Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson

isbeing recbived withmarked attention in histour through the South and there is reasonto believthat his visit to that section will rosult in great advantage to its agricultural interests. The people who were assuming a few days ago that the new tariff law would not probably produce sufficient revenue to meet the running expenses üf the Government are beginning to ehange their minds. The present indications are that the December receipts will equal the December expenditures, and the Treasury officials estáñate a large increase in receipts early in the coming year. There is every reason to believe that the new law will produce a considerable surplus in the next fiscal year without anyadditionaltariff legislation. President McKinley's dignified and forcef ui utterances on the Cuban questLon continue to receive tho cornmendations of the country. The splendid progress made by his administration in Cuban matters, not only in the release of all Americana confined in Cuban prisons when he carne into office but also the change in the attitude of the Spanish goverment toward the people of Cuba since the views of the administration have been expressed on the subject, have apparently shown to the people of the United States the wisdom of a couree which combines conservatism with humanity. Statesmen at Washington are devoting their attention largely to the question of the currency. Every man has his scherne for the improvement of the currency system, and each one feels that he must press his ovvn views on the subject. It seems probable, however, that when these are all presented, Congress will fall back upon President McKinley's simple but sensible plan of retaining in the Treasury the United States notes which are redeemed in gold, and premitting the national banks to increase their circulation in a way, vhich will gradually transfer the banking business from the shoulders of the Government to those of the bank. The Anti-Pingree element in the Republican party will make a big mistake if they attempt to prevent a renomination of our present governor. There can be no question that Mr. Pingree will be renominated. It ia unwise to split the party in an attempt to prevent a renomination. It has been the eustom of the party since its organization to give its governor a second chance. Mr. Pingree 's friends made a similar mistake by endeavoring to prevent the renomination of Gov. Rich. ïhis came near preventing Pingree 's nomination two years later. Mr. O'Donnell's supporters will make a similar mistake if they try the same thing. We would like to see Mr. O'Donnell governor of Michigan. If he will hold off two years longer, we believe he will have no trouble to secure the honor. Southern manufacturera and Southern statesman are jointly proud of the progress that manufacturing industries have made of late years in that section. A recent instance of this comes up in the announcementthat the cotton milis of New England have been compelled to reduce running expenses in order to meet the prices at which Southern manufacturera are placing cotton goods on the market. With the low wages, loDg hours, cheap fuel, and absence of much transportation with which the Southern cotton milis are blessed, they are able to make cotton goods of all grades at a very low cost, and it is because of this fact that the New England manufactures have been compelled to reduced wages in this single industry, ilthough the manufacturera in many other lines are increasing wages as a result of the new tariff law now upon the statute books. The "Patriota of America," wliose patriotism seetns tö'run exciusively to socialism, single tax, irredeemable paper currency, free coinage of silver at 10 to 1, and a few other dangerous doctrines of this sort, are to vote in their "lodgos" next month on a series of propositioQs as possible national issues for the next national political campaign. These fads, which have been presented them by the "Coin" Harvey and other patriots who head Ihis organization, include all Of the propositions mentioned above, and a number of others of like character, and areanother evidence of the f act that the men who "worked" the free-silyer proposition in 1896 are beginning to feel the need of a new issue in order to hold their followers together.