St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 11, 1880
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Lyman Trumbull is sixty-seven years old, the Democratic politicians must. auiy consider tn nominating a Presidential candj. date—a fact silence as to which avails nothing except in doing infinite harm to the party. It it is, however, asking too much of the R. somewhat from his ‘financial vagaries, but | itis notknown to what extent his record BY JOSEPH PULITZER. will affect him in the canvass. Indianais a — i = Boge ES 3 J 8 St. Tonis Post-Dispatch [Bntéred at the Post-OfMiec at st. Louls, Mo., as econd class mail matter.] “Phe Only Bvening Paper in St. Louis TERMS OF THE nal r. Ome year, postage pad... 89 OO Bix months. SCC SSS ER CHSC Cee ERE ee a 50 One month (delivered by carrier) Dy the week (delivered by carrier) THE WEERLY. Bix months. postage pald............. 8333 des OE Specimen numbers sent free on application. ‘Terms—Cash, invariably in advance. Money may be sent at our risk by Post-office order, @raft, registered letter or in postage stamps. Correspondence and news are al Ays desired, but letters must be briefand must have the genume mame ot the guthor to be considered. Postmasters and agents may retain ten per cent of all subscriptions at abeve rates. This paper may be found on file at George P. Row- ell & Co.'s Newspaper Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce street), where advertising contracts may be made for it in New Lora All busin2ss or news letters or telegrams should be addressed, POST-DISPATCH, 111 North Fifth Street. — 2+ aMUSEMENTS THIS EVENIBG. ~ PICKWICK THEATER—Girofie-Girofla. UHR{G'S. CAVE—Doctor of Alcantara. THEATRE COMIQUE—Variety Performance, AN EXCELLENT WAR RECORD! Under no circumstances can the division of the Union be conceded. We will put forth every exertion ot power; we will use every policy of conciliation; we will guarantee them (the seceded States) every right and every consideration demanded by the Constitution and by the fraternal regard which must pre- vail in a common couptry, but we can never consent to the breaking up of the union of these States or the destruction of the Consti- tution.’’—({Horatio Seymour’s Inaugural Mes- ; sage on the Ist of January, 1863, assuming the Governorship of New York. } „ou have made the Custom-house a center of partisan political management.’’— IR. B. Hayes to Collector Arthur, January 31, 1879. Cusa, which is in a chronically unsettled condition, has been jarred by an earth- quake. There is evident need of a strong man down there. INTELLIGENCE comes from Washington that perhaps Seymour will accept. It will be so unanimous that he won't be able to resist the pressure. “Gross abuses of administration havq cominued and increased during your in- cumbency.’’—[John Sherman to Collector Arthur, January 31, 1879. "= Mr. Ti.pen’s bureau is supplying in- formation to its organs touching the state of Mr. Seymour’s health. This would seem to be a subject for the Gramercy Park people to handle gingerly. — —y— . _._ a — . — Wim a deep sense of my obligations under the Constitution, I regard it as my plain duty te suspend you in order that the office may be honestly administered.’’—[ R. B. Haves to Collector Arthur, January 31, | 1870. — GEN. BELKNAr has been heard from. He publicly declared in the New York Post- office last Tuesday that Gen. Garfield was the most corrupt man in America. Bel- knap is an expert and his opinion is worth a great deal. . HARTRANET, one of the chiefs of the cor- rupt Peynsylvania ring, has been named by Sherman for the Collectorship of Philadel- phia, by way of punishing MeManes for treachery displayed at Chicago. Kemble, who recently emerged from the Pennsyl- vyania penitentiary,ought to be remembered about this time. AYTER much tribulation, disorder and actual bad blood the Kearney-Greenback party in convention in Chicago yesterday * turned out a platform full ‘of grievances and plans forthe amelioration of the con- ditlon of mankind. Being the shortest party in the country the Greenbackers are forced, as it were, to console themselves with a long platform. — — Tne Tilden nincompoop bureau is in full operation again. We are receiving a num- ber of editorial slips, circulars and pamphlets on the subject of his claims and greatness, The promptness with which they are reproduced at the corner of Third and Chestnut streets convinces us that the indiscreet friends—including, perhaps, an “uncontrollable nephew—are once more de- voting their disinterested lives to the great work. “persons have been regularly paid by vou who have rendered little or no service; the expenses of your office have increased, while its receipts have diminished. Bribes, or gratuities in the shape of bribes, have been received by your subordinates in sev- -eral branches of the Custom-house, aad you have in no case supported the effort to correct these abuses.’’—[Secretary Sherman to Collector Arthur, January 31, 1879, | FRANKLIN LANDERS, the Democratic can- didate for Governor in Indiana, is a plain, old-fasioned, self-made man, possessing many elements of popularity. He is al- most as near the people in manners and gentiments as Blue Jeans Williams. A few ete years ago he lost his intellectual balance, ‘and went headlong into the business of trying to have the country fertilized with worthless greenbacks. He has recovered union of the two factions solidly Demecratic State, and it ought to roll up a good majority this year. With Hendricks on the Presidential ticket there will be no trouble whatever about it. WE are actually pained to observe a dis- position on the part of the tow-line organ to deprive Mr. Henderson and his select squad of anti-Grant disciples from partici pating in the joys incident to the ratifica- tion of the nomination of Garfield and Arthur in Lucas Market space to-morrow evening. As a matter of fact, this is Mr. Henderson’s grand occasion. The glory belongs to him. As we understand it, the meeting is chiefly designed to celebrate the defeat 5f the third term conspiracy. It is surprising that Grant men propose to ex- hibit themselves gn this’ occasion; but Grant men, unlike Hamlet, are not pigeon- livered, and do not lack gall. They will doubtless take charge of the mecting and shout for Garfield and Glory louder than anybody; but this will not prevent Mr. Henderson and his little band from enjoy- ing the impressive spectacle. THE PROSPECTS. , Whether and how Mr. Garfield is apt to be the next President is shown by the fol- lowing from the Cincinnati Commercial, one of, if not the ablest Republican paper in the country: Both houses of Congress are Democratic, and if the power of Congress over the count- ing of the electoral vote has limitations, it is difficuit to define them. This power, we may rely upon it, the Democracy will use to the utmost. It was Congress that took the elec- tion of President in its hands in 1877, and such a prerogative once assumed becomes formidable as a precedent. Under the forms of law, the fPrestdency was decided against the Democrats, though they had on the face of the returns of votes actually cast a great popular majority,— and they submited. Ifthe letterofthe law is against the Republicans this time, they must submit, even though they have a vast popular majority, as they no doubt will out- tide of New York City and the Solid South. The Republicans must gain an unequivocal victory in New, York, Connecticut, New Jer- sey and Indiana to insure success. They can do it, but they have no spare strength. Ohio will go Republican with a boom, and that will help some, but Indiana will be the hottest battle-ground between the oceans. This, whether the Commercial knew it or not, amounts to a practical admission that Mr. Garfield cannot be elected. New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indiana all went Democratic in 1876. Their electoral votes were cast and counted against Mr. Hayes. Mr. Hayes at that time had an infinitely cleaner and stronger record than Mr. Garfield has now. Why then should these States not vote in 1880 as they voted in 1876? Let us look at this in detail. New York was lost by the Democrats last fall solely by a division of the party. Nearly 80,000 regular Democrats—yes, the most ufcompromising, thorough-going, thick and thin Democrats at that—voted against the regular ticket. They are anxious to return to the regular party feld, d will gladly and enthusiastically sup- port any candidate, whoseever he be, put up at Cincinnati—except one. Would it not be monstrous, criminal folly not to nominate a man wha will restore harmony and union in New York? But the simple 1 New York en- sures the vote of that State beyond a shadow of doubt. New Lore is a Demo- cratic State and voted for Seymour in 1868 as against Grant. Union means New York. Connecticut is a close State. Though Tilden carried it in 1876 and Seymour would be sure to carry it in 1880, we will concede it to Garfleld to be on the safe side. New Jersey is Democratic. It went Democratic even in 1860, 1864 and 1868. It gave Tilden, in 1876, 13,000 majority. It gave the same majority to the present Dem- ocratic Governor. It gave the same majority to his predecessor, Gov. Beddle. Both its Senators are Democrats. A majority of 13,000 in New Jersey—considering the smaller aggregate—is equal to a majority of 65,000 in New York. New Jersey is as sure to go Democratic in Presidential elections as Missouri. Indiana. Hendricks carried the State even in 1872 against the Greeley deluge. In every election since the State has gone Democratic by increasing majorities. It went for Tilden in 1876 in the most tremendous political contest ever made in any State, when Morton led the Republi- cans. In every election since the Demo- cratic majority has increased. The Gov- ernorship of Indiana has now been -in Democratic hands for eight years. Both branches of the Legislature are Democrag Both United States Senators are Democrats. All the Judges and State offi- cers are Democrats. There are not many sensible Republicans who do not know that Indiana is far more safely Democratic in 1880 than it was in 1876. It is as surely Democratic as Kentucky. The only differ- ence is as to the size of the majority. If, in the language of the Cémmercial, ‘an unequivocal victory in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Indlana“ is necessary to insure success, Republican success is impossible. iC. | Democratic prospects are as excellent a York, New Jersey and Indiana have 59, or twelve more than enough. New York and New Jersey alone have 50, or three more than necessary. , The question, therefore, is not to make new conquests, but to keep What we already have and what we can safely de- pend upon. It would be idiocy to experiment in Ohio, Illinois or California when the simple question is: Who can carry New York (which in- cludes New Jersey as a matter of course) and Indiana? And the echo answers from every part of the Union: ° Seymour and Hendricks! THE COLUMN ADVANCING. In addition to nominating Hon. Lyman Trumbull forGovernor yesterday the Illinois Democrats did a good day’s work in other respects. An uninstructed delegation was chosen to represent the State in the Cincin- nati Convention—a delegation known to be overwhelmingly in favor of Horatio Sey- mour for President. The adoption of the unit rule gives the State solidly to the hon- est, dignified, patriotic and pure-minded statesman of Deerfield, whom the Presiden- tial office is seeking with a singleness of purpose never before witnessed in Ameri- can politics. The preferences of the dele- gates chosen are known to be for Seymour. The special correspondent of the Republican who reported the convention says, touch- ing the unit ruk: Mr. Goudy near the close of the convention introduced aresolution instructing the dele- gates to the national convention to vote as a unit, which the Morrison men foolishly assist- edin adopting. This rule practically cuts out every other candidate having friends in Illi nois, save Seymour, from being heard of at Cincinnati, for the delegation is largely for Seymour. This spontaneous uprising in behalf of a man who persistently declares that he does not desire the Presidency—as witnessed in Kansas, where a solid delegation has been assigned to him, in Missouri, where two- thirds of the delegates are pledged to him, in Indiana and elsewhere—is a remarkable tribute to the magicof a name and the glory of a fair record. ‘There were scores of reasons why Illinois should have shown a preference for.some of the acknowledged candidates. Mr. Tilden was here in the convention through his agents appealing to amighty sentiment—the Democratic love of fairness. The story of his wrong was told; how he was elected in 1876 and de- prived of his victory through the cunning, rascalitv and treachery of the opposition. An appeal to right this wrorg must have im- pressed the Illinois yeomanry; and yet they passed by Mr. Tilden to stretch out their hands to a man who has never asked a brother’s support for the Chief Magistracy. There, too, was Morrison, a favorite son of the State, honest, faithful as the compass “and sincere as Marcus Aurelius, witn the story of an honorable life and great deserv- ings, anxious and willing to secure the endorsement of his State. Beside were two other famous I[llinoisans ready to aceept an expression of preference on the part of the convention—the distinguished soldier, John M. Palmer, and the eminent jurist and statesman, Senator David Davis. That the convention Muld have ignored the claims of all these gentlemes is simply mar- velous. In all the politics of the year there has been nothing so unexpected. It only shows eonclusively that there is spontanei- ty in the Seymour movement; that it springs from the depths of a mighty con- viction that in his name and in his alone the Democracy can enter the struggle for the Presidency with the firm assurance of success. A political movement so _ thor- oughly grounded cannot be thwarted by politicians nor balked by events. The nomination of Mr. Seymour is now as thor- oughly assured as any human affair can be. If he will accept he will surely be elected. The hour has come when the perpetyation of the rule of the Ohio Republican ring in public affairs is neither politic, nor desira- ble. — — ---- THE mercury in the thermometer has climbed up and entrenched itself in the neighborhood of the nineties and the prob- abilities are that St. Louis is in for a siege of tropical weather. Humanity requires that we should remark that it is dangerous now to walk in the sun People who would prolong their lives should avoid heavy draughts of iced water, drink spar- ingly of iced tea and fight shy of becr as well as all other intoxicants. Statistics show that when the sun starts out on a striking expedition it has a peculiar fond- ness for those whose systems are debili- tated by strong drink. Whenthe atmos- phere is muggy and moist, with no light- ning and ozone, sunstrokes are likely to be frequent and the thoughtful man who has much business outdoors will see that his hat is provided with a damp sponge or a comforting cabbage leaf. No newspaper in the country had the breath so completely knocked out of it by the collapse of the Grant boom as the New York Herald. Three weeks ago it thought it saw the nomination and election of Grant written on the wall in letters of red fire. As its business is to keep in with the | franchisement could be persuaded to fritter ber purse, of sea air, sea food, and sea bath- him by the clergyman if his partser was resigned long telegraph- pole columns about the Pas- sion Play at Oberammergau. started for Chinato marry the man of her mia to secure the news came that Grant had finally met his Waterloo the editor of the Herald sat down, tested his pen on his thumb-nail and opened up bis leader“ thus: Before proceeding to comment on the result at Chicago we m first of all congratulate the Republican party on its narraw escape from a great danger. Had General Grant received the nomination the party wöuld have been doomed. As the self-stultification of the Herald is as common as maggots in fly-time this last performance is not likely to attract atten- tion. We only refer to it in order that people who have small jobs of crow-eat- ing to perform can model after the old practitioner and gulp the mess down at‘one sitting. : — — ʒ'«“ꝓ — — — — GEN. GRANT, the massive, placid, self- poised, silent soldier, delivered a little speech to the veterans at Milwaukee yesterday. He expressed the be- lief that twenty-four years hence the country would be more _ prosperous than it is to-day. This would indicate that the General is not despondent and that the necessity for employing him to take charge of the country is not as great as some people supposed it was last week. A MORNING print, by no means remarkable for the accuracy of its reports, asserts that at an informal meeting of the St. Louis Woman Suffrage Association last evening, Mr. Roscoe Conkling’s physique was one of the subjects discussed. Within the past year or two Mr. Conkling has managed to awaken a profòund interest in himself among the fair sex, but we are ata loss to understand how the choice spirits who are devoted to the cause of en- away their time upon such a frivolous sub- ject as the physical formation of this degener- ate statesman. As a matter of fact, Mr. Conkling has no physique to brag of. Huis personal appearance is anything but attract- ive. Twenty-five years ago he was doubtless an Adonis but he walks now with a loose, shambling gait, which betrays antiquity and calcareous deposit in the joints. His shoul- ders are stooped, his erstwhile sandy hair is scarce and rapidly grizzling. It might almost be classed now as couleur de Nil. His feet— but we forget; there’s no accounting for taste. ONE wealthy lady in New York at least knows bow to make good use of her money. Mrs. Fletcher Harper, Jr., announees that the Seashore Cottage, at Atlanticville, near Long Branch, will be opened on the 2ist of this month. There, for a few dollars, any re- spectable yeung workingwoman of the city can have a week or fortnight, according to ing, provided she applies in season at the rooms of the Young Women’s Christian As- | sociation. The applicant must be able to give references. For a week’s stay, includ- ing board and railroad fare both ways, the charge is $5, and for a fortnight’s stay, $9. MR. JOHN, the talented philosopher who edits the Kirksville Demoerat, attended an oratcrical contest at a normal school in his town the other day. The prize was carried off by a Miss Jennie Dodson, whose grace and easy gesticulations and sweetness of deliverv are highly spoken of. The editor says: The Dodson family belong te our early set- tlers, and it makes us feel proud thatthe very soil of Adairevolves not only the best vege- tals, best of animals, but the most perfect of humapity, end especially reliable, intelligent and good girls. Persons in search of “vegetals,’’ fine ani- mals and otber products should make a mem. about Adair county. — — — - — THER¢¥ is a witticism almost as ancient as the red sandstone formation avout Moses be- ing the only man who ever succeeded in breaking the Ten Commandments at one time. His performance has almost been equaled by a fresco painter in New York City who killed his wife, set fire to his boarding-house, and then cut bis own throat, thus combining gracefally the crimes of mwrder, arson and suicide. Nobody but an artist and aman of genius could have conceived and executed that job. A GaLENA dispatch says that when General Grant received news of the nomination he re- marked, It's all mght. I am satisfied.’’- [Cineinnati Commercial. When the simple-minded farmer was asked hen the summons of death came, he replied, „In course she was; she was obleeged.“ — — — ONE newepaper in the eountry is at least able to rise above the arid plains of politics. In the very midst of the exeitement over the Chitago nomination the elegent Evening Poet, of New York, dumped before its readers three ON the very day that a St. Louis belle choiee, a St. Louis man departed for Bohe- a wife. These long-distance matches establish the fact that itis Cupid and not Puck who puts a girdle around the earth oceasionally. — — Iris estimated that 10,0000 persons were at Cote Brilliante yesterday to witness the equine centests. Aside from Jerome Park and Saratega. no course in the country 18 so well patronized. This would indicate that we are essentially a racing people. Tur Shernian Club of New York City has resolved that Johnis the proper person to bear the Republican standard in 1884 and has hung up the fiddle and the bow until about that time. ‘This is graceful, to sav the least. THE Chicago Inter- Ocean evidently needs a bath and a dose of bromide of potassium to quiet its shattered nerves. — - PERSONAL. —Senator Vance’s warriage will occur at Louisville on the 17th inst. —Misrs Burlingame, daughter of the late Min- ister to China, is shortly to be married to Mr. Henry Jaques, of Boston. , —Miss Longfellow, the poet’s eldest unmar- ried daughter, is described as aclever young Jady with a strong, clearly marked face much resembling her father’s. ; —General Grant’s most intimate personal | Delaware and changes but little in appearance from vear to year. His youngest child is not yet two years old. 3 Mr. Walt Whitman is traveling through Canada, where he expects to remain during the summer. The good old gentleman appar- ently has the traveling fever upon him, for he talks of journeying also throngh the South. Mr. Alfred Tennyson is, mentioned as re- ceiving $1,500 for De Prefundis, his poem ot sixty-five lines recently published in the Nineteenth Century. It John Smith had brought the MS. to the Post- DisPpatTca office he would have been kicked down stairs. Alt’s reputation, you see, is a big thing. Mrs. Garheld is a woman sweet and winning spirit, and ot Lright and cuitivatedmind. As Miss Lucretia Rudolph she was an exceedingly of a pretty and interesting girl; ani her marriage | with the General was on both sides one of ideal affection. her husband's; she has studiedſthe books he studied, taken up languages with him, and has so trained herself as to fit her boys tor college in the most thorough manner. She is an ex- cellent Latin scholar, and is also proficient in several modern languages. She is a Nttle lady, graceful in carriage, and having most frank and charming manners. 0 THE BIG GUNS. Comments of the New York Press on the Chicago Galloway Nags. CAN’T CARRY NEW YORK. From the Herald. The chances are against Gen. Garfield carry- ing New York, whose loss would be fatal to his hopes. The Republican party is weakened by the long contest at Chicago, weakened by the strenuous efforts for a third term by many of its principal leaders, weakened by its nomina- tion of a ticket which none of its members would have recommended or thought of in ad- vance, and it will have a hard battle to fight if the Demccratic party should make a reason- ably good nomination. ONLY COMMON SENSE REQUIRED. [From the World. | Mr. Garfield being merely an average Re publican candidate—a man whose strength in ho way transcends the party strength, as does Gen. Grant’s strength, forexample, and who will for the reasons we have given fail to com- mand even the party strength in the all-im- portant States of New York and Pennsylvania —it is plain that only ordinary sense and or- dinary prudence will be required at Cincin- nati to make a Democratic victory sure. Mr. Arthur was nominated, of course, to strengthen the ticket in New York,and there is searcely another conspicuous Republican in the State who could have so badly weakened it at 80 many points. The Chicago Convention, we repeat, has opened to the Democrats the road to the White House, and only wiliful blindness ea prevent the Democrats from taking it. GLORIOUS CHANCE FOR DEMOCRACY. * From the Sun. The distraction and disorganization of the | Republican forces have been fully apparent at Chicago. The period of usefulness of the Re publican party has passed away, and there is no good reason for its longer continuance. Henee its tencency to branch out into imper- ialism orto dropto pieces. What a grand opening this makes for the Democracy! If, on assembling in convention, they promptly nominate the strongest ticket they can putin the field, and all zealously unite in its sup- port, their victory is already assured. HAPPY AS A CLAM. [From the Tribune. With its best judgment the Tribune approves, with its heartiest enthusiasm the Tribune ap- plauds the work of the Chicago Convention. With whatever power it possesses it will com- mend that work tothe people, and labor un- ceasingly for atriumphant ratification at the polls. The Chicago Convention promptly rec- ognizea Garfield as its best counselor and easily its first orator. Heis even better fitted forthe Presidency than for partisan leader- ship, since the judicial temper which has some times hindered bim in Congress is precisely what will command the confidence of the whole country in the White House. With allour heart we approve and applaud the nomina- tion. The ticket tends to harmony ona sound basis, and to right ends, andthe campaign of 1886 has an auspictous opening. > How it Will End. [From the Washiugtou Post. | When tLe resuks of the Presidential election 910 figured up on the morning of the 3d of No- vember, it will be found that James A. Gar- field, the candidate of the Republican party, has carried the following States: 3 Electoral Vote. Colorado 59432: 3 Illinois . Electoral ‘ Vote. Nebraska. 23 Dress Ohio „ „ „„ „„ „ „ „„ „ „ „„ 6 „ 6 60 Pennsylvania Rhode Island... Vermont . & Wisconsin Massach usetts . uae Michigan Minnesota. leds „eee eee sducer 5490135 The following States, it will be discovered, have voted against him: Electoral Vote. Electoral Missouri New Jersey New York North Caiolina... South Carolina.... Alabama Fiorida..... cian coded Georgia. Indisna. Kentucky...... ccoce AS Louisiana.. 8 Virginia 11 — West Virginia 5 1 > dee e eee eee e ee (10 As regards the ownership of thg following States, the official count will be needed to de- termine: Electoral Electoral Vote. Vote. see ee ee J Califormt@..ccccccccee 8 New Hampshire 5 Oregon Connecticut 6 Total. eeeeeeeeeee 6 „ „„ „„ „ „6 „6 „ „„ „„ „„ „% „ „ „„ „„ „ eae The end of all this will be that when Con- gress has completed the count and settled the votes of the doubtful States in one column or another, the Democratic candidate will be de- clared President of the United States for the term of four years, beginning with the 4th of March, 1881. The Germans Solid Against 8. J. T. From To-day’s Anzeiger. The Republican publisbes in an editorial some meditations on the unanimity with which the entire German press opposed the third term and the schemes of the Senatorial syndicate, and at the same time quetes ex tracts fromthe editorials ot the German pa pers of this city concerning the Chicago nomi- nation. Such communications are certainly apropos in acity which contains such a large number of German inhabitants, and it isa matter of regret that they do not appear regu- larly as was formerly ,the case. But if these extracts are to have any practical ability in advancing a better understanding detween the different classes of the population they must be confined strictly to the truth. Why does not the Repnblican, while giving its readers infermation concerning the disposition of the German Americans towards Grant an a Third Term, at the same time say that jast great a unanimity against Tilden and his caa- didacy prevails among the Germans as did against Grant. This Her intellect has kept pace with | isa fact hien must be publican’s 3 love of truth and fraukness ty editor ially notice this fact, on the other hang it can surely be demanded that its quota : from the German papers should not be so du. guised by omissions as to convey an entirely wrong meaning. The article 71 the Anziser which the Republicay cited concluded iu these words: Nothing could be more foolish than to underestimate the strength of this candidate (Garfield) and to believe that he can be beaten by a playeg out man like Til ien or a man of second thirofrank.’’ Exactly this passage the Republican entirely, and informed #s readers that the Anzeiger advised the Democratic party to Op. pose Garfield with its best man. Asthe Ra. publican daily preaches that Tilden himself is the best man, its readers must believe that the Anzeiger endorses him. In this manner the readers are not informed but deceived. If the Republican intends quot. ing trom the German press in this manner t | had better cease quoting at all. — +-— 2 ee. The Thing Accounted For, From the Kansas City Times. & Grant should have consulted his astronomi. eal chart. Mars ie the evening star now, His ruddy glow is paling and his size diminisy. ing as he wends his way toward his setting 5 —— Stars in their courses fought agains } 8 1 f < Looking to Ohio [From the Atlanta Constitution. | Since it is becoming the fashion, why may not the Democrats 1 ush off to Onio for a part of theirticke ? How would Field and Thurtaag sound amid the clatter and crush of politicay events: A Small Pointer. | f From the Chicago Times.! In the grand hurrah over Garfield, let it na be forgotten that the majestical Burnside ha, been returned tothe Senate from the grand old State of Rhode Island. Smells the Same. [From the Philadelphia Times.! Tom Murphy might have been a better man than Arthur for Vice-President, but the Neg York Custom-house is as savory under oie name as another. Blaine Only Mistake. From the New Yorx Sun. | Mr..James G. Blaine must be convinced this time that he made a mistakein not emi. grating te Ohio in early life and growing up with the country. Waterlooed at Last. | From the New York World. | History repeats itself. After Austerlitz, Wat erloo; and sfter Appomattox, Chicago. What = rebels could not do the Repubiicaus have one. Willie’s Boom, . From the Atlanta Constitution. J Willie Windom’s little boom was carried oug on a cecomposed postage stamp. PUBLIC OPINION, Va Dangerous Crossing. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch: Seventh and Poplar streets will one day be the scene of arailroad accident in which some life and property will be lost, andthe stereotyped verdict of nobody to blame will hardly apply.. From Spruce street to Poplar the grade is a steep one, and the Fifth street cars run down the block invariably at a high rute of speed, so much so that even when their brakes are in good order they ure sometimes unable to stop on the north side of tue railroad track. Poplat street is the one means of communication be- tween the Iron Mountain und the Union be- pots, and it is constanthe traversed by freiga and passenger trains at all hours of the day aad night. ‘The unly sateguard provided tor crow ing tiavel is a watchmas with u flag, whose iv sane gesticulations are supposed to signify tit approach of a train; no gates or any otier prereivutive measure is be found at the most dangerous crossing in the city. The Fith street line hus quite a number of old cars upo the road, all of then armed with a bras which has survived its usefulness and in 80. instances is quite worthiess. In two cases the last week wren running down this grat the driver hus found the brake at ii end of the car altogether out ot order, and if the conductor had nat applied the one at th rear end there would certainly have been 4 collision; in the second instance the car wh so crowded that the conductor could not hea the diiver’scry, and it the train then goin west on Popiar had been twenty seconds ear lier there world have been a ad smash-up, and somebody would hawt been hurt. There was a panic both twee andthe cars were cleared before thejrailros track was passed, but the time will come wit the panic will happen alittie too late. PASSENGER. NORTH ST. LOUIS LOCALS. Philip Gruner, Pre-ident of the Gruner Bros. Lumber Company, is back from a trp to Wisconsin and Michigan. Late last night Wm. Wissmeyer broke tie ankle of his left foot, by accidentally fallia out of a wagon on Eighteenth and Jefferso streets. Sunday afternoon at 2 o’cloex A. S. Part ridge, State High Ranger, will institute a nes Court of Independent Foresters on Broadway and Montgomery streets, with a charter mew: bership of sixty. The rise in the river last night caugi thousands of feet of lumber in the water, am this morning hundreds of men are busy # the different landings removing the floatiif timber to places of safety. Henry Pearce, of the Fifth District, is t# tallest police officer ou the St. Louis fore, and can stuff a newsboy into his coat pocket # easily as he can a A When he patrols his beat he looks in at the second story wil dows, and rescues bailoons and ladies’ vel frcm fourth-story lodgments, and he sworn to arrest the man in the moon if he ge fullagain. His exact height is six feet seven inches in his stocking feet. A Thiet’s Attempt at Suleide. This morning August State,-a rag-pick took his wagon and drove down to the W bash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad depot # Sc:eond and North Market streets, wher without any orders, he rolled a bale of b into his wagon: and started off. Priva Watchman ©’ Reilley noticed his moveme® apd followed him to Broadway, where took him in charge, and shortly after ward turned him over to Sergeant Durdy, of t. Fourth Distriet Station. After he had ; in bis cella short time Offleer Benjamin derson heard a strange noise, and procee‘ to investigate. When he reached the cell found State with a buckle-strap around neck and nearly choked to death. The stra? was quickly severed and the man was 4% breathing easy, and will have to answer to charge of petit larceny to-motrow. The new United States Marshal, Mr. Feil Coste, is still patiently awaiting the arrival d his commission. He has had his bond vr’ pared and executed, and is ready to quajily soon as the necessary document arrives) f Wasbington, The office will probably pe ™ organized, but it is understood t 0. Ww ler, James B. Geggie and C. E. S« to be retained as deputies. The balajn¢ the emploves of the former Marshal laboring under the dark cloud of suspe New Police Stations. The Police Department is building stations, one ou erson avenue, i —
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