Hon. Edwin Willits Has Been

ceeded by Mr. ("has. J. Dabney, a southerner, as Assistani Becretary f Agricultura. If tliis new man can not tell how to raise any sor1 of farm produce bul col ton, lic is probably an expert at raislng negros- wlth a rope. "These hard times are ;r!! 'i all made by republicana tor poUtical : ." Balda poHtlclan of the democratie persuasión the di her day to bis republicau companlon. ''Yes," was thu reply, ''the people all over the country are starvlng themselves for politica! effe i . no doubi ." When the Federatlon o! Labor, in session al Chicago, pasaed a resolution commending Gov. Altgeld tor hls pardon o! the anarchists, t made a greal mlstake. Labor eau nol ai foril to anarchists to rule Unir counclls, nor can its representatives afford to commend tli.it wliich is detrimental to the good oí the state and nat Ion.