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83 2a VOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1895. NO. 39. mm II II 17 II TRANSPORTATION. East and South VIA The Shasta Route OF TIIE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY. 18:50 P M Leave Portland Arrive! 8:10 111 2:10 p H I iMte Albany Arrive) 4:50 am 10:45 am Arrive S. Francisco Leave! 6:00 pm A 'rave trains stop at Est Portland, Oresron City, Woodbarn, Salem, THnier, Marion, Jeffer son, Albany. Albany Juuction,Taug-nt,8nedds, Hal&er, Harrisburg. Junction City, Irving, Eu gene, Creawell, Drains, and all stations from Rosebur to Ashland, inclusive. ROSE BURG MAIL DAILY. 8:3J A M Leave 12:45 P . I Leave 6:20 p M Arrive Portland Albany Rosebnrg Air vei 4:40 PM Arrive I 1:1pm Leave I 6:00 a m Pullman B iffet sleepers and second-class Bleeping c ars attached to all through trains. 6ALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:00 P M Leave Portland Arrive 1 11:15 a m 6:16 P M Arr.ve Bulein Leave I 8:00 a m WEST SIDK IJ1VISION. Between Portland and Corvallis Mail train daily (except Sunday). 7 :W A M Leave 12:li p m Arrive Ponlaud Corvallis Arrive I 6:20 p H Leave 1 :36 P M At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Central & Eastern Ry. EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Bui day). 4745 p M Leave Portland Arrive ' 8 25 A M 7:25 P M Arrive MoMlnuville Leave 5:i,0 A M Through tickets to all points In the Eastern states, Cantdn aud Rnrone can be obtained at lowest rate from A. K.Miller, agent, Corvallis. R. KOEHI.ER, Manager. E. P. ROGEU3, A. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Or. E. McSElL, Receiver. ; VTO THE EA S T GISS THE CHOICE OF two-Itranscontinental HOTJ T IB S VIA VIA GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS UNION PACIFIC RY. DENVER OMAHA AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES , OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS .FOR.... SAN FRANCISCO For fall details call on or address W. H. HURLBURT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Ob OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R.CO. ' Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the Sah franciseo & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship "Farallon " m A 1 and first-class in every respect. Sails from Yaquina for San Francisco about every eight days. Passenger acc immodatlons unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Tare From. Albany or Points West to San Francisco: Cabin $12 Steerage ... Cabin Round trip, good for 60 days ..I 8 .. 18 tot sailing aays appiy 10 W. A. CCMMINGS. A sent. Corvallis, Oregon. EDWIN STONR, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon. CHA8. CLARK, Sup't, Corvallis, Oregon. (n) To) & IhJoIaioIimo THE NEW WAY EAST jSJj, aid 0. R. N. CO.'S LINES The Short Root? To points in WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, DAKOTAS, MINNE SOTA, and the East. Thmnrh tickets on sale to and from CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. WASHING TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, United States, Uanaaa ana Europe. -The ftrnnr. Northern Railway is a new transcontinental line. Rons buffet library observation cars, palace sleeping and hrst and second class coacnes. Having a rock-ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from dust, one of the chief annoyances of transcontinental travel. Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes. Fnr further information call a Don or write. C. S. SMITH, Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or C. C. DONAVAN, Gen'l Ag't, 122 Third Street, Portland, Oregon. wU A YOUR 51 'ecret of Beauty of the complexion, hands, arms, and hair is found in the per fect action of the Pores, produced by iitifMiF the most effective iUUui skin purifying; and J C() Ah a beautifying soap in T UUnT " the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. For distressing facial eruptions, dry, thin, and fall ing hair, and baby blemishes, it fa absolutely incomparable. Bold throughout the world. Pottbb Droo AndChem. Corp., Bole Props., Boston, U. 8. A. DR. WILSON Office over First National bank. Residence, two blooks west of courthouse. Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., 1 to 3 p. m. Sundays and evenings by appointment. DR. L. G. ALTMAN H0M0E0PATHIST Diseases of women and children and general practice. Offlca over Allen & Woodward's drug store. Office hours 8 to 12 A. SI., and 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after hoars and on Sundays. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bank. Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed Corvallis, Oregon F. H. JOHNSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Corvallis, Oregon Does a general practice In all the courts. Also agent for all the first-class Insurance com panies. NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. E. E. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Office in Zeiroff building, opposite postoffice. M. 0. WILKINS Stenographer and Notary Public Court reporting and referee sittings made specialties, as well as type-writing and other reporting. Office opposite postoffice, Corvallis, Or. E. HOLGATE. H. L. HOLGATE. Notary Public. Justice of the Peace. HOLGATE & SON ATTOJRNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallis - - - T Oregon J. R. Bbtson W. E. Yates J. Fbkd Yatks Bryson, Yates & Yates LAWYERS CORVALLIS OREGON BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the and dining cars, family tourist sleepers REPLY RECEIVED. England Sends a Messenger to Secre tary Olney. Washington, Dec. 10. The reply of Lord Salisbury to Seoretary Olney's note of instructions to Ambassador Bayard relative to the Venezuelan boundary dispute, was delivered to Secretary Olney at noon today. Sir Julian Pauncefote presented the note. in person, reading its contents to Mr. Olney as is the custom when important documents are presented. For some reason the state department officials took steps to prevent the fact that the note had been delivered gaining pub' licity, but without avail. At the Brit ish embassy there was the same indis position to gie any publicity to the proceedings. All inquiry as the nature of the note failed to secure a response from any official, and it probably will be pre served as an official secret, as far as the Washington authorities are con cerned, until the president, upon his return, has had an opportunity to con sider it and send it to congress. It is known the note is on the general lines indicated in the Associated Press dis patches this week. NEW YORK BANKS. The Weekly Showing of Their Holdings and Business. New York, Dec. 10. The New York Financier says: "The statement of averages of the banks of New York oity for the week ended December 7, shows a continua tion of the liquidation on loans, which has been a marked feature of this state ment for twelve weeks past. The loss in loans since September 14, has been no less than $83,000,000. The loan item for the week ended December 7 is only $9,000,000 in excess of the lowest point recorded during the present year, or April 6, last. Deposits, however, on that date were only $500,000,000, against $521,000,000 for the week just ended. If the gold receipts of Satur day had been figured in the statement, deposits would have shown a decrease, but the heavy movement from the in terior is clearly shown in the gain of $1,095,600 in cash by the banks. This expansion promises to continue for some time to come if the domestic ex change figures aie a criterrion. Of the cash balances it might be noted that $1,220,400 of the total amount was in specie, the total now held by New York banks aggregating $67,371,900, or a gain of nearly $7,000,000 since October 12. - The total gold holdings, however, are $14,000,000 less than re ported last February. " Insurgents Advancing: on Santa Clara Havana, Deo. 10. In spite of the reported defeats of Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maceo by General Suarez, General Navarro and General Aldecoa, the last-named being - understood to be in pursuit of the insurgents, who were believed to be caught between the col umns of troops commanded by these generals and that of General Aldave, it is now stated that Gomez and Maceo have united their forces and, 'instead of being in flight, in the province of Puerto Principe, are advancing through the province of Santa Clara. General Aldave, as already cabled, was said to be in pursuit of the insurgents after they had turned bis flank and crossed the line between Ciego de A villa and Morton, in the- province of Puerto Principe, on their way to Santa Clara. Maceo and Gomez, it is now stated, have already passed the road from Ig ura, on the frontier, to Telusco, a lit tle north of Santa Espiritu. The Horse Show a Success. San Francisco, Dec. 10. The horse show ended tonight, after a most pros perous week. All day and night the pavilion was crowded with well-dressed men and women, who gazed at each other, and incidentally at the horses. The show has been a big financial suc cess, and will be a yearly event in San Francisco. Walter Hobart, the young millionaire, was the chief attraction of the show. He entered the largest number of horses for competition, and drove and rode them himself. He car ried off nine-tenths of the prizes. G. R. FARRA, M. D. Office In Farra & Allen's brick, on the corner of Second and Adams. Residence on Third street in front of court house. Office hours 8 to 9 a. m., and 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 p. H. All ca Is attended promptly. Joseph H. Wilson. Thokus E. Wilson WILSON & WILSON ATTORNEYS -AT-LAW Office over First National Bank, Corvallis, Or Will practice in all the state and federal courts Abstracting, collections. Notary public. Con veyancing. BENTON COUNTY ABSTRACT : COMPANY Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton County. Conveyancingand Perfecting Titles a Specialty. Money to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. '. V. f . WAITERS, Prop. I umea at counnonse, vorvauis, ur. FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION Daily Proceedings in Senate and House. IMPORTANT BILLS INTRODUCED Appointment of Members on the Vari ous Congressional Committees The Senate. Washington, Dec. 7. There was a good attendance when the senate met at noon today. ' . The first bill introduced was one by Senator Mills, of Texas, for the coin age of the silver in the treasury. The bill introduced by Chandler of New Hampshire, for the coinage of sil ver at the ratio of 15 to 1, the bill to become operative when England, Ger many and France pass similar laws was listened to with great attention by members of the senate. Petitions from Florida for the recog nition of Cuba and from the legislature of Montana, against the further is suance of bonds, were presented. The resolution offered by Call of Florida was adopted, calling upon the secretary of state to send to the senate the correspondence relating to the. case of General Sanguilly, an Amerioan citizen, sentenced to life imprisonment for alleged complicity in the Cuban revolution, and directing him to pro- oure a copy of .the record in the case if it is not on file at the department. Gallinger of New Hampshire intro duced a resolution declaring it as the sense of the senate that it was- unwise and inexpedient to retire greenbacks. Mitchell of Oregon introduced a resolution,, which was agreed to, call ing on the secretary of the treasury to inform the senate why the construction of the public building at Portland, Or., for which an appropriation was made by the last congress, was not pro ceeded with. Call of Florida addressed the senate in advocacy of his resolution for the recognition of the belligerent Cuban insurgents, and for Btriot neutrality of the United States in the war. He drew a graphic picture of the ruin, misgovernment and barbarous cruelty against which the Cubans were con tending and their long struggle for freedom. He considered it an outrage that the United States should not hold out an encouraging hand to those struggling for independence. Instead of speeding Cubans on their course, he insisted that this government was ac tually retarding ifce revolution, in fact, furnishing aiat to Spanish tyranny. At 1:20 the senate went into execu tive sessicn, and at 1:35 P. M. ad journed. . The senate in executive session con firmed Matt W. Ransom as minister to Mexico. House. - Washington, Dec. 7. Speaker Reed has begun, for the first time, definitely to outline his list of committees on paper. After receiving members of the house all day yesterday, he sat down at 9 o'clock and worked until a late hour putting on paper the assign ments he had decided upon to that time. Today he gave more interviews to members and listened to the presenta tion of their claims. No information has leaked from the speaker's room, except remarks made by Reed to the friends of a member who asked for the chairmanship of the committee on la bor, which seemed to indicate that he had decided to give the place to Phil lips of Pennylvania, whose name had been presented by the labor organiza tions. The labor unions are taking an in terest in the committee on immigra tion, as well as the labor committee, and are endeavoring to bring about the selection of a committeeman who will favor Senator Lodge's bill, which, among other things, would bar illiter ate foreigners from entry. It is esti mated that not less than 20 per cent of the foreigners admitted under existing laws would be excluded by a system re quiring the ability to read and write their own language, and this is what the labor organizations wish to secure. Probably the strongest pressure be ing brought to bear upon the speaker comes from various candidates for the committee on ways and means. The Republicans will be entitled to eleven places m this body, if the party pro portion of the last congress is main tained, and seven of the eleven will be new men. The influence of business interests of every class and section has been invoked, and many letters and pe titions are pouring in. Next to the ways and means in their desirability from the standpoint of the members are the committees on appropriations and rivers and harbors, the two bodies which have charge of the distribution of the largest sums of money. Senate. Washington, Deo. 9. The new con gress up to this time has been an un usually conservative one in the matter of proposing new legislation. Fewer bills than usual have been introduced, and most of those were for projects which failed to pass the last congress. Plans for the admission of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico to statehood have again made their appearance, the first being presented by General Wheeler, who was chairman of the committee on territories in the last congress, and the other two by the new delegates of the respective territories, Murphy and Catron. The first bill introduced by McClel lan of New York, who is one of the young Democrats and a. son of General MoClellan, was one to authorize the senate to confirm military nominations made by President Lincoln, which have never been acted upon, and the issue of commissions to the nominees, stating that they were nominated to the rank conferred by Lincoln. Other of the more important bills introduced were: - By Hicks of Pennsylvania For the relief of persons who served ninety days or more in the various con struction corps attached to the army or railroads operated by the military au thorities during the war; also a bill granting medals to those who respond ed to and enlisted under President Lin coin's first call for troops. By Overstreet of Indiana To au thorize the suspension of pensions ob tained by fraud. By Meikeljohn To prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to Indians, framed to meet the decision of Judge Bellinger, of Oregon, as to the sale of liquor to Indians who have become citizens of the United States. By Wheeler of Alabama To in crease the pensions of the soldiers of the Florida war; also, providing an additional United States judge for Al aba ma. By Harris of Ohio Levying a duty on wools as follows: Wools and hair of the first class, 11 cents per pound; second class, 12 cents per pound; third class and on camel's hair of the third class, the value whereof shall be 13 cents or less per pound, including charges, the duty is to be 82 per cent ad valorem. On wools of the third class and on camel's hair of the third class, the value of which exceeds 13 cents per pound, the duty to be 50 per cent ad valorem. Wools on the skin are to pay the same rates as other wools. By Barnham of California To amend the act incorporating the Mari time Canal Company of Nicaragua. One feature of the bill authorizes the issuance of bonds not exceeding $150, 000,000, with interest at 3 per cent, to secure the means to construct and com plete the canal. All sums expended for material and supplies necessary to the constriction are to be purchased in the United States, except such as may be grown or produced in Nicaragua or Costa Rica, and no Asiatic labor is to be employed. By Flynn of Oklahoma Providing for free homesteads upon public lands in Oklahoma; also, for the opening of Indian territory under the homestead laws. By Morse of Massachusetts To re peal the interstate commerce law. By Bowers of California Prohibit ing the appointments of aliens to office nnder the government. By Southard of Ohio To enclose and improve the sites of certain forts, battlefields, and graves of Amerioan soldiers and marines in Maumee val ley. By Flynn of Oklahoma A resolu tion calling on the seoretary of the in terior for- information why - the Wu chita Indians lands in Oklahoma have not been alloted. By Hainer Amending the act for the inspection of live cattle, etc , by giving the secretary of agricluture au thority to have all carcasses, con demned as unfit for food under the act of March 3, 1891, so disposed of as shall effectively prevent their use as human food; also a bill granting pen sions to soldiers and sailors confined in Confederate prisons. House. Washington, Dec. 9. When the house met today Terry, Dem., of Ar kansas, and Boatner, Dem., of Louisi ana, belated members, were formally sworn in, and . motion for a commit tee to pass on the members' mileage accounts was passed. Baker of New Hampshire asked unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of a resolution calling on the secretary of agriculture to report whether he had expended the whole or any part of the appropriation made by the last congress for the distribution of farmers' bulletins. McMillin of Ten nessee objected. Walker of Massachusetts offered a petition in form of a resolution, from the naturalized Armenians of the United States, nine-tenths of whom, he said, lived in his district, and re quested it to be printed in the Record. After reciting the alleged oppression and outrages of the Turkish govern ment, it concluded: "Resolved, That the people of the United States, through their repre sentatives in congress assembled, here by express their deepest abhorrence and condemnation of the outrages thus committed on their fellow-citizens as well as the Christian subjects of Tur key. "Resolved, further, That this house, composed of immediate representatives of the American people, pledge its sup port to the government in every meas ure justified by international law and common humanity to vindicate the rights of our fellow-citizens and their families in Turkey, and to hinder and prevent, as far as practicable, the con tinuance of the outrages and massacres in that land." The petition was referred to the com mittee on foreign affairs. Pacific Cable Company's Organisation. New York, Dec. 10. A meeting was held today at the office of the Central & South American Telegraph Company for the purpose of completing the or ganization of the Pacific Cable Com pany. This company will be independ ent of the Mexican Central & South Amerioan Telegraph companies in its organization, but they will have rela tions which will be mutually advan tageous. The projeoted cable will con nect San Francisco with the proposed Amerioan naval station at Pearl river harbor, in the Sandwich islands, Ja pan and China, Australia and India. A committee on plan and scope was ap pointed. The Southern Pacific Kednctlon. Sacramento, Deo. 10. Orders have been given at the railroad shops here to disoharge 500 men tonight That will leave 1,400 men in the Sacramento shops. This is the heaviest lay-off the company has made here foz many years. NORTWEST BREVITIES Evidence ot Steady Growth and Enterprise. ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST Rejection of Bide for the Construction of the State Capitol at Olympia Oregon News. The wool clip in Lake county this year exceeded 1,000,000 pounds. The water works at Klamath Falls has at last been placed in operation. The can factory, at Astoria, is receiv ing orders from all parts of the North west, for cans for next season. A large amount of building has been done at The Dalles in the past summer. Over twenty-five residences have been built and a number of business struc tures, besides many additions and en largements. A remarkable discovery was made while digging a well near Eugene Junction recently. At the depth of 170 feet a cedar tree was found. The grain of the wood and knots are still plainly visible. Lightning struck a Tillamook Rock telephone wire, during a recent. storm; running along the wire; it went into the to the office at Fort Stevens, illuminat ing the place and scaring those who were in the office, but did no damage. The price of cattle in Eastern Ore gon is steadily going up, and those stockmen who have sold will be more than recompensed for the trouble they have had in keeping them. Horses are not so- numerous as they were a few months ago. For a month or two they were dying with a fever at an alarming rate, in certain portions. Three large ice storage houses are being erected at Perry for the purpose of storing ice with which to supply the market along the O. R. &. N. Com pany's line. The O. R. &. N. Company have put in a spur near Perry, and these storage houses are being erected so that ice can be easily taken from the river and then, during the warm season, to the cars for shipment. Washington. A new tannery is to be erected at Moxee, in Yakima county. The name of the community of "Hog Heaven" has been chagned to Oakdale. Walja Walla is agitated over a ques tion whether it has a legal right to li cense gambling. Camps of the new order, called the Native Sons of Washington, are being organized at Port Townsend. The Oregon Improvement Company handled during the year, ending De cember 1, over 250,000 tons of coaL A new wooden eave factory has just been started in Seattle, for the manu facture of gutters of all kinds, wooden conductors, etc. A number of farmers along the Co lumbia river in Yakima county are building water wheels for the purpose of irrigating their land. A saw mill with a capacity of 200,- 000 feet a day, is to be erected at Ever ett or Seattle by the Weyer-Hauser syndicate, the most extensive lumber dealers in the world. Sturgeon fishing is now taking the place of salmon fishing on the Colum bia and Snake rivers for a few months. Nets will be used more this year - than ever. They run from 600 to 900 feet in length, and the meshes vary in size from twelve to nineteen inches. The agricultural college, at Pull man, now offers a short course in agri culture. The course includes a year of twenty-four weeks. Special attention is paid to agriculture, horticulture, botany, chemistry, entomology, math ematics and languages. The expense of the course is very slight. Tuition is free, room rent $17 a year, board at the dormitory averages 8.12 a month, and the expenses for books is smalL The state capitol commission has again rejected all bids for the erection of the new capitol owing to the pro visions in the bids which surround the payment of the warrants. The build ing is to be erected from the proceeds of the sale of 132,00 acres 'granted by congress for public building purposes, and the warrants so state on their face. No lands have yet been sold, and the bidders feared the warrants would not always bring par. Idaho. A mill is to be erected at the Viola mine in Black Horned district. It is said that State Treasurer Bunting is interested in this deal. A company composed of young- Indi ans of the Kamiah settlement are planning to engage in the general merchandise business at that place. A hundred head of horses were re cently sold in Jordan valley at $75, or 75 cents per head. This is said to be the lowest price ever paid for horses anywhere. The estimated wheat crop of North ern Idaho and Eastern Washington is far short of the average. It is estimat ed that it will be 10,000,000 bushels. Last year it was double that amount. The Irrigation of the Lewiston plats seems to be assured for the near future. It is one of the finest tracts of unim proved land in the Northwest. Two thousand, six hundred acres of land were purchased by Eastern capitalists, and all the preliminaries have been ar ranged for a big ditch. Montana. Butte has now over $300,000 in out standing warrants. The town council of Havre, have put down an artesian well and have seoured a flow large enough to supply water for a town five times the size of Havre. The hunting season for the whitetail deer, black tail deer, mule deer, moun tain sheep, Rocky mountain goat and antelope is rapidly drawing to a close. It is unlawful to hunt after Decem ber 15. Montana, like Washington, has a capital problem to consider. Its legis- ' lature has authorized the issue of $1,000,000 in warrants, secured upon the lands granted by the general gov ernment, to build the building, but there is no present income from the lands to pay interest on them, or is there likely to be for some time to come. So the warrants do not and the building cannot go on. . British Columbia. A large corporation is being formed in the East to open the marble quarries of Chioagoff island next season. It is reported that the Kaslo & Slo can Railway have bought the Silverton town site and have decided to extend the road to that point The Fraser River Industrial Society has decided to secure a site as near the mouth ot the river as possible for can nery purposes, and to accept one of the three lots offered by the city of West mister, for wharfage, fish house, office, etc. A new sealing company has just been incorporated under imperial charter as the Victoria Sealing and Trading Company, with a oapital of 100,000. The stockholders are all Victorians. Already a fleet of seven schooners has been seoured. The scheme to build an all-rail route through British Columbia into Alaska is again being discussed; this time it is to go by way of Kamloops, the North Thompson and Barkerville, through the heart of Cariboo. The distance to Barkerville from Kamloops is about 350 miles. Such a line would be of great advantage in opening np and de veloping the gold fields of Cariboo, in which section of the country, it is be lieved, there still is to be found more wealth than has yet been produced. But if such a road is to be built it will be by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, for the construction of which line a charter is already held by par ties in this city, but who are supposed to be acting for the C. P. R. people in the East EDITORIAL PITH. The Third Term Idea John Sherman and Bis Book. New York Heraid.1 Without Mr. Cleveland the Demo crats cannot win; with him they may win. It was his great popularity, firmness, and wisdom that wrested the presidency from theennblican: four . years ago, and had the Democratio lead ers heeded his warnings and followed his counsel there would not have been T . 1 i - . . ... a nepuDiioan iiaai wave wis year. His strength with the masses saved the party from defeat in 1892, and it is the only thing that can save it from defeat in 1896. Cleveland Is Wanted. Pittsburg Press. The greatest and most influential Democratio newspapers of the country today are outspoken in favor of the president's renomination. One need only mention the New York Herald, the New York World, the New York Evening Post, the St Louis Republic, and there are others by the score, not omitting the Pittsburg Post A Straight Republican. New York Tribune.) Bear in mind, however, that "na tional issues" mean Cleveland. Nothing more. He is the only "na tional issue" the Democrats have had in a dozen years. No principles. No platform. No leadership. Just Cleve land. And now wherever they "fight it out on that line" they get thrashed out of their boots. The moral of which is, "Rah for a third term!" John Sherman' Book. New York Mercury J What John Sherman lacks in mag netism he makes up in reoolleotion. Must Not Mexicanize the Office. Chicago Times-Herald. There is no written constitutional barrier against President Cleveland re maining president of the United States for as many terms as he can manage to get and keep office. Secretary Morton is right Yet it must also be true that the people of the United States are not disposed or prepared to Mexioanize the presidency of the United States, with or without law.- no matter how able an official the president may be. Kot a Presidential Possibility. Minneapolis Times. However sincerely we may admire Mr. Cleveland's many great and good qualities of backbone, brain, and heart we cannot and should not let that ad miration blind us to the fact that he is no longer among the presidential pos sibilities. His has been a strong ad ministration, you will say, a consistent administration, an administration with a policy and a principle, so far as Mr. Cleveland himself is concerned. Unappeasable Bancor. New York Sun. Mr. Sherman has had a continuously successful career, and it would seem that he ought to be grateful to the Ohio men who have kept him in office so long. The main object of his book, however, appears to be complaints. He records the events of his life, not with the kindly spirit of the philoso pher looking back with tolerance from the summit of his career upon what he has achieved and what he has failed on, but with the unappeasable rancor of the man who is not grateful for winning much, because he has missed the great object of his heart's desire. A sore toe in print is not an alluring or a dignified spectacle.