Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-15

The epizootic has broken out among the street car horses in Washington. Vigorous
 measures are being taken to prevent its spread.
 May they be successful. The epizootic now
 prevalent among human beings is sufficient for
 this part of the country.
 Talk about the land monopoly of Great
 Britain Dr. Glenn, the Democratic and so-
 called anti-monopolist candidate for Cover
 nor in California last year, has just bought 10, 900 acres of wheat land to add to his 5O, 900 acres possessed before.
 As an illustration of the improved state of
 things in Fall River, take the stock of the
 American Linen Company of that place,
 which two months ago was selling for less
 than $500 share and Is now selling at $1,- 300 share. No wonder wages have gone up
 in Fall River.
 Colts band will give a series of open air
 concerts on the park in Hartford during the
 coming summer if the people of Hartford will
 help them buy new uniforms, as they doubt
 less will. It is pity that the people of New
 Haven cannot have band concerts. Perhaps
 they will when the new park is made attrac- tive.
 The New York Times says that Secretary Sherman's reputation as one of the foremost and most successful finance ministers of modern times ought not to pass into history with any such qualifications as these: "This man mingled the character of 8 statesman with the trickery of ward politician with great achievements he associated mean ac- tions and paltry intrigues, and, in the pursuit of noble ambition, he sacrificed dignity, character, and the respect of honest men, It will not be the Times fanlt if it don't. General Butler professed to think that he | would have been elected Governor of Massa- chusetts but for the bulldozing of working men by their employers, and he tried hard to prove it, but did not succeed He will be in | terested in the opinion of Judge Blodgett of I the United States court in Chicago, which | was delivered the other day. At the recent municipal election at Elgin, III. about seventy ! voters in milk-condensing factory were noti- | fled by their superintendent to vote the mo- | license ticket The license nominee thereupon | applied to the United States Commissioner
 for the arrest of the superintendent. The commissioner was in doubt about his duty in \ the matter and referred to Judge Blodgett, whose decision is of the nature of advice. He | says the United States court in similar case | has held that the 18th amendment and that | the revised statute No. 5,5O7 contemplate | protection in the right of suffrage only of | former slaves, and that free or white men do | not come within these legal safeguards. The order for the superintendent's arrest will | therefore not issue.
 The Boston Herald analyses the present British House of Commons, and the state of sentiment in England, Scotland and Ireland,
 with view to showing the probable outcome
 of the approaching election. England and Wales together send 293 conservatives and 196 liberals; Scotland, IS conservatives and
 42 ibsrals Ireland, 33 conservatives, IS Ib- erals and 57 home rulers. Although the 1ibe- rals won several victories in England year or less ago In contests over scattering vacan- ciss, the tendency in the last four special elections has been uniformly in favor of the Government. It seems probable, therefore, that the ministerial majority of 97 in England and Wales will be substantially unimpaired. In Scotland the loss of ten, and in Ireland the loss of seven districts now held by the conservatives is possible. Concede these to the liberals, and admit the possibility of home
 rule members voting with the liberals in Par Iiament, and even then the new House would stand For the ministry, s29; against, BPS. A majority of six is 8 small one; but 1t will do the business. Only superhuman effort on
 the part of Mir. Gladstone and Lord Harting- ton and the utmost harmony and enthusiasm can carry the day for the liberals.
 l There seems to be some talk in the present