Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29

would select-Dut they see that 1t must be he
or Democrat. Edmunds has great ele-
ments of strength. He is clean, and has
ne yer forfeited the respect of honest men,
He would receive the whole independent
vote. He has never been especially often
sive to the stalwart wing, being in some sense
a-stalwart himself. He could unite the par
ty. He could carry New York. No other
candidate can compare with him for avaiIa-
bility." We do not think the situation is
just as it appears to the Herald, but the Re
publicans could do great deal worse than
to nominate Senator Edmunds.
It takes a lawyer to be both just and gener-
Gus. During the rebellion the people of Cal
ifornia clamored for an iron-clad to defend
their coast The monitor Comanche was
built and sent out, stored in sections in the
hold of wooden ship. Before the ship
could be unloaded she was struck by north
or and sunk at the wharf in San Francisco
harbor. The monitor was insured in four
teen companies, and the contractors assigned
their policies to the city of San Francisco,
which pledged its credit for $71 ,666, raised
the money needed to rescue the material and
the iron-clad was thus saved for the defense
of the Golden Gate. About fourteen years
ago the city reassigned the policies to one of
the contractors for collection, and he placed
them in the hands of New York attorney.
The city authorities have been asking the
lawyer about the money which he collected
for the city, and he has responded that he
was obliged to compromise with the insur-
ance companies, but out of the $71, ,666 he
collected $50, 600 cash. His bill of expenses
is 1922, ,1O2.47 his fee is $4,000, total, $32,
1O2.47. The city of San Francisco therefore
| owes the lawyer So, 1922 At, but he generously
forgives the debt. We commend this exam
pie of legal efficiency and Hberalisy to the at
| tention of the young men who are studying
the great principles of law in this city.
The spirit of the murdered Garfield has
| been writing on slate in st. Louis, and his
communication is rather more interesting
| than the usual communications from ''the
spirit world" He very properly thinks that
| as he was the delight of the interviewer on
earth he should now have rest. He has not
| seen Guiteau. Arthur will be the next Re
publican candidate for the presidency. Both
| candidates will come from New York Conk-
| ling will take no part whatever in the next
| campaign. Arthur Will not get united Re
| publican support, and the country will &C
Democratic. Blaine is the greatest of living
Americans, and would be elected, but his
party is ungrateful and will not nominate
him. Mexico will be annexed to the United
States by peaceful arrangement in 1898
| The American government should beware Of
the railroad power, lest it should destroy the
| liberties of the people. The government
| should own the railroads, as it does the riv.
| ers and the lakes. He often visits the White
House to wander through the rooms and the
beautiful grounds. Spiritualism is the true
religion, and it is the only true Interpretation
of Christianity. Still, it is best for those OF
| earth not to know all This is both definite
| and ingenious. In fact it is a little too in