| Show THE republican COMMON great are being made for the holding of the rational do publican convention in chicago next june even now the clamor has begun and it Is a reasonable presume pre sump tion that it will increase In creaso from this till the gre headline quarters are being secured ia avail a ble places the central portion of the eltye the national comm attee already has its rooms engaged and everything points to a great attendance and a grand occasion some idea of how the business Is working may be obtained from our telegraphic news in which the inci pleat enthuse asmas shown to be bubbling and in refreshing manner in point of actual interest and national import the coming ile convention will not be so great as that of but it will ra no lower down the beale than second to it the issue then was the maintenance and perpetuity of the union now if is the question of whether the ravens ahall be decreased by indans of the or perpendicular plan both parties agreeing that it must be reduced but differing diff erinc as w idely as the poles are asunder as to the methods by chich this result shall be accomplished the matter with ita cc ca free trade and protection fias been before the country almost from the time it was nationally tio nally organized but never so distinctly and positively as now in fact it has never before been a strict party fesus there having been high tariff democrat IS and low tarifa ile publicans public ans until quite recently now the former are for revenue reform which means reduction in tile amounts collected from the in the way of taxes and duties and the latter for protective tariff Ehe aning the main of such a high duty on imports as w ill nut brinz american turere in competition with the cheaper systems prevalent in europe the chicago convention will be well attended and well advertised already it Is understood that na only every delegate but every alternate also will be there and that the grand ball now being arranged for the convocation and which will hold people will not nearly accommodate the throngs which will clamor for ad in assion As to what will be done there we are not disposed to speculate the platform Is made in advance and it to tolerably safe to say the chandl named at he lacks but the formal ratification of ilia delegates in convention assembled the great body of the party having been heard from long since and ever since in a inner which I 1 eaves no doubt as to w hat is meant or what must be done to at their hands not venture too farinato the realm of unsettled things when we sa y that the mans name com benom with james and ends with blaine tar croix prima ma of germany Is now undergoing the supreme crisis in his throat affliction the dreaded has beba performed as skillfully as the great experience and acknowledged ability of the attending surgeons made ua understand in advance that it would be and the question of whether the is to broor diehn consequence of it ill soon be settled beyond all ture the friends of frederick William while hoping for the best poorly conceal the significant fact that they are fearing the worst are now required at the berlin opera house on monday nights this has raised great indig nation among the germans who locq music better than style an A they take it out in hissing the director this Is faintly suggestive of a recent gran dball lathe village near fort douglas several gentlemen had on scissors frocks and they acted acacia abac they bid to wear them because it was eastern you know but they felt re when they got home and so did the coats and the spectators ua of new haven went to the summer land leaving a will to the effect that none of his own nor file cifes relatives should have a cent of his I 1 fortune which be left to endowed a home for democratic widows the supreme court has sustained the will and tile results are already apparent every widow 13 the nutmeg state Is now an adi nials supporter for revenue only CA papers are usually bright and awake to the malfi chance A reverend alf fay of Ls angeles recently gave to found a col le go in massachusetts and a discord ant wah went up from a number of our journalistic brethren of the golden state inconsequence of it they doubt less thought and properly the fast ute of learning should be erected at home where it Is more needed anic new herald alyis it was proud to have elected leveland 11 there are a good many democrats in the country who will thank our colossal contemporary for having relieved them of a grave re 1 18 anxious to come into the union as w ell as the other pad it known th at the presidential contest close at hand is going to be a hot one and wants to get thawed out by participating Ds mcg the pope looks like an M bosian the pope believes dhow ak haij on waco aw h ubi orana ma 0 lal A 4 1 I r jl |