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I 1 R7 W. II KITCHIN, OWNER WE MUST WORK FOR THE PEOPLE'S WELFARE. SUBSCRIPriON $1.50 PER YE AR VOL 3. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY DECEMBER 10, 1886. NO 6. i - S -i , 9 l i V 10 CO .rf. CO- atei ' "J- 7 f " r- oe i '4 X (i I 1 Mi hill and Mcdonald. To the editor of the Sun Sir : Here is the ticket, and the onlv one, that, will win in 1888: For President David 13. Hill of New York. For Vice President Joseph A. McDonali cf Indiana. They are Democrats, not Mug wumps, and under their leadership the grand old Democratic party, il lustrious for past successes, will march on to future victories. them be nomiuatdd, and let it be understood that Carlisle, Hurd, Morrison, and Voorhees are to enter the Cabinet, and the Democrat? will shake off th lefhargy into whicr the Cleveland Administration has thrown it, and sweep this coun try like a avalanche from the St. Croix to the Rio Grande. Hill and McDonald for North Carolina. We want Democrats or nothing, We'll have no more of Cleveland. Charles Fishes Willsox. Clin, N. C, Nov. 27. This is a good ticket and we ttiink they would win. We however prefer Hill and Carlis'e. But any tieket will satisfy us that stters clear of Cleveland and his cabinet. We can rever under any circumstance sup port the present incumbent nor any member of his cabinet. But we can and will stand by any other possible ticket. Give us a D2rnocratio plat' form and a Democratic candidate and we wil dice under the old flag and make it cur winding sheet. But we take no more shoddy in ours. If we have no use for partisans then we have no use for parties ; and let them be disbanded. But we believe in parties. V The list of Republicans holding over from the last Administration ; is still very long. and but few v j changes have been made for a year. 5 In the State Department everv one ' of the heads of bureaux reraiin, ex- cept Michael Scaulai., the Chief of r, the Bureau ot Statistics, who was t succeeded ey YVorthingtoti Ford - more than a year ago. Only one new appointment has been made oe fy. '' side this, and that was to fill the Wacancv made h? the death of "Wil- f . liam Hunter. Second Assistant Sec retary of State, by the promotion of "A. A. Adee. and tlie appointment of ' . Mr. Moure of Delaware to bis desk -: as Third Assistant Secretary. Mr. Ac5ee is a Republican, and Mr. JfMoore was appoin'.ed a clerk in the -'department under the civil service - - rules in July. 18S5. He was forrner--ly a student m the law oflice of i Secretary Bayard. Iu the Treasury there have been i more changes than elsewhere, but i they have been spasmodic, and a large number of Republicans still , hold important and lucrative places. j n the Secretary's office are W. F. McLennan, Caiefof the Warrant div- isiou ; E. B. Duskaai , Chief of the Fublie Moneys division , Darius L man of tbe Mercantile Marine. A. L. Sturdevant of the Stationary. t and L. G, Martin of the Siechl x Audits, as well as several others or liUe rank , who have not beau dis turbed. M E. Bell, tlie Supervising Architect, still hangs on, although t'ere have bse.i many attempts to Sfcure his lemoval and a number of i persons hare been recommended for the place. E. O. Grave?, the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving, and ' Sullivan, his assistant, as well as S. J . Kimball, Chief of the Life Saving i Service, are supposed to bo secure i in their pi ices, and nothing shore of an earthquake can get them out I James A. Dument, Supervising In- fpector -General of Steamboat-, has r kept his place through all th whirls 1 that haTe taken place for sixteen I years, and is likely to stay. J. R. Garrison, the Deputy First Comp V foller, was promoted irom a clerk I ship to his present place by this Administration, although a pro nounced Republican. E. A. C'if 1 ford, Deputy Sixth Auditorf was - chalked for early dci apitatio", but 4 held os until to-day. He was an appointee of Logan's, but was care I ful not to advertise his old-time in itimaay wi'h the Gentral, and scl- w ,j rtom went 10 ins uouse lately, aoi 1long ago he made a call at the Log an mansion in the evening, and, as he was leaving promised to tepal f tt.e visit soon. 5 -Yes.'' remarked the General, as '-J he was showing b:m to tbe do-r. I -come out sg:un the firt dark i night.' - Assistant Treasurer WhelpleV is another oil Republican who was j promoted to hi place by the present j Administration, and tie re are a 'number uf othei men who have b tn favored the same way in tlie Trt , urei's office. Thret -fourths of the I chiets o divison holdover. 1 II, C. Roger? o' Pennsylvania, a Cameron man, has een Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revt-nue for i.e-rlv twenty years, nd expect t nmain so to the end of his ttas. In the same office are Charles Cues ley, ihif Solicitor, a New llampshiie mm. and F. D.' Stwel', Chief ot Special Agt-nts, one of B'aiue's ap poii.tees, who hae bt-n in the ser vice jdmost since it was 0'g:nized. auvi expect to t-tay. J. J. Brocks, the Caief of the Secret Service hns oeen the feubjeot of assault, but n- one has been able to disturb him, although his resignation has. been in the hands of Secretary Manning for eighteen months. Dr. Ilanulton.the Superintendent of the Marine Hos pitil Service, came very near being removed more than a year as through the efforts of the late Vice President Hendricks, hut was assur ed by the President that he would not be disturbed. There have been no changes jn the War Department, which, like the jjetiiStale Department, is the stronghold of hold-over Republicans, except such as have been mane necessary by death. All of the old appointees hold on, from the private secretary and chief clerk down. The same is the case in the Navy Department. Few of the civ. Man officials have been disturbed. In the Post Office Department, Third Assistant Httzen is a monu ment of mercy, although iie used to tie famous for his ''pernicious activ ity" under Republican rule, and was a faithful henchman of the Canier ons. Jameson, tlie Superintendent of the Railway Mail Service; Mc Donald of the Money Orker Bureau, and about two-thirds f tbe old eniefs of division still remain. in tbe Interior Department Major Lock wood, the old Chief Clerk, seems to hare made himself solid with tie Secretary, and llanna, the private secretary of a namber of Re publican Cabinet officers, is still spared. There are a large number oi' cinels of division still holding ovr, but more have been removed than in any other department. The Attorney General has made more removals, but his office con tains many Republicans who could be spared- The same is the case in the Depart nenf of Agriculture, where nearly all the Republienn clerk?, including a bro'her of James G. Blaine, are still permitted to draw their salaries. A Democratic Congressman who has taken the pains to make an in vestigation, asserts that only about 5 per cent, of the employees of the Government in Washington draw ing salaries of $1,200 and upward have been changed si ice Cleveland was inaugurated. Of those drawing $!,000 ana upward, aooun u per cent, have been removeu,so that at least ha.f of these places are still held by itepuDiicaus. in same Congressman is. authority for the statement that more changes were made when Urant and Hayes came into power than during Cleveland- term thus far, and quite as many when Garfield was inaugurated. -Sun. Is there a Democrat on the top side of God's footstool, after read ing the abve, can sa from the bottom side of his heart that be endcrses such an administration? If there is then, we do not come un der that head. If the civil service cranks think we are alone in our oDinions, we beg them to stop and consider the foolishness ot their master, for we are not alone but have quite a multitude as our leads ers. We are very sorry we can't all see things alike. But we can't help it. IVe have done our best to become a Mugwump and a civil service ie former, but we can't come it. We arn't built that way. It pain3 the Chronicle to read such abuse of President Cleveland as occasionally appears in North Carolina Democratic newspapers, lo pains us because we lok into the future 1888 and see these same Democratic newspapers supporting Mr. Cleveland and urging all men to give him a vote. Sure as Mr. Cleveland lives the Democrats will renominate him and Democrats will re-alact him. Chronicle. Dear brother, don't suffer a.y pang of pain on account of the Dem ocrat. Because if as you say the pain arises for the fact that in your mind's eye you see us supporting Cleveland we can assure you that you shall suffer no pain if you will believe us. We say t you, now to save yon frein farther anticipated, we will no under any circumstances pain support Cleveland inl888.He is nt a Democrat ana we will never vote for him again unless we should change our politics. If we were to turn Republican we might support him, because we believe him the best friend the Republican party lus in tbe United States and the worst enemy the Democratic party has We will never allow ourself to believe the Democratic party is so devoid of principles, common sense, piu-lence and wisdom as to renom inate G rover Cleveland. We hope never again to see a non-partisan elected to any political office. We belong to the partisan class of our fellow citizens whom Cleveland has denounced as unfit te hold ofs fice, and we are very Jree to confess there is no power on this earth to induce us to vote for him as a Dem ocrat. He is a bull-headed crank. an enemy to Democracy, a fourth- class man and uafit to be at the head of the grand, and glorious 7 Democracy. "Already people are talking abaut the candidate for Governor in 1888. will name the nominee in less than five guesses. He will b either Judge Walter Clark, Ex-Gov. Ttaos. J. Jarvis, Maj . Sidaey M. Finger, nr Capt. Jos. J. Davis would be the nominee, but he doesn't want it and prefer quiet home life. He is a no ble mm and whenever I have spent an hoa" with him I feel that I have ot only learned much but that I have been perceatiblv impressed with the necessity of right doing. I know no man in North Carolina who for 8 many years has been actively in politics who has maintained his Cbristsin character in its purity as has Captain Davis.. He would be a strong candidate because, as the poet puts it? 'His strength is as the strength of ten Because his heait is pure." Chronicle. Well oar brether may be a proph et, we are not, but we can guess at one guess, and that teats the broths er, who will not be tbe nominee. Now Iisten,it will not be Thomas J. Jarvis. Torn Jarvis has been gov ernor of North Carolina almost two terms of four years each, he now holds a commission as Minister to Brazil at a salary of $12,0OJ per-an- num, and we think hi has ' een hon ored enough for a while at least, and had better continue to draw bis fat salary until the end of Cleveland's administration. There are some other worthy men in the State be sides Ex-Governr Jarvis. To abolish the Stock Laws psg ed by the last legislature ; To repeil the present County Government System and to give the election of the magistrates to the people, wth some restrictions to prevent too much stealing ; To decrease the amount approprU ated for the mainnance of the Uni versity possibly to rtpeal ths en tire appropriation and to shut the door of the noble old TJuiversity. To abolish the Denartment f Agriculture ? These things will all be attempt -t-d neither will succeed- ihe Stock Laws will not be repealed no new ones will be passed. The County Gevernment system will re main unchanged. There will be no decrease of the apprepriation for the University The Agricultural De partment will be put on a better ba sis kiid run more economically.' Good. Then a democratic defeat is not so bad after all. if none of these things will be disturbed, we feel better and we have given the enemy credit tor more meanness than he really possesses. To be told by so learned, wise and prudent iournal as the Chronicls that tnere is danger in old York and the s'ooping up of the hind heels of his old male with Richmond Pearson on him bars back certainly makes us feel better, for we must confess we have been feeling a little shaky. MR. CX.KVF.LA?V EXCEED ICJIl POPULAR. lion. ranK HUia, ot uiuo, ;s here. Speaking of the administra tion, Mr. Hurd says: "Mr. Cleves land is exceedingly popular. No President in any day or generation has been as popular among the peo ple as he is; I know I am not mis taken in this. I have been right among the people, and know how tliev feel. There nevr wis an ad ministration as popular as this. Amofcg Republicans as well as among Democrats Mr. Cleveland is strong There cm be no mistaking the pop ular feeling." "Then this points to his renemina- tion and election?" "Ob, I think so. I know many people who vofed for Blaine before who would vote for Mi. Cleveland now'' This corresponds with what Gea Clark, of Missouri, Clerk of the House, told me heard many RepubL csns sar at the Virginia Capon Springs , and with what another prominent official ol the House, from Georgia, said to me a day er two ayo. It is what is heard every now and then from intelligent nen who do not have a purpose in rnisreprc senting iilje President on the princi pies of civil service reftirra. .Read ers oi the Messenger are warnel against statements tebgrapbei IV m here or appearing in anti-reform aad anti-ad ministration papers. Tbe President is popular with all except a clan of politicians wbo teel that tlier are about to lose their vocation by the way things are working. Goldsboro Messenger. There is some truth in the above and some untruth. It is both de ceiving and misleading, it is an unfair statement. Cleveland is por. ular with one wing of the Demo cratic party and also with one wir.g of the Republican party. The very fact that Cleveland is popular witb the Republicans, is proof concluwion that he is not pleasing Democrats, or it is proof conclusion that there is bat little difference between Re publicans and Democrats. Now we admit that there is but very little difference between Cleveland and his worshippers and the Republicans But here is a very wide gulf be. ween such Democrats as Senator Vance, Back , Coke and Vst , and such men as Allen G, Thurman, Dan Voorhecs, the Wilmington Star, Courrier Journal and we will presume te say the DEMOCRAT, and this element in the party need not be disoisal , even in this progressive age. EARNEST WORKERS. Every man wheo he first sets out to achieve success in any work sees innumberable difficulties looming up in every quarter to discourage him by a knowledge of his limit ations ; and this is the reason so many relax their efforts, moderate their zeal, and finally abandon al together their undertakings. It appears like presumption or acl- of sense to persist in any scheme or pursuit when upon ma ture reflection it doss seem unattain able, but thin discouragement may arise from two sources either from a false estimate of our abilities, or a lack of courage to confront ob stacles and battle with them. G-jd, however, never stimulated a man to do more fur Him er his fel- ow man than he has commanded him. All taat He demands ot us is to be earnest in our life work. whether gre.t or small and to per form it to the utmost of our ability, He whose powers are limited and whose rang of thought, act'on, and influence is bounded by inseparable ba'riers, and yet who is faithful and true te all. required of hiaa is a far more acceptable agent in the sight of God than is he who is dowered with the richest facilities for the ac complishment of all he undertakes, and who looks dowiT disdainfully upon others whose possibilities for good or evil are inferior to his own. It is impossible for us all to be workers in some broad field er mighty cause or to have our names aud talents the theme of every tongue. This may be what man ass pires to, but not what God would accept as the only effective service. In the great civil contest that de- sola' ed our country a quarter of a century in the past our women could not go eut to the carnage field and bear their country's ensign amid those leaden tempest? dealt out by our foes, nr could they fill up the gaps of the dead and dying; but they did their worn of love and duty at home as heroically and faithfully as our so'diers amid the shock of battle. They stood bravely at their posts of danger, and were true to eveiy rrust, boweverj grand or low ly, till a life of stmt and multiform suffering was closed by the merciful hand of death. No mother dries her tears, closts her vigils, and ceates to pray for the helpless little creatures of I er love and care because her work of sacr-fice and hardship is not herald ed by ev.r.Y passing breeze to an admiring world, or because it is a! small tiling of common eccurrence tbe world over for all true mothers to submit uncompUingly to their lot as 9 decree of necessity. Every mother cannot give te the world a Luther, a Calvin, a Wesley, a Washington, yet maternal care aud sffection are as earnest in their ef forts to develop and cultivate the latent powers of each little one as if such noble reward were to crown her efforts. We must be content to be earnest, hopeful, faithful toilers without the anticipations of man's recognition. The great good deeds live no longer in grateful hearts than the smaller ones, and in the great day of final reckoning the faithful, patient watcher at the couch ef human suf fering, will be a crowned victor as well as the lauded hero of a score of battle fields. The Baltimorean. LIME AS A FERTILIZER. In reference to the use of lime as a fertilizer, there is a great differ ence of opinion among practical farmers, whose opinions are te be received with respect ; but this is observed, that whereas formerly lime was used in great quantities at the present time comparatively little of it is employed ia agriculture. The action is believed to be upon organ ic matter already in tbe soil and to make this more easily obtained by the growing crop. It thus adds nothing to tha soil, only enables the crop to get out more of what is there This is the present belief in refer ence to it. It nay be seen from this that lime may be used on lime stcne soil as well as en any ether, and also that the use of pulverized anburnt limestone can be of ne val ue, as- it has no power to act upow organic matttr. Also lime long burnt and exposed to the air and rain so that it is largely transform ed back to the carbonate, can be of little value, for it is only the caustic lime which can act upon organic matter to change it. But there are some conditions of the soil whieii are benefited by lime. One of these is where tbe land is heavj' with bumic acids. These the alkaline lime reutralizes, and thus improves the soils ; also soils which contain silicate of potash, if liaaed, the silica unites with the lime, setting the pot ash free in the form of a carbonate ne of the most valued plant foods. Such soils are benefited by lime. So may alluvial anl granite soils be benefited in which there is a natural deficiency of lime. G. G. Groff. PLAI TAIM rOi( YOU3IG Remember, mv young friend, that the world is older than yon aie by several yai; that for th msands of years it has oeew fil l of sniar erand better young men than yourself; that when they died the old globe went whirling on and not one man in ten millions went to tbe funeral or even heard of the death- Be smart as you can, of course. Know as much as you can. Sbed th? light of jour wisdom abroad in the world, hut don't try to dazzle or as tonish the people with it. And don't imagine a thing is so simple because you may happen to think it is- Don't be too sorry for your father because he knows so much less than you do. He used to think he was as much smarter than hi father as you think yon are smarter than yours. Tne world has great need of t ouug men, but no greater need than the young men have of the world. Your clothes fit you better than your father's fit him ; they cost more money ; they are more styl'sh. He used to be straight and nimble, and perhaps thought his father old fashioned. Your moustache is neater, the cut of your hair is better, and you are prett er oh, far prettier! than 'pa .' But young man, the old gentleman gets the biggest salary, and his homely scrambling signature on the busi ness cad of a check will drain more money out of the bank in five min utes than you could gt out with a ream of paper and a copper plate signature in six mouths. Young men are us ful and tl.ey are ornamental, aud we all love them, ad we couldn't engineer a picnic successfully without tbem. But they are no novelties. They have been here before. Every gen eration has a full supply of them, and will have to the end of time ; and each crop .will tlrnk them selves quite ahead of the last, and will live to be called old fogies by their sons. Go ahsad. Have your day. Your sons will, by and by, pity you for your old, old ways, Don't be arraid that your merit will not be discovered. People all over the world are hunting for you, and if you are worth finding they will find you. A diamond isn't so easi ly found as a quartz pebble, but people search for it all tbe more in tently. Baltimorean. The .isht Iife ef Young: Men. One nig' t of en destroys a whole life. The leakage of tbe uigbt keeps the dav forever empty. Night is sin's harvest time. More sin and crime aro committed in one night than all tne days of tbe week. This is more emphatic illy true of the city than of tbe countrj Tho strict lamps, like a fi:e of soldiers, with torch iu hand, stretch away ia long lines on either sidewalk : the gay colored transparencies are ablaze with attractions ; the saloon and billiard halls are brilliantly illumi nated ; music sends forth its en chantment : the gay company be gins to gather to the haunts .and hous -s of pleasure , the thea res are wide open, the mills of desiuction are grinding health, honor, happi ness , hope out of a thousand lives. The city u..der the gaslight is not the same under God's sunlight The allurements ana perils and pit falls of ni-rht are a huudrd-fo d deeper and darker and more de structive. Night life in our cities is a dark problem , whose depths and abys-es and whirlpools make u s'art back with horror. Ex. W1TES,TR11T. Wife.doyou make your husband's home a p ace of rest after the toils ot the day have been concluded? Do yon by kind words and a cheer ful smile light his pathway, a h struggles along, often w ary, often faint-hearted and. oh, a thousand times almost ready to dispair and say within himself, I cannot go farther? Do you help him try. "To climb the steep. Where fame's prud temp.e shine afar?" If you have not, try it for one short month, aud see if you wi lnot profit by the experience. Men are sing ular creatures ; so singular tnat o ,e kind word, or one cheerful smile, would make th-m dare to swim through rivers ot" blood, make tbem dare to risk a 1 that is i.ear and dear to them. when a commanding word, or a request couched in a language n-t tbe uea -esi, would raise the rebellious spir it within tbem at ouc. fPires en courage your husbands. Wytbe. ville (Va.) Enterprise. 'JTIIK HEIGHT OF GHE4T A eorresponsient inquired of us it th.-e is any truth in the general be lief that the leaders of any particu lar age ae large men, "er is it mere ly superstition?" There is a luodicum of truth in it. While there are numerous ex ceptions, it seems to be a fact thai -sreat poets, essayists, scholars and philosophical thinkers art as a rule, small; while great, generals, orators and politicians -those who are e grossed in doing rather than think ingare, a3 a rule, above the aver age size of man. There is a reason for it, those who possess tha most vitlity are art to make the biggest no'sa in the world. Washingtn was a large man, so were Cortex. Charlemagne and Wellington; so were Webster, City. Tom Cor win, Tom Marshall, Lincoln, Chase Sun- uer; so are Gla?srne, BistaarcK, Ferry, Cleveland, J mes G. Blaine and Gm. Sherman. Whei men who ave won distinction are nor, talk they generally raa?;eitup in rw;;ith. i.ke Bon:ip irte. Stephen A Doll :i ;ind Sheri lan. The thinkers of ih ? we. id h ;ve generally been S.n;tll ; as Oicer... Aristotle, Bacon, Alexander l'o; e, Alexander, Hamilton and O iv. Wendell Holmes Th members oi 'he senate, ever since that b. iy w. t-s ablidu-d, have teen, It is ; llee :-. a out an lucti iiier u a me a i- -te height of American men. .su1 eessful American editors have eialiv been tall men, averaging six iVet high -and over 100 pound!', ! the elder B i nt tt, Thurlow VY - . u James Watson Webb. Horace Gre iy. Wilbur F. fc'torey, Morat lUb stead, Joseph Medi I, Whitdaw Reid, Jo-eph Puli zr, and Cliarles A. D ina all fine specimens o!' lull grown men. Great orators are almost. alw t s Urge men, an I such specimens as Joseph Coo!?. Henry JFard Beeeae; f!nl. Robert G- Inirersoll. Mr. M' oJy Roscoe Cnkliii an l IV Wilt C. Tahnage ale familiar t the eye of th-j prjsant "generation of Americans. These orators a;e nmt not only like ii weighing 22 nouns apiece, but they further aisem )le each o'her in possession a keel, sense of both humor and pathos, ind in being coarse grained of the earth, earthy. If t iey had not been coarse of texture they would have lied young, and if they were net large they would have lacked the physical strength to surpass i i tin sharp competitions of their tim . In New York it is proverbial that the great merchants outweigh their cljrks. Washii gton Post. r X"" i SELF-SUPfflCIESiC;i'. True independence consists In t!i possession and improvement of re- resumes within one's own srlf. There is a sence in which s-lf sufii ciency is a laudable trait of cliarac er. .It is far different f tt:.i e!f-;:s-eertion, which mav be Islunaeliiisli, turning th" lan I against rverv p.-a i. And it is jiut as far removed lim that weak dependence upon others which leans one to lo k ior aid "nt 11 times, and fnr constant societ v and companionship and in ainust m nt. Social intercourse anl cnvers-tMii re a pa't, and i vev l-.re put, of 11 our lives. Both improvement and pleasure dej end upon our wi ll s leeted friei dships. Still lie is a poor companion for others who can do nothing for liimself. lie wlo (ims nothing in him hus nothing o impart to his friends. He has n capital to go upon in the social ex change whic'i promotes the intelii .ient life of man. AN ILLINOIS REPRESENTATIVE TALKING- WHAT A TRUE DEMOCRAT THINKS OF TIIK PRESIDENT. Special lo t!ie I o ;i v 1 JoUl'ii.ii. ' 'otlHCT a.Mitoi. , Nov, "I Rkg--, of Il:i;.o , fi'xt D 'HiocraSs in Your corr. -pi den 2s. :r. . ,i i f : li t ; e c un i . HI- r v v d o' p:r. of d!-;tii:-t Si US ' ' V dif.t;- nun as follows veswrt:i : 'VV hat is tlie eoi i.lition Democracy of Illmo:-?"' "I have no;. Iieeo in sn. th" fState except my of.-u ince I Went ho.ue. J ml that there is consid. ia' le Taction considerably sp:.t ;v Y t oost of the Democrats wi'h x'mnt 1 -ave talked believe in Ci vei n i's sincerity and honesty: ieii. ve u hipks he is ding the best 'hn.' ioi" -us country and partv , tun thev iiif ler with hire as to his p . -Hey. I have talked whh but one man who unqualifiedly approves ty the a nini&tration. It would be no'.to s-e to say that Illinois Democrat- ;ip ,rove the President's act in pocket ing the Morrison surp'us resolution, dthough the Treasury bus don ;md is aollt doing that U.insr now T ;ey ire not satisfied with his ap; l:.tioii of the Civil service lfi'v to wit-ees vhich it does not apply. It is no:i -.ene to think that any course vhic!. ;nsy be pursued by this A dm its ration will in iaeo any considerable SianSer of ltspufc licans t o v,:c with thf: Demo Ttits in a national co'ite-.',. In Illinois they are as much :tt ich .'A to their partv as thc'3- hive been Heretofore, an I wil! come us .lcitr voting for iu a a ma- s a-, ever b: fore." fUen you think the De n'-ei r.tie iiarty is approaching a cmsh in listory?' 'Yes, sir , should we be b atcn in 18H8 it migh; prove lata'. ' 'Supposing such a disaster as a Republican victory then, wil the 11 pubiica ,5 permit the .'emocnirs in o:iicc to remain there.'" -I hey wil tbr w o .t all ! em 0 crats;thev openly sh , so." Mr. lii gs closed his 111 -r iev by saying: 1 ue ia;so idea ol ibis A b'i nis tration is that if 011 put a 111 111 m oiiice he is pract ch iv i':i bid-l-ii t ,olvoMte Democracy . 'o.v. u i e- mociacy is right he i.ugUi n t ii forbidden fo advocate if : l ! I vi'. g ;.e ought not to i ave n I tice I nou d nor Mibmit to it as far as ! am c- cei'-.ed "r ent oef re the people and iusiVied that : le-s.oeracy was right ; tin people said amen - e would have J)e,,o racy. aud the Administration leaves Republicans iu o lice " What'eourse would you r c iu 4 mend t he President to p asue:"' 'To faithfully and c ncientious iv enforce civil service re for n ; where applicable 1 ut hr.uest 1) i 0 crats in office and make a Demo cratic Administration of it. That was tbe decision of the people in 1884. Our of tbe bes things be has done was his lett r t sto-ie." "Is not the tariff the only issii-.:!'7' 'In my part of Illinois it 's the dominant question." "And, therefore, yon think it ne cessary Congress should take deci sive action according to the plat form of '84?" "Yes, I do. certainly." "Let the people' r til is the b?st motto. Thy may get. wronj for a -vhile but they will oet right ag .in, rhey are genrallv in re apt to be xLt than the office-seekers or rings r who wish to co.itrol them.. e are ilwa'-s satistiel with the expressed wishes of a majority of th people, though they be contrary to our nm ,recor.CiMVed opinions. Wayereson Headlight. f rK.
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