scholar Prof Resser 111\i~n ~rk nd MrB Lefene are I tor access10US but we are assured that thov have a hievsl succesR of a ver) ll gil order The Boa d or E lucat on lR mposed of 1 met cal ruen of K ngston wllo put tho mterests o! t1 e ns t t on n ad vonM of ever other local com de at on and are bo Ild to keo1 It fully a\Jroaat of all o luca twnlll 1 rogreaa Tile bmldmrr renewed anlil enlarge l w1th every modern Illil rovement m cl le 1 could not be !Jetter a aJ ted to Is pm po o It n >'. flUffi.c entlJ om l o s and convcn ent to meet the demantls of y f r the ne:x. fi£ yea K THAT PERSONAL CAMPAIGN c rum de a u uuru th ngs 11 o rna ly personal and el te to pn u.te character There does not ppear to ba e \Jeen fill} tb ng m l\Ir I3la ne s p lJl c acts to pro oke a reference to h s dnnk ng habits or b s rel g>on both of which tre matters of purely pnvate concern We lo not remember n all the cnt o sms of b \ public acts any charge wh ch f pro E!d ould amount to h 8 conv ct on as a 1 ar or a. th ef The Democrat. c newspapers ha. e JUSt J covered that the e s danger all around il a personal oampa. gn th t t an be made to operate as a boomer ang espec ally when a Demo rat c conven ton refuses to nq re whether ts own candidate hveg In a gla.ss house These papers now 1 rofess to be hold ng some hornble secret of Mr Blane s pnvate 1 fe n reserve but 1n tim•te that they are not gomg to be persuaded to publish t Of course not If they were to put forth an;} th ng about Mr Blru.ne one hun dredth part as nfa.mous as has come from Democrat c sources concern ng Mr Cleveland they know how the an•wer \ould come It would oome qmck sharp stra1gllt from the shoulder and send the slanderers sprawling m the dust of theu own filth Oh no There IS not the shghtest danger that that ternble tale a. bout Mr Blame will &ver be pub1 shed The slsnderers know the man too well for that And they know that the effect upon pub lio op1n on of an answer that came qmck and strrugbt would only damage the case of Gro ver Cleveland the more by tile cowardly con trast that he has afforded No the temble Blame story won t be published PROMISED HORRORS Our up town contemporary hears that there are some Prom1sed Horrors to be rovealed n pamphl9t form concerning Mr Bla ne s miSmanagement of the office of S.cretary of State The pamphlet will undertake the work of detailing Mr Blames diplomacy while G.a.rfield was Pres dent and Gen Stephen A Hur bu wns our Minister to Peru The pub! care assured that 1f Hurlbut de ts ls all he knows the book must be very n terestmg Of course t must Jlir Hurlbut has been dead about three years and 1s there fore 11 an e!taellent posihon to fnrmah suoh conv1ncmg cn.mpatgn material as the Demo crat c party a n the hab1t of employmg If we rememl er correctly the Morey let- ter wh ch Yas mdustr ously c roulnted by the Regency m th a c ty after Mr Garfield had pronounced It a forgery llad a sim lar ongm But IS Hurlbut to be depended upon for th s eerv ce Or w 11 he answer hke one of old They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them If they hear not Moses and the prophets ne ther will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION From o L ndon Spe ato J y The Repubhcan party se much on the popu a ty or M posed host lity to Great Br tai thn. we feel some hes tat on n say ng whnt s neve theless certaxn1y true that on the who En 1 sh sym pathy IB tolerably sure tu g n tl e com ng elect on with the Democrat c can l lnte Gov ernor Cleveland We Hhoull llo~>e er ad I at once that tlus IB not app e aUl be a se Uov ernor Cleveland IS under too l t 1 e less d s posed to wave tile sta spangle 1 banner than )If I3lame but almost wh lly b use he has already done good scr ce n 1 u n 9 down corruption n N~ r.r ~o k n 1 be use he s the tepresentat ve of he party whiCh we dare not call the Fleet ale Pa1tv but whiCh holds at least soun m vwws on financ a! pol cy than the party of .iii Bla ne Here aga n the overwrought t~U~p c ons of the Amerteans Wlll suppose thnt thnt snake n the grass rlntish con Irlerc a.l grcc 1 ne s s ou ammat ng mot e But we <.lo \Jt extremelv whether that IS or IS not the case That a oound Free trade policy m the Un te 1 States or any where else wonld be for the Lenefit of the \\Whole world and £or England a a 1 n. f:. of he world we do not do 1bt But f there s one thmg more than anothe1 h ell sec ueR our eom merCia! ascendanc\ for a llme at least over the energ ani the Iogenu ty of the Amer cn.n gen u for com merce n.nd over the vaat resourc~s of the l n ted States t 18 the bl ndneaA of the Amencn.ns to the e ls of Protect on Although we should ga n as a people by Amet can Free trade ws shou!J Joubtless lose ou place a the head of ths commerce of the \1 orll nl the sooner n onsequence of Ther of course not the srnal e pa.ru.dox n h R a ser t Oll It IDUHt 1 D. I pen tha nJer .i' ree trade the people th the greate,;t nat onal \\ealth and resouree ~ 11 be seen to be what they a e m ch sooue than the l e nder the art fi a! system of I rotect on t though AmeriCa Wlll ga n rna t b l ee ade and England w 1 ga. n 1 ss Enolan l we must adm1t gam by t She\ ll pro! \JI n time n t me that must be shorter o lo ge1 accord ng as Amenca takes a sh rt 1 nger trme n abel sh ng Protect on rank aA the second great commermal n ton mste ll of us the first ofall Bd s my oei b ] es ~ulJ,flC ta e A ner n ll-ee I :«1 lesf.! there s ~wmeth ng so g f-.! og n hold ng !he llrst 1 A terH commerc a! that e <.loubt many En~>:llshmen coul<l hone\tl s y that they Youll 1 refer til e ond rank v. tb greater p os1 er tb c first rnnk w th eB~ ~ n.ll c cut ertu nly true that our ympa b) w b h ha f and ho.lf free tru l 1 nc ples an o n e l n tile De noc a. c I I t rru IS d e lll h n o e to our reason hie approlm on of tiler ten Ieney than to anv selfisll feel ng of del b n the 1 rospect of gn. n To be lethroned from our }lace at the p nna e of the commerce of lle -world even to o r o'\1. n advantage n n £: ally H not so plea an It. must however be adm tted we fear that the Democrat c platform holds out but I ttle hope of anyth ag like a thoroul;(hbred free trade pol ey The best featme m the policy announced IS the resolution not to mam tan taxes which y eld far more than the nor mal expend ture of the government Still there are so many means of mcreas1ng the normal expenditure of the govern ment and there lB n the program so ob VIoua a desu-e to deal very mdulgently mdee<l •ith all protected mterests that t would we think be cll!l hsll to expect more from a Democratic victory than a dec del m provement m the finnnc al pol cy of the t m ted States But for mpro emcnt e may well look The Democra.ta f the~ sue eed n oL tam ng control of the Leg>slature of the l n ted States can hardly for very shame reta n taxes wh ch brmg m \ perfectly be\ lder ng surplus over and above the needs ofthe g ernment They must reduce taxation ~nd they can hardly reduce taxation cons derably Without reducmg the unhealthy st mulus wh ch the Republicans have wanton! g:tven to all sorts of artlficiSI enterpnses We have explamed that on th whole we prefer the DemocratiC platfonn to the Re publwan almost as much as we 1 refer Gov emor Cleveland to Mr Blame But none the leas the perusal of the Democrat c platform 1s melancholy work 11Iore humilmhng campo sitwns than these party attempts to catch elec- tors of every shade of thinking hove hardly ever been gtven to the world The Democrats are so afrald of pronounmng openly the words free trade that did we not all k:uow the drift of the Republiean program we m ght suppose the manifesto of the Democrats to be put out m the mterests of a Proteetwmst movement And they are so much afra1d of expressmg cordially the sympathy of 'l.mencans n general With the English populat ons of other parts o£ the globe that did '\\ e not know th~ \\owed sympathy of the vkrty wh ch nom nat ed Mr Blame WJtn a policy unfr endly to Great Bntam we should argue from the platform of the Democrats that thev hope to \m e en more favor by sneenng at Great Bntru.n than by prom smg a reduct on o£ f:a:xn.t on and a dimmutwn of the finanmal compleX!! es of tha present tanff Instead of the Hepu\Jl can party s BntiSh pol cy says the Democrat c platform we demand on behalf of '\.mer can Democracy an Amen can pohcy wh cb sa very barefaced appelll mdeed for the v olent I 'sh vote.. In fact however as we all know the VIolent Irish are hot for Mr Bla ne who t 1s supposed if elected may grat fv that party by p1eking a t],Uarrel w th Canada We do not In tbe least belie e that he won d AR Lou s Phihppe sai l to S r H Bul wer To talk of de clanng war and declanng \ar Mons eur Bul wer are very different things mdeed And doubtless Mr Bla1ne f elected \1 ll remember that he represents ch10fiy not the Dynam1te party wh ch may swell hiS poll but the Re publiean party who wish nothing less than to annex Canada St !! t s clea enough that the Repnbhcans are JUSt now leamng much more on the VIolent Irish vote than the Democrats and that the ant Br t sh flounsh was put Into the Democrat c platform for no b~Her purpose than to d s la m spec al fr endlinees to Great Brita n m the ears of any hesitatmg voter whom such special fr end! ness nev HENRY WARD BEEBHEB has wr tten a let would alienate Our real fnends are pretty ter to a relatt em Lawrence Kansas n wh ch certain to vote for Gov Cleveland n any case he SBJS 0 cv n to the ate developments from A1ba.nv I can not'consc ent ously and will not now support Grover Cle eland the Democrat c nommee for Pres dent n the com ng elect on Mr Bee her JO ned the Democrat c party be cause of h s dcvobon to free trade and he did not at fi st hes tate to express h a ad.m.irat on for Air Cleveland as n. representat ve of. tan:ff and other reforms But h s present obJect ons are on mmal grounds solely Of course It w 11 be n order for the DemocratiC press now to open ts mud battenes upon Mr Beecher though t has recently been bespattenng him With pra se actually fulsome and nausea! ng The Buffalo clergymen who have pronounced the Terr ble Tale of Grover Cleveland s life true are Rev T H Ball of the Hudson Avenue Baptist Church and Rev S S Mitchell a d1s t ngn1shed Presbytenan pastor The Cbuner has coarsely attacked Mr Ball ns a stnker but i:t has not yet undertaken to impeach Air M tohell Mr Beecher knows both of these clergymen and he s grufies by h1s w thdra wal f:•om Cleveland h1s bel ef n the truthfulness of the r charges !,.Ir Beecher IS JUBt as earnest q. f.t:ee tr~ii-de:r as ever but he can no lo~gex atom ch 01eveland Next TnE Ne v York lfo l says that Cleveland would ea.s ly make t ;vo such Pres dents as Mart n VunButen 1f he could be cut up mto two mdiv1dual8 Ev1dently the party 1s looking for s ze n 1:ts cand dates whereas In the days of VanBuren t looked f<Jr brains and foun I them It was Rev W !liam AI Ill Bart lett we believe who use l to llustrnte the value of quality by <le I r ng that a tb mble f\Q.ll of some men s brruns was worth no half bushel of others He sa d Put the hen l o,f a hog on a peacocl and he \ ll!bse all pr de m h1s magl!nticent tail and probably drag t m the mud like {l. lllop B t put a peaco k s head on a hog and every br st e Ill stanJ out w th vr de aud hew llsr read all the ta l he hils go} The obv ous application was that the hog a head should stay on the bog <he 1 ea.oock s he\d on the waco k and that the e should be no cutting and spl c ng for the pro 1 g ont reforrue ----+-----'-~ ROUGH ON DENTIST Too h PowUer s o I dh u 5 U.1 udess Elegant Cleans wg I reser a.t V't:) aucl Fr3gta.at $15c D uggtata r both because he represents a much purer A.d mmistrative Ideal than Mr Blame and also because he represents a much less fl ghty and pretentious fore gn policv '\Ve have l ttle doubt that wh chever party tr umphs the relat ons of Great Br tam and the Un1ted States w1ll be very much the srune as they would have been 1f the other party had tr umphed Mr Blatne will bluster a l ttle more Governor Cleveland Wlll bluster less But It IS very unlikely that mther one or the other would try senously to quarrel w1th the United K ngdom and for this excellent reason -that n ne Amer1cans out of every ten would be extremely angry WJth theu government 1£ they saw symptoms of an unreasonable and unfr endly captiousness But we hope strongly for tlie success of the Democrats In the Inter ests of punty of free trade and of peace They might have taken a much more positive and manly sta.nd than they ha.ve taken on all these subJects but n the second best. age we must 1 refer the second best to the third or fourth best even though we cannot get a £a.1r approach to what we real!, admire as best of !Ill Catskill £ tludson Ferry Co:rnpany The Catskill & Hudson Steam Fldrry Company report gross earn ngs $7 1n7 78 for the past year Tax $35 74 MOTHERS If yo n e fa. I ng; btoken worn out a;nd nervous usc We s Health Renewe $1 Drugg12ts.. Clatn Bake ut Woodstock WooDSTOCK Aug 1 The Luthcran.s of Wood stock w 1 ha.Te a c am bake at the church on the eveomg of August 12 h So pper ce. cream ete Should tha.t even ng nrove sto my t will be post paned until the next evemng The publ c are cor d a 1) n ted to attend DED BUGS FLIE Fl es roaches ~~,nts bed b ,..s phers ch pmunks cleared ou Rats lac a~ mtee go by Rough on Orange County Fanners P.tcnic The Orange county farmers hav resolved to hold the r annual p em~ a,t; Va.nWa.gn.e<s Grove 0 a.nge Lake on Thursd'ay A e.ust 2bt T neglect yourself f trou.b cd :nth auy d seaae of tl e k dneys? No t e dn.n!Terous and f JOU are aft! oted a~tend to yourself now Do not wa t but se Sulvhur B ters at once They c ed me when I was pven U'p -to d e by seve al puy c an13-J; n ~ Ham Bost.Q BEwillE oF F.aA.u s Be s re l\O 1 get the genu uc D Thoma.s E eetnc Oil It enres Colds Croup Asthma Dea.foess a.nd Rheumatism -
