Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-17

The greenbackers OF Pennsylvania are bent upon
maintaining their organization, despite the fact
that their voting strength has dwindied to mere
handful, comparatively speaking. Their state
convention viii assemble at Harrisburg tO-mor-
row, and a full ticket will be nominated. 1t is
probable that either ThOS. A. Armstrong, OF Pitts
burg, or DR.. Caveny, Of Luzerne, viii be NOM
mated for governor. Wesley Chambers, of Oil
City, seems to have the field all to himself for lieu
tenant governor. For the supreme judgeship Geo.
A. jerks, OK Clarion, and j. 4. Coke. of Nor
umberl&hd, are mentioned. Henry Cary Baird,
OF Philadelphia, will probably be nominated
for congressman-at-large, and Mayor Powderlly,
OF Scranton for secretary of internal affairs. The
Held OF selection in the party is so limited that
speculation as to the nominations almost amounts
TO prediction. The party leaders fix 5000 as the
total number OF votes they expect to poll which is
q virtual confession that they go into the coming
campaign solely for the purpose OF keeping up
their org aniZation-
The unusually large number of birds OF beauti-
full plumage on the trees of the parks and streets
OF this city the past week has been a subject Of
general remark. Wonder is often expressed as to
what they are, but the knowing ones recogni Re
them the Baltimore OriOle. They have evil
IDENTIFY been driven here by the severe storm
which has peTvaded this section of the country
the past week or two. But the worst feature
and other bad boys about the city have been
chasing and stoning them from tree to tree They
also appear TO be obje OF particular hatred to
the pestilent foreign sparrows which infeSt the
city. Would it not be the proper thing for the
local authorities TO suspend the bean-shooter law
and give the boys unlimited sway to shoot the
sparrowS for the next six months?
One of the noticeable features connected with
the recent real estate transactions Is the fact that
purchases OF centrally located business properties
TO the extent OF nearly half million dollars have
been made since the beginning of the year. Bust
ness houses on Pennsylvania avenue, Seventh,
Ninth and streets have been in demand and
capitalists from other cities have been quick to
perceive the advantages OF Washington city prop
erty. Several of them have sold valuable securities
and converted them into real estate Many OF our
own people are investing in real estate who could
not be induced to touch IL a few years ago. The
prospect is fair for liberal appropriations by the
government, and If the puchase of the ground is
made as proposed for the new Congressional
Library and for the U. s. Post Office Department,
real estate transactions will be lively during the
summer.
The quaShing OF several Indictments in the star
route cases may afford the accused parties some
reason to secretly congratulate themselves but the
manner In which the quashing was accomplished
does rot warrant any open exultatiOn. 1t was by
thrown out The accused took advantage of blum
ders committed in the drafting OF the indictments.
One mans name was misSpelled, and another was
mentioned only by initials where his full name
should have been written. The merits OF the cases
were not In the least in the question Of the legh
form OF the indictments Before any further
Boosting Is INDUCED in perhaps it would be well
for the accused to await the result of legal In
Quiry into the charges made in the indictments
The democratic state committee OF Maryland at
their meeting in Baltimore yesterday, very sensf-
bly, deferred the nominating conventions until
1all This spares the people the annoyance of a
political canvass In the hot summer weather. The
policy OF opening campaign in the spring and
having 1t drag along all through the summer and
IAN Is being abandoned in good many of the
states This summer while Pennsylvania is suf-
fering from "heated' political discussions and
heated weather combined, Maryland will be endur-
Ing only one Of these Affections. campaign OF
Six weeks or two months ought to give the poll
ticans ample time TO discnSS all the issues Of the
coming contest