Morning journal and courier., 1883-11-28

lies have remained in the house, but fnan- cially the attempt was not . complete
 failure as q considerable sum has been laid
 by after paying expenses.
 Senator Miller of California recalls the fact
 that the President vetoed the original anti
 Chinese bill on the express ground that it re- | quired passports from all Chinese immi- l grants. The Senator thinks that new bill
 will be necessary this wintsr,- If the frauds
 now practiced at the Golden Gate are to be 1 stopped. The Chinese government have re-
 fused in most persmptory way to allow the
 United States consul at Canton to investigate
 the cases and indorse the certificates issued
 to emigrants.
 The Massachusetts ministers have not yet forgiven Ben Butler. Last Sunday in near 1 ly all the churches of Boston the reading of
 his Thanksgiving proclamation was omitted,
 and in some the Presidents proclamation
 was read instead. In Worcester the procla-
 nation was read in only five of the thirty churches where the Governors proclamation
 is usually read, some substituting the Presi-
 dents proclamation and others oaitting both. And it was also omitted in all but ono 1 or two churches in New Bedford. This is l pretty small business.
 Krupp has just taken out patent on
 hat-headed artillery projeetils. The pointed projeotilss, as is well known, are ept to de- 1 Acct when striking iron plates or water at
 certain angles. The new Rprojectils, slightly
 tapering at ths butt, will not only pierce the
 plates all the more easily, but is also calcu-
 lated to hit the ironclads below the water line. In order that the resistance of the air against the fsttened head may not impede the celerity of the projectile, the latter is provided with pointed tin cap, filled with grease, which cap drops of on striking the object and, greasing the head of the ball.
 facilitates it's entrance.
 The Boston Journal makes 6 complete and astonishing showing of the junketing of the city council during the years 1882 and 1883 The joint committees have expended $2O.- GAS 15 this year, against SIP, ,s41. 60 in 1882; the aldermen have spent $7,440S4, against 8, 925. .92; and the councilnen $5, 5ss 50, against $4, 109. 10. The total junketing bill for eleven months was $33, ,67749, against $20, ,s66.62 for the corresponding months last year. These figures do nos include the bacchanalian feast on the steamer Empire State, which cost $6, 946, 42, or several other entertainments, all of which would bring the bills up to about $50, GOO.
 An interesting case has arisen in Washing ton. The pro prietors of the Craftsman, trades paper published there, have been in- dicted by the grand jury for the part they have taken in "boycotting" the Washington Post. The Post refused to be bulldozed by the printers union, Whsreupon a systematic and determined effort was made to injure it's business and force it to yield to the demands of the union, and this despite ths fact that 20 employees in the composing room expressed themselves satisfied with their situations and asked that they might not be discharged at the demand of men who had traducsd both them and their employer. It will bs inter esting to see what the law has to say to the proprietors of the Craftsman.
 A New Orleans grand jury was surprised few days ago, when the district attorney moved for it's discharge. He said that he had heard in the streets more of the doings of the body than had officially reached his office, and that he and the public had lost confidence in the jury. It is understood that the jury's failure to find true bill against Trosville Sykes, who is in jail on charge of murder, prompted the district attorneys ac- ton. Sykes killed his mistress Kate Town send, and subsequently her will was found, making him heir to an estate worth $25O, 900. The courts have recognized him as the leea- tee, and with tke wealth at his command he is strsining every nerve to escape punish ment. It is said that if he is called to trial he will try to show that he killed ths woman with bowie knife in sslf-dsfsnss.
 Some of the reputable lawyers of Wash ington who practice in part before the pension l authorities are trying to induce Secretary I Teller to adopt some regulation regarding admission to that branch of practice. They I believe that it is within the secretary's power | to correct the evils now existing, and they | have offered for his consideration the follow ing suggestions. The soaHdalous condition ! of the bar as it exists is, they assert, too | well known to need argument. The princi- pal cause is the total absence of all rsguIa- tions in regard to the admission of persons to practice before the pension bureau. The only statutory requirement now is the taking | of the oath of allegiance and the only bar | the holding of federal office. While every l State and Territory has rules providing for | the regular study and examination of appli- cants for admission to the bars of their re- none in this instance. Learning and respon sibiIity should certainly be necessary to any attorney who is permitted to practice before 1 8 department, because his admission to prac- tIce gives him B semi-oficiaI character for ! which the tribunal before which he practices | is in part responsible. Neither of these I qualifications are now required, and the nat | ural result has followed in the admission of l guerilla band of so-called attorneys, who are ! g disgrace and scandal to the profession. It I is further suggested that the head of de- pertinent has the right to make proper dis eliminating rules, and while they do net pro- ! pose to offer any views on the subject, they l believe that an advisory committee, consist l ing of the assistant secretary, or the assistant attorney general, representing the Interior | the commissioner. or deputy commissioner, representing the pension | office, and one attorney, to be selected by l the secretary, would have no difficulty in i agreeing on plan.
 EXCUSES.
 'No," said the tramp, tI never meant to | come here again. Raa heading far a fnrrn