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DEMOCRATS RESPONSIBLE. On Saturday Senator Voorhees, the leader of the Democratic majority of the Senate of the United States, endeavored, for the second time during the week, to effect an arrangement with those Senators who are opposed to the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, to bring to an end the socalled debate, and take a decisive vote on a designated day. This later effort, like the former one, was unsuccessful, as Senator Teller, the Senatorial representative of the mine and gulch owners, opposed Mr. Voorhees' reasonable proposition, and, although declaring that no speeches had thus far been made for the purpose of delay, gave no assurance that none such would be made. On the contrary, his reply to the Indiana Senator seemed like an intimation that speeches for delay might be expected in the future. Senator Teller, who is one of the most determined and implacable opponents of the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Silver act, is a Republican, and the Democrats, in or out of the Senate, are not responsible either for what he says or does, but they are responsible to the country for the repeal of the Silver law of 1890. The majority of the House of Representatives in the overwhelmingly Democratic; in the Senate there is an effective Democratic majority, and at the head of the Executive Department of the Government there is a Democrat. The House, by the unexpectedly large majority of 130, passed the Wilson bill of repeal three weeks ago, and President Cleveland has, in the clearest and most forcible manner, recommended and urged the repeal of the purchasing clause of the act of 1890. The House and the Executive have done their duty to the country and to their party, with full recognition of the fact that repeal is a patriotic as well as a Democratic obligation and duty. On June 22, 1892, the Democratic party of the United States was assembled in Convention at Chicago, and, through its regularly delegated representatives, adopted and promulgated the principles of the party, the ratification of which it urged upon all voters in the then approaching National campaign. This declaration set forth the issues of the contest, and was a solemn pledge of the Democratic party to the country of the policy it would adopt should it be placed in control of the Government. Section 7 of the Chicago platform of 1892 is as follows: "We denounce the

Republican legislation known as the Sherman act of 1890 as a cowardly makeshift, fraught with the possibilities of danger in the future, which should make all of its supporters, as well as its authors, anxious for its speedy repeal."

That was as clear, direct and strong a pledge as the party could make to the country to speedily repeal the Sherman act if the people should give the Demo-

crats control of the Government. The people did--largely influenced to do so no doubt by that pledge--place the Democrats in power, and, consequently, the responsibility for the "speedy repeal" of the Sherman act of 1890 rests upon the Democrats. The Democratic House and President have kept faith with the people with regard to the pledge made for them by their party assembled in National Convention, but the Democratic Senate delays doing its duty, virtually refusing to keep the pledge made for it by its party. It is true that those Democratic Senators who oppose keeping the party's pledges are not alone in their opposition. They are aided and abetted by a number of Republican Senators, who, as representatives of sordid, selfish interests, have made themselves the allies of the opposition free silver faction of the Senate. But, although that is disgracefully true of some Republican Senators, it is also true that the Democrats constitute the majority of the Senate, and that the responsibility for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Silver act of 1890 rests upon them. The Democratic party pledged itself at Chicago not only to repeal, but to "speedy repeal." The neglect of the Senatorial majority to carry out the recommendations of the President and to confirm the action of the House is in contempt of the pledge of the Democratic party, and in disregard of the most vital interests of those to whom the pledge was voluntarily made. The Financial Chronicle, of New York, a high authority on the subject, in the current issue sets forth in a single sentence the hurtful consequences of the delay of the Senate to bring its obstructive debate to an end and pass the Wilson bill of repeal. The Chronicle says: "Perhaps a little less of buoyancy has been observed this week. That does not indicate any less of confidence, but a disposition to await the unbending of Senatorial dignity." There were abundant [?] in all the avenues of business during the last week of the mischievous effects of the Senate's delay to take decisive action upon the bill of repeal. All the mateial interests of the country suffer from the neglect of the Senate to pass the Wilson bill, and they will continue to suffer until it is passed. The responsibility for this rests upon the shoulders of that party which is pledged to "speedy repeal," and which has a majority to effect repeal.

TRAIN ROBBERIES. The robbery of a Chicago express train on the Lake Shore Railroad near Kendalville, Ind., last week is one of the most daring of the exploits undertaken by this class of highwaymen. People read of similar robberies in Missouri, Kansas and California with hardly any other emotion than that of curiosity. The comparative newness of these communities and the crude conditions existing there are taken as ample excuses. Only a few weeks ago an express train was held up by masked robbers at Pacific, Mo., but the event attracted hardly any comment in the eastern newspapers. But now that these criminals have acquired courage enough to attack a train on one of the leading railroad thoroughfares in the country and rob it of a large sum of money, the danger threatening every railroad train in the country will be vividly brought home

to the people.

The growing list of train robberies is an unpleasant reminder of the increasing boldness of the knights of the road. The record of the year 1892 is a startling one. There were fourteen such robberies that year, the booty secured ranging from the $400 obtained at Wharton, I. T., May 11, when a train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Road was held up, to the $20,000 the three masked robbers took from a train at Collier's Station, on the Central Railroad of George. In the whole list there is a discouraging uniformity of success, the robbers in almost every instance securing some booty. There was just as discouraging a failure to capture and punish the highwaymen, showing that train robbing is one of the safest lines of business the criminal can follow. During the first half of 1893 there were twenty-one attempts to rob trains in the United States, but the success in getting booty was not equal to that obtained in 1892. If the second half of the year is as prolific of these crimes, 1893 will have an unpleasant pre-emi-nence in this respect. There is not a civilized country in the world where such a series of train robberies could be committed. There is some explanation for this in the wide extent of the country, the thinness of the population, and the long stretches of wild territory which the railroads traverse, offering the choicest opportunities for train robbing. But the real reason for the frequency of train robberies and the success of the robbers in getting away with their booty is the lack of a rural mounted police. Nearly every European country has such a patrol, and its presence makes traveling as safe in the rural districts as in the cities. If Indiana had had such a police ready to promptly follow up the Kendallville highwaymen they would in all probability have been captured, and their fate would have deterred others from following in their footsteps. But with only a Sheriff and constable scattered here and there, who have to depend on a voluntary posse to assist them, the likelihood of overtaking and arresting train robbers, who are always prepared for speedy flight, is faint. It is unjust to claim that the railroads alone ought to protect themselves and their passengers. Common sense will lead them to take ordinary precautions in this respect. But as part of the taxes these corporations are called upon to pay is given for safety, it is only just that they should be accorded the protection they buy. They will never get this until every rural community is policed with a force sufficiently strong and well enough equipped to act promptly and vigorously in case of a train robbery. The general government can also assist. Congress passed a law punishing by a fine of $100 every one who obstructs the passage of a mail train. A much more comprehensive law, making it a penitentiary offense to rob a train carrying the mails, would do much to stamp out this crime, which is becoming alarmingly frequent.

CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS. The two serious railroad accidents in the past two weeks on the Long Island Railroad and on the Boston and Albany, one a collision and the other a bridge accident, killed more passengers than were killed on 19,000 miles of English railroad in all last year.

Before they fade from public view it ought to be ground into the public mind that these, like most accidents, were due to a lack of discipline, which is only another name for carelessness grown to a habit. In the Long Island accident a young English immigrant of 23, who had had to drop a place as flagman "be-

cause the heat of the sun affected his head unfavorably," was set at $40 a month to keep tab on trains passing out of a block. He took the chances that a train would get out on time and signaled it was out, killing four people. No good superintendent would ever have put

such a man at such a post, and under sharp discipline he would have taken no chances that a train would get out of his block in time, but waited until it did. In the Boston and Albany bridge accident the engineer turned the delicate job of mending a bridge without closing traffic to a local firm, the firm turned it over to a foreman who knew nothing in particular about bridges and the foreman left a gang who knew less to repair the bridge. Having taken out enough rivets to weaken the bridge the gang sat down for dinner and a train tumbled into the gap, killing fourteen persons. Both these accidents were due to pure carelessness--not at the bottom but at the top. A railroad can get competent men to watch its blocks and skilled men to tend its bridges. If the Long Island Road had had quick-action brakes the rear train, going only twenty miles an hour, could have been stopped, and if the Boston and Albany track had been properly watched no train would have been allowed on the bridge. Railroad construction and railroad appliance have now been so much improved that any juryman called to pass on a damage suit from a railroad collision can feel pretty certain that if the road had done its duty no accident would have occurred. Practically, all collisions are due to carelessness preventable by the rigid discipline absent on most American lines.

WILL BE GLADLY HAILED.

From time immemorial the social usage of kissing the bride at a wedding has been observed with great fervor by the privileged class among the guests. Except occasionally to excite the jealous ire of the bridegroom, nothing serious for a long time had resulted from the observance of the popular custom, as far as known. But now modern medical science comes to the front and declares that the bride should not be kissed. According to a story from Jamestown, N. Y., the kissing of a bride during the progress of a wedding ceremony resulted in conveying the microbes of diphtheria to a large number of persons, several of whom have died. The bridegrooms who may presumably be supposed to have defied the diphtheric infection, and with his bride blissfully enjoying the honeymoon. Did Providence interpose in behalf of the newlywedded couple?

THE "National Baptist," while a re-

ligious journal, discusses political questions in a manner which shows that its editor is fully up to the times. In an editorial in this week's issue it calls down the attempt of the Democratic party to repeal the tax of ten per cent. on State bank circulation in the following pertinent language: "No one whose memory does not go back forty years, can begin to realize what a blessing are the National banks. Before their day the country was flooded with bank bills issued by all sorts of banks. Their charters were granted by the legislatures, and the charter was often considered as the discharge of some political debt. Especially in the newer States, the banks were often in remote places, the more inaccessible the better, because the less likelihood of the bills being brought back for redemption. Bank bills were rated at varying discounts; even irreproachable bills were below par a few hundred miles below their birth-place.

"The writer recalls having had to pay a discount on a Massachusetts bank bill of unquestioned value in one of the Middle States; bills on Indiana and Illi-

nois banks and those of the Southwestern States were very far below par. Under such circumstances, business was not business, it was gambling; and all the disadvantage went to the working man and the poor man who had to take whatever was offered him in wages. "Now every National bank bill is good for its face value all over the world. When the National banks were instituted, the State banks were very properly discouraged by a tax of ten per cent. on their circulation. The project to repeal this law should be voted down unanimously. "There is a disposition among unthinking persons, to denounce the National banks. Rather, they should be sustained. They have proved themselves in the present crisis, a great help to financial stability. Any disaster to them would be of measureless extent. It is probably that those conducting them have the disposition common to mankind to take care of themselves. But they also have the wisdom to know that the prosperity of the community is their prosperity. They have no interest separate from the interest of the community at large."

THE Philadelphia "Public Ledger" thus jumps on to Mr. James Butcher, recently appointed Revenue Collector for Camden district: "Never more be officer of mine was what the people of New Jersey intended to say to the senators and representatives who betrayed them on the race-track gambling bills. But the politicians know a way of getting office beyond the reach of voters. Mr. James Butcher, who misrepresented Salem county on the race-track question has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of New Jersey. Irrespective of the man him-

self or his abilities, it is a discreditable appointment. He stands as a represen-

tative of race-track influences in New Jersey politics, and, because he could not be again elected to office by the people, is appointed to office by the people's representatives. The statement of the case is enough to condemn the appointment." Can any one honestly say that the above scathing criticism is unjust? In Massachusetts the experiment is to be tried of releasing long-term convicts in State prison on a sort of ticket-of-leave. The first person to be freed is a twenty-five year convict, who has already served five years. If this man should conduct himself properly, others will be liberated on parole; and thus an interesting and practical test of the value of clemency is applied to modern penalogy will have been entered upon.

BETTER times appear to be in prospect and business men will do well to adver-

tise themselves in the columns of a live newspaper. This is the shortest road to success, as has been proven hundreds of times by prosperous business men. Parties contemplating having their houses moved to new locations, or elevated and rebuilt will save money by corresponding with Abel D. Scull, builder and general house mover. Houses moved in any part of the county. Address A. D. Scull, builder, Thistle cottage, Ocean City, N. J. Wanamaker's. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Sept. 18, 1893. The dream of years of men who pay the bills is near fulfillment. Those who can spend just as much money as they like can now make out a longer list of articles and get them for the same money, but those who must economize need not pay as much as usual, unless they jump without looking. These days of daily openings of new goods, scattering all over the store, brings the bees to the flowers of merchandise and there is honey in the saving of money. Small gains and large sales are all our purse cares for--a kind of a light touch on the merchandise and let go.

No let up to the into-the-store tramp, tramp, tramp of that great Dress Goods army.

From Germany, from France, from England, from home

looms such ship loads and car loads, crowding on one another, as makes you wonder where the mountains of stuffs can be stored away. Every counter in the Dress Goods circles is richer and brighter for this inflow--many of them are heaped as never before with woven elegancies. French Silk-and-Wool Novelties, quiet in tone and full of rich beauty. All-wool Novelties with almost the sheen of silk. Self-color figured Novelties, tempting to the quietest taste. And so on through low grades and high grades, and every quality that is worth your buying thought. Black Stuffs, for instance. Nearly every design that is making pleasant talk in the colored goods has its double in the Blacks. Hundreds and hundreds of patterns, the pick of thousands and thousands.

Lower prices have come to the Dress Goods as emphati-

call as to any other merchandise in the house. Some of the lots that make their first bow this morning are about half what you expect--like this: At 28c. the yard. Fine 36 in. Cheviot, wavy diagonal design on a ground of different colored mixtures. Made the manufacturer wince to let them be sold for so little. Lowest price ever marked on their grade before was 50c. At 28c. the yard. Illuminated stripe Cheviot, same quality as above, but some prefer this style. Never before sold under 50c. At 37½c the yard. Twilled Cheviot, 36 in., all-wool and a stuff that will be a prime favorite among the low-priced Suitings. Always 50c. until lately.

At 37½c. the yard. Camel's-Hair Stripe that could not be produced today for less than 75c. Only five colorings.

At 50c. the yard.

52 in. Ladies Cloth that except for sharpest cash buying, would retail at 65c. Twenty-three plains and mixtures. The wonders in Dress Goods have not ended; new designs, new colorings, new combinations creep out the faithful, never-tiring looms. Crystal Bengaline, made of finest wool, with heavy cord Bayadere on Poplin grounds. 8 colors, 42 inch, at $1.25. 11 colors, 45 inch, at $1.50. 6 colors, 48 inch, at $2.00.

Another--Rayetine, a self-color hair-line stripe, dainty and pretty; has a finish much like Cashmere, but is heavier;

2 qualities, 29 colors; price $1 and $1.25; 42 inches.

Nothing can be found to take the place of Broadcloth; there

is a quiet richness peculiar to it which no other fabric approaches.

You are to expect a better quality for this season for the price you paid last, and with

this thought in your mind we

invite you to examine any in our stock, especially these three: At $1.50, beautiful finish Broadcloth, 51 inches, 12 colors. At $1.75, French Broadcloth, 51 inches, 14 colors. At $2 Imported Broadcloths, 54 inches, 22 colors. JOHN WANAMAKER.

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D. S. SAMPSON, DEALER IN Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, PUMPS, SINKS, &C.,

Cor. Fourth Street and West Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J. Tin roofer and sheet-iron worker. All kinds of Stove Casting furnished at short notice. Gas-

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Real Estate and Insurance AGENTS. 2031 ATLANTIC AVE., Atlantic City, N. J. Commissioner of Deeds for Pennsylvania. Money to loan on first mortgage. Lots for sale at South Atlantic City. Flagging & Curbing. GET THE BEST STONE FLAGGING and CURBING Never wears out. No second expense. For terms and contracts consult Robert Fisher, my agent for Ocean City. DENNIS MAHONEY.

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of a great metropolitan Dry Goods House is one of

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which we have built up at Market and Eighth Streets, Philadelphia. By this comprehensive system--complete in every detail--the choice of our extensive stock is brought alike to the most distant buyer and to those living near at hand.

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Weire for Samples, and Illustrated Catalogues of

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STODDART'S STORES.

On Monday, August 28, 1893, we opened a branch store at 15

North Second Street, formerly occupied by the reliable old house of Kelly & Brown, having purchased their entire stock, and also added many lots bought at prices now current, we are in a a position to offer many bargains in all kinds of dry goods. The convenience of this store to the different ferries has made it popular with people passing to and fro, and to residents of Camden and Central and Southern New Jersey. Our efforts will be to make it even more attractive than in the

past, and it will be to the interest of those not familiar with the store to make its acquaintance, and those of its old patrons to continue, intending to deserve the patronage of its old friends and many new ones.

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Railroad Time-Tables. WEST JERSEY RAILROAD. On and after July 1, 1893.

Leave Philadelphia--Excursion 7:00, mixed 8:20, express 9:10 a m; accommodation 2:30, ex-

pess 4:20 p m. Sunday--Express 7:00, accommodation 7:10, express 8:50 a m.

Arrive Ocean City--Excursion 9:38, mixed 11:31, express 11:18 a m; accommodation 4:47, express

6:33. Sunday--Excursion 9:49, accommodation 10:55, express 11:03 a m; accommodation 5:30, 10:17 p m.

Leave Ocean City--Mixed 6:15, express 6:25, accommodation 9:45 a m; mixed 2:00, express

4:55, excursion 5 p m. Sunday--Accommodation 8:55 a m; accommodation 3:33, express 5:20, excursion 5:40, accommodation 8:45 p m. Arrive Philadelphia--Express 8:40, accommodation 10:40 a m; mixed 4:55, express 7:10, excursion 8:10 p m. Sunday--Accommodation 10:31 a m; accommodation 5:50, express 7:30, excursion 8:10, accommodation 11:05 p m.

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PHILADELPHIA & READING R. R. ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION. TO AND FROM PHILADELPHIA. Two Ferries--Chestnut Street and South Street. SHORTEST ROUTE TO NEW YORK. In effect February 15, 1893. LEAVE ATLANTIC CITY. DEPOT--Atlantic and Arkansas avenues.

FOR PHILADELPHIA. WEEK DAYS. 8:15 a m accom. arrive Phila. 10:15 a m 7:00 a m express " " 8:35 a m 7:45 a m express " " 9:05 a m

9:00 a m express " " 10:30 a m

3:30 p m express " " 5:05 p m

4:30 p m express " " 6:40 p m 5:30 p m express " " 6:50 p m

SUNDAY.

7:15 accom. arrive Phila. 9:25 a m

4:00 p m express " " 5:35 p m 4:30 p m accom. " " 6:55 p m 8:00 p m express " " 9:20 p m

FOR BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON. Trains leaving Atlantic City week-days 9 a m

and 3:30 p m. Sunday 7:15 a m, and 4:00 p m

connect with express trains for Baltimore and

Washington, via B & O R R from Twenty-fourth

and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. Street cars direct from Chestnut street Ferry to B & O depot.

FOR NEW YORK.

8:15 a m express arrive New York 12:50 p m

3:30 p m express " " " 8:35 p m

LEAVE NEW YORK.

WEEK DAYS.

4:30 a m express arrive Atlantic City 10:10 p m 1:30 p m " " " " 6:35 p m Pullman parlor cars attached to all express trains. Time at Philadelphia is for both Chestnut street and South street wharves. Time at Atlantic City is at depot. All express trains are run over Baltic avenue extension. For time at avenues, see detailed tables. Reading R. R. Transfer Co. and Cab Service Passengers and baggage promptly conveyed.

Branch office New York Atlantic avenue, where calls for baggage can be left and tickets and time tables of the Reading Railroad and

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