Balance On The Right Side Now

Untu tne adoption oí tñe Repubhcan system there was seldoin a year in whioh the balance of trade was not against us in our commercial relations with the world. Since the era of protection bigan there has seldom been a year in which the balance was not in our favor. Last year, ander the McKinley law, the balance was over $200,000,000 on our side of the ledger. The saddest thing in life to me is to see a poor Confedérate veteran as he drags himself trom hls cabin to the flelds to eani bread lor 1. is family, and to realize that ono-twelfth of all he makes must be taken fi-om hiin to pension some camp follower or bounty jumper. - Congressmau Banklead, of Alabama.