Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-31

but all the delegates at large should be elect | ed by the entire convention, with a knowl- edge as to the preferences of the men who
 are to be voted for. Any other course would
 leave the State as whole without represen- tation."
 1 KembIe and his copartners in the bribery of members of the Pennsylvania Legislature made bad mistake in jumping their bail Some people were willing to believe that the ! crimes of which they were convicted was ! committed through ignorance, and among
 those refusing to accept that opinion there l has been large degree of sympathy for the | men convicted. But sympathy and the plea of ignorance will find it equally hard to ex- cuse an act which shows 8 determination to escape the penalty of the law by process so significant of guilt as that known as jump ing the bail. As fugitives from justice the men convicted will find official leniency much more unlikely than had the law followed it's course.
 Byington reports that ex-Senator Barnun is credited with revealing, while in Washington recently, some of the plans of the Democratic party in this State. The Democrats of Con necticut are. according to the story, to put in nomination the very strongest possible State ticket. This includes ex-Governor Hubbard to again head their procession. most de- termined effort is then to be made to carry their State ticket and the Legislature. Special contributions and special work are to be con- tributed. Not only seven, but seventy times seven "mules' will be bestowed Whether Barnum has been leaking or not there is prob ably more truth than poetry in what he is re- ported to have said. In order to carry this State next fall the Republicans will have to nominate the right men on the State ticket, and even then they will have no sswalk-over"
 The following statement shows the limits of the periods within which the nomina- tions and elections in Great Britain and Ire land may take place: Boroughs- 25, receipt of writ; March 27, last possi ble day for notice: March 3O first possible day for nomination; March 31, first pos sible day for poll in ordinary boroughs April ?, first possible day for poll in district boroughs; April 5, last possible day for poll in ordinary boroughs; April fl, last possible day for poll in district boroughs.
 
 29, last possible day for notice March 31, first possible day for nomination; April 3, first possible day for poll April G. last possi~ ble day for nomination ; April If, last possi- ble day for poll. Sundays and Good Friday are not counted in the above approximation. The returning officer in county.is the sher- if in cities and boroughs which are counties of themselves, the sheriffs in other munich l pal cities and boroughs, the mayor ID bor- oughs and constituencies not under the mu- nicipal acts, holders of offices specified by | statute.
 John Rouse, who lives on RandalIs Island, l is the most aggravated case of idiooy known | to the medical profession of the State of New | York. He has the smallest. head on record in l the country he can hardly utter any in- | telligible sounds; he does not, according to | the New York Times, know much more than l 8 decayed carrot Nevertheless says the | Times, ''he is in demand, and in active de- | mand. By whom !? It might be thought by | men who, having been called the biggest fools | alive, wish to purchase John to disprove the l assertion or by persons desirous to keep | themselves in countenance by looking at him | and realizing that there are depths of dulness | below theirs But it is showmen who want l him, want hin sorely and continually. They | are desireus to humbug the public with him | by exhibiting him through the provinces as the Wild Man of Borneo, the Savage of Su- | matra, 8 Native of Madagascar, Samoan | Chief, or something of that sort. As much | as $s,OoO has been offered for him again and | again, and not long ago 8 very enterprisipg | caterer to public crsdulty proposed to prr- chase him outright for $2o, ooO As he is in l the asylum or the Islsnd the physicians who | have charge of 1t would not sell him, of | course, and they have been afraid, in the ac- tive rivalry to possess him, that he might be | kidnapped" When idiots can bs sold for | $2O, 900 men who consider themselves worth | far more than those unfortunate beings may | find 1t necessary to revise their own estimate | of their value.