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Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20

have added no virtue to it. The Act that
Congress did pass did not refer to the at
tempt by any State to pass or enforce any
law to deprive you of any right. 1t was
law to punish iadiriduoIs who
might infringe upon your rights. But in
the absence of State legislation to the con-
trary, you must see that the assumption is
that the State law protects you equally
with other citizens. To the State is re-
served the right to afford remedies for the
wrongs of her citizens. Congress could
not do so, and keep within its proper
sphere. Its attempt to say that the ex.
elusion of you and your family from car
or hotel, etc., should be punished in this
way, or that, if justifable, would also JUS
tifY legislation by Congress on every con-
ceivable subject in which the rights of per-
sons or property might be involved, and
the scope, you will see, of such legislation
is so broad, that to admit it would be to
destroy the independency of the States of
the Union, and to destroy the Union itself
Your rights rest on a firmer basis than the
ductuating opinions and whims of Con.
gress which changes its political complex
ion frequently. They do not require legis-
lation to guarantee them to You. They
are declared in the Constitution to be the
same with all men. In your State you
have the right to protection under the laws,
in the making of which you and your
neighbors have a voice. In the absence OF
express affirmative statutes saying this, that,
or the other thing shall not be done to the
man with the black skin, there is the uni
versal law Of the State which declares such
things shall not be done to any man, and
that Secures to all men their rights. You
must see, therefore, that the decision over
which you are now SO much exercised has
not cut short single right, nor has it ab-
breviated angle remedy; it has simply
drawn the line anew between the proper
legislation in which Congress may engage
and that in which it may not indulge.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20

concerning law and Its functions, government
and its aims, the relations of men to each
other in their capacity as wage-winners and
wsge-payers, the duties of the State to the
citizen, the obligations of the citizen to the
State. the status of the nation as one of the
worlds family and the correct principles upon
which we shall conduct our business with the
people of other nations, the uses OF money,
the standard of values, the scope OF banking,
and the financial systems OF the world.
Whoever takes up the work OF Professor
Perry should do 30 only after dispossessing
himself of all preconceived notions relative
to certain popular and much-discussed topics
Az for instance, it will be found that Perry
wholly and radically disagrees with Henry
George, who has caused SO much discussion
bv his work, "Progress and Poverty :" So
too. Professor Perry holds that good bankers
are great benefactors, aud directly sssails the
idea that banking system Is antagonistic
to the interests Of the people; he makes
clear the fsllacies of protection, and shows
that the Constitution of the United States
plants itself on free-trade ground that
tariff, from its very nature, always takes but
never gives that tax-levying is an art based
on economical truths, and that he
who attempts it without clear per
ception of these truths is likely
to do great mischief that value Is always an
expressed result, and is one OF the chief real
tiles with which men have to deal, and that
the law IF value is found in the billowy play
of supply and demand :" that on supply and
demand depend wages, and that the relations
of capital and wages are not only intimate,
but not antagonistic that all capital is pro-
ducts saved for further use in production
that the motive for saving ia the increase
accruing; that fixed capital increases rela-
lively to circulating, and both are tina poor
mans friend; that the more capital the
higher the rate Of wages, and the lower the
rate of profit that the more capital the more
use Of free nature. and the more demand for
paid lsborers that land is a commodity, and
its sale, produce aud rent come under the
ordinary laws of value /; that value is form
of capital, ard as sucG subject 10 the law Of
diminishing return, and that private owner
sbip in lands is a dictate of the deepest JUS
tice and OF the longest experience. We say
that on all these, and cognate subjects, the
reader should dispossess himself Of precou-
ceivsd notions, and, assuming the Judicial
attitude, read Prof. Perry volume with the
care and delibera ion it demands. If he does
this, the chapters will have upon his mind
their full measure of influence.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20
ATTENTION TO DETAILS.

The necessity OF attending to small
things in the matter of entertaining guests,
as indeed in all things, is daily exemplifed
1t is automatic that the sum of small
details makes up the great successes of
life. Recently the people of Mime
apols invited the Science Association to
hold their annual session in that city. 1t
was a doubtful experiment to carry the
meeting SO far away from the Atlantic sea-
board. However, it was agreed upon, and
the meeting was held, But, while as q
session of value to the scientific world it
was successful, in social sense it was not,
and simply because the people of Mime
apolis have not learned the first lesson in
the art of entertaining large body of peo
ple-attention to details. For instance,
there came to the meeting three hundred
of the representative scientists of the
country, and these very naturally expected
that the people who had invited them
would attend in reasonable numbers upon
the sessions of the society. They did
not do go, but left the members to talk to
each other and empty benches. Put in
the mildest form, this was a discourtesy.
One of the details that should have been
looked after was the location of the society
in such central locality that it would
have been inviting for the people, and
thus good audiences would have been as
sured. Bat, as a matter of fact, the rooms
selected were away on one side of the city,
at the terminus of single line of horse
railway. This occasioned loss of time
in going and coming, resulted in over
crowded vehicles, and, as one journal makes
bold to say, was very annoying to the
membership of the society. Then the ho
tel selected as headquarters was not agree
able, because, as Science puts it, it was not
suitable Members were disposed at beau
tiful and inviting resorts at the lake, but
it took a longer time to go to and fro than
to attend the sessions, and 80 the pleasure
was cut short and the time for recreation
wholly absorbed. To and from these dis
tant resorts, it is true, the city provided
its guests with free transportation, bat
there was a confusing uncertainty about
late trains that took the edge from the
pleasure that was possible, because the
guest was kept in constant fear Of being
left behind, or of being in the way or out
of the way. The guests agree that there
was no lack of hospitable intention, no
failure of effort to show every courtesy,
but, as a scientific journal adds, the things
complained of "may be trifies, yet they
are apt to be remembered when lavishness
of entertainment is forgotten. Towns and
cities that propose to entertain, and that
desire to send guests away deeply i'm
pressed with the place, must not forget
that the essentials are the little things in
the whole matter of entertaining. The
guest will think nothing whatever of the
failure to be profuse in outlay, if only his
comfort in the small details is assured.
The lesson of Minneapolis should be borne
in mind by California cities and towns
which are planning to entertain grand
bodies, conventions, and large gatherings
of people.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20
HARMONY IN raE ORGANIZATION.

The New York Tribune calls attention
to the fact that in not a single Republican
Convention yet held this year - and
several State Conventions have been held
has there been the slightest discord. This
is true, and if signs mean anything, there
is perfect harmony in the party, and Re-
publican unity is established beyond per-
adventure. The party is more united to-
day than at any period since 1868, says
our contemporary, and no men more sensi.
bly, appreciate the fact than the Democrats.
They now know that they cannot count
upon the influence of dissension in the
ranks, which was so useful to them last
year. It is not needed that the causes
which led to the unity now apparent shall
be detailed they are patent to all intelli.
gent voters, and may be briefly referred to
as the operation of the civil service reform
measures, the general satisfaction with the
administration of public affairs, the con-
servatism manifested in the adjustment of
the tariff question SO far as adjustment was
possible under all the circumstances, and
the manifest disposition of the party to
unite with all proper movements for reform
and economy, But behind all causes OF
harmony there is, says our contemporary,
one of universal influence" the earnest
patrietism and sound common sense of the
mass of Republican voters. They want
not less than before to make the Republican
party pure and worthy, wise and in the
highest degree useful. But they realize,
perhaps, more keenly than ever before,
that Democratic success is the one thing
they do not want"
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GOVERNOR BUTLER is pushing mis- campaign in
Massachusetts, on the strength Of tanned human
skin, as If his opponents all tanners Of human
hides This recalls the fact that it is not the first
time Butler has done sensational things in a cam
pa,gn. His Democratic friends will remember that
in 1876 he went through his Congressional district
in Massachusetts, waving the bloody shirt aloft and
pointing to where the envious daggers entered. He
went through his section accompanied by two
eolored men who bore Ku-Klux mask, robe and
piIdle
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20

THE Governor Of Massachusetts, and his Council
differ materially as to what woman is. lady
holds an office in that State which must be filed BY
a "person." Butler holds that in the eye of the
law woman is mott person his Council holds that
a woman is person in law and in reality. Probably
most Of the Council are married men, and desire
peace at home,
Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-10-20
BOOK Rsv1sw-poLr11cAL ECONOMY.

PoLrIcAL ECONOMY. By Arthur Latham Perry,
Ii. D., Orin Sage, Professor Of History and Po-
liticai Economy in Williams College. New York
Charles Scribner's Sons. Sacramento W. A. &
C. S. Houghton. One volume, large Svo. Eigh-
teeenth edition - 30
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03
FUN.

A man told his tailor that he
wouldn't pay for "that last epilepsy
It was discovered that he meant bad
fit"
What is the difference between Bril-
tannia and a pedagogue? One rules
the waves, and the other waves the
rule.
1t is said Of a woman that she can
not throw accurately. But when she
casts a glance she rarely fails to hit the
mark.
Why was Pharaoh's daughter like a
broker? She got little prophet -
from the rushes on the banks.-NesOs-
Letter.
Ananias had very bad reputation,
but it can be said to his credit that he
never wrote circus circular.-Phiza-
dezphia Herald.
"No," said New York belle, who
had just returned from a tour Of
Europe and Egypt. "No, 1 didn't go
to the Red Sea. Red, you know,
doesn't agree with my complexion >
Philadelphia Chronicle.
When you have on your worst
clothes you never get sphere Of mud
on them. But when you have on your
best, and don't know how you could
replace them in case Of accident, you
are sure to sit on paint. Puck.
There is now saidto be one physician
to every thirteen families in the
United States. This number is con-
sidered an unlucky one, yet whether
in this case misfortune will overtake
the families or the doctors remains to
be seen.-Ne1o York Commercial.
There is a young fellow in our
neighborhood who has been making
daily practice Of attempting to sing,
..Let me like a soldier die" He seems
to crave death, and they do say that
one of the neighbors who has musket
is preparing to accommodate him.
Saturday Night.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03

Supplement to the act entitled San act to au-
thorize certain townships of this state to issue
bonds" passed March twenty first, eighteen
hundred and eighty-one.
/. Be it enacted by. the Senate and General As
sembly of the State Of New Jersey, That in all
cases where new bonds have been shall be is
sued by any township mentioned or included in
the provisions of the said act, for the purposes
therein stated it shall be lawful for the township
committee of said township by resolution, to Gre
ate and establish sinking fund for the payment
and redemption of the said bonds and to appoint
and remove at pleasure five or more respectable
freeholders of said township to act as the commits
sioners of the said fund, and to require freehold
security to be given by them in such TO sa id
committee may seem expedient for the honest and
faithful discharge Of their duty as such commits
sioners, and to fill any vacancy vacancies which
may occur in the number of the said commission
ers and to cause such sum or sums of money to
be annually assessed, levied and collected in the
said township in the same manner as state and
county taxes are or may be assessed, levied and
collected therein, as may, in the opinion of the said
committee from time 10 time be required for an
annual installment installments to the said sink
ing fund, and that the moneys so raised shall be
paid as soon as collected unto the said commits
sioners, and invested by them under the direction
the township; the said commissioners shall report
annually under their hands, of the manner in
which the said moneys shall have been invested by
them. and of the true condition of the said fund
the township committee to be correct, shall be pub
lished in any newspaper or newspapers printed
and circulating in said township and that no Sc
curity belonging to said fund shall be sold. assigned
trans erred without the order Of said committee
attested by the signatures of the chairman thereof
and the township clerk; and that the compensa-
ton of said commissioners shall be determined by
said committee.
q And be it enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately,
Approved March %, 1888.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03
CHAPTER XCyII.

Supplement to an act entitled san act to recu-
late the sale of petroleum and its products" ap-
proved March thlrty-first, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly Of the State Of New Jersey, That section
one of the act 10 which this is a supplement- be
amended 50 as to read as follows:
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General AS
sembly Of the State OF New Jersey That hereafter,
petroleum. or any of the products thereof may only
be sold for within this state under the following
regulations and restrictions namely, (dl benzole,
gasoline, naphtha and snzine must be sold under
their true names respectively, and such names
must be plainly shown upon the barrel, can, or
vessel in which the same are sold, offered or
exposed for sale, respectively, upon a label Sc
eurely fastened thereto; (b) petroleum kerosene
which will flash at less temperature than one hun
dred degrees Fahrenheit, flash test, must have
plainly designated upon the barrel, can, or vessel
in which the same is sold or offered or exposed for
sale, or on label securely fastened thereto, the
number Of degrees Fahrenheit, flash test below
which the same will not flash; (cl only such prod
uct or petroleum as will not flash at less temper
atnre or flash test than hundred degrees FaII-
renheit may be sold for lighting Illuminating
purposes, except where the same is to be used in
street lamps open-air receptacles, in gas ma
chimes, in which las to petroleum kerosene)
there shall be plainly marked ON the barrel, can
or vessel in which the same is sold, offered or
exposed for sale, or oE a label securely fastened
thereto, the words, ssnot for inside light :" pro-
vded, that this act shall not apply petroleum or
it's products sold in tanks used for transportation
q And be it enacted, That section three of the
act to which this is supplement, shall be amended
SO as 20 read as follows:
8. And be it enacted, That the state board of
health of this state shall determine and declare
what shall be the means of ascertaining whether
or not petroleum or kerosene to be sold for lighting
or Illuminating purposes is of the character re-
quired by this act, and shall notify each local board
of health Of the same, and publish notices thereof
in at least Leading newspaper in each county Of
the state, and distribute circulars to the same
for common information.
8. And be it enacted, That all other acts or parts
OF acts inconsistent herewith be and the Same are
hereby repealed.
Approved March %, 1888.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03
CHAPTER OK.


A Supplement to an act entitled san act for the
preservation of fish, approved April fifth. one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight-
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly of the State of New Jersey, That section
three of the act to which this is supplement, shall
be amended so as to read as follows:
8. And be it enacted, That it shall not be lawful
for any person persons to set any net or seine OF
any description across any channel, thoroughfare,
inlet creek any other waters of this state, for
the purpose of taking catching Of fish, at any
time during the year, except between the first day Y
OF November and the first day Of March in each and
every year.
q And be it enacted That from and after the
passage of this act it shall not be lawful to any
net seine of any description for the purpose OF
taking or catching of fish in the waters of the
Mulica river, its tributaries, above line drawn
due west from Deep Point, in the township of Lit
tie Egg Harbor in the county of Burlington, across
the river to the township of Galloway, In the
county of Atlantic, aud below the bridges at Port
Republic, over Nacot creek, at Green Bank, over
the Mullica river, at Bridgeport, over the Wading
river, and at New Gretna, over Bass river, except
between the first day Of November and the first
day Of April IN each and every year; provided,
that nothing in this act shall be construed as to
prevent the catching Of moss bnnkers as now pro-
vided by law.
5. And be il enacted, That this act shall 60 into
effect Immediately.
Approved March 81. 1883.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03
The Spread of Pneumonia.

The remarkable increase in the num-
Der of deaths from pneumonia in re-
cent years is attracting no little atten-
ton among medical men. And well it
may. for in 1860 there were 1926
deaths from this cause in New York
city; in 1855, 1,706; in 1869, 2,10O; in
1875, 2,802, and in 1882, SAP. In
other words, while the population has
increased since 1860 a little less than
fifty per cent, the deaths from pneu-
monia have increased nearly 200 per
cent. The New York Herald has late
ly printed the views of several promi-
nent doctors, SO far as they had any to
offer. Their general idea is that the
increase Of deaths from this cause IS
probably due to the habit Of living in
warmer houses, and to want OF care
in properly protecting the chest and
head when going out in the cold Two
circumstances appear to confirm this
view. The first is that the principal
months for pneumonia are the first
four of the year. Another point is
that this disease is particularly fatal to
men, and especially to men past middle
life. The Herald has already called
attention to the numerous deaths from
this cause among our public men. 1t
i curious to notice in this connection
that one death "breeds Others" as the
old women say. Many deaths are re-
ported from pneumonia contracted
while serving as pallbearers in inclem-
ent weather. There is a general dispo-
sition among professional men to move
for a modification of our funeral .us-
toms, in order to avoid the dangerous
customs which they now entail. One
hardly knows which il the more ra-
tional defense against this terrible
scourge, greater care to avoid ex-
posure, or more attention to fresh air
and exercise. thus increasing the pow
ers Of existence. The latter would
seem to be preferable, because it offers
advantages in the way Of greater i'm
munity from other disorders.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-05-03
CHAPTER xCIv.


An act relative to the management Of the moneys
of the school fund.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and General As
sembly Of the State of New Jersey, That from
and after the passage of this act, it shall not be
lawful for the trustees of the school fund to invest
any part of the principal interest of said fund in
Donos, secured by mortgage on lands IN this state,
except in such cases as hereinafter provided
z And be it enacted, That all real estate now
held by the trustees of the school fund shall be sold
either at private public sale at such times and
Ior such prices as will in their judgment be for the
best interests of the state and the said trustees
are hereby authorized to loan to purchasers of said
property or other properties which may come into
their possession by foreclosure, one-haf the
amount Of purchase money, the same to De secured
by bond and mortgage the premises so pur-
chased. and that they shall be empowered to adver-
use such properties, either at private or public
saie, IN sucll manner as TO them seems judicious
and the proceeds arising from such sales shall be
paid into the fund and be invested by the trustees
Us provided for by existing laws.
B. Andb it enacted, That in case the trustees of
the school fund shall further acquire real estate
under foreclosure proceedings that the same shall
be disposed Of public or private SALE in the man
ner provided by section two of this act, and the
proceeds arising from such sales shall be invested
as hereinbefore directed
4. And be it enacted, That the trustees are hereby
directed and required to cause foreclosure proceed
ings to be commenced and prosecuted without de-
lay, in all cases where the interest on bonds se-
cured by mortgages, is or may become due and re-
main unpaid for the space OF sx months provided.
that in case foreclosure proceedings shall have
been commenced, the said trustees may, in their
discretion, discontinue the same upon payment Of
accrued interest and the costs Of such proceedings
{5. And be ii enacted, That all acts or parts Of
acts inconsistent herewith, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
8. And belt enacted, That this act shall take
effect Immediately.
Passed March q, 1SS3