Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-27


page form OF fifty-six columns on Saturday Ad-
vertisers will confer a favor by sending in their
orders early for this enlarged and extraordinary
edition. The number OF new advertisements
printed in October exceeds any previous month in
the history of the paper. Up to to-day it is 2,OS1.
First Assistant Postmaster-General Tyner yes
tertay, in obedience to the demand two weeks
ago, rendered his resignation to the Postmaster
General, and it was promptly accepted MI.
Tyner, it appears, concluded that discretion was
the better part OF valOr in the contest he had
opened, and he therefore retired with as much
grace as was left to him Inasmuch as the Post
maSter-General declares that there are no charges
against Mr.. Tyner affecting his official honor or
Integrity, the country Will perhaps modify its YER
dict upon his official conduct to one of mistaken
leniency with offenders under him, Influenced by
bad advice. There is no mistaking the sentiment
OF the people in regard to the present manage
ment OF the department.. The policy of wedding
out incompetent and Unfathful subOrdinateS and
0f economiZing wherever money can be saved
without injury to the service, which Mr.. James
has inaugurated, is approved by all who are
neither interested In the wrongs that have hther-
to existed or are affected by the charges growing
out of those wrongs The people earnestly desire
that Gen. James shall have every opportunity and
facility for the prosecution of his good work, and
suhorunateS who not In sympathy with him
can retire with the cordial consent OF the country
The municipal election in Baltimore yesterday
resulted in clean democratic triumph. The
sod line " or boiling democrats instead of hurt
Ing the machine by entering the field against it
seem TO have benefited it most decidedly. Every
nominee of the regulars was elected by a majority
nearly double the vote OF the republicans and
independent democrats combined. In the election
or 1879. when only the democratic and republican
members OF the councils. OF course, the machine
Is Jublant, and the independents are demOraliZed.
Ex-senator Whyte, the new mayor, was originally
nominated by the old line or Independent wing
of the party and was supposed to have decided
preference for the nominees of that wing for the
councils; but he will have to march to regular
machine music during his term OF Office.
The demand for the bonds of the dead confed-
crate states continues, and during the past few
weeks the southern people have sold them to the
amount OF millions of dollars at $3.50 and s. per
$1,000. What caused the demand and what keeps
1t up, nobody seems able to explain There is
sum OF money amounting to over $4,000 in the
bank of England, which originally belonged to the
confederate government. That government, dur
Ing its stormy existence kept deposit in the Eng
hsh bank to pay expenses abroad, and when the
collapse came there remained some hundreds OF
thousands OF dollare to its credit. The money
belongs TO the United States, but it seems that
The proper steps to recover it have never been
taken IL Is quite likely that some spectators
abroad have conceived the idea that this money
can by some process be made to apply to the re-
demptiOn OF the confederate bonds. There does
not appear TO be any other plausible reason why a
confederate bond should be worth anything.
The Mississippi river Improvement convention
now In session at st. Louis, will, no doubt appeal
u Congress for liberal appropriations, and ap-
point commissioners" TO remain in Washington
during the coming winter to labor for these appro-
priations. The Mississippi is noble stream, a
great inland sea- and it Is of incaculable service to
the people of the extensive valley which bears its
name. Its constantly shifting current renders it
necessary that money should be expended yearly
In order TO maintain navigation. But the trouble
Is the people OF the Mississippi valley are inclined
toregard that section as the entire country, and
their great river the only stream entitled to the
liberal consideration Of Congress. Their demands
upon Congress usually cover millions of dollars
and embrace plans comprehendng improvement
from the source to the mouth of the river Let the
present convention moderate its demands to the
proportion OF benefit that the section 1t represents
Is entitled, and probably Congress will grant them
without much delay.
the reports OF delegates at the recent interna-
tional revolutionary congress at Chur, Switzer-
land, show that socialism is retrograding in all
parts OF the world with the exception OF France
account OF the condition of socialism here. He
stated that better times had pretty well destroyed
the organization by depriyng It of its supporters;
that the journals which several years ago advO-
Gated sOciastic principles had either died for want
o; patronage or were now supporting some more
popular doctrine. The reports from Hungary Bel
gum and Great Britain were all diScOurag ng
Only the French delegate gave anything like
bright outlook. He stated that socialism was al
ready political power IN his country which all
parties were careful to co. lit. 1t Is more than
probable that the French delegate overdrew his
picture Of the power of socialism In France.
The people OF Connecticut, or that portion OF
them who insist upon making example of the
Rev DIR. Bacon, OF Norwich, because OF his infrac-
ton OF one OF the sold Blue laws" in taking ex-
President Hayes out TO drive on Sunday are proba-
bly, laying up considerable annoyance for them
selves in future. Very few people in Connecticut
are familiar enough with these old laws to obey
their rigid requirements all occasions and IL the
prdctite OF each neighbor watching the other to
Discover In his conduct violation OF some one OF
the provisions OF the Blue laws, becomes general
there Is no telling who may not be offenders The
trouble with DR.. Bacon seems to be that he has
hitherto, insisted upon rigid observance OF the
Biua laws, and now, those t. whom he has applied
this policy, propose 20 give him u taste OF his own
medicine.
Colorado, who was caught salting the ores from
one OIL his holes in the ground which he was in
tsn1ing TO sell for fabulous sum to a St Louis
enInpany Serves him right, TO be sure; but why
must he suffer, while mining companies which
Stock their property at preposterous sums and
swindle the public by false representations and
di'iicndS paid for borrowed money, go scot free?
l. II because one is an individual and the other a
corporations
RfSrnn E.ir
p gEing away, but have got no farther along than
u order the prepare ton Of subscription papers to
RAISE money Tor the enterprise. All that Is needed
no" they say Is little contribution OF s. 600 to
Staff the thing. This Is Just the point where the
New YORK project broke down, but perhaps the
Hub can do better.
The New Workers are watching the skies and
counting the days when their water supply will
ne exhausted unless rain comes There is now
Only sufficient IN the reservoir for thirteen days
supply, and the people OF the big city are at their
wits end what 10 do for water at the expiration OF
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