Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-05-18

With the sentence OF six prisoners who had
pleaded guilty to the charge OF con 1ptracy TO
der, the Dublin commission for the trial of the
Phoenix PlrS murierer5 concluded It's la0ors yes
terday- The punishment of the men connected
With the S1SSnatiOn of Lord Frederick Caven-
dish AMI NJ. Burke. and With attempts upon the
lives OF others politically obGOvIOu5 to them, has
been swift, but the British government las not
been altogether unminlful OF considerations OF
mercy. Some of the prisoners who confessed to
degree OF guilt that called down upon themselves
In" psnilty OF death. had the government chosen
TO impose IT, have received sentences 10 penal SER
vitule fof ten years In the case OF Matthias
Brady, who Threatened the foreman OF the fury
thpt INT his brother Joe 10 the Allows the crown,
with the assent Of the person threatened, agreed
TO discharge. These trials should go very far TO-
wards relieving Ireland from political violence,
and wl II that class OF her citizens who have re-
garled murder as legitimate instrument for the
redress OF grievances Dut study the lesson taught.
They viii see that the entire civilized world joins
In condemning assassination, no mltter what the
pr0vOcatlOn, real Or imagined, may be. They will
zee that violence robs Ireland Of that sympathy
which peoples who believe IN right and Justice feel
for her, and that instead OF advancing their conn
Try towards the political freedom they 50 much
desire 1t retards her progress They VIII also see,
by casual study of Carey, that the men who ad-
wise assassination are unworthy OF trust OF conf
dence and are the first to betray those they have
The crank lawyer who disturbed the proceed
angs OF the star route trial the other day By max
Ing his appearance nearly naked, and later by
shouting In behalf OF the defendants, "Tnere Is no
conspiracy: they are not guilty!" has made him
SELF further conspicuous by threaening to shoot
JUDGE Nyle and OSher5 against whom he has
prejudice. From the fact that he had a pistol and
ammunition on his person on Monday, the day lie
disturbed the court, It is probable that great
Tragedy was averted by his prompt removal from
the court room. He is evidently a crank of the
1uiteau order, and should be at once placed where
he can do no harm 1t is strange. indeed, that he
was permitted to go at large after the exhibition
he made Of himself on Monday.
Ten O'Clock In tho morning does not strike the
public as the best time for removing the filthy
bweeplngS from Pennsylvania ayenus, but that is
the time selected for the purpose by the con-
tractor, who seems to boss both public opinion
anu The District authorities. Why Is he not COM
PEELED to do this work between sunrise AMI seven
o'clocl In the summer time, when it can be done
without inconvenience whether to merchants or
paSOcrS by. instead OF waiting until near IN dlay,
when tie sun has dried the sweepings into fine
powder TO be waited about greatly to the damage
OF merchandise and the Injury OF lungs and eyeso
Is there nothing In life worth considering but the
convenience AMI profits OF the contractors
Ing an ordinance requiring that by a certain date
the electrical companies should substitute uDder-
ErOunl Tor overhead wires, met with the universal
APPRECIATION Of disnterested citizens OF that CITY,
The companies In pursuance OF their fixed policy
resisted the law; AMI had the authorities regarded
the pllsnly-expreSSed VIII OF the people, The Ques
ton as 20 whether great city h IS power to en-
sOISS "'yGufUrrUu UIuinIHCPS on the part OF
corporations would have been tested an deter.
mined; but when the contest came to an issue the
city council disappointed the public by agreeing
70 compromise which left the companies Virtual
masters OF the situation. They are simply re-
CURED 20 change The char lcter OF their poles 1t
needs no argument to show that the companies
are not erecting iron po,eS with any expectation
or lowering them soon. They put them Up, no
doubt. with the.fntention OF malnt aiming them
permanently Aud now the Chicago Tribune
openly chargesthat the compromise which sacri-
need the interests and convenience OF the citizens
was attained by bribery, the aldermanic votes be-
Ing paid for by the telegraph companies
Inc kentucky democratic convention avoided n
heated and perhaps factiOlal struggle over the
nomination for governor by adopting the rule of
dropping the lowest candidate on each successive
ballot The fight finally narrowed down TO Knott
and Jones, the former winning after q sharp con-
test The nominee, Hon Proctor Knott Is almost
rs well E-OIn n Washington as any resident of
Tie city, h having served twelve years in Con-
gTeSs since the war. HIS famous Duluth speech
gave bin national reputation, but as hs never
achieved anything else above the coynmonpIace
orJer, he has been sometimes styled 'Sin.le
Speech Knott" As a daInocratic nomination In
Kentucky carries election with ft as a neyer-fail-
Ing cons qlence, Mr.. Knots friends cen now hail
b In as governor.
The danger OF deyoting the mind too energet,-
caily TO single purpose Is illustrated by New
dorX man lie has labored for years TO build up q
greenoack party In tn NOW whom tha
few followers he had, have left him alone with the
Tas baby he solemnly asserts that "the greenback-
efs Will elect the next President" o. all other
MATTERS he Is regarded as quite sane.
THE American hog IN Germany is a theme that
Is attracting the attention Just low OF statesmen
and pork packers; but the American hoy in Amer
lea, ana the way Il behaves In theatars and other