Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1882-11-30

nave no share In 1T.
One of the auditors of the treasury is re-
ported as saying that Judge Folger will prob
ably decline to approve some of the expenses
incurred by the tariff commission and will
forward them to Congress for settlement.
The bills are kept from the sight of newspa
per reporters by Judge Folger's direction.
The Charleston Neaos and Courier thinks
the Democratic party was untrue to it's plat
form on the tariff question in 1880 by talking
protection in the East and free trade in the
West. For one journal it is now ready'to stake
the success of the Democratic party at the
next election, and at every succeeding cleo
ton, on square, straight-out free trade or
tariff for revenue, platform.
Representative Emory Speer, the Independ-
emit Democrat of Georgia, member of the
Ways and Means committee said the other
day in Washington, talking to southern Re
publican There is Watterson, a free-tra-
der yourself, Republican myself, a pro-
tectionist and Democrat. It will not sur
prise me at all to see some new party in
which the South will be prominent and all
three of us will be members. The country
will be surprised when it comes to see how
many there are in the South waiting to rise
and join that new party 1t will be the great
party of the country, with much of its
strength in the South"
It has been decided to erect in prominent
places in Paris posts for signalling to the
police offices in case of an alarm of fire or
other mishap The system is the most COM
plete of the kind yet devised. In box at
the top of the post eight buttons will be
fixed, and directions will be given as to their
use. Thus onspulling No. a signal ms aiming
'tfre" will be transmitted along telegraphic
wire. No. will signify great fire; No. 5,
an accident; No. 4, riot; No 5, a robbery;
No. 6, a crime with violence; No. 7, sui
eide, and No. s, great catastrophe. A po-
to give verbal instructions to the public in
case of need.
The president of the British Statistical So
ciety is considerably exercised in his mind
over the rapidity with which the population
of the United States is increasing. He cal
culates that if the present rate of increase is
continued during long series of years the
time is not very far distant when this coun-
try will not be able to raise enough food to
support its inhabitants His calculations are
simple and impressive. He reckons that the
population of this country is being doubled
every twenty-five years, and at this rate its
population will have risen to 200 900 600 in
4, ,,,o ae4
then will have been quadrupled. This is
gloomy, but it will not worry the present
generation much
The local law requires every citizen of
Zeitz, in Germany, to clear the sidewalk in
front of his residence 'before break of day. -
After three trials tho court of revision has
Just decided that a man who was accused of
neglecting that duty on the 10th day of last
January must pay the fine imposed for suoh
dereliction. 1t was admitted that the side
walk was not cleaned until quarter of 3 in
the morning, and the question to be decided
was whether or not day had broken at that
hour The case first came before a police
magistrate, who decided that the day began
with the rising of the sum- and as the sun had
not risen at the hour named no fine was due
On appeal higher court reversed the judg
ment, declaring that the day begins with the
| twilight. The court of revision affirmed tbs
second Judgment but corrected the definition
of daybreak, maintaining that the day begins
not with the twilight, but with actual day
light which is followed by the customary
| traffic and business of the day.
| Not much can be said for woman suffrag,
as used in Utah. Women in that territory
polled about half the Mormon VOTE Whethe,
from choice or because compelled by tn,
edict of the church, they turned out in thei
best attire, as to festival, and went to tn
polls in carriages, milk wagons, farm cart
or on foot as convenience offered, but the,
were all there. On she other hand, the Gen
tile women generally refused to vote, and tn