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of HOD. J. L McLaurin Delivered at Sumter, July 5, at the Opening of the Cam pa?gQ for ?. S. Senator. 'My friends to coming before you at time asking for & continuance of pour confidence, it ia your privilege io demand and my duty to explain each and eve;y aet performed while holding y..- the commission, whioh the people of ?fc'-tbe Sixth district and you, through the Hlchtef executive, so generously entras t i ed to my care. "I would add in all sincerity that it i- affords me very great pleasure to meet my fellow citizens face to face and dis ' cuss these matters. Permit me at the BR?utset to say, that to tbe best of ay A ability I have sought to maiotain the Bpioaor and integrity of my party atd bmld up the materiaf interest of the ? people of South Carolina. I wish lo HprnphatieaUy declare that in every vota. Bira every speech, and io every act, I have been guided by the Democratic platform adopted io Chicago, and to S^.the truth of this assertion I challenge $1contradiction * 'To those who have criticised my y course ia fairness and honesty, I extend : the band of fellowship and say. let us :y~ reason ove- these differences and ascer? tain who is correct. To those who Bfibronga jealously or malice have at? tacked my record, ? hurl defiance and ? dare them lo stake good their charges \ before tho fairmicded people of this State, cr skulk to their dens of infamy, |f? where plotting and schemings against^ |4'/btooest mea are concocted. ?.'I havo tried to do my daty honeet 1; ly, fearlessly and conscientiously, and ? believe the people of South Carolina . have recognized that fact. Should the h y people of_ this State retain me in, the ? senate; I will continue my efforts wich %:; "more zeal and with that increased force .which experience and extended powers provide. "Mr Chairman, notwithstanding the tariff ?as been a live question during . . the past years of our national existence. I it is with us ?o-day and is likely to re? main with us for an io definite period. f. With each recurring debate, new con j ditioas appear, which demand more ex? tensive examination and more careful consideration. These new economic conditions force new political issues, - and of themselves many times bring about honest differences of opinion. Such ; differences should always be met with a spirit of fairness and toleraiotn. This alone can guide us to candid and - eorreet conclusions. For example wheo the Wilson bill of 1S93 was en? acted, it contained an income tas, which till true Democrats boped to aee applied witbiocreasing force and effect to > tbe end that our national revenues might be largely secured through that channel. Under its operation it was expected that coiUoms duties wouild be lessened and as a natural result, there would be less restriction on trade and commerce It was a long step in the direction of a revenue tariff and a more liberal ex? i change wita foreign nations. "Tbs supreme court decided it un? constitutional and this strong prop was taken from under Democratic expecta? tions. This decision changed the en* . tire theory of our system of Federal taxation, ia so far as it plainly declared that hereafter internal revenue and esstoms duties were the only sources of taxation under tbe Constitution aa it . now stands. The hope of less customs duties and sciU less internal taxation, were by this decision dashed to tia e ground. Now that wealth has been relieved from payment of its proper share of these burdens of govern meet, the question recurs again, apon bow this vast sam shall be secured from the people. "This action of the supreme court went further, and created a deficit in the revenues. President Cleveland under the guise of maintaining gold payments, sold 362 millions of bonds to buy gold. This gold be exchanged w;th tbe gamblers of Wall street for greenbacks ; these greenbacks he cov? ered icio tbe treasury, and used (bern :o pay. the ordinary expenses of the government, apd io this direot manner the expenses of the government was net. ****** *'With tbe advent of the present ad? ministration came a determination to repeal tbe pr?tent tariff law and enact one more protective ia ' its features, and more certain, it is alleged, to bring sufficient revenue. The question of bow to meet this Republican onslaught has giyen rise to much discussion among Democrats in ' congress and quite a difference of opinion on some particular points. Some, like Senators Vest, Jones, Mills and others favored a prop? aganda of revenue principles by show? ing up the iniquities of the measures, co that in future these discussions might be used as political capital. "The same old fight that for one third j of a century bas proven so futile and barren results. There were others, ! myself among the number, who favored a general attack on the sectional fea- j tures of the bill, followed up by a vigor- j rous demand for exact justice to all sec- I tiens and for all the people. We believe I that there were fair-minded meo ; enough in the west who would combine ; with os in a common defense against \ the plundering combines in tuc east, to ; badly cripple if not destroy that power, j In this we were not mistaken, as sev? eral votes will shew. You will pardoo | me for saying that j took tbe lead tn this new departure, and am fully satis- i lied that che bill could have beeo feaied or the east deprived of its adv tage, bad the Democratic party ac as a onit oo this Hoe. I took a>y st; on thc tariff plaok of the Chicago p for?a, which reads : (He read it to bis hearers.) "I contended that middle clause was of equal if not m i cn porta o ce tbao the firsthand that, strict enforcement would bring m satisfactory res a I ts. ' Others joined me in tbis and s eral speeches were made io its fav We assueaed that without an toc?me t; the entire contention aside from a des to make political eapital, was one schedules. There is'not a man bsfc ns who would listen to the tariff deb one siogle day and not come to the sa conclusion. Let me give you' a f instances among Democrats to sust; this contention. Senator Rawlins ( manded a duty OD wool and gilson for Utah. Senator Wbite asked for dnty on borax and fruit for Oaliforn: Senator Morgan wanted a dnty oo ir for Alabama Senator Pasco want higher duties on cigar wrappers l Florida Senator Bacon wanted a dc on cotton and lumber for Georg Senator Tillman and myself want what we could get for rice, cotton, lu ber; bauxite and monazite for Soo Carolina Congressmen Love a William? wanted a duty on pyrites a bauxite for Georgia, while Fowler North Carolina joined in for it ail. ''Senator Allen, after condemning dnty on inmber, of which his State p duced none, asked for a duty on obie ry of which bis people were lar producers "Senator Caffery of Louisiana, aft expending days denouncing' a prot?t ive tariff, wound up with a demand f a duty on sugar. "I might tell yon. how some woo denounce protection on the floor of t bense. and then come quietly into o committee room and ask for a duty i some product io their own district * * * * * *? * "I became disgusted with sui double dea Hog, and with Til! ma Bacon, Rawlins and others begao tl .fignt on the sectional features of tl bill and demanded equal privileges fi the south and her industries. The r suit of our efforts has been a duty c cotton, eqtsal privileges for souther railroad ties, higher duties on rice ac a duty on bauxite. We have also cot pelicd the Republican managers recognize the injustice of taxed ja bagging for the planter and free btndio twine for thc wheat raiser, and ha^ put bagging on the free listr Not single one of us believes io tbe d oct nt of protection, and so declared repeats ly, but made the fight under that part < the D?mocratie tariff plaok which di clares that "duties shall be so adjuste as to operate equally throughout tb cou a try and not discriminate betwee class and section/* Io my opinion on course was not only proper but in stn? accord with the good old Democrat i doctrine of equality before tho lav: I declared on the floor of the senat that the south asked for no advantage but d?maoc'led simple justice If prc tection was beneficial, as alleged, tb south was sei?hb enough to want be share ; if the policy proved ditsastrou we were patriotic enough to stand ou portion, bot under ail conditions and a ali times we dem and ed equal burden ander ali national legislation. W wanted to be recognized as a portion o this great oatid^j "whose rights aod op portuuities should be considered Ii thi* manner w,e have kindled a fir under this infernal eastern advantag that will roast ont all those who ar now manipulating it. "Let ne take up the question o cotton duty and analyze it : If (at some say) it will be no good. 1 wii answer that it will do no barm, bu place the cotton planter and wbea grower on an equality, which of it self is a?concession of sectionalism ant injustice from the Repu blican party, contend, however, that it will ben erl the cottton planter of the south I will furnish au extended market fo onr long staple cotton, keep ont a lo of trash coming here from Mexic< and relieve the growers of short staph of that much competition, whicl should be a benefit, and I believe i will. Do you realize the growing ex tent of cotton imports in this couti try ? * * *" "Besides, from this there will be t tendency to bring south the New England mills which are now using this imported cotton, ?ur the purpose of being nearer the supply of long staple. Tlue idea that this duty will not benefit the cotton grower is clear? ly met by ihe fact, that the next morn? ing after the cotton tax was imposed, a compensatory duty was proposed for the manufacturers of the Egyptian cotton. I am not discussing this as a protectionist, but simply as fair play towards the south aod as au evidence cf what might be done to break up the entire protective system When protection reaches ali classes and ail sections it will die of its own accord. The rice schedules were cut ail to pieces by the committee, and a most vicious effort was made to make this industry feel the iron hand of sectionalism I imagined it was point/d directly at South Carolina and promptly took up the fight. I gave the matter a thorough investi? gation and became convicted that the industry was being discriminated against and that northern buyers re? ceived the benefit. I made a speech in defense of the rice planters of thc south, so fall of facts and statistics that I had soon the attention of the senate. The Republican steering committee at once took alarm and hastily receded from their ame ments and restored the house sci ules in order'to prevent further d aging discussion. Was I not justi in defending my own State and a-et nized industry among its peo^. . fi northern greed and avarice ? I it then, and shall repeat.such defe whenever the opportunity arises believe it was a duty incumbent my position and I did not shrink "Then came the lumber schedi and here again sectional greed < closed itself In the first paragn the senate committee placed a 25 cent duty on nothein cedar railn ties and placed all others on the i list. I began to investigate this < crimination and soon found it crea a tie trust for the north and left south to care for itself. Northt cedar and southern cedar are two < ferent woods The northern ce grows tall and straight, with i limbs and no scent. It is used ? ten8i"vely for ties and telegrs poles Oak for ties has been exnai ed in the north, and this duty wot make a monopoly of cedar Can* and Nova Scotia could send in ai thing they chose in the line of ti sue h ?as oak, hemlock and so forth, compete with the south, but t duty secured a monopoly for the 01 tie timber in the north We made contest on this unfair proposition a forced the committee to give the per cent duties to ail. The luml schedule was taken up and an efl made to place white pine on the fi list I-with others opposed it on t ground of discriminating against t pine forests of the south I went the bottom of this schedule, a found that trie whole question in nut shell was this : Shall the noi and east, who have been plunder] us for tbe last 30 years, be permitt to purchase lumberof Canada or co psHed to buy from us ? There is yellow pine up north, and when t duty is taken from white pine tli entire section is flooded from Canad That is the case case now under t Wilson bill "Northern pine has been large consumed and southern pine is rapi ly finding its way in that directio Those northern mill owners ha^ bought an immense tract of pii stumpage in Canada, and only wai ed for free lumber to remove the mills there and send their lumber the States .It is estimated thal tl south has 183,000,000 acres of pit forest which will now be develope Northern capital will ?help to d velope our lumber industry instes of going lo Canada for that purpos Some have said that it will raise tl price of lumber I hqpe it will, ar to that extent at least we may be ab to recover some of the money take from us by the north and east Th duty upon pine Inmber is an act < justice to the south, and I am prou that I was permitted te take so pron inent a part in it. I am not defen< iug ray action upon the grounds ( protection, but as securing a pe cent, of equalization for the plunde ing you have suffered. If we are t have free trade let us have it for a sections. If we are to have a tari: for revenue let us have it equal a over the nation. If we are to hav protection make it equal to every ir dustry throughout the entire lengt and breadth of our country Let ou statute books disclose no sectional ism. Let us have in fact as well a name 'equal right to all, special priv lieges to none ' This 1 am taught i the true Democracy. The north ha explored all the possibilities of th? west, and there are no openings ii that section for their capital Th? south, which has laid dormant anc neglected und*r the miserable sec tionalism for the past 30 years, nov looms up as a land of commerce anc a location for future possibilities Every effort is being made by grasp ing avarice of New England to con tinue to force tribute from us anc make no returns These keen yan kees see the hand writing on the wall and realize more than they dare ?admit that nnder anything like equa chances the south would forge aheac with great rapidity. The growth ?E power in New England ha* been sc cure in direct contradiction of the laws of both God and nature It nae virtually grown figs from thistles, and at a profit. It has robbed and plundered its more generous neigh bors, and its greed and avarice gives sign of no abatement. In that cold, bleak region the hum of the cotton spindle should never be heard, and the whir of manufacturing should never obtain Its location, surround? ings and climate are all against it, and yet the fair skies of the south has been ignored, its mild climate j neglected and the kindly courtesy of j nature left unused. Must it ever re j main thus ? Can we not united be j as one man to demand our proper ; statutes among the material interest j of the nation ? Let us try it Let ! us start the ball rolling here in South i Carolina and undertake to do some thing for th? financial prosperity of ; our State and people. HIS CONVICTIONS. "Fellow Citizens : My convie ' tions arc the result of observation and can-f?l investigation, and my conclusions ate unalterable with the lights now before me My position on the ways and means committee of the house enabled me to study the matter from its centre to circumfer? ence When I saw the far reaching . conspiracy of the north and the east j to plunder and despoil the south I j was amazed at its magnitude and the : success with which it was applied. But when I discovered that no one from the south was lifting a hand in her defense 1 was absolutely con? founded. Financially speaking, the south was on her knees to the north and east, and submitting without protest to the most dastardly system of plundering that Yankee shrewd ness could devise I tried to con? vince myself that I was wrong", that these conditions were natural and right, but utterly failed in the at? tempt The more I thought of it the more firmly was 1 convinced of the outrage. Day after day, week after week our committee room and the corridors of the Capitol were crowd? ed with eastern and northern men seeking government favors for their different industries They were cun ning, bold and threatening, and they usually carried their point. Was the south represented ? No, indeed ; from all appearances it had neither part nor lot in the proposed legisla tion. After a time my southern blood began to assert itself. I could quietly submit no longer to see my section and people I represented plundered without making a protest. I finally concluded to make a stand for the material interests of the south, to make a fight for ihe pocketbooks of my constituents "There are two ways of getting equal rights ; one is to take away from the other fellow the rights that he ought not to have, the other is to demand the same rights yourself equality before the law, Mr Chair? man From that day until the pres ent time I have made the ,best fight I could upon these .lines, and so help me God, if permitted. I shall con? tinue the contest until the people of the south are privileged to 6tand upon an equality with the people of other sections under the laws of this nation. The speech I made last March was the first speech ever made on that floor denouncing the sectional features of our tariff legis lation and demanding equal and ex act justice for the south That speech has not been answered, and I predict that it will not be' very soon The more I look into the matter the ; more firmly I become convinced that j the material interests of the south i were being neglected and that her j people were being robbed without j objection That speech subjected j me to servere citicism here in South : Carolina. I refused to auswer them, but instead gave out an address on "The ?outh and Her Opportunities " j I could hardly believe my own state- j ment of the vast possibilities it con-? tained. That speech bas gone | throughout the length and breadth of; the land and fully established the j fact that the south had opportunities j that should be considered. ? follow- j ed thi*6 with the recent speech in the j senate, the first of its kind ever; heard in the chamber. '.'There is on both sides of the sen - ! ate a sort of mutual admiration society, j Io the discussion of this bill in the j senate, the speech of Senator Bacon j was the first real danger signal the Re j publican party received from the south, j followed up by my speech on the sec- ; tiocalisnj of the tariff bill It was a ; horns thrust in a viral spot and created i no little anxiety. The Republican ! party, cared not a snap of it9 finger for tbe academic efforts of Jones, Vest and ! Mills, spending hours discussing the j meaniog of the word 'only' * * * So long as they oonfioed tbe discussion to the question of free raw material or the abstract theories of 'revenue7 or 'revenue only' tariff they listened iodif _ ferectly or languidly voted down our motions, but when the unfair and in? famous sectionalism of the measure was disclosed aod a demand for justice and j equality made tbere wis a sodden j change Tbe Republican leaders saw the strength of my position aod that ? should my plan succeed the entire pro- j tective fabric would collapee "The success of their sys- j tem depends upoo the continued ; plundering of the south. But with the i south secure io its rigts and securing its share *f the benefits, this plunder- I log would cease and the scheme fail. ? For this reason I demanded a duty on j cotton, on rice, on lumber and de- ; noanced the duty oo jute bagging and J introduced ao amendaient cutting down ! the duty on wool and woolens one-third ! I did this oot as a protectionist, since I 1 do not endorse the doctrine, but to give these plunderers a dose of their own med icioe at a time wben it would make I them sick. I did it in self-defense of ? the south and ber people. "Look at the situation We of the south produce 75 per cent, of tbe cot- ; ton oftbe world, and we could uoder favorable circumstances produce all the ; &ugar aod rice we need. We cao pro- : duce the fruits of both the temperate and tropical zones ; we have the best : iron mines on the conticeot, with plen-; tv of limestone and coal near together. ; We bold the reserve timber lands of thc nation. We can produce our own wheat, meat apd corn. In fact, the prosperity for tbe future of this nation lies within our section The possibili? ties that are to com-? mu-r he sought for south ??f the PorotiMc. We are tho American cod of America, and should assert our right* and drfeud our material ir. tcrests. " J O ii N S O N ' S CH II ' 4ND FEVER TONIC Cures Fever In One Day. Check to the Tariff Bil). REPUBLICANS PROPOSED A BOUNTY ON AMERI? CAN BEET SUGAR. Washington, July 3-The tariff bill has gone over until Monday and ali efforts to fis the time for a final vote in the senate have proved futile. When the senate met to day there was some hope that the final vote would be reached to night, but this was speedily dispelled by the storm occasioned when Mr Allison reported a new amendment from the finance committee giving a bounty of one quarter cent a pound on beet sugar made from beets grown in the United States.. Mr Jones of Arkansas, speaking for the minority, soon took occasion to say that^no vote could be reached on the bill in the near future, in view of this bounty amendment. He intimated also that the debate would be very protracted from this time forward. Mr. Teller of Colorado supplemented this view, saying that the appearance of such an amend? ment at the last moment looked as though the Republicans were trying to delay the passage of their own bill. As it had become apparent that the bounty provisiou might cause se? rious delays. Mr. Thurston of Ne? braska, one of. the prime movers, arose and in impressive tones with? drew the amendment, saying his ac? tion was inspired by patriotic motives and for the purpose of removing all obstacles to the passage of the bill His colleague, Mr. Allen, immediately renewed the bounty proposition, so that the complication was the same as before. Hatchford^ Estimate. Is Sanguine of Success-No Trouble Is Expected. Columbus, O . July 4.-Telegrams received by President Ritchford, of tbe United Mine Workers, to-day indicate that the order for a general strike of the miners has been, complied with generally throughout tbe mining dis? tricts of Ohio, Iodiana, Illino.s and Western Pennsylvania, and in all sec? tions ot West Virginia and Kentucky. It will take several days, however, to determine with any degree of accuracy the number of men involved. Raten ford roughly estimate the number at 200,000, but this is regarded as very liberal. He ts pleased at the unanim? ity shown by ibe miners and says that he has the greatest confidence in the successful outcome of tbe strike. He thinks the prospects are better than ia 1S94 wheo a general strike was inaug? urated At that time the soale of prices was being paid in macy minios localities, notably West Virginia, where a majority cf the miners contin? ued at work, thereby greatly weaken? ing the strike Hs thiuks the West Virginia miners may now be brought into line, inasmuzh as tbey are receiv? ing wages far below the scale and their j condition is not any better than that of j the miners in otber States. Why take Johnson's Chill & Fever Tonic? Because it cures the most stubborn case of Fever in ONE DA Y, Miners Will Strike. Pittsburg, July 3 -Industrial cir? cles were much excited to-day over the development io the situation among several important trades. On the verge of the declaration of cqai miners of the Pittsburg district to take the. lead in the general suspension of the coal mining industry, oame the conces? sion of the Tinplate Manufacturer's association to the Amalgamated! Asso? ciation of Iron aod Steel Workers The miners officials here say that idle, ness vrill prevail io the majority of all the rail and river mines in the Pitts? burg district. They claim that the struggle for higher wages will be of short duration, and that by reason of the great demand for coal for the Lake trade at this season of the year, they j will be granted an advance before the ! operators lose large cootracst for thefu- j ture delivery of coal. The miners ctncials claim that a coo- j servative estimate fixes the number of ? men wbo will go oh strike in Peonsyi- ; vania/ West Virginia. Ohio, Indiana 1 and Illinois at 200,000 Coa' Miners Strike. Pittsburg, July 4.-The coal miners' j strike will be on to morrow. The sue- j cess of the struggle for higher wages in five S'ates depend* on the miners in the Pittsburg distric:. It they fail to ; refrain from working the movement will be a failure. Fully 100 mines were represented ar 'he miners' convention on Saturday by 7.r> delegates This is a larger attend ance than at auv convention since tb? local strike cf 1S94 Many more miner.- came, but having no credentials, they could not gain admittance to the convention. The resolution adopted was strong enough f?r the emergency A resolution was also adopted request ing Governor (lastings to sign thc weighing ar)ii coal commission bills ! passed by thc legislature and now bc- : fore him. i LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series of Articles Contributed by Advanced Thinkers. - * i~rr-v>- / - ->^?- =T LONDON IS WRESTLING WITH THE CHARITY PROBLEM. Mr. J. Eads Kow of Manchester col? lege, Oxford, sends the following from a London paper. The suggestions are pertinent and emphasize the inadequacy of charity. What we need is justice kind and universal justice. All men re? spond to that sentiment: "It will be a gratifying outcome of the visit cf Mr. Robert Treat Paine, the practical Boston philanthropist, to this city if it leads to thc adoption of his idea of organized charity and the doing away with the serious evils that arise from the independent, miscellaneous and unorganized bestowal of relief. The experiences of cur own Aid and Relief society in more than one instance illus? trate the necessity of adopting some such scheme as that which has worked so admirably in Boston under Mr. Paine's efficient administration. The society in question is being constantly imposed upon by applicants howling for bread and work, who when they have got the bread have no longer any desire for work. There is no question that charity should represent work. It may not always be practical'to set np a well stocked woodyard, but as far as possible some kind of work should be provided and all adult male applicants should be made to earn their relief. The only per? sons to whom money is paid should be women and children. When money is paid to men, it should be paid in the form of wilges. If money is given to them without working for it, it is much more likely to go to the saloons thrja to the family. "The curse of liquor should always be taken into account when dealing with the problem of charity. The money spent for liquor is enormous in its total' It renders the man still more incapable of work. It reduces his physical and en? feebles his mental power. As it makes him still more incapable of earning a living, it still further impoverishes his family. It destroys his pride and self respect and sooner, or later makes him a permanent charge upon society, either in the workhouse or the penitentiary. The man who is given money without work nine times 'cut of ten will spend it in the saloon, where he can get some? thing to drink as well as a free lunch, while his wife and children will be forced ont on the streets to beg in order to save themselves from starvation. Of course in an emergency, like that which confronted the city during the recent cold spell, sufferers must be taken care of by money or other relief. '"It cannot be too strongly impressed upon applicants for relief, however, that charity of this nature is only tem? porary, and that when the emergency ceases relief of this kind must cease. When once they are made to realize that the help will not be continuous, they will cease to expect it and will under? stand that in some way they must work fer money, and the werk should be pro? vided. Once let it be understood that money would be contributed continuous? ly, two-thirds of the people of the Unit? ed Stares would avail themselves of the opportunity to live without work. The first duty cf the charitable should be to organize their charities so as to avoid imposition and double giving.' The sec? ond duty should be ro contribute relief in the form cf wages. The third ana last duty should be to provide the werk. When these conditions are satisfied, the charitable problem will be well on the way toward solution. " ISOLATION. One of the fads cf popular pedagogy . is isolation, or what a philosopher would call abstraction. Every investigator knows that analysis and synthesis go hand in hand, or the latter in most cases follows immediately on the former. The training of children utilizes this method so much that it is hardly worth making it a matter of gr. ve discussion. Its over? emphasis tends to violate one of the most characteristic phenomena of the mind, the love of change. The natural? ness and ease with which a child goes from one subject to' another emphasizes the need of enlarging the primary cur? riculum to at least three times as many subjects as children now study. Alge? bra, geometry, art, botany, geology and zoology should be among the subjects studied by the 7-year-old pupil. The dull monotony would be broken up, and the child would develop more spherical? ly. And this is one of the fundamental needs of the age. IN A LONDON TREATEK. A JJ?rst 2>i??it a* Seen by the Artist C. T>. Gibson. A Lenden audience is brilliant. Ev? ery one is in evening dress, and the au? dience is often moro entertaining than the play. This is especially true on a first night. At such times the pit is watched most anxiously by thc manage? ment, as the sneeci:-! of the piece gener? ally depends cn its verdict. It has of? ten occurred to mo, when I have seen people on a srormy night forming aline on tiie pavement outside thc pit en? trance, taking it ali seriously enough to stand there for hours before the doors were opened, that by letting them in? side, the management might improve* their spirits ann they in tbe-ir turu might be mero gent ir. And ir has also occurred io mo when I have seen a stout man standing in thc aisle fmnl ling for r. sixpence or a shill? ing in pockets that probably only con? tain a baili; 1 cte and a goldpiece that the managt m< nt might further improve th-, spirits of irs audience by doing away with wemen ushers, and by sell? ing the programme at the same time i; sells the scat, for it is hardly fair tc ti.-- J..r;t act < f a play to make it over? come the l r? tininess caused by annoying at u miants b< fore it can hope to amuse. But the second act is sure to have a fair start., and ii the play isgcodircm there cn it will have no reascn to complain of the audience.-C. 1). Gibson in Scrib? ner's.