Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-01-19

side.
The remedy can only be found in
complete cleaning out and fumigasion
Of the" Capitol hill . Offices and the leg
islative halls. The people mus: rouse up
on this subject and elect men with brains
to see this stealing and courage TO fight
it. II the Democratic party wants to
come into power let it pledge itself TO
cut up these practices By the roots. TO Gu.
! down the Offices and salaries. stop the
plunder in the furnishing OF supplies
and the refurnishing of rooIns every year
at enormous cost. If the politicians can
take no higher view Of it can't they see
that 100000 saved to the state thus
in year would furnish capita! to the
party for a generation,
Mr.. SCOvILLE makes severe criti-
cism upon the conduct Of Arthur in
pressing for conviction Of murder
against Guiteau although there is a
doubt of his sanity and the credit Of the
country would suffer least if he was SO
found. Mr. Scoville's idea is that Ar
thur fears that if Guiteau is found insane
the Stalwart politicians and newspapers
will be popularity held responsible for
their malign influence upon his diseased
mind whereas if he is pronounced sane
he only will have the responsibility to
bear. There is sharpness and probably
truth in this supposition: but whether
true or no: Mr.. Scoville does himself
credit by boldly holding to accountable
ity for the murder of Garfield the men
who wanted him out of the way and
profted by his death. although they did
not have the courage to do the work di-
rectly.
It's 4 matter of great gratlucatior
that the bully Lister of Philadelphia is
sent TO prison for year. the only source
of regret being that he is ever again to
breathe the free air. There are good
many men sent to jail who don't deserve
to 60 there. but there are great many
more not there who ought to lie, and
this man is one Of the class who ought
to be strangled at their birth. if their in
vincib,e propensity to evil could then be
known. He has done deeds which long
ago ought to have ended his career on
the scaffold. Josephs, the man whom he
last shot, is not much more of an orna-
ment to society. the only good thing We
know of to Set down to his credit being
his prosecution of Lister. They belong
to the disreputable lot of low politicians
which so steadily disgrace Philadelphia.
IF some enterprising manager will bring
to Lancaster company that will give us
Patience" as it ought to be given our
people will have treat they have not yet
been vouchsafed
To hear nine young women singing
Forty love-sick maidens We requires
too great a strain on the imagination of as
robust an audience as gathered at Fulton
hall last night. Manager Ford should
stick to the score or increase his company.
THE success of the New York San is the
great phenomenon of American journalism.
1t has advanced to circulation OF about
10000 daily, and in point of popularity
and influence stands to-day at the top of
tie pile. Independence, enterprise, brew
ity and condensation are some of the fea-
lures which have made it this marvellous
success.
PEOPLE who went to Fulton hall last
evening with checks for reserved seats in
many instances found them occupied by
others whom the ushers had Put there.
Was it the fault of the ushers or of the
ticket sellers? In either case reform is
necessary. Ifpeople cannot get the seats
which they pay to have reserved for them
they will no longer pay extra to have the
privilege of being seated in an out .of-the-
way place and looking at others enjoy their
seats at the price of general admission.
REAL estate cannot be assessed at its
full value in Philadelphia if we can judge
from the values attached to some of the
best known properties on Chestnut street.
The Ledger building is put down on the
assessors book at $500, 900 the Press at
s16O, 900 the Tunes at $3.50, 900 ; the Con-
tinental hotel at 5000, 600 the Porter &
Coates store at S135, 600 the Matthew w.
Baldwin estate residence and side lots at
s22O, 900; s. S. Whites estates building,
in which is the Baily, Banks & Biddle
jewelry store at $500, 1000.
THE Lancaster Farmer, published by
John A. Hiestand and edited by DR.. S. S.
Rathvon, has entered upon its fourteenth
volume. DR.. Rathvon brings to the edi-
torial department of the Farmer wealth
Of useful knowledge in matters of agricul
ture, horticulture and kindred subjects,
rarely to be found in other periodicals of
its class. The doctor is scientist, but he
presents his scientific facts in such
practical shape that the unscientific
farmer at once understands and adopts !
them IS common sense facts. The Farmer
is we'll patronizcd, but is deserving of a
far wider circulation among the tillers of
the soil than it has yet attained.
We now have the NeW Era's opinion on |
the bills paid upon the recommendation of |
the court to county officers for work
done in their Offices I" in putting the papers