Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-06

OF year Of 1S77, VI n q light vote was p0iled the
hitherto reliable republican majority sank to 5.4I
votes. and the Year following. during the green
back furry. the state CAV i2.15. ugIJy against
the republicans. In 1873 the republicans again lost
the state, and every remembers the alarm the
state gave the republicans in 1850 b. going demo-
cratic at the election corresponding 10 the present
one. AS Maine goes 50 goes the Uni0n.' shouted
the democrats IL nigh glee. hut the republicans
recovered frCIa the shock, 1nd BY a bIg effort
carried the state f0r Garfield - SSH majority.
TWO years later. in 1852. :ha republican majority
fell off again to 6.s>6.
The republican managers now claim that their
majority NJ the state election wiz be In the neigh
borhOod or ten thousand It 80, 1t VIII be 4 gain on
any republican IA j9S.ty since 1876, ana VII! be
regarded By the republicans Is satisfactory. though
it I'll De good deal UEGcT the ob-tlme republican
naJorites in the DirigD state.
There could not De 4 better UuricsCuc of power
than is furnished by The excursion OF The Car Of
Russia TO Warsaw. This pOtcntatc assumes 10 be
tn most powerful huin2n being. He rules With
almost absolute sway over = national domain that
Is the largest in extent OF territory ia The World
and sustains an cncTDoUs population. Moreover
he Is dSsuILed.y invested with sacred and almost
divine functions. - the anointed o. cod.
This aUt0cr&J arc deGni--J it sceins. j. going on
picnic TO Warsaw. where he has asked Two other
empeTOTs 10 m"e: MN and nc MS guests. Now
what festivities marx mis- journey. Cossacns are
stationed on either SHE OF The railroad track along
the entire line OF the The provisions tie
royal guests and the dOmesticS are all 20 be
brought from Petersburg. 50 hat there shall uc no
poison in the wine or dynamite IN the btuf. During
tie royal visit al shops AMI pUOc houses 70 be
closed at nine Oc-CcE, which IN the latitude Of
WARSAW, 1T this tine OF tie year. IS practically the
hour of dusk; and there to be one policeman for
every i've houses IL the CRY. The comic opera
could not furnish a richer parody than this.
IN the event Of a dispute over the result OF the
presidential election the county Vii have To rely
once more upon the sober sense am conservatism
OF Congress to avoid trouble. TIE Iow regulating
the electoral count remains precisely Is was when
n" electoral commission compromise Of Is,6-77 be-
came Necessary Ii II dJ.InIte enough TO allow
the widest scope 10 parl!sanshIp. the republicans
control The Senate and the democrats the House. as
was the case eight years ago Whenever the sub
ject OF amending the law 50 as to provide against
confusion or trouble the electora! count has
been taken I'D III Congress, partIsansh!p has In
truled Itself ana prevented action. In the legisa-
ton proposed each party has been seeking advant-
age and neither would consent to what was accept
able to the 9th II within the power OF the
people 70 decide the election. one way or the other
py such positive majority - TO leave no room for
controversy Eut with Butte. and the temperance
vote cutting INFO the Old parties it is not i'm
probabi" that the winning ticket may get i'll on a
slim margin. StilI. there is no reason 10 indulge
in approximations. Though Congress has failed 10
perform manifest duty, the judgment and patriot
Ism OF the American people may be implicitly
trusted 10 safely and happily overcome any diff
cuItleS That may arise
Fast driving in city streets is always to be derre-
Gated, but it Is hardly more reprehensU.e and not
much more dangerous to life and lint than the
habit INDUCED in by the ubiquitous snail bOr of
playing In the streets at twilight. and. between
carelessneSS and feIts of defiance and daring tax
Ing the chances OF being run over by passing vehi-
cieS- That more children are not injured In this
way is strange indeed, but that parents and friends
Will sit quietly by and see them run the risks they
90. without reprOOr apparent interest in the re-
suits OF their mischieyoU5 pranss. Is still more
strange. IL often happens that when children are
hurt in this way the drivers OF passing vehicles are
severely blamed. when they are nOWfse at fault
and when. indeed. owing to The f0OIharine.s OF
the young scapegraces. it IS absolutely Impossible
even going ar a low rate of snced. 10 prevent an
accident. 1t not unfreqUantIy happens. IN feet.
that boys engaged I'm Wild plays run against horses
or carriages, and 80 get knocked down and nurr
instead OF being run Over, q indignant parents
and relatives suppose All this. of course. does
not justify fast driving. Tor which there * really no
excuse 70 be made; but It tends TO show that =
parents displayed half aS much solrltgie before q
- y
one OF Their street-rGnners, accidents OF ne tinf
referred 10 would not BE- nearly so frequent IS tEt
low are.
The savage competition among the Atlantic ocean
steamship lines is bearing is fru, Of hankrJ,ufcy
Yesterday the Monarch line went TO the wall II
has never been Successful and OF late Its shares
havesunk 10 merely 9 nominal value.
The failure az several Of these carrying comoa-
MES and the confessed absence OF profits in GONNA
MES that are stiil solvent suggest that Yankee
shrewdneSS as well rs bUrfensome LEGISLATION has
something 70 do with the scarcity OF org~fa on the
ocean L IS notorious that the ocean Messenger
and freight business Is now done al little or no
'front.': and while TT, Is 50. American CAPITAL is rot
sSi-i!oFous 10 b ddnijtad to share It's hazaris
DeVourinG Time has finally made its inp-trahIa
conquest OF the Interesting society OF ..Ola pfnd
ers," veterans Of the war o. rSl2 who have ba.n
accustomed 70 hold an annual meeting in E1ltt
mora. The association formed in that civ in
1872. when 80 members eur0! ad themselves Jr
was then agreed thar an annual meeting should BE-
i;e'd 80 long as there were i've members able and
willing 10 come together. and the So gatherings ba
teen Kept up ever since. with steadily dwiud.fpo-
attenlance. untI this year the ncc;ia, had 10 be
Tally abandoned, as Only seven r.allta-S arc now,
registered on the roll q me society and cf This
group but two or three would have been pvsicaI;,-
able 20 attend.
Being quite convinced that what = onn -nan,-
food = another mans poison tie Na,v FORK Hey,,,;
Is dining II into The Of It's Irish constituency
THAI the election OF Blaine means victory for The
negroes To-day 1t scatters the following item All
over its editorial page:
me election OF Blaine means putting coIore5
men Ia Office and FrrI Douglass IN tie Cabn6t
RED HouEiaSs Is q itir minded C1.O.eG nan NM
EOW ABOUT the r,Nt OF his coIOred brethreasv
ms sort OF campaign tactics seems TO be hardly
q p - rom
Like lttle wanton toys that swim on paGders
Mt. g. ". Fla--. OF Vermont, god man. ,vef,.b-
ing 20 pounds. with chest measurement ~ a.
inches. got far beyond lis depth. last Monday 10
was elected 10 The Vermont legislature ana thought
fun surely his greatness was ar.ra,g~ r,,r yf-.r
day he tackled w. !. Il. Mclaughlin. the wrestler
for 81 600 and lost h., fe1t-lcd Lis rtglIttfrr "a
his money in ninefa cen minutes