The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-27

The kcpubiic PIVPoh Z" .l 4
territory seventeen mies io"s 49,.
about half that width, and mas y popn-
lation, all told, Of about o,Voo peop'.,
the capital where we were, n"ssnS ,.
about 900 Of them. They are goverhea
by Council Of Sixty, which y e'oss
corporation, nominaiiy composcua
twenty Princes, twenty 81 the nl,uu"
class and twenty OF the peasan. las
but in point Of fact, a. ! ai.e,wn.u
learned-and, indeed, rs mlSh ~ ~
ferred from the fact that tney 'nen-
selves filled all vacancies, ana INC p:o
pie had no more t. 90 WIN tnc ,n NV,
~ the members Of their Councli .nnn
~ our members Of Congress.-ai werc
mobiles, and il you were 70 address onc
otherwise than as "nopiiissimo, you
had better not have addressed nun ~
all. gathered that the real dls''nc'.pn
was that twenty we're taken IRON. ny
landed gentry, twenty from tne .own
gentry and twenty .promscuousiy i'o"
any part Of the territory. ~ =.
This Council, independent o. a., nu-
, man control from above or below elec's
J two executive officers, VINO are ra'icu
! Captains-Regent; It designates al -.
ecutive committees, imposes taSes-in
. fact, conducts the Government. " nen
/ / asked il the people had no elective
Q franchise Of any sort, the Count
0 said, :" No, none;" but tney may -.
= spectfully address the Captains-hegenl
Q by petition. II had known hlm Deter
y should probably have taken the hocI'y
Of saying to the Prince that tne Prisl-
e leges OF the people OF San MARINE Ic-
i minded me Of those which the M'nisser
i Calonne proposed to yield % the ASSEM- M
bly, Of Notables near the close o. Ihc
= last century, and which were cunn'ng'y
,r caricatured by the picture Of minis
70 terial orator addressing nock OF tur-
n keys as follows:
ii gether to ask you with what sauce you
Is would prefer to be eaten.
r. - Ruf 40 we not wish to be eaten, was
n the ungracious reply OF the honoraoie
n. birds Of freedom in congress assem- oieu
i, +" You dodge the question, was 'n'
rs retort Of the imperturbaple minister
The government OF this so-calieu ne
public, therefore, Is simply q Close 60,
poration vested with indeterminapl'
power 10 fill all vacancies occasiohe:
a by death or otherwise. Their Councl
lily is even less popular in ~ composi'io'
ne than hereditary iegisiatu'e' pecaus
hi no third power like that OF sovereign
I'm to which the people have access, "a
ne any thing 70 do with illng the vacal
ers cies that occasionally occur ~ Us rank
ry, Two Executives or Saptains-nesen
ETY. one for the town and one Tor the rur'
DR.. districts, are chosen by the Iouno
ma every six months-in April ana oc''
i've ber- and may not be elected lot w
Hh..r~f 70 II
'lor ever, and frequently are, reelected ai''
be an interval Of three years. some
ing them have thus been rechosen four
ced five times, Count B told me
hite had himself been Captain-Regent thr
nth times. II must be remembered, no
air ever. that San Marlno is small Repu
en- lie. The Regents receive no pay
and another evidence that San Marine is n
Ient Republic, after cisatlantic IDEAS
lure any rate.
q TO Nv readers are doubtless already j
pat;ent ~ know something Of the arm
ma which for 800 wears has defied
but manifold elements of disorder that ma
- Of been 80 fatal to 50 many dynasties
she'd dismembered SO many larger and me-
as a populous territories in Europe. !
de- military defense, then, Of the Repuf
tAh oil NAu NldTtIO - tOAnhtitA'N& - = - =
ntier army Of thirty men, who are suppo
1877 10 be always ready to respond 10
,olor calls Of honor or of patriotism A
ided lice. consisting OF five or six perso
yer protects the property Of the terrlt'
'hich ana Gives peaceful slumbers 10 its h
n to est burrhers. In emergencies the
ever, litia Of the country may be called In
solo 81 its unconquered regular lcgie
sease They have two Judges, who are, p
h is ever. required by law 70 be taken II
rican without the territory, and are chan
al IL every three years. But all cases OF
entail peal are decided by the court Of ca
The ton or review, in the neighboring q
, the Of Bologna, Padua, Turin, or where
mt TO that tribunal may chance To be SIT
nown M the time. The currency in use Am
ami them, also, il that Of the Italian
pain eminent. They had once some
effect coined. the equivalent in value Of
Ie fair cent-my host at the inn gave me
rly be or three Of them, but they were
by an coined i'm the Republic. Their nur
have va verv restricted and they are ri
r her "a ~ met with except in the collec
Lon az numismatists. Ii j. certainly OF
the eccentricities which distinguish
Marine from all other countries tn
'ntally nrts ~ litigation out A. some fan
icface XII an their washing and trades e
grease s;velv with the currency Of fo
starch States The country which buys
while III ,;,h \ currency over which i
surface ~ control and submits IL differens
, then fore;cn tribunals for adjustment,
emove ,,rattv heavy bonds To keep the
paper. with it, neichbors, whatever be tn,
can be l, ,,;vas ~ III form Of government.
pulled " The EXPENSES Of their Govern
atched ,.,;ll M sacm large "a an Ame,
ra tha $50 '''t ~ X 49, .,n r.......