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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
The IRISH REPUBLICANS.

The address of the Irish Republican
National Convention is worthy of special
consideration. While we do not agree
with the spirit which instigates any politi-
cal formations but those distinctively
American, yet as the Irish Republicans
have calmly organized in a representative
deliberative body, their voice has weight.
They declare that heretofore the Irish vote
has been influenced through channels of
prejudice or affection that critical'exam-
nation and intelligence alone should guide
to political adhesion that the Irish are
capable of independent and intelligent
thought, and are no longer the slaves of
party that their lot should be cast with
the party which most truly represents
liberty, equality and equal rights; that
the claim of the Democracy that it is the
only true friend of the foreign. bora citizen
is not susceptible of proof; that the Re-
publican party alone broke through the
despotic doctrine, "once subject always
ga subject" and destroyed it 1; that the
Republican party threw open the public
domain to actual settlers that the Demo-
cratic party supports the doctrine which in
Ireland worked the destruction of all her
manufacturing interests except the linen
industry, while under the discreet
management of the Republican party
the manufacturing industry in America
has been brought to perfection, result
ing in the prosperity and happiness of the
people that the Irish should be opposed
to human slavery, and have no utilization
with the party. which sought to fasten for
ever the shackles upon the slave; that the
Republican party wiped out the blot OF
slavery and extended the glorious prinei-
Piles of free lands for free men over every
acre of the republic. These are the rea-
sons, in brief, which the Convention pre-
sents for the consideration of Irishmen in
asking them to lend no aid to the scheme
ia turn over this Government, with all its
bright anticipations for the future, to the
tender mercies of the men who SO recently
sought its destruction. The address is a
sober and patriotic one. 1t should COM
mand the thought of every Irish voter,
and if they but begin to think as to what
is their duty in the premises, we have no
doubt as to the result The trouble has
been, as the Convention says, that they
have heretofore thought little, and been
swayed by tradition and made the sport Of
prejudice and affection. But the assem-
bling of the Convention and the issuance
of such an address gives warrant to the
hope for better things from the Irish voter
hereafter.
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the Chinese Government came down on
0lyphant & Co. and refused to let them
carry out their ingenious plans, they were
justified by every consideration. The
scheme was villainous one, and it is to be
regretted that an American firm should
have been connected with it. Other COM
plants made against China by Spain and
Portugal are traced to the same cause,
namely, the desire to procure slaves from
China under the name of coolies. The
Chinese coolies have proved so profitable
when working for foreign employers that
there is growing desire to have more of
them. They are more-docile than negroes,
and stand tropical climates as well. There
is, therefore, likely to be a strong effort to
revive slavery under the disguise of coolie-
ism, and such powers as Spain and Portu-
gal, which possess no sympathy with free
dom, will have to be watched sharply, and
prevented from bullying China when she
endeavors to protect her subjects, and pre-
serve them from the miserable fate of the
banished coolie.
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THE DEmocsAcY AND THE TARIFF


The Democrats have made the mistake
of putting many things in their platform
which find no representation in their
record. They are like the exhibitors OF
side-shows at fairs, who have marvels
painted outside their booths, to which
nothing inside corresponds. The Cincin-
natl platform, for example, declares in
favor of 6 a tariff for revenue only" What
does this mean? To ascertain that we
must examine the history of the party.
There was time, many years ago, when
it really appeared to believe in the doc
trine of Free Trade, and when it had lead.
ers and journals which expounded and
maintained that doctrine. But all that is
past To-day the Democracy testifies its
regard for Free Trade principles by put
ting on its Presidential ticket a notorious
Protectionist, and the special candidate of
notorious Protectionists Of the Pennsyl-
vania school. This. however, might be
passed over perhaps ii there were anything
in the Democratic record to show that the
idea of g tariff for revenue only" has of
late years been sought by that party at
all. The Democrats, however, have had
control of Congress long enough to develop
whatever fiscal policy they may have ma
tured, and there is no vestige of any desire
for tariff reforms to be found in their do
ings. On the contrary, they voted for the
repeal of the tea and coffee duties, the di-
rect effect of which was to afford an excuse
for retaining the high tariff on manufact-
ures, and later they refused to vote for
Eaton's bill to revise the tariff They said
in effect that though the tariff was un-
doubtedly onerous and oppressive, the
only way TO deal with it was to bring
forward some crude and immature propo-
stions for reform, and that it would be i'm
proper to attempt any systematic and
philosophical adjustment of its details.
1t will be seen at once that the most rabid
Protectionist could not have asked for a
more plausible and satisfactory line Of
argument than this. 1t prevented reform
altogether, and IL did this under the pre-
tense of being particularly eager for reform.
The trick, however, was far more subtle
than sound, for the public cannot fail to
see through it the moment its real sig
ni6cance is pointed out. 1t is in fact per-
fectly clear that the Democrats have de-
liberately turned their backs upon Free
Trade, and have abandoned their princi-
pies, through fear of losing ground in Penn
sylvania. They put their deceptive and
hypocritical Free Trade plank in the Gin
cinnati platform in the hope that some
free traders in other States might be cred
ulous enough to take them at their own
estimate, but they know perfectly well
that they dare not advocate any real
tariff reforms, and that the man they have
nominated was put forward by the Penn
sylvania Protectionists, and would, if
elected, be managed by them. So much
for the Democratic Free Trade plank. 1t
is almost as insincere, though not quite so
grotesque and inconsistent as their 6 free
ballot plank.
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sUspEND1NG THE DEGREES.

The French Government appears to have
been alarmed at the strength Of the re-
sistance to the execution of the clerical
DEGREES, and after expeiling the Jesuits it
has therefore thought fit to call a halt,
and allow the other ecclesiastical societies
to remain unmolested. Of course it will be
necessary to proceed with the original pro-
gramme sooner or later, and it is doubtful
whether any real gain viii be made by
hesitating. /. The expulsion OF the Jesuits
has made it apparent that the French
masses, and especially the rural popula-
ton, have no sympathy whatever with
that order. In fact it has been the upper
classes, and particularly the mobiles, which
have manifested the strongest objection to
the DEGREES. There is no love lost between
the peasantry, the workman class, and the
mobiles and the rich middle-class, and
therefore it is evident that the rigid execu-
ton of the DEGREES as against all the con-
gregations is not likely to endanger any
popular support the Government now
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fact too suggestive to be secuted by our
authorities, who must respond to the gen.
eral demand, look into the matter officially
and give the public what they find to be
the facts.
OF course the quality of this water must
be tested by thorough chemical analysis.
For this purpose samples from every arte-
sian well in or near the city should be
made--the Sanborn flowing wells, the well
at Scheld's brewery, the Weisel tannery
well, the K and Tenth street well and
Others. Apparently the waters all are
pure. What the people demand is a thor
ough test, and few dollars will secure it,
while the sinking of new well at such
point as may be agreed upon will be
matter of small cost. We have informa-
ton that already private capitalists are
considering the propriety of securing some
of the present wells and of sinking Others.
with view to running opposition to the
city supply, but there is question
as to their right under the law to
do this. But the city has its mains
and engines, and it can do more with
greater ease than private enterprise can
accomplish. Assuming that we can secure
a sufficient supply of the new water, it
would seem that its lifting to proper
hight will cost less than the present sys-
tenn of direct pressure. At least the sub
ject is one demanding official inquiry and
report. Clear, pure water is a blessing too
rare and precious to be rejected when it
can be secured at reasonable cost-for that
matter, it is far cheaper than the sediment
charged fluid now supplied to the people,
and which recently has been of an ex-
ceedingly Objectionable character. Of
course the objection will be raised that
there are at command no funds with which
to enter upon experiment, but it would
seem that the authority and funds under
which the present system of water works
is operated are not by law confined to
drawing water from the river, but are
broad enough to warrant expenditure for
any water supply purposes which, in the
Judgment of the Trustees, is best for the
health, comfort and well being of the citi-
zens. Mere prejudice and an acquired
taste for "grit" between the teeth and
for "tule favoring," must give way to
whatever may be found to be better.
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THE WEEKLY UNION.

The WEEKLY USios (second p lrn is issued this
morning. There is paper on the coast which
addresses itself so strongly to the interests Of the
reader. It is, for instance, the only weekly pub
lished in two parts in ord er that it may reach its
subscribers twice week, instead of once. Thus its
readers get news eftener and fresher than through
any other weekly pa Ger. 1t consists Of sixteen
psges each week, and g thus the largest paper 1t
presents all the lates and best European, Eastern
and home telegraph nc news 1t is edited with care
and special refere nee to the advancement OF the
people and the development Of the of the
State. 1t preser its the market reports Of San Fran
cisco and Sacr mentc stock sales, LEGAL, religious,
sporting, art mechanical snd political news of the
day, and the choicest original and selected miscel-
iany In short it is the PAPER of all Others for the
general re adler, the household the shop. the farm
and the Office. Its subscrption4iist has increased
with unequssed rapidly, and is constant ane relia
bic 1t is rnaied for year, postage paid to any
address in the United States fog 81.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
A CURIOSITY IN WHEAT.

A citizen brought to this Office yesterday
wheat head which gives evidence of the
wonderful recuperative capacity of the
wheat plant. He has been travelling
through the grain fields of Butte and
Colusa counties, and in many fields where
the heads were generally ripe and yellow
he noticed now and then head still OF a
dark green color and having the appear
anee of being encircled by the tendrils of
some kind of parasite vine. Upon ex-
animation of these heads, however, they
seem to be such as were in just that con-
dition to be completely blasted by the
north wind, and the old grains of the
head were found entirely withered and
worthless. When the north wind
ceased, however, and was followed by the
cool, inyigerating breezes from the south,
the sap, still active in the stem below,
pushed up, and nature made an effort to
repair the injury that had been inflicted.
On the north side of the original head
there pushed out several short but regu-
larly formed heads, each being supplied
with husks or grain sockets, but the new
formations were not sufficiently advanced
to show bloom. The interlningling of these
secondary grains with the old and withered
ones created the vine-hke appearance re-
ferred to. If allowed to stand uncut long
enough it is quite likely that many of
these efforts of nature would have proven
successful, and that well-formed kernels
would have been the result This remark
able recuperative power in wheat, thus ex-
empIifed, is worthy the close attention of
scientists and agrieulturists.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
RELIGIOUS GAMBLING.

The Church is very bitter upon gam
bling. 1t is in full accord with the law in
condemning it. It looks upon the lottery
as one of the worst of chance games. But
the "raffie is too often found to be con-
venient cloak under which the Church can
do little gambling. At many church
fairs this is found to be true, even within
the virtuous boundaries of California.
Somehow the lottery is like the objection
able :" fiddle in the hands of the minis
ters son. When the church committee
called to expostulate against the unholy in
strument being permitted to remain mo-
ment in the pastorage, the pastor produced
the instrument, had his son play psalm
tune y upon it, assured the committee
that it was only a violin, and they departed
satisfied. But the pious Catholic Bishop
of Quebec believes in calling things by
their right names, and in the Quebec
Morning Chronicle thus gives the sanction
of the Church to the lottery. 1t will be
noted that the spiritual and material are
admirably mingled in this scheme. Though
the Canadian laws are as pronounced
against gambling and lotteries as any in
the world, the good Bishop does not fear to
set up his chance shop openly, and in that
respect probably he hopes to succeed as did
the other pastor with the violin, in sat-
isfying the officers that it is, after all, a
holy lottery. We omit names and dates
Y,HE LOTTERY
FOR TIE
orN,INYAnU
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchansessof July 16th.l
The steamer Belgic took S4S. 233 in treas
ure and S90,003 in merchandise for China
and Japan-an unusually Light cargo.
Yesterday scores of Japanese seamen
man of-war Tsakuba, now in the harbor.
The steamer Belgic, which sailed for
Hongkong yesterday, took four cabin pas
sengers and ITO Chinese in the Storage.
A Noticeable omission in connection with
the French festival was that the German
was the, only foreign Consul not invited to
participate in the Celebration
The steamer Australia came in collision
with the City of Peking while docking
yesterday morning, and the latter vessel
sustained some damage to her quarter.
Mining assessments are unpleasantly fire.
quent. The dividends are in painful con-
trast with the assessments. Stockholders,
in some cases, are letting their shares go
from sheer inability to pay the taxes neces-
sary to hold them.
During the first six months of this year
the Underwriters Fire Patrol, according to
the semi annual report just Issued, respond
ed to liz HALL bell alarms, l6 still alarms,
2 false alarms and Bell telephone alarms.
1t extinguished ii fires and held fires in
check within the patrol district. There
were l6 fires outside Of the district.
Superintendent Taylor has issued cir
cular to the class teachers in the School
Department, stating that the Board of Ed
ucation desires that the change in text
books shall be gradual that pupils shall
not be required to buy new books where
they can use the old ones that the first
grade shall use the same geography as last
year, and that teachers must not recon-
mend their pupils to any particular book
store.
Registrar Tharp, at the close OF business
yesterday afternoon, notified III. Schmidt,
2. Oppenbeim, P. Cans, S. S. Bamberger
and l.. Kaplan, clerks in the office, that
their services were no longer required, and
he appointed the following to fill the va
cancies j. NJ. Ward, j. T. Mcguire, Ed
ward G. Thatcher, Clarence II. Livingston
and H. L. Parker. The discharged clerks
refused to accept their discharge, because
it did not come from the Election Com
missioners.
Mail advices from Washington bring us
the details of the coinage of the four
United States Mints for the year ending
June Both. The Distinguishing features OF
the report are the unusually large quantity
of small gold coined, and the unparalleled
aggregate coinage. The coinage OF gold
last year was the largest in twenty years,
and the coinage of both gold and silver was
the LARGEST in the history of the country.
Over $50, 900, 600 in gold was coined last
wear, an increase of nearly SIG, 100000 as
compared with the previous year.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
EDUCATIONAL DRESS REFORM.

Some time ago we called attention to the
fact that the education Of girls in semina-
ries and collegiate institutions costs dispro-
portionately far more than the education
OF boys in, similar schools. 1t was there
shown that the matter OF dress alone made
all the disparity. 1t is now to be noted
that in colleges and high schools for girls
there has been recently shown a great i'm
provement in this matter, and dress is now
being subordinated to the higher interests.
Finery, and the attention it demands, has
been found incompatible with devotion to
studies So it is, that now, in the leading
colleges for women, the uniform" is being
adopted, and all pupils, rich and poor
alike, are required to wear it, and the
members of the faculty also. The reform
is wise one, aud should extend to every
educational institution in the land. Dress
is an infinite source Of trouble everywhere,
but in schools it is an agent that cripples
the best efforts Of the most conscientious
teachers.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17
TIE DEMOCRATIC CRY OF A FREE
BALLOT.

The Democrats at Cincinnati must have
been not little amused at the audacity of
Mr.. Watterson In putting into their plat
form the resolution which reads 1.-THE
Fright to free ballot is right preserva-
/" tive of all rights, and must and shall be
maintained in every part of the United
Estates" If Convention of Atheists
had solemnly resolved that the belief in q
God was the fundamental necessity Of all
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possesses. No doubt any proceedings in
the nature of persecution directed against
the rural curates would be productive of
opposition, because the peasant women
would then take up the cudgels for their
priests. But the indications are that the
Government may safely proceed to take
the educational machinery out of the
hands OF the clericals, and that the people
will offer no opposition, nor evincc any dis
satisfaction with the change.
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-- SEMINARY
win be held on the
and the following days,
TIcKETs-oNE DOLLAR EACH.

$50 PRIZES: = LOTS OF GROUND, HORSE,
Carriage Banners, Way Of the Gross, Silver-plated
Vases, Bouquets Albums, Illustrated Volumes,
Silver Watch, Fancy Pipe, Model OF Schooner, Pair
OF Wheels, Framed Cbromos, etc, etc.
GOO Masses for the Bsrislg and Dead ,oiH be at the
disposal Of holders Of Tickets.
ADDRESS THE SECRETARY
Of the Bishop of -.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17

The Vancouver Independent says ::
Houses floating down the Columbia with
the flood has been an every day occurrence
This week
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17

CAscARA SAGRADA, or Sacred Bark, is the
great medicine which forms the basis of Ham
mer's Cascara Sagrada Bitters.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-17

ASK your druggist for Hammers Cascara
Sagrada Bitters.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-05-08

SEvIERvILLF, MAY 4, II

SEvIERyILLE, May 4, 1880
MIR. EDITOR: A very Respectable
number Of farmers and other citizens
Of Sewer county met at the court
house. In Seviervllle, on Monday, May
81, 1850, to take into consideration the
project OF having railroad built
through the county. The convention
was called to order by I, F. Leak, Esq.,
aud, on motion. w. q. Murphy was
elected president, and w. w. Mullen-
dore secretary. ,
The president. on taking the chair.
addressed the convention brit fly,
pointing out the advantages to be de-
rived by the people from having q
railroad running through the county.
and announcing to the convention
that Messrs. Beet u Co., proprietors Of
the Western North Carolina road con-
template extending the line
through this county, and urg-
ing the importance Of taking
steps to encourage this company in
their contemplated enterprise, and Sc.
cure the building of the road without
delay. rrsF -.EE E..rf 1900
Ga motion. COMMITTEES OF three
gentlemen, consisting Of Dr.. j. M.
Hammer, w. G. Murphy aud B. M,
Chandler, wac appointed to open q
correspondence with Messrs Best IL
Co., and also With the president OF the
management Of the Cincinnati South,
ern road, inviting the attention of the
former company 10 the practicahility
aud cheapness of constructing a road
through this county, and the latter to
the advantages 10 accrue to their road
from the construction of said line. PA.
! The com mittes was instructed that,
la case the enterprise shonld meet the
favorab bic consideration Of the North
Carolina company, to at once call a
convention of the advocates OF the
road through this county.
On motion, the sense of the conveu-
ton was taken on the subject Of de-
natipg the right Of way through this
county for the construction of said
road, aud there was not a dissenting
voice to giving the same, large pre-
portion of the convention being COM
posed nf gentlemen who are the
proprietors of valuable real estate
situated where the line OF the contem'
plated road would be most likely to
run. -.s.. .-a-..- ...-. ... ... a..
1t was moved aud seconded that the
secretary furnish copy of these pro-
ceediDgs to the Knoxville papers with
the request that they publish the
same. Thereupou the convention sd-
iourned. w. G. MURPHY, Pres't.
w. w. MULLENDoE, Sec.