Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-02-19
English Politics.


Rochdale (Byron's old homel, Mr.
Potter, ma lie an elaborate speech the
other day to his constituents, defining
his position on compulsory vaccination
secular education, minority representa-
ton and the Eastern and the colonial
questions. We name the subjects in
the order of the apparent interest felt
IN them by his audience. Mr.. Potter
is the Immediate successor, as the
Rochdale representative, of Richard
Golden. Like his predecessor and
master, he is the friend of every e.
form. AS for this minority business,
be says he abhors it as an oligarchical
reaction. Our own people will, after a
brief test, come to the same conclusion.
Experience is severe schoolmaster.
but some lessons can only be learned
by hard knocks.
The estina ed population of the Bril-
fish Empire is 24O 100000 or twelve
times the population of England and
Wales. Mr.. Potter would not shed a
drop of blood nor levy a farthing tax to
keep all the colonies, India alone ex-
cepted. He is glad Gladstone gave up
the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of
Greece, and wants, Spain should on .
more be given the custody Of Gibralter
The Englsh standing army kept at
hat fort is expensive and utterly use
less. England can By her commercial
and financial supremacy take. care OF
Ler Mediterranean interests.
Russia is not to be feared. She is a
dependency Of England, being unable
to get on without the aid of English
capital and skilled labor. Even her
navy must be built on the Clyde. The
best way to head OF Russia's designs
on Persia is to encourage the diffusion
OF knowledge among the Persians, and
encourage the development of her nat
ural resources, in that way enabling
them to withstand the aggressions of
the Great Bear
Such, in brief, is the summin g up of
the English situation by a repr esenta-
tive English Liberal. Chicago Journ-
al.
New York, Feb. l5-Robert EN-
met, son Of Thos. Adds Emmett, the
Irish patriot, and nephew of the cele-
brated Robt Emmett died at New
Rochelle to-day. The deceased was
long an eminent lawyer in this city.
SWITZERLAND AND THE Pops
The Swiss Federal Council has decid
ed to expel Bishop Mermillod from the
Canton of Geneva. They have also
addressed letter to to the Papal
Charge dAffaires at Berne, denying in
a sharp manner the right of the Pope
to dsembeI the Bishoprics of Switzer-
land. The Council also requires Bishop
Mermillod to decide quickly whether
he intends to obey the Pope OF the
Swiss Government.
Two HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS IN BONDS SToLEN.--NEw York
February l3.-Notice is out caution
ing the public against the purchase of
100000 of the first mortgage bonds
of the Toledo, Canada Southern and
Detroit Railway Company, which were
on yesterday stolen from the office,
No. Is William street, Two men bav-
ing entered the office, one engaged the
attention of the Secretary, while the
other seized the bonds and ran away.
The bonds lacked the seal of the COM
pany as well as the signature of the
Secretary, and are therefore incomplete
and the company are not liable on them
Some of these bonds have not been
put on the market, and, and according
ly they have no market price. If the
bonds are not returned in few days,
entirely new bonds of different desi On
will be issued.
A mo nomaniac by the name OF Viii
liam Rysam Oracle died in New York
City, on Sunday Feb. 9th, who, for
over fifty years, has believed that he
was was the Grandson of Prince Charles
Edward Stuart, who died at Rome
Jan. 80, 1898. He claimed the title
of William the fifth, King of England.
His strange hallucination aienaed his
family from him, so that, for many
years, he has lived alone. He always
had pistol and clasp-kui under his
pillow, as he was continually haunted
with the idea that the present dynasty
| of Great Britain was in active conspira
cy to take his life. His father is said
to have been born in Scotland and to
have been IN some way connected with
the house of Stuart. Those who know
the deceased best represent him as hav-
ing been in manner perfect gen tleman
full of courtesy and chivalrous nolions,
and in his features and carria &c
preserving many Of the characteristics
of the Stuarts. The assumption OF
this claim is nothing new in history.
Some years ago, two brothers, gener-
ally known as John Sobieski Stuar.
Charles Edward Stuart, endeavored to
convince the wor d that they were the
grandsons ssof the Young Pretender,
| who were IN reality the Grandsons of
Admiral John Cart Allen.
THE Rev. HENRY WARD BRECHER
ON OFFICE-HoLDERs speaking of
dishonesty among the holders of respon
sible Offices the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher says at is a vast mis-
take to suppose that more allowance
should be made for men who, occupy
ing public positions, permit themselves
to fall into fraudulent and dishonest
practices than for others who are not
subjected to similar temptations. Men
should not accept office if they are not
capable of fulfilling its duties with
competency and rectitude, despite any
temptations whatever. We shall never
have honest or upright public men I'M
til they have been, as it were. SO
tanned in temptation that nothing of
the kind can effect them in the least.
In other words, they must be educated
to hold offices, and not pitchforked into
,bam throuoh nolitical Influence. Tn