Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-14

!, 1883.
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 Our esteemed contemporaries the Register and the Union last evening spoke in praise of Manager Carll. He deserves their eulogies. His Opera House is credit to him and to the city. He takes great pains to bring good companies with good plays here and ever since his house was opened the theater- goers of New Haven have been well treated by him. We are glad that his merits so heartily and generally recognized.
 The South is not solid for Ben Butler yet The Charleston News says: "Butler is smart and rich and persistent and it is possible that he may succeed, by dint of his control of the New England Democracy, in making him. self Democratic candidate for President. But our unterr1ied brethren down East might as well understand, first as last, that if they should succeed in nominating Ben Butler, they would be permitted to enjoy monopoly of the job of electing him. Tho Solid South would like very much to see President Arthur succeeded by somebody who calls himself Democrat But it must draw the line some- where, and it will surely draw it at Ben But ler''
 Maine needs bill clerk The Legislature of that State has just passed 8 law which pro- vides that any officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals may take possession of 'tany old, diseased or injured horse or other animal" and, after having the same valued by 1.-two respectable persons, > may destroy or cause to be destroyed such ''horse or other animal' It then goes on to define the word animal, as used in the act,
 as including ''every creature'' According to this new law, strictly construed, therefore, it is allowable for any agent of the society to destroy every ''old, diseased or injured' man or woman he may meet, after he or she has been ''viewed and valued by two respec- table persons"
 An interesting document is that published by the Dem ocratic city committee of Chicago showing their receipts and expenditures in the recent campaign. Their total receipts were $5, $50, of which $ LOGO was an assess nent on Carter Harrison, $3,OOO an assess ment on John Douphy, and the remainder l assessments and contributions from other l sources, the individual amounts being given l in every case. The amount expended just l equalled the amount received, and the l amounts used and the names of those who l recsipted for them gre made public. This plan of publishing an account of the com mittee's receipts and disbursements within a few days after an election has been in vogue in Chicago for several years, and is not 8 bad l one 1
 Professor W. T. Welcker, California's State Superintendent of Instruction, has 1 ruled thst the children of Chinese cannot be 1 admitted to the public schools of that State, l as they are not eligible to become citizens, l and 'the whole drift of one specified arti- ] ole of the State constitution lis unmistaka- ] ply hostile to the Chinese coming into the l State or remaining in the State under any l condition whatever. To admit Mongolian l children to the schools" he continues, 'swould therefore, be indirect disobedience to the constitution, for it would be to foster 1 their presence here in the most efficaeious manner, while the constitution decia1 as that presence to be dangerous to the we'll being of the State, and would directly and enor- mously encourage their immigration, while the constitution commands the legislature to dis courage 'by all means within it's power.
 There is much complaint about the way the legislature "hangs on'' and various devil ces to prevent such delays in the future are suggested. One of the most ingenious is the production of the Bridgeport Standard, which suggests that the legislature meet and dispose of all pressing matters which can be easily attended to, remaining in session 1 say couple of weeks, and then refer all con- tested matters and all things which require 1 greater deliberation to the standing commit 1 fees to hear the evidence and the arguments sometime during the summer and report at the next session for final action. By this course only small portion of the members would be occupied, while now the whole crowd is kept waiting for the committees to get through with their tedious hearings. The deliberations of these committees could be published and the members of the legislature be informed of what is going on, so as to be ready to act when the legislature meets. This does not strike us as 8 very practical plan. Why not try biennial sessions?
 Jefferson Davis estate os 300 acres at Beauvoir, Mississippi, is now mainly devoted to grapes and oranges. He told recens caller that the neighborhood was equal to anything in Florida in natural advantages for winter resort. He mentioned several points on, Mississippi Sound as affording rare chances for capitalists to make money by erecting hotels. ''They get the benefit of southwest winds that almost continuously float over the water" he said, land back of them are thousands of acres of pine forests, the odors from which are strengthening to weak lungs. The fishing is excellent, the bayous swarm with geese, duck and brant, and the forests would yield to the sportsmans s skill plenty of turkey, quail and deer" Mr. Davis thinks that, considering the circum- stances, Mississippi is doing very well in the way of progress. She produces more cotton than any other State, she has cotton and other mills employing about 10, 900 hands and $7. .00O, 900 in capital, her free schools num- Der 5000, and in every way she is getting wide awake.
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