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M«KINNEY, TEXAS. TIIVHSDAY, JUNK 5. IHK"
CNINDKKWKU NKWM.
TUt> King uf 8in in has
rkildreu.
II. 8. Uronl, Jr., fo,(M4>
IvkufH ol Kcely m« toi* stock.
Uordoit says he has
«it owl a newspaper iii live
Mil LI NOLO.
IIOKKIItLK Al t lOKVr. AOOKRHNTO WOOLOkOWKIM
A Jobuaon County Farinor Plooc- 'Fifteen Workmen Mangled and
•ejfhdnthv offices only m li run
dldntcs :i are in favor of mir-
ed by a Fakir.
UKTMI.N OK T1IK M'llKMK SO M'l
C'K-iSKl LI.Y XVoltKHO.
Mr. A. J. Puttnrlcld, a
son county farmer. was in th<*
Chan. Garner, of Ouingsville. c ity yesterday making diligent
y., killed a wild while parrot., inuuirieM after a young man
,. .... . , sailing under the name of < eo.
Six distilleries of urliaim M,lwm wj)0 had formerly work
onn., are making •—*—
hite-hazel.
horri
account
th«' following
of a wivek: A xxest hound
freight collided with lie- gravel-
train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad one mile oast of Con-
m'llsvilU*. A number of labor
Tho Document Adopted by the He- j uualt'l v i r* !«•«*(intc and en
tional Convention et Chicago, j ?o inigittg Hie gn at interest of
sheep hu.-baudrx bx voting to!
iv«£orc the wool tin ill'of 1K«'>7,
St iis
prwtcctixc as those embodied in
that act. i
BuruodPto Death in n Railway
Colli at on.
1 At the National Convention
A dispatch of a recent date ill j of the \N\wd Urowern and Sheep " " • T ! |'#V .JV,1/1 iV.'.,
;!"■ /IVI.-flau, «iv« ..r jjuui SX5*?J£Z~£t
* Ik hold in t hlengo. on the itttu of
HKS MI TLKK TO TMI
The Anti-Mouopoliata and
buckcm He lot. t him to Lei
Them 10 Victory.
May, ISM. and which was at-
tended hy delegate* from twen-
ty State*, " toinialW*« waK ap-
pointed to draw up ail address
to the wool grower* of the couii-
iftt ac
The
KugHsli diooling clubs have
tilled 807,UtM) pigeons
extra of ..a'foi' iiiin as"a farm hand and </rs were killed at*l man; were try for the purpose o? arousing in!l*1 Vli'^1 \ « w!"r
with whom he recently had smut* injured. & them to a pro tier ivali/atiou ol —.ii — t... i.......
business transactions that are 1 he scene of the disaster is
the !iot at the "present time verv 0,4,1 sharp curve jU**t west ol __
i satisfactory to him. The fact is the S| or Sand Works. 'I he they w ould rescue Lite great ill
Mr. l'otteffleld is mad ami is freighttr«iii> wa*heavily loaded dus'try in wliieii they are engag
report was unanimously
adopted. The remainder of the
gflmuon was spent in discussing
im*tiiods for united action in the
iMPmal political canvass ami
.* ..-JKX, SK ..w ,r;; w t.\l
mediate ami energetic action, if
Mami
it Friii
|agton
Fate: irk J. KitagcrnM, the
ter of the recent six day
itran contest at New
fork, wears a No. 10 shoe.
XJ1K HtlON I Ml A HIT KO.
Towna Villages wd Cultivatad!
' Field* Can Be Boon.
At the astronomical observa-
tory at Merlin, says a trnnsia
We give below the platforms
of both parties that oitr read#
may kn w just how nim-li
groin Hen ran cover: >
I'l vTKOIIM or 'I'llK ANTt MONO
I'Ol.lnT XOoCTKtt SI A V 14.
The Anti Mono|mly organiza-
tion of the I'liitcd States in eon
ventiou assembled declares:
I That labor and capital
should be allies, and we demand
for ln.it h by
~ m \Z « km * • ^HHI
£tSs\? ? r1 - ^
en i. . *t- —— . _
5
t
111 (lie not at the present time very on a suarp curve junt w
t live yeiVTH. . t(t lilm Tlu« fiii'l i« the S|*M* Sand \N ol'ks.
Tl,,,r< "n-itUi- ir\T.e ({''rent'- thirsting '^v "yiiutig^ MasoiiN witi, ore. Thagmve! train con- .id fruiu ith prnwat dt |i titee4
ntinir Office at Was - About a moi^i ago Manon 11 <? ««i*tk a. and fToni impeiidiiig
nttng nut at ^ a. n hit^nuif nt the io^y^faLoiit Hfty men from the Pitta- dangers of a still more serioun
S W IWl. juaiur...
employment. The farmer who were on then way to Ohio Pvle The nndereigued meiulM*vs of tioii from Nva 1'reitsen llelsing
saw at a glance that lie was not j ra4ls4o work on the grading the committer firmly believe for, a discovery has lately been
used to hard stated, for a double track on the east that the existing Mad condition ,,4^1... w hich, * without doubt,
but Minion iiicusicd that lie • ' end of this divUioii. Moth trains of tile interest you rejinwMiot hae will cause the greatest sensa
•re going at a high rate of been brought about largely, if Hon, not only among the adepts
.•ceil and came together with a not altogether, by adverse Con- in science, but even among the
terrible crash. The engines regrcssioiial legislation, and that ,H(M| |,.„riied. Prof. Hleiidmatin
mailied on the track and tele-1 it will not. agnitt be prosperous in that cit\. lias found, beyond
scoped each other into the until Congress shall reverse its . tt doubt, that our old friend, the 1 will be secured,
smokestai ks, but the heavy net ion of the last sustdou and | moon, is not 11 moon, is not a Tothisemi we further declare:
n-et-s
incut |'
•mil mo.
ijunutities
demand- of iv |
w itli the iin'ii^
ami 1 lie drveloj\ j
dlptiries. We dell
-tilutioti of gr<
tioiuil bank
|21 ,f)
* j| I 5 -2 S I
jlLltri' r ? iKith !>y Hiiilivlnry '• P m S v
. i-lttltl. of .ill 4-.ii.-t pri.T l'"v ' ' r
III Itt"
itimls
jlyiu
<4 government tl
snv«
As our name iudi. ;i
iiitiioual party, U
obtaiulntf' J
it they
Joseph Took has a relic of the to get work or starve, and p.
Iiiciunati riot in the form of a mised to give satisfaction. He
MitT^ermade from a piece of was citmfovcd, and up to the
tele^rauh t* le that was shat- j ilay of Ids departure, which was
«wd by Duliets. a week or so ago, lie made a
leg«
'J That corporations, thecrea
tu res of law, fin mi Id be control
led l>\ law.
8. That we profHise the great
est reduction possible in public
expense.
4. That in the enactment ami
vigorous execution of just laws,
equality of rights, equality of
burdens, eipiaiity of priv ileges,
ami equality of powers in all
w hu h sa\ ed our count r\
time oi ,\ a-r and which ha- i i\ • n
it prosperity and happiness in
peace. We coudcillll tin
fio east, no west, ho norl
south, aad ha* tug no sectl
pr- indices, we can pro]
place in Humiliation for the h
offices of the state Candidat
retire-1 from any s^s-tloii of tin- I iiioiiT
men! of fractioiuit i in reiirv and appeal t ' all w hobe|ie\«« in
smaller deuoatinuiioiis of our princlph s to a d us b> voice
greenbacks, and demand their and pen and votes^.
It is claimed that the Missou- lm'id. Mr. Potlerfleld
j,js tenders jumped into the air and restore the mtes of duty to those mete lantern which kindlv fur ,r>' "l^,, •'
>alfcniif-ll-i- jlI mfnir Si was so well pleased with
l-.uU l!!I!wI M , rnll c' «ork that he raised his wages, fell, the freight tender upon its w hich prevailed under th« taritf li^rlit for theUing youth
■- — - ..ii In the nieuiitime letters began i engine, and the gravel train oi I8t 7, by which, for the lirst and gas companies of oiii planet
tender back upon the lirst car in time in th«- industrial history of but the aliode of
the country, equitable relations Ij^ctit beings, for
lion of living sjieelmetis of all
Uants mentioned in the Hible.
:s,
•ktlin L. Sullivan, the pugilist,
|ias been giving liis views on
tell and things, lie says that
West has more "suckers,"
iliile In the Kast few people
ink from a jug.
"Tli« Life of Queen Victoria."
'®arah Tyler, edited by Lord
"ittower, will be issued in
, fie vera I members of the
ly assisted in its p:e-
uiau caim into a
ewsjiaisT ollice and
i"! •scribe to the pa-
long do you want
rasRMV the clerk, ".less as
as it is, boss, if it don't lit
^shelves, 1 kin t'ai a piece oil'
liyself."
The Franco-Chim e treaty
lias been signed and now France
pill turn her attention to Moroc-
jo, the reported rupture with
lvhich power has been confirm
u
flu'ti. Trcvino tellx a r p ti ter
f the Houston Post that lie will
pport (ten. Diaz for next
'resident of .Mexico, and will
liimself I** a audidate for the preferred to make his own way
•residency the succeeding,},, the world. The farmer ail
mired the pluck of the young
man and told him lie would ad
vaticc him to go and get
his property.
r:tuch and told
man tint he would give him an
in!.'rest. He read nil of Mason's
letters, which conlirtued all he
had said of himself. However,
lie telegraphe 1 to the authori-
ties of Mexico to know if the
In the meautiuu
coming to Mason's address,
bearing the post-mark of Mexi-
co Missouri. On the envelopes
of these letters was the name of
a law linn of that city. Mr. P.,
who generally got the mail, ob-
served these letters and one day
Mason who appeared to be deep-
ly distressed asked for a lay off
saying that the letter Mr. P. had
just handed him brought him
the sad news that his uncle who
was very wealthy had died, be-
(j neat lied to him his property
valued at $:K).ikn). He handed
the leMer to Mr. P. to read. The
envelope had the name of the
law firm on it. and the letter
which had the name of the firm
signed purported to be from
them It. corroborated what
Mason had said, but siajreg that
' it would require froiM^Brrtn to
Sil.l'OO to place the ffftnerty
readily in his possession. Mason
said lie had no frie ds to w hom
he could look for help. In tin*
meantime he talked about start-
ing a sheep and cattle ranch as.
soon .is he got possession of his
wealth, lb* had all along told
Mr P. ghost stories a- to why
h< v.-,-uM n< t liv" at home, lie
tlie rear of it.
Here was the scene of death.
Six men were killed outright
in litis car. and four others fnst
cued down by the broken tim-
bers were roasted to death, the
car catching lire front the over-
turned stove and burning up
before the stupefied survivors
could comprehend the auful
situation of their shrieking com-
panions. Three nteli escaped
from tin
said that tin* fire could liavi
been extinguished had water j
been applied in time.
The wreck itself was aghast '
ly sight. At the side* of the
car that was burne I could be
seen -sitting amid the glowing!
embers, twisted iron r<> I.:, an ! |
dead ashes three grinning
sk- h ton.-., one sitting bolt up- •
right, apparently peering into
th<- Haines that had smothered
out his Iif,. as well as those of
his companions.
When the wreck was cleared
away it was discovered that j
twelve persons has been injured
and fourteen more were dead or j
missing. The bodies of ten of
tin
Tli
living, iulcl
which he is
prepared to furnish proof most
convincing.
This question has agitated
humanity from time immemorial
and has been the object of the
gieatesi interest. Hut thcopiu
ions have always differed vciy
widely, and no two minds held
Idectiou.
Tin • cost of printing the recent
jariff ki leeches ill tile Congres-
sional iteeord is said to exceed
(llO.tMX). There ought to be ,t
brohibiton tariff on ch.pe,-
Monal winll.
A large number o/ tin* Iowa
bublic schools w ill take part
In the proceedings of the Na-
tional fc.ducat.ioi . I .\-"sociation
it Madi sou, Win., in July.
Sections fin a nd ?'. iff the new
School law conflict. Section .* <>,
[riving tuition paid by pupils,
over and under scholastic age,
Jo trustees for the benefit of itr
llistrict or community, and sec
liou 7M declares tiiat the teach
| r*nh:ill be entitled to it.
'What ails you?" asked
|'ones of a notoriously poor
rtor whom he met the other
liny: "you look ill," "Sol am.
friie doctor says my liver can't
fief, "Remarkable similarity b« -
hveen you and your liver!" sai<l
lon**e^ts he walked on.
"If a man has good health."
•marks some philosophical
paragrnpher, 'it is unfair to ask
|t'ie lord to give him anything
dse, because he ought to get it
for himself."
It is not generally known per
|haps, that "Mormon" is a pure
Ml reek word, signifying monster. •
l)|ow Joseph Smith, the fouuder
lof this sect, hit upon the word
lis not authentically known.
[Probably if he had been aware
[that it was adopted by ornitho-'
[logists as a scientific name for
certain web-footed water birds
whose grotesque countenances
justify the appellation,he would
have 'tried t. dream out a less
(objectionable title for his book.
—^ustin Capital.
Parrots are queer creatures,
and. like monkeys, sometimes
seem very much like a bur |
lesquc upon humanity. One
South American bird had un-
fortunately learned on ship
imnrri the use of profane lau
gunge. The mate, a little
ashamed of the creature's juo-
fanity undertook a cure by
ilotising it with a bucket t f wa
ter at each offense. Polly evi
dentlv itnbibeil the reproof, for.
tltiring a gale, when a heavy
nea broke over a hen coop and
deluged hens and cocks pretty
thoroughly, she marched up to
the dripping fowls and scream
1 out: "Been swearing again,
nin't ve r
It has been agree 1 to report
favorable tin* bill granting
City, Fort Scoot and
Iroad the right of w ay
were established between duties
on w ool and those on woolen
gowds.
It <*itit be conclusively shown
that the tariff' act of that year
gave to American producers of
both wool and woolen goods
steady markets and a secure
expansion of production; and one and the same. Already in
that 111rough this expanded pro nucieut times the belief prevail
• Suction it gave consumers t><i tlla( |||ol,n W|IS j,,},
car, and one of them ! cheaper wools and woolens than vvj,|, some higher organ., d in
' ' " ' " were ever bt^fore known in' tellcctual I cings. somewhat re
America.and brought the prices i s,.,„|,ling man. ami in order to
lor all goods of ordinary wear communicate with them ile-
al i of many for line and luxuri >;.r?|,l v enthusia ts planted
• .us wear lower or a* low as are 1HAVS 01 tlV(.^ ..miles in
known in Knrope or elsewhere. |t.llKlj, as j(J ft)nll iiUUiv
The tepeal of the tu rift'of 1807 j t,f ,|lt. Pythagorean iheorono
on wool and wooIoiib was not, -pi,,, ri.|,.|„:;,tcd ast,'onomer S. h
asked for, as has been alleged, ,.,„j
by the conservative business1
sentiment of the country or by
any con. iderable number of the
Americau people. I t w a s
brought about wholly through
tho efforts of importers and
others interested in securing in
the I'nited States a market for
foreign wools, aided by a few
parties who desired to make use
dead have been recovered.! of the foreign product as a whip
others are supposed to have | with which to subdue the A inert
•r, f'i the beginning of I tie
present ccnti.rv, fancied that lie
could deti-ct places on the stir
face i f the uioi n which periodi
cally grew 'i■ • hter :>nd dark -r.
fa<*t
that
lie i
the
lel'ived
plieilo
I | • I « l l < 'I 'MftHlli; I • I *
During the la^l f. w }'«weut of |,m fa« e Hurenus « :
\ ver. the idea of 'labor statistics must be estab
Mas. n talked ottiers were so
the old gentle- shn^.eies. < tin
been completely consumed. Of
those recovowd oul\ two could
be posil i \ ely ilidentified. The
(tilers were so burned as to be
of the injured
died on his way to the hospital,
making fifteen deaths.
Opium EatnitTonTho Increase.
The opium habit is spreading
in this country, and especially
,caa m:1.!1' 't 'in ! nien.ice .\ *i « i -
can prodin i>r., ui on whom they
were necessarily compelled to
rely for uim tenths of the wool
required in this business.
The combined influences, un-
patriotic and uti American, led
to the passage of the unwise,
abortive and suicidal tariff act
1 of 1HKI, to which we firmly be-
lieve may be attributed the
condition of
t
\
law firm was O, K. The answer among the higher classes, pro- present depiessed
was flashed back that they were fessional people for the most! the wool iudustn
straight,responsible men. With part. Morpnine. which you know
Yoll lime dollbth'SN, gentle
this assurance he handed Mason Is six times the strength of op! men. heard much of late touch-
xtraeted from it. is the big tin
the Al.'iiM) and bid him ({od
speed. Days have come and
gone since his departure, but
Mr. Potfertield has never re-
ceived the telegram or letter
Mason promised to write. As
um. and
favorite form in which the drug
is used. The habit is usually
contrarted quite innocently,
perhaps through a physicians
prescription, persisted in with-
soundness of the policy
I of' putting "raw materials of
manufacture," including wool,
on the fiee list. We trust you
will resent such propositions,
whenever and wherever mad**.
and ft ten this
the conclusion
uieiion was a proof of existing
\ egretu'-ion
de ad en, how
life on tin moon In been held
up to ridicule, and totally -corn
, e I by men of learning. Hut,
•|e i i'h'des j. j| is now proved
tu be cot red.
H\ accident Dr. niendmann
found that the observations of'
I the moon gave but very unsat
isf-ictory results, oh ing to the
intensity of the light power of
the moon's atmosphere, which
is that il affects tlie correctness
of tin* ob<er\ at ions in a very
high degree. lb' then coilceiv
ed the idea to make the object
glass of the refractor less seasi
live to the ia; s of liui't. ami for
that purpo. • lie darkened it
with the mho!.' of camphor, li
is f||e dllt\ of the
tjovernment to immediately e\
erci.se its constitutional prero
gatives to regulate commerce
among the States. The great
instruments b\ w hieli this com
nierce is cat t ie 1 on are trans
port at ion, money, and the trans
mission of iulelligeiK'e. They
are now inerciles.s|> controllrd
b\ giant monopolies to the iiu
po\ erishmeiit of labor,the crush
tug out of healthful competition
and the destruction of business
security. We hold it, therefore,
tdc the imperative ami i tunic li
ate duty of Congress to pass all
nerd fit I law ■. for the control and
regulation of tlte.se great agents
of coin t tierce in accord a nee u i i 'i
the oft repeated d>-«i.si on: of the
Sispn me Court of the V'uite !
S'atc.'.
ft. That these liuitiopi .lie
which have exacted from entei
prise su^h heavy tribute, have
also inflicted cou.it'e .. . i.-s
upon the toiling millions of tie
I'liitcd States, and m s \ stem of
reform should commend itself
to i iii
Hlppofl of the pi
w hicli does in ,| protect the
who earns his bread by
i >p!e
man
i he
>f
took mot.i
before he
his right d
the gins-,
of
• \ I'l l inieiiting
si. ded iii finding
egi of ohsciil il \ of
i-int when fi mi 11 \
found lie then with tin- refractor
t <«>k a verv accuratv photo of
time sped on he grew uneasy out his knowledge. Once fixrtl, with tlteindignation which they
and telegraphed the law firm, it is impossible for the habitue greatly merit. Wool is the the moon's surface.. This In
They answered that they had to leave it without assistance, finished product of a million placed in a sun microscope
no such dint, tml Hmt he had He may accustom himself t«j ^ wlm, linv« l y > whi<*h gave the picture a
lished. boih Slate and National;
• arbitration take the p!„sntfe''
brute foice iii the • 'tlenient of
disputes between cniplov er and
| eiiqil<;\ ed; the >iutioi,;;( ei^hl
hour law be |ioiiesil\ enforced;
the iniportntion of foreign labor
under contract be mad.' illegal;
and w luitever practical icfoims'
nun be necessary for the pro-;
lection o'" united labor nui<t I <•
e ranted. to the end that unto the
ti i!i r shall be j_d\en tlmt pro
portion of the profits of the
l lung oi \ alue created w hich his
labot bears to the ce u ' | pro
duo ion.
' ?. That we Approve and fav or
the passji^r of an Interstate
Commerce bill. Navigable wa
|eis should be improved by the
t iivernuie||t and be free.
y. We demand the pa\meui
of the bonded debt as il falls i
due; I lie elect ion of I Iii ted States
Senators by direct vote of the
people of their respective States;
c\ i<!. . ii \ . .•( .. ui
Mason had a confederate
Mexico, who stole stationary
from the law firm and wrote the
the letters to him. Mr. Potter-
field thought that a man of
as much cheek as Mason would
probably stop over at Dallas
for a few days, lie is on his
way to one of the northwest
states, where he uitdersfauds
Mason has a chum living. Dal
las Herald.
< uniwiii oiiiiei II in f ( • ' (lit ii ^ii « ' tit* |ni i MM II
«! eu. Of course taking from fen to twenty grains of intelligent and patient labor nmctcr of f(.' I 2 feet. The
a •_ r:
,.l< 1
H'ejue fax; 11"
day. I once had a patent who
look 130 grains daily. Was lie
cured i Certainly. Hy regular product
but graduul reduction in the
re-
ntal the expenditure of large velation was most startling. It
sums of money brought their perfectly overturned all hitherto
• r- 11 L ^
•ill.
to tin
standard of exi
present
fence.
high
amount of his dose. Such cases
require the most careful watch
ing and medical oversight. The
only absolute security is in iso-
lation. for relapse is commonly
fatal. Dr Meylert, in New-
York Tribune.
A Wonian'Tsfrftnj?o Droatn.
TKLKUIIAMN.
Shermsn, May 211.—The case
of Mr. Prentiss, The Dettison
rapist, was called this afternoon
in the district court, and it ap-
pearing that the special venire
was not served in tune to make
the panel legal, the court of his
own motion refused to set the
case overatiother day and or
dercd :t continuance to the fall
term. ^ ^ ^
IMS \ STIiO I'S KLOOJIS is SI* A IN.
Madrid, May 2<J. -The floods
in the south eastern provinces,
about Murcia and Alicante, are
become alarming. Winds town
have been cut off. and the crops
over a large extent of country
have been completely des-
troyed. Many families have
been rendered homeless, (lend
nrtnes and sailors are conveying
provisions to tin* destitute and
making every effort to rescue
such of the inhabitants as are in
danger. The inundation exceeds
that of 1F7W.
To class it simply as "raw
material," as something that
has been produced almost with-
out cost or the cxpenditur" of
time and labor, is an injustice
against which, we trust, you
will enter un effective protest.
The arguments used in defense
of the principle of protection
apply at least
entertained ideas of the moon's
surface. Those level plains
which formerly were held to be
oceans of water proved to be
verdant fields, and what former
ly was considered mountains
turned out as deserts of sand
and oceans of water. Tow ns and
inhabitants of ail kinds were
plainly di -cernible, as well as
signs of industry and traffic.
The learned professor's sted\
and observations of old buna
will be repeated every full moon
Oil Friday night a young wo-1 nlW forcibly to
man of this city dreamed that 1 woV' MM, *°. ""J article on the
she saw a friend of hers play tariff schedule. <{rowing wool ^
the important part of bride in a ! j,8 equally wit It the growing of when the skv is clear, and we
wedding. The phantom bride's *wm1 and forests, and with the
venture to predict that tin* time
dress was as plainly port raved '"an u fact ure of iron and steel,
- the maintenance of a commer-
cial marine and navy, of a na-
tional militia, a primary ele-
ment of national defense in war
and of financial security and in
dependence in pence, the loss or
neglect of which would derange
our entire monetary system,
and place the entire counfiy, in
on the mental retina of the
dreamer as if she seen
it with her waking eyes.
The groom's appearance
was equally distinct. Yes-
terday afternoon the dreamer
'.net the bride's brother, and
learned for flu* first time that
her dream had pictured a fact.
predict
is not far off when we shall
know more about the man in
the moon than a • being an agcr/
in English politic*. Chicago
News.
I
All
the Indian territory.
Old liwh -Only think, one
missionary forIO.ikmicattnibills'
Young lady Mercy ! they must
have terrible light appetites or
aw ful big mi iouaries.
SubscHls' for the Dk 0CRAT.
(>nh *1 :i \ ear
His sister had been privately
married on the previous even
ing to a miner front Chihuahua.
Mexico; and she wore the dress
described. The visionary had
no previous reason to suppose
that the wedding would ever
take place. Here is a nut for
the mental physiologists to
crack.— Denver News.
Mr. W ay tie MacYeagh occu-
#ics the place in politics that a
tie pill «h es among purge.-,
lie .fir.* up the liver and pro
motes the flow of bile without
doing any material injury to
nuyb'tdv. His parade of the
blemishes in Mr. Arthur's re-
cord only shows how snpet tidal
tle v ate.
i;i
D' mo.vr.vt an 8 column
per for *| ;i \ eair.
pa
all its interests, in a condition
of industrial and colonial ms
salage to foreign producers
equally fatal to the happiness
and unbecoming to the dignity
ami honor of a nation w hose an
nual increase in wealth is now
threefold that of any other mi
lion, ami whose population now
give)-- if the second rank among
the civili/ed empires, anil tin-
first antoiiir free, self governing
and enlightened peoples.
The appeal finally declares
that wool growi is have a u^iii
to ask Cotigfe for the re« torn
Hon of a melinite of protection,
and concludes in the following
terms:
Finally, beliedng that des-
perate diseases require heroic
remedies, we especially urge
you to *ust<iiu at the polls f..i
Till mage sounds the key note
to universal prosperity and
comparative happiness. IK-
says: "Si defy is out of joint, or
every industrious man would
own his own house. While
many men have more than
they deserve, others do not
L'el what be!# 'Ill's to tllellt.
Things will never be righted
until every honest industrious
man owns the roof over him and
the foundation under him. Then
we shall have in our cities as
well as in country pbu es a
great multitude of old home
steada "
Il is "tntcd thai a Texas lien
sat for three day on a nest full
of luti! sfollesbefore she disco\
oreil that they were Mot eyj
The funniest part of the «tn
is that she didn't hatch out
ii e house or two. Hut
the T 'N«s liar w a- not e
u i ii ii I health
tariff, .vhich is a tax upon the
people, that shall be Hi! levied
as to bear as light I v as possible
upon necessaries. We denounce
the present tariff'as being large
ly in the interest ol monopoly,
and demand that it be speedily
and radically reformed in the
interest of labor instead of
capital.
it. That no further grants of
public lauds shall be made to
corporations. All enactments
giaiiiing lands to corporations
should be strict 1 \ construed,
and all land aitaiis should be
forfeited where
which the
have not
With. Tke
held for hollies
tiers, and must not be subject to
pun hnseor control by noii
dent fotvlgitori or other
atioits.
bt. That we deprecate the dy
criiniiiittioiM of American b
lation against tin- greate/
American Industries a
ture, by which it has
rived of nearly all wjt
egislation while fi
the brunt of ta\al i
demand for it I In
of ( love I'll men t
• ignition of it,
the develo
incut of o
peal to til
Ci i 11]ie
de.'ivo
i alert
fr*
restoration. We demand the
issiie oT the hoards of money
now locked in the I'liitcd States
treasury, by applying tlieni to
tin' pav ineiit of the public debt
now due.
'i. We denounce as dangerous
to our republican institutions
those methods and policies of
the Democratic and Republican
parties which-have sanctioned
or permitted the establishment
of laud, railroad, mone\ or
other gigantic corporate mono-
polies, and we urge - in h go\
• rniiieiit action as n ay be neccs
sarv to take front the motiopo
best lie we they cor
rttpily ami unjustly usur|er;,
atld restore them to the people
to whom i hex j us 11 x belong.
!t. The public lands In ing the
liatuitil inhuiitaticc < f the pen
pie, we denounce that Judii X
which has granted to corpora
t ons va-1 tracts of land and ih •
in.'i'i I that imiuciliate <n I \ ig>>r
• as men ure be taken to re
daoii from -ui It c< i poratioii-
f 'I I !u jieople - U c "'ii j I.. 11. |i
il uiMt laud gri.nl - as have
been forfeited by reason of non
t>11iIbnet11 of contracts, or that
na.\ Jiav e been v\ i<>i:t fully ac
qliil'd b\ i . .1 III pt leu'isla I loll.
ami th.it on h railroad lands and
other public domains, be hence
forth held as a sacred trust, to
be granted only to actual set
tiers, in limited quantities, and
we demand alien ownership of
laud shall lie prohibited.
I. We demand congressional
control and regulation of inter
late commerce \\ e 11 eiii Ulici
pooling <tock, wall ring ami di-
et 11uinat ion in rates and chilig-
and thai Congress shall cotject
the- e abuses, <-\ e|| if iieccssai x
by the comiiructioti of national
railroads. We also demand the
establishment of a go\eiumviit
postal telegraph system.
fi. All private property, all
I- t ins of money and oVligntioiis
to pay on money should bear
I licit' Ju l proportion of public
faxes. We di liiitiid a uraduat
ed itii'i me lax.
n We demand an antidiora
tioii of tiie condii ion of labor Uy t
i*nfi• i'i■ iin? sanil.arx laws iu in •rhv gn
dust i in I establishments; by the
aludition of convict labor; by
the I 'gid ivspect ioli of lliines
and factories; by the reduction'
of hours of labor iu industrial
establishments; by fostering
•dm aiioin'1 iv .ions.ami by
aooiishing child, labor
7. We condemn all importn
lion of contracted labor, made
with a view of reducing to star
vatioit wages the working nu n
of this country, and demand
laws lor its prevention.
M. We insist oil a coustiiu
tional amendmi'iit reducing the
terms of 1 'lilted States Senators.
W. We demand such rules for
the goxeminent of Coiigre s as
shall place all representatives
of the people Upon ail equal
footing and take awax from
commissioners a veto power
than that of the P
'Working and Thinking.
It is no less fatal error to de-
- j ii se labor, when it is regulated
eg united
tie ihiojr
bx intellect than to value i -r
it ■> ox\ u sake. NY e arc always^-
tu these days tryiug to separate
the two; we want one man to bo
always thinking and the other
to be"always working, ami we
call one a-'gentleman and the
other an operative; whereas the
work man ought o.icti to be
thinking and the thinker often
to be u.ttkiiig, and boili h uld
I), gejj| b'ttteli ill the bf si - rise.
As it is, \s> uiaktjjbboti: ungen-
tle. the one eiiv-yinffc th" other
despising his brother, and the
nia.-s oT society is made up of
nioriiid thinkers and miserable
workers. Noxv, it is only by
labor that thought can be made
healthy, autl only bx thought
thai laimi can be made ha111iy;
atid the profession- •'hould In*
liberal, and there should bele- •
ptid> felt in peeuliaritx of m
plox meat and more In < \i d-
Ie||c•• oI ,11 ilicVCUICtlt U i' kill.'.
Three Thtiiga,
ed
ance
lixiiit:
oSpei
"man
met a
old me
E#
cJii
going
f -kin
1 (
Said a di-tingut
bishop; " Take aw
and what a moeketv
philosop*
thought
book tliiuf
of Jesulv
could havcl
it had not
First. 1 am
somewhere
they can ft
obtary ray
da I kit ess. '
lite st >ne hi i
a mother.
iu the dark
going, ami she lean#don
smcii arm, as the child gt
sleep on the breast ofits tin
I know that It was not. Tint
lie said. \'. 11Si teal's in hi • ey
'I have illicit motherless dan,
tcrs. They have no piv.-.Ttt
littf uivself. 1 would rather W V
X.
/
• h" lWhwni
1 on\Couu9i:
. %a.
matt
11 In-ill t Im n leave I In ;n iu f)iS^ .
jsiiiful world if you would blV
il
,i o
loll pi
Th
«fr <Huii
T.i — | jf^|^Mj |i
neither gw-i
was either ti
iSu i ie i was
ing. tirat
smiled. II
very absi.
Mi lion
even irrltat
to ci.uxcitation. t iCTrvvai.
tluuig hcoploimai dcV iui;
in public address' .
meagre and dull in < !m
discourses, Virgil w; li
in couxi isfitioii. La '0i
appeared heavy, nut
stupul he could not -j
descriI e w hat he had ,/•
but ibeti he wa^ fhe i
I* eiry. t linuccr'-. « Met
imTN' a'jl
• i «'d M
mi resi y
corpor\"W ^
e/ ^
V
/
id MM of
bcHfl Mg1^ate 1 nml
itinities for nearly b
is not now and never
♦Mled unless Iiy the
of the interest taxa
is ti convenient Issui
lllcd when he pei
1 over abuses iu th
"/'• we fa vol a
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