New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04
TOPICS IN THREE CITIES.
BtjSION.
pOIJTICAI-BUTLERS ABSENTEEIsM-Ihh
WOMAN'S ANNEX-SCIENTlFlC.
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBusE'l

WOMAN'S ANNEX-SClENIlflO
IeY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUsEl
posroV March 3.-This has been rather e1clV
,no week on account Of the rescue OF the
Puritan matr0ns from the hon0rs oil inunOp ~.
frace. When Mr. Blackwell Uucy o'ono w
bandl had secured the issue of a letter 10 'no Do
cratic members of the Legislature sigheu ny
loading Democrats OF both Tho BOURBON anu ',i0
Butler stripes calling on them " Suppoi'
the Municipal Suffrage bill, os'ehs'oy
- foitb with platform pledges. but
really a. was be ieved. 10 capture the cities WIN
tha votes of servant-girs and still lower orders
of the female population, tho shrieking became
verv shriIl on Beacon Hill. The alarm proved I'M
necessary for the annual defeat of woman suffrage
was accomplished with entire ease by the uSua'
overwhelming vote, the Democrats dlsregaioihe .ho
behest of their leaders in obedience TO the mgher
law of their nature. The most powerful arg menu
brought against the measure was the oppos'ion "a
the women Themselves One speaker presenter
canvass made in two streets, one IN an arls'ocIao
and the other in clearinghouse quarter bo'n
streets showed the women opposed to Suffrage zen
IN one The very fact. however, that the
women entered so vigorously into the campaign -, =,
,axen by the suffragists as proof that they VIII
by-and-by come into politics. They nave certainiy
shown remarkable capacity for work IN an
Governor Buffers absenteeism is becoming
,,ork.a feature of his regime aud is regarded as
especially scandalous considering the nature OF MS
recent bushes in Washington. the defence OF
xvh;skev volator of the Federal revenue laws Inc
falling IL not demonsrative as vet, nut very
deep One eminent citizen to-day sayS 'n''
he ought to be impeached. and leading is"!oi'
aver that his conduct admits OF no paia.'on
ON account of legal ethics. as he couid reaoiy
turn his business over to other counsel
Iieuteuaut- Governor Oliver Ames has hau W siNn
some important appropriation bills, anu o'Her",S0
assume the Governors duties In order 10 Keep INC
machinery of the State from coming 10 s'Ahu-
still.
The amendment of an Insurance Commissioner
to succeed Mr.. Clarke is grotesque bit OF Butter
ism. The Governors nominee is NJ A. fynptou'
chairman of the Democratic Executive Commi''ee,
a Butler worker in Worcester, small repalfer Vi
watches and jewery. without business standing OF
any knowledge of Insurance. TO tit him 1or so re-
spopsib,e a position. The statutes give him almost
autocratic power overhaul any insurance corpor-
alton doing business in the State. The Executive
Council seem disposed to draw the line at this ap-
no;ntment 1t stuck in yesterdays meet
inc and the Governor was in high dudgeon'
The reports which have been circulated that MT
Clarke bad accepted brides from certain insurance
companies are entirely without foundation.
The womap,s Annex" so-cslled. at Harvard, ap-
pears before the pubic in a report presented by
Mrs Agsssz ~ ldow of the great biologist calling
for subscriptions to an endowment OF 100000.
npon the raising of which, it is minated, the
"AnnexD Will be formally affiliated with Harvard
ITniyersitv The report shows complete success so
far. college for women does actually exist, IL
saws in Cambridge at this moment Ii has corpo-
ration with list of members. on which STAND
some of the best Harvard names; It mas
an academic board made up OF Harvard
officers while the instruction Is given exclusively
by Harvard professors and teachers. As for the
supposed evils of the presence of young women as
students in a university town, they nave Vahisheu
on nearer approach. The "Aunex" students
pprsue their occupations as unnoteed the daugh-
tiers of any Cambridge residents nor has any objec-
ton or obstacle arisen on that score.
The Legislature has reconsldered its vote for BIZ
ennal sessions Should it pass this year the reform
must be ratified By the next Legislature and then
submitted to the people, an ordeal under which 1t
has once failed resolution TO be sent to Con-
press in favor Of tariff for instead Of protec
tion is before the Committee Federal Relations.
At the hearing this week letters were read nom
Professor Perry and Professor Sumner, and strong
free trade sentiment in the manufacturing centres
was asserted in the testimony taken.
The organizers Of the systematic scheme for comet
sweeping with a code for telegraphing the elements
of Orbits and establishing Harvard Observatory as
the headquarters for reports are delighted over the
promptitude with which the arrangement WORKED
in the case OF the latest discovered comet Both oil
the comets discovered in the northern hemisphere
dnripe the past wear have been first announced by
this organization