Morning journal and courier., 1882-11-10

What Governor Butler, of Massachusetts will do is just now an interesting question. He has promised to ''clean out the clerks at the State House." But most of these clerks are appointed by the heads of departments, who are themselves elected by tho people, and so Governor Butler will have no control over them. There are only about seventy appointments which he can make during his term of office, and these will not be enough to go around He cannot do much for his party friends, and it remains ts be seen whether he will shine as reformsr.
 The Rhode Island voters show no disposi tion to allow an extension of suffrage. The amendment submitted to the people was ex- trsmely moderate; it simply proposed that right to call a constitutional convention, or a convention authorized to amend tho consti tuition. Both parties appear to favor the re- stricted suffrage. The vote of Tuesday stands 4,398 for, and 5,122 against the amendment, and majority of three. .fifths is required. The subject is popular only with most naturalized voters in Rhode Island, and a very insignificant number of native Demo- crats and Republicans.
 The two parties in the United States Sen ate will, it now appears, be pretty evenly balanced. Of the 50 Senators who hold over beyond 1883, 26 Republicans, 2s Demo erats, and Readjustsr. Of the 26 whose terms expire with the present Congress II are Republicans, IA Democrats, and 1 Road juster. This makes the present composition of the Senate 37 Republicans, 37 Dem oorats, and Malone and Davis. Assuming that Col orado has elected Republican and Tennes- see De@ocratic Legislature-thess being the only ones subject to reasonable doubt 12 of the newly electeds Senators in 1883 will be Republicans, 13 Democrats and l Read juster. This will mako the competition of the Senate in the next Congress-Republi- cans, 3s; Democrats, 36, and Malone and Riddlebergsr of Virginia.
 The Postmaster Generals plan to make postage stamps cheaper without cost to the government appears to be feasible The idea is to sell stamped envelopes at the price of the stamps and to encourage tho use of the envelopes as much as possible. Tho great bulk of letters which reach the dead letter office are either not stamped at sll or the full rate has not been affixed. By the use of stamped envelopes this trouble would be ob. v;atsd and great deal of labor in the dead letter office saved It is estimated that the substitution of stamped envelopes at the price of the stamps would deoreass the rev enue only $2, 900 ,oOo, while tho reduction of
 
 msnt $l5, ,OoO, ,OOo per year. MT. Howe thinks the reduction of expenses in tho dead letter office may very nearly balance the extra cost of the envelopes.
 Stanley, the traveller in Africa, says that he has thus far ventured upon only three prophecies concerning affairs in Africa. One was that the day would come when the Eng fish would find that the Zulus were the rep resentative people of the black races of Africa, and ''just as good men, man for man, apart from education, as any European, ,''-- and that has been fulfilled another that Lake Tanganyika would within few years from his visit to it become one of tho sources of the Congo the third, that the possession of the Congo would give rise to political controversy, is about to bs fulfilled Mr. Stanley says there would be no trouble save for the French and Portuguese, but both these nations deserve nothing in Africa, for they have done nothing to improve the regions where they have long had footing. The work of opening the interior of Africa by means of the Congo ought to be left to the committee for which he has done his ia hA nY,Iv ha urges, by which the country can be redeemed from barbarism
 We commend the following from the Hart. ford C0arant to the attention of all inter- ested in the present condition and the pros- peot of the Republican party: There ha. been nothing more attractive in the prin