Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-29

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fu''7 TO Herdrc reporter tnd as the EDITOR q IL.
.ss'a has had good dea, 70 20 lGtely with shapirc
eellocFalic p2cy, ana IS his recent visit 10 Wash
lgton gave him az opportunity to confer VIII -.
leaders of the party his opinions tust at this tin
Will have cOnsideTate weight Ills most siglit
Nnt Statement : that such strong feeling ext.
siLong democrats fO- TdsL IL site Of hi- phvstC
lSaO'i-;eN that the convention Will pTOoI0y noiH
mate MN and wait for his reply before proceedin
any further Mr.. Dana believes tadr the battle
ground Is TO be New YORK state. AMI that the ado
c0n OF tariff policy such as was supposed 70 D
Outlined hy the election OF Mt. Carlisle Speaker
the House would be fatal democratic success II
mat state, aud thereby il the country at large
MT Cleveland, be thought. had lost much OF his
strength. and Mr.. Flower. While capable ami
sensible man. had net sum lent igf'u"nce 20 max
MIN Il leading candidate Ior the nomination.
AS 10 republican candidates. vi Dana though.
Arthur as Likely one any, and he spoke Of hin
IN complimentary terms. Logan lie described IS
"a vigorous coarse biish-fsIteT.' who could not
Garry New YORK state. lie Git not think Blune
would make an active canvass for the nomination
this year, As his experience had taught MIN tne
futfl1ty OF such Efforts. He would, doubt. take
the nomination Mr.. Dana considered MIR. EdInunis
the strongest max the republicans could nominate
EditorldnE today. however. the sun says that
'regari for the exact truth otges it TO say that
a. present NJ Blaine '!eads al other candidates
for the republican nomination"
No other republican Cheftain.r It OBSERVES t.nas
30 large OF 50 devoted following IL all parts CT the
Country. II the delegates to the national conven-
tion were 10 be chosen tomorrow. and ilet ut
Chicago week hence 10 make the nominal ion. we
are inclined to believe that no rival candidate
strength would equal M BIatnes"
The Maryland house OF delegates NADIA mistake
yesterday, in refusing concur with the senate in
refusing the cost Of getting married. At present
the state TAX on the marriage license Is So and II
Va rYrft- S.ndt
dollar Is quite enough money foT the trouble in
vowed; and as it is notorious al the world over that
DoraHty 10 nurt uy large marr1ag &c license fee. a
AFeer TAX lnan Is reasonable Is by al means 70 b.
avoided The sum now charged. "A 80. is not oy)-
pressive 10 most people particularly theynre In
love. out 10 others again II may be an obstacle
which Keeps Them single or leads 70 immoral re1-
tons The evidence taken IN this matter by Eng
HSn commissions. and other bodies that nave exam
med into il. Is colcusiveIy to the effect that the
interests of morality demand that no pecuI.larv
hnpedirnents should be thrown by the law in the
way to honorable wedIock
As was shown IN The STAB when the ra(iurrtnn /
Dill first came up tn the Maryland legislature one
OF the practical effects OF the present statute is
send couples here TO avail themselves of the more
reasonable law OF the Distric. 81 present a. Mary
Aano oricai pair. II economically inclined can run
over here, get married, see the sights and have /
tnelr wedding Journey for what tine license alone
costs them at home. And ali this helps Wash |
ington, We can certainly stand IL If Mary land can
Ahe influx OF Virginia bridal couples is due rather
70 strict state regulations as to age ana the con-
sent OF parents so. between the conservative S.
verify Of Virginia and the overreachin avarice of
Maryland the District clergymen, tau officers hack
drivers. hotel and restaurant keepers and trades
men get good line OF custom.
The Johannesburg editor who, after much re- |
search. concluded that there Were only four words
namely, "tremendoas," ''stupendous.r .hazarlousr
and "amphipodouS,T didn't have very good specta- |
cieSA An Alexandria correspondent of The STAR
sends the following additional words found In Web |
sters Unabridged in searching only as far as V: |
Apodous, cent1Idous cephalopod0us, discordous |
decapodOus. fr0ndOus. gaSteropoiOus gaStrOpOdols
heteropOdouS. hOrrenious, hybridous. infandous !
lOdous. lSopcdous, leopardOus lenurdOus ligniper-
dous, molly bcoUs, mgititdOuS, mutt lnodOus neran-
dous. nggardous. nodouS, olidor,s pteropodous So
hpedous, surquedous. tard. gradous, tiInidous |
trachelpocou5 vanad0uS.
The Copiah case is made up and the committee /
are On their Way back AS cleaned from the press
extracts OF the testimony. the evidence Is convinc
ing that vertJable reign OF terror exists r. the
region visited This may Dc the normal condition |
OF society down there. but II So IT Is only the worse
Evidently. under the conditions OF society as set
forth by the witnesses Oh oota sides the suffrage /
is an absurhty II may be that no special and |
formal CONSPIRACY existed because The Chronic /
State Of The region seems 10 be Of violence and
barbarisIa.
American dvnam"o is lot one OF those "tnfaDt
industries which i Ior p-atecli3n. aud Internal
machines are not among those Yankee notions,
IN which an Ingenious people Zee! . iilst Pride II
machines OF this description mad IN this co,D
Try Tor u,r il England, The police should reilt no
effort To break up such LefariUus and hateful
trade Those who resort 70 such weapons are rot
the foes o: any particular system, but a.e con-
spiratoTs against society and the enemies or the
race.
The Eeral'Ilcg1, thinks chimney Pack. rst1,ar
than his ft.er, the late JsreiCiaaS Back, v9stbe
author Of tie frs volume OF Lannon's s.f.f. 81
Aoraiiain Lincoln" However tbs KAY BE- The
EeDu5t'cGn Is about right IN cA.r3c. eriztnc the
book a. the worst Biography ever written. The
rrs' volume feI 50 1T that tAc wonder * that the
aUthor-whoerer ne Iaay De-ila5 t.e co,,rae-a -
90 On with the second
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II The 'poW ers that be" T.. Germany have fanotad
that thai recent actions would succeed In sa.,~ncr
the withdrawal Of Minister Sarseat they have
shown very great lack II knowledge Of human
nature II i Almost unnecessary TO state. As can
De said poslliT-y. that there Is no Thought Of ra
calling Sareeh[-
1he ground hog knew what he vas about after
all The blizzard IS here: and The society for The
prevention Of cruelty flowers should provide r,r
nhed Circulars for the budding shrub, and null
A't-e bdoy socks over the croc15es March Is
coming In not like Lon but Ike a whole me-
nagerie.
Inc senate reached teSr vote on the navy MI,
Yesterday. and b. decisive 1Ority endorsed II
Inc long G. bate has developed all the points az
issue, and has So them clearly before the country
Whatever Ray happen, We cannot now urre thar
We nave not been fOrew armed Yesterdays vote
iASure5 Tie nnal passage Of TIE on IL the Senate
but IFS chance IN the House Is small
IL Is not Often that funeral eulogieS ca. ~ r~o-
nounced with such sincerity and warmth or admit
ration as w3- the case YESTERDAY Congressman
Haskei! was Grave gifted and 5000 man an orD9
mert and hep 10 the state and me CncoDuios
which his associates bestowed on bis memory were
well deserved.
sixteen suicides and two murders at Monte Carlo
during the TWO months OF The opening year give
their bloody testimony u INC In.,caler Of a toy
King 1O-n whose cornerstone : gambling
III Is SAFE 10 say that when Bismarck dies Con
gress VIII not send any confidence resolutions 20
the Relchstag.