Montgomery County sentinel., 1882-04-07

friday nlng........"Aprll z, 1882.
Later returns from the municipal elec-
tions out West increase Democratic majori-
ties in every direction. The Republicans
will doubtless try to explain it away by say
ing that this is an "off year."
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The Democrats of Cumberland, Md, have
two colonies in training for the may orally
nomination-CoL Alfred Spates and Col.
VIM. McKaig The many warm friends of
Col Spates in this his native county wish
him success.
An order has been passed by the United
States Senate directing the Attorney General
to report to whom the land on either side of
Conn's Island belongs, Conn's Island itself
and also who has the right to the water
power at the Great Falls.
The session of the Legislature for 1882
adjourned at midnight on Monday last
Whether that body has subserved its con-
stituents' interests and wishes faithfully and
entirely a verdict has been made up and it
is unnecessary at present for US to comment
upon the sins of commission or omission.
The Clerks of Circuit Courts, under the
constitution, are required to transmit to the
commissioner of the land Office on or before
the first Of June the alphabetical indices of
all deeds, mortgages, and bills of sale and
other conveyancss Of record. This duty,
involving the bond Of every court clerk in
the State, has not been attended to, it is
claimed, noticeably in Calvert, Montgomery,
Charles and Prince Georges counties.
Although repeated assurances come from
abroad that Russia is not encouraging the
Panslavist agitation in the Balkan peninsula,
and there is persistent endeavor TO make
it appear that the Gar and Kaiser Wilhelm
are on such good terms that there is not
even a remote possibility Of the disturbance
of amicable relations, yet military prepara-
tions are quietly and industriously being
pushed in Russia at rate which makes il
evident that the government proposes to be
ready to meet any emergency that may rise.
Fortresses are being strengthened, troops
concentrated at the western and southern
frontier points, the commissariat and medi-
cal corps placed in a condition of the high
est efficiency, and the military roads i'm
proved Much of this activity is doubtless
due TO the efforts of the Panslavist party,
represented by such determined agitators as
Ignatieff and Skobeleff, which is really the
dominant influence at court, and bitterly
resents the friendship existing between the
Car and the German emperor. 1t is truer
now than ever of Alexander that the mighty
autocrat rules, but does not govern. With
the Nihilists threatening him on one side,
and the Panslayists conspiring to force an
other war, with Constantinople as the prize
of conquest, Alexander is the worst harassed
and embarrassed monarch in the world.
The veto of the Chinese bill by the Presi-
dent, which was sent to Congress on We'd
nesday, was not unexpected. 1t has been
known that the President was willing tc
sign bill suspending immigration for ten
years, but regarded the suspension for TWEEN.
ty years as virtually prohibitive, and, there
lore, in violation of the treaty negotiated
with the Chinese government in 1880. There
are some other features, such as regulating
passports and excluding skilled laborers
which in the Presidents opinion require
modification, as being in contravention O
treaty obligations. With this view of thu
President the majority even of the friends
of the bill will ON second thought, perhaps
agree. Not SO, however, the Representa-
tives in Congress of the States of the Pacific
coast, who had hoped that the Chinese ques.
tion was settled formally for twenty years
and practically forever. The recurrence oi
the issue after ten years, with the possible
result of the readmssion Of the Chinese al
the end of that interval, will be SO distaste.
ful to Congressman from California, Oregon
Nevada and Colorado, that il is probable
they will seek to have their favorte measure
passed over the Presidents veto. How near
ly possible this will be, if no votes are
changed, will be perceived when it is re-
called that the bill passed the Senate by a
vote of 30 to 10, and the House by vote OF
1877 To 66. In the Senate, it will be observed
but one vote is wanting for the requisite two.
thirds in the House the votes are in excess.
1t is generally conceded that the veto will
have an unfavorable effect upon the Repub-
lican vote in California, Oregon, Nevada
and Colorado. The Representatives of those
States do not hesitate TO predict that they
will be lost to that party in consequence
Since the above was in type the Senate
has failed to pass the Chinese bill over the
Presidents veto--yeas 30, nays 81. A bill
identical in its features to the vetoed bill, ex.
cept that the term Of suspension OF immi
grafton is reduced to ten years. has been in
troduced and appropriately referred.
During the closing days Of the Legisla
ture, which finally adjourned on Monday
night last, the members manifested quite a
frolicsome disposition, and several jokes
were pcrpetratcd upon each other. 1t ap.
pears from the following account of cor.
respondent of Baltimore journal that Sen.
asor Moore's dog law received its full share
oi ridcule:
The biggest job was put up on two of the
Montgomery county delegation. There was
Senate bill for stringent dog law in that
county, and one stalwart old farmer o
Montgomery favored il, while another was
violently opposed W il. A scheme was con-
cocted, and when the bill came up some OF
the best speakers in the House, with all due
gravity, made splendid arguments in favor