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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From ear Efulir Correipondent.
For the Democrat'.
The rumor about crooked
ness in connection with the
awarding of the contract for
taking seals in the Alaskan
waters have all been revived
by a newspaper publication,
charging Secretary Windom
and at least one other mem
ber of the cabinet with hav
ing taken enormous bribes
from the parties that secured
the wntfact. The thing has
had a snaky npperanee from
the first, and the indications
ait now, that some-body is
going to get into trouble be
fore it is done with. Mr. Win
dow's business associates du
ring the two or three years
he spent in New York City be
fore becoming Secretary of
the Treasury, were not such
as to inspire confidence.
The republican caucuscom
mittee, which has been strug
gling for some days to hatch
out a silver bill upon which
their party could get togeth
er, is in a seemingly hopeless
dead lock, and unless one side
or the other gives in. no bill
will ever be prepared by this
committee.
Senator Rlackburn announ
red on Friday, whej an at
tempt was made to call up
the World's. Fair bill, that
the measure would not go
through without opposition!
and since then cqld shivers
have been Hiasing-eaeh-oth-er
up and clown the backs of
Chicago's friends.
Gen. U. S. Grant will have
two monuments in this city
if the present idea prevails in
Congress. A favorable report
has been made to the Senate
for an equestrian statue, and
the G. A. it. have bills pend
ing to allow them to erect a
statue of him in the statua
ry hall in the Capitol build
ing. The absurdities of the re
publican tariff bill become
daily more apparent. The
country asks of Congress a
material reduction of the rev
enue of the government, and
this monstrosity, which Mr.
Carlisle has shown will in
crease the revenue a bout $4-.-000,000
per annum, is ten
dered them by the republi
cans of the House. There is
only one good thing about
this bill, and that is, it will
furnish a lo of tip-top dem
ocratic campaign material
for the commgCongressional
fight.
Seaker Iteed's gag laws
are to be extended to the Sen
ate, it is said, to enable the
majority to rush things the
rest of this session as fast as
they mind to, no matter how
much the minority may wish
to take time enough to intel
ligently discuss measures be
fore passing them.
The Pan-American Con
gress is a thing of the past,
and its members have gone
on a jaunt in the Southern
States before returning home.
If the recommendations of
the Congress are adopted by
the governments represented
there is little doubt that' the
Congress will mark an era in
American history. Not the
least in importaneeof its rec
ommendations was that jn
favor of settling all dispute
between the republic of A
meiica by arbitration.
Senator Dolph's smelling
committee, "which has for
weeks been trying to find
the lnkn through which news
of executive sessions of th
Senate reached the public,
has b3f the decisive rote of
33 to 23 been snuhbed by
the Senate for its trouble.
The vote was taken f-n the
resolution reported by the
committee to tiring the news
men who refused to te.'Hrom
what sources they received
their information before the
bar of the Senate. This
probably ends the matter.
The two republicans from
Montana who have been by
the grace of the republican
majority in the Senate seated
in the chairs to which two
good democrats were legally
elected, have drawn lots for
the choice of term, and San
ders drew the short term er.d
ir.g March the3rd, 1803, and
Power the long term ending
March the 3rd, 1895.
Senator Ingnlls has gone
home to see whether he can
patch up some sort of a truce
with the fanner's alliance of
Kansas that will Rave his Sen
atorial scalp.
On last Thursday, the day
of the funeral of the late Sam
uel J. Randall, the House ad
journed as a mark of respect
to the dead statesman's mem
ory.
.The republicans . .of the
House committee on Judicia
ry do not propose being out
done in hypocrisy by the
members of theirparty inth
Senate, therefore tley have
agreed to make a favorable
report on the alleged anti
trust bill recently passed by
the Senate.
There is already one billon
the calendar of the Senate
providing for a Constitution
al amendment for the elec
tion of Senators by a direct
vote of the people, and Sena
tor Ragan has just introduc
ed another one with thesame
end in view.
Petitions are pouring into
Washington against the pas
sage by Congress of theBut
terworth option bill.
Saturday, in the. House,
was devoted to eulogies of the
lateS. S. ("Sun Set") Cox.
The regular river and har
bor appropriation bill has
been reported to the House.
Washington, April 22.
There is still not much dan
ger of the negroes flocking
headlong into the democrat
ic party, and one reason is
they have not been urgently
asked to do so; but that
they are beginning to see
that there is but little
good x) come to them from
their remaining with the re
publican party is now very
evident. It is, we think, com
ing to pass that the negroes
will constitute a party to
themselves, which will use
their power in connection
with other parties as they
may think best. Their lead
ers are becoming sufficiently
enlightened to advise such a
course. New Berne Jourwd.
If you spit up pklerm, and are
troubled with a hacking cough,
use Dr. J. II. McLean's Tar Wiue
SAMUEL J. HAND ALL.
Mr. Randall's public ser
vice is so recent that it is un
necessary to particularize
them. He was a man of vast
industry, and inflexible pur
pose, and he had in a very
marked degree the qualities
of leidei ship. He was a born
commander, and men obey
ed hiiii naturally.
His long service in the ap
propriation committee gave
him an immense fund of ex
net information about the
public service, and brought
up by a democratic father
and trained in business meth
ods as he was, he was the de
termined foeof extravagance,
and againandagainhestood
between the public Treasury
and the men who were trying
to get into it.
Mr. Randall rendered an in
valuable service, first to the
South, and second to the
whole country, by leading the
filibuster against the force
bill fifteen years ago. Only
a man of great physical en
durance, wonderfull strength
of purpose and the genius for
nouimandingobedience could
have made that light. The
next occasion on which a
great political fight took the
form of a filibuster found Mr.
Randall himself in the chair,
and Iih crushed the obstruc
tive Tactics of his own party
friends as relentlessly as he
had fought against a great
majority in 1S'7.".
In the sketches of Mr. Ran
dall that have been publish
ed since his death, great
stress has been laid on the
fact that he was always and
intensely a democrat. This
is true of Mr. Randall's loy
alty to the great underlying
principles of the democratic
party, government by the
people and simplicity and e
conomy in the forms of gov
enrment, although his concep
tions of the proper exercises
of the Federal taxing power
were somewhat influenced by
his Philadelphia surround
ings, and his Congressional
district could probably have
been carried by the republi
cans at almost any election
had they deemed it worth
while. Zn.it if the mere mat
ter of loyalty to the demo
cratic organization be referr
ed to, the statement does ei
ther more than justice or
less than justice to Mr. Ran
dall. Thick and thin party
loyalty is not so rare that a
man needs especial commen
dation for possessing it, and
Mr. Randall was entirely ca
pable of placing his own con
victions of duty before the
wishes, or even the formal
declaration of his party. The
electoral count bill was in
tensely unpopularin the dem
ocratic party and it would
not have passed the House
had not Speaker Randall
repressed filibustering with a
force that Mr. Blaine, two
years before refused to exer
cise against Mr. Randall and
his followers. In the case of
the Morrison tariff bill Mr.
Randall led 40 demncrats o
ver the republican camp and
defeated a measure which
was approved by three
fourths of the democratic
members of the fTo" r"d
had leen formally adopted
by the party caucus. No man
in the country except Mr.
Randall could havedonethnt
without forfeiting his stand
ing in the party, and, in fact,
it wns inevitable that Mr.
Randall's prestige should be
impaired by the growing
prominence of the revenue
question. In defending the
rights of the States against
Fed era' encroachment and in
defending the Treasury a
gainst the men who sought
Uj loot it, Mr. Randall repre
sented all that was highest
and best in the democratic
party, and was the foremost
man of that party in Con
gress. On the revenue ques
tion he represented only a
Rmall portion of his party.
National Democrat.
What Cleveland Did Say.
Instead of the language
which Mr. Cleveland wns re
ported by the World's repor
ter to have used concerning
Mr. Dana, this is what he
said.
"The World's repoi ter call
ed his attention to th Sun's
article, and this is what Mr.
Cleveland said, and all he
said in answer:
"I have not seen the artic
le you refer to, and it appears
nowhere else but in the Sun,
there ir not the least chance
of inv seeing it. Of course the
entire thing is a lie, without
the pretext to excuse it. I
judge from what, you say,
that the venerable editor of
htSun supposes that he has
at last hit upon a subject
which can be uned to annoy
me. In this he is mistaken.
He must be his own judge of
social decencies and proprie
ties. I am not sure that he
should at this time of life,
and in his apparently pecu
liar mental ondition be mo
lested in his amusement".
Observer.
It is said that Gen's Meade,
Halleck, Burnside and Sheri
dan, of the Federal army, all
died at 57 years of age.
Several years ago, during
a former republican adminis
tration, three Illinoiswomen
were appointed to. clerkships
in the office of the Collector
of Internal Revenue. They
were retained in office by the
chivalrous instincts of the
democrats during Mr. Cleve
land's administration, and
have become experts in their
duties, and are of great val
ue to the office. Rut recent
ly Mr. Harrison gave orders
for their dismissal, in order
to give their places to three
political heelers. This or
der was received with indig
nation by friends of the wo
men and persons who have
the efficiency of the office at
heart, and the members of
the Woman's Club went to
Washington and asked the
President to reinstate them.
Not only did he'reiuse, but
he heard them in silence, inti
mating that he was bored,
and dismissed them with im
polite brusqeness. The Chica
go Herald says: "The Presi
dent may thank his stars if
the whole State of Illinois
does not go democratic next
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AS OLD FASBI05ED X OTHER.
Thank God, some of us
have an old fashioned moth
er 1 Not tx woman of the pe
riod, enameled and painted,
with nil her society manners
and fashionable dresses,
whose white jeweled hands
never felt the clasp of baby
fingers; but n dear, old fash
ioned, sweet-voiced mother,
with eyes in whose clear
depth the love-light shone,
and brown hair, just thread
ed with silver, lying smooth
upon her faded cheek. Those
dear hands, worn with toil,
gently guided our tottering
steps in childhood, and made
our pillow smooth in sick
ness, ever reaching out to us
in yearning and tenderness.
Blessed is the memory of
an old fashioned mother. It
floats to us now like a benu
tifnl perFumefrom some wood
blossom. The music of oth
er voices maybe lost, but the
enchanting memory of hers
will echo in our ears forever.
Other faces may fade away
and be forgotten, but hers
will shine on. When in the
fitful pauses of bitter life, our
feet wander back to the old
homestead, and crossing the
well-worn threshold, stand
once more in the room so hal
lowed by her presence, how
the feeling of childish inno
cence and dependence comes
over us, and we kneel down
in the molten sun-shine strea
ming through the open win
dow, just where, loagago, we
knelt by our mother's, knee,
lisping'"Our Father!" How
many times, when the tempt
er lured us on, has the memo
ry of those sacred hours, the
mother's words, her faith and
prayer, saved us from plung
ing into thedeep abyss ofsin!
Years have fill d great drifts
between her and us, but they
have not hidden from our
sight the glory of her pure,
unselli s h n a m e Western
Christian Advocate.
When you ore constipated with
loss apdetite, headache, take one
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and kidney pillets. They are
pleasant to take and will cure
you. 25 cents a vial.
A Battle in Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky , April 18th.
Adjutant General Hill has
received a telegram from Pine
ville, saying that a fight had
occurred on the sixteenth, at
Black Mountain, between the
State militia and mountain
outlaws, and five of the sol
diers were wounded. It is
thought some of the moun
taineers were shot; but it is
not known how many. The
militia is from Lexington and
Harrodsburg, and were sent
to guard the court in Harlan
courthouse during the trial
of the outlaws engaged in the
Turner-Howard vendetta.
The place of the fight is re
mote from a telegraph sta
tion. A good character is the
best tomb-stone. Those who
love you, and were helped by
you, will remember you when
forget-me-nots are withered.
Carve your name on hearts,
and not on marble. Snur-
Xlt Winnie Datla.
Miss Winnie Davis, daugh
ter of the late Hon. Jefferson
Davis, is engaged to be mar
ried to Mr. Alfred Wilkinson,
of Syracuse, N. Y. The fact
that Mr. Wilkinson is a grand
son of the Rev. Samuel Mny,
a contemporary and co-laborer
with William Lloyd
Garrison, Windell Philips and
other great abolitionists,
again tends to show that an
te bellnm opinions and prej
udiees, as well as the shad
dows of war are passing a
way as thejearsrollby. The
North and South are today
linked together with thesame
ties of liberty and we are to
day one great nation having
common interests. Miss Win
nie Davis has always been
her father's favorite child,
and resembles him indisposi
tion and intellectual quali
ties. She is a beautiful young
lady, rich in mental nndphys
ical charms. She is of medi
um height, her figure being
slight and graceful, bat well
formed. Her face is oval and
complexion olive, while her
dark eyes are a source of
warmest admiration. The
story of thecourtshipismost
romantic Miss Davis, asso
ciating with Syracuse folks,
was introduced to Mr. Wil
kinson at a reception given
in her honor. Miss Davis was
received by several circles of
that city very coolly, and Mr.
Wilkinson resented the cool
ness shown her and gallantly
defended her cause. In this
way, a friendship was inau
gurated between them, which
has now bloomed into love.
They afterwards met in Eu
rope a nd was betrothed when
they returned. Mr. Wilkin
son is a bright young lawyer,
about 28 years of age, mo
ving in the best society and
ranking very highly in thees
timation of his friends. His
law partner is Mr. Aloert
Hay. Messenger.
In cases of fever and ague, the
blood is as effectually, though not
so dangerously poisoned by the
effuvium of the atmosphere as it
could by the deadliest poison.
Dr. .1. H. McLean's Chills and Fe
ver Cure will eradicate this poi
son from tho system. 50 cents a
bottle.
Confederals Reunion.
Atlanta, Ga., April 21. By
order of Gov. John B. Gor
don, general commander of
the United Confederate Vet
erans, there will be held in
Chattanooga, Tenn., a gener
al reunioa of all ex-Confederates
on July the 4th and 5th
next. The local committee
appointed for the purpose of
locating the Confederate
lines and commands on the
battle field of Chickamauga
invite all Confederate soldiers
who participated in the bat
tle to co-operate with them
on the 13th of May, next, and
succeeding days in the pro
posed month. Messenger.
End of the Montana Contest. 1
Washington April 1C The
Senate to-day summarily dis
posed of the Chinese enumer
ation bill by laying it on the
table, aud also of the Mon
tana election case by seating
the republican claimants,
Messrs. Sanders and Powers,
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