Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-23


 it was grossly violating the law.
 Democratic speakers will get discouragec
 by and by. In a speech in Philadelphia Sat urday night Senator Wallace said sNt
 northern Senator or Representative would
 dare to vote, nor has one ever yet voted, il
 favor of the payment of pensions to south erners engaged in the rebellion" The Phil adelphia Press recalls the following to tht Senator's recollection: "On the 18th of Feb
 ruary, 1879, the bill to provide for the pay
 ment of arrears of pensions was before the
 Senate. MT. Mitchell moved to add the fol
 lowing: Provided further, That no person 1 who served in the Confederate army during
 the late war of the rebellion or held any
 office, civil or military, in the late Confeder- acy, shall be entitled to receive any pension under this act This amendment excluding the Confederates from pension privileges was ! defeated by the solid Democratic vote, twen. ty-six Democrats voting against it, among l them MT. Wallace, and twenty-fo four Republi- cans for it."
 An organization of Kentucky Republicans has been completed in the Ohio liver coun- ties, whose object is to prevent the Demo- crats colonizing in Ohio and Indiana just be- fore the election. They intend to keep un- der surveillance every ferry y-crossing, steam boat-landing and skiff-point. Persons sus- pected of going over to vote will be carefully watched, reported and arrested should they attempt to vote fraudulently. There is no don ht that 1oh z, La The Indianapolis Journal says that it has positive evidence from different directions and numerous sources that the Democrats of Indiana are importing voters from other States with a view of voting them at the Oc- tober election. It mentions the arrival in different localities, of parties numbering from three or four to ten or fifteen. In some cases they are quartered with Democrats un- der the pretense of receiving employment, while in others they have no local habitation nor visible means of support.
 The British system of postoffce savings banks has been reasonably successful, but it fails to meet the wants of the poorest of the people, for two reasons. Not all the post offices are authorized to receive deposits, and the nearest savings bank office is often so far away that it is practically inaccessible. Be- sides this the smallest deposit allowed is one shilling, and that is a larger sum than the I poorest people, in whom it is most desirable to cultivate the habit of saving, can often at one time. Their money is hard y and slowly earned, and to have at one time ] shilling not needed for the pressing wants of the family is rare. The beer shop is always l near and tempting, and few pence that can | be spared, as well as good many that can- not, are likely to be spent there before, by I 'he addition of other pence, they grow to a | 'um large enough for the postoffice savings I bank to receive. To meet these objections lew plan has been proposed by the present postmaster general. Official blanks, in the orm of strip of paper with space for twelve tamps, are furnished gratuitously at any to all applicants, and of course benny stamps can always be bought As of en as penny is saved stamp may be stuck 'n the blank, and when the strip is full it will 'e received at the postoffice for shilling, ! nd receipt will be given, good at any saw ngs bank office as deposit of that amount. This plan is expected to be very efficacious in children to form the habit of ! ayinp