New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-06-09

| Possibly ono good result may come OF al tnis
| mania for investigation and counter-nvcstigation
this periodical discharge of ailidavits and state
ments at some luckless candidate, these solemn in-
| auires into tho past history and political ante
cedents of army mules, and these thrilling tales OF
| midnight designations over railroad bonds IL
may be that by the time the conventions come the
past records of tho candidates will have been so
thoroughly rakcd over that there will be no more
rakIng to do and the campaign may settle down
into tho discussion of its issues, if 1T Is to
nave any. and not DO occupied with balancing
rival masses of scandal and trying to decide when
weighs the most and who ought to be made TO KICK
tho beam. But-horrible thought! suppose the
Great Unknown should achieve success WIN MS
basbfal part, and it should DO discovered that he
had relations with briggs army mules, ana other
piratica craft or even had brother whose name
was John and who interested In ralroads.
The Investigation play would be played all over
again. with endless variations. interlndes, ana
tlbleans and we should have campaign OF endless
mud and aftilayts There is one feature about all
ths business that strikes strangely. and that Is
tLeiaunty and light hearted way (which both news
plpers and individuals set about blackenng CHAR
acers in party or personal interests IL ha'
usually been supposed that established charac'ci
was thing to be respected, ana not 10 DC uiiuoi
mined by loose charges and ilippant lnsihuatiohs
until the public forgets that assertion Is hob Prooi
and insinuaton is not evidence IL ought 10 DC III
unpleasant duty at any time to be compeHed W
expose and dencunce even where exposure ana de-
punciaton are deserved and needed. but to Journal
i,,s Of a certain class there seems to BIO ghouilsh
Measure IN doing their best to destroy the accumu-
lated reputation of years of honor and fidelity Sim
ply for temporary and uncertain political advantage
A performance which has just come to light IN
India shows that in spite Of caste and creed, the
people are rapidly acquiring some of the inner forms
of European civilization. The lindoo brain - acnte
and inventive in the line of personal interest ana
the fact that certain class OF men, In all CHRISTIAN
countries, manage to live comfortably without dong
| any kind of work, is sooner made known than
the native oneayors TO solve the same problem lot
himself Near the city of BlngalOre, four men and
n boy suddenly made their appearance. established
Gye different tOll-statiOns on the highways, ana
boldly claimed their dues all the native animals
and vehicles entering thecity. They were IN UNIFORM
they conspicnOusly posted up their rates ana regua
ons and called the attention of the people TO this
notice: elf any disturbance be made. hne OF III
rupees or else - days imprisonment" Of course
tho poor people paid without murmur ana the iour
men and one boy of talent took In about SD daily.
For whole fortnight the new laws were operative
then the Governor of Bangaore happened to hear oil
the matter and ordered an examination The result
was the instant abolition of tho to-stations and the
Imprisonment of the amateur officials. Bnt if such
| things are done in tho green wood Of Angliczed
India, what may not be done in the dry
| Tho annual report of the Massachusetts, Labor
Bureau, from which tho main statistics were re-
Gently presented in THE TRIBUNE contains also some
suggestive facts as the relation of rent and other
costs OF living to tho wages of the working classes
| While in the cities the daily wages OF
| male workmen may DO nearly averaged
| at So throughout the State they do not
exceed 81 49, The rental paid on total av-
| eragc is between fourth and fifth Of the
| income, but almost twice as high rent is paid In
| Boston rs in some of the rural towns; and while in
| general % per cent of the male workmen are
| house owners in Boston this IS only the
| case with o per cent. But in Westheld
and Springe there is tho highest average cost OF
| living curious circumstance shown by the re-
| turns is that where the head of the family works
alone and his wife and children receive no wages,
he earns moro than when either wife or children are
at work and that when he IL thus assisted by both
| wife and children he earns the least.
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