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National Republican., 1878-07-18
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National Republican., 1878-07-18
GRAND NATIONAL EXCURSION
TO,
GETTYSBURG, Pa.

The greatest preparations made to CELEBRATE the m
nlversary m the rrandts: style over 1900 men Of
ihe Nfand Army Republic will encamp ou the old
battle ground fpr one week. R'preSrntatv We regi
ments roin all parts Of the country will meet aud
grand receptions, plenty Of music, and many other
anu semehts will ne thrrr To ndu y visitors to sIend
!wo days OF Tscreaiiou The departure OF trains um
tubs cty has been we'd to leave Baltimore and PotO.
niac depot at y. IN SATURDAY, .Oth: returning
leiNe mettyslurR ut 60 y. IN SUNDAY, 2ist, arriv.
ing IN Washington In tins for business
Arrangements have been made with hotels to aG-
c1mnlodste visitors rom sl to no . day. Member
OF posts viii be provided with tents free but must
per day.
Pare for round.trlp only ,ss0 children half price
Ilckets ~ trket-Oihc Thirteenth street and Penn
ylNanil avenue. sixth street aud Pennsylvania ave-
early. IviG-wSF
National Republican., 1878-07-18

nR. BoswORTII. Pls L STREET y. ". Is TIE
- most skillhll and the only SCirntihc MeiLal
Electrician ever In this city Al nervous aud cnrDnlc
Diseases positively cuTeL Female dseasss speciality.
Refers 10 scnatnIs u. w. Voorhees,, Inlllll J. j.
Patterson, X L. samuel Surm.nt, Nnshinsion, ID.
C.. and others Consultation free. oc.s-ly
nR. II. r. ROGERS. CONSULTING AND PRAC-
~ tcing MsilCnl Electrician. SO Ninth street
northwest Electricity, rs Therapeutic AGENT h lu-
valuable, aud h especially adaptcl Tor nervous dis
eases and diseases OF wOmen OcJLly
nR. n FRANK WHITE. THE MAGNETIC
~ Healer, ~. Tenth street northwest. trrats suo-
c,rshlly the most obstinate ClTonc and Acute D4s-
eases Consultation nee Once holrs-i0 10 ilO a
and stO y. IN. ocsly
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
Who Is To blame:

Mr.. Blaine roars in the ears of the North
and South his lament over the latest dis
covered result Of the enfranchisement of
the slaves and their admission into the
number of men counted as the basis of polit-
ical power in the nation. Our opinion has
already been expressed that he does not
reason either shrewdly or honestly on this
point, and that he merely assumes, but
does not show that there is grievance be-
party. We believe, on the contrary, that
the negroes have abandoned that party, and
that this is an evidence of their keen per-
ceptions. They have found that it is not to
their interest to continue to act with the
party that simply made them go bail for
the hordes of thieves, forgers, pickpockets
and scalawags Of every stripe that were
inflicted upon the South as republican
otfice-holders in the carpet-bag regime. But
if we admit for q moment that Mr.. Blaine's
complaints are just, what then? In "prac-
teal politics., Of which Mr.. Blaine is noto-
riously fond, it is not worth while to go
into details for which you have at hand
no remedy. IF the negro vote hns been
'scooped up" by the Southern democrats,
whether by chicanery, OF browbeating,
or by the legitimate influence Of in
terest and intelligence, Congress has
no means within its reach to remedy that
fact; and oil that is worth the attention Of
practical politicians is the resultant the
South, as the final consequence of the war,
has greatly increased its representation in
Congress and that that representation is
not divided. Politically, therefore, the
consequences of the war come round to
an end precisely contrary to that predicted
by politicians namely, the destruction Of
Southern political power.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

operative it would be as injurious
to shippers as it would be ruinous to the
railroads. If not in conflict with the con-
stitution it is certainly in opposition to all
the principles upon which the business of
transportation can be prosperously and
efficiently conducted. To apply it as a
remedy for the mismanagement OF the
transportation business would be like en-
casing man in an iron shell to cure halt
in his gait.
The railroads have added enormously to
the wealth, prosperity and greatness OF the
nation. They have benefited all communl-
ties into which they have reached, and the
farmers and shippers who complain, not
unjustly, Of their occasional exactions and
encroachments have realized through their
agency wealth which but for such enter
prises they would probably never have pos
sessed. This is Of course no reason why the,
railroads should be mismanaged or their
privileges abused, and it is we'll to curb
rich and powerful corporations by sound
restrictive laws; but Mr. Reagan's ill-di-
gested bill does not come under this cate
CORY, and it ought to be and doubtless will
be defeated in the Senate.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

The latest sweet stories about the finest
police in the world are that one officer, in
arresting a woman, dragged her by the
hair, and another, in attempting to capture
q man, dubbed him and tore out a portion
of his whiskers. Whether these tales are
true or not the willingness Of everybody to
believe them shows that the public has
learned to consider the police force, as q
whole, to be reckless and brutal. Hun
dreds of our policemen act as if the pun
ishing power we're in their hands to use as
they please, and as if every suspected per-
son was already proved guilty. Even if
these ideas were correct the punishment is
generally out Of all keeping with the
offence. The customary ten days"
which the drunken or disorderly person
gets is as nothing to the personal abuse that
he frequently suffers at the hands Of some
blue-coated brute. The only excuse ever
offered for the use Of the policemans club,
lance; but only coward will make such
a plea, and no one but fool will accept it.
Criminals and arrests are more frequent in
Europe than here, but what European ever
hears Of police brutality? Except at dead
Of night On officer can always have assis-
lance if he needs it, for everybody will take
the part Of a man suffering personal abuse,
even if he be q policeman. The Commission
ers should make dismissal the inevitable
penalty of clubbing, hair pulling and kick
ing, except when they occur in absolute
self-defence. All other brutes in human
employ are kept under control, and no
exceptions should be tolerated among the
ruffians in the police force.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

The great "3chenck beer" case which has
been in New Haven court has gone against
the defendant, the State chemist having
discovered that the beverage contained
about ten per cent of alcohol, although
fifty witnesses (some of them medical and
scientific men) swore that the liquor was
not intoxicating. A dispassionate glance at
the evidence shows that the land of steady
habits still cherishes her jolly old notion
that temperance drink consists of glass
Of something with ''stick" in it, but the
proportion which the ''stick" bears to the
rest Of the draught in the case of Schenck
beer compels some wonder as to how much
alcohol the Connecticut head can stand
without knowing that temperance
pledge is being treated rs door
mat Neither London porter, Burton nor
Scotch ale contain anywhere near ten
per cent Of alcohol, although some honest
men who have taken them into confidence
have subsequently maintained walk and
conversation not exactly the thing for a
blue ribbon man to be proud Of The
strongest German beer has barely Eve per
cent of alcohol while the Schenck beer Of
Bavaria, upon which every native tippler
who is not bloated aristocrat gets salts
factorily fuddled, contains only about a
third as much spirits as its lusty Connecti-
cut cousin. We are compelled, therefore,
to believe that alcohol, even in beer, is in.
toxicating, and that the cumulative tcsti-
mony for the defence in the New Haven
case was an unconscious but magnificent
tribute to the unapproachable density of
that fruitful source Of SO many other Won
ders, the Connecticut brain.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
Lilly Duer's Passion.

The freaks of human nature which give
us womanly men and manly women are
among the most curious and occult, be-
cause it often happens that there is lit
tie or no exterior guide to the psychic
anomaly. Miss Lilly. Duer, who shot
Miss Ella Hearn because, it is alleged,
the latter repulsed her warm demonstra-
tons Of affection and loved another young
lady better appears to be case in
point Miss Lilly is described as
about seventeen and good looking, with
large black eyes and sad expression but
she was fond of pistol practice and is said
to have at times donned male attire. Byron
was her favorite author, which is not
extraordinary in itself, but is sug-
gestive in view Of her discovery that
the morbid and self-indulgent poets
nature was like her own. We see here
manliness in pet!o that would never have
excited remark had IL not been carried to
the worlds gaze by the remarkable
JEALOUSY indicated above. This has
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

The WEATuEE.-The storm centre has now
passed entirely off the coast at Nova Scotia at
tended by very strong and cold after winds from
the west and northwest. The barometer is
above the mean in all the districts and is highest
Nebraska and Colorado. II continues fall
ing in the extreme Southwest, preceding the adj
vance Of disturbance which evidently lies over
Western Texas and Mexico Light falls Of rain
and snow reported in the Rocky Mountain
and northern lake regions. Elsewhere the
weather has been partly cloudy or clear, except
in the Southwest, where cloudiness increased
during the day. The winds have been from
fresh TO brisk on the Middle Atlantic, New Eng
land coast and the lake regions. They have been
generally light in the other districts. The
temperature has risen in the Gulf and
South Atlantic States, has been variable in the
central valley districts, and has fallen decidedly
elsewhere. To judge 10y the meteorological
logs OF the steamers Leasing and Algeria made
for the HERALD Weather Bureau, the storm
that we experienced on Tuesday did not abate
very much after leaving the coast. On the con-
trary, the prcssurcs recorded the vessels
were exceedingly low, being 2s.71 and 2s.75s
inches respectively. Both ships were shove
TO- for several hours during the height Of the
tempest IL is very probable that the disturb
ance approaching in the Southwest will advance
into the central valley districts before Saturday,
whence il will move enthusiastically, attended
bystrong winds or gales on its eastern and south
ern margins. Tho weather on the English coast
is clearing again and the pressure rising Else
where will be found further details of the
disastrous effects of the late gales. The weather
in New York and its vicinity to-day win be cold
and fair or partly cloudy. Tomorrow IL prom.
isaa Ia be cold and clear.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
"Owney" Geoxhegan Again.

s'Reddy, the Blacksmith" died quietly in
his bed after a career OF violence and crime
which included a number Of homicides.
Whether Mr. Geoghegan expects ultimately
to follow the late Mr.. Varley's mode Of
closing his account with the world we ore
not informed, but the frequency with which
men who visit his establishments come out
with bullet holes in their anatomies shows
that he is initiating Reddy in many partic-
ulars. It seems best to treat Conveys
eccentricities humorously. The regularity
with which he is arrested for more or less
homicidal pistol practice, and the certainty
with which he is triumphantly released,
suggests that law is a joke to him, and JUS
tice for him wears her bandage over only
the left eye, SO that she may be seen to
wink with the right. Has he not shown
how he could run an unlicensed saloon,
whose best customers were the footloose
originals of the Rogues' Gallery-a saloon
with pistol gallery. including human
targets-and at the same time "break" a
police captain who objected to all this to the
extent of prosecuting the innocent
''Owney?" What touch of grim humor
there was in the subsequent awake" which
this fellow held in his saloon, when the
thieves and miscreants Of the city gathered
to shed tears Of rum over the effigy of a
deposed officer Of the law 1t seems oddly
enough to have made the police angry, for
they .'raided" him and locked him up, and
he said he would leave ungrateful Gotham.
He has since, we learn, broken out in a new
place on the Bowery, and the way the news
reaches us is characteristic. Three men
went into his saloon on Wednesday even
ing; two Of them came out tattooed with
pistol balls. Accounts naturally differ about
it. The men said first that "Owney" did
the shooting. 'Owney'' says they oper-
ated on each other Finally, all agree that
nobody knows how it happened. As justice
is out Of the question with "Owney"
might "break" another captain, you know
let the community take comfort in the FUN
Of the thing. 'sOwney" was brought up at
Essex Market yesterday morning, and we are
happy to say, after little ''chaf'' with the
Bench, was released, and he retired to his
shooting gallery in high spirits over his
successful joke, accompanied by his adj
miring friends. 1t is not funny. neverthe-
less, that men Of his stamp should discover
how to laugh at the law.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
Copyright and copywrong.

Mr. Roge spoke for himself in our COL
umns yesterday on the great theme of the
authorship of 'sThe Bankers Daughter,
and Mr.. Howard comes forth to-day with
few mild words, not SO effective and dra-
matte as the occasion seems to demand,
which may be because they have not been
submitted to the correction Of Mr.. Cazau-
ran. Within short time we have heard
from one city manager, two or three dra-
matte authors and an agent who claims to
represent three-fourths Of the out-of-town
managers, all Of whom have given some
opinions, incidentally or directly, on the
subject of international copyright. All
that has been said has been over
the shoulders of one play ana one theatre !;
to which we do not object, since little free
advertising for an American play is con-
tribution we willingly make toward the prog
ress of the drama. But we should like to
continue the examination Of the subject of
copyright rather than of the merits or au-
thorship Of the new play, and we should
like to hear from other managers or writer's
what possible objection any one can now
make to legislation that shall compel the
managers Of theatres in the United States to
honestly pay every author whose produc-
tons it uses, except those as to which the
limit Of copyright protection is run out
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

like manner admit aliens to the suffrage.
In most of the States, however, citizenship
is required, and it ought to be in ALL But
besides the elective franchise citizenship
entities its possessor to hold and devise
real estate, to own ships sailing under
the protection of our flag, to be a
captain or other officer of such ship,
to receive American passports when about
to travel in foreign countries, to the SER
vices of consuls and to the protection of our
government in every part of the world.
Everywhere within our boundaries and
without our boundaries the title of foreign
born citizen to these rights is his certificate
of naturalization, and inasmuch as he may
have occasion to use it in distant parts OF
the world, where the mode of procuring it
cannot be investigated, it is important
that the process Of naturalization
should be very strictly guarded. We
are not prepared to advocate it's trans
fer 10 the federal courts alone, because
this might, in some instances, cause great
inconvenience. But State courts should
not be permitted to grant naturalization
papers III any Guy OF county wnere leu
eral court sits at stated periods. Such an
enactment would bring the greater part of
this business into the United States courts
and surround it with proper safeguards,
and the county courts in rural districts
might be trusted with the residue under
proper restrictions. The law should also
prescribe some specific mode Of proceeding
(Which no law does at presently for revoking
and compelling the surrender Of fraudulent
certificates. We hope this subject may be
acted upon at the present session.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
MIR. Reagan's Freight Bill.

There is no doubt good cause for many
Of the complaints that are made against the
railroad corporations of the country in con-
nection with the question Of freight trans
portation. These corporations possess great
power and use it too often for their own
benefit without regard to the public inter-
ests. In their desire TO obtain advantages
over each other on competing routes they
make shippers Of freight who live at points
where there is no competition suffer both
in accommodations and rates. The rail-
road wars that break out periodically
and lead to O ruinous cutting Of rates dis
turb values, operate unjustly against those
who cannot take advantage Of the momen-
tary reduction, and end in combinations
by which the people are made to bear all
the loss OF the ill-advised conflict. 1t would
be well if these evils could be removed or
lessened by wise and practical Legislation.
But the bill introduced by Mr.. Reagan and
passed by the House of Representatives is
neither wise nor practical. IL could never
be put into operation If 1t should be-
come Jaw (Which Is not even
probablel. and If it could be mada
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

not been denied in the young
lady's statements to our correspondent.
Whatever may have been the facts Of the
shooting the case will remain strange one.
1t is not o pleasant one to contemplate in
any sense, but when school girls carry
pistols and exhibit n passion that, though
common to men and women, takes course
contrary to the ordinary rule, it may be set
down that nature has departed from the
usual nice relations of soul to body, with
out any tragedy being necessary to make it
plain to all the world.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13
FASHIONABLE WEDDING.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
wrLKEsBARRE, Pa. Dec. II,

VITkEsBAIsKE, TU., DEC. II, 1919.
A brilliant reception was given last evening by
Colonel Hoyt, Govcrnor-clect and Mrs. Hoyt at their
residence in this city in honor Of the marriage Of
their neicc. Miss Mary Loveand, to Lieutenant
Hamcn Dowd, of the Third United States artillery.
Distinguished guests were present from Philadel.
pha, New York and other cities. To-day at the
nuptials were celebrated at the First Presbyterian
Church. Rev. +. b. Hodge officiating. The bride was
given away by Governor Hoyt. The bridegroom 10
the son of MIR. William Dowd president Of the
Bank of North America, of New York. After y
wedding breakfast the newly married pair departed
brief bridal trip South. They will settle ae
Fort Schuyler near New York, at which place Lieu.
tenant Dowd is stationed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

schoolroom Ignorance and selfishness.
Until the Board Of Apportionment gives
the School Board enough money to pay for
improved means Of ventilation the best pos
sible use should be made of all appliances
that now exist. Every schoolroom has
doors and windows. and some of them have
connection with ventilating fues much
relief can be obtained by making proper use
of these, if teachers and janitors will handle
them intelligently, after consulting Their
mometers. In too many rooms, however,
the sensations Of the teacher are the only
excuses for change Of temperature. If the
teacher enters the schoolroom with a cold
or a sore throat every window remains
tightly closed and the mercury dances aloft
like the blood to the heads of the poor
little victims. Sometimes the teacher, sit
ting near an open door, breathes air reason
ably pure and wholesome, while in the
back of the room the children are gasping
under the double infection of heat and
poisoned breath. Or teacher hurries to
her desk after brisk walk, the heat seems
intolerable, the windows are opened wide
and q brisk cross-draft chills lot of chill
dren into misery before the teacher realizes
that the temperature has been lowered. If
there is to be but one authority upon this
important matter common sense and hui
manity would suggest that the thermometer
is far more trustworthy than any indivi-
duals sensations, besides being destitute
of the human qualities of selfshness and
forgetfulness. As for the janitor, he
should be compelled, by fear Of dismissal
in case Of neglect, to thoroughly air all
the rooms after the closing hour of the
afternoon session and again during the
MONDAY intermission. That this is not
done at present may be ascertained by any
one who will make tour of several school
rooms before the opening exercises Of either
morning or afternoon. Janitors and most
school trustees are ignorant enough to sup
pose that such thorough ventilation will
compel the burning of more fuel but the
truth is that the purer the air the greater
the natural warmth Of the system and the
lower the temperature necessary to physical
comfort The healthy people who in winter
clothing can endure air above seventy de-
prees are rare, while in bad air at eighty de.
grees cold hands and feet are the rule. i!
is too much to expect that all teachers and
janitors have sense, thoughtfulness and
conscience enough to study these matters
for themselves, but no extra appropriation
10 necessary to the preparation. by compe.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

tent physician, of a small manual Of venti-
lation, the same to be thoroughly dis
the Board. Personal ignorance, sefishness
and caprice become great crimes when they
work such mischief as they do daily in
nearly every school building in this city
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

IT WILL BE SEEN from our federal Supreme
Court reports that the chief grounds upon
which the Pacific railroads refuse to acxnowl
edge the claim of the government to five per
cent Of their net earnings are that they ought
not be compelled to pay on the unsubsidized
portions the road, and that in computing met
earnings" interest and running expenses should
be deducted from the gross receipts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

CONGRESS was pretty industrious yesterday.
The Fertilization and Military Academy Appro-
priation bills and the Arkansas Hot Springs
bill were passed by the Senate and the Pension
bill by the House The joint committee on the
reorganization of the army presented their re-
port. There was a short debate on the Geneva
Award bill aud a speech on the Mississippi
leyees. 1t was agreed by the House to adjourn
Cor the holidays from the Goth inst. until Jann-
ary a.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

THERE Is AT LEAST one bond of sympathy
between us and the city of Tokio-our population
is almost exactly the same.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

THERE Is REASON TO FEAR that the founda-
tions of Fredericksburg and forty miles around
will be upturned in the effort TO lind the re-
mains of Mr.. Stewart.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

WALL STREET YEsTERDAY.-The stock market
was less active and stocks were irregular in
price. Gold was quiet all day at 1OOls. Gov
eminent bonds were firm, States steady and
railroads strong. Money on call was easy at 5
n 312 21o per cent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

The probabilities are that the heather in Ne,c
Yorl; and its riciniy today wiH be cold and fair
or partly cloudy. Tomorrow ii promises 10 be cold
and clear
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-13

SENATOR Ben HILL figures rather unpleas-
antly in a railroad transaction down in Georgia.
And Mr.. Hill is not carpet-bagger either.