| Show BY TELEGRAPH I 1 IF ER EB WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH LINE A M E atao A all to ae friends of freedom I 1 thein the in ability ot of the large democratic majority in the national house of representatives to pass a bill for tariff reform looking only to the removal of the heavy burden of taxation from a few great reat industries and the refusal of the representatives ot the Ite republican publican party aud and their alli allies esto to even consider the abatement of tariff taxation in any degree tin operatively ively calls lor for aggressive and uncompromising politics political action by the friends of commercial freedom freed org there can be no doubt that the majority of the american people at present acting in unison with one or the other bother ot of the two great political parties are convinced of the practicability and necessity of tariff reform aud and the abandonment of the hitherto dominant policy ot 91 high discriminating and nd unnecessary taxation A cle clear ar statement pf af tite issue between the pro projectionists protectionists i and the free traders in I 1 of itself a demonstration of f the truth of this assertion on the one side the advocates of protection start with the assumption that under a free and republican form of government the power of taxation may be Iw lawfully fully used to in aid enterprise and buildup private fortunes on the false plea dow BOW private demolished emolia bed by the bare logic of facts that such legislation betters business and raises wages for a long period they have reduced tais assumption to practice by imposing heavy taxes on articles necessary to the processes of the great domestic indi industries for the especial interests of very small relative importance to zate gate industrial interests of the whole country years past our fiscal policy has been practically dictated by tile the manufacturers of pig iron and aad the growers grower of wool although the aggregate value of the annual product of pig iron and wool Is not equal to the value of the annual egg and poultry crop of the country and it is not to be com paired with the value of the annual crop of either hay wheat corn coorn or cotlon I 1 emboldened by long toleration the demands of these special ial interests in crease in audacity as shown recent proposition ot samuel Ssmuel J randall their representative to advance duties duffies on tin plate from 1 to 2 aa cents per pound this articles article arti clele ls used largely to tor r preservation by canning of an excess of oui our meat vegetables fruit fish 1 and alth d oil products which without s such u treatment reat ment could not be marketed but would be wasted the present duty freights and commissions added constitute tite a bounty which would cover the payment of double the wages paid in great britain but as the foreign are conducted at a minimum of profit the prices of tin fin plates being the lowest ever known in history the present tj tax ix is regarded as and randall all proposed in spite of an overflowing treasury to increase this tax from six to an agre gate ot of million dollars and collect it by adding to the cost of the preservation of meat lish and fruit ae cre creasing creasan asin our export market accordingly tile the cost ot of milk pans and pans of every farmers farmer tho th cooking utensils and dinner pail of every working man maa and the construction conal ruction of every dwelling house and railroad car carau in the country jall all for the benefit of a few iron manufacturers rs and capitalists in pennsylvania on the other side the principles of the free traders way may be simply stated as follows I 1 they demand that the whole system tern of federal taxation be so reconstructed ted and readjusted that all taxes which the people pay shall be received bf by the government without diversion 0 of any by part for fostering private interests 2 that the promotion and true protection of domestic industry is to be found in the removal of all taxes from articles which constitute the foundations or are necessary to the process of our various industries and that taxation tax should be restricted as far as pot pos sible to articles whose final con sump tion is ii voluntary rather than necessary athey a they claim that the abandonment of the present high discriminating and unnecessary tariff taxes and the levy of a natural revenue on a comparatively ively few arti articles cleson on which taxes can be collected with the interference with the freely chosen pursuits of the people are necessary steps to gradually insure to the country full industrial employment and bagh wages abundant production and low cost extended markets and a permanent pui pel manent revival reviva of commercial activity trade competitors of the united states are loaded down with the support of great standing armies which in turn entail a burden of taxation so heavy as to impair their resources cripple the ei energies bergies of their people and increase the cost of their products to successfully make a race tor for trade with the nations thus hampered aply necessary that the people ot of this country adopt a tax policy diametrically opposite other nations must then disband their armies and set their soldiers to work with better wages and better subsistence than they pow how have to afford them any chance for competing with a country so rich in resources intelli intelligent gent aud active in respect to population and so free in respect to government as thie the united states it is for such a result that the american free trade league invites of the otie men of all political parties the recent trial of strength in congress shows that the change of a single district in half of the states from frem the sioe of pro tv tu the side of free traders is all that is required to reform the revenue system of tae a government overn ment in more than this number of districts a change of less jess than five per cent in the vote will change the district A comparatively small number of those opposed by conviction to the policy of taxation and res restriction tr ri ti 1 os 2 asserting themselves actively y c can an thus produced the desired result it it is th therefore essential thit that each friend ot of commercial freedom in anticipation of nominations in his congressional district shall determine and as far as possible publicly declare his determination not to vote for any candidate for congress who Is not opposed to tariff for protection a I 1 I 1 except where it is nece necessary spary to defeat an avowed protectionist opponent candidate who st straddles the democracy by cateri catering fiX to monopolists and traders in special legislation on oa the one hand while CIA claiming aug support from the toiling taxpaying y 1 11 nir masses on the other in what cases cisek it wat mar be best to put an independent candidate in the field and in what others from voting must toe be left to the ot of each district to decide for themselves added ta to this lut let every friend of the cause dilli ganly fenily strive to extend ilis his weal local influence by diffusing sound economic latr era by y promoting the organ i in as many places as we he can such a system requires no large expenditure of money and need pot not be feces harily dependent on an vie the direction of any central organization but blit such an organization will exist and sad be all ali the bronger stronger from multiplication and c cooperation 0 adi independent and in a large degree of individual action it 1 is a thus possible that tariff aid reform may be accomplished accomplish ad by the force of public opinion within both farlien parties compelling Coin toe acquiescence acquis cence if bf those e in n power but if the continued failures of the democratic party in congress to c carry arry any practical measures of tariff reform i courtin continues aes ues to be met by the op 1 position of the republican party organization and its democratic allies the democratic and republican free traders must unite to t destroy a party chach cannot carry out its owa principles to luperce de them with a new pary parry of of restriction estrict ion to loin join together in the open field our democratic form of republican government requires at least one great party having hating the courage ag e of its convictions and ready to show itself a party partly by risking 11 detests defeats I 1 in defense of its principles if the ex sting parties fail to face tsu of the day the organization of the league mill will furnish the nucleus for e wider party development that maa prove necessary for the present resau lay iny dependent action in congressional districts wll accomplish everz every purpose i the american free trade league eague have reason 0 o believe that where there is not an absolute majority the number of free trade votes in most of the congressional districts is sufficiently large to hold the balance of power between the candidates of the two great political parties and aad it only remains with those to whom this appeal is now made to decide whether that power shall now be so intelligently exercised as to make it doth feared by politicians ad aad re specter by statesmen let the first step be taken and the battle will be substantially bubl won the address is signed by a large number of the members of the american Aine rican free trade league SARANAC INN N Y 39 the presidents party lett left saranac inn this morning for the upper lake region for a few days hunting and fishing in that remote territory with them went colonel A H belo of the galveston news and harry W brown of philadelphia philadel del hia the he hieam steam launch nellie conveyed the party down saranac lake to Swee neya terry where a long jaunt across the country try awaited them it is not determined ter mined whether mrs cleveland and her mother will go into the woods or 0 await the return of the party at one of the hotels at the edge odthe of the wilderness lu in all probability they will make the venture ven tuie as mrs cleveland has expressed a desire to rough it with the others few ladies here have the courage to take such a jaunt in the woods the party will not return before the latter part of the week the guides took along alon major a scotch liou tid a tam fam ous old hunter in this region and other dogs will be procured for the chase A score or more of the guests at saranac inn gathered at the wharf and waved an adieu to the voyagers mr nathan straus ofner of new york who entertained the president at lower saranac last ast year called on mr cleveland just before his bis departure the party navy gone beyond the reach of telegraphic telegraph i c communication and may not be heard from until they return SCRANTON pg 30 A terrible ible accident occurred at fairlawn Fairi Fair lawn awn colliery this morning which resulted in the death of live five men two others were seriously ou v injured john chosie and J galligher Gal laiber were standing at the head of the slope SIO eat at the time ot of tile the accident and allt felt the lorce force of the explosion as the rush of air came out of tae mouth c of if the mine they at once started to go into in to ascertain the extent of the damage the august quota of coal had been mined last week and no men were employed in the mines word came however that a party of five or six men had gone into the mi 1 1 0 to clear up their chambers mine min e in happened to come along about this time and he abdual and gral bagher with a party entered the mines going down to the third or lower vein and then followed the air co firse stopping to repair the damages to the brattice etc as they went along their progress was necessarily slow and the course they followed took them to the right hand side of the mines they came at last it to a point where they found repairs necessary and returned to the foot of the mines tor for more material when they learned that groans had been heard in the east gangway they worked their way and found the party who had gone in the mines before the accident near or about the entrance of one of the chambers a short dista distance from the foot of an inside plane about feet from where the heading branches off three of them were alive and three of them dead the killed were huge conners Cou ners of bellevue edward gaughan and mihael MU hael the first man brought to the surface was join john nafle who is badly badly burned ab iut ut the face and arms john kerrigan Kerr laan was alone when found and talked the strongest of all but he died before being brought to the surface the next was john connor me he has two large scalp wounds a bad cut ou on the knee and another on the arm his face and hands are badly bruised he was taken tp to the hospital the bady of edward berce pierce I erce the fire boss was found about 50 feet from there ont one of the men said said they bey waited there lo in the blackn essof the night the sick comrades lying near them at last they heard voices and connor called P presently e s antly the voices came nearer then they ae y saw lights approaching approaching tin and soon the rescuing par pany y were with them TA the position I 1 it I 1 on in which the bodies were jound zoi bears b cars statement he abald n not 0 t tell whither pierce ignited the gas jd a 0 or r tei whether h ether it was ignited by their lamps the explosion came like p flash too quickly lor for anyone to tell anything about abo it they had no reason sonto to expect boand any gas there how vie tae tire originated is a mystery CITY cl ry oy ov MEXICO 30 80 reports have beer current here since friday night regarding regard ng the treatment of sedgwick american special agent in the cutting case who was on that evening one of the guests at a ball given by one of the clubs of the city the club in question is the most aristocratic in mexico among amo pits its members being government of the oldest and most the club gave sedgwick an invitation as a special honor bonor to an american representative he was received with marked tokens s of respect and every one endeavored to mako make the evening agreeable to him he being the most honored guest toward the small hours of the morning there was the usual flow of champagne and numerous toasts drank in one of the rooms set apart for gent gentlemen lelien A careful investigation shows that seda wick while undoubtedly participating in the enjoyments enjoy ments of the hour was in no way trea led insolently the members of tre tie club and its managers mana 11 gerb strenuously deny that any discourtesy I 1 was intended or practiced toward sedgwick who made an excellent impression pres bion to set at rest the injurious reports regarding sedgwick it is proposed oy y the leading representatives senta tives or of hie highest society of mexico to give him a series of dinners and reception sin order to mae it j N that be has the esteem of the mexicans since the rumors became current large numbers num nuin bern bers of entirely ridiculous and dt d reports have been in circulation but no person of reputation or standing in the community conversant with IT ith the matter supports them last evening sedgwick was the guest at a private house at dinner at which aich were present minister mariscal of the department of foreign relations de lations and minister Mix ister romero of tile the interior de pertinent parti nent sedwick sed wick is conferring with minister jackson and investigating the laws of mexico bearing on the cutting case he is having translay ians of the laws made and when 00 here he be will go to chihuahua and then to paso del norte city of mexico 30 in an interview this afternoon sedgwick emphatically denied the stories circulated against him in the united states elates leading representatives of the bocky club who have been interviewed upon the subject express themselves as sorry softy that the good name ot of the club has been called in question they said that sedgwick was a conspicuous con |
