Show SECURE FROM molestation the seattle post bay that president cleveland will bo accuro at least one annoyance that was buffered by president harridon Harri aon lie will not bo pestered peat ered by those well meaning but stupid folk who always ibave a deal of impertinent suggestion advice protest etc to offer tho in president upon the subject of attending tho inauguration ball or serving wino at dinners epou this subject our contemporary lias following fol lowine sensible article years ago an assembly of deny men declared tho inauguration ball became they did not of dancing well suppose they did kotap prove of dancing or a bottle of wine at a dinner what of it A president of abo united stales al 55 of age not be by the pubic protest of every petty reformer who thinks alio salvation of our american experiment depends apon the omission of n inauguration ball and alic banishment of wine froni a state dinner geoage washington and hia wife used to attend public danee and the great man was fond of dancing the minuet a stately old fash boned court dance thai displayed his grand figure to advantage president harrison and wife did attend ball although neither of them ever danced and president II arrison did have wine at fhate dinners and he suffered noth ingin the judgment of his countrymen became i so as dancing round dances aro concerned ft i a matter of taste rather than a matter of moral avii to him who evil thinks A womans good fj was that can be made or unmade by whether the dance is a round danue or a square dance is no more worrying about than the sobriety of a mancho can steep sober on clurcy but cannot on cham or A mail who is sober laii principle is always abstemious no matter what be drinka 1 and a woman alio modest and virtuous dances without danger and without guile whether she dances a round dance or a square dance As a matter of social propriety and prudence which is entirely distinct from social virtue women of reuse do not 4 dance round dances in n public hall room with strangers or with other than their A friend and family on these subjects of wine at state din f ners or ills private table and attendance upon a public ball president Pres cleveland r i will be left unmolested for lie resents this kind and he is right there i nothing more intolerable than tho pres ence of paul pry masked as a reformer to get an audience with the president of the united states let every 1 man mind hta own business to the extent at least of not giving alie president of the united states candle lecture on the sub eject of his social and personal ex ample cuirn JR the recently elected from new jersey is not by any inmans alio first of alic bamo who has uen a member of the united senate as by a number of our csc hinge in tk earlier days of the republic there were a number of them in tho egnate among them the brilliant but somewhat eccentric del anzon on of the first senators from oregon alio died before the expiration pi ration of ilia first term truman smith of connecticut who was ono of the judges of alio court of arbitration in new york appointed by president lincoln under tho treaty of with great relative to alio african slave trade and nathan also of connecticut alio was a man of areat ability and died in alie city of washington in 1830 then thero was israel of vermont who in alio senate from to 1807 william smith of carolina 1816 23 and 31 samuel smith of maryland 1803 15 perry smith of connecticut 1837 42 oliver IL of indiana 1837 48 and daniel smith of tennessee 1803 09 the immortal name of jolin also appears upon alie records of the senate there having been two of them in that s distinguished chamber at alie same time john smith of new york from 1804 to 1813 and jolin of ohio from t 1803 to 1808 it will therefore be seen that the united states senator elect from new jersey so faras nomenclature is concerned is not without illustrious precedents THE san francisco report tells us that one of the plans of the comstock magnates maa nates tor the revivification of fsr odo is to ask the miners to submit to a reduction of pay from 4 a day the present rate just so much pick and shovel work can bo done for and no atea day however twice as much can bo dono for as can be done at 4 a day and at ta a day 25 per cent can bo done on the every days work represented ono more chance of striking a bonanza the history of mining id full of instances where one daya digging would leavo uncovered precious metal but in ceased just that one for lack of money or for some other reason the comstock magnates when they recommence extending operations will have just so mud money to spend it will bo for the to de ip cide whether they will exhaust this und as soon as possible or make it carry far possible down into the foundations of mount davidson choro no doubt untold million await those who may ba able to keep on digging bong enough the present low price of silver would certainly justify the com eatock miners in et anding a reasonable reduction if could have any assurance that alio present rates would bo reinstated with the dawning of better times THE and indiscriminate foreign immigration into alio united states lias been and is a cause for alarm this influx of immigrants lias been goins on at such a rate eliat since eleven millions of people from foreign coun leavo come into alie united alie great european wars of t two decades greatly stimulated men fleeing their native thousands to escape military this cause is still operating american work feSSy 03 corcor to corn k I 1 ri ria pete with men who aro accustomed to work for wages much lower alian standard batca in this country and who are willing to work for them liere but this however serious ig only one phase of tho subject for years our ports have been open to the worst classes ol 01 europe the jails and ark houses of the old have been emptied into emigrant ships in order that their inmates may be taken to america and so our country has corno to bo a dumping ground for alie criminals and pau pers of the transatlantic trans atlantic countries matters leavo reached such a pass as to call for decisive measures to check the evil laws requiring all immigrants to bring certain certificates of character with proof of ability to maintain themselves seem at least to bo necessary nece seary SOME OF the disgruntled democrats of cheyenne are engaged in a scheme to destroy the leader of that place beins unable to control alio paper by threats and intimidations they propose to start another paper the leader was for finsta 0 beckwith the evanston Eva naton millionaire during tho senatorial fight and that gentlemen ia alleged to be in the to pay the leader off our democratic contemporary was outspoken as will bo seen from the following it rayfl six weeks ago dodge was an avowed red headed candidate for united states senator today lie is revelina in the reminiscences of a rum riot from a senatorial aspirant himself he dropped by quick gradations to ilia natural level of tool pigeon for another senatorial aspirant shades of the immortal caesar defend us it ia this man dodge alie strong fusty full blooded young brute torturing a helpless old man to the verge of insanity it is he who has alie infinite assurance to go before a court of justice and ask for a vindication dodge will get his vindication but it will not be the one lie the one ho deserves and with it will go the exe orations crat ions of every man with u spark of or iban hood who has a shadow of respect for aliat is honorable or instinct of aliat is just THE tribune says kentucky smith of ogdan is said to be corking vor king like a beaver among the members of alie church democracy of alio intermountain country in the hope that their endorsement will lead to alie appointment as judge of the first judicial district well if alie democrats have decided eliat they do not want statehood while the prospects are good for republican in the state perhaps kentucky will do as well as any oilier democrat after judge miners term expires it comes from an source that cleveland will not disturb any of alie federal judges until term expires IF TUB following bo true the confirmation will valuable to utah farmers it is stated as fact that transverse ditches across hillsides or even any gentle declines will render the most barren sands and rocky regions fertile as thero is rain or melting endows to fill the ditches as bt auvergne and Limo sein franco and in switzerland alio batera percolating slowly from alie ditched fertilize all the lower regions and more this method is well worth a trial CLEVELAND IT is said to make ID S home outside the white house that is a sensible conclusion no building used for public receptions and office purposes is fit for private rp idenie and it cleveland establishes the precedent of separating his official residence and ills home it will lie easy for his successors to continue the same system there is really no more reason k the president living in the white house alian for secretary of state residing over bis offices fellow russell the member of the wyoming legislature who loft cheyenne and went to denver because lie could not sleep in the former place somewhat resembles bret harts heathen in that he is peculiar if all accounts bo true rua sell ia a thrifty duck it ie alleged that he made hay alio sun clione during the brief session of alie legislature to the extent of raking down about if russell was bought lie certainly flay bought A DISPATCH from topeka bays tho republicans and straight out democrats have practically decided to elect man as senator from kansas alio republicans claim to be in possession of dispatches from national leaders declaring eliat martins election was clearly illegal if the courts casido against the populist house and that if another democrat can be upon lie will be seated it is the general opinion that courts will decide populists lists THE revised statistics for all alie ports of tho united states will show eliat the foreign commerce of the last year culminated in eccli vast aggregates both of exports and of imports that our foreign exchanges and the balance of our indebtedness abroad present an aspect of auspicious promise seldom surpassed in the annals of our commercial and fie cal and nil tills under the RUSSIA will send a large squadron to take part in the graut review which is to mark alie opening of our worlds fair the squadron indeed ia expected to bo large to give to england sonic suggestion as to what an alliance between this country and rue sia would mean california is the nearest stale to hawaii and california wants hawaii annexed californians Califor niane realize that the ii 4 1 islands cannot maintain an independent existence and that it would be fatal to the american control in the pacific to allow the islands to pass to british control IT is estimated that alio reciprocity clause has already saved the american people in the free admission of a and lias extended their trade in sugar producing countries than will the extra session if called repeal this clause THE correspondent of the salt lake tribune is of opinion that favorable consideration of the statehood question is out of tha question until alio question is out of alie way |