The sun., 1873-11-04

pie among them as walk in New York
streets and do busincss and dino AMI talk
with US.
We are sorry TO see that some old stories
are revived against the Hon. ss. COX. lie Is ac-
cussd uf having attacked tie Catholics In a
volume of travels which he published many
Yeas ago. The accusation. based "n Farh'cd
quotations. Is false, and even II II were true, "
has no business In political conte-t. Mr. COX
H. 4 man ~ decided political opiuiunr (; but az
Con rcss is not an ecclesiastical body there ia
no sense IN bringing religious disputes Into hc
uuesi ion Of his ,ic, don. However. - is
nothing Ia 1t any way and every hon - man, ~
wha ever church ur bchcf, may vote for him " tn
safety and confidence.
The work on the lIoOsto tunnel las
been carried 20 FAR that tue wprhnen on
each face can hcor Tie blows uf tho drills on the
other side II the Tina Intervening baIrcr. and In
u few DAYS passage will be opened through the
mountain. Ii will require the labor Of several
months, however, to tat the tunnel In adm IS
for uto. In the reau time the Legislature of
Massachusetts, will assemble, and ia IN A lively
rsht may be Vxu.cfcd over the disposition to
be made of the tunnel by the state, now that It
has got that costly improvement on its hands.
"a the Legislature. aud there viii probably be
warm work ia the lobby IN Consequence. One
project is t. consolidate In one great CORPORA
uon the ownership OF the tunnel and certain
lines Off lltDsd .cadlns to Il. the state, IS viz
tue II its contribution uf the tunncl 60 The com
mon stock, To he rart owncr, und cXcrci-o is
share Of control ~ other too ckhold"is 3d.. Auo-
thcr plan II e. con-oiidstc the connecting lin sci
railroad and lease the tunnel to the corrofati,
thus formed; another that the sta. s.1ull
retain the ownership and control of the tunnel
and Immediate uTfrnnciee thereto, permitting
any railroad which r.n hrlng cars 60 It TO use u
"n payment of reasonable tolls aud eth sn
other t'r the state 10 buy thc conn",ti1s lines
of railroad, and operate the whole ae q 81 C.
line. 70 will rcadil, bc seen that the.e diverse
pr1pos sitpns iil hc certain t. ircitc thcir s'y-
erA supporter, to the most active rxcrtions Tor
securing such action ~ the Legislature a tloy
may scverallv de.lre. and the gentlemen " the
third house are doubtless coueratIlating them
selves hearth, over the prospect. The Boston
ifr,rttVr prefers any plan ~ that Il state man
agemeut, which II say- can ouly b. Justified "by
n conviction that We are both better and vi. ser
than any community which nas tried /, before
us" II the legislature fails To agree on any ot
these plans. there Is another re e.naininr. and
th.' Is thIt the state should sell the tGnnel t.
the IA, hest bidder.
II j. now said that The patent of JosErH
y WoOrnvTY FOR an imrrovercnt I'm pl,ning
machines, which has recently been i--ucd, Wu-
refused In 1913 on the ground that II VA, frivo-
lous aud not as good WoOpwoRrus roller,
and that the Patent ono, refused TO- iStue his
patent dn.lly until after tongr,ss had passed
law that parties having claims, although rejected
or ithdraWn, might renew them. We cannot
see that this aGect- the conclusion that they
have a most unsystematlc way Of doing business
IA the Patent Oni e. Mr.. WoupurnY may or
NAV not he entitled 10 patent IN this instance.
but there are evidently grea; faults IN . system
whi,L first rejects an application Tor "a rAtcnt,
and then quarter OF a century afterward when
the device las come into common use, grants II.
The ioDseuc~s with w'.4sh the business Of the
Patent once l. conducted encourages sharpers
to take cut patents TOR so-Clllcd invent ms
whicn have no novelty, and throughout the
country people are annually vic'imized 70 an
enormous extent IN bcius compclied 70 pay roy
alties for the Of patented articles = one kind
or another which do not merit the protection ~
patent 4 all.
We advise all our reader, who have
votes IN the Fourth senate District e. vote to-
day for joins Fox for senator At Albany.
4 correspondent in Brooklyn writes to
ask FOR a biography OF Deacon MCUARu SMITH,
having had his attention called 10 that truly
good man by the occasional notice. in which
The SUN sets forth his character and merits
The only biography that We know Of 8. one pub
hshcd with portrait "A few months since In
frdlk Ioic's IUuaidicd Noepdp,r, aud w.
presume that by inquiriug at the oflice OF that
publication our correspondent may be able to
Irocurc copy. II o. very good, but not so sat
lsfactory a. we should wish But for our own
part We regard tie crcun stance, detailed in
the biography as comparatively uutmportlnt.
Kuowln. that Deacon RlCuNHD SsITu l. a
tr lly good man, We feel that nothing more necds
20 bo a.rcftaiucd r,rVc,tius I- BE-. .n. Tho
fact, however, should not bo overlooked that he
hu. unfortunately become as.u,i4trd with
wicked partners in business, who have dUno
much 10 ham his huuorrd name, aud 70 trr-
vent that universal recognition Of hi- goodness
wulch TuE SIN h. now bringing npout. They
are Il hard set, those wicked partntr~; tut "
arc confident that We shall beat tHcm IA the end.
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