Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-01

election Of president hereafter, Delaware
will have three electoral votes, or one for
every $4,000 Inhabitants, and Nevada,
with only 62, 600 people, will cast three
electoral votes, or one for every 10000 in
habitants. Rhode Island will have a vote
for every GO, 900 inhabitants, while it will!
take 141 900 in New York and nearly 49,
900 in Pennsylvania to represent an cleo
toral vote, thus making every ballot in
Rhode Island aud Florida count as much
as two in New York and Pennsylvania.
One man in Nevada is of as much account
as seven in Lancaster county.
By the exclusion of liquor selling from
it's limits Vineland, n. J., has gained
some reputation for morality. There
must be good deal Of pruriency and
maybe something as bad as whisky
among its people. An old man was cow
hided there the other day by the sister Of
chambermaid whom he was charged
with insulting by leaving indecent pic
lures exposed in his room. When the
suits and cross suits, growing out Of this,
came on for preliminary hearing, public
spirited citizens hired hall that seats 600
men, women. and children, and it was
packed with a crowd Of all ages and sexes
anxious to hear and see the filthy evil
dence which it was anticipated would be
produced.
lr seems that the Pittsburgh Dispatch
and Commercial Gazette both broke the
seals of Blaine's. Grafton and broke faith
with those who sent it to them, by pub
fishing it in advance of it's delivery. Their
attaches also sent it to the Chicago and
St. Louis papers. The New York and
Philadelphia newspapers were notified
that the two Pittsburgh morning dailies
Of the "great party Of moral ideas" would
break faith with all the journals of the
country by publishing tho speech, but the
Eastern journals refused to print the spcecl.
until it was delivered. The Conamsrcial
admits that it is ashamed of it's perform
ance but says the Dispatch forced it into
the measure by dishonerable rivalry. The
result Of this business and the general de-
nunciation Of it by decent journals will
prevent any repetition Of it.
CoNKLING and Sargent have been fa-
vorably reported to tho Senate, but their
Stalwart friend. Hugh Hastings, of the
Commercial AdrcTtiscr is no: at all happy.
He thinks that Arthur has shown the
white feather and lost the admiration of
the people. Hastings's paper says 'It
was not the part Of wisdom to nominate
Mr.. Conkling for al Office that he did not
wish, and which no true friend would ad-
wise him to accept. 1t was ill-judgcd to
nominate Mr.. Sargent for the Berlin mis-
sion, when he had been from all accounts.
fixed upon for Il member of the cabinet.
1t is an exhibition Of weakness we did not
expect from the president. Now that his
enemies see him flutterin. and frightened
under their fire they vii! be encouraged to
go on. We regret the presidents mistake.
We had hoped 70: better things.'
By a clever stroke of enterprise the New
York Independent had cabled to it, fresh
from the authors hand and simultaneous
with its publication iu England, Tenny-
sons new poem on the "Charge of the
Heavy Brigade''-the Scots Grcys and
second squadron of the Inniskillings-at
Balaklava. 1t is of about the same length
as his famous "Charge Of the Light Bri-
gade," suggested by an incident Of the
same'battle, and is, Of course, companion
piece to that popular poem. It is very
kindly received by tho American press,
but it is not likely to add to its authors
fame, nor to become as popular as the
earlier poem. The enterprise of the In
dependent in securing it by cable and Civ
ing it to ali the dailies, who promptly
credit It, ia a rare stroke Of advertising
genius.
PERSONAL.
GRANT will visit Arthur on his way
South.
Senator HAwLEy, will be Decoration
day orator, at Gettysburg.
General SHERMAN leaves Washing gton
to-day for tour of inspection of the
Texan frontier of Mexico.
Hans Makart, the distinguished painter,
Of Vienna. has just completed full
leugth protrait Of SARAH BERNHaRDr.
Mrs. 10, tho widow of Professor Eo