The Orangeburg news. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, October 31, 1874, Image 1
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VOLUME 8.
OOD A.jNTO OTJlft OOTJNTBY
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31 1874.
ALWAYS IN ADVANCE.
NUMBER 39
^HKTLA^S OF ] HEDEMOCA'l S
ivitu,.tlic Radical Devils, .
AKD THEN T?KA?ll
initr.
Tltc Posnum Polle j" lo be Tried
* ; i DIM DEAND VONQl'Elf.'?
Tlift"'Iiifsmi'o?s A'nirlidhieiils tobe
Null and Void.
AN INDISCREET ?V?WAL BY A
BLUNT DEMOCRAT.
."(?;' ^lilJ'-'M.: !?.?? t"Jl jttfc ?? ??
''il'lTl'fc'lt' ^ I'lt'jW ' ft. ft. TI I.I.MAN, OK
EDCSFlRLDi
Wc make tlic follow in?; extract frnn
"ti letter tolfl/c Chester ''RepayIhr. It ex
hibits ' the tiu<i>pintijol: the rebel dem
< erney, which i.s now playing possum
with a few deluded republicans :
,T '.'Ajt.lhc ??'-}>/, 1 hope mid bolievothat
our, political. op} regions will cease very
shortly after the inauguration of the
next President. ? 1 ft lint' President be a
dcii fciat, it it; reasonably certain that :i
majority of Loth Iioums of c tigress will
also be democrats, or at. least conscrvaj
lives. If so, .tho rraon.struiiim acts.will
fjeidily be lepealed, which would leave
sufTragu where it constitutionally be
longs? under control of the States.
Then, admitting the coerced amend
ment s of the constitution tobe valid, the
States could attach a pr. pirty.qual lieu
licn to suffrage without- violating tjtoso
an ciidmcuts, which would practically
destroy negro suflYageas ai disturbing
eleu cut in'the body-politic.
'?Again, a/'cr (he, democrats (jot itoss~
e se.it.n of the executive,an 1 Jegisjative
departments, the present judges of the
supromo <mirt: /?//f-?/V/.// jntblie opinion
ns b W, in the Iptur.e a?.'in'life' padt. and
im hmger drendnig i-ulu-i iti>,>......i.
ir depr nation ofsalary, may declare tho.
reconstruct Mi tn't*. <is' rill, tis Vit; two
fraudulent anieudim nf.-. uncou<tituf ton
<??/, hull ai.tt. r<o'd,"[ i.r.if tlltty Jtiil tu du
mi, tl.c ct.vrt can lie if ot(j4tvir.cd, simp1)
by mi "nun use of judj.es,. even tis the
litdituls did on a n.i li oiiible t'cea: ion j
Mid by n aking a ] roper appointment of
i r.w judges, tl.o const it ut'.ou ol the
f:. I hers can bo restored. " ,
I hu\b>'(tius*Inf boiiMaeffi?ttuily the
[ji bubilities of South Carolina being
j it lievod. by outside help. Iwilluow
. m iy biitdly discuss the question h?uv
! the can help herself. f.iyhi of die Con
federate States hare recovered practical
possession i f their State goi't nitneut. ('J
, these only two? Qionjia and Texas?'
;hp.ut the radicals in.the first instance out
of that control in a fair jiijht at thifn/olis
on a square democratic platform. All
the other .dbeuUiralled .States, iuord r
to succeed, had to use policy, and thny
\i\\c nil purt-utd the samt! liiie of polii-y.
Ab this polio\ lias broken'the chains of]
Virgil!in. No;ill .Carolina, Tetitic.-see
Missouri, ' 'Arkansas ' and Alabama, it
ought. to 'have stifhcit nt -s vi isdum and
UiCinlil'y to' be udoj ted by South Caro
lina. p M f ^ ?
It p!?V*. fafbwn asfjtr. 'Ipaginm-yolirj/" in
tLcr-?rfirwv ihm Tfavti"Bb sbecessfully
i ractited, it. lti has five well dilined
.Jca,turc.s :
- ft 1st'1 The di int ends rtrtutt neither an
?'i.ioV'ce' i.er r< niuiite ony politfc;:! pr.ti
fci|?'IcH4?lVutoyer. '
2dl They' ? bst ntiike no'noniinanbhs
*fbt ' r.i;$ of the State offiems; such vb
^?ovei tor',' stciclnry of state,etc.
.St), '-lliry J? t;t-L leave every.-election
I^BsUKtdo.do tbe.Ltst.it can fur. inembers
of tl.c hgislnture nod lor local ollicers\
? ''4fl?'. At!tbe hist Crctimn'fhcy must
'"givb up cyciv ' Ibcijl-'/ftcu ol pioftt, it
j:e^ctsfary, to get e'vi'u a bare uuiji rity
? in the Lcnids oi'coin.ty coiiiniis.iioiiers
hnd in (ne'b/oijtsg'.^Jfj t^(;legislature, so as
to regulate klWlaxes.
*< ?th:. 'All- democrat^ must, to a man,
*Vote'-'at.. the' 'election" Jirsifof, their o'tcn
fMiM?t^ W. <f.K?'^i {he}\ jvr the boltiiuj
radical ecindulqtep. tsu kintf Slate o(}iea
uiiq ?elyit'g tu ? d(ti.odriiisdbr sujtpoit.
and)^.' H/ttly, A ot6 i?V ibe bolting radical
cti.jjdididt? -Ijt.'r; 'local ncd Iegi8]aliy.o of
licciB ub any have boon agreed upon,
tarr^i^Qf ut it) d^(,^4 ^^I'cWV1 uu 11
Bts/tratlcs and B'?o"ps bi'v'.tvs for olliecs
and offices fojfsVl?BU,li >
r^lMi? A'? 8fH1^ Ife^f '!ftVC rpV^bili
tat'.d tl.m .M-lvi .s by this joliey it bus
llMtt?lly1 tftk?n1' t??' yencral?? elections for
ihe! ilt^wirata 16 VtMVcr tout rot. A
'ttt'cobd elc'cribn nlcat-bo held to gain the
;-'t;it(-. ofhci'i't) -olouo;' is it the purl of
yritdtm Lctauso : \\o cmiuot get all tho
illiccs to t>uke Dono at all't' la uOt hall
nvdopf l'bettcfi aIio? no bread Y in tho
.-iireteut ttpirer..-uM'rtiideut Gront and
New England, it. will upt dp;for tho
deu{fiqTa.tJi|lllo|'. cfcivtli;. Cnrolinu to get
pofcses.&ion'pf more than odo department
of their -State government at one cleo
titn. ni'uist capture the strotnjholds
i'i.(lctafi. osjtl.c ttt cr Slates liuvo deuo
that practised "possumistn." Tt is per
haps because Louisiana, acting on the
posum policy, cur lied her last State
election hy storm, almost sweeping the
entire State.
*? Until tCC dii ide nur eilCtnics ire shrill
attach //.mi in caih'j and there is no bribe,
no temptation we can offer that will so
divido and demoralize them as by en
ronraging radical candidates who liftvis
been defeated lor nominations in their,
own i'iirty to holt and rely on thcduni
< crhts fir help to get the oflk-cs they
want. In tliis way the second most
popular radical leader that aspires to
any office in the State can, as a rule, bo
bo tight up; and tliis combined in infill
once wir Id bring over to the democrats
at least one-third of the radioil follow
ers who Oould never again fin I we.Ic <inu
in the radical tiild. // fire/erred the
policy imti/ l>c ciilled a temporary port
nrrs/iiji with the radical deed, to ;/ct out
of his clutches and (hen, thrash hint. It
has proven a very Pandora's box to the
radicals in those States where it. Kns
been properly tried, causing fights at.
hea hjuarters among the generals that)
have extended to their partisans
throughout the rank and file" // has
led to crimination mof recrimination,
bbars and cov/itcr-bioibs, not'oiily over the
/'< ast, around the ma/ioyauy, but on r the
crumbs at th.-si,.c table; caused i/uarr-ds\
in the par/or, quarrels in the kitchen, rpiar
reis in the cabin, quarrels in the field'.
and suspicion, hatred and war to the
l-nifc ivcii/uherc, that President!Grant,
litciforcd in behalf of Kellogg's er w.
So tfficacious has this possum p lieu
been in rescuing the Confederate States'
from their chains', that the President
and New England dread its u-e above
everything in the four roiuainiug prot
trate Slates; and if South Carolin i
should successfully pr.ttico it tinny
gnat extent at the appro telling ele ti in,
i< stated befire, i am p srsu i lo I th :
President would int-rforo with tits
bayonet as lie did in Louisiana. Now
England is ahmst crazed tit.'tho u >ar
?prospect of losing the usj of her t mis
of the South?the scalawags an I e.a'f.p ;t
badgers. She an I Grant, us all ? wVtt ?
ten above, will hold control ul' t!i \ lour
prontrato Slates until ul'io;- the next.
President < lection ut all hazards, if'Vbcy
d.tre tin it For these re ?sckis, at tV
-i .
fclie po-sum policy tj do tune than
uivo this democrats a majority i.i one
Imusoof the logiala'lare. and. porh'-ip'i, a |
re itioliin * voteo in most id" t he bur I? i
? >f commissioners, even if bur people
hlMJiijd adopt, that policy and had i) -on
pn'peviy prepar ng i^r it. Hut ihey
Itrivo not been so preparing.
()/.?? editor, politician:: and r >tcrs
slit uf(', since lust sju'iiit/, hare bcf U ti '.'iuj
tltp i'edit i{( u- j /i ants for office all oeer tin
State that, tins democrats irould nominate
no candidates for Stale office*, and an/y
a f to candidates for local and tc./'s'ati>'<
fffiek in the election districts harinij rdfli;
eat9 majority'. They a'so should have
l.cen inviting every radical aspirant,
When .defeated for the nomination'lie
sought tit the; hands of his own party,
(o bolt with his friends, and the demo
crats would help him get the office he
sought. In this manner bolting radical
candidates, strong in radical followers.
Ci ?!d havo been manufactured by the
wholesale and formidable alliances form
cd lor the. day of batik*. It was thus
the,ot her States did.
Hut seme mysterious influence seems
to have governed the editors of Sout h
Carolina since the war. Why they did
nut. many years ago urge t his possum
policy on tic p< opie of the State is per
Icctly inexplicable. State after State
in the Si-nth achieved victory by it, yet
our editors have never once pressjd it
home on their readers. Still tliuy could
get up^Tjlorniisni?plcdgu the dcnioe
racy ol the Stale to a pure HadicabfAnl
form, and then ask the radicals to give
the democrats all the Offices as a reward
f>r their treason, when the offices .were
then and always will he tlioyi/sf thing
the radicals want in politics. Our Cos
hillilcrous, palsied ooliticiaus oanrict up
prove po'sRUtnisin', it .seems, j-et they
could approve the radiculkmoi'uuiiu
reform, and came very near thereby de<
troying the organization of the national
democratic party. '1 hey cannot bumble
their j roud souls nor soil their clean
hands with pessumism, yet they could
send a whiuuing committee, hat in
band, to "beg some bowels of compassion
from Henry Wilson, who spurned tlie.ni
us lie would whipped curs, just as thoy
ought to have expected.
As,long as the "present powers sbali
rule at Washington, South Carolina
wllli hover knock off lior letters except
with possumIsm! But help from abroad
may ho looked for soou, ii'Jt beciu.io the
1 Weit loves us, or piltios our onditiou,
but slio loves lieiself uud iutorest bids
her help us.
On the whole, the outlook appaars
more cheering than at any time sinoo
the long dark uight of reconstruction
commenced. But whether woiv. Ijj.u
our tclves, or Lc redeemed by otheia, or
whether wo over get redeemed?what
every may betide us in all wo think siy
or do, let us never forget that wo' nro
? while wen and South Carolinians.
1 he Promised Reform.
Sinco Democracy lost the control of
the Government it has been clamoring
for reform. 'J'he most satisfactory A?1 -
ministration the nation ever h id fail*
to satisfy it. Everything ill tho shape
of governmental affairs iiped reformation
ami every time Democracy is the only
party pure enough to bring it about.
The thief, when pursued by the o!li:or.s
of the law, will ol'tbutliiics diroet public
attention from his own olfirts to escape
by crying a', the top of his voice, 'stop
thirl"! stop thief ?' So, Democracy , dri
ven from its fields of plunder and close
!y pursued by '.ho uior.il sentiment of
the country, cudoavor-l to divert the
righteous puuislilnoiit wh'uli is being in
llioio l upon it to n;i in.ioce.it party by
crying out 'reform ! reform ! wo must
have reform !'
It lias deceived a few people ari l been
succcsslul iu some sections. Texas fell
a violin to its stiduotivj clam >r, and to
day is paying deirly lor Djiu ?oratio ro\
form. Its excellent si'ioil sc'inl sys
t" in has been reformed out of existence
and its children, both white and block,
will grow up in ignorance II ideas true
reformation is brout in Dcuio'cfittis poli
cy, o: by the return to power of the lie
publican party, Its Supreme Court,
compo'ed of goid uiuii with loyal huhti
incuts, lias been so reformed that none
of its loyal material is le't, an I iu its
place we lind the old Slate judges un
der Conic terato rule. The same re
form h is been practice I in cory office
understate eoutrol, so'tint at the pres
ent time a joy il m in, iu the trii s sense
of ilie term; is ah nit as liar I to ?mI
holding a locd pffije iu Texas as a ray
of'sunshine iu the midst of night. In
sod i.f offices being rcuuccd iu nuin
her they have been fiiulfiplic I. a i 1 the
reform 11 at. was to save money to the
Stt; will cost it at lea it a third more
t inn tin; administration which it Slip
planted. The elective franchise has
been s > purified by th'j Texas party of
reform t hat b it fuw R-ijvibl ieuis in the
rural districts d irj appoir at tho polls,
ami reform pr ?Script i in his bjoa si
thoroughly practiced tint in a low years
a Republican vd cr in Texas will bj as
rurj i cu. i isity as an abolitionist was
... < ...i l. i ! ... .1: . i- r ?' ' ?
like reform has taken poi.so<sion ol'Gcor
gin, North Carolina, Virgini a, and 6th *r
Soutbo it St stes. Bad as some of the
carpet ba-^ <j ivcruni m w.-r.) tlm i ?'kt to
be ihe s.ub.-ti u i >n in their p usj of
J ).:ui cr.i; ic roioiui h.ii m i le nutters j
wursej and we ire uoLsucp.?ie 1 '.hit t'i ? ,
better class nl iij.n ?.?Jrats w i i w :.v. 1 ?!
to b lieve hi the promiie.i rooir.m hivi
a r> "'y rtsvu t d igdl.nst llu n a i l tu
day ate crying for d :!i u.M.iOl from
their IV.cuds, 'fhe broken promises of
Demo-r.iey in Virginia are wbl'j set
forth in the Pa.;k.-r*butg State Journal
an ably ;eon lueted papir in that. Statu.
The article is entitle 1 "Democratic
Promises Violated," and is no t.uthl'ul a
picture of like violations hi every State
where Dvunburnoy has gained p i wer that
we reproduce it here: 'We were prom
ised,' s iys the Jouru.il ?
That the convention and legislation
growing out of it. wou'd cost but $30.000
? they have already cost over S1S0,
OOo. : ? . V I fi
TI at the sessions of the Legislature
should be biennial?they have bJdi so
fa** semi annual.
That there .dioiihl be greater ecoiio
iny in the administration of State at'
lairs ? tho cpst in every department of
the ptiblio Slate service has largd/ in
creased
Thai a Legislature should he chosen
that would guard tho Stute Treasury?
the most liiitablc act of that body was.
to appropriate $10,000 of the people's
money for a 'Christmas spree.'
That pirly would puui-h - ?vory dis
honest, public officer?it h is shielded ti
peculator, con viele 1 by a com mitte 5 of
his own selectioi, of overcharges to the
amount of thousands ol dollars.
That it would give us a constitution
shorter, better, and plainer than the old
one?it has given us one that is twice
as long as (he oi l one, and so eouiplica
ted that neither the public nOi' the mat;
ers of the instrument c.ui understand
it.
That it would, diminish tho number
of olliucrt?it has largely inure is; 1
them.
That it w. ulil diminish the number
jidgis?.t has multiplied the num
ber.
That It would diminish the number
t of members for tho Legislature it h is iu
creased them.
That it would give us a cheaper coun
ty organization it has given us a more
expensive one.
'Vhat it would, lower tho salaries of
public officers?it has i.u every eise iu
creased thum.
It promised tho pcoplo local govern
incut?it destroyed nearly all we over
had gave tho resurreetu.l county cour t
systom iu its stead.
It destroyed the trial by juries before
justices, iu order to concentrate business
and power in the hand of court house
cliques.
It bus promised a reduction in taxes
J ?taxation is not dimiuis'.iu 1, but rather
iaereused.
Ii promised a homestead law for the
protection of the poor man?it made
oue to rob tho poor man. ?
This ho; the party that g seeks to reform
the nation that askf* the people to give
it a majority in the 1 <>uso of ltcpresen
tativos; tfiat demands p-issessioii ol the
(lovcrutjreji't in 187b\ What the hi.sto
ry of ths ttopublio will bo undur J)omo
oratio reformation cm bo writ ton in a
beute co. ? Repudiation, bankruptcy,
anarchy,'aiatioiial disganco. To all
who sook{?o bring about such a reform
tho I>r.ti?"Ci'atie party commun'ls itself.
To all who'desiro to avoid it, who wish
to maintain the credit of the nation, so
eure penc's'tind prosperity within its
borders, pYbmote general intelligence by
a wise system of free schools, and who
oiinestlv t\opc to see the Republic take
rank as thM loader among the civilized
and favored nations oi the earth, we
commend tho Republican party. It has
been tried and not found wanting. It
has violated no promises, given no pled
g. 8 which it has failed to keep. Its rj
ctiI is as clear as the noonday light;
and the few faults which it has develop
ed throughout its long and honorable
career uro but as the spots which the
telescope reveals on the surface of the
sun, of sufficient importance to merit in
spection, but not cuuugli to destroy the
use-fullness of the orb Mtsolf.?Republic.
Col. Susan Amliouy? A Talk with
the Woman Suifrnge Leader.
[from tJie Chicago Tribune.]
Last night the ladies of the Illinois
State Woman's Suffrage Association
wore on tho rjuivive, lor it was kuown
in chosen circles that
TU K riONf.KIt OF FEMALE SUFFRAGE
was even then on the incoming train,
en route for Chicago, to attend the
mass meeting on Wednesday of this
week. Mrs. Fernaudo Junes, the pre
sident ol the association, was Hitting
hither and thither in her hospitable
1 oiiio, seeing that the rooms Were
heated to just such a comfortable,
temperature, that dinner was ready the
moment the distinguished ihiests ar
rived, that M"\ Jones loft on time to
SW^hu^ be
omit tel. The time passed. The writer
ha 1 rend an account of the proceedings
of the trial of Susan R. Anthony for
illegal voting, and had arrived at this
sentence : "'bi I hero a mail who will u it,
?igreo with mo that to talk of freedom
without the L.ill .t i-; mockery? is
slavery?tu tue wo ue.i of this repub
lic, precisely as New England's orator
SVeiidell Phillips, at the close of the
lato war, ceclared it to be th- newly
emancipated black man V wheu 1 raised
my e;,es uiK saw
A 1ADY-I.1 K E KIUURE,
in a blackunJ gray striped dross, and
l'ailsey slinvl, and sensible boutiot,
(standing bl'oro me sacbel in band. It
was Miss anthony herself, not a shade
grayer, no a whit older iu aupcaranca,
ill'ah whei 1 last saw her. Sho hid
just arrive at the Twenty-second .street
station, o the Chicago and MielligaO
southern rain, having delivered the
last of liftcu addresses at Bcutou Har
bor yestcray. In a lew moments she
was relie d of her outer garments by
ready bads and seated in a luxurious
arm chair where she sat bolt upright;
lor Susat is not a lean back-kie-awny
sort of ; woman, no matter how hard
she woil. Wo all gathered around
bor; Mrs Junes sat on her right soil
itig and elegant in blue silk trimmed
with cha illy lace, and sparkling with
diamonds and directly in trout ol her,
seated o a low fautcuil, was li-sr only
daughter a school-girl, and a very
pretty 01 at that; classical preparatory
of last vir, one of the Uiva ling young
lulies o I*rof. liurrougb's college, a
curly-heud, blue eyed girl, who is
born tu radical love of all that ele
vates wi in As Miss Anthony ad
justed ll gold-bowed glasses and lojk
ed IVcM one to another, her eyes lilled
with tea
' Oh ! she exclaimed, in hor quick,
ncrvpihnauncr "it is good to he where
there love in tho utmosphuro; it
magnet's you and gives you strength!"
A he-upper, I usked hor
A oIItECT QUESTION :
"Is .?man sufl'rage as strong au iu
i terest ayor ':"
Mis.nthony?'Stronger than ever;
but t uiou are all working n>.v,
elect icring with might and main.
You i wc never reach the working
j men, day laborers. The politicians
uro lid of lossiug t he votes of those
I u>en, d givo us the cold .shoulder to
BCCUrhein. I he working (.-lass is n >t
cduc-1 to understand or appreciate
Uliivil sull'r.igc. They think women |
are s enough as thev are?the great
cat take in tho World;"
" I you never have
t. HEEOI1BR FORA LEADER
ngafliss Anthony V
??! never had any man for
a Icj?"
j (Jones?<:Ohycs, Miss Anthony.
1 Tljwaa Theodore Tiltou !"
Miss Anthony?"That is so; wo did
have hihi, but only as a meditator; he
thought he could unite the New York
body ol' Suffragist with tho Boston
clique. The idea of that boy thi ikiug
he could teach his grand mothers!
"Was ho not available in your
work V
"No man is particularly available.
Til KY KNOW TOO MUCH;
arc too overbearing. They all want to
be autocrats. Mrs. Tilton was chairmin
of our executive suffrage association for
one yea If you will remember, in one
of her j iblished letters sho allude* to a
meeting at which she presided, aud
said : "That blessed old Su-ein ran over
lo me ami said thai 1 lud done as well
as my lord aud master could baVvi d jue
You see the most acceptable praise must
be filtered through a m-tu's oatoom.
"Miss Anthony," I b^an, plunging
desperately iuto tho middle of tho sub
jeet at heart, 14You have been through
almost all kinds of scenes since last we
met Almost in jail for voting illegilly .
Uid you pay your fine':"'
'?No, and I never unau to. The
Smith sisters have done more than any
ol' our conventious by refusing to pay
their taxes when they cannot VO te."
"WILL YOU VOTE
at the next election ! "
Miss Anthony "1 would, if 1 could go
homo and regi>ter. Hut I must kjep
on with my work in the West."
"Well Miss Anthony, you only did
one foolish thing; was when
v.?f SAT ON Til EODORE TII.TON's ItNEE.'"
.Miss Anthony smilcl all over her
face "Well," she said, slowly and with
a sort of grim humor, "that was my only
lapse from rigorous virtue. All the
men had declared that S h hi was so
sour she" couldn't get a husband, and I
thought I would show them L could set.
on a yuog man's knee jud, like any
foolish girl. I was in It ehester, when |
a reporter called to see me. Now, I
will not be iutjrvi >. v iJ ?til I did n it
deny that I sat on The j lore's kn a;, a id
I never have denied it yet. The next
day a long article cimo out?-Sustu
puts her fo.it on it, aud ?tamp3 it a lie."
You see I doa't deny it. Why shoal 1
r i? ?... '"?n.j.yt.unity.to be wo
manly and loving, when I havo boou
called au ogre all my life, and every
body olaims to know that ? nover had a
chance to be marrio'l V'
W K'. > N ES HAY'S PROa RA M M B.
"Whit are y iu '$n\\i to Jo oa Wel
ncsd ty, Mi,< Anth my ?"
Misra Anthony?"Ju>t ^ivo one more
screech for freedom 1 Tint's what we
have been d ling for t.voilty five years."
"What sympathy do you got from the
crusaders '!"
"The crusaders'have helpel suffrage
more than they h ive helped temp :r.tn i:.
Kvcry radical step a won in takes io
the right direction lulpi tha suffrage
(tucstion."
'?The: mass mooting on Wednesday
will renew the agitation. It U \)ra<i n
able there will bj a larg-5 attoii.in?.
Do you expect many notable Vfom m '{"
Mi-s Anthony?'The bjst an I lujit
intelligent wonm ol'the country hi vo
boon hearing mo ape ik. I anticipate a
full attendance. Mi? Phcobo Ch'uzins,
! a young lawyer of St. Louis, will be pre
sent and speak. The Itev. Mrs. La
throp, of Michigan, will be there. We
waul lo break up the ring. The pre
sent
POLITICAL IJOOY IS CORRUPT '
any party would ho corrupt after sixtceu
years of political life. I don't care an
iota whether its a democratic or repub
lican party, it's too long a term."
? Is that all, Miss Anthony?"
' I want to see every woman vote for
herself, through her own p >rs jnali y ,
her own individuality, au 1 not through
the month of somo man who has uot tho
faintest conception of her neo Is. The
work is going on, and the time is noar
when every woman will me the iutelli
gence Li od has given her, to maintain
her true standard of wotn tnhood."
11 ere I made a digression; Miss
I Anthony was looking into the future of
J her scx ?vidi eil n uoinplaneney, when I
attacked her with a question s> artfully
put, as L believed, as to allow of uo
evasion. The gist of it was :
'?Did you, Alisa Anthony, sloop with
Mrs. Tilton one night, and did she toll
you
ALU about mu. bbeoiikr?'*
How little I know thestratogy of
that wise Creueral. She looked at mo
with uiiM repro.ioh iu her expressive
gray oyes.
?? Vos, I did sleep with Mrs. Tilton at
different times, but I shall not tell the
world what 1 know, o: do uot know. IF
I am summoned before the courts, and
examined legally as a witness, it will bo
my duty to go; but I don't think loan
remember all the things that hive been
told me in confidence duriug all my jour
neyings. The time is co ning when a
woman will be answerableouly to hor
holf for her own deeds. It is an abom
inable mixture of deceit, and either of
tho men is ready to sacrilico Mrs. Tilton
to save himself. The fact is, if a woman
gives herself to a man, either inTmsY
riago or out of marriage, he will tramplo
her into the dirt to servo his own codi.
Women sell themselves top cheap',. Tljej
sacrifice themselves on tne'Bpot, it does
not matter wHether thef ^a?v B'aa'lrdj
brairt? Or not;-'it it; tlio creation over
ugnio. Old Adam said : "The woman
tempted rue . and I did cat." Bcccber
?ays : "The woman tempted me ana I
did not cat." In both casea
B??' GETS THE 1JLAME."
Miss Anthony is looking well. If
she were only some man's wife, mother,
or graudmothcr she would bo described
as a dignified, scrcnefneed oldor4j;la<Jy;
as she is an old maid, she is written
down a vixen. She is a jolly soul, with
a wonderful magnetio How of speech;
sbo is honest in bcr convictions, and
bus worked the most of her life like an
Irishman, "Froo gratia for nothing,
without a cent of pay." The object, of
the present meeting is to reunite the
members as no convention has been hold
since the prcsideut, Mrs. Jones, return
ed from Europe. ATiss Anthony will
make at least two of her telling speeches.
Dr. Thoicas willseooud hor. It will bj
held iu the lecture rootu of tho Metho
dist Church block. . _
Tho Very Alps of ImpudoncQ.
Policeman Badger of the Tenth .Sta
tion, New. Haven, had a bit>-of expori
enco, the other night, which ho is not
1 fond of talking about. It was past
I midnight as ho was leisurely pushing
{ his beat through Jessop street, and .at
I he came opposite to P/rayton & Fogg's
I jewelry store he obsjrved gleams of light
I through the chioks of tho shutters,' "an!
he rapped at the door- ??' u
'Is that you, policeman ?' 10
'Yes,' atisvvered Badger:
' Well ? it's only mo ?it's all right:
kind o' chilly out, isn't it?'
:JYcs.' , .... ?tri
?Thought s j. I was just . fixing tho
fire?^ood uight.'
Badger said 'Good uight;' anl pur
sued bis way, '-.???/[
I An . beur alterward - Badger, pissed
j through Jes?pp street again, npd again,
j ho saw the light in the jewelry store. It
a;a.,'? l&^fctishV and he ban^od at the
door louJly.
I 'Hallo;' cnod tho voioa within. fi$
it you, pjli?o:nan ?' .
'Yes.'
'All right. Won't ym co.U3 ' in And
warm you?' It won't hurt anything*
for you to slip from your bjit a few
minutes.'
The door opened and policeman Btd
g-*r entered, and ho found tho innaito
to be a very geutletnanly lo>!cing rouo,
iu a linen duster.
'Come right up to tho stove, pilioa
man. Excuso mo Tor a momont.'
The men took tha ash piu from ths
bottom of tho stovo nn 1 car ried it d iwu
into tho collar and omptiol it and whjr?
he had returned aud wipol his hanls
he said, with a smile.
?Chilly uight, isu't?'
'Yes.' ? ?
'Chilly outsi le an 1 Juli insiJ j. [ V>.
other siniU,] Now goo Is for the spring
trade, and have to kbop our eye's ooo i.
Lonesome Worte, this watohingall night'
but I manage to find a bit of COUlbtt in,
thij. Won't you join nu in a tip.i;
You'll find it the puro thing.'
And the loan proJuood a bla )Jc bitili
and a tumbler.
Policeman UaJgor pirtook a;?J hiv- '
ing wiped his lips an 1 givei his ting mm i
a new warming, he left.the store ail
resumed his heat, satisfio I th it all U
right at Dnvton & Fogg/s.^
lint the morning brought a n3W rir?
el .'.ion. Dray.tou ?& Fogg's store hil
boju robbe 1 during the night of ?3,0) Lj
though Polieoinin B.ilgor carries ia hn
mind a complete daguerreotypa of thai'
robber, the adroit raso.il his nit jet,
been found.
Tho 8I;luilcrou-i Tongue.
The t>n?uc of a slanderer is nover tiroi.
In one way nnd another it manages to koop
itself in constant employment. SonntlnSiS''
it drips honey and sometimes gall. ?
It is bitter now, and thon^woet. (
It insinuates or assails directly, accord
ing tu tho circutngtanoos.
It will hido a course under a smooth word
nnd administer poison in tho phrase of lore.
Like death it "loves n shining mark,'-' and
it is nevor so available and eloquent ai i
when it can blight tho hopes of tlio nobl-> j
minded, soil the reputation of thopuro,
break down tho oharaotor of the bravo and
tho strong. What pleasure man or woman
can And in Bitch work, wo have never boojj
abio to ace. And yot there is a ploasUj
some sort in it to multitudes, or tl
not botako themselves to it.
of tho soul or body must bo^
but no Boul in high cstat
in it. i
Whou a widow in any Jj|
sets her oap for a young tuul
one chanco in a million for
woman to win, ovo? if bhi'. holt
a<jeS.