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There is a fine article by Prof. Max Müller of Oxford
in "The Arena" an English monthly, on "The real significance
of the Worlds Parliament of Religions" -- Dec{abbreviation sign} number. Send to
"The Arena Publishing Co, Boston -- it contains several
other fine articles. He sent me a number with his portrait
as a frontispiece. You should write to Boston + get it.

Your state polatics{sic} has degenerated into a scramble
between cliques presided over by small men, who
are unable to plan for the prosperity of a free state.
Our national polatics{sic} are so bad, that an effort
to found a new party with honesty as a motto is
the necessity of the hour; but the very suggestion of
such a necessity shows how hopeless is our con =
dition. For in a free country general corruption
in high places, is only the natural fruit of a
dieing{sic} republic. Look at the revelations of New
York! and Parkhurst, now idolized in a spasm
of returning Virtue, will soon be overwhelmed by
the energy of the bad men he is exposing.

Cleveland stands for the right as he believes it,
but, silver mines -- machinery -- the outs who want to get