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THE . INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1889.

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A city election will occur in Cincinnati to-day. The indications point to a Republican victory. It cost tho State $125,000 to secure a batch of defective laws and a lasting injury to the benevolent institutions. It was paying too much for a little tin whistle. An official statement by the Governor of South Carolina shows that out of eight hundred and ninety-four convicts in the State prison eight hundred and forty-three are colored. It must have been a very lax administration of South Carolina justice that permitted fifty-one white men to get in. The appointment of A. C. Burt as superintendent of the railway mail service, fifth division, is in pursuance of the policy of a rapid restoration of the service. Mr. Burt held the position under former administrations, and is thoroughly familiar with its duties. It is an excellent appointment. Ex-Governor Gray is probably tho only man in the State who regards tho late session of the Legislature as an unqualified success. lie occupied a room in the State-house, rent free, and "got in his work7' on the members for the next senatorial election with more success than ho could have achieved had they been attending to their legitimate business. Senator Payne would have saved himself tho unpleasant experience of having tho history of his election dragged into public notice again had ho been less vindictive against Halstead. As it is, he is surprised to learn that even Democratic editors believe that all tho charges made by Ilalstead were true. Payne's spitefulness is greater than his discretion. According to tho ruling of the Senate in the Ilalstead case, no man is eligible to the diplomatic service who has ever expressed an opinion derogatory to that sacred body. This limits tho field from which diplomates may bo drawn to that class of citizens which supplies petit juries this class, as everybody knows, being composed of men who never read the newspapers and have no opinions. If tho present movement for free natural gas for manufactories fails, it will practically end tho city's hopes in that direction. Experience has demonstrated that with fuel gas at present prices we cannot compete with other towns which are furnishing it free. The present movement is feasible, and can be carried out successfully if a united, determined and unselfish effort is mado to that end. It is a turning point in tho city's career. We have no sympathy with the carping criticism that finds fault with the appointment to office of men who bear historic names. Such criticism is political cant, and has its roots in demagogism. Every man who bears an honored name is entitled to tho full benefit of it 60 long as ho does not dishonor it. Tho law of heredity applies to virtues as well as to vices, and tho worthy son of a worthy 6ire is entitled to credit for the merits of his ancestors as well as for his own. The fame of such men as Lincoln and Grant is part of tho honest inheritance of their sons. The disaster at Samoa may ultimately prove a great benefit to our navy. Tho loss of life is deplorable beyond measure, but tho vessels can bo replaced with money, and will doubtless bo replaced with vastly better ones. Those wrecked were good, as wooden ships go, and while they lasted furnished an excuse for not constructing better ones. Being destroyed, Congress will bo confronted with tho necessity of immediately providing for the same number of new vessels. These should be mado to represent the . latest improvements in naval architecture, and equal in all respects to tho best war ships afloat. That is evidently the wise policy, and we presume it will bo the course adopted by tho government. A question having been raised as to the constitutionality of tho recent act of tho Legislature authorizing the Governor and State officers to make a loan for the purpose of obtaining money to carry on the State government, Messrs. McDonald, Butler & Snow, of this city, were requested by the German Savings Bank, of New York, to givo an opinion on tho subject. Their opinion, printed elsewhere in this paper, is that tho act is unconstitutional. With entire respect to the eminent firm who gave the opinion, tho Journal does not think it conclusive. Their construction of tho Contiituiicn b very technicdL cz& nt in ns-

cordanco with that of the legislative and executive departments of the government for many years past. It is un

fortunate, however, that any question hould bo raised as to tho validity of the act, and if it prevents the consummation of tho loan tho State government will bo placed in an embarrassing position. It eJioTild bo added that Attorneygeneral Michener holds the act to bo constitutional, and that all transactions under it will be valid. TEE LEGISLATURE'S BLUNDERS. Leaf by leaf tho roses fall, and act by act tho proceedings of tho lato Legislature fade into innocuous desuetude. Tho police court bill, tho board of control bill, the saloon license bill, the Barrett street improvement bill, the miners' relief bill, tho Supremo Court commission bill all with defects that are likely to make them inoperative laws. And now the law providing for a Stat loan is pronounced unconstitutional by high legal authority! If this is decided by the courts to bo the case, the State is certain to be placed in unpleasant financial straits. Without money in the treasury, the public benevolent institutions must close and the State government be run on tho private credit of the officials, should they prefer this course to resigning. The action of 'the Legislature in delaying to make proper provision for tho necessary public expenses until tho last moment, when tho loan bill was hastily prepared and rushed through, was criticised at tho time as disgraceful. As it proves, the haste and possibly intentional carelessness were littlcless than criminal. From beginning to end of the session the leaders of the majority were actuated by partisan motives and thought of nothing but pushing through measures that would inuro to their own benefit, or to the injury or inconvenience of Republicans. In their eagerness and ignorance these would-be law-makers overreached themselves by disregarding tho provisions of the Constitution in tho passage of their most carefully prepared bills. This blunder works to the profit of the public, but the people are less complacent over the discovery of defects when they occur in tho few measures which were really of general importance. Tho Assembly was chosen to legislate for the public good. What it did do was to attend strictly to tho promotion of partisan and personal ends. The result is that tho State, in bad financial shape by the action of a previous Democratic Legislature, is left in a still deeper hole. It would have been far better had the members never assembled. To escape tho consequences of its pernicious and blundering legislation tho State might well have afforded to pay the salaries, even including those of the fifty-eight door-keepers, on condition that every person drawing pay should stay away from tho capital. As it was, the Assembly drew $125,000 out of the State Treasury, and, according to present indications, took no action that was not eitherfuiischievous or ineffectual. It may be even discovered yet that tho appropriation bill was defective as a legal act. If not, then it seems likely to prove tho one exception of the session. Sooner than wo expected the untruthful statement made during tho lato canvass, that it was the third-party Abolitionists who constituted tho Republican party of ISoO and 1860, has been abandoned. Of course, no one having a reputation at stake for historic information ever would claim that. Benson J. Lossing, the Jiistorian, has recently written an article upon that subject. After giving the history of tho Abolition party down to 1851 he gives tho rise of tho Republican party. lie says truly: "It was a fusion of all the various anti-slavery organized elements Free-soilers, Whigs, anti-Nebraska Democrats, and anti-slavery men of the American party. These elements were crystallized in the Republican party of 18oC. Acting with great prudence and hopefully waiting for tho education of tho people to their high ideal, they entered on their platform adopted at Chicago unmistakable sentiments against tho slave system, without a formal menace." In other words, they abandoned their abolitionism and became restrictionist8. The Denver bank president who gave up $21,000 at the muzzlo of a pistol must have felt an added pang of regret when ho learned that the deadly bottle of nitroglycerine with which the desperate robber threatened to blow the building up contained nothing but castor-oik If the drama were to bo enacted again the bank president would probably do differently. ABOUT TEOPLEAXD THINGS. Signor Massini, the famous tenor, at his recent benefit in St. Petersburg, received bo many presents that twenty-four servants were needed to carry them iroin the operahouse to his hotel. The Grecian Queen is clever with the brush, it is said, and writes interesting verse. Iler husband, it is well known, likes lines that have a hook on them. He is a devoted fisherman. The names of the soldiers and sailors of New Haven who died in tho service of their country in the late war are to be engraved on bronze tablets to be used as panels for the monument at East Rock Park. According to the venerable Hannibal Hamlin, there are but three persons living who were in Congress when he entered it. Thev are Jefferson Davis, Mr. Bradbury, of Maine, and Mr. Fitch, of Michigan. JosF.ru Battin, president of the Elizabeth Water Company, has presented to the city of Elizabeth, N. J., the famous Dimock mansion, to he used as a high-school. The building and grounds are worth $250,000. At Seneca, Kan., a smart school-teacher taught school all day, was married in tho evening, and went to housekeeping on the following Monday morning, but was at the. school-room on time, all without a vacation. The Crown Prince of Denmark was driving in tho suburbs of Copenhagen when he camo upon a furniture van which had stuck in tho snow. He left his sledge and, literally, put his shoulder to the wheels, together with tho driver, and the two succeeded In getting the van back on tho road. The Geographical Society of Paris is collecting in albums the portraits of all persons who havo distinguished themselves in geography and in travels, and in pursuance of that object has written to Mrs. Alice D. Lo Plougeon, of Brooklyn, tho famous explorer of Yucatau, asking for her photograph and autograph. The beautifully paved streets of London are so slippery that an association has re1 eerily btui formed called Uu Society for

Promoting the Safety of Horses, and another called the Horse Accident Prevention Society. Tho proposed plan to receive the most commendation was to Keep the streets clean and well sanded. Queen Victoria was much shocked by tho death of John Bright. Despite his democratic tendencies, his loyalty to the Crown and personal regard for the Queen were so pronounced that tie never failed to get a respectful hearing at Windsor. Some of tho last messages which he received came from the Queen and from the Prince and Princess of Wales. TnE National Woman's Council is trying to establish a local women's council in every leading city and town, in order to secure ordinances which shall require that the best sanitary conditions be maintained in the rooms in which shop girls work. The number allowed in one room would be limited, their present condition lightened, and at the same time an effort would be made to secure better wages for them. TnERE is a fine bust of Bishop-elect Grafton, of the Episcopal diocese of Fond du Lac, Wis., in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Dr. Grafton was for many years the rector of the Church of the Advent, Boston, and ought, therefore, to be well known in that city. And yet twoyoung men stood before the bust tno other day, evidently puzzled as to its character. At last one of them asked, "Who is that!" "Oh," replied the other, "it is one of them old Greek gods." The remains of Mme. lima di Murskaand

her daughter, Frau Von Czedih, were cremated at Gotha, where over six hundred cremations have now taken place. The ashes of each wero deposited in a black urn. and will be kept in the columbarium at the place named. On the urn containing the ashes of the songstress are tho words, "Ashes are all that remain of the nightingale," while on the other is the inscription, "The woman whoso remains lie hero has battled and suffered much in vain." The largest tax-payer in Germany is Herr Krupp, the Essen gun-maker, who pays 6,4S0 on an income of 219,000; and next comes Baron Willy do Rothschild, of Frank-fort-on-Main, with an income of 205.000 and a tux of 5,940. The createst income return d by a resident in Berlin is 123,000. There are three others whose incomes vary from ;48,000to 57,000, and there are six more who haie upward of 30,000 a year each. There are also ICG persons in Berlin whoso incomes are between 0,000 and 10,000. A little anecdote about Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton has just appeared for the first time, having been related by the late Admiral Lyon as a part ot his personal experience. It seems that when Lyon was a young man he was brought to tho attention of Nelson, and on one occasion was invited to breakfast with him. When he arrived at his host's house he found Lady Hamilton and Nelson's brother, a clergyman, also at breakfast. During the meal a dispute arose between the lady and the clergyman, which was ended by the former rising and fairly tearing the coat from the Rev. Nel'son's back. After this the meal proceeded in peace. Says the Now York Times: Gen. William T. Sherman espied PhineasT. Barnum across Madison-square Garden List night, and made for tho greatest showman on earth, The greeting between tho veterans was affecting. "Hello, Barnum!" exclaimed the General. "Hello!" said Mr. Barnum. "Wat'ro you staying outside forf Come into the fold, General." Then the portals of the state box were opened and the two campaigners were together. Every now and then a monkey or trained elephant would stand on its head, and tho great showman would start with, "Te-he, General. What do you think of that !" "Firstclass!" was the General's invariable reply. The late John Bright was not a man whose reading had been wide. He was unacquainted with any language but English, and seldom read translations of tho Latin and Greek classics. He learned something of mythology and ancient history through his closo study of Milton's poetry, but he devoted most of his tinio to the great questions of his own day and let the dead past bury its dead. He had no special knowledgo of science, and was not an enthusiast regarding art. But while in a certain sense he was narrow in his attainments, ho was as broad as humanity in his sympathies, and what he lacked in the culture of tho schools he made up in tho grandeur of his manhood. It seems rather the exception now for a European queen or princess not to be noted for her devotion to the material welfare of her people. Among the many good works of tho Queen of Saxony is her education of women of all ranks to be nurses. In 1607 she summoned the women of Dresden to meet her in council, and at the end of a jear there wero 1,200 nurses ready for service. They were called Albertiuerinneu, from the name of the then Crown Prince. Anyone ill in Dresden sent a request for a nurse to any hospital managed by Albertinerinnen. Under their charge is the Queen's Hospital and a convalescents' home on the banks of the Elbe, which the Queen purchased from her private means. A teculiar perquisite system exists at the Austrian court, by which nothing except tho linen and dishes ever appears on the royal table a second time. Thus the wine that is brought up but remains unopened never goes back to the cellar, but becomes the perquisite of a servant. Theso perauisites are regulated carefullv. Thus. one servant has the wine that remains in the glasses, another has tho wino remaining in bottles that have been uncorked, another has the bottles not opened, and so on. The food is also divided in the same manner, and after tho royal family have eaten the servants havo a sort of bazar in the basement of the palace, where they sell the cold victuals and liquors to small hotel-keepers and others. Tidy fortunes have been realized in this manner by the servants. John T. FoRd, who was manager of Ford's Theater, Washington, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, states in an article in the North American Review that Booth called at the theater for his letters. He received and read them in the front of the building. He was pleasantly taunted by some of his Union friends there with the information that the President and General Grant would both be at the theater that evening, and one added: "General Leo will bo with them." Booth quickly responded: "They won't parade Lee as the Romans did their captives, I hope." The remark about Leo's coming was withdrawn, but the effect of the information as to President Lincoln and General Grant was apparent. Booth grew abstracted and thoughtful, and soon departed, with the first possible information he could have had of the President's intention to visit the theatre that nighc. At 10:20 he assassinated President Lincoln. COMMENT AND OPINION. TnE next Congress will havo to pass a tariff measure, and the fact that both branches are safely Republican makes it certain that there will be no radical change in tho safe, industrial policy of the government. Baltimore American. It grows more and more evident, year by year, that the practice of adulterating food articles is increasing and needs the most rigorous means of suppression that can be applied. Even when the adulterants used are not positively harmful they are fraudulentTroy (N. Y.) Times. Caring for the meritorious old soldiers who have a Just claim on the treasury is one thing: satisfying the appetite of the claim-agents for public money would be quite another and vastly more expensivo thing. We think it will bo found that President Harrison is quito capable of making the distinction. Hartford Couraut. Demoralization of the postal service in order to givo places to a great army of hungry and thirsty Democrats was one of the chief civil-service scandals of the last administration. That final effort to clutch a thousand postoifices, long after the people had' given it notice to quit, was a forcible illustration of the ruling passion strong in death. New York Tribune. It is the disgrace of politics in this conntry that both great parties toady and truckle to tho so-called foreign vote, inventing campaign canards to affect tho vote as a class and as a nationality. Sensible peoplo who believe in American citizenship, who believe that every man in this country should be satisfied with the title of American citizen, are growing very tired of tho professional foreigners, and disgust-

ed with the toadyism which both parties indulge in towards them. Washington Post. American commerce needs the same protection that American industry receives, or it should be encouraged bv bounties amounting to the same thing. Cur vessels should get as much pay for carrying the mails as foreign vessels get, and should have every help to place them on equal terms of advantage with their European competitors for the ocean-carrying trade. Chicago Journal. Capital is sufficiently intelligent to know that its interests are favorably affected by having a contented class of employes, and that it really shares directly or indirectly in the advantages which increased compensation for the workingraen would give. Bj raising the standard of their purchasing power it benefits the public upon which it depends for its profits. Boston Advertiser. If the churches of the South would take the lead in doing justice to the negro it would not be long until his rights would be generally recognized and respected. A commission appointed last May by the Episcopal Church of South Carolina has made a report asserting that it is the duty of the church to extend full religious privileges to all the colored Christians in its diocese. There is something very encouraging about action of this kind in a State like South Carolina. Albany Journal. The Democratic party, as represented by those who formulate its policies, is a freetrade party; but on thousands of occasions has shrunk from wearing the title, the mere mention of which was an epithet of discredit. Let us hope that in future campaigns it will be brave enough to paint its banner in more vivid colors, label its principles in more distinct terms, and assert its purposes in clear and simple language. The people can be trusted to decide whether the doctrine, as well as the epithet, is odious or otherwise. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

THE REJECTION OF HALSTEAD. Richard Smith Calls it the "Folly of Revenger and Thinks Great Changes Will Follow. Toledo, March 30. The Commercial, Richard Smith's paper, will say editorially to-morrow regarding Mr. Halstead's rejection: "The opposition of Republican Senators to the continuation of Murat Halstead as minister to Germany is purely a case of revenge, and will not be approved by the American people, and will be sure to brine: disgrace upon those concerned, and will largely bring the Senate, as a body, into disgrace. It will serve, too, to increase that public opinion, which is growing steadily, in favor of abolishing the Senate as top far from the people, and as the representative of wealth rather than the public, and the creature of corrupt methods rather than of popular favor. This occurrence will serve to stir up discussion and produce results that will abolish the Senate as a body, or make a radical change in the method of election; that is to say, have Senators elected by the people at large of each State, precisely as Governors are chosen, instead of by State Legislatures. If thismethod were in practice,instcadof tho corrupt and corrupting method we have, does any mortal believe that Evarts and Ingalls and Teller and Payne would occupy seats in the United States Senate? And these are not the only ones who owe their seats to money. "Tho opposition to Mr. Halstead on the Republican side of the Senate is caused by a feeling of revenge. His fitness fbr the place to which the President nominated him is not questioned. It could not be seriously questioned. But he told tho truth, too pointedly, perhaps, but it was the truth, and every word ho printed is as true to-day as when he wrote it, and the peoplo know it, and the jades who wince know it. And this is where the shoe pinches most severely. "The origin of all this matter was in tho election of Payne to the United States Senate. Tho contest was a Democratic one. Payne was not known to be a candidate until the Legislature had been chosen. Pendleton was the leading Democratic candidate. Payne was pushed to the front against him, and the members of the Legislature who iwere nominated and elected as Pendleton 'men were bought wo use this word with a full knowledge of what it means to support Payne, and he was elected, and Pendleton was defeated. The subsequent Legislature was Republican, and having obtained evidenceof thefraudsthat were committed and the monev that was used to elect Payne, it asked the United States Senate to order an investigation. It- thus became a party question in Ohio although a large proportion of the Democrats and the best proportion of that party were in full sympathy. Mr. Halstead demanded tho investigation persistently and vigorously, and all along the line he told the rough truth as it was then understood and is now understood. The truth that Payne was fraudently elected was ready. When that was presented to the United States Senate, what did Payne do? Had he been conscious of his innocence, he would have quickly demanded a thoroush and immediate investigation. But manifestly he was conscious of his guilt, and he proceeded at once to ap peal, to senatorial courtesy a damnable heresy and a foul blot upon the whole body. The Democrats voted with him from a party stand-point, because if Payne had been unseated, a Republican would have taken his place, and enough . Republicans who were, in the main, in the same boat voted-against the investigation, and it was defeated. As a result, one seat in the Senate has been occupied by a dishonored man, and it is now occupied by him. An honorablo man would never have consented to fill it without a full and impartial investigation. Henry B. Payne is not an honorable man. There is not a fiber in his whole body above money, and the Republicans who sided with him are no better. Therefore, there are several seats in the United States Senate that are dishonored. We say thi9, too, without fear of successful contradiction. Payne is now seeking vindication, and his Republican pals are seeking vindication. This is what we call the folly of revenge. It brings the whole question to the front again. This is well. The pool of corruption needs to be purified, and this is the way to reach it. Tho United States Senate is not above tho people. It is not a .. sacred sanhedrim that nobody has a right to criticise. Thank God, there is no public body, no executive body, in this glorious country, above the people; and now cne of tho great questions will be henceforward and until success shall crown the movement, the abolition of the United States Senate, with its star chamber and its so-called courtesy, or a radical change in the method of electing Senators. "We are informed that the dishonored Senator, Henry B. Payne, has decided to come before the peoplo of Ohio as a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate for the purpose of vindication. Well, let him como, and let him come with all his money. We have faith in the integrity and the independence of the people of Ohio. We welcome the issue. Wrhat the Senate of the United States refused to do. the people of Ohio will do, and will do it thoroughly and effectively, and honest and independent Democrats will help. "There will be no star-chamber proceedings, such as are practiced in the United States Senate, to curb the independence of the press or frighten the honest people. "The truth is bound to prevail, and we 6hall have glorious things as the result of the folly of revenge." Other Tress Opinion. Chicago Journal: "Mr. Halstead is a man who in every tight gives and takes manly blows. He may have said more than he ought to have said, and done injustice to distinguished public men. But they would better show their claims to distinction and to the confidence of tho Republican party by confirming Mr. Halstead than by cherishing their resentments." Mansfield (O.) News: "A man who for years writes or speaks for the public, and who has ideas and convictions and fearlessly expresses them, will, in the nature of events, make enemies; but nothing that can be charged to Mr. Ilalstead can compare with this action of a few Senators in opposing the confirmation of so competent and deserving a gentleman." Philadelphia North American: "Mr. Halstead had a right, as the editor of a great newspaper, to criticise the official acts of tho Senators, and a man who attempts to secure revenge in the manner in which the objecting Senators are doing is not tit to occupy a seat in tho United States Senate, and ought to be relegated to the obscurity to which his small action befits him." Iowa State Register. "If it is a notice to the press of the country that . Senators as public officials are not to bo criticised, it will not bo kindly received. The newspapers will not accept any censorship of that

kind, and they will continue to do their duty as public journals, even if their criticisms 6hall sometimes penetrate to the awful presence of the United States Senate." Washington Post: "Newspaper men who are so cheerful when cutting and carving with their leaded minion and brevier, should not grow so solemn and sensitive when those they assail fire back with the quiet but deadly negative vote. At all events, the failure of an editor to got an office is not sufficient occasion for a great national whine on the part of the press. Take your medicine, but don't wail." Philadelphia Inquher, (Dem.): "When Mr. Halstead attacked the Senate and its members, he did it in open and manly fashion, and in such a wav as to put himself under a liability for all consequences, legal or moral. There is, however, nothing manly in the Senatorial assaults upon him. On the contrary, his enemies in the Senate are going about to do him an injury in a sneaking and entirely contemptiblo way." Milwaukee Sentinel: "In Ohio they don't mind Halstead's outbreaks. They know him for a good-hearted, sincere sort of man, whose misfortune is that he plucks his thoughts before they are ripe. There is nothing malign in his nature and when ho denounces some good man as the greatest of unhung rascals, the Ohio reader merely remarks that Halstead has had another rush of blood to the head and pays no more attention to it." Wheeling (W. Va.) Intelligencer: "Of the Republican Senators who have opposed editor Halstead's confirmation as minister to Germany because of his adverse criticism ou them in the case of Senator Payne, there is not one of them whom ho has not often defended against Democratic assault. All of this is forgotten when the editor shows his head where it may be whacked. Senators are even willing to go so far as to rebuke tho President for preferring a man whose fitness for the place nobody questions." Philadelphia Times (Dem.): "Granted that Mr. Halstead criticised Senators intemperately, is that to justify a retributive rejection of a foreign minister who is admittedly qualified for the position alike in character and attainments! Egan, who is only a shade beyond an alien, is acceptable to Senators; but Halstead, who, even when discounted by all his real or imaginary defects, has rendered illustrious service to the country, is made the victim of petty resentments which would much more befit the pot-houso than tho Senate." Minneapolis Tribune: "An editor of a great journal who has the courage to speak what he believes to be the truth, without

regard to friend or foe, should bo honored instead of persecuted. It shows that he has a nighsr regard for the duties of his oraco than Senators, actuated by petty motives of revenge, have for theirs. The editor who has not made lots of enemies is not worth anj'thing and would be as unfit for a public office, whether great or small, as he is to conduct a public journal. This ab surd and ridiculous pusillanimity is below tho dignity of the United States Senate." Memphis Avalanche: "There is loss reason for objection to Mr. Halstead than to any other leading Republican whose name now occurs to us. Mr. Halstead is, and has always been, a bitter partisan. But his was the first Republican journal of note to advocate, after the election of Har rison, a liberal policy towards the South. 'Let us.' he said, 'build golden bridgesfor the beaten enemy.' He insisted that the South should be permitted to settle the race problem in its own way. and followed up his initial declaration with strong appeals to the good 6ense and patriotism of Republicans everywhere, for weeks and months." WALKING DELEGATES. Their Tyranny Has Led to an Evil That Is Seriously Hurting American Worklngmen. American Architect. A new and important question has como up among the trades-unions. For some time the anuual transfer of skilled mechanics from this country to England, and vice versa, has been increasing, until it has come to threaten seriously the power of the union leaders. Some time ago, when the walking delegates of certain trades saw fit to keep their subjects idle and poor, while they drew good sahiries for talking nonsense, or worse, a considerable number of the victims of this arrangement quietly slipped across the water and went to work at their trades where they need not fear being denounced to their union officers and deprived of their living. The result was so encour-' aging that they repeated the experiment, taking others with them, and the union discipline has, in consequence, now lost its terrors for many of tho more enterprising working members. On the other hand, members of foreign trades-unions about the same time discovered the advantage of a reciprocal arrangement of the kind, and it is becoming a very common practice for English, Irish and Scotch stone-cutters, masons and carpenters to come over to New York in tho spring, spend the summer working at their trades, without asking leave of any one, and go back in the autumn with their pockets full of American money, to work in England through the winter, when there would be no emplo3Tnent for them here. A reporter of the Philadelphia Call recently made some inquiries about the matter in that city, and found that nearly all the trades were more or less affected by tho competition of the foreign workmen. The union oflicers were unanimous in the opinion that tho 'evil" was increasing, and that "heroic remedies" were necessary. What their "heroic remedy" will consist in remains to be seen, but some indication may be found in the resolution which was passed at the convention of the National Association of Stone-cutters, held the other day, which provided that members "should not visit Kurope oftener than once in live years." If such a rule should be enforced tho American workingmen would lose the last prospect of escape from the tyranny of delegates which now remains open to them. This, from the union point of view, would be a great gain, but there seemed to be an idea m the convention that if the resolution was passed the foreign unions would take similar action, and workingmen on both sides of the water would ho held captive, for fear that they might interfere with each other's monopoly. REMINISCENCES OF BRIGHT. The Bright of Fifty Years Ago Cobden's Selection of Him as a Debater. Cable Special in New York Evening Post. I have interviewed Mr. Charles Villiers, the only survivor of the anti-corn law trio, on the subject of reminiscences of John Bright. He is eighty-seven, and has been a member of Parliament for fifty-four years. He is easily the father of the House of Commons, but he very .seldom goes there, and latterly has been ill. But the old man, who received me with tho kindly courtesy of the old school, talked with keen interest and vivacity. He was clad in a quaint, long dressing-gown and oldfashioned frilled ehirt-front, with tumbled locks of gray hair above a face whoso fresh, clear color seems to defy years. He said: T first saw John Bright fifty years ago. Cobden took me to hear him speak, sa3'iug, 'We have already all the great writers and learned economists. What we want is to bring the truth down to the minds of the common people.' I agreed with Cobden after hearing liright speak that Bright was exactly able to do this. His style was simple, clear and direct, his words right good Saxon, his delivery the emphasis, force and pathos of simplicity. His arguments appealed to common principles and broad ideas. 'If not born a Quaker, he would have been a prize-fighter,' said Cobden, and I preferred his extempore thrusts in debate to his set orations. He always spoke with a roll of notes and never without signs of long previous thought. "My personal feeling for him amounted to afiection. Yet he failed to meet my ideal of an old, inan3'-sided statesman like Chatham. His work in politics was strongly grasping a few great idea", and pursuing them without turning to the right or left. "His separation from Mr. Gladstone on the home-rule question caused him great pain. I well remember his utter bewilderment at Gladstone's new departure. His Unionism caused fashionable society to make peace with him, and insured his memory tho all-round homage due to it." I psked in parting if he would hear Mr. Gladstone's speech to-day. "1 should dearly like to," he said, "but I dare not venture to the House now. It has grown noisy, and I am afraid I should soon follow my old friend if I went there nowadays." Foat master Pearson's Case. Philadelphia American. Our mugwump friends show somo inclination to make the retention or removal of Mr. Peason. the. postmaster at New York, "a test case" as regards .the civil-service policy of the present administration. We think they should bo cautioned that this

is probably not practicable. Mr. Pearson is said to Vie a competent postmaster, and

so tar as that consideration applies, ought not xo uc rcmovea. imt mere is a cnarge against him. which is very penerally believed by Republicans, and which needs to be refuted before he can be regarded as having any claims to retain ing his office. It is that : in 1884 he threw obstacles in the way of Ins subordinate? casting their votes, and thus secured for Mr. Cleveland a good slice) of tho scanty majority which was counted , f . l r.-. 1 ior mm in inat ssiaie. i uis cnarge was given color by the zeal shown bvMr. Curtis and others to havo Mr. Clevefand retain -him in office. And it is not forgotten that Mr. Cleveland in acceding to that request openly declared that it must be regarded aa "an exception to the rule," and not as a precedent for crant.'ng similar requests. thus throwing the mm into a list at once exceptional and doubt ful. In that situation it has remained, and tho friends of civil-service reform will make a mistake. we fear, if thev take Mr. Pearson's future fortunes as their test of the administra tions rule. The President's Cliarlty. Lafayette Courier. The grave and rcverned Senators of the United States should cultivate tho spirit of forgiveness with which the President is imbued. Some of the luost important appointments he has made are those of men, who opposed his nomination at Chicago with even unfair zeal, but he holds no malice. It was somewhat severe on the Eart ofsomeof his opponents to describe im as a "Pharisee" and to belittle his im portance and decrv his Christian character, but he has shown himself broad enough to not allow such exhibitions of envy to rantie m his heart, and it will ho jnst like him to repay ingratitude and calumny with charity. And yet it is not the part oC wisdom to attempt to force him. They Worked It Hetter Here. Terre Haute Express. Tho United States district attorney of West Virginia, Leon Bailey's counterpart, with a federal grand jury like unto the ono that assisted Bailey in his post-election, campaign, was not wise in his day and generation. Ho insisted on prosecuting his cases. With a Democratic judge, marshal and all necessary partisan Accessories the defendants went scot free. Ho should havo stepped aside, and after tho trumped-up cases had hcen exposed when brought into a court of law by his Republican successor the Democratic press of West Virginia could have done as the Democratic press is doing hero in Indiana under similar cir cumstances. Should Re Held Responsible. San Francisco Chronicle. t . It is about time that people who place sticks of dynamite in stove ovens to dry should bo held legally responsible for the loss of life and damace that mav result from such criminal recklessness, he Latest case is that of a Hoosier farmert who succeeded in destroving his house, killi ncr his wife and daughter, and injuring the other members of his family. There ought to be some law to punish ciich fools, as well as the fellows who shoot their friends in mistake tiin iLiiuti a v nw nuuoi' iiieii nullum in stake for deer, and the equally stupid oplo who "didn't know the gun was peoi loaded." Still Has a Little Faith In Keely's Motor. Philadelphia Inquirer. Two things that operate against the'development of excessive speed in ships for commercial purposes are the weight ot tno engiues and fuel and the amount of spaco they require. When, if ever, it becomes practicable to drive them by electricity, or if tho Keely motor should be made to work, we may see vessels Hying across tho ocean at rate's of speed to which the rate of the swiftest ships we now have were but as that of a canal-boat. But that time is still in the undeveloped future. Sympathy for the Unfortunate. Boston Herald. We beg to tender our condolences to .tho New York Tribune, the Indianapolis Journal, the North American Review, tho Oshkosh Review and to all the other newspapers and periodicals which will be deprived of tho services of their able editors during the next four years, on account of the action of the administration in sending them abroad. Their sympathizing contemporaries, recognizing tho misfortunes that have befallen them, will continue to treat them with distinguished consideration. Holds No Animosity. Peoria TranscriDL President Harrison has shown that he does not hold animosity. He hasappointed Gresham's friends in Indiana with equal regularity with his own. He looks for fitness in the man. This is the doctrine we all like to see. This is a free country. It is a divine right that one man has in this land of ours to work against the nomination ot another if he desires to. and his party fealty need never be questioned. Honest, open opposition is all right, and is also respected. Cameron Would Have Voted for naUtead. Kew York Mail and Express. Senator Don Cameron attended the wedding of his daughter yesterday at Harrisburg, and therefore was not in the Senato vjhen the vote was taken on the nomination of Murat Halstead as minister to Germany. To-day at tho Fifth-ayenuo Hotel h held a brief conference with ex-Secretary Whitney, and 6tated that he should have voted for Mr. Halstead's confirmation if he had been in the Senate yesterday. - Relative Wortli of 3Ian aud Wife. Washington Post. Ouzr esteemed contemporary, the Chicago Times, says Minister Palmer's wife is worth, $7,000,000, while Minister Palmer himself is worth only $4,000,000. We do not hesitate to say, and we believe Minister Palmer will agree with us, that the relative worth of a man and his wife is usually in about this proportion. Indeed, as a rule, we think these figures hardly do woman justice. A Hint at Corruption. Las Vegas N. M.) Optic. It is now probably a settled fact that aspecial ej:aininer will be sent to the Territory from Washington to investigate aud repoTt upon the extravagant, high-handed manner in which tho courts havo been run. lie will find much material to work upon, and some s tartling facts may be brought to light by tho investigation. Getting Its Share. St. Louis GlobcvDemocraL New York: has obtained two Cabinet posts the Treasury and the Navy and two of the four first-class diplomatic positions the French and Russian missions with any number of important Mnaller offices. 'Nobody can consistently claim hereafter that the Empire State has not received a fair amount of recognition from this administration. Nothing Alarms Keely. Sprtnjrfield RepubUcan. Mr. Keely now says he has finally invented a device by which his "ctheriai generative evaporator" can be attached to his "vibratory resonator" in a way to :uako his motor go. It is simply a hollow copper ring. A hollow copper ring went all to smash a few days ago in Paris, but this does not seem to alarm Mr. Keely. The Bulldozing Mugwumps. Chicago Journal. The mugwump newspapers in New York bulldozed President Cleveland into keeping Postmaster Pearson in ofiice in that city. They are trying the same methods on 'President Harrison, but it appears as if the little Indianian has more pluck and backbone than had tho big New Yorker. The Senatorial llattler. Philadelphia Record. This spring many senatorial rods are coming out of pickle. Mr. Payne, for instance, says that if Mr. Halstead should bo nominated for Russia he would vote to tend him there yes, by cracky! to Siberia. Tho senatorial rod in pickle is a sort of stilt-frozen rattler which uncoils in spring. Why Mr. Held Will Feel at Home. Springfield Republican. Wliitelaw Reid will feel quite at homo the moment ho reaches Paris aud looks upon the Killel tower. It is more of nn a Hair than his tall tower in Now York, but there is a deal of comfort in home-like associations to man living in foreign parts. Perpetual Office-Holding. New York Graphic A perpetual motiou machine could not possibly be more activo than the "turncoat" who wanU to hold office perpetually.