The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-08
CURRENT TOPICS.
TAMMANY AaA1Nsr TILpEu

| IAMWANf AGAlNsT TiLDEH.
No matter how potent or insignificant the op
position of John Kelly to the nomination Of Mr.
; Tilden may be, there can be no question as t,
his being In earnest. Hs has at no time had {
thought of harmonizlng Tammany With tn,
rest of the Democratic party In New York or
any other basis than n Reputation of Tilden
though. II Is said. he Is ready TO make almos
any other concession. Mr.. Kelly Is a man o
wealth, aud Is thoroughly honest: but he sacgi
fees public interest readily enough for tho sake
of Tammany. He Il not Tweed or John Nor
rissey sort of man. He Ia educated, having
studied for the Catholic priesthood: he ia the
husband OF Cardinal MoOloskeys niece he Ia
literary In bis tastes close student of events
and forcibls writer. He is politician because
he likes politics aud not to make money for his
Office OF controller does not yield near so much
as he could mako by employing his time and
means In some other way. These facts will
| READILY explain why mono Of tho efforts to re-
conolle him to Tilden's oandidature have sue-
oeeded The fight involves his pride. and his
friends Say that If he should be defsatsd he
would voluntarily retire from political life. Ono
element of Kelly's strength In the cities. not
often considered at Its true value. is his family
relationship to Cardinal M CT 1skey The Oath
ole priesthood of the State 1t Ia said Ia entirely
In sympathy with him, md how much that
means can readily be conceived
THE PROPOSED BANKRUPT LAW.
Mr. John stetson, who has been In Washing
ton representing the movement of the Boston
Board OF trade and other associations In be-
half OF the enactment of national bankrupt
law says that Congress Is not hastile TO such n
law. provided ono can be constructed rsssone.
bly, free from tho objections of the late law
but n MT tn 4;
members have supposed that the business mon
Of the country had aeduieeeed In the repeal of
tho late law aud did not desire another Mr..
Btetson finds that not one petition In favor o
such measure has reached the present Con
gresa. and he questions II letter or renuest
has reached any member Of that body outside
OF tho Boston movement. He presumss that II
the opinion OF every Congressman was asked
IA to the probability of obtaining such act nj
his session nine tenths would reply In the
negative. 1t Is not especially the business of
Congress to discover the necessIty FIR new
Legislation. They expect their constituents To
cali for 1t. and then demand and hen inalst
upon it. The whole situation may be summed
no In n few words. The mercantile interests
Of the entire country are nearly unanimously
In favor OF such n law. but have not made their
wishes known In Washington. feeling that the
present Congress will not give 1t attention
while. on the other hand Congress- has not the
Toast suspicion that another bankrupt law Is
called for Mr.. Stetson has placed the Boston
commuters report before tho newly al pointed
committee Of the House judiciary Com
mittee on the subject, and he SAYS that the
special work for tho next thirty dny Ia to huston
to Washington petitions and personal Letters
from every section of tho country and letters
are far moro valuable than petitions.
co IMMUNITY BUT NO COMMUNISM.
few laboring msn of PenusylvaDia have
formed IN association for the purpose of ar
ganizlng cooperative colony. The colony Ia
to be carried on under system that has never !
been tried before. 80 far NJ known II will be |
more ike community than n colony though |
II could not be strictly called community. |
inc ystem differs from that of the Shakers
or tho Oneida Community by being purely
secular. They intend to tolerate all reIigiona
but to propagate none. Tho idea Of common
property will not ba carried "a far
MS the Shakers or Oneida people carry
IT. They own all their properly in
common. The new society intend
that only thelr stores. farms and manufactur-
ing establishments shall be common property,
The profits OF the colony If there are any. are
TO be divided among the members of the society
be does. and will live Us he pleases. The
society recognizes the fact that persons have
different tastes. and that any community which
'ompels Its members to conform TO the sama
mode OF life must invariably fail. Some of fts
avs are very strict; for instance. there ia one
ofohlbitlng the use OF Intoxicating drink and
another decreeing that the property of the
society shall never be divided II the move-
mont Is successful settlement will be made bv
he colony In Texas In September next.
FISH CULTURE
Inc Now Workers inaugurated the front sea-
oh on Aprll l, with grand exhibition of the
Inherent varieties Of domesticated brook front
n Fulton Market. Among the visitors were
Il. L. Youmans and c. West. 7 Oar ,
on Brevoort, X. b. Roosevelt and r. M, shar. ,
man, State Fish commissioners, and MANY of
he leading hotel keepers of the city. Theev
libits were on tables In groups-the live ash in
lass tanks and aquariums. The most inter-
sting collection Was that from the New York ,
tate Hatchery, exhib ted by Seth Green.
here was fine specimen of the California
fountain trout. weighing three and half
ounds raised at the hatchery. 1t digsrs from ,
ne Eastern trout In being larger aud stronger,
nd Ia peculiar in having large brtgbt odd
potts. A hybrid of California salm N and
rock trout was also exhibited. partaking Of
ne nature OF both the salmon end the front
mad the general appearance of the salmon
n the sides. but the square tail and notified
'ack OF the trout. Aspecimen OF French trout