Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1887 — Sensible Views on the War Question. [ARTICLE]

Sensible Views on the War Question.

Secret aiv of Treasury Mamin;' j has resigned; and his place is tem-1 porar il v filled by the first assistant, J Fairchild. a■ . ‘ ' j Next Tuesday, Feb. 22nd, will assemble in Cincinnati theconvei - tion which hopes to form a new National .partyout us all the p;a - ties opposed ; to the Kepurbiicanand Democratic organisations. The state is Hat broke and be. -' Owed $8 •'• % . lay. ;>■ 1 i 1 u'niversi'y eiulowmi-nt fund to ..■!» toe state government running until, a million dollar loan can be made. Too much democracy is. Uie cause tlm shortage. - ’ •" A vert sensible bill,; ami one ■ * . that ought to become a law, is that of Senator Johnson's, which provides that inwcasesdsi' c- pital pnnshmeut, the victim shall be hanged 1 s the state pri-on. before ltd ill strict privacy. Ohio already as a law very similar to this. - Minnesota is right up with the i'recession in the matter of prac ti- - ;;1 temperance legislation.. A law ~4a&- jost''bet‘n---!pa33ed-4sißg~.4t*e-yearly tax on sal >ons at BXOOO in cities of over 10,000 population and at 8500 in smaller towns. Those are about the figures* that; ought to bo "adopted in this state: The members of the State Leg-! isl&ture are-so busy preparing and introducing new bills that they have no time to devote toThe consideration of th se already imioduced. From.fifty to two hundred bills a day, is about the average. As yet very few bills have been passed and 'these of bnt little geueral importance. fjA- . Tlie state ' unstable of id lio To Island has published a report which makes a -much moyo favorable showing for the new prohibition law, in that state, than did the article from the South Bend; IT ’ - une which we copied last we;-!:. In his report he complains bin. ly of the various temperance societies on account of their i . 1 failure to assist qr encoui’.- gd i bn in enforcing th? law.

The fact that petroleum in i\~ siderable qartnt'ti-\« :.a; b covered at frauc'.riile,-1* a goodindication tliat hot only mor* of . the sa’-i - snl tanc will there but it-ala» gie-ntl-v *•• • - tile probtbitity tliai gs~ v, 17i n/.10~ be discovered in 'the sameloealiry; and as the place where the Was found is only fourteen mill<lis. taut=fjoiu Id nsst-laer. it ai ranch to tl e probability that g;*! or or both jnay be discovered Mre. The chances for that result are certainly so great that there

should 110 longer be any hesitancy** about making an attempt for it, at least. Let us organize a company and bore r. well without further delay. ■pn «■ bmlwmbip mm _ t A temj>erance bill passed the j lower House of the State Legtbla- ‘ turo. Tuusday, which, so far ns we j can judge from t.'ie ifaeagef details Wiiieli have- been publisht il, will ’ i;:eev the views of 'the? groat-major. I itv of tire temperance peoploof the IsUte. : It Tetjuires a yearly tax of ! . v .>oo on each saloon, and provides that upon a petition of one-tenth . < f the legal voters, townships and : c ninties may decide by vote whether !<>r not liquor shall bt 3 sold. Such j ,■-isi-on.-* l\v elections can not be ' I disturbed for two years The bill , ; pwissod by a vote of o 7 to 41, with j ; 1v,.) memhei.. ; . Sfc ord> 4item-j oerats voted for the bill; a propor- ! 'lion which augurs badlv for its I ! fate m the .Senate. The House committee on judfeary has been instructed to prepare a'hill creating courts for each county iu the state, to have juris* j diction of all probate matters, uiisdemenfrors and civil cases involv. ing not more than SSOO. The judges are to receive from $1,200 to $2,500 per yesr, r.nd- to be ex-oiiicio, ' in embers of the boards of county i c •mini.-.doners. Tile limits of the ; eprcs mt court circuits' are to be j . nlarged, w lr-mih courts are to be • held twice ay. ar. if two or more . . a are im-luded in any of the j 'enlarged circuits, all but one of j them are t > be county judges dur-i i’g the remainder of their tbrms. f 4 im circuit courts, are to havediual 1 jnri diction in c: rtain cases. We heheve thu; such an arrangement of the court system would possess ! many advantages. - The President, who has already i • liown that he is uttr-rly devoid-of evmpilhy for the union solders, laud .their -families, 'La.-: Vetoed fchej a hil: W ioeli iug h pr.ivis- I otfepen lent pa eand j t r soldiers who. wero-physically = : ::* ~’w.ble of eaiui 1 mr—l jHviLgs and who were without! ;n- on -; rightfully excepting from j [ tli■ aeiits ofdhe bill those whose j incapacity resulted from-their own : vicious habits. Lhe bill was mod* i : crate and conservative in its pro- : visions, was passed only after the fliljbst "consideration, and by a vote of more than two to one in, the House, and without a division in the Senate. The President's objections are hair-splitting and! far fetched and plainly show that 1 .ii.’ was onlytuu eager to find-eve if] ue* slightest grounds upon which , to base a veto. The proposed fee and salary bill, as finally reported by the'House Committee, provides that county Clerks, Auditors, Sheritfs And Treasurers shall receive salav-: ies of $1,200 in counties of less than 20,000 population pin counties ! ! of 20,000 and less than 35,000, sl,-; 500; and in counties of 35,000 or | more, $2,000. The salaries of He-! carders is on the scale of SI,OOO. i ; sr;2oo and SI,BOO. -Sheriff’s are i , allowed 40 edits a day for boarding prisoners, and mileage for cou-

vojmg prisons to-insane asylums, r-ei'ennatyries. and prisons. In : counties of Jess than 20,000 popuLiuou Clerks and Sliorifis are allowed one deputy each, at BX3O. In counties, of mote than 20,000 population deputies are allowed, to all . the.oiae,ersTaeyitioned in the 1>; Ih. except Recorder, who-has a deputy only in counties' cf ’more tl>.r:n •)s,f'C‘U. C'h'-r:.., SkerifiC and He- . v v-Ir-rs.cajajcii' diaw more pay oui q- t-e treasury than they collect f x„d pay into. it-. - All • present inv ii'ui|evrts ti Ailiiceis elrdt, are ex--I fromulie provisions of the. r.:t; at:.] will receive their pay un-.j the ftTgaaM"‘-.f I —aldvNi -was written the - th'* hilt l»y ia- i 0 ‘ ti n s Ames bv §3ooeac'h,' ..and Wilb tltat anioiidment, the bill ‘-stands a goodehniicejjf h■ jft law.. y ’ ■ —— l I: the wiseacres at Indianapolis i W X° are fa.brmg the bill taxing r | all theatrical performances for The'

•tjeßfefit of Agricultural societies, are doing sp under the impression that they are'discriminating against nn immoral and demoralizing institution and in favor of a moral one, we don’t!! mind telling them ttyat they hnviygot the wrong pig b\ tin 1 CTtfythd! cart before the horse, so to speak. So far ns our observation has extended the “Agricultural Homs Trots,” with their encouragements of betting and jockeying on horse races, and still ,lhe ‘ numerous swindling gambling and skin games of various kinds which they permit, iu .open and flagrant violation of positive laws, are about as demoralizing institutions as we have any knowledge of; whereas, on the other hand, theatre companies seem to be composed of law abiding people, almost without exception, and their performances are very seldom opt n to’tiie least objection oil the score of immorality, or demoralizing tendencies. In fact, after due reflection, we suggest that instead of taxing the theatres for the benefit of the boss races, the legislators had better reverse the operation and tax the lioss rae s for the benefit of the theatres. .

Mr.. Editor.: Will you allow a little space in your columns to express my viewn of the result ot a war with England. In ea-o of a present w: r, we are lost. 1 udmii that there are wiser men in Jesper county than 1 am; but I will not allow liiat there are fcny that know the exact coast, from the mouth of the Mississippi to the city of Chicago, all along the Atlantic, The St. Lawrence river :md tire lakes, better than I do, as I have .-helped survey the coast andtravelled it many times. A preseut war would be our ruin. The English n\,n fleets would destroy all our sea ports, .as we have no coast defences, while the smaller war vessels would destroy Ogdens--burg, Oswego, Bufialo, Cleveland, Dctreii, Milwr.nkee and Chicago,.. and, Mr. Editor, we could not help it at present. Of course in tnnp-' we could wirrp— oaf cities would be la mns and our commerce would be destroyed. Eaglnnd iir.s the only inlet to tj{y lakes and while I would like to see the Canadians thrashed well, I would not like, under the present circumstances, to see war made until we are prepared for it.

JOHN O' CONNOR.