The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-07-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.


mines on the Comstock lode for coming
into money, to take the place Of the
present fractional currency. 1t will re-
quire about S40,000,O00.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin thinks i.
moderate estimate to say that the proba-
Bile yield of wheat IN Wisconsin will be
at least 30,00OOO0 bushels. Reserv-
ing 5000 900 for home consumption
aud seed, the farmers will have sur.
plus of 25,000,000 bushels, and the
prospect DOW is that they Sil get at
least 81 per bushe for their wheat. Ii
SO, this would distribute S25,OG0,00Q
Tor the single crop Of wheat.
The full count Of money 10 the cash
vault OF the Treasury is completed, and
agrees exactly with Gen. Spinncrs ac-
count of what it contained. Even the
estimate of 500 shortage made when the
currency was counted aud the gold ta-
ken accoi ding to the marks op the bags
has disappeared, and the count comes
cut exactly right. All the coin that
was in any deg,ee WON was actually
counted. The new coin was counted
by Weighing it aud everything proved
to cent. The contents of the vault
were S10,000,000, of which nearly ST.
100000 was coin.
The Republican prospects 10 Pcnnsyl-
vauia never looked brighter than it does
this year. The unanimous renomina-
ton of Governor Hartranft is urani-
lnously endorsed by Republicans all
over the State. The placing of Henry
Rawle of, Erie on the ticket for State
Treasurer gives equal satisfaction. The
party is unit everywhere in support
ofthe ticket and its election appears to
be regarded as foregsne conclusion by
Republicans and Democrats alike. The
only thing that Republicans will have
to fear this fall is the apathy that
might possibly result from over-conf-
dence.-Rcadiag Dispatch.
The doctrine that drunkenness is an
excuse for climinality, says a Philadel-
phla Times correspondent, is equally
novel and dangerous. About fifty years
ago writer in BlacA,good's Noga.jae
presented this opinion to its readers:
mo man does when he Is drunk what
he would not do when sober, IF he
dared." This appears sound and will
bear examination. Drunkenness does
not change The nature OF man; it only
removes fear and restraint. Drink does
not make a pious man prolane or
chaste man licentious. The old Latin
maxim, In 0iao verttaS, is based upon
this idea, a man who murders fel-
low being when drunk is u murderer
at heart.
The question Of the annexation Of
Canada to the United States has excl
ted more Or less discussion in that
country, and has been commented upon
freely both pro and con. Lord Dutferin
IN a speech recently delivered in Lou
don, alluded to this subject, and said
that Canada is unalterably attached to
the English government, But the
Toronto Leader diputes this and says
the eecessionists are strong enough to
frighten English capitalists from invest
ing money in the province. Capital
seems to be essential TO the develop
ment of that country, and as soou as
Canada becomes foreign country the
capital of London will go to other PROV
inces. The aunexationists are led by
one Mr.. Huntington of the Canada
cabinet, who, it seems is a warm ad-
mirer of our institutions, and under his
guidance the seceasionisls are on the il.
crease.
The legislature OF New York last
winter appointed special committee to
investigate and report upon the causes
OF crime in great cities. For number
OF months past this committee has been
bnsily engaged in obtaining testimony
1t has visited Buffalo-which in some
aspects Of crime is nearly upon a rar
with Manhattan island-and other
provincial cities, aud now has finally
located in New York, where a vast
amount of testimony has been already
taken. The committee has unoarthed a
startling amount Of police corruption
and a batch of police captains lave
been directly implicated in participat-
ing in wholesale system of black-mail
upon houses Of prostitution, paunel
houses, keno cribs, and other resorts
where gambling and crime are
practiced, The proprietors of these
vile nloces are assessed n certcin amount