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General Coxey's petitions with boots on seem to be largely on their uppers. This Congress may die some time, but no Coxeys are going to scare it to death. It is no trouble to see that wealth is a curse as long as the other fellow has it. The Wilson bill not being so very high is the reason the monopolists want to jump on it. The road to reform is a rocky, one, but the reformers of the right kind generally get to the end of the route. If Mr. Cleveland were conscienti ously opposed to the income tax he would say so, whether Senator Hill had anticipated him or not. Many a demagogue of the very toughest variety has gone riding down into history as b great states man. If time is money how is it mem ber of Congress can be absent half the time and yet don't want any of their salary to absent itself? The Attorney General of Illinois is after the tobacco trust. It re mains to be seen whether he is bit ting off more than he can chew. "The attempt to dignify the ab surd Coxey movement is an insult to every selfrespecting workingman in the country,1' says the Indianapolis News, (Ind.) The late Congressional result in Ohio was in the nature of an upper cut for McKinley. It also knocked Harrison's hat over his eyes, while Reed never counted on such a thing. General Kelly, of the Industrial Army, says he'll get a train if he has to take all summer. Taking all summer is a new phase and throws some light on the proverbial thief of time. W. C. P. Breckinridge announces that he will begin his fight for re election to congress at Lexington Saturday. He ought to be ashamed to open his mouth, much less a campaign. When an honest workingman rides he must pay full fare. When a drove of tramps travel they can steal a freight train and deadbeat themselves across a continent, which is highway robbery. It is a significant fact that no army of unemployed has been, or threatened to go, to Washington to demand the continuance of McKin leyism. The only party that has made a demand of that sort was a party of employed mill hands, who went on a free excursion, and who had to work extra hours for several flays to make up the loss of time. When ex-President Harrison told the students of Stanford University not to hurry into politics, he forgot to say anything about the speed with which he hurried out himself Commending Senator Hawley's speech on the Coxey movement, the Boston Transcript (Rep.) says: "In this country we want no- mob intru sion in halls of legislation, and Leg islatures that are really American, will not have it." The widow of Frank Norment, one of the victims of the Darling ton, S. C, riot, has, been retained as an insurance agent by the company which employed her husband, and has opened an office where she will conduct the only insurance business in the State managed by a woman. We have never seen any good argu ment against the justice of any in come tax. The imposition of such a tax is resisted naturally by many of those on whom it would fall, but, as we look at it, it would only re quire them to bear their just share of the burdens of government. The Samoset Club, the leading democratic organization of Nebraska has adopted resolutions heartily commending Mr. Cleveland and the efforts making to revise the tariff, and denouncing Senator Hill as "a traitor, who, having hitherto skulk ed behind the watchword lI am a democrat,' has dealt a treacherous blow at the vitals of his party at the time of its greatest peril Cheap iron and steel are on the market in earnest. Pittsburg and Eastern Ohio furnaces disposed of Bessemer pig bars recently at $10 a ton, and this is a falling away of $13.75 from the prices of four years ago. The statement is made that this heavy decline has enabled American manufacturers to compete in Canada and take the trade from England and scotch makers, as the American figure cannot be met. Commenting on a recent lynching in Alabama, the Montgomery Ad vertiser (Dem.) says: "The machi nery for the dispensing of justice exists everywhere in this state, and it is the duty of eyery citizen to see that machinery alone is used. The people make the laws, the people elect the judges the people sit on the juries, and there is no excuse for their stultification of themselves by ignoring their own selected methods of administering justice." The crusade of the Coxey tramps and cranks upon Washington has logically resulted in a camp of sev veral hundred, idlers and vagrants who haye settled down to forage up on the capital city. As a political effort to influence national legislaT tion it has entirely perished, and the whole purpose of the movement is clearly exhibited by the fact that it is now run as a circus in the hope of taking in sufficient gate money from day to day to feed its idlers in definitely. The wretched condition of the Coxey men at their unhealthy en campment in exciting universal commiseration. Coxey and family put up at the National,one of the best hotels in Washington, but the Com mon wealers will likely have a hard time in their boiling camp. Most of the Populist Senators and Re presentatives are indignant over Coxey's arrest. Mr. Peffer, Senator Allen and Congressman Pence all think the police used unlawfully harsh measures. It is funny to hear the republi can explauations of the election in third Ohio congressional district, which gave P. J. Sorg a big majori ty. Dayton, which gave McKinley for governor 565 majority last fall, went democratic. Other republican strongholds gave similar returns. Thus it will be seen that even in Ohio all the people do not believe the democratic party is responsible for all the evils under the sun. This will be a severe check to a great many republican papers and orators, who had demonstrated very con clusively to themselves at least, that the democrats were to blame for everything even Coxey and his army. The International Bimetallic Con ference, in session in London, gives reason for the hope that the silver question may be settled by a just and reasonable agreement between the leading nations of the world The conference is composed of men from several great counties who have given much consideration to the question of bimetallism and their deliberations will undoubtedly have effect. Several prominent citizens of the United States are in attend ance. "If the tariff discussion has had nc other effect," says the San Fran cisco Examiner (Dem.), "it has at least rid the Democratic party of the malign influence of David B. Hill. The Hill-Murphy-Tammany machine may tumble New York politics for a year or two to come, but it will never again be a factor in a national campaign. The Demo cracy of the Union has been very tired of the sordid intrigues of the New York politicians for some years." There is strong evidence that the "armies" of Coxey and others throughout the country that are on the march are mainly composed of tramps that is, of men who never work at all or seek work, but live by begging and stealing. In march ing through the country, levying contributions on the frightened in habitants, they are simply following their usual manner of life under more favorable circumstances. They are doing en masse what they ordi narily do individually. In "armies," they do not fear arrest or dogs, and instead of stealing a ride on the trains, they are able to seize the trains. If the movement succeeds this summer, it will be tried again probably on a greater scale next summer. We are sorry that no one in the Senate had the courage to utter these notorious truths. "Oh, for a knight like Bayard without re proach or fear!" A POPULIST DOCUMENT. The following is a verbatim copy of a notice that was posted in a neighboring county recently, says the Greensboro Patriot. It will not take the average reader long to de termine the source of this wonder ful production. "All ye that are weary of Bens and Grovers adminis tration, come! Let him that is weary of 2 cent tobacco, 50 cent wheat and 8 per cent mortgages Come!! Let him that is unwilling to bow down and worship the golden dollar, as the Israelites did the golden calf come ! ! ! Let him that loveth his wife and children better than party- bossism Come ! ! ! ! By no means do we wish to be hindered from inviting all who are today in the bonds of iniquity and gall of bitterness, wearing Republi can and Democratic badges on the seat of their pants; but make them special objects of this inyitation to Come ! ! ! ! ! Why stand ye idle? 'The fields are- white unto the har vest,' go forth and gather in the sheaves. ." A HONUMENT TO VANCE. The Baltimore Sun says: The project for the erection in Capitol Square, Raleigh, N. C, of a monu ment to the memory of the late Senator Z. B. Vance has taken such form as to leave no room for doubt that a fitting memorial to the great North Carolinian will be the out come of the effort. A central organ ization has been effected at Raleigh, with. Governor Carr as chairman, and auxiliary organizations are to be formed in every county in the state, huo assuring a systematic and thorough canvass for subscriptions. Already a considerable sum has been voluntarily tendered. Mrs. Vance states that a cast was taken of Senator Vance's head, and that she has a small picture of him at full length. With these a sculptor could make a statue of Senator Vance nearly as perfect as from life. Mrs. Vance expresses as being greatly touched by the feeling manifested by the people of North Carolina, and as appreciating to the fullest the movement to erect a memorial of the esteem in which the late Senator is held. One Ladies Phaeton at a sacrifice Very sott easy spring, at febie tf. S. H. Smith's. STAND BY THE DEMOCRACY. One of the arguments of those who betray a tendency to desert the dem ocrats at this crisis,is that the party has failed to redeem its pledges. It is true that a combination of eastern democrats, with a few patronage heelers from the south, and the re publicans have withheld favorable action on the most important of the party pledges, and it is true that by the employment of fraud and mis representation, silver has been wiped out of our currency as a money standard, but we deny that the demo cratic party, as a party, is responsi ble for that crime. The democrat who is not familiar with the scheme, engineered by John Sherman, by which the unconditional repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sher man act was brought about, is hard ly in a position to discuss democra tic policy says the Atlanta Constitu tion. We not only deny that the demo cratic party is responsible for this criminal definauce of the letter and spirit of the platform, but we affirm that the event is of such portentions import and significance that the democrat who will not cling closer and more strenuously to his faith on account of it is blind to his own dearest interests and the interests of of the people. We affirm, moreover that the man who, with a full knowl edge of all the circumstances, will at this supreme moment of peril to the people, desert the democratic- party and thereby weaken it- strength, is blind indeed to the im portance of recent events blind, in deed, to the real issue that dwarfs all others. There is no reason why any demo crat should deceive himself or be de ceived as to the real nature of the contest that is to come. It is to be a contest between democratic prin ciples and the schemes of the money monopolists, and whatever tends to divide or weaken the party in the south is a contribution to the success of the enemies of the people. The real issue is the money ques tion. Under all the circumstances, and in the face of the pressure of hard times caused by the demonetization of silver, that man is not a patriot who seeks to weaken the democra tic party (which in the south at least, is the real people's party) by forsaking the organization because a handful of bolting democrats and republicans have succeeded in de feating the financial policy of the democratic party. The people of the south must continue to stand together. The attack that has been made on their prosperity and the program that is still to be developed, are more dangerous, because more insidious, than the schemes of the radical re publicans during the reconstruction period, Division now would be more fatal than it would have been after the war, because our interests are more substantial and more pro mising. . The Democratic Senators have at last got the tariff bill into such shape that they can all agree to support it. This does not include Senator Hill, but he can hardly be called a Democratic Senator, and probably would not support any measure of revenue reform likely to be proposed. It probably does not include one or two Southern Whigs. But there were thirty-seven Demo cratic Senators present at the cau cus who agreed to vote for the amended bill, and it is true that six who were absent have given the same pledge. There are votes enough to pass the bill, and no further de lay should be tolerated. "The friends of tariff reform," says the San Francisco Examiner (Dem.), "want to see its friends in the Senate do a little square stand up fighting for it. They are tired of having traitors bribed to put up their knives. They want to have the forces lined up that they can see who are their friends and who are their enemies. The plain duty of the finance committee of the Sen ate is to push the tariff bill to a vote at the earliest possible date and let the Democratic traitors take the responsibility of voting against it if they dare," DWHRDS for Infants "Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription tnown to me." H. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. T. The use of ' Castoria is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." Carlos Martyn, D. D., New York City. 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