Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1884-06-14

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enthusiastic supporters in this vicinity. Even
the enthusiastic westerners cannot be any
more enthusiastic than the Blaine men of New
| Haven are.
The Harvard overseers have not yet de-
| cided to confer any more degrees of LII.
D. upon the occupants of the governor
Office ''in course" The Butler degree was
| little too much for some of them.
The Democratic national convention will
consist of twice the number of senators and
| representatives from the States, and the
Democrats Of each organized territory and
| the District of Columbia are invited to send
two delegates, subject to the decision of the
| convention as to their admission. The vosss
| of two-thirds of the delegates will be
| requisite for the nomination of the candi-
| dates for President and Vice-President.
There are seVenty-sev members of the
| House of Commons who believe that it would
be wise and proper thing to give women
| the right to vote, and who have signed a
| memorial desiring the government to advo-
cate legislation in pursuance OF thsir views
| AS these seventy-seven form a very small
minority in body containing upwards of
| six hundred members, and as the Ministry is
| unanimously opposed to the innovation su e.
gested, there is no likelihood of their mani
festo being attended by any practical result.
But it gives "the cause" good lift.
The report of the executive committee of
the Associated Charities of Boston mentions
four causes which, it says, account for most
of the wretchedness and degradation that are
found in the city. They are drunkenness,
ignorance, laziness and pride" In the opin-
ion of the committee, only "a very small
percentage OF troubles comes from illness
and misfortune" and "nine.tenths of the
poverty and misery are the result of intem-
perance." Ignorance, it continues, Though
the cause of much misery, cannot be looked
upon as fault in the adult poor, but lczi
ness means idleness, and idleness means neg
lect of wife and children
The San Francisco Alta has discovered an al
legged Englishman who knows all about an Eue-
lish retaliation society alleged to exist in this
country, Ito teaeh these dynamite wretches
a lesson" f'The plan of the society," this
'Englishman is reported to have said, ''is sim
ply retaliation in America in kind for svery
outrage these dynamiters perpetrats Sup
pose an explosion takes place in London next
week, and by way of retaliation ve place
bomb in the house of some prominent Fenian
sympathizer in San Francisco Chicago, New
York, or Pittsburg would not that make
people hesitate before they gave their moral
and financial support to this movement ?
Suppose Mr.. AS downtown place was blown
up, would not Mr.. B hesitate before he fol. |
lowed Mr.. A's example ?"
Queen Victoria has just attained hsr sixty |
fifth year, an age which has hsca exceeded |
by nine only of the sovsreigns OF England, |
dating from the Norman conquest, viz Hem
ry I. and Edward I who both attained 67 |
years. Queen Elizabeth, who lived So years; |
James, H., 68 years; George L, 81 years;
George IL, n years; George III, 80 years;
George ~, 68 years, and William ", 72 |
years. On June 90 she will have reipned |
over the United Kingdom for forty-seven |
years, length of time which has been ex-
ceeded by three of the Kings of England |
only. viz: Henry Ill, who reigned fifty |
six years; Edward Ill, whose reign reached |
fifty years, and George III, whose reign |
lasted nearly sixty years. Victoria is also |
the Oldest European monarch with three If
ceptions-the Emperor Of Germany, who is
81 years of age; the Ring of the Netherlands,
81; and the King of Denmark, &C.
The question of divorce is live one in
France nov. France has always held to the
sacramental view of marriage. which regards
the bond as indissoiuble, and it has, there
fore, refused to grant divorce for any cause
since the provisions of the Civil Code, which
permitted it in certain cases. were repealed