Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-02-08

returns, as Set forth in interviews, gives
the following results
1 cas-
Nays.
Not voting $50, AVG
N his spt ech at West Chester the other
night NJ. Brosius, esq, late Republican
candidate for congressman. at large. spoke
of the "already unmasked purpose of the
Democracy TO belle every promise of
reform, break every pledge and prove
faithless to every VOW" Mr.. Brosius
truth be would then be wiser and
a better man.
THE adjutant generals report of the
militia forces in the United States makes
the pumbar of men available for military
duty, unorganized, 6.797, GEO. and organ
lied. S.,6l4 of which New York has
II, SOS; Pennsylvania. S, 1877 Ohio, 1915 !;
Massachusetts. 1893; Illinois, 5,201 !;
New Jersey. 2,G91 Delaware has only
314 The South has but a comparatively
small force, Virginia having but ., $50 :;
North Carolina, 2.7S3; South Carolina,
5.G51; Louisiana. 1,612 Mary and, 1,1G4 a;
Kentucky, 1,159. Georgia, Mississippi
and Tennessee make no report.
THE Democratic members of the House
at Harrisburg have refused to order the
election of any more subordinate officers.
The dozen or more Topped off at the open
ing Of the session will be dispensed with
throughout its continuance. There seems
to b. pressure for more assistant ser.
geants AT arms. Let the assistant post
master and messengers be put to work.
They have little or nothing to do. 1t will
be 10 great infraction of their Official dig
nifty to help the sergeants alarms prepare
the bill files. The lazy man, like the su-
pertiuous man at Harrisburg, must go.
COUNCILS meant we'll, no doubt, in re-
solving upon an increase of pay for the
underplid firemen, but it was unfortunate
for the good intention of those who had
it in charge, as we'll as for the proposed
ueneficiarieS of what seemed to be the
unanimous sentiment Of councils that the
matter was brought up in illegal shape.
The pay Of these employees is fixed by
ordinance, it cannot be changed by reso.
luton. Councils may at a spec:a meeting
consider this subject, aud do what it
means to do the proper way and, rs it is
at this season, especially, that the fireman
feels most keenly theinadequacy of his
compensation, there should be 10 delay III
righting this matter, and giving him his
increase of pay by proper legislation on
the subject.
AN editorial correspondent of the PhiIa
delphia Ecening Telegraph, who doubtless
means well, does I'M Justice to all concerned
in such paragraph as this
Col Barr, of the Pittsburg Post, has a
family representative in Mr.. Stenger's
office, and that makes the {; old reliable -
organ of Democracy in Western Pennsyl-
vania "solid' for the administration.
If a brother of the editor of the Pos
has been appointed to place in the ofice
of the secretary of state, it is doubtless be.
cause he is qualified for the duties of the
position and upon his faithful performance
of them his tenure of office depends. Mean
time We feel certain that there is to be nc
sacrifice Of the Posts independence. MOI
any subsidizing of its favor for the ad
ministration. 1t is not likely that eithe,
party to this paragraph sympathizes with
such low view of their rights and duties.
NOR is it fair to Attorney General Cas-.
sidy to assume that because he covered
into the state treasury check for $9SG
sent to his Office as commissions on col
lections by the state from the Standard
oil company-whose counsel he was form:
erly-that he will be "out" " that much.
Under existing laws Attorney General
Cassidy is entitled to fees amounting to
81, 1000 per year. The commissions Oh
collections for the state for this year will
amount to fully that, exclusive of the
Standard oil company's check, and Mr..
Cassidy will not be the loser by any re.
duction of his fees on account of the
punctilious regard for the proprieties
which prompted him to not even seem to
be willing to accept fees from the state
arising out of case in which he had been
concerned against it. "The welLknown
fact that the law officer of the common
wealth refuses to ride on pass, but pays
his fare to and from his home in Phila.
delphia every week." is greatly to his
credit.
We are sorry that so distinguished a
lawyer as Jeremiah s. Black should enroll
himself in favor of polygamy. Having
been employed to defend this infamy, in
his address before the judiciary commit
tee of the House Of Representatives, few
days ago, he pronounced the existing law
prohibiting polygamy or bigamy in Utah
to be unconstitutional and declared that a
territory had right to make such laws as
it pleased relative to marriage. 1t is really
sad to see that a mans abilities are so