Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-14

chester England) Guardian: {" Whatever may be the exact tariff upon crude iron which may be determined upon in America it can't but come about that the makers of the com medity upon this side will be placed in bet ter position under the new than under the old scale of duties. At some of the meetings, as indeed on the exchanges week ago, ex- pectation ran somewhat high touching the outcome of the tariff changes to the rolled iron industry. True, there is not much to hope for in the recommendation of the Tariff commission, but the makers of finished iron think they can in the efforts of the free traders such greater assistance as will bring them also some relief. It is satisfactory that the business is being pushed on at Washing ton, and everything ought to be known well before the rising of Congress" American manufacturers and workingmen are asking why this country should follow the wishes of English manufacturers and traders.
 The great Bradlaugh demonstration which is to take place on the occasion of the opening of Parliament tomorrow may be lively affair. Mrs. Besant recently gave few hints as to the intentions of Mir. Bradlaugh's support CTS in the event of any resistance being made to his attempt to take his seat in the House of Commons: 'sThey were,'' she stated, determined that if force was to be used it should not all be on the other side, as it was on the last occasion, and, while they would make no appeal to it, they would resist force by force, and would not allow Mir. Bradlaugh to be brutally ill-used as he once was by fourteen policemen" MT. Bradlaugh, writing on the subject of the re- fusal of the railway companies to run cheap trains to London on the occasion, of the forthcoming demonstration, says: ''The re- fusal of the railway companies is monstrous. Trips and cheap trains have hitherto been always run for Conservative and Liberal gatherings in all parts of England. The ac- tion of the companies will diminish the gath ering on the 18th proximo by 20, 1000 at least, but as expect to have fully 15O,0Oo friends present, it will only irritate without injur- ing"
 An interesting and novel pension case is reported. The guardian of the children of deceased soldier has applied for the back pension of $2 month, due each child from
  dren's mother neglected to make application for pension for herself or family, and finally married. The claim of the guardian was rejected at the Pension office by the ex- aminer. who held that the marriage of the widow barred all rights of the family to pension from that date. Her neglect to ap- ply for pension at any time was construed as further difficulty in the way of allowing the claim of guardian at this late day. The Assistant Secretary of the Interior is of the opinion that the mother of a family entitled to pension occupies the relation in law of a trustee, and any failure or neglect on her part to apply for or secure the allowance of pension due the children cannot work to their prejudice. He will accordingly decide that the children are entitled to a pension from the time of their fathers death until they arrive at the age of sixteen years, the second marriage having nothing to do with the claim of the guardian.