Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-13

upheld the standard of theocracy, was not
without certain dignity aud pathos."
This is touching. but none the less gratify-
ing to the ordinary moral sense.
OF the 40, 900 elevators now in operation
in this country, over one quarter, OF about
$4,000, are in the city of New York alone.
The number Of people who daily ride On
elevators is six times as large as the num-
Der of passengers who travel on all the
railroads Of the country, excepting only
the "L roads. At the same time for
every mile of railroad which is being built
q new elevator is constructed and put in
operation.
We congratulate our esteemed coDtem-
porary the Columbia Democrat on its en-
trance upon its ninety seventh volume,
with all the evidences OF material and
moral prosperity. As fearless and able
exponent of Democratic doctrine it has won
high rank among the newspapers Of the
state like good wine it shows improve
ment with age and the present efficient
editorial management indicates purpose
to still further polish 4 record that is
bright with good work in the sphere Of
journalism.
SOME one out in Pittsburgh sarcastic
ally nominated our handsome governor
for the vacancy on the supreme bench,
whereupon Philadelphia champion
taking the matter with the requisite de-
gree Of seriousness up and inquiries why
not He is a clear Drained lawyer, and
man of dignity and force. 1t is very
easy to go further and fare worse. Be-
sides, should not Pennsylvania have a
representative in the United States su-
pveme court in place of Judge Strong %
The Philadelphia Times begins its
eighth year to-day: Its career has been
one OF success unexampled in American
journalism and the material and moral
prosperity that have so abundantly
crowned the brief span of it's life may in
all propriety be attributed to the sturdy
independence that has signalized its course
and to its implacable opposition and re.
sistance to the debauchery in municipal
government which held high carnival when
the Times ventured Oh the sea of Journal
ism. Our contemporary in it's RETROSPECT
tive glance betrays the partonable glow of
qualification that all this has been changed
and that with the displacement of the
spoilsmen honesty aud efficiency are being
advanced to tho places Of trust in the long
ring ridden City of Brothcrly Love.
DIR. CryLER says President Lincoln 'was
prevented from becoming communicate
member cr the Presbyterian church by his
reluctance to subscribe to all the articles
in the confession of faith" Tho late Sen
ator O. p. Morton was educated Chris
tian and never lost his faith in religion.
He thought the Christian gentlemen the
noblest and lovelicst character Oh earth.
He recognized the hand Of Providence in
all the affairs Of men and believed there is
a divine economy which regulates the lives
and conduct Of nations. From Boston
comes the new story that once
4 member of Congress from Penn
sylvania asked Thad. Stevens whether
he thought that one who held to
the theology of the Presbyte:ians and the
Orthodox Congregationalsts could con
sistently vote for 4 Unitarian as chaplain
of the House. "Oh yes,'' said Mr.. Stev-
ems, " for Unitarianism is the varioloid of
| religion
BY the annual tax returns made to the
! secretary of internal affairs from the vari-
! GUS counties Of the state it is observed
that in Washington and Warren counties
there is not a watch of any kind, from
which the inference that whenever Lieu
tenant Governor Stone goes home to
| Warren he leaves outside of the county
the magnificent gold watch presented him
| by the senator's. In Crawford county
there are no watches either, which shows
that they must have the most reckless
| disregard of time in those counties. OF
course, as pointed out by our esteemed
contemporary at Meadville, the Crawford
Democrat, such returns as these from the
counties named are perfectly absurd and
the commissioners knew that they were
when they made them. The tax on
watches was laid years ago when watches
were luxury, but in these days they are
a necessity as much almost as hats, and if
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania must
have the revenue it had better tax hats,
which the assessors can see and make cor
rect returns of.
SENATOR BAYARD has promptly produced
the private letter, written by him somo
years ago, which was the foundation for
the recent charge Of Temperance Preacher
Babcock that he had been employed by
the whisky men to kill the local option
bill, then pending in the Legislature of
Delaware. The following are the two
closing paragraphs of the letter, which was
written nearly three weeks before Bayard
was spoken to by the man to whom Bah
cock referred as his authority for his SLAM
der:
Personal influence, example and precept
and the recognition Of the great truth that
intemperance in the use of stimulants of
all kinds is a morbid, physical fact, both in
cause and effect, is, III my judgment, the
proper view to commence with. Statistics
abundantly prove that the attempted sup
preston by statute of the use of alcoholic
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