The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-25

States. He was. therefore. opposed to conference
committee. Mr.. Perry wished conference and Mr.
Thurman suggested the elimination of the clauses
relating to books and the ranking privilege. The
parliamentary question discussed for some time
by different Senators and the subject dropped.
As the House has never disagreed TO the Senate
amendments it will hardly agree to conference
committee now. though the advocates of the
Brazilian subsidy and the lobby will endeavor to have
IL done. The Senate already. Senator Hoar has
ably shown in an article in the last number OF the
NORTH american Reriec, exerts preponderant infiu-
in fixing the amount of appropriations by its
practice of increasing the sums allowed by the
House. and then. when the House disagrees as
it regularly does. referring the dispute to con,
ference committee whose report. made in the last
days OF the session. and in absolutely unintelli-
gible way, must be acted on without examination or
debate the result being invariably that great part
of the Senate's demands are granted
Senator Herman demand that the subsidy scheme
shall be brought il separate bill and not tackled
this recalls the fact that the Senate Post Office
COMMITTEES. which added these Objectionable jobs to
the Post Route bill, had before 1t, at the very time
it did so. bill granting subsidy for steamer line
to Brazil. which it has never to this day thought
proper to report to the Senate. This subsidy bill
was introduced and referred the committee the
the Senate at any time at the present session.
instead of renewing the attempt to push through the
subsidy by lacking it on to the Post Route bill.
THE CASE OF BLAsIUs PIsroRIUs-HOw THE
GERMAN GOVERNMENT LOOKS AFTER IT'S cITI-
ZENs
There some circumstances connected with the
recent change of the death penalty to imprisonment
for life in the of Blasius Pistorius by Gov.
how carefully the German government looks after
the rights Of its people when. as
in this case they are of religious faith to which
the German rulers hostile. Pistorius was Ger
man Catholic priest up to 1875. He had been for
some time chaplain at Tholey, in the diocese Of
,Trer In that year he was, his own application.
documents show. allowed to resign his place to
come to the United States. where he went to live
with his brother, farmer Norr;stown, Pa.
1t was here that taking part in some disputes be-
tween his brother-a quarrelsome man-and the
neighbours Blasius fred the shot which killed man.
He arrested, and fearing that he would not get
fair trial by of his poverty and the prejudice
against him. he wrote to Mr.. Won Schlazer, the Ger
man Minister here, asking assistance. On the Min
isters information the German government
at once authorized him to employ counsel
at its cost, and this accordingly done
Mr.. Stephen Remak, Of Philadelphia, being
retained by Mr. Won Schlazer. Pistorius
was condemned to death on his first trial. got new
trial on the ground of insanity, again con-
demned. but his brought before the Court
of Pardons by his counsel, and evidence that he
was OF unsound mind, the Court changed the SEN
tence to imprisonment for life
It is remarkable that, while waging political war
against the Catholic Church at home, the German
government has theoretically and persistently
and considerable expense defended the life of this
poor Catholic priest, about whose infrmity Of mind
there seems to be no doubt.