Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-30

The project OF a C Cooperative telegraphic asso-
Citation, composed OF subscribers all having equal
Interest, Is being pushed the best and Speediest
means OF establishing an active AMI perm lnent
rival or the Western UuiOn. The striking Iele-
gIaDher5 have taken hold OF II, and they are get
tihs considerable backing from business men. It
Is Claim ID that the Practical tele graph talent now
IDLE, consisting OF operators and llnemen, could
run up lihes very Rapidly, AMI that in three
hohths Time an ei1:t'nt teegr phic service all
over the country could be established THIS night
D. done IL the cOnStru: tion could 60 rIrht a cad
without Interruption; Dut the Wes.crn Union
would not p rnt tIat- The existing monopoly
has paid attorneys in every city OF any i'm
portance. anu on Of IFS method Of preventln,
competition Is To ObStFu;U ami delay the building
vi opposition lines IeStOn5 as 10 right or way
are Raised, and all OF tecnncaIlties for hr-
Passing oppO 'itiOn are resorted 10. Temporary
ihJuhctioas are procured AMI the final settlement
or the qu 'Stion rails "a delayed. In this way
rVdi company Is not only impeded, but put TO an
enormous expense which does not enter at all into
the actual construction OF the lines with the
prevailing Sentin ut OF O5tIlity to the great
geographic octopus and frienI ILLNESS for the
seriker' It's quite likely that the latter woui o.
generally favored In every way by those in official
authority as Wei as by the public generally out
the monopolys power to annoy AMI ob3i ruc1
would still rem lin. The essential pr.Ii,nin ary
Worh 10 an Undertaking 80 extensive would nets
sarlly consume considerable time. A legal organ
n'tion would have 10 be en 'cted, AMI while the
rational laws have removed some diff :ultleS In
The Way OF bulldhy new telegraph lines the pro-
posed enterprise wOuli meet with no little din
Guilty In securing right of WY to all points neces-
sSiry 1t could hardy nope to get under Way In
three months or six months
The london correspondent OF the New York
Herald undertakes 10 explain the confed rate
bond sp acul tton, which aaS puzzled the people OF
thi' country. 1t has BEEN q matter of surprise
That anybody SHOULD pay money FOR bonds which
are utterly yalusleS5, ev n as mat rial to be
worked over. for the paper on which they are
printed Is of the poorest kind. II the Herald cor
respondent Is correct In his exposition or the
scheme at the bottom Of this specui atom It argue,
an almost incomprehenSible ignorance on tn part
vi EhsiShmen or the conditions under which the
confederate bombs were Issued AMI their reiemp-
ton promised The cOnredericy stipulated tn at
IL wouli pay It's indebtadnesS after securing the
Independence for which it was struggling. In
View OF Its defeat Its notes hi ,hJ have ZEN writ
tn"wll pay one ~ after eternity" There Is 10
Sort OF OOliS Iti0n upon the late Sece led States
ether as whole or Is indiyiu I'll parts OF the at
tempted confeieracy, either legal or moral, TO re-
uetm any OF these bonds. As Tor any proposition
10 ID ycOtL' the south, unless cpnDrOm Sc Is en-
t'iel Into Tor the partial red m DtIoa OF these
bondS, that Is as absurd and impractIcabe as the
otaer elem ant5 OF the Schame EagliSh capitaI
Cannon Dc Kept out of profit Ible southern enter
pfiSeS on any Such idea OF sentmentility. English
money Is being invested in the south now BECAUSE
IL oilers prospects or paying better profit than
nome Investments, and IL viii continue to be so as
lols as These prospects remain. notwithst tndins
the syndicate OF boycotting spectators In dead
bonds
the voters OF the Unte1 States who depend
upon PARTISAN organs for Information and pu1 I.
) liberal poiy
virginia the democratic pap.rS fad language in
adequate TO describe the enthusiasm In their
party resulting from the late Lynchburg conven-
tion- The party Is pictured as reunited "full
Oh conn lence" and assured OF triumph" The
coalition organs declare that the convention has
Deen wet blanket upon democratic homes.
That it disappointed the party, and democrats all
over the state are expressing their disgust
In commenting upon the controversy between
Gov Foster and judge Hoidy, of OllO arising
rem the formers assertion that the democratic
nomination for governor cost Hoadly $50, OOO the
organs tell very conflicting stories. The republican
press repre- ents HOddly as "wrthing beneath the
whitening sarcasm" OF tae governor Hoadlv
Is described as 'cornere1" and "beaten at every
point" Democratic papers tell the people that
the valiant Hoidly has routed the governor "h0rSe
loot and Dragons. IlIeed, nothing less formlt-
aoie than warlke Smiles convey the demo-
cratic iiea OF Fosters complete discontinue.
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The force OF what The STAR said on Saturday
about the complaints likely to be made OF inter-
ference with private rtshtS In any general prac.u-
ions that might be taken TO ward of contagious
diseases Was most aptly illustrated In the confer
ence hell at Old Point Com ort the same day 10
tdke some mtasureS 10 That end at the mouth OF
CHESAPEAKE Bay. The gu stlon having arisen
whether pilot who had brought an infected
vessel In and taken it TO the quarantine station
would be allowed to leave lt and return to his
Bone, and a negative opinion having been ex-
Pressed the pilots present 1T once protested on the
efodni That such prohibition would De an iater-
ference with their personal rights. Yet before the
conference adjourned one OF them admitted that
he had once contracted yellow fever while engaged
In plotting an infected vessel to quarantine and
that he had carried the disease to shore This Is
fair sample OF the character OF oppos ton usually
made 10 sanitary measures and regulations The
Fellow who objects loudest in such a case Is gen
orally the one VINO requires most watching.
One j. H. Woodward, newspaper correspon-
dent, writes letter acknowledging that he was
Gen Fosters authority for the assertion that
Hoadly'5 nomination, by his own confession cost
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