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Show ,ijj Hail HI UT f BHIIOgggg CHICAGO LETTrit J Ccnlcanial Cel hra'iunor I. s ( ' toa Spiunlnr. TH" "' ork r FatLtr HallliMr.-Tbe Abominable Abomin-able LhpiorTralUe. Sariie I'oMt-leal I'oMt-leal Aspects ami Prosptl- 5peoUlrreMoaJs9 f ,h tIE,IT Stw I Centennial annlvernriei coma but once In a cen'ury. Me who witnesses two of tlicm is a rare individual. in-dividual. At present one or these is Indus celebrated lu New Kng-land. Kng-land. It is the centennial of An.tr. ton crfto.i spinning. Pantueket in Hiiode IsUud Is the cradle of tlie present gigantic cotlou In lastry of car nation. Tnls cradle was first rocked just 1-n years ago thte mrnitT T.Hsev.nt Is one worthy of coinmem-ratton. It - coroer stone of our imlustrial inle-Sencc inle-Sencc A--1 Brittoh colony this cwntVVwas prohibited f rem toter-muiufacture toter-muiufacture of ny kM. In ftct it was a crime puiiiJisl' " l Statute law for a HritUI. subject to nlroduceinto '" coJoales auy nunufacturlng machine o. any Iociw of p-viduclug .n-7MrS,J 'TkX It might In truth T said thTt kt tho "Hn -JSJi Union American imrastrre were Infant ones, or rather embryonic ""iiI'lTaSoneofllie flt laws on-rcl-d by Cemgrcs under the new coUiteltia,. was tariff one a onier to foster Amcr u JrrJurws-Fncourageii JrrJurws-Fncourageii by this hw - 1M- Island capitalists invited rauel Slater, an Hngllslimau, who was an exin-rt in the Arkwrigbt system of tma, lilni. sninnlng. to come over and settle in this country. hinM did come, but was iiy law j.roliibltci from bringing oi'lcf Lngland any piece of m ichlncry ot m clcl ofsuch. After liis s-tllemeiit lu llhode Island, Mr. slater commt-ncal to w ork en Ills ra tchinc which he Iiad lo reproduce from nvmory entirety, and bv the fall of ITiW he hail In oi.-nitlou the first cotton-splonlng machinery establlshc.1 in Anwrici. Let protection""! and frt!e'alcrs whoso iieads Iwve turned gray over tariff literature commence again at this event, and both must admit that Iu i-rliiclple at least a tarttl M not on the whole a bad thing. Tho other crtileniiiil Mralis ing ilebrat-J bv terni-erinee is.-Ojih-aul HtJi-lHiiior men is tho anm versary of ibeoball Mstthew, trie famous total abttinttnoo mil. He was bom in Ireland, OA 1, ll lie was of VeWl eiccei't. Iu JW. lie cntetwl the Rjimn thwlojrical college of Maynoolli, and In JiH, was ordained a priest of the Ca-chin Ca-chin orJer of friars. He was located in tlie cily of Cork, from HJ to la-T-i. I n the oHlt of Ireland Iticu-l-.i n-.s.iMn . lrsSvt"riatlf and Willi im Martin a liJaker, were waging war on whisky. Intemr-anc Intemr-anc was making rearful iaread Into Hie con Htion of the masses from lsltol'atilthewttwiigoou men tried hard to eka'e tbeir ha-man ha-man Calholic countrymen. Full Matthew was at this lime known a iireajhrr of g.-eat power and at-1 trtiteil to his discourses Iro-j tisUuts an veil as CaUic-1 lies. IViring tlie eTiO'cra o. . ls.i. Father Matthew lhr-wl himself entirely a'U-u,f thejanic strlekeu iwople. He ministered to the plague stricken wl.e-n relatives and friends lied in terror. It was nenhe realized fully the evil of liquor among be mass . He saw 'that crime, misery aud plague were traceable largclv to whisk. He noticed that filth, improvMeuc-in improvMeuc-in I debiucltcry were Ui" cblldrep ofthewhi-kysbop. It win then he understood tlie good work of Isto PrjtesUnt friends. He preachcl forcibly against drink, but h-- fou-U that otjjniiton alone cojld c-ffe-t any benefit. First he r.oUed to lieconw a total alisluuer huu-wlf At a laiblic m'.-etlng on April M, lim, lie signed the p1vlge Vf,b,? temiit-rancu association. Vtiulam I Martin actually kissed tlie garment" of tin- new disciple. Helore one ear Father MatUliws hail , lople iu Munster total alistaiiiers In 1SI Ireland was in a ferment of total abstinence. Di-tillcries ani brew erles suspended work. ahKn-keept ahKn-keept rs had lo go nut and dig. ! retail re-tail I f r once, had a ray of lighi. Hereisan extract fpjm one of his fervid discouRMS spoken lu lis I: "What a ctearJUtaanlln4ctien'TI eS rl of taloxl' itsa. W bat rrowtlc! tb Tcry laaalit' astiuau' IHuakeaacat aa4 Its ie ts hat led to the vcr ciUttr' IMankesaes- I a-er will cire ap anu! we are Ire4. mtn the Wcls and the a. sisURceof tod truia all tar-e tlrittloRiUr cub Mime there arejt u Mr-Age. who look Willi an tvil T nym aw. Bat cannot 1 tar. inlbe woio(t faal. -Am I roar nVw eeran.e I tell the tmlh l-et tarm -how me anr on bronant to misery or ruin Itt tctal aus-inenre snow ins any one bmtuhtto the lunatic Mflnm hr total lbU ucm . elh, no not a ic? ote- ' Daniel O'Coiinell the great Irish orator, al the man who gained CaUiolicemanciirationin tho KrltW. Islands, foluetl the ieiiipersnce movement. He publicly s'gue-t the pledge when Iioni Majorof D.ibtin, and thus set a good i sample for tint men of his tlaj-. In Istt Father Mathew vislte-l Lngian I and siicceeiled InorgnnU-ing InorgnnU-ing oW,(WJ abstainers in tliat Countrj-. In ls43 he sited the FniUrd States. On Dec. Hth, !) he was adtnittel to the floor or the House of It nresentatives. He was al-o prov ideil w ith a seat within the bar of tha Senate. Kighteeit Senators votesl against tile resolution to admit ad-mit the temperance priest within the -senate ehnmlier, but r-t voletl for it. l'hoso opposed to h.ra were all Southern slave owners, then ar-r-igjiit, purse proud aud intolerant. He was. entertained at a grand tinner given by 1'resident F II uore. Father Scathe v died in 1I, iu Ireland. There Is nit at lh pre-ent time a more apjiropriate Hieme for eiaborat-iig eiaborat-iig on ttiati the life aud the work of the Rev. Theobald Matbew. Liquor twlay i the demon who is destroying destroy-ing societv-, su overling relignnand de'raJIngiivilcoveriiment. llvcrj scies of sin. v ice and cri.ne can lie traced to the hellboru saloon. It is there female virtue Is first assailed It is there vigorous manhood is first fufeehied. It is there fatherhood and motherhood are fir t defiled. It is there that youthful Innu eiico rt-cfivesits rt-cfivesits first h-ssons in turpitii le and imiairity. It is there murder, arson, rape, robbery and seJuctiou are first conceived. It is there political po-litical trades are made, the ballot lx made a cuspidor of. an I the saeredness ami sanctity of American elections mi Je a tlicms for devils to hold carnival over. Hi you datbt it Glance al anv- dally iater, ilck out at random wich items as these: v lot's. otRi.'a itr trinusT Maxcia sbltrr. a nrcttnaMCsslns Ctrl 11 years of affl 1W Jnauco nnvtwell yealr tar that a swaaffa man baJ anltced her into a aatooa la the ra ir of M Viriirr's lbs era. w Mft aha waa Jmsttrf an t mittraatad b MTCral aaea who war in tba place ltd nors roe su iEti urcxk. Etllu Hnrke. tl yaart of an. an I Dart soliam. U jretri two aew mr asn frand IriaK at the corner of Ucartra anl Ran ..i nh t a: s i cU-V jiiaterdar ntirn inc ia a bcaitlr at tie of laloxicsu hi Taa nolica wUI MMMaTor to acertan wno aow the boys the ISa-r. an!. If anccwf si. will pmecale the aaha per. The saloon where the girl above mentioned was so maltreated in in the centre of Chicago Property there is worth several thoustuds of dollars a front foot. The m-ii who frequent it are well tire-sod, well fed, and to all appearinc gentlemen gentle-men It'll the item again, an J picture to yjtira -If tho degradation, the brutality, the horrible fiendish-ness fiendish-ness of such conduct. In a weli-regulate weli-regulate I cummuuitj tba doors of such a lis'l should le nailed Ui. and its oxatT lrans.rtetl to interior Africa. ... With this terrible evil ravaging home, church and legislature, what ire we doiiy to niaiify or nullify iu Votliing. The hilirious gin-seller stands at the door of his mansion or palace an J hurls ji'-csarrl Jeersat the temperance m.n aud abstainer. Tlie protiibitSonLsl is called a crank, a Manlchaen, a fanatic. The brewer brew-er it a good fellow, a jovial, generous gener-ous soul. The distiller is a man of nrogres', liberal and tosmo-iolitan. The bar tender U a wit. lie telh. stories that make all hsiitls laugh. Kven the "moral" newspaper and the bktnd humorist cracfe jokeaon the total abstainer!. There is only one way to c "bat this evil, an J fiat is ti bran I IVj ... , , - ,i s ci: --, V-Wrt- ' s -r '. Lan a all -,,", J.ri -ani Jtlfe' MalelUl-liturcarif . , rrItougros. Tead.yourc.ind Stl i bo classed will, tht't Si the tHrfum Jolut, the robbers' , fS-'Makeltao ttotarnaumust skulk Into it. ar. I cit of it. MaRc It uncleniJ, what it rrftlly J. We Wit FirMatth-ws today, uaany "lUlSe. are In a wbiil in all three HwSrf Wbs-on'lo, l-"-3 tickets. NineTOngwwr,n1''! ! IjLcS, and so will eight Metal-ASeiastSUteelectioii Metal-ASeiastSUteelectioii the repvb-to repvb-to had Plurality of :A ovef tb tlemccratt. TlttHe "r-f14'': prohihttlon vol's cast. As U l. probab'e result of Hie prrteut conto tho wisest pilKle-ians ro at -The issue is fie Heunett law, acom-uutsory acom-uutsory edtjcatson act paMcel by tho last legisUture which makes the stutly of tho Fngb-' language the dominant one in all pwbiw private schools. Party leaucw any Uw Benaet lw to not an ' ffepubli'aua boldly proclaim theni-seives theni-seives rAU for the s.hoolhiue and tlie F.ngilsh language. "mo" do tho wunc, and yet these fa an i-ue. Thesiwctolcorrespontlenl ol Se Chicago -Vt writlnx Iwm Milwaukee pictures tho Juon very cormrtly. This Is hat he sals: -The r..'-Ucan, eUtja .ii;"," farorof navaswetiM 2 JS. Uo. In U tntstt "iSEatoi 5 Jnn-raM shoal nant nam rV'""J "aim lhat they are Wl.fSLjJ'St St2SXiJfsSs " tha rrpuM ra . sUUoaa which ," faVrctera-to 'FL'E- m tta unc issue hrb la i"JP CJ i e.nr le.t .h Into Iho fTetttn. I M.U'Bi k icrnfr.onoof '"'.J, Vjd me aenioeralt Clttal.r injonj-" "l On- U...S taJa;'?'lni the can-. jrn u rajrtaiy lXhfiiAne eat ctril war Hm'.'"t?'J2S bremrcnanrt rmlje Jrlsmajaf- la ainfc There is BO BWU lU.nr a r-M I S caV'un Tote noa-nartiaB cnuila I- hauT't Tall ihe'rciaWMclain. itrrjTiu.if-nd w do the ocmocxau. l-artr line In Wraasin this year j areiioYclelyilen. I congressional ebtttow wlKbenBi"-f wlKbenBi"-f ed by the Itonuett law. The repub-licarrs repub-licarrs are fondly. b"Wn-ho' leaiers. The pronmiuonuiui -. native born Arnetieans are P to, to stand try the "'ItV". tncKnglfahlansage. AnditscenB. Umt uS. are likelj to d . s-s and to vote for MoarJ for goveni-r. w ho i. thechamtduof tie U imc-tt law-It law-It fa adoiitted by tiie publicans thntato'e'rction of German Lutherans Lu-therans nut t-Sennau Catuoll will voToTgaiwt Hoard and ins Dennett SLSrrasj-nSS 3Z.X.'S,;iSr or sections are cl timed by "" """f of the contest. There are, it p w, S.IM German Lutheran citiaeus irt Wisconsin. They ail vote it jus as elTrlrUsdo. Hitherto they voted wiUt republicans but it loow If a break were coming. fo the honest, fairmindeJ tswi-can tswi-can It seena that the republican larty is right this t!n in Wiscon-sin Wiscon-sin The American fsngoag. which IsundoubU-dly the Kngllen. should be Pic ttaUonal one. Lrt this tro, and our republic ga wlUi it, most decidedly. Kvery Un s iouH bea"le torea ! and write,but ifaimrent docs not do his duty Hie State shot'id lo ttsd.ttr and compel edu.-ati-n. The wh''i troabre ha arisen from meildllng. nticrab!e milttclsns and bigots. ne Dennett law, if intcriHTeted fairly and literally, liter-ally, l.a i nothing optional, i a it. bit some bigoted s-hool oOlcials construed it In -uch a way th.it the Luthrram were drawn intoantag-onixingit. intoantag-onixingit. It I. -taitrl that a" libor votw. prohlbl'Hn vo'es and 7000 tlemorratie ones will be cast fcr the re.siblicani on itrounlof thectlu-catlonnl thectlu-catlonnl issue, if W, tbo Bennett law will le ustalued. The ides or November will tt-U all. In Illinois ths situation is about parallel with that of Wisconsin. Until this week the school question was dodged by both the great parties. The Latbenns wouM have no dodging. Every candidate f'.r tbe h-tstatrltc "n both side was walled o ? by a comniittec of Lutherans and a declaration demanded ra the Illinois Com iu!ry F-dueation tits'. Many c.ndiUies. mostly on tlie ile-uocratic silejiiculy favored repeal re-peal of tbe law. Others hedged and riivorwl amendment This would not lo for ine I.utlienns, and tl.ey hoMly said so. One candidate. Cap. Farrell, a Catholic, favoretl re peal of the law but refrained front pledging himself fo it, ou the groun .Is that his advocaiy of reial wouM lu more effective in tlie Icglsl iluro if not alr'-a ly pledgcl. rno Lutherans would i.ot have it this way, ai.d want au unquahtied e-onimttaii-nt to repeal. Now tbe repuiilic.ti party leaders aie Incoming aiaroicJ. Tho tar if a an issue iu tins rot test is dead, rho rchoalhouse is the watchword. And the state central committee of the party Is urged to issue a proclamation pro-clamation stating that a formidable aud well planned conspiracy exists to overthrow the pubbc schools. Mr. Kdwards, tlie candidate can-didate on the mubhean side for State S-iperinttntent of Instruction, says that tlie (Jcnnaus as a race are hostile to our ountry and its Institutions, Insti-tutions, and he wants ha party to susttiu him iu his utterances. KJ- wirdslsa hi.'e Ui.inl s- tjrian religionist re-ligionist who thinks that uo ou lait a Metiiodist or Ka!.tt-t can be a loyal Amerlcau. This is all nonsense. An atheist couli be a good American, Ameri-can, aud if rep. rt spc tka true Tom Payne was an atli'btt anil Tom Jei-fer'on, Jei-fer'on, liicugh not an a heist, was far from being sedariau. Aud I can't see that speaking a little German Ger-man would hurt American citizenship. citizen-ship. Of course education and the English language shoul J be he'd up, no matter what the cud. On these no compromise ought to be the plat form. I n I ndiana there Is no school ixsue, yet the situation there is complicated. compli-cated. There are four parties in the fight, but tbe struggle rests between be-tween democrats and republicans. Tne people's partj-.tompoae J moatlj-of moatlj-of f irmc-rs. is a strong oue. It is thought, however, tliat iu the heat of battle old associations will lie renewed, re-newed, an I the farnie rs will d iv ide up into olti lines. l'be Australian ballot system will be adonled at this elec.i.m in In. diana. This system it is said hi a certain saft guard against conupt votiug. If so, Indiana will lie a riddle to the pirty prophet until after election. The State of Indian l has a fear'tiPy large purebanjab vote. Tuts is aduiittc-1 by both sides, t'nder the new law money w ill not be iml-J, simply because a voter can ijU as he chooses nnd no one can be the wiser. A vote buyer could trust to the cilli-u's honor, but a ciUxou who swlls bis vole for two dollars can have little honor to trust lo. Speaker Recti will deliver several discourses in Indiana during the campaign. It fat possible his presence pres-ence wld have the eOVci of bringing bring-ing the fanners back to old aflliia-tlons. aflliia-tlons. He has prove! himself a po-ltlve indlvidu lily, and such a person makes warm friends but mortal enemies. TlwdemraU wiy that hn owes his re-election lo the pun base of VM dtmocrati votes. If so, the sooner a party wli'ch boasU ofsuch a crowd in ona town is trampled out of exhtence tiie better. To In candid, if Kecd did not act as he el id, Congress w, u!tl be by till time the laughing-atock of the work!. Ifa man Is elected to goto Oontcreaa, it ia bis duty to be present pres-ent there, no matter Imw low In the minority lie may b J r I'll" v Oil 1 I I'll |