Dundreary's Other Brother

Hon. John B. Corliss, of Detroit, who, unexpectedly to himself and to the surprise and regret of everybody else, was upheaved on election day as one of the congressmen-elect, appears to possess those qualifications that endowed the brother of Lord Dundreary, concerning whom that distinguished person said : "You ought to know my brother Sam. Sam's a great ass - you'd likehim!" On the island of kopos dwells a great colony of the braying fraternity, and if only the Honorable John B. Corliss could be transponed thither, his merry "weehaw" ought to insure his immediate crowning as king and musical director of the herd. The Honorable John B. Corliss has written a letter to President Dole, of Hawaii, in which he announces the defeat of Congressman (riffin, who made a speech defending the course of the administration in regard to Hawaiian affairs, and acquaints Mr. Dole with the important fact that he, Corliss, has been chosen to succeed Mr. Griffin, adding: "I rejoice with the people of Hawaii upon the establishment of another republic." This settles the Hawaiian question beyond all possibility of reopening. Up to the time that the Honorable John B. Corliss wrote that letter there had prevailed in the public mind of not only this country, but of Europe, Asia and África, in Patagonia and in Terre Del Fuego, a feeling of unrest, lest the republic of Hawai should fail of receiving that sub stantial foreign support that was needed to keep the island concern going. That support lias come and all apprehension is at an end john B. Corliss has recognized the Hawaiian republic ! Nay, he does more. He rejoices ! Let it be recorded that John B. Corlissrejoices! There can be no question that the Pacific republic will now enter on an unexampled career ol prosperity. It had simply been waiting for the recognition of the Honorable John B. Corliss, without whom it could do nothing. Now let the weikin ring! Let tin horns be blown and bells rung. Let the world know that John B. Corliss has recognized the Hawaiian government, and that he rejoices. Seize your pen, ye dreaming poet, and in accents loud as may be, send abroad the joyful notes; Corliss has blessed the Haw-way baby! Let all the nations of the earth be glad and old Hilo belch forth her brimstonic joy! Of course there are people who will charge that the Honorable Corliss was grossly out of place in writing such a letter to President Dole; that in the language of the immortal Dogberry he is "a most senseless and fit man, to be constable of the watch." That makes no difference now. The Corliss engine is loose, and we defy anybody to shut off the steam. Corliss is Dundreary's other brother, John. John also is "a greatass," but you may not "like him." As the time for the meeting of congress draws near, the rumors as tojthe intention of the president to make prominent the question of currency reform in his forthcoming message become more pronounced. The importance of the issue is admitted by all parties. Factsin connection with recent bond issue have furnished a valuable object lesson on the subject. The time is also oportuno since there is no other tion of so great importance ngross the attention of congress. The need of monetary reform being admitted by all it ought to be practicable to separate the question very largely from politics and bring to its support the sound currency men of all parties. Our present currency is a sort of conglomérate, ruuch of it the outgrowth of emergencies. It is less a system than an aggregate of fragmentary measures called out by the necessities of unusual conditions. In view of the general recognition of the need of a change, it ought not to be too much to hope, sliould the president present to congress some well thought out plan if currency reform, that progress will bemadein the direction of the establishment of a sound financial system. Several plans of reorganization have been suggested, but that which has attracted most attention, and which, with certain ruodifications, will it is said, receive the recommendation of the presidentes known as the Baltimore plan, and was gotten up, or approved, by the convention of bankers which recently met in Baltimore. It has already been approved by many of the most conservative raer, of the nation, and by the leading journals of the country. It is in no sense partisan. The outlines of the system were given in the Argus of Nov. ióth. If it is to have the endorsement of the president and tecretary of the treasury, it should receive the careful study of all well informed citizens, to the end that the efforts of the president and congress to secure to the country a better monetary system may be sustained by the people. According to the Coldwater Courier, Mr. Patrick Bishop recently made a highly satisfactory experiment with ground wheat as hog feed. He took seventeen head of hogs, old and young, weighing in the aggregate 1,450 pounds and on the ioth of September commenced feeding them ground wheat. After feeding theru forty bushels of wheat which cost six cents for grinding, he weighed them again, Oct. 3ist, and they tipped the scales at 2,600 lbs, a jain of 1,1 50 pounds. This increase at the then price of pork, 4 cents a pound, was worth $48.78, giving a return for the wheat fed of $1.22 per bushei, more than doublé what could have been realized for it in the market. All over the country farmers are making similar experiments and in every instance that has come under the observation of the Argus, the returns have been large, ranging from 50 to 100 per cent. That there is large profit on wheat (at present prices) for animal food, and that it is coming into quite prominent use as such, is shown by the fact that conservative investigators agree that during the erop year the amount used for this purpose will reach at least 75,000,000 bushels and may reach a total of 100,000,000 bushels. Talk about hard times and depression of business and other nianufacturing calamity croaks, because of democratie rule. Here comes the Clinton woolen milis, and makes its statement for üctober, which shows that it did the most work in its history under the second month of the "Wilson free trade" bill that was going to smash all business flat. During October there were used 50,000 pounds of clean wool and 38,000 yards of cloth were made. The protection liars who control the mili and influince the operatives, would die of mortification, if lying wasn't a cardinal point in their makeup. According to the arguments of the congressmen who represented these factories, in the consideration of the tariff bill, every one of these milis would stop running and every employé would be without work, and disaster and ruin would follow. Yet here comes the Clinton mili right after the bilí becomes a law, incriases its output; uses more wool, makes more money, and keeps its plant running over hours to fill orders for goods. A proper playcard to place over the door of the Clinton woolen milis would be, "The management of this factory is a tarff Har." - Adrián Press. Congressman Wm. L. Wilson was accorded a reception at the Tremont house, Boston, recentlyj by ïis democratie admirers, and in the course of his remarks, alluding co he late defeat of the party, sized up the causes of the saaie by sa; ing Uiat "the kick carne trom the huels of the Am-rican peoplf - there was very i i r t . brains in it." Airead y notice of twenty-six contests for seats in the next house of representatives have been filed by defeated republicans. Most of these contestants will probably be seated, not because right is on their side, but because the salaries are needed to make the g. o. p. solid for 1896. James O'Donnell, of Jackson, has announced hiniself as a candidate for governor in 1S96. He also has his lightning rod up for the senatorship to succeed Patton should the fluid fail to light on any of the candidates now in the field. Tatúes is a modest man.