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Newspaper
Lanark Gazette
Location
Lanark, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1892
Page
4
The stanza evokes distant loved ones watching the speaker falter through life’s toils. When the burdens end, celestial mercy will gather those who waited at heaven’s portals, offering rest and reunion. The tone blends longing with faith in ultimate solace.
The narrator describes a camp farewell trip to the post office and an excursion to the Indian battle ground across the river. They pass a log school and a brave teacher, reach a cliffside trail, witness rolling rocks and distant snow, and note the lava rocks used as breastworks at the Ute outbreak site four years earlier.
An account from Detroit Free Press describes a dangerous ascent among cowboys pursuing a herd. Cowboys demanded surrender of a brave, fighting ensued with state troops. Our narrator, aided by improvised umbrellas, survived a perilous chase along a cliffside trail as cattle and pursuers closed in. The old Frenchman rescues with a pine lath as the Pinto is driven toward safety.
The note recalls Lord Tennyson enjoying port with Henry Irving who shared claret. Irving stays silent about being left out in the cold as Tennyson finishes the bottle and praises the wine. Since medical advice, Tennyson has shifted to claret and dropped after dinner port.
Albany Evening Journal cites Commissioner Charles F. Peck figures showing a net wage increase of 86,377,025.00 and production rise of 251,315,140.68 in 1891 versus 1890 across 67 industries. Peck, a Democrat, notes 89,717 individual wage increases and defends tariff effects despite party platform conflicts.
An 1890s Chicago News Record piece quotes Hon. Charles Foster arguing taxes fall evenly on producers importers and consumers, but imports face unique tax effects. It analyzes the 1892 tariff against 1883 1861 and 1847 measures, praising protective policy, citing German and U.S. views, and noting political rhetoric around silver coinage and tariff positions.
In a Waverly speech Senator Allison defends tariffs as stabilizing farm prices and household goods costs. He argues high US wages let workers buy more, farmers prosper from protected trade, and tariff revision should favor American industry while safeguarding the home market for 90 percent of farm products.
A Greenfield Ind letter contrasts 1851 farm prices with 1892 levels to argue against returning to the 1846 1860 free trade era. The piece cites a Bloomington vice presidential speech and cites the Milwaukee Sentinel noting Democratic troubles as Clevelandites falter and rivals maneuver.
Charles F. Peck, New York labor commissioner, publishes a bureau report showing a $51,315,180 rise in the value of manufactured products in the first year after the McKinley act. It records wage increases in 285,000 workers across 68 industries, with an average wage gain of 28.11 per person, challenging Democratic claims and affirming the officer’s duty to report truthfully.
Senator Benjamin Harrison cites Congressional Record figures on Indiana army veterans in office shifts under the reform administration. He notes 33 presidential post offices held by soldiers vacated, only 10 filled by soldiers, and 361 soldiers and 11 widows leaving office versus 90 soldiers and one widow entering. He claims widespread civilian replacements in major offices, with only the post office remaining civilian after reforms.
The Hazen company of Cincinnati reports to the Cincinnati Times-Star a record tin plate order totaling 4,000 boxes of 1.0 bright coke tin plate 14x20 and 1,000 boxes of 20s S for can manufacture. Plate to be made at Elwood Indiana and shipped by a 26 car train to Chicago for the purchaser’s business.
A nonpartisan senate finance inquiry into prices under the McKinley act shocks English economists who expected tariffs to raise costs. The New York Advertiser cites London Financial News amid claims that U S living costs fell since tariff adoption while Britain saw increases. If confirmed, American protection may upend free trade arguments and force reevaluation of Cobden club positions.
The discussion in British newspapers over Lord Salisbury's hint at tariffs on luxury imports frames a move toward reciprocity in trade. The analysis notes that even liberal organs concede some economic rationale, while warning that free trade may be undermined by protection and colonial markets. The piece turns to U S politics, asking how Cleveland would fare on silver if the Democratic Party pushes free coinage and faces party opposition.
The German American Republican Union of Chicago declares that the Republican Party freed the nation from slavery, halted secession, promoted homesteads for immigrants, spurred western growth, protected industry, and advanced foreign policy and trade. It praises Harrison era gains, calls for unity, and urges Germans to stay with the party of progress and national honor.
Washington correspondent notes potential surprises in southern vote tallies and hints at improved fairness this year. Farmers' alliance whites, aware of past suppression methods, may push for rights, aided by marshals and election inspectors for all three parties.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat questions the Democrats chances to win the presidency. They likely cannot carry New York Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Michigan Kansas Oregon Washington California. Indiana might be possible but would require nearly all unmentioned western states. A Rochester Democrat remark about pensions contrasts with the Civil War era politics.
The piece notes that 285000 state workers across 68 industries saw average wage gains of 23.11 dollars in 1501 under the McKinley tariff, as reported by Democratic Labor Commissioner Peck. It asks how many of these workers will vote the free trade ticket this year, per the New York Mail and Express.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes Democrats are silent on sound money, blaming a free silver party led by an anti free silver candidate. The exchange includes a quip about a pastor and vacation as reported by Noo Herald.
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