, 1877-09-23
The Absurd Heresies OF the
Cream-city Socialists.
The st. Paul Company's Earnings---A
Crazy Murderess---What to
Do with Her.
Political Gossip Concerning the DEM
ocratic Conyention-- Railroad In
fluenee in the Nomination.

| very largely attended by people who went out
OF sympathy or curiosity, hut lately the attend
ance has been quite measre, aud the speeches
have been lacking in force, originality, and com-
mon sense They are mostly Germans OF the
| lower classes, who seem to have adopted that
utterly absurd aud heretical motto that
the world owes them a liying, aud they
are bound to hare 1t, whether they work
or not. or course, starting with this utterly
preposterous proposition, they do not have to
travel tar with their sTstem Of logic before ther
reach the conclusion that the Government Is an
institution organized on purpose to dispense
| bread and meat to the poor and lazy; and hence
they are IN favor Of Uncle Sam taking charge OF
all the railroads in the country, and running
them chiefly for the benefit OF the employees.
As there are to be no bloated railroad bond or
stock holders in their proposed system to
whom interest or dividends are to be id,-the
Government having conascated their property,
that being much cheaper way to get it than
to purchase it,-tht earnings, above the op-
Grating expenses, could be divided pro rata
among the operatives, who would certainly have
a good thing except in those pears when bus,~
ness was depressed and receipts light, and then
thr Government might levy a direct tax upon
other industries to supply the deficiency. One
fellow that heard spouting from tue steps Of
the First Ward School-House the other night,
Haller by name, and old enough to know better,
boldly advocated the plan Of having the Gov
ernmcnt issue grecnbacks enough to purchase
all the Eoilng-milis aud nachine-shops that are
now lying idle in the land and set all idle men
at work ut good wages under foreman elected
,;. BY thsmse1ses: thu, @ Nothing about The sup
cles seems to enter into the calculations
Of these insane people, nor do they consider the
subject 0! taxation ut all, except it is sone con-
venient process Of taxin. somebody else besides
themselves. Sidney Smith saws that in public
granted, and think the first thing to be taken
for granted in attempting to argue with this
class Of persons is that they are parcel Of
natural-born foo.s who must be instructed in
the first principles Of political economy. When |
it is considered a crime fos mau to get rich bv
honest industry, aud no crime at all for q mob |
Of vicious vagrauts to destroy the property of |
Others, the day for beating CUR spears into prun-
ing g-hooks has not yet arrived |
TIRE ST. PAUL COMPANY. /
: Probably no better evidence u the returning |
prosperity OF the country could be cited than is /
found iu the largely increased business aud |
earnings Of the st. Pa:tl Railroad Company. |
Since the new wheat commenced to come for /
ward the receipts OF grain hare been unusually |
large as compared with the same time In pre- ]
ylbus years. and the gross earnings OF the Com !
pany have averaged considerably over 81 600 d
day. Ono day last week the Company delivered |
III LI1S ullTkCL CaI-Hll4S VI WnElL, UES11CS
the usual amount Of other grain, cattle, hogs. |
lumber, and other miscellaneous freight. On |
the other hand the merchandise for the country
is now going forward ia large quantities
to supply deficiency that has existed for the |
past three years in consequence Of the country !!
merchants running On short stocks Of goods !
and making mcagre purchases. The passenger
business has also largely increased l suppose
the same condition Of affairs is true in regard to
the other lines Of railway centcrug in this city,
hpf fn1-n
as an evidence that pettcr times have already |
dawucd upon the country. The consequence OF /
this has hren very large advance in st. Paul
stock. and 1t is said that those who have been |
liberaly hare made a good thing. Somehow,
when it rains porridge- the dishes OF certain fel-
lows are invariably right side up
MRS. WILMER.
Over year ago this Wn[naN started from her
home In Geneva, O., and came d!rect to this
city. Arriving here on the s O'Clock .. m. train,
sne took carriage and drove to the residence
pt Dr. Garnet, .,ne Of our Oldest and most sue
bell himself, and, on opening the door, was shot
through the breast by this strange woman He
died the next day. anl Mrs. Wilmer was tried.
utter long delay, for his murder. The trial
vas a protracted one, being conducted ON both
sides By able counsel, and, at It's conclusion, it
vas decided that the woman Was insane She
vas then scut to the Hospital for the In
sane ut Oshkosh, and tue medical attendants
here pronouuccd her ineu7ably Insane, and that
;nut her out OF the institution, Us nDtlcr our
State laws it is hospital for thu cure Of the in
;anc, and not an asylum for the comfort and
afc-keepiag OF those whose case is hopeless
10 she was brought back to our County Jail,
where she is to remain till the day Of her death,
most likely, as u common jul, With its discipline
md surroundings, is not the best plce to min
stcr to mind diseased"
The case pfcscuts a strong anomaly IN our
avs in regard to inter-statc communication
The woman is citizen ot Ohio. but las com
oitted no crime there, and u course nobody
SKIS for requisition from The Governor OF that |
tate to hare her returned. Neither is there
ny law OF Wisconsin authorizing her RETURN
sut Il writer in the Ners suggests short
ut out Of the difficulty which has the merit Of
heapncss and novelty. The plan Is for tho
tayor to direct the Chief Of Police to send
trs Wilmer back to Geneva aud set her down
afely at the railway station. Then, 4 her
clativcs there, who are numerous and vel! of,
and the woman has considerable property in /
er own rght,-lo not SEE 1T to care for her,
he would be taken up as vagrant and pro-
iled for BY the town authorities .
Speaking of the incurablv insane leads me to
umc one Of the gravest anil most important
it'll which our legislators aud county officers
ave vet to deal. From the statistics
+ tie Board Of Charities and Re-
orm. whiEh have been carefully gathered
-om actual examination, it appears that
here are over 1000 insane persons who are a I
ubljc chasge. and are now confined in the jails
nd poor-houses Of the different counties ia the
tate, Many of these unfortunate persons
ave been returned from Our hospitals rs incur
Bile, but 4 large majority Of them arc awaiting
1cir turn to have tho advantages Of one Of Our
tate Institutions tried upon them Both Of
le hospitals are now full to oyerttowing- Three !
lch persons were returned to this city from
,c Oshkosh hospital last week, and the State /
Ill soop he compelled to make provision for 4 =!
aousand more patients, whose claims upon the |
'mpathics Of tile people are as strong az any
ther- ...,
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
1 understand that Mr.. Eratt, OF Racine, who
as been industriousfy scoring all summer fos
,e GubernatoriaI race, Is getting out OF Wind ! =
I'D is already showing signs OF distress. He =
as just resigned his position as President Of
ational Bank, thinking it would make him 2
ore acceptable to the antiresumptionists in
is party, and that element threatens to make
oub1c at Fond du Lac Wednesday unless
,methfng is done to appease it. think Ffast !,
IS been on the track too long 70 wtn the race,
nd he is not selling In the pools - we'll as ne !
id three months ago. The dear people Ecner. 2
[ly do not understand it, but 1t IS iact th2t ..
,e railroad companies will control The noininar
on for Governor this week; not that mean to z
IL that they will ua1ne the man who shall DC
omiuatcd, but that they will say Who shalt not
nou1nated, which is practically tile same thing
in Dutch. IL T write this deliberately, because