Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-01-29

Ine new xO4k Suu tnlnkS tnat SlnC0
one street railroad company In that
city has found out that 1t sometimes
costs $3.50 to run over q boy. other
street railroad companies will practice
moderation in running over Buys for
several weeks to come, IL not all win
ter.
The st. Louis Post Dispdtch thinks
that Senator Bayard's little financial
resolution will have the effect Of COM
pelling some of the great Republican
statesman In Congress to display their
hands. The debate will show how
many Of them are ranged on the side
Of the administration and its financial
policy, and win be altogether instruc-
tive and entertaining.
The New york Commercial, Adver.
tiseP Shmmarfy disposes Of Mr.. Charles
O'Connor In the following paragraph:
"a good deal more attention is being
bestowed on the recent letter Of Mr..
Charles O'Connor than 1t deserves. Mr..
John Kelly disposed of the writer In an
emphatic manner by declaring that Mr..
O'Oonor's political opinions never had
any weight-which is the truth"
The Boston Post thinks that the Ma
1onG Board of Health lie modest. It
'a1kS Congress to appropriate $40, 900 for
special Investigations into the charac-
ter of certain diseases; 100000 to es-
tablish quarantine stations on the At
lsntic and Gulf coasts; $35, 900 to MAIN
tain inspecting stations on the Missis-
sippi river; 100000 as q contingent
fnnd in case of another epidemic, and
$24s, 900 for the ordinary expenses Of
the board for the next six months.
A prominent Republican member OF
the House recently stated that To his
own personal knowledge Gen. Terry,
one of the members Of the board
which reviewed Gen. Porter's case,
was at the outset SO much prejudiced
against that officer that he at first
asked to be excused from the board,
and yet, as q result of taking part In
the investigation, Gen. Terry's views
had experienced an entire change, and
he had signed the report exonerating
Porter from blame. -. 49,.
Abiding to the visit Of the celebrat-
ed J. Madison Wells to Washington.
|lhDGoE{ {euie Repee6ttcdNcp1ye: 'sEvi.s,
{6sh{ly ~ >1lstrusts 1ke7 n6ituds Of M.
Hayes, else he would ~fay n New Or
leans and neutrality-suspicious. by
mail. We are sure he might have done
SO with perfect safety. The presidential
Pythias would never, no, never, go
back on the Republican Returning
Board Damon. Rather would he give
him two, three or half dozen offices, IL
the constitution allowed him so to do"
The Washington Post thinks that II
the Military Committee of the House
would procure from the War and Navy
Departments q detailed statement Of
the number, rank and names of all off,
GERS on the retired list, the total amount
paid each officer, and the aggregate
paid all officers on that list since IL was
created, with y truthful sketch Of the
services performed by each officer, and
it would create more profound aston
ishment among thde plat practical
tax-paying people tfs&6 any volume ev-
er sent out Of the gql( bnment printing
office, by showing q rapid hd alarm
ing tendency to copy the Werst features
of the Old World nIonsrchies.
The New York Besald ezdeavors to
poke fun at the Virginians over their
oyster war: "The whole troAble, itap-
pears, arises from an attemptS>o capture
Virginia oysters wittFwhat rs techni-
cally called a 'tongs.,, II Virginia oys-
ters were taken I'm th5 ordinary way,
with due regard fof ftVe feelings of BIZ
valves of such illustrious nativity and
descent, there could, Of course, be no OBJ
lection; but to see her oysters attacked,
mangled and mauled with tongs is,
of course, something which Virginia
blood and chivalry cannot and will not
stand. Hence the prospective war.
The gallant mother of Presidents means
10 teach the world that her oysters
have rights which must and shall be
respected.
The New York Times, I'm an editori-
al concerning the bill regulating the
counting Of the votes for President,
says, although 1t Is hardly supposable
that the present majority in Congress
will provide even such uncertain safe
guards as lie within Its powers against
| the evils by which the country In men,
aced with reference to disputed prcsi-
dental election, 1t Is at least an advan-
tage that the whole question is TO be
brought up for discussion, and that
whatever is done must be done In the
sight Of the country, and with certain
sense ofresponsibility to public opinion.
The only real safety ofthe government,
says the Times, rests In the next elec-
ton being determined bv n vote 40 de-