Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-09


law seems TO prevail In every province
and there is no more uniformity than
there Is In the United States of Amer
lea. In Hungary voter must have a
house with at least three rooms and
pay house tax. In Spain sculptors
and painters who have obtained first
prizes can vote, or law reporters, secre-
tarits and noturies. In Holland the
property qualification varies greatly.
and in A amsterdam 1t Is based on the
annual payment of 10 forms in direct
taxes, while in Rotterdam the amount
to be paid Is loo forins; in
Dorkrecht seventy florins, aud in
Ctrechtand some other towns sixty
fiorlns, or even as low as twenty flor
ms. France has the largest aggregate
number of electors, and the proportion
there of electors To the population is
the greatest. The last. census shows
10, l19,343 names on the electoral regis
iers, the population being T2,02s,
the proportion of electors to popula-
ton being as 10 to ga little less than
one-third. AT the last election in
Germany there were 9,D90,3Sl voters
registered, and a population Of 10 ,23i, :
05l, or slightly less than one-fifth. In
Italy the population is s0,495, 45l
and the registered electors but
2,O49, POI. In Denmark there
Is one voter to every eight
OF populations; in Greece one to
four; In Hungary one to eighteen, and
in Belgium twentv-one sixty-fiiihs to
1000 In Holland the population is
4,ll4,0l5, and only l26, 10000 voters.
There are no population returns given
from Spain. In Portugal about one to
ten is the proportion of votes to popu-
lation, but there is Il reform bill pend
ing, which, ii passed, will increase
the population so that about Is % per
cent. may vote. In Sweden the popu-
lation is 565 ,66s, and but . 2il voters,
less than O.49 per cent, while in Nor
way the per cent. Is about %.
have just be n reading the letter of
Major WATSON and your comments on
it, and about the same time my atten-
ton was called to IA letter written from
Berlin, in which much is said of the
almost universal custom there in army
circles of gambling. The writer says:
1T requires no very subtle psychol-
ogy to account for many of the fire.
I quent suicides in the higher ranks of
society here. especially among officers.
Every one knew why gay cavalry
officer of the Prussian guards, who
moved like Il meteor from one hospit-
able saloon to another during the Ber-
lin season, was last winter suddenly re-
moved from the scene of his social
triumphs. The newspapers of this
very evening announce the suicide at
Hamburg of Il gentleman owing to I'M
successful play, and the arrest there of
two gangs of professional gamblers
from the 'city of intelligence j do
not speak of the bourse, which Prus.
sian minister, Herr Nav bach, not very
long ago described as a poison plant,
and which INDUCES to an incredible
extent in transactions that require the
exercise of the very same faculties as
card-playing, which is so generally
practiced in restaurants. clubs, and
even in the family circle.'
1t is though not to be wondered at
that gambling should be SO universal,
since the government openly and no
toriously licenses such gambling bells
as Baden Baden, Monaco and Monte
Carlo. 1t is stated on good
authority, in late number
of the North German Gazette that the
imperial revenue for the year 1881
derived as profits from their Licenses
amounted TO 1855, 1913 marks, and thai
no fewer than 1921 $40 packs of card
We're bought and used in Germany
| during the twelve months. The con
viction of Major WATSON only follows
on the heels of n man by the name O
Reuter- in Germany, who was recently
convicted of professional hazarC
playing and sentenced to eight
months imprisonment, with a fine o
] 5000 marks, bail to the extent of 240.
600 marks being refused TO him. HI
had been known to fleece
opponents to the tune of 100000
marks at a sitting, and one'
won from companion 100000 marks
and. accepted AS payment somethin,
in Texas he uniformly had good luck
but at last this very fact LED his victim
to suspect foul play, and although j
was not directly proven on him, h
was sentenced as stated "for the SAX
of the example"
Since wrote you last Mr.. Gladston
has been inundated with resolution
and petitions, all protesting against hi
recent arrangement with NJ ,DeLessep
looking to the construction of new
bOuCL Cultl. WlOtC ,Nou 1tiiJ 90 ~
that arrangement, and doubtless tn
associated press dispatches have KEEP
you advised as to later developments
All over England and indeed from
Queensland even comes up thes
declarations against the policy of tn
government Since the treaty mus
be approved or ratified before it be
comes finally binding on Great Britain
it now looks as if it is safe TO predic
that this will not be done. The prim
minister though is a consummate poll
tician, and may yet bring parlianlen
:, around TO endorse his views. He ha
'lost his grip" however in grea
measure, and even with the power I
confer titles al Hbitum on those VIII
can be of use to him, he will hardi
be able to hold on to his nigh plac
another year. III. l.. Is.
The Presidents Son as a Fisherman
: The presidents son, Alan, has mad
a brilliant reputation among the Ga
nadians rs salmon angler, havin
succeeded in killing forty of thes
! game fish during his recent tri
, through the Dominion. Permi
sion was granted him to cast h