Morning journal and courier., 1882-10-16
EDITORIAL NOTES.

An independent candidate for Congress has arisen in the midst of us. This is MT. William G. Butler, who, in the intervals of political work, does fourishing business in hats on Church street. Mr. Butler has hung his banner out, and, in the words of ''glor- ious old Tom Waller,'' declares that those who cannot vote for him without pay may vote against him. Mir. Butler is independent enough to please the most exacting in this respect. His campaign starts off briskly, and it will not be his fault if he is not elected.
 At their recent State convention tho Min nesota Democrats committed the party as far as they were able to free trade. They re solved s'that free trade and tariff for reve- nue only, and producing only so much revs- nue as is necessary to the wants of the gov ernment economically administered is found- ed on wisdom and justice. We demand as 8 right that our people shall be allowed to sell in the highest and buy in the lowest markets in the world, untrammelled by oppressive and vsxatious taxation levied for the enrichment of the few at the expense of the many.''
 Governor Foster, of Ohio, is not scared, but says he would favor the same legislation that he would had the party been successful. He thinks reasonable tax would place the traffic in liquor in more responsible hands, and that many of the low saloons would be closed and crimes lessened. Unless such a course was pursued and a step taken in ad- vance which would lessen the evils resulting from the traffic, hs would not be surprised to see the Prohibitionists poll 100, 900 votes a year hence. He believes all interests would be best served by placing 8 tax on the traffic at an early day.
 In studying the statistics of crime for large manufacturing centers in Great Britain Mir. Carroll D. Wright, the head of the Massachu- setts Labor Bureau, has fo and that neither the criminal ranks nor the ranks of prostitu- ton are filled up from the factories. Fac tories are increasing in numbers in France. and direct results are easily seen in the pro- dustrial system. If the factories have bad influence on morals, crime should remain in proportion as the number of factory workers increased. The contrary, however, is the case. In the district about Amiens the crim- inal list in 1855 was 2,214, while in 1859 it had by steady reduction fallen to 1,654 in 8 constantly increasing factory population.
 An invasion of Asistic cholera from Egypt and India is apprehended in Europe and Frenohmen are prompted to recall the devas tations inflicted by the disease in Paris in previous epidemics during the past century. In 1882 there were 12, TOO deaths in the great city in the one month of April The epidemic lasted altogether 1s9 days, and called for a total of IS, 4O2 victims. At that time the pop ulation of Paris was only 645,OOO. In 1s4s there was an epidemic that lasted nine months, and carried off 16, 165 persons Ip 1853 the cholera caused the death of 9,21G
 victims, and in 1865 there was death roll of
 12,O ,OOO. During each of these epidemics
 there was great mortality also in the rest of
 France, and it is not strange, therefore, that the present reports of another approaching epidemic are received with much unsssiness During the railroad craze in tks West
 many counties and towns were induced tc
 issue bonds to help roads, and some ot
 them are sick of their bargain. Clinton
 Missouri, repudiated it's bonds to ths amount of three hundred thousand dollars It has
 been sued and judgment against 1t obtained
 The County court having levied tax of one
 per cent. in order to pay the judgment tho | people have formally declared their determi | nation to resist the collection of said tax, ap | plauding speaker, candidate for seat ir 1 the Legislature when he said "Woe be tt
 the man who buys property in this count.
 Cat forced sale on such levy aforesaid)." Thi 1 implies that there is to be no further appea | to the courts, but that the law shall not bt l enforced. No man who bids will be safe