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Show be hold accountable for deliverances whioh they tlo not deliberately and consciously" make for the public. Even the least signilieaut of mankind would be unwiiling to be responsible for views presented by other persona and attributed attrib-uted to him. The careless chat of the luncheon or dinner table, purely private pri-vate and desultory, can never be repeated re-peated in public without dishonoring the betrayer of it. Tin Gold llrUk Swindle, Omaha B e. A banker in Utah was swindled on the old mold brick game. He bought $.'I,(IU0 worth of alleged gold from an ignoramus for $0000. The ignoramus is gone and so is tho SOOOLt, tor the alleged al-leged gold is pure copper. The banker is now hunting swindler. Any man, banker or otherwise, who bites at that old bait is lamentably imbecile and receives re-ceives and deserves no sympathy. InlTcrlnic I lk" Jelly. Pit:sliurg Commercial Gazette. Those who have regarded Mr. Cleveland Cleve-land as a man who took his stand upon the rock of principle and was not to be ! btidtred bv anv motive of self-interest will sustain a painful shock from the interview had with him by Stito Treasurer Treas-urer Stephens of Missouri. Their lirm, indexible hero is here displayed quivering quiver-ing like a nias of jelly under the agitation agita-tion of tho free -silver boom. Lost Friend All Aroun I. Br. Louis Globe-Democrat. Mr. Cleveland has lost friends in the doubtful democratic states of the eas'. w ithout gaining any in the won by hi Hop on silver. A cliaugo of base while in front of the enemy is always dangerous danger-ous iu war or politics. SPIRIT OF' THE PRESS. I'rtvucy of lli Malls. Denver Itpu oilcan. - One of Uio evils of the anti-lottery law to which we enllud attention whil'o that measure was pendiug was exhibited exhib-ited iu Kl i'aso, Texas, the other day . The postmaster of that town allowed certain postolliee inspectors to break open sealed letters, iu search for evidence evi-dence of a violation of the law. The lottery business is an evil; hut a greater evil would be to destroy the privacy of the mails. The oliicers of the frovern-uient frovern-uient are. not auovu the people, and they should have no power to break open private letters. Jt should be remembered re-membered that this is the people's gov-eminent, gov-eminent, and that the postoflicu 'img been established for their benefit aud convenience. A postollice otiicial has no more right to break opeu a sealed letter than a private individual has. Harrison's -Southern Speeches. New York Tribune. In all the president's southern speeches there has been a remarkablo note of suggestion. lie has not hesita- ! ted to discuss national politics, even when they are matters of partisan issue, but lie has spoken so frankly and with such openness and toleration toward to-ward the views of others that instead of j arousing party spirit and criticism lie ! has won only applause and awakened j only appreciative discussion. j I sir llay For I'uhlic Men. j Chicago Herald. i j It is only fair play that men in pub- ! lie lh",iio matter of what party, shall not I |