Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-03-30

Et Oh III VI itNib'A lAN-''''
ton movement in the South Is one oI
the surprising incidents of recent poll
tics. 1t has hitherto been looked upon
as down-east movement; 1t origInat'
ed in Maine, which is as far as poss.'
BILE down eat, and its extension TO
some Western States, like Kansas, has
been traced to New England inauen.
ces. The Southern States have al
ways been considered as possessed OF
political ideas and social customs that
would make Maine liquor law i'm
possible among them. Yet We iiud
the Legislatures of three Southern
States, within a few weeks, taking
steps to offer to the people on vote an
amendment to their respective State
Constitutions forbiding both the
manufacture and sale of liquor. 1t is
worth while noting, too, wha- typical
include North Carolina, where, the
regular whisky making not being suf
iicient, there is plenty Of Illicit distil-
ling in the northwest, and Texas and
Arkansas, strongho!ds of Southwes-
tern hospitality. In these States at
least one branch of the Legislature has
voted by great majorities to submit
the question Of prohibition to popular
vote OF course this is only the be.
ginning of the matter, and not final
decision; but that there should be
even q beginning is surprising fact.
SENTENCE OF REV. LLOYD MORGAN
On Monday last the Court delivered
an opinion in reference to the motion iii
arrest of Judgment and for he. trial
in the case Of the Rev Lloyd Morgan,
dismissing the motion and calling the
defendant up for sentence. The motion
had been argued the previous Saturday
by his council in an exceedingly able
and forcihlc manner.
Mr.. Morgan, upon being called up,
said that he hardly knew what to say
that his heart was overburdened. He
Thanked the Court for the fair and i'm
partial irial-said he entered into his
defence with a firm resolve that he
could clear himscli-said be had been
the victim of persons who had come TO
MIN and told him Of what they would
prove criminal acts with the pFoseou,riX
that these men when subpGned, re-
fused to testify what they had told him.
He further said that he bowed to the
decree of the jury, and asked the Court
to pass as light a sentence upon him, as
he was an Innocent man.
The court said it believed fully in a
Providence oyerruling all things, and
if the prisoner was innocent be would
he vindicatcd hereafter bnt twelve of
his fellow-men had decided the question
of his guilt, and the Court had a simple,
ineEorahle duty-to pass the sentence
of the aw---and that the sentence of
the Court was to pay fine of one dol
lar TO the Commonwealth, pay the costs
Of the prosecution, and undergo an
Imprisonment OF tweenty four calender
months in the Western Pcnitentiary
Mr. Morgan bade good bye to his
counsel and withdrew He was taken
to Allcgheny-KH aiming Press.
An interesting paper which has been
prepared from data furnished by the
Bureau of Education in Washington
contains sQnlc valuable informatan con-
ccrnlng the Children's savings banks in
the public schools of France. The ex-
pertinent is, it appears, very great
success According to the statistics
presented the number Of these lustitu-
tious at the present time is between
ten and eleven thousand, tie depositor5
are more than two hundred thousand,
and the deposits between $9000,000
and sa,O0Q,QQ9. These figures are in
many respects extraordinary aid ox-
cecdingly suggestive. liz founding the
first of these institutions the idea Of the
originator was that thrift and economy
the chief ends of life in France
should be taught as other things are
taught, and that the place to begin was
In the home and the school; 1t was
the reduction of theory to practice, and
the results that have been achieved.
even in the mere matter OF dollars and
cents, are not unsatisfactory. 1t may
be objected that a scheme Of this char
actcr has a tendency to bring the yoang
into contact with the coarser and hard
er features life that should be postponed
to later period that it makes m:scrs
Of boys who should be concerned only
about marbles. While the genius for
saving may not belong to the noblcst
or highest ordcr of intellect, the exact
value Of money is o lesson hat should
be taught more frequently and incul-
Gated more strongly than it is at pres
ent. This French experiment is not
withCut its value to American parents
and educators. Perhaps no CT ildren in
the world reeeiye more money than
our own, and as q rule the extravagant
habits acquired in youth follow them
into he wears of manhood and woman
hood. The practical question is, May
We not in this respect learn something
from France