The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-02-06
CLIPPINGS.

I The progress of the Credit MobiIier in
vestigatlon, and the development, IN New
| ork and elsewhere, fairly raise The
| question: What mas become of that
once boasted business honor, which once
| ruled almost all mercantile transactions
and what OF that official honor which
made our statesmen unim peacha bic +!
| Are we as a nation growing corrupt
and, !. so, under what influence? How.
ever 1t may turn out as 10 the holding OF
not holding OF this or that stock by tbs
or that Congresstnan. ii is evident that
most of those who held stock t;ied to
| conceal The fact. 1t Is evident that here
has been succession of subteriuges, uu-
| manly, lmpoiltic and di>honorable. We
| do not doubt but that Credit -uoGt{iey
stock might have been he Id with no dis
| honest purpose But We do doubt the
honor of any man who will lie about it,
| or Will allow others to lie for him - 81.
L0ufS Democrat
We may ASSUME that the Samana Bay
enterprise involves no project Of anhexa-
ton. 1t is TO be regarded purely as Ii
commerciai enterprise. The proba Die
political results concern chiefly the com
pauy and the Dominican Republic
That the success OF the Company would
be the gain, not Ully of the stock Ioi
ders and of the Dorulnjcans, but of the
whole commercial world, Is hardly doubt
tul. We may, Therefore, ongfi.tulate
President Baez upon having carried out
wise measure IN negotiating i treaty
with American merchants. S.-Nelc Iork
Times.
The new Senator, Jno. j. Ingalls,, is
comparatly ely an unknown man, but he
has some character Tor honesty. During
the past ten years, Pomeroy has made
fortune out OF railroads. Many have
suspected him of dishonest practices.
Iut We did bot suppose, alter ,ar dcvei-
opments in the Caldwell ca : that
another Senator would attempt similar
system of bribery in Kansas MIR Pom
eroy had the reputation of being q smart
ina2, but IN his efforts upon York, he
proved himself to be both knave and
u fool The people are determined 20
get better class of men 10 public life,
aud the defeat of Pomeroy in Kansas,
with all the odds in his favor, proves
that fact
The St. Louis Globe gives the follow
ing pertinent facts about telegra phiug
"W hat is the condition and what are the
prospects of telegraphing in this boast
ful land of ours? In 1859 we send three
messages where the English sena one :
il 1871, despite our increase of popuIa-
ton. they had passed US in the number
Of messages sent In 1889 the average
charge for message was, in England,
S5 cents, in the United States 40 cents
III 1870 the positions were reversed the
charge in England was 27 cents, ia che
United States 90 cents How do our
citizens like the picture Forty millions
of people dependent on one little knot OF
monopoiisls III SO important matter as
their telegiaphic business, and, as, the
results OF such dependence, falling year
ly behind the ach;c7ment of results.
This is not the Way in which our couu-
try achieved its greatness. What we
lose by each days continuance Of The
evil can hardly be estimated, but there
Is general awakening as to the extent
of our losses, and with it i determination
to apply the only remedy"
Jay Gould restitut ton o. property to
the Erie Company is the subject of a
writer in the London Telegraph. The
fact that even the restoration brought to
Gould very large fortune, ren IDS tie
writer OF Steele's story of 4 girl whom
he met in London after having know her
as homely-garbed village maiden. His
wonder at her bedizzenud appearance
was dissipated by the airy question
"Lawk. sir, didn't you know that was
ruined %
\ sixth Atlantic cable is being can
vassed for among capitalists in England
to be laid from Liverpool to New York
direct, 3, 200 miles, at a cost of S5,OOO,-
900. A new French cable, .or which the
moIcy has already been subscribed is
to be 500 miles shorter, and Is to possess
carrying Ca pacity Of twCnty-seven words
per minute. which is said to be double
| that which can possibly be obtained by
single direct line of 5000 miles, the
asccrtained fact being that after the first
900 miles the resistance Of the cable is
immensely increased.
The English rostoifice authorities iu-
tend soon to reduce the cost of telegraph
lug, SO that a twenty word dispatch will
be sent for SUM equal to thirteen cents
| Of our money.
About 1000 acres are cleared of tim
Der each week day in this country. OF
the annual crop, S75, 600 worth goes to
| fuel. and twice as much to fencing. The
locomotives of this country consume no
| less than 100, 600 cords a year, or SOC
acres a year.
People in Texas are talking about a
| grand celebration three months hence,
when they expect railr, ad train made u +
| in New York 20 go through to their state
without breaking the connection.
The cause CT Temperance is most Ger
! tain!y in the ascendent when the state Of
| Kentucky passes Sunday liquor law
} Yet such was the action of the Legisla
/ ture of that bourbon producing common
! wealth last Friday.
The New York Hord says: ut can
DOT be de:-anded of Mr. Cakes Ames
! customers that they shall resign until the
com mittee which is investigating theil
cases has reported. But those among
| them who retain any self-respect viii
| consult their self respect by resigning
| now; and those oe them who retaif
even the worldly prudence they showed
| in their dealings with Ames will consult
their prudence by resigning now. Fol
they must resign or be expelled. lfthey
are left where they are, taint o. their NAL
feasance will pervade the whole body,
| and every Congressman who consents tt
sit with them longer will show that he i
as corrupt as they, whether the revela
tions touch him or not. -
| OuutT au lISpiIdtlOu Vi cdUuOT, tHt
Chicago Times sadly says: ITO deny
that the late Democratic party was il
the habit of standing by its rogues
would be to contradict the truth of histu
ry. That chiefly was what allied 'th,
| Democratic party"
| The oldest man in the world has a
length been discovered. His name il
Jose Martino Continho, a resident 0
Cape Frio. in the province cf Rio janet
no, Brazil, who was born on the 2Oth o
May. 1894. and is. therefore, nearly 49,
years old Ii is said that he has forty
TWO children BY six wives, and can coun
l23 grandchildren. % sreat-great-graud
children, and 20 children of the last
| No one has undertaken TO slow tha
any Congressman. alleged TO have heh
Credit Nobilter stock, ever voted or wa
asked to vote on any measure by whicl
his interest would be affected No on,
has even alleged that the possession Q
this stock corrupted or even biased an
| member Ii has Deen coolly assume,